What was our inspiration for "Super"-Hero?

 Welcome back bloggers! In today's post, I will be talking about our inspiration for "Super"-Hero, and I don't just mean the plot. As we approach the date where our final product will be shown to the world, I thought it'd be fitting to go right back to the start, and talk about everything that inspired us along the way!

Beloved childhood shows!

Obviously, since our film mainly appeals to younger audiences, we used shows from our childhood for inspiration! Looking back, one of the biggest influences on our film was Teen Titans Go! from Cartoon Network. After all, Robin was our main inspiration for Power-Man's costume in the early days, and we even planned to match his color scheme!  This show specifically had a great blend of action and brain-rotting comedy that was sure to make any parent want to rip out their hair after listening to it for 2 hours. However, we couldn't just slap a thousand fart jokes in our opener and call it a day, so we had to branch off from comedic influence. As far as Power-Man's actual mannerisms went, Paul Blart was a GREAT influence on how our not-so-super hero could behave. Paul Blart as a character is meant to be goofy while placed in a serious-looking role, so he was the PERFECT character to model Power-Man off of!

Marvel Studios!

Obviously, you can't make a superhero-themed piece of media in the 21st century without taking SOME inspiration from Marvel Comics or Marvel Studios. After all, Marvel content made up probably 90% of our mood board for our project! Although Power-Man is definitely more aligned with DC heroes than Marvel, we took a lot of inspiration from the latter as superhero comedies is what they're all about! Movies like Ant-Man: Quantumania, Thor: Ragnarok, and the old Spider-Man films all served as great inspiration for how we wanted not only Power-Man to look like, but also the robbers! The Ant-Man films in particular were great for this since Scott Lang used to steal for a living, so all we had to do was adapt that heist-esque character for our robbers and put our own goofy twist on how we acted. Additionally, Marvel served as a great example of what NOT to do when making our opening as comedic as possible. Since recently Marvel has developed a reputation for forcing comedy into every scene imaginable, we decided it'd be best to go for a balance of action and silliness so that our film wouldn't feel like another Phase 5 box office flop!