Believe It or Not…Lego Movie Makers Rebooting Greatest American Hero for TV

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I always imagined this would get a movie instead, but no. Chris Miller and Phil Lord are producing a pilot for TV. This time around, the teacher works in an inner-city school and is named Isaac, so I guess it’s conceivable this could be in continuity, since the original series ended with a spin-off where a woman got Ralph’s super-suit.

The old series is fun, but a lot of it is badly dated, particularly in its frequent use and re-use of stock footage. What is also dated – sadly – is that the show was extraordinarily politically evenhanded: hippy-dippy liberal teacher Ralph and raving rightie gun-nut Bill were equally mocked and extolled, and they always had to work together to solve the issues. Somehow I imagine that’s less likely than Ralph to truly fly today.

But give me a Lonely Island faux-hip-hop cover of the classic theme and I might be won over. Now…would you rather see the show do spandex, or rubber nipples?