The Cape - season 1 - Page 2

In case you haven't seen this already.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/207593/saturday-night-live-the-cape-promo

My favorite is the Smock.

It's not exactly a shocker that Orwell is Chess's daughter, but I liked seeing how she fits into the picture. My favorite scene was Vince watching his wife get flirted on by her boss, and being helpless to do anything about it. This show is pulpy goodness the way the live action "Flash" show was in the early nineties.

Okay, I think this episode broke the record for all-time cheesiness in a single episode of a TV show.  It was like watching a parody of a super hero show that wasn't a parody of a super hero show (think SNL skit or Mad Magazine).  That's probably it for me.
 

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Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt 

It's not exactly a shocker that Orwell is Chess's daughter, but I liked seeing how she fits into the picture.

Admittedly, I wasn't giving it 100% of my attention, but was this revealed?  All I remember is the cheesy escape-artist dude saying she had daddy issues.

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Originally Posted by ScottH 

Admittedly, I wasn't giving it 100% of my attention, but was this revealed?  All I remember is the cheesy escape-artist dude saying she had daddy issues.

It opened with a scene at the Big Bad's office, where his minions tracking his estranged daughter through Europe, only to have the trail go cold. It was immediately followed by Vince's Worst Best Friend Ever^TM reported that they'd finally traced Orwell's location, only to have it blow up minutes before they arrived. This, combined with his silence about her past, planted the not-so-subtle seed that Orwell is Chess's daughter.

I thought they'd drag out the reveal over several episodes, but it was confirmed with the closing scene where Chess watches the figurine of his daughter the ballet dancer inside the music box dance only to have it fade to Orwell dressed identically performing aerial ballet up in the ropes in Max's center ring.

JJ Powell ought to hook up with Dice (I'm sure he wouldn't mind), as their powers are at least visually almost identical.  I liked that Faraday acted as an unexpected random, but the restaurant assassination was a bit hard to swallow, and the elevator assassination didn't seem to be expertly planned at all.  It continues to be not great, but it's alright.

I'm glad Izabella Miko only has the tats for the show.  She is quite nice, especially without them.

I wonder if the Cape will save his archenemy again next week. So far the show has been about building up its rogues gallery. Will the ratings allow it to survive beyond that stage? I'm not sure.

Things I like: the pulpy goodness of it. Scales and Dice are like villains from the 1960's Batman crossed with Dick Tracy villains. I'm consistently entertained. The actors playing them know just how ham-fisted the writing of their characters are, and act to that.

Summer Glau as Orwell. She's got a back story far more complicated that the Cape's. There's no easy fix for her like there is for him. At the same time, he's probably the first real confidant she's had in a really long time. Considering who her father is, it's fascinating to see a woman raised by a very bad man suddenly finding herself sharing a life with a noble and decent man. That has to have an impact.

The fact that Chess isn't just an alternate identity for Peter Fleming, he's a full-fledged alternate personality. Sybil, if Sybil was a psychopathic corporate titan who killed people.

Things I don't like:

The whole thing is ridiculous. As the show made clear, he's never been tried. If he just allowed Dice to kill Fleming, his family would be out of danger, and the D.A. would have a hell of a time proving that he was Chess. It's not an ideal solution, but it beats the hell out of letting your family think your dead.

Sloppiness in the writing and execution. If the show tried 20 percent harder, it'd be about 400 times better.

This show is a joke. The writing is terrible, the acting is terrible, the CGI is terrible and execution of all these different elements is terrible. Oh and that autistic kid is terrible too. He even mocked his mother for her bad acting which I found rather ironic. The Cape can learn how to walk the tight rope in a matter of.......minutes ? The uber-villain this time around is known as 'Dice' ? 'Dice' tried to kill 'Chess' ? Goodness gracious me, how retarded.

I'm really happy that this show is getting canned.

Yeah, but

Whedonesque reports that The Cape shut down production this week. 10th episode will be its last, not 13 as originally ordered. Network asked them to please stop.

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Originally Posted by Will_B 

Whedonesque reports that The Cape shut down production this week. 10th episode will be its last, not 13 as originally ordered. Network asked them to please stop.

It was pretty awful, but it could've been much better with better writing and direction.

Isn't that always the way? 

Normally the memo from the network doesn't include "For the love of God..." but yeah, that's how it goes.

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Originally Posted by Cameron Yee 

In case you haven't seen this already.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/207593/saturday-night-live-the-cape-promo

 

My favorite is the Smock.

I'd like to see The Scrunchie ("it's a dude!").

I watch the show with my 8yr old son.  He likes it...I don't mind it.  A couple of things....

-I still don't understand how come he can't at least let his wife know he is alive.  She is smart enough to keep quiet.  And it would be a huge burden off her.

-If they are going to cancel the show.  Hopefully, they will allow one episode to wrap it up.  The show can be easily made.  Shows that Vince is not a criminal.  But, they can end it with him still being the Cape and going after other bad guys.

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Originally Posted by todd s 

-I still don't understand how come he can't at least let his wife know he is alive.  She is smart enough to keep quiet.  And it would be a huge burden off her.

 

 

Agreed.  Plus, she's a lawyer, which would be handy.

I like the show better than most here, but there are little things that make you scratch your head.  They're cornered in the alley by the bumblebee, they disable it, and it's daylight.  We cut to a few other scenes, like the mother leaving for the crooked friend's party, and it's nighttime.  Cut back to Vince and Orwell, and they're still in the freaking alley!  I would think, "They tracked us here, we disabled their little device, let's take it somewhere else ASAP, before they catch our scent again." 

Final episode will air on their website rather then a showing, it appears says NBC.

What a crap episode. :)

I enjoyed Max's turn as the Cape. It was nice to see they left something in the tank, so that Vince had room to get more awesome if the show had survived.

I enjoyed the finale. It promised a better show than the one we'd gotten previously. The public unveiling of the Cape, seeds being planted in Dana's mind that Vince is the Cape, Orwell struggling with the idea that she's headed down the same path as her father, complete with white queen imagery, Scales getting busted.

I can't shake the feeling that if the writers knew they'd only have ten episodes going into it, they could have crafted a decent ten hour miniseries. Still, I can't say I'll be mourning the loss of this one.

They should have constructed it in such a way that Dana thought her boss might be the Cape.  I know she knew he wasn't from an earlier episode, but it could have been an interesting way to go, with her starting to see him as a protector and a possible new romantic interest. 

What the fritz?

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Cape-The-Complete-Series/15298

Where's my Journeyman and The Unusuals, then?

Totally. Journeyman deserved BluRay release or at least DVD.

Will pick up the set for my kid.  Even he was unhappy how it ended.  

On a side note.  Just finished an autograph matte for my son....