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Pow · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 10:25 pm Post subject: Powerless (2017)

Powerless was a sitcom set in the D.C. Comics Universe and developed by Ben Queen.

The show ran on NBC from February 2, 2017 until April 20, 2017 for a total of 12 episodes.

Premise: Emily Locke (Vanessa Hudgens) is the Director of Research and Development at Wayne Security, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises based in Charm City. It is Emily's job along with her staff to create technology that will help the ordinary citizens of Charm City deal with the collateral damage caused by battles in the city by various superheroes and supervillains.

I recall seeing previews to Powerless before it aired and thinking what a wonderful, fun concept. And that it would have no chance of surviving because it was unique.

I was right.

The series was humorous, the cast was quite good. We'd see some superhero & supervillains battle supported by good visual effects making it entertaining.

It was a show that deserved a good run but with its original and unusual premise it just was too different for audiences.

The original pilot is on Youtube. In the pilot the setting is an insurance company that Emily works at. The company covers superhero related deaths and damages payouts.

The pilot has the fine comedic scripting that the weekly show would have. I don't feel that having the show set in an insurance company worked nearly as well as putting in a R & D firm. R & D offered way more intriguing & amusing storylines.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:21 pm Post subject:

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Here's the trailer and the "unsold" pilot — which is very funny and should have been aired. Below is what Wikipedia has to say about the "original pilot and the re-done pilot.
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Reception - Critical response

After the original pilot was shown at Comic Con 2016, reviews were generally positive. Eric Goldman of IGN gave it a 7.5/10 saying "it's very endearing and amusing and has me looking forward to seeing where it can go".

Sydney Bucksbaum of Nerdist praised the pilot episode, saying it's "the superhero comedy we deserve" and "Fans of comic books, office comedy, rom-coms or just having a good laugh, Powerless is for you."

After the Pilot episode aired at SDCC 2016, series creator Ben Queen departed the series, after which it was given a new premise and almost the entire episode was rewritten and reshot without Queen or original director Michael Patrick Jann.

The reviews for the second pilot episode of Powerless were much less positive.
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Someone should make a comedy series about dimwit TV executives who don't know their anal cavities from Carlsbad Caverns. Each week we see them turning down ideas for series that end up on other networks, with ratings going through the roof.

The executives in the cast would change on a weekly bases as the dimwits get fired and new dimwits take over, confident that they'll do a better job then their predecessors. Very Happy

The perfect name for this series inspired by the sad fate pf Powerless would be (of course) . . . Clueless. Laughing

___________ Powerless | official trailer (2017)

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_________ DC Comics' Powerless - Unaired Pilot

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_________________ Adam West in “Powerless”

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___Powerless "Emily Dates a Henchman" Sneak Peek #1

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___ Powerless "Emily Dates a Henchman" Sneak Peek #2

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Powerless (2017)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:21 pm Post subject:

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More funny clips from Powerless!

Powerless "Cold Season" - Emily tests Teddy’s invention

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Powerless with Crimson fox and Vanessa Hudgens

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_________ POWERLESS 'Game Changing Product'

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And here's a trailer that makes reference to the R & D division Wayne Enterprises, rather than the insurance company! Cool

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:18 pm Post subject:

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Oh happy day! Cool

After making all those posts above, I was just itchin' to watch this series from start to finish — without bothering with all those damn YouTube clips and the confusion about how it started out one way and ended up another! Rolling Eyes

So, I went looking for a way to stream all twelve episodes.

And praise the Almighty Zeus, I found it! Very Happy

Amazon Prime Video allows me to "buy" (not just rent) all twelve episodes for a very reasonable price. So, I did!

I'm now binge watching this hysterical series which Pow made me aware of today. I've chuckled my way through episodes 4 of the 12, so far. And since I "bought" them (not just rented), I'll still have them in 2024 when I get the urge to watch them again, after I've forgotten 90% of the hysterical jokes I've enjoyed today.

My oh my . . . life can certainly be wonderful. Cool

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)