The Cape (2010 TV series)/YMMV


 * And the Fandom Rejoiced: Summer Glau and Keith David? You mean we get River Tam/Cameron and Sergeant Foley/David Anderson/Goliath/Doctor Facilier on the same screen together? Hell yes. And Bear McCreary is doing the score!
 * Bear McCreary has more resources to work with, namely a live traditional studio orchestra to match the retro orchestral scores of superhero movies (which in themselves are retro homages to early Hollywood action movies, which in turn are inspired by late Romantic symphonies and tone poems). On Battlestar Galactica and Caprica he was fairly limited to whatever unconventional instruments he could find or play himself, which led to a much more musically unique (for US TV) soundtrack.
 * Perhaps a remnant of BSG, The Cape's theme opens up with a brief erhu (Chinese bowed instrument used frequently in the score to BSG) passage.
 * Complete Monster: Chess, and by extension Peter Fleming, though the latter has shades of Well-Intentioned Extremist to him. It's hard to tell whether Chess and Fleming are a case of a split personality.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: Bear McCreary, duh. And a two-disc soundtrack album to boot!
 * And in a crossover with Fan Service, La-La Land Records has this troper's eternal thanks for including this in the booklet.
 * Jerkass: Rollo
 * The Lich makes him much more of a Jerk With a Heart of Gold.
 * Large Ham: Keith David as Max, the bank robber with a flair for theatrics
 * Ms. Fanservice: Raia. Orwell too, with some her disguises and outfits.
 * So Bad It's Good: The show has its share of Camp, true. But the premise and characters are so much fun, and anyone who likes Reconstruction is sure to love it.
 * Tropes Are Not Bad: The show has its share of Camp, but what is wrong with that?
 * Too Good to Last: Cut from 13 to 10 episodes, then canceled, due to ratings for the first episode being okay, then tanking for subsequent episodes.