Freebies at iTunes: Higbrow and lowbrow

[yendi]

Highbrow: An episode of 30 Days, along with a behind-the-scenes.

Lowbrow: Pilot episode of Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, Stan Lee's latest attempt to prove that with friends like him, the comics industry doesn't need enemies.

And (in the "middlebrow" category, I suppose, which is better than Lowenbrau), the free single of the week, "Listen Up," by Gossip, is good. Damned good.

Comments

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I actually LIKED "Superhero". Mainly because we got to watch Stan chew out the "heroes" after THEY LEFT A LITTLE GIRL CRYING FOR HER LOST MOM in order to win a stupid race!

Nice to see a reality show that lets the contestants know they really are self centered morons. *grin*

[mistercrabby.livejournal.com]

I would say that Stan's done enough good for the comics industry that I'm willing to forgive the strange projects he's choosing for the twilight of his life.

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

I'm curious. Why is 30 Days any higher brow than Who Wants to be a Superhero? I mean, they are BOTH reality television programming (which makes me question their relative high- or low- or ANY- browness anyway).

It's really curiosity, by the way. I'm know what *I* think, but I want some other opinions!

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

Superhero nearly made my brains leak out of my ears. If nothing else, it made me appreciate how polished Project Runway is.

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

Aw, come on, Superhero is so bad, it's good!

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

Well, that's true enough.

Still, Superhero did do a good job of rubbing their noses in their own stupidity...

[yendi]

It's all relative. With the exception of reality shows containing Paris Hilton and game shows featuring John McEnroe, little could ever be as lowbrow as WWtbaS.

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

I guess I don't think superhero stuff is all that lowbrow. I mean, it IS fundamentally about perpetuating the archetypal hero mythology.

[yendi]

Oh, superhero stuff isn't inherently lowbrow at all. The show's handling of it, however, most definitely is.

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

Okay, I getcha. I haven't watched it yet, though I did download it.

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

I admit, I was amused by watching the majority of the contestants lose at life by ignoring the "lost little girl". Still, that's about all the brain-melty TV I can stand for the month, I think.

[allroads.livejournal.com]

I like how Stan chewed out The Creature for being a total flirt, saying superheros don't behave like that, while sitting in front of portrait of Stripperella.

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

Poor little kid, ignored by all those superheroes. Actually, if Iron whatever-his-name-was had stopped, I would have been frightened for the kid.

[tewok.livejournal.com]

I realized yesterday that Stan Lee has won.

I went to the post office to buy some stamps!!! "What manner of stamps," asked I, "hast thou in thy drawer holding Pasty-sided Sheets of DOOM???"

Post Office Lady reached in her drawers and withdrew a coloriforous sheet and BAM! slapped it on the counter! "We have the new Marvel Superheroes stamps, old chum!" Post Office Lady erroneously said as she RUNG! up a sheet of the new DC Comics Superheroes stamps!

Post Office Lady and the non-comicbook-reading publich, in my opinion, have equated superheroes with Marvel Comics, thanks to the X-Men, Spiderman, and Fantastic Four movies. Stan Lee has won.