TV Show Review

I will be reviewing episode one of the TV show Powerless, a superhero comedy show that focuses on civilians living in the hero world.

The episode starts on train tracks where trains are moving along them, a clever thing about the trains is they are single karts on their own, meaning that the trains of this shows world have been changed to try and prevent more damage from hero fights derailing entire trains.

When the show zooms into the train carriage it swipes past someone reading the newspaper where references to Lex Luthor, a Superman villain running for president just like he did in the comics, it’s also a joke about Donald Trump, comparing them both by their similarities.

The show takes place in Charm City which is just a usual skyscraper filled city protected by superheroes and plagued by villains.

The shows main character is a civilian woman who has just gotten a new job, because she lived in a small town with no heroes she is excited when she sees a hero, villain battle start but everyone else on the train are either annoyed that they will be late to work or don’t care because it’s a normal everyday occurrence for them.

In a flashback the alien Starro appears and later the obscure superhero Crimson Fox appears, this is another reference to the comics so you can tell that this show even though it is about unknown civilians, pays attention to its source material very well and that they also use things from the comics that only huge fans would know, the shows humour seems to be a mixture of many types and I feel it is very funny, using its jokes about the comics in a good way while also making none-superhero jokes.

Then the show’s theme and intro plays so the show has a beginning part, the intro and then the rest of the episode plays out. The intro is really good, using epic music as it shows comic book covers of heroes like Batman and The Flash fighting criminals then transitions to zoom into the background at one of the civilians who is actually a main character in the show while the music changes to a light hearted tune and then the intro goes back and forth between the two forms.

The show is then narrated by Adam West, famous Batman actor who describes the world the characters live in; there is also a mention of The Joker.

We then meet the rest of the team including Bruce Wayne’s cousin an obscure one-time appearance character from the comics. The place the characters work at make gadgets to protect civilians from danger relating to heroes and villains which is an interesting way to make plots.

I recommend this show to anyone who likes superheroes, DC Comics and comedies, unfortunately the show was cancelled after only one season, three episodes are missing and it’s hard to find the rest of the show.