A reference in a recent retrospective on the career of Leslie Nielsen and a fairly detailed entry in a certain on-line encyclopedia were enough to convince me to splurge for the complete 13-episode series on DVDs.
A superhero parody it is, but lame it is not. Definitely not for the kids, for when it's not toilet humor of the most overt sort there's enough nudge-nudge-wink-wink to keep it off Nickelodeon and the like for many years or even months. And it doesn't match The Tick for imagination, The Venture Bros. for bite, or Invader ZIM for sheer unadulterated twistedness...but I still couldn't help viewing all the episodes in nearly one sitting. End of the day you want a laugh or at least a reason to smile, and more often than not you get one.
Leslie and company sound like they have a blast even if I get the distinct impression Ryan Reynolds is acting. And the voice casting of hockey commentators Don Cherry and Ron MacLean as evil henchmen attired as hockey commentators is genius. I now feel inspired to seek a suitable opportunity to use the word "zeroific" in the workplace...
A superhero parody it is, but lame it is not. Definitely not for the kids, for when it's not toilet humor of the most overt sort there's enough nudge-nudge-wink-wink to keep it off Nickelodeon and the like for many years or even months. And it doesn't match The Tick for imagination, The Venture Bros. for bite, or Invader ZIM for sheer unadulterated twistedness...but I still couldn't help viewing all the episodes in nearly one sitting. End of the day you want a laugh or at least a reason to smile, and more often than not you get one.
Leslie and company sound like they have a blast even if I get the distinct impression Ryan Reynolds is acting. And the voice casting of hockey commentators Don Cherry and Ron MacLean as evil henchmen attired as hockey commentators is genius. I now feel inspired to seek a suitable opportunity to use the word "zeroific" in the workplace...