Behold the Superiority of Lazy Teenage Superheroes
Waaaay back in March of last year, I showed you a trailer for a short film called Lazy Teenage Superheroes, made by young Michael Ashton, for the total of $300. I point out that it looked better — and more special effects than — any episode of Heroes, an actual primetime show by one of the major TV networks in America.
Well, Ashton sent me the finished product, and there are two corrections I need to make: 1) it wasn’t $300 for the trailer, it was $300 for the entire damn short you see above, and 2) it not only has more and better special effects than Heroes, but better writing and characters, too. It’s also better in those categories than The Cape, another primetime, major network show. From what I’ve heard, it’s like better than No Ordinary Family, the other major superhero show, but I haven’t seen it personally, so I don’t know for certain. At any rate, Lazy Teenage Superheroes is cool, clever, and exceedingly well-made. If I were a TV network executive, I’d call this kid. Or cry. Maybe both.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.