It's from the Disney movie Sky High
It was about a high school for super powered teenagers
Bruce Campbell was splitting the student body into two groups based on what the school gauged was the potential of their power sets, determining what kind of education and training they would get.
Heroes or Sidekicks
Of course the movie ended with a group of sidekicks helping to save all of the heroes from a villain of their own making, a former student of the school who was radicalized by the hero/sidekick system
The whole point of the sidekick training was that it was completely independant of powers. It was all about having a basic knowledge of monster weaknesses and throwing the appropriate weapon to the hero.
>You! Front and center >Let me start off by saying what an honor it is to... >Is that your power? Butt-kissery? >Very funny, sir. I've heard you had a wicked sense of... >Shut up and power up >Right away, sir (melts into a goopy puddle) >Say, that's pretty impressive... for a popsicle! Sidekick!
Really the only problem with the hero/sidekick system is that it was left entirely up to Bruce Campbell unilaterally deciding based on his mood after a single demonstration of a student's powers instead of having any proper testing or standardized criteria for who goes where.
Hero, definitely. Alex Mack was stupid powerful. Most kids in Sky High only had one power; Alex Mack had like four and they were all heavy-hitter powers.
>Telekinesis >Electrokinesis >Liquid-based shapeshifting >Molecular absorption/reformation (including other people) >Enhanced athletics >Volatile powers adapt to external stimuli (i.e. super strength from chili peppers), though not always for the better
In the context of her own setting, Alex Mack is the equivalent of Dr. Manhattan. About the only thing holding Alex back was her fear of witnesses reporting her to the chemical plant responsible for her powers and then being captured and killed by them, but Word of God says she never has her powers removed and so the sky's the limit.
And it stinks that it's hard to talk about the show anywhere. Cinemaphile only ever mentions her first morph when she was naked.
>Compared to homecoming, the rest of the year was pretty boring. Gwen and her gang got what they deserved. But now nobody wants to save the citizen. Relax. I'm just kidding. But they are getting to spend a lot of quality time together. Oh yeah, and Ron Wilson, bus driver, fell into a vat of toxic waste. He now works for the mayor, defending the city from giant robots. So in the end, my girlfriend became my archenemy, my archenemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend. But hey, that's high school.
he had a blast doing what he did and I imagine he has no regrets. Not a ton of people can say they've had multiple iconic roles through out their entire life.
A few years back he did this nerd trivia gameshow thing at a nearby university and I got to see him. You're right, definitely didn't seem like he had any regrets at all and was just happy to have the fans he does.
Eh, he's a living icon who has written at least three books and has multiple action figures and cameos in movies and games as literally just himself. I'm willing to be the man would never have to buy another meal or drink for himself if he wanted just from name power alone. I wonder if he got to bang Lucy Lawless.
For a B guy he was in a lot of shit. There are loads of more popular in their time actors who only ever got a single sitcom or one Fox show and then nothing ever again and they had to sustain themselves through conventions for the rest of their miserable lives. Any other B actor would have just had one line in one Spider-Man movie and that would have been the highlight of their life.
Campbell stayed in near consistent work from 87ish to 2015. At least 2-3 tv series a year and about a dozen movies. He alsohas a lot of directors that are best friends with him and will stick him into roles just because they like him.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Radioactive_Arrows
The useless Archer. I can generate radiactive arrows but I'm not learning how to use a bow frick that shit.
That's not what Rei is doing. That man is about to be stripped of his individuality by literally being turned into goo. She will effectively end his existence.
Imagine having the balls to make the one major black chacter in your movie a villain today. She would absolutely be the plant nerd chick if the movie were made now.
It was a hero parody movie made with love for the genre instead of being cynical or taking itself too seriously, i rewatched recently and im surprised how neat and honest it is for what the premise was.
also it was funny to realize that it came right before the cape movie craze and even My hero Academia.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_Mode
Hey, I'm Tinker Del
Picture your average slovenly mechanic/plumber/electrician, but inches tall with little butterfly wings. I also make a special fairy dust which causes the pants of anyone it touches to always show the crack of their asses when they bend over.
In this world almost any power is super qualification unless it's somehow handicapping the person.
Like just melting is kind of pointless if he cannot go Hydro Man and use water powers. Or a guinea pig is a lot easier to kill than a person so it's a hindrance.
Melting was great for close combat though, he was a shapeshifter who couldn't be damaged if he could time it right and melted around the blows from his opponent. If he was fast enough he could reform behind the guy too and hit him with some cheap shots
He would great for hand to hand fights.
He could probably melt down and take down a robot or suit of armor from the inside.
Guinea pig girl is pretty good for Infiltration missions, they both are
And since their clothes shape-shift with them they could probably be used as pack mules to carry weapons or equipment. You train them right, give them a stun gun or something, and they'd be great at taking out villains with minimal property damage
I'd go by the name Equality, wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about my powers and think I'm racist. https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Greater_Enslavement
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Bio-Friction_Manipulation
So a speedster with healing via time reversal/entropy powers and a dash of elementalism. Probably focus on being a rescue/doctor supe. Name would be Machaeon who was a Greek Healer and a pun of Mach Speed & Aeon meaning Ages which references his time powers.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Omniarch
Goddammit, I won but it isn't even fun. I'm just god. No cool ways to use my power, I can just do whatever I want. How boring.
Maybe if I choose to specifically be a chaos god I can be creative with it and make a bunch of random goofy shit happen wherever I go.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Scalar_Artillery
My name is anon, and I have the keys to a kinetic bombardment satellite. I wanted to join the Guild of Calamitous Intent but I don't have the money or the spandex.
"I know that every kid thinks his dad’s invincible, and I nearly am, but who knows. Maybe the next time I punch a meteor hurtling towards Earth, I’ll be the one who shatters into a million pieces."
Name: The Truth
Power: https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Insecurity_Detection
Would be a decent side-kick power to be honest, clearly a villain would be insecure about the weakspots of their plot so i'll know them immediately. I can also inform the Coach that yes his wife is cheating on him.
It baffels me that not only was this a theatrical release but it also made a hefty profit and decent reviews. If I wouldn't have known better I'd thought it was a Disney Channel movie.
Does the Disney show "The Villains of Valley View" take place in the same universe of Sky High? Because in a room of the house that the super villain family lives in you see royal pains helmet
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Who, me?
Who the hell is this guy
Bruce Campbell
What’s he doing?
It's from the Disney movie Sky High
It was about a high school for super powered teenagers
Bruce Campbell was splitting the student body into two groups based on what the school gauged was the potential of their power sets, determining what kind of education and training they would get.
Heroes or Sidekicks
Of course the movie ended with a group of sidekicks helping to save all of the heroes from a villain of their own making, a former student of the school who was radicalized by the hero/sidekick system
Ooohh know I remember
I’ve seen this once. I remember them shipping the wrong students together
Talk about spoonfeeding. You just forgot to suck his wiener, you absolute homosexual.
I'm sure you'll survive somehow. Go microwave mac&cheese, sprout.
>You just forgot to suck his wiener
No I didn't
These fricking sequels man
They keep retconing shit
>sidekicks saved the day
Did you forget it was because they supported a hero with not one but two super powers?
They would have all died if not for Magenta.
The King
Jack Kirby?
Coach Boomer
The best part about this movie was the mini Kids in the Hall reunion.
Honestly most of the sidekick powers were so worthless or situational they really shouldn't have even been admitted to the school at all.
The whole point of the sidekick training was that it was completely independant of powers. It was all about having a basic knowledge of monster weaknesses and throwing the appropriate weapon to the hero.
If that were the case, the protag should have been expelled the moment it was believed he had no powers.
I always thought they died
they stayed frozen there for the rest of the school year, so pretty much yeah
>Remember when we used real citizens?
>(chuckling) Yes. Yes
>what if I told you it was her evil twin?
The Big Bad was a hottie.
Also this movie had an unreal amount of effort. Lots of practical effects and CGI.
>You! Front and center
>Let me start off by saying what an honor it is to...
>Is that your power? Butt-kissery?
>Very funny, sir. I've heard you had a wicked sense of...
>Shut up and power up
>Right away, sir (melts into a goopy puddle)
>Say, that's pretty impressive... for a popsicle! Sidekick!
Really the only problem with the hero/sidekick system is that it was left entirely up to Bruce Campbell unilaterally deciding based on his mood after a single demonstration of a student's powers instead of having any proper testing or standardized criteria for who goes where.
Which is the whole villain origin. Technopathy was considered sidekick tier in the 1970s but top tier hero in the 00s.
and borderline god-tier in present day
goodness me, what is with characters called Gwen stealing my heart.
you're looking for everybody wants to rule the world and I melt with you
This movie has a special place in my heart, its just the right amount of camp
life isn't fair
>that guy whose power was just having six arms and he got put in Hero
Was that just weird movie editing? What's the logic?
Would Alex Mack be a hero or sidekick in this universe?
Hero, definitely. Alex Mack was stupid powerful. Most kids in Sky High only had one power; Alex Mack had like four and they were all heavy-hitter powers.
>Telekinesis
>Electrokinesis
>Liquid-based shapeshifting
>Molecular absorption/reformation (including other people)
>Enhanced athletics
>Volatile powers adapt to external stimuli (i.e. super strength from chili peppers), though not always for the better
In the context of her own setting, Alex Mack is the equivalent of Dr. Manhattan. About the only thing holding Alex back was her fear of witnesses reporting her to the chemical plant responsible for her powers and then being captured and killed by them, but Word of God says she never has her powers removed and so the sky's the limit.
And it stinks that it's hard to talk about the show anywhere. Cinemaphile only ever mentions her first morph when she was naked.
A guy with six arms and another guy with acid spit were heroes in this universe.
>"Are you the guy with 6 arms?"
>"No sir, I only have two"
>"Good! Keep them to yourself"
Warren and Layla had some chemistry
I just saw sky high yesterday
It just a dumb teen movie, breadtubers like always read too much into stuff
>It just a dumb teen movie
nothing wrong with dumb teen movies i think
I wonder how many low power students died to having a car dropped on them
Much better than some of the other theatrical live action Disney films of 2005 (The Pacifier, Herbie Fully Loaded)
>Compared to homecoming, the rest of the year was pretty boring. Gwen and her gang got what they deserved. But now nobody wants to save the citizen. Relax. I'm just kidding. But they are getting to spend a lot of quality time together. Oh yeah, and Ron Wilson, bus driver, fell into a vat of toxic waste. He now works for the mayor, defending the city from giant robots. So in the end, my girlfriend became my archenemy, my archenemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend. But hey, that's high school.
Bruce Campbell deserved a far better career than he got.
he had a blast doing what he did and I imagine he has no regrets. Not a ton of people can say they've had multiple iconic roles through out their entire life.
A few years back he did this nerd trivia gameshow thing at a nearby university and I got to see him. You're right, definitely didn't seem like he had any regrets at all and was just happy to have the fans he does.
He's not dead, anon.
Disagree. I think he had the perfect career for the type of guy he is. Being a bigger name would have ruined him.
They just added him to Call of Duty man. He’s doing fine.
Eh, he's a living icon who has written at least three books and has multiple action figures and cameos in movies and games as literally just himself. I'm willing to be the man would never have to buy another meal or drink for himself if he wanted just from name power alone. I wonder if he got to bang Lucy Lawless.
For a B guy he was in a lot of shit. There are loads of more popular in their time actors who only ever got a single sitcom or one Fox show and then nothing ever again and they had to sustain themselves through conventions for the rest of their miserable lives. Any other B actor would have just had one line in one Spider-Man movie and that would have been the highlight of their life.
Campbell stayed in near consistent work from 87ish to 2015. At least 2-3 tv series a year and about a dozen movies. He alsohas a lot of directors that are best friends with him and will stick him into roles just because they like him.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Radioactive_Arrows
The useless Archer. I can generate radiactive arrows but I'm not learning how to use a bow frick that shit.
What was her problem? She was worse than Gwen.
She's a cheerleader in a high school movie.
I have thing for clone girls, imagine being swarmed and loved by an army of the same girl
That's not what Rei is doing. That man is about to be stripped of his individuality by literally being turned into goo. She will effectively end his existence.
That's so hot.
>That man is about to be stripped of his individuality by literally being turned into goo.
Textbook definition of sex and women's role in it.
>I have thing for clone girls, imagine being swarmed and loved by an army of the same girl
>Just imagine a high school black cheerleader catfight brawl, only every one of the brawlers is the same girl.
Imagine having the balls to make the one major black chacter in your movie a villain today. She would absolutely be the plant nerd chick if the movie were made now.
One of my first crushes
if bad why cute? also damn all the actors must be in their 40's now
Mary aged like fine wine. I still would.
PUTA
Stop liking evil women.
>Stop liking evil women.
Never.
I want him to play Frank west from deadrising so bad. Game, tv show, movie whatever
Groovy thread ngl
im just your
AVERAGE
ORDINARY
EVERYDAY
SUPERHEROOO
wait thats the wrong movie im moronic
YOU FOOL
YOU'VE CONFUSED RAYS WITH BEAMS
It was kinda jarring when the dad went all Homelander for a second when he realized his son befriended lame superheroes
(scoff) freshman...
The only Broken Lizard guy to have a career outside of Jay throwing him bones every now and then
Question: is Sky High the best capeshit movie ever made? I'm voting yes.
easily. its really great, and playfully jabs at the tropes of the genre. kind of what modern capeshit is doing (to an extent) but in 2005.
Seem kind of sad that the only effective way to jail a technopath is to stick them in a medieval dungeon without as much as lights.
yeah, but she's really just a ticking time bomb. imagine a technopath existing in today's tech filled world. in the concrete box you go.
I can fix her
GO FOR THE EYES, MAJ! GO FOR THE EYES!
A guinea pig?
Oh my god, I made out with an old lady.
I love this movie so much.
YOU FOOL! YOU'VE CONFUSED RAYS WITH BEAMS!
It was a hero parody movie made with love for the genre instead of being cynical or taking itself too seriously, i rewatched recently and im surprised how neat and honest it is for what the premise was.
also it was funny to realize that it came right before the cape movie craze and even My hero Academia.
Anyone remember this movie, felt like a similar take on superheroes
I memba
"What's your name, what's your power?"
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Random/main
>https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Manipulation
Am Yahweh
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_Mode
Hey, I'm Tinker Del
Picture your average slovenly mechanic/plumber/electrician, but inches tall with little butterfly wings. I also make a special fairy dust which causes the pants of anyone it touches to always show the crack of their asses when they bend over.
In this world almost any power is super qualification unless it's somehow handicapping the person.
Like just melting is kind of pointless if he cannot go Hydro Man and use water powers. Or a guinea pig is a lot easier to kill than a person so it's a hindrance.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Goat_Transmutation
Power to turn anyone and anything into a goat, I would have a petting zoo full of former supervillains.
Melting was great for close combat though, he was a shapeshifter who couldn't be damaged if he could time it right and melted around the blows from his opponent. If he was fast enough he could reform behind the guy too and hit him with some cheap shots
He would great for hand to hand fights.
He could probably melt down and take down a robot or suit of armor from the inside.
Guinea pig girl is pretty good for Infiltration missions, they both are
And since their clothes shape-shift with them they could probably be used as pack mules to carry weapons or equipment. You train them right, give them a stun gun or something, and they'd be great at taking out villains with minimal property damage
Glowing guy was completely useless though
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_Energy_Manipulation
ANARCHY
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Luck_Embodiment
Lucky Ted fumbles his way to glory
I'd go by the name Equality, wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about my powers and think I'm racist. https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Greater_Enslavement
hey if everyone is enslaved, I'd say they're all pretty equal.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Demon_Lordship
Sweet stuff
>https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Spike_Immunity
Spiker. Spikes don't hurt me, but they can gank the villains since spikes hurt them.
>Charybdis
LAME
>https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Light_Deformation
THE LIGHT BRINGER
LOOK THERE HE IS
GET HIM OUTTA HERE GET HIM THE HELL OUTTA HERE.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Manipulation
I am Foresight!
>Your next line is… check ‘em!
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Bio-Friction_Manipulation
So a speedster with healing via time reversal/entropy powers and a dash of elementalism. Probably focus on being a rescue/doctor supe. Name would be Machaeon who was a Greek Healer and a pun of Mach Speed & Aeon meaning Ages which references his time powers.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Omniarch
Goddammit, I won but it isn't even fun. I'm just god. No cool ways to use my power, I can just do whatever I want. How boring.
Maybe if I choose to specifically be a chaos god I can be creative with it and make a bunch of random goofy shit happen wherever I go.
Name: Knight-Klaw
Powers: https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Vulture_Physiology
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Cough_Inducement
I'm literally the Common Cold from KND
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Scalar_Artillery
My name is anon, and I have the keys to a kinetic bombardment satellite. I wanted to join the Guild of Calamitous Intent but I don't have the money or the spandex.
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Music_Symbiosis
Music Man!
This movie was hilarious.
I mostly just remember Lynda Carter being cast as the Principal.
Yup
Hero or sidekick?
Hero
He's fast and can hit hard as frick
He hesitated a lot in his test, he has sidekick attitude.
Bus driver.
"I know that every kid thinks his dad’s invincible, and I nearly am, but who knows. Maybe the next time I punch a meteor hurtling towards Earth, I’ll be the one who shatters into a million pieces."
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Physics_Negation
Literally I reject your reality and substitute my own
Imagine if the main character legit started going steady with Royal Pain and decided frick the hero career.
Nah, Will was a good person.
But would he have been a good person had he gotten his powers before Power Placement? Things to ponder.
Nah
Dick her to good and raise the next generation of superheros
Name: The Truth
Power: https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Insecurity_Detection
Would be a decent side-kick power to be honest, clearly a villain would be insecure about the weakspots of their plot so i'll know them immediately. I can also inform the Coach that yes his wife is cheating on him.
It baffels me that not only was this a theatrical release but it also made a hefty profit and decent reviews. If I wouldn't have known better I'd thought it was a Disney Channel movie.
There was no MCU yet, so a superhero-themed movie was literally just that and not a 20-film crossover affair.
>https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Overclocking
Creepy, I was just reading Vigilantes
The one time I actually WANTED Disney to make a sequel and they just let it fade into the abyss.
Don't give them any ideas. I don't want any unnecessary sequels to this masterpiece.
Honestly it was tailor made for an animated series to expand on all of the side characters
activate hero shield
I think they were planning on making a sequel but Kelly Preston died. RIP.
Not even the power of Xenu could save her.
I can't beleive Disney used to be so based and actually make good movies
My favorite secret Kingdom Hearts boss.
Does the Disney show "The Villains of Valley View" take place in the same universe of Sky High? Because in a room of the house that the super villain family lives in you see royal pains helmet
Now that I know that, it does in my headcanon.
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