In today’s Slightly Forgotten Sci-Fi we hit up a now almost impossible to find superhero dark comedy series from Britain. Did you think Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool was just a little too sedate and high-brow for you? Then this is your series. A lot of the show centers around the after hours antics of our supes in the capes bar, The Fortress. “No capes, no powers” says the sign on the door. The Hotness has heat powers and hits on girls, spectacularly unsuccessfully, so he goes home and heats up TV dinners in his hand. She-Force and Electroclash are collectively known as “Ladytrouble”. She-Force is a bit plump and needy, and if I remember correctly, is the sixteenth strongest woman in the world. Electroclash is the daughter of two major league heroes and can get machines to do anything for her. She mainly just uses her powers to get free money from ATMs. Timebomb is a gay super who can see 60 seconds into the future. His uses his powers for things like making sure he finishes getting a BJ in the Fortresses’ bathroom before the club’s bouncer Thundermonkey catches them. Excelsor’s costume is blindingly white with a gold cape. He’s the star supe in the bar, and is also the biggest most obnoxious frat boy type you’ve ever seen. The series was not everyone’s cup of tea, but I found it hilarious. Apparently ABC didn’t find it funny enough to go through with their planned American version, but they would have made a hash of it anyway trying to PC the funny away. Not for the easily offended or embarrassed. Remember, no series names in the comments, but Thundermonkey sent this link over before he died. Those poor, poor monkeys. Link
