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'The Cape' doesn't fit quite right

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Comic book-influenced films have been all the rage lately, popularized by quirky hits like Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Superhero television shows, however, have been few and far between. Apart from the long-running Smallville, Heroes was the only successful show with a comic book spin on network television in recent memory. With its cancellation comes NBC's muddled attempt to fill the fanboy demographic: Meet The Cape, which premiered in a two-hour clich

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