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by **Timbales** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:12 am

"Heroes for Hire" - a temp agency for 3rd string superheros

by **Doc Jon** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:01 am

Punchy wrote:Maybe a workplace sitcom about the people who work on the floors below the FF in the Baxter Building, how do they deal with their accountancy firm being sent to the Negative Zone?

Interesting.

I think this would be an interesting short film or series of shorts. I don't know about an ongoing though.

by **Doc Jon** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:05 am

HNutz wrote:Something like Archenemies.

You've got this "evil" mad scientist and this Captain America like hero.

But the hero is kinda douchey (locking his roommate out, eating his food, etc) and the scientist isn't really that bad (he just wants respect from his crime lord dad).

They don't know that they're roommates.

I like this, but this would be my take on it.

The hero would be someone like Moon Knight, he takes the work seriously, but he's not taken very seriously. Maybe he's even a bit of a loser with very fragile self esteem.

He has no idea that his roommate is a villain.

The villain would know about Moon Knight, and the funny thing is, that they are really good friends. And despite being a villain, he is a good guy, and he's also incredibly successful. People love him in "real life", he gets the girls, he's successful, etc. He even helps out Moon Knight just because he hates to see his friend struggle.

Day and Knight...

it would last as long as the Cape. :-D

by **US Agent** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:21 am

Marvel Mad Men.

Like Mad Men, but all about the bullpen and day to day zaniness at Marvel back in the 70's and 80's.

by **SuperginraiX** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:22 am

With my freeze ray, I can STOP...

The World.

by **Doc Jon** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:28 am

SuperginraiX wrote:With my freeze ray, I can STOP...

The World.

Well, sure.

But a musical series would kill Whedon.

A follow up to this would be great though.

by **Timbales** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:30 am

the hammer is my penis

by **avengingtitan** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:42 am

Timbales wrote:the hammer is my penis

If you say so fisher price. :twisted:

by **avengingtitan** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:43 am

SuperginraiX wrote:With my freeze ray, I can STOP...

The World.

I was actually thinking of something a lot similar. New characters and no singing but yea basically the same thing.

by **SuperginraiX** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:51 am

avengingtitan wrote:I was actually thinking of something a lot similar. New characters and no singing but yea basically the same thing.

Yep.

Dr. Horrible had a great premise that could keep on working even without the music (though the music really DID make that thing a whole 'nother level of awesome).

by **Chesscub** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:02 am

Damage Control

by **sdsichero** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:50 am

What I'd like has already been done. As a cartoon. I'd just extend it for a few seasons.

by **Log-Man** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:59 am

Chesscub wrote:Damage Control

I was just going to say this.

Alternatively, an advisory/support group. Where do they get their costumes and gadgets? How about legal advice? Insurance? Who's watching the news for them to best get them involved? It would be like a call center for heroes, like Oracle meets Edna Mode.

by **Nightfly** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:51 pm

I'd dig something similar to Knights of Prosperity but about Superheroes. They could be totally D-list types (like that Ben Stiller movie Mystery Men) and they have a low rent homemade Danger Room where they're always training, getting hurt, and tinkering but half the stuff they train for gets handled by C-listers and our crew always ends up hearing about it on the news or internet.

They could be getting some modest funding but w/ the catch that they have to see a shrink.

And there should be a super-hot chick in it highly derivative of Adam Warren's Empowered.

Kinda like a Reno 911 meets Jershey Shore of lame would-be superheroes who don't even realize they're the joke.

I'd buy that for a dollar.

by **Muppetesque** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:58 pm

PR Firm handling the publicity for Super Hero teams. Each week a different guest star hero has a dilemna they need to solve while dealing with normal office politics and the occassional revenge plan from a supervilliam who's rep they smeared to help their clients.