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Too lazy to look upthread, but whoever predicted that Iron Enforcer would go supervillain deserves a cookie. Yes, that "twist" could be seen from the start of the ep, but I thought it was great.
Despite the many problems, the show is still better than any of those '70s superhero TV shows (ie Spiderman, The Hulk, Wonder Woman,...and Captain America).
Now I wonder if Enforcer was marked for this from the beginning. Stan's offer, the impromptu villain makeover, etc, seemed even more "written" than anything else in the episode. So I wonder if Enforcer was never really part of the competition to begin with?
And I also wonder if this explains his last-second surrender during the backyard mission...only a few inches from the door, and he cried "uncle." He never really explained WHY he gave up. I wonder if this was laying the groundwork for Enforcer's achilles heel, which the heroes will be able to capitalize on in future episodes?
Lemuria's new costume is good (I'd say Feedback got the best new costume), but I preferred her old one. It was just pure seventies Marvel gold. She WAS a seventies Marvel character; I could see her showing up to battle Spider-Woman or something. Plus she always looked as if she was about to pop out of that old costume at any given moment. BTW, did anyone catch her falling off that trash can in the first episode? During the costume-changing challenge, she attempted to jump up on a trash can, "super hero style," but ended up falling on her face. I'm surprised the producers relegated this to a small box on the screen; you'd think they would've shown it constantly in promos for the show -- part of the marketing gimmick of reality TV is ridiculing the people in it.
Tyveculus (or whatever his name is) has obviously read his Silver Age Marvel. His (false) praise of his new costume could have been penned by Stan Lee himself. (And who knows, maybe it was.) Plus, in the promo for next week, when the now-Dark Enforcer shows up to threaten them, did anyone catch Tyveculus' line "What treachery is this?" The Silver Age Thor couldn't have said it better.
Final thing -- I take it when the failed heroes stand on the red boxes, they can't argue back with Stan (probably because it's not a live two-way?). When Stan told Feedback that heroes don't make fun of each other, I wanted Feedback to scream: "The Human Torch and the Thing made fun of each other ALL THE TIME! In issues YOU wrote!!" |
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