The Meteor Man

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The movie began well enough. It had a fellow get hit by a glowing green meteorite, getting superpowers (telekinesis, x-ray vision, invulnerability, flight, the ability to speak to dogs, superspeed, heat vision, and the ability to make plants grow large and quickly), and fighting crime. From there on it's all downhill. Meteor Man gets a costume from his mom, fights with the resident gangs, and has many aborted encounters with the gang leaders which serves to set you up for the disappointing, overlong, and stupefying ending. It wouldn't be so remarkably bad if it weren't like watching a boxing match where the two fighters pretend to hit each other while the audience stands looking onward while the fighters just continue to dance. Despite all of this nonsense the movie has good points. It states clearly that if you try to take on a gang alone then they'll come back to your home and hurt you. It states that gangs & communities need to see their real enemies (the big bosses that use them for their own ends to crush honest people into a ghetto existence). It also states that people do not need superheroes if they are willing to work as a community do destroy the predators that harm them. The only message it really lacks is that the voters should ensure their elected officials (Rudolph Giuliani, Marion Barry, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, & George H.W. Bush) aren't crooks too.

This movie is really wack. There is really nothing nice I can say about it, besides the moral truth expressed in the film's climax concerning people in the neighborhood participating in the fight against crime. Besides all that, the film had nothing: no good shots, no good acting, and no good script. I give this film a F and a 2 out 10.

When I was in the 2nd grade, we had to write a story. So I wrote a story about a guy that got hit by a meteor. The story was called Meteor man. What is soo funny is that I not just the guy became a super hero, but the dig had became a affected by the meteor, and his name became meteor dog. When I turned in my paper my teacher had said it was actually a good story. When it came time for the teacher to return our papers she gave everyone there paper but not mine. I had asked her what happened to my paper and she had said she lost it. What a coincidence that the thus story plot was written, come on, I feel like my story was taken, in my story I had said the guy got hit by a meteor. Sad that I have no proof, but it is OK. Email rubensito555@yahoo.com

Much better than movies that are made today... Wish there had been a sequel.

This is an almost all-black cast featuring many prominent black actors and singers. The most famous one, Bill Cosby, has several scenes but no lines of dialog! What makes the film appealing is its innocence and charm. There is hardly any profanity, there is a good-hearted likable hero ("Jefferson Reed" ) Robert Townsend) and a nice story of good folks trying to get rid of destructive violent neighborhood gangs. It's hokey; it's corny, it's sometimes stupid but there are some genuinely unique and funny scenes in this film as when "Meteor Man" talks to his dog or when he does some amazing feats to save his friends. A fun, lightweight film that - yes, the whole family can enjoy. It's a sad comment that it got so few reviews. Apparently, most people here would rather watch evil, nasty characters. I think it's refreshing to see some nice people and good role- models exhibited for a change.

Superhero movies pretty much always suck, and this is no exception. Its only redeeming quality is the fact the movie COULD have been even worse. I would put 'Batman & Robin' and 'Steel' above this movie, so yes it is that bad... If your looking for a black superhero, check out 'Blankman' its not a "serious" superhero movie but at least its entertaining.

I can only enjoy "The Meteor Man" as a so-bad-it's-good film, and, on that level, it's quite amusing. Its supposedly earnest depictions of gang violence are ludicrous, and, as a partial comedy, the kiddie jokes are only funny for how stupid they are. The picture is thoroughly stuffed with clichés. Sometimes, I think I was chuckling along with it, but mostly I was just laughing at it. The one clever element is the insertion of comic books within the superhero narrative, which underscore "The Meteor Man" being about African-American representation in an otherwise white-dominated genre. This is along the lines of much of classic blaxploitation cinema, and one could see it as a precursor paving the way for a future blockbuster such as "Black Panther" (2018), but this particular iteration is impossible to take too seriously. It's too inept. In it, a milquetoast substitute teacher is struck by a glowing, green meteorite, which, of course, gives him superpowers. After his mom makes him a proper uniform (including the laughable trope of him trying on various alternate costumes in a montage sequence played out in front of friends and family), he employs his newfound abilities to rid his neighborhood of crime. One of the many eye-rolling interludes sees Meteor Man convincing cops and gangsters to drop their guns during a shootout and enter into a dialogue, which results in both sides trying to better their streets, I guess. The Black Man of Steel also finds time to use his powers to grow a community garden of giant vegetables overnight. None of this is as ridiculous as the Goldilocks gang, complete with members of the criminal organization sporting yellow-dyed hair, matching suits and platoons of schoolchildren similarly made up. Arguably, gangsters haven't had this much flair since "West Side Story" (1961). When you think about it that Meteor Man and the Goldilocks boss eventually find themselves in an impromptu runway competition, it makes a lot of sense. I hope Robert Townsend and company enjoyed making this nonsense as much as I enjoyed viewing it. Actually, the film features an impressive ensemble cast of veteran comic talent, although, granted, much of it's from TV, and it shows. In retrospect, the one blight here is Bill Cosby, playing a supposedly-sweet homeless dog lover, although his use of his own x-ray vision to peer into other people's homes to watch TV, changing the channels, as the home owners standby oblivious in their underwear, seems, uncomfortably, spot on. Anyways, aside from that, "The Meteor Man" is a pleasant and perfectly preposterous picture.