• "Say hello to Dorothy, bitch..." Ok, I'm watching this show. It actually looks interesting, I hope it works out....and doesn't die as soon as I begin to love it! >:/

• Okay, I am sure I am not getting "the carnal ring master"-piece. I thought he was going to sell his marriage to rescue his reputation. Why don't they cut "The Cape"-crap and keeping going with this circus freaks. They seem fun.

• Well, of course you can't dye spider webs... You've got to get a radioactive mutated spider that's been genetically modified to spin black threads when it hears Bob Marley.

• Why are people mentioning Vinnie Jones as a reason to watch this? He should never have been given a role after Lock, Stock.

• I am one hundred percent on board, Captain. This looks amazing.

• It was cancelled, yes.

• Kinda looks like Marvel's The Hood...the original 4-parter...

• Not bad. That 3 minutes had more plot, acting, action, and motivation than the entire last season of Heroes. However, I have to agree with some of the others above as I don't this lasting that long.

• Jeez, the show hasn't even aired one episode and we're already picking holes in the writing? ...I like it.

• Summer Glau not withstanding, I was planning on skipping this show, but then I saw three things that convinced me to give it a shot. 1) Keith David 2) Vinnie Jones 3) Vinnie Jones getting owned by a midget. Crime fighting magician or not, I'll watch the first episode. The trailer earned it that much.

• That's what I thought too. Give him a sax and a nightclub and this show's the Nightman, complete with crappy costume. Predict 4 episodes before it's pulled from the schedule.

• Anyone else just want the 90's flash to come back in this wave of super heroes.

• This just saddens me. Its a typical "____ is popular at the moment, so we need a show with bog standard story telling, bland characters taking very little risks but involving ____" Unless it actually has a writer willing to write interesting characters rather than a team of 15 execs writing what ever they all agree on, its gonna be granny pants. .....but still better than heroes

• A superhero who has a COSTUME and wears a CAPE? This is what I've been dreaming of for nine years of Smallville! My biggest beef with heroes (as of season 1) was the lack of costumes.

• It feels like television is about to get worse.

• Vinnie Jones! Keith David! Summer Glau! and....some...guy.

• only if they have an episode where Wolverine and him fight and they both end up losing their junk, best fight ever

• Not bad, I'll watch it so I can pretend that Keith David is Goliath or Facilier.

• Harsh.

• Kinda glad I never bothered with Heroes, as this looks reasonably decent. I'll give it a shot.

• I believe I told you to get on board, sir.

• Okay, everybody who keeps bringing up that this has Summer Glau, Keith David, and Vinnie Jones, who I agree, are fun character-actors I always enjoy, keep this in mind: V suffers from the same problem right now - a great cast who are fun to watch, but are in a really shitty and poorly made show that was made just to cash in on the sudden popularity of genre shows right now. I'm watching V currently, but if it doesn't improve drastically next season, I'll drop it. And I'm honestly not sure I'm even gonna give this one a chance.

• WTF! This will be gone by mid-season. Also since the boy is from Flash Forward, does that mean that series is gone too?

• LOL that's not verne troyer... what? all little people look alike? true, but that's still not verne troyer...

• LOL that's not verne troyer. what? all little people look alike? ...but that's still not verne troyer...

• I can dig this, actually. For some reason this reminds me of The Spirit more than Batman. Oh, and Moon Knight.

• Amen that. It's got Summer Glau, Keith David, and Verne J. Troyer beating people up with a pipe wrench. Every single person reading this post, GET ON BOARD

• It will be like M.A.N.T.I.S. It will have a strong opening. Then the writers will write crappie stories. Then it will get dropped off the grid.

• It looks like he's not going to wear that nifty mask once he gets the cape and hood. Another one of those lame "celebrity needs face-time" decisions that made Spider-Man moviegoers cringe. - Look... They're called SECRET IDENTITIES for a fucking reason, producers and actors! If you're not a confident enough actor to play a role through a mask, then just give up.

• I think when he said give me your soul, he meant it more in the "pour your heart and soul into your training and trust me" sort of way, not in the sell your soul to the Devil kind of way.

• Okay, I'm more than willing to give it a chance. Some nice elements here -- and from the story-telling standpoint, it's always more interesting if someone has one or two gimmicks that they use in various and creative ways rather than a whole host of powers. And also, "Say hello to Dorothy, bitch." Come ON -- that was fucking awesome. Anyone else would have made the line camp -- and it is, but he nailed it anyway. I'm in -- I'll give it a chance.

• I think thos look pretty fucking sweet.. don't care if it is a mish mash it has the classic hero tragedy with a good message for little kids, crcus folk which i am always a fan of, Summer Glau who just makes things pretty to watch even on mute. And as far as it getting canceled fuck tht i would go one step further and tell NBC to make it a Europeanesk mini series where it has a definite story line and a definite beginning and a definite end regardless of how good the show does. They always take good shows and suck them dry for all they are worth and then it just turns into your watching the same fucking episode again that was done in the first season just the characters are mixed up and it is a little bit more retarded. i want quality over quantity.

• No that shit looks kinda awesome. Lets hope it has one good season that comes to Blu-Ray so you can convince your friends "look super heros rock"......oh wait

• I think it looks pretty cool, but then I'm a notoriously soft touch when it comes to these things, plus I always approach new nerd properties with optimism, deserved or not.

• I dunno, kinda reeks of Syfy (Or FOX during the mid 90's), but then again...... VINNIE JONES!!!

• yayyyy! another superhero tv show! keep 'em coming.

• It looks like someone dipped into the cache of senile Stan Lee story ideas SyFy has been tapping into.

• +1. I'll at least watch the pilot, just for Summer if nothing else.

• C'mon we need The Hood tv series... on HBO.

• Actually, NBC just announced plans to renew Chuck a couple of days ago.

• This reminds me of the "Action Hours" from the 90's. It looks like "Hercules" or "Viper." I doubt it will be as successful as either.

• who'd they plagiarize it from?

• Interesting, but doomed to fail... By the by, spider silk fibers won't take up a stain. So there's no way to make a black, spider-silk cowl. Just FYI.

• Why didn't they just make a TV Show of Parker Robbins? Minimal CGI, violence, supervillainy? C'mon. It'd be classic that gets cancelled in 5 episodes.

• Kieth david! Summer Glau! VINNIE JONES! How can this not be amazing!?!

• So it looks like you've got a new show to live blog.

• Of the actual clips I've seen, it looks like a bad mix of family melodrama and explosions. And that kid is a horrendous actor. But you never know, I guess.

• Holy shit! Vinny Fucking Jones!

• This show is going to be so so so so bad. I almost tipped it to you when I saw it on the NBC page yesterday, Rob, but figured it probably wouldn't make it up here. I mean, holy shit this looks bad.

• They had me at Keith David. Actually I'd watch the first episode just to get a better look at that Tuareg pendant, but c'mon, it's Keith David. He always comes through. Doubt it'll last a full season, though.

• Vinnie-fucking-Jones gets hit in the knee by a pipe wrench, wielded by the little person form Pirates of the Caribbean? I say WIN. The rest of the show can suck, this made my day.

• i hope you're saying that ncis is awful because it is. the stupid characters alone keep me from watching an entire episode.

• So what is your super power Cape? I can use my cape as a table cloth and yank it off of a table and never disturb a dish. Also lets not forget: Edna: It will be bold! Dramatic! Bob: Yeah! Edna: Heroic! Bob: Yeah. Something classic, like, like Dynaguy. Oh, he had a great look! Oh, the cape and the boots... Edna: [throws a wadded ball of paper at Bob's head] No capes! Bob: Isn't that my decision? Edna: Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers? Nice man, good with kids. Bob: Listen, E... Edna: November 15th of '58! All was well, another day saved, when... his cape snagged on a missile fin! Bob: Thunderhead was not the brightest bulb... Edna: Stratogale! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine! Bob: E, you can't generalize about these things... Edna: Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snagged on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex! [shouts] Edna: No capes!

• So what is your super power Cape? I can use my cape as a table cloth and yank it off of a table and never disturb a dish. Also lets not forget: Edna: It will be bold! Dramatic! Bob: Yeah! Edna: Heroic! Bob: Yeah. Something classic, like, like Dynaguy. Oh, he had a great look! Oh, the cape and the boots... Edna: [throws a wadded ball of paper at Bob's head] No capes! Bob: Isn't that my decision? Edna: Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers? Nice man, good with kids. Bob: Listen, E... Edna: November 15th of '58! All was well, another day saved, when... his cape snagged on a missile fin! Bob: Thunderhead was not the brightest bulb... Edna: Stratogale! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine! Bob: E, you can't generalize about these things... Edna: Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snagged on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex! [shouts] Edna: No capes!

• L. A. M. E.

• This actually looks pretty decent. Even good. I give it...seven episodes. Maybe eight, but then they don't air the last two. DVD sales the following holiday season significantly outperform the ad revenue from the current network lineup. It's still not renewed.

• Hmmm, A carnival ring master wants a guys soul. I sense a lawsuit in the future lol

• Isn't Glau a good thing then? She'll curse it to death before it has a chance to suck.

• I think it looks ok. But then I thought Heroes looked good at first and I never could get into it. Rule of thumb: If I like it, it will be cancelled within two seasons, and likely less than a full season. If I can't watch it, it will be on the air for 10 years.

• Don't you understand NBC's corporate synergy? It goes like this: 1. NBC buys pilots, puts some on TV. 2. Most of them flop. NBC gets desperate. 3. NBC raids its cable channels for new pilots. 4. NBC (always) chooses something that would fit in on replays on Syfy. (Bionic Woman? Knight Rider?) 5. USA goes on to air quality programming and NCIS, beats NBC in the ratings.

• If I wasn't told this would be on NBC I would have totally pegged it for SyFy Channel.

• id rather have heros season 5.

• What's wrong with a show to watch with your kids? That would be a good thing if it doesn't talk down to the kids and go the hokey road. Hell, at least the character isn't the only other superhero show we usually get: the secret agent in disguise.

• This looks like 10 shades of horrible, all that's missing is the Plymouth Prowler... I give it 5 episodes until he starts playing the saxaphone just like Nightman

• This.....

• This promo makes it look ok, but there's lots of other scenes online where you can see the dialogue and acting (besides Keith David) is AWFUL. Also the costumes look stupid. This will be ok for watching with your kids- that's it.

• A superhero show with a superhero? I was sure somthing missed in Heroes and Smallville!

• No, Rob, this doesn't look good. It is a mish-mash of various superhero movies and shows that have been ripped off and thrown together into this.

• I'm cautiously optimistic. The trailer was alright, but it seems a little hokey.

• I really enjoyed the trailer, if not being very confused by some parts, especially him having to get a message to his son to fight back (shouldn't he be telling him to lay low?) The show looks good. I guess. Too bad I just watched the entire 1 hour season premiere in 4 minutes. I wonder how much they can keep up the action scenes and interesting storyline. I mean, he's gonna HAVE to get his family back in a reasonable amount of time. I hate the Case Closed idea - where the hero has spent almost 500 episodes trying to get healed. In that amount of time, he'd have grown up naturally. Do it a bit like Burn Notice, where he makes progress, or his goal changes, and it'll be good. But I definitely think he should find his family. Or hell, fall in love with Summer Glau at the end of Season 2 and his now ex-wife turns into an archvillian.

• Apart from the bad CGI on the cape, this actually seems decent. I'll be checking it out.

• Summer Glau = canceled series, and I couldn't see this being a good show over multiple seasons. Although, Keith David is awesome.

• Interesting you mentioned Chuck. NBC just announced they are planning to cancel it, just haven't gotten around to it yet, from being busy canceling Trauma, Mercy, etc... So, with that being said, it's time for us nerds to make a stand. Why watch this show at all if NBC is going to cancel it in 1 season?

• Summer Glau, and Keith David are enough to get me interested. Still after being burned by Heroes I might wait until after it's finished it's second season (assuming it last that long) and see if it jumps the shark as quickly.

• I don't see this beeing good, unless it does a good comedy/drama like bones or chuck, but if it goes one way or the other it will end poorly. However out of all the new shows next fall on NBC this is the only one of intrest

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