At least one person was trying to make the series into something good.
Full Story »The Cape: The Lich (Part Two)
The Lich intends to marry Orwell against her will. This didn’t work out well for Snidely Whiplash back in his day, so what makes this guy think it’s a good idea in the 21st century?
Full Story »The Cape: The Lich (Part One)
I wish I could tell you what this episode was about, but I’m not exactly sure. The Lich is plotting to spray the attendees of the Founder’s Day Parade with his “Serpent and the Rainbow” cocktail. I guess it’s so he can take control of these people when they come to, but cult indoctrination doesn’t work that way.
Full Story »The Cape: Goggles and Hicks
The villain du jour in this episode is actually a team. Goggles is a sociopathic paraplegic geeky fellow who gathers intelligence for his brother Hicks, a sociopathic mobile assassin. Together they make quite the serial killer, uploading their information on their targets onto individual flash drives and storing them away in a morbid collection like Dexter Morgan’s blood slides.
Full Story »The Cape: Dice
I want to like Peter Fleming as a villain. No, really, I do. A well crafted villain is always more interesting than the hero. The main reason is that you don’t know everything about the big bad guy right away — you have to watch and learn, try to wrap your head around their motivations. Think about Magneto, as portrayed by Sir Ian McKellen in X-Men, a character so tangible you could touch him if you weren’t afraid he’d do something painful to you with his mutant powers. Fleming could be a good villain — even a great one — if he didn’t keep relying on the Evil Overlord Handbook.
Full Story »The Cape: Scales on a Train
After seeing this week’s episode, I am convinced that the show has two diametrically opposed forces behind it. One wants the show to be good. The other wants it to suck.
Full Story »More Than the Mask: A Closer Look at The Cape (Part Two)
By Mike Brendan
Last week I wrote about some of the series’s short comings. While The Cape has proven flawed thus far, it’s still got potential but some issues need to be dealt with fast.
Full Story »The Cape: Kozmo
By Mike Brendan – No doubt visitors to this site are familiar with TvTropes.org. Many writers use this to look at what tropes and cliches are in circulation and see if their own work risks tripping on too many of them. After seeing this episode of The Cape, I’m left to wonder if series creator Tom Wheeler compiled a list of superhero tropes to hand to his writing staff — but forgot to label it as “things to avoid” because it sure as hell feels like they’re using it as a checklist.
Full Story »More Than the Mask: A Closer Look at The Cape (Part One)
I’m of the opinion that because the “real people with super powers” concept tanked mightily after the first season of Heroes, the folks at NBC decided to go with “comic book characters without the powers” when making The Cape. That’s all fine and good, but the show needs to make up its mind as to whether it’s serious or campy.
Full Story »This is What a Terrible Comic Book Show Looks Like
For those of you who like it, feel free to revel in this sub-par comic book potpourri. For anyone who enjoys quality comic book films, stay away from this like the black goo that turned Eddie Brock into Venom. In the second episode of The Cape, Farraday says about his dedication, “My family is not my weakness, they’re my strength.” My strength is my remote when I turn this off.
Full Story »The Cape: Tarot
With the second part of the two hour premiere, we find Vince making the classic mistake of taking it to the arch-villain Flemming in his own apartment right away. Of course, while Vince manages to hack Flemming’s unprotected computer he fails to disarm the alarm on the door. I thought he had Oracle — uh, I mean Orwell for that sort of detail?
Full Story »The Cape: Pilot
By Mike Brendan
Of the many superheroes in comic book mythology, Batman always stood out as one of my favorites. He was a hero that always had to rely on his own skills. Sure, Bruce Wayne had millions at his disposal, but that doesn’t mean squat if you have to go up against the likes of Ra’s al Guhl, Killer Croc, Mister Freeze, or even Darkseid. In the end it comes down to skill, intelligence and tactics. That’s what I had in mind when I first saw teasers for The Cape.
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