Bitchin’ Fridays: Heroes of Cosplay

            There have been a lot of discussions on the internet about SyFy’s new reality show Heroes of Cosplay.  From what I have read there seems to be 3 groups of people:

1) The ones who like it

2) The ones who didn’t care for the production and editing of the show (what I mean by this is how the SyFy produce choose how to present there show to the viewers and the viewer anger is towards the Channel it’s self)

3) The ones who hate not only the show but the people on the show as well.  Or as I like to call them the meowing cats.

            I am no way saying that the show is great and amazing, but I did find aspects of it to be enjoyable.  I liked the behind the scenes bits where they showed (briefly) how they design and the competition side of cosplaying.  I have coplayed and never entered a competition nor had the desire to.  But seeing a different side, the competition side of things I found to be interesting.  While many cosplayers may argue that it not about competition, but from a viewer stand point watching a cosplayer walk around and chat with friends at a convention is rather boring.  By having them compete and who will come out on top makes exciting television.

            Now before I move on to my anger towards the meowing cats I just want to address the decision the producers made add the drama to the show.  This show as I would label it would be more docudrama and less competition series.  In a docudrama you need a dash of reality and an explosion of drama.  Hell, look at the 20 different Real Housewives of what ever shows.  A little (or a lot) of drama is good for television, it drives the show and creates a little suspense for the view to see the out come.  If the show only consisted of how to builds and strutting around on the competition it would make the show boring as hell. 

            When was the last time you sat down and watched a DYI show on TV?  Yeah, they are boring and if you want tips on how to make certain things for cosplay there is a little thing called the internet.  Hello Youtube!

            Now on ward to the meowing cats!  These people are the trolls of the internet that just want to bring down the people who are show cased on the show and there fans.  You have seen them on tumbler, reddit, or even on your facebook wall posting really harsh negative critics about the show and the people as well.  Many people have critic that the people on the show only care about winning money and how many fans you have, totally not the case if you follow or actually watched the show and listened to what they said. 

           

            Yes YaYa addresses that it is important to her to maintain and grow her fan base.  She also said that this has become her business; she models, sells merchandise of her likeness and props, gets book for conventions, and has become a brand.  How can you expect a person or company to succeed and grow there business with out a fan base who will buy there products.  So yes, fans are important when you are growing or trying to make a business out of cosplaying. 

                       Another thing the meowing cats were mowing about was the costumes.  Many claimed they were unimpressed with the costumes featured on the show were unimpressive and poorly built.  Some took issue with the only male on the show using foot ball pads for his Fall Out 3cosplay, has anyone of these idiots ever played Fall Out? Well all I hear coming out of there mouths is “ MEOW MEOW MEOW, THEY SUCK, MEOW MEOW MEOW, I CAN MAKE A BETTER COSTUME, MEOW MEOW MEOW I WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW.” 

            What pisses me off with the meowing cats is there blatant attack towards the people on the show.  Attacking them for there looks, costumes and even the name of the show.  Imagur, Tumbler, and Reddit have been filed with “what a real hero looks like” memes in regard to not only the show but to the cosplayers as well.  Holly Conrad addressed this issue over twitter towards a member of the 501^st legion who made a comment about this matter.  Holly response, I believe, reflects what the rest of the cast feels about the criticism of the name Heroes of Cosplay.  You can view her tweet here

Remember guys the show name is a play on dressing up as a costume supper hero and not stating that these people are in fact real life heroes.

            The people on this show are taking the negative response well.  Even comments like this one I saw on a friend's facebook wall: “I just thought of the perfect rename for the show! Yaya's boobs and drama friends!”  Dumb ass was all I could think of when I saw this.  But in response to all of the criticism, the lovely cast will be doing an AMA on Reddit to discuss the show.  Check out more of the response here on Chloe’s Tumbler

            My predictions for this show is in it’s current format it will run the 6 shows they have made and will either do one of the following:

1) Become a short lived series that people will quickly forget about

2) Will get renewed but the format changes from docudrama to competition show like Face Off or Project Runway.

              Would continue watching it if it changes?  What do you like or dislike about the show?  Let me know your thoughts on the show in the comment section below.  See you Monday for a wrap up of my week.

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