The Cape (New NBC Series, Summer Glau)

[Kaslo]

http://www.comicvine.com/news/a-new-...on-nbc/141165/

Back in January, we got wind that NBC was planning to roll out a new super-hero show called THE CAPE. At that time, all we knew was that it’d be about “a former cop framed for a crime who becomes a masked hero to clear his name and reunite with his son.” Now, the Peacock’s offered a preview of its 2010-2011 schedule and, lo and behold, there’s a trailer and a preview clip for the show, which will make a midseason debut. From the looks of it, the frame-up that puts this “former cop”, Vince Farraday, into his life of adventure is perpetrated by a super-rich, super-psycho serial killer named Chess. While presumed dead, Farraday falls in with a bank-robbing circus whose ringmaster teaches him a variety of magic-styled crime fighting skills, including the ability to use a cape as a weapon. I’ll give this show’s creators credit… I’ve seen superheroes use swords, shields, bows and arrows, chains, hammers and pretty much everything else you can imagine as their signature weapons. I’ve never once seen a hero whose gimmick was his cape.

The actors playing the Cape(David Lyons) and Chess (James Frain) are from ER and THE TUDORS, respectively, but genre fans will probably be more excited about a couple actors’ inclusion in the supporting cast. Summer Glau, she of FIREFLY and the SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, stars as a muckraking blogger who aides the Cape’s effort to route out corruption in the city. Keith David, who’s acted in PITCH BLACK and voiced SPAWN (among many other things), stars as the criminal ringmaster who mentors the Cape.

This seems interesting... I don't know if NBC can pull off a caped crusader though... Heroes has worked because it has stayed away from tights I think...

[Odesseiron]

I'll definitely check it out, just for Summer Glau alone. As far as super heroes using capes, didn't Spawn use his cape as a weapon all the damn time? I'm no Spawn expert, but I'm almost sure I did. Also, typing messages on an iPhone is terrible.

[Qalbert]

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[Deftscythe]

I like Summer Glau, but I would never cast her. That broad is cursed. Show will go 2 seasons max.

[Qalbert]

hey this isn't fox
this is nbc
and its a show about superheroes
so I imagine it'll be on the air far longer than anyone wants

[Uzor]

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Assassin's Creed: 2010?

[blindSharingan]

What's with NBC super heroes and carnivals?

Seems a little silly to me. I dunno whether its the effects of just the idea of him using magic tricks. I'll probably check it out though.

[Kaslo]

What's with NBC super heroes and carnivals?

Seems a little silly to me. I dunno whether its the effects of just the idea of him using magic tricks. I'll probably check it out though.

They have a horrible fascination with Batman's Robin.

[Serra]

Figured I'd bump this thread since NBC's been showing a lot of previews for this show lately. Maybe it's cause of all the Batman comics I've been reading recently, but I can't wait for this show. All the ex-cop, has a family, etc stuff kinda makes the show seem less desirable (screw drama, I just want awesome superhero adventures >.>), but I'm still pretty excited. Anyone else gonna give this a shot when January 9th rolls around?

Link to the full length trailer:
http://www.nbc.com/the-cape/video/th...ailer/1228325/

[ZarakiKujata]

All the previews for this when I watch Chuck or Thurs Night comedy on NBC had me so stoked until I saw Glau in one of the previews..

now it's do not want.

[Correction]

I am seeing a lot of bad acting in that trailer. I already hate his son and his wife, and they're focal characters.

[Serra]

Yeah, they aren't in the commercials on TV.. I thought he was a drifter who got picked up by the carnival or w/e, joined them, and then decided he wanted to be a superhero before I saw those.

[fishstix]

thoughts people? i loved it, it had the comic feel from Heroes, idk if they have the same writers or directors or what, but i hope they don't butcher this. i was thinking it'd be lame like SyFy's attempt with The Phantom, but it did better than i thought

also, i just really love summer glau.

[grantlogan]

I found it entertaining, I'll continue to watch it.

[Xanthe]

Couldn't resist. Show sounds interesting.

[Correction]

Is every fight scene in slow motion, where every one of his motions is obscured by the swishy, bullet-time cape? I specifically avoided the show because every preview I was seeing was full of that and his goddamn wife/son acting woodenly.

[Katlan]

i DvR's it and planned to watch it this week because I like Summer Glau, but geeze... the pilot got some horrible reviews w/ ppl saying its boring as shit... now i dont want to watch it

[Kaslo]

For some reason the pacing of the show really pushed me away... for something I could not pay attention (could have been because I was kiting NMs in Abyssea on my RDM at the time though)

[Iono]

Show kinda sucks. A shame Summer is gonna get cancelled again

[Gryffes]

I thought it was kinda ok, it felt very comic booky fwiw.