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5 January 2001 (USA) more
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She's bold. She's beautiful. Her sting is deadly.
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The City of Angels is falling apart, and crime pervades the city to the core. The mayor is corrupt, the police are inept... more
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Not campy, just stupid more (16 total)

Cast

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Michelle Lintel ... Black Scorpion / ... (22 episodes, 2001)
Scott Valentine ... Det. Steve Rafferty (22 episodes, 2001)
BT ... Argyle (22 episodes, 2001)

Enya Flack ... Tender Lovin' (Veronica) (22 episodes, 2001)
Steven Kravitz ... Slugger (22 episodes, 2001)
Shane Powers ... Specs (22 episodes, 2001)

Guy Boyd ... Capt. Strickland (22 episodes, 2001)
Elizabeth Huett ... Young Darcy / ... (22 episodes, 2001)
David Groh ... Lt. Walker (21 episodes, 2001)

Ben L. McCain ... Don MacDonald (14 episodes, 2001)
Shae Marks ... Babette (13 episodes, 2001)
Robert Pine ... Mayor Worth (13 episodes, 2001)

Jennifer Badger (13 episodes, 2001)
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Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion (Canada: English title)
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Follows Black Scorpion (1995) (TV) more

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Not campy, just stupid, 5 January 2001
Author: bjbrown from USA

The creators of this television show apparently intend this to be a campy throwback to the 1960s Batman. What they don't understand is that stupid doesn't equate to campy and rip-off doesn't equate to parody.

In the episode I watched, the villain was "Fire-Arm," who's arm is replaced with a machine gun. He starts by attacking the city and police force with his machine gun, shooting everyone and surviving bullets with his impenetrable armor. Then shows up Black Scorpion, in her cleavage-revealing, leg-revealing, thong black bodysuit. Instead of shooting her, Fire-Arm closes in to engage in a martial-arts battle with her. Black Scorpion later uses her magnetic car to pull Fire-Arm's machine gun out of the socket.

Scenes from the next episode revealed Black Scorpion in a cat-fight with a female villain, with lots of cleavage all-around.

There is nothing witty or insightful about this attempt at "camp." The creators probably have some knowledge of the genre- I could spot the rip-offs all over the place- the show isn't done with any commentary on or love for the genre. This supposed throwback to the 60s Batman has a touch of cursing and a lot of killing, the lack of which is part of what made Batman campy in the first place.

Maybe the creators of this show meant it to be stupid. Whether they meant it or not, it's stupid and a waste of an hour.

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