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But what do you think about the show?
Not enough nerd rage.
I know I'm in the minority, but I did like The Cape. Wouldn't say I'm reveling in it, but it was fun. Derivative? Well, yeah. It's got Oracle. The Cape has shades of Batman and The Escapist. But, I liked the pace of it, liked that it didn't waste time setting things up and just plopped right in.
However, I do agree with you on the sustainability of it, but I think there's a backdoor to continue it if/when Chess gets put down: Tarot. There's 22 villains right there. More if the minor arcana manifests as gangs.
As far as being campy, I actually did take The Cape to be pure camp. Maybe not as silly as Adam West's Batman 50 years ago, but still camp.