Forum - View topic

5 Things I Learned From SyFy's "Heroes of Cosplay"

I loved yaya's alice in wonderland cosplay it really showed she knows what she was talking about

No one at the convention said "out of towners." That line was dubbed into the show. What the heckler said, was that they loved everyone except the SyFy plants.

Because this is a small, amateur-level show, that has NEVER required skits, NEVER posted to their rules page that skits were required, and didn't tell the participants until they signed up (if they were lucky) that skits were suddenly required. Some participants are reporting that they were told as they went on stage that they had to have a skit. And then they had to wait hours (in what's usually a half-hour walk-on event) as the show had to keep getting various performances repeated to get better camera angles and what-not. People were tired and pissed, and it's perfectly understandable.

It is NOT fair for a show to suddenly throw professional-level competitors with professional-level props, lighting, sounds, etc, and have them compete along side amateur-level competitors who have never done anything more than "walk on stage, strike a pose, walk off."

I feel like this show should be renamed "Yaya Han and Friends" and call it a day.

Use "Heroes of Cosplay" for a show that goes to conventions and actually showcases the best cosplayers/costumes at each con.

Some of my peeves:

- I've known people who have done better versions of some of their supposedly "best ever" costumes...

- How is Yaya a non-biased judge when she seems to be close friends with the competitors?

- Obviously like so many others, I don't care for the way they portray cosplay.

@Hardgear: I wouldn't call all of them professional. More like elitist. There are plenty of professional cosplayers that are in it for the fun. As well as "for fun" cosplayers who would be more "professional" if they had the resources. Cosplay is a expensive hobby and not everyone has the resources to splurge. Give those people those resources and that might make a more exciting, drama filled show.

Guys, it's a scripted show they're trying to sell. Don't think too much of it as a documentary.

There was a reality show that came out some years back called Boot Camp, and it took random, ordinary people and put them in situations similar to those found in boot camp. The show was terrible. It was a terrible attempt to capitalize on time in boot camp as entertainment so we could watch a bunch of out of shape people huff around and attempt to grow a pair to become leaders in the same way boot camp in fact teaches you to be a leader. But it was compelling TV. There was drama. There was obviously scripted elements to create villains and heroes and bring to the surface only the juciest moments. Heroes is no different. It's just another in a long line of scripted, heavily edited reality shows that happened to pick a unique hobby and a unique angle on that hobby. Obviously, we, as fans of anime and anime culture, know the truth. And that's probably what gets people so pissed off.