Paris Hilton...Super Heroine?!

[Previsionary]

That's right...her and Stan are working together to make a new cartoon. It should be...something.

MTV's new Splash Page comics blog has some bizarre news about a partnership between Stan Lee and Paris Hilton. Let that sink in for a second or two.

Apparently the oddest dynamic duo are working together on an animated superhero spoof show for MTV. Details:

    "We're developing that right now and just going over scripts and drawing my character," Hilton told us. "I fight crime."

So...um...I'm worried about Stan now...but then again, he was behind Striperella as well.  :unsure:

[vamp]

*cries...alot* :(

[Lunarman]

Awesome jokes! Could it be any more silly?!

[Protomorph]

Yes. What Paris needs is some exposure.

[Uncle Yuan]

Yes. What Paris needs is some exposure.

In any possible sense of the word.

[JeyNyce]

Poor Stan, he's finally getting old

[thalaw2]

So...um...I'm worried about Stan now...but then again, he was behind Striperella as well.  :unsure:

Yes.  And most of us thought he was losing his mind when we heard about that project.  It taught me to trust Stan's genius.

[Glitch Girl]

Striperella 2: Electric Boogaloo

[ow_tiobe_sb]

On lottacrappp.com I read that, as part of Hilton's contract, Stan Lee will be forced to turn the project into a pornoperatic reality television show that's "really hot."  Stan is quoted as saying that he is "mortified" by these "unfortunate agreements," for he once admonished Major Victory for his habit of removing his clothing... :o

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Phantom Bunburyist and Fop o' th' Morning

[BlueBard]

Okay, let's start a poll...  What do you think her superpowers will be?

I'll start off.  Let's keep it PG, people.

1. The power to cloud the minds of news reporters and make them think she's newsworthy.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

So we have a person whose done absolutely nothing noteworthy in her life and is famous for no apparent reason, and someone who used to be good at what he does, but hasn't come up with anything good in decades teaming up.  And this is supposed to be a good thing?

[ow_tiobe_sb]

2. The power to cloud the minds of news reporters and make them think she's not merely a juvenile fantasy concocted by a scandal-fed mass media.

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Phantom Bunburyist and Fop o' th' Morning

[yell0w_lantern]

Is stupidity a power?
How about being spoiled?


Wait, I know!
-NIGHT VISION-

No, that was the guy.

Well, I'm out of ideas.

[tommyboy]

She has inherited wealth, like Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne.
That's good enough for me.
And for Stan, apparently.

[zuludelta]

Looks like our man Stan has a thing for blondes half a century his junior  :lol:

Seriously though, this doesn't seem to be such a stretch. Stan has always been known as a great pop culture promoter (in fact, I'd say his legacy is due in equal parts to his ability to "sell" properties as well as write fun superhero stories), so teaming up with flavour-of-the-month celebs like Pamela Anderson (on Striperella) and Paris Hilton and producing reality tv shows seems to be very much in-character for Lee. 

[Uncle Yuan]

Looks like our man Stan has a thing for blondes half a century his junior  :lol:
 

There was that Hugh Heffner joke in Iron Man . . .

[Jakew]

ugh ... does Stan really need cash this badly?

Dare I ask what the target demographic for this cartoon is?

[Ares_God_of_War]

why not top bill Paris but make it a whole inspector gadget type thingwhere the real hero is her chihuahua Tinkerbell

[BWPS]

Maybe her eyes can shoot lasers in completely different directions!

[thalaw2]

Very few "True believers here".   This is Stan Lee not George Lucas... :P

[Previsionary]

...Stan doesn't have a great track record of late so it's hard to be a "true" believer. Striperella was a dud, his last few animated movies were duds, and I have a mild disliking of Paris and he could have picked a better woman for a female superhero...though the concept they're going for has already been done a few times over in much better ways. She fights crime with compacts and makeup, ya know. ^_^

[thalaw2]

...Stan doesn't have a great track record of late so it's hard to be a "true" believer. Striperella was a dud,

That's very debatable.  I rather enjoyed it.

[JeyNyce]

Super Hilton powers

-The power to make people believe that she is important and deserves attention.

[The Hitman]

This just sounds ridiculous. And I'll probably watch it, for nothing more than the "Why, Stan? Why!?" moments.

[BlueBard]

Frankly, I think she's more villainess material.

[Panther_Gunn]

Okay, let's start a poll...  What do you think her superpowers will be?

Cause things to spontaneously combust by saying "That's Hot."

[docdelorean88]

I really don't think Stan made a bad move at all, i feel bad he has to deal with her! But really he just signed his name to one of the most media crazed people of our time! The hipe will spread and he as well as she(Unfortunately) will get loads of money!

[Ares_God_of_War]

Sooooo, will Kim Kardashian be a supporting character?

[stumpy]

It's not a great coup for Stan Lee or Marvel and it's not a great blow against them either.

On the one hand, I don't give a hoot about Paris Hilton. I don't think she's done anything noteworthy and I don't think she is much of an acting talent.

But, on the other hand, I don't really know anything so terrible about her either. Everything I know about her has come from celebrity snippets and I am pretty sure that knowing a person through the gushings and rantings of the celebutianment industry is pretty much the same as not knowing that person at all. It's like knowing science through watching late-night infomercials.

She's potentially valuable to the show because people have a bizarre devotion to celebrity. If that gets Stan's show a few more rating points without sacrificing its entertainment value, then more power to him.

[Previsionary]

...Stan doesn't have a great track record of late so it's hard to be a "true" believer. Striperella was a dud,

That's very debatable.  I rather enjoyed it.

I don't think it's all that debatable. I mean, you can enjoy anything you want, but that show was canceled a month or two after it premiered and got mostly negative reviews from what I can remember from that time period. That whole lineup it was a part of got negative press and the whole lineup was canceled, was it not? So...I think that kinda spells dud. I also remember it upsetting quite a few fans and people were posting Stan was past his prime. All the show really did for his career was get him yet another lawsuit on his tail by an actual stripper. Oi.  :huh:

*And yeah, the show relied on Pam's "talent" and fame more so than being genuinely good.*

I really don't think Stan made a bad move at all, i feel bad he has to deal with her! But really he just signed his name to one of the most media crazed people of our time! The hipe will spread and he as well as she(Unfortunately) will get loads of money!

Paris brings negative hype and people lower their expectations or tune out instead of tuning in. You can see an example of this in Paris's last movie, The Hottie and the Nottie. Course, that movie sucked from all reports I hear...but it relied on the Paris factor.

Anyway, my question is, why didn't Stan just create a toon for the winners of his reality show? I mean, they more or less faded into obscurity once the show ended. Their comics weren't ever hyped or advertised and I don't even know if they got a toyline or whatever. And just to save you guys the trouble, I have read the "Feedback" comic and it's not worth a read. Stan's style doesn't really work with comics anymore. :S