Christopher Kapp If I had to write a definition for ham-fisted The Awesomes would be one of my first references. The show has some interesting characters, decent animation and a great cast of voice actors which made me wonder why this show isn't better. The answer being the writing. The script feels like it is really holding the show back. It bludgeons the watcher over the head with whatever it is trying to convey giving the viewers no intellectual credit whatsoever. It feels like it's a kid show in it's delivery with sporadic adult content thrown in. Almost like a less funny, much more adult Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (which is an excellent movie).I realize this is harsh on many levels so let me rein it in. Kenan Thompson, Ike Barinholtz and Taran Killam are excellent; their characters are what have gotten me through the series. Ironically the two characters we're supposed to feel the most strongly about: Prock and Hotwire, are the most difficult to care for. Their rapport felt rushed and kind of materializes out of nowhere. Their relationship, much like the show gets better as it begins to take form, but it just feels like it should be better.My advice is to watch it, digest it and come to your own conclusion. I hope this post doesn't keep any one from trying the show out but lets some like-minded viewers know what they're in for.

Eoraptor02 Tried to watch "The Awesomes"... I really did but... meh. It's clearly a labour of love from Seth Myers, but that's about all I can say for it. It suffers one of the fatal flaws that Alphas did for me; for a show about Superheroes, there is surprisingly little superheroing or action about it.It's a lot of introspective self-indulgent whining by a c list superhero squad thrust into the spotlight, and it really doesn't even do that well. It lacks the pop-culture cache of Futurama, the edge of Watchmen, the genre-awareness of Incredibles, or the whit of Kim Possible, even though it is clearly trying for all of those marks. The plotting takes a lot of predictable tropes, and sadly it can't execute them well enough to make them interesting, or poorly enough to make them camp.The animation is stilted and low quality. In an era when even an amateur can turn in Caanes and Sundance quality work from a moderately powerful PC; it's flat, jerky, and the designs and color choices are uninspired. In the first 22 minute installment, the only things visually that caught my eye were a hairnet and a biplane. Not a character, a costume, a setting, or even a gadget, but a plot gag and one-note throw-away joke. It feels like a three minute SNL animated bit stretched to 22 minutes, which makes it painful on some level....in the end, this show falls into that deadly zone of mediocrity; it's not aggressively bad enough to be talked down, but it's not good enough to be talked up either. In short, its not surprising no one is talking about this show at all. Hulu's limited budget could have been far better spent elsewhere.Sorry Seth, but stick to observational humor, because clearly superheroes is not your forte.

mama bird Huge SNL fan here, and follower of Mr Meyers, Paula Pell, and their entertaining tweets. You got to give Seth points for taking his comic book love plus our nostalgia for Saturday morning cartoons and cranking it up with clever dialogue and a well rounded cast of characters. C'mon, how many other supergroups have this many female fighters or a hero with mommy issues? Add in some questionable super powers, old lady love, brains, and brawn.... and you get The Awesomes. Even the product placement works --- Kudos to the sponsor for playing along with the gag. Bonus - You'll have fun guessing all the familiar voices. Thank goodness for the 'pause' button! Add in the Ambiguosly Gay Duo, and I'd give it a 10.

harryjohnson2008 Being a big fan of SNL, I really wanted to love The Awesomes. But unfortunately, I couldn't even like it. With all due respect to Seth Meyers, et al, this show is just not funny. And sadly, it's not even interesting. There's nothing new or fresh about the concept of an "inferior" superhero taking over a group of other inferior super heroes. It's been done. And it's been done much better. The show seems like it's trying really hard to be a little edgy, but it doesn't even come close. If you're going to do an adult animated show, then you have to go all out, like the Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy, etc, etc.. There has to be some spice and some bite to it. Unfortunately, this show not only lacks any kind of heat whatsoever, it falls flat and bland like boiled, limp cabbage. Which, in the end, only leaves you with gas.