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[Strike]

Xena > Hercules

 

[Mighty Chin]

Not sure how Sorbo can stand being up in Vancouver for so long. The Socialism must nauseate him.

 

[Zen Aku]

I didn't even know Kevin Sorbo had such a bad reputation until a few years ago. Shame cause I enjoyed Hercules as a child growing up.

 

[Emarv]

Supergirl is a pretty open liberal show. Their showrunner and star are very open progressives and supporters of the LGBT community and inclusion of major LGBT on their show. The show basically takes place in a universe where Hillary won the presidency and they're pretty firm about it. If conservative actors like Dean Cain and Sorbo want to go be on a show like that for a paycheck and fan casting, I guess there are worse things that could happen?

 

[erlim]

Strokes don't turn you into an asshole

Maybe being so angered by common sense and social equality gave Sorbo three strokes and an aneurysm. Somehow he didn't make it to heaven though.

 

[CloudWolf]

I hope Sorbo gets into an argument on the existence of God with Supergirl and Superman.

 

[Megadragon15]

It would be funny if they cast Sorbo to play the (evil) Hercules in the DC TV Universe.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

I know he's endorsed Republican candidates in the past (including Trump), but he's always struck me as the kind of actor who isn't about to turn down a role if there's good pay in it. Just one look at his filmography in the past decade should tell you as much.

That's how his agent answers the phone.

 

[Dysun]

Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher have to share a scene or there will be hell to pay

 

[Septimus Prime]

Hercules possessed a strength the world'd never seen--a strength surpassed only by his wicked, black heart.

Thus, wherever there was evil--whenever the innocent would suffer--there would be Hercules.

 

[Slayven]

I hope Sorbo gets into an argument on the existence of God with Supergirl and Superman.

.

 

[KyleCross]

Today I learned Kevin Sorbo is a terrible human-being.

Fuck...

 

[MMarston]

Well, guess I won't really be able to enjoy Hercules anymore. Thanks, Kevin.

On the bright side, I get to beat his face in in God of War III, who Sorbo also plays.

 

[Jason Frost]

Kevin Sorbo as General Zod?

 

[User Name Here]

Oh good. Now I have a reason not to watch Supergirl. I wasn't that into it in the first place, but now this news will help me avoid.

 

[Smoolio]

Not surprising they hired Sorbo, after season 2 turned Kara into the romantic interest for Mon-el to win.

 

[Savitar]

Going to guess that it might be...

Vartox!

Who is definitely not based on any bad Sean Connery movie character at all.

 

[Fury451]

I hope Sorbo gets into an argument on the existence of God with Supergirl and Superman.

This isn't a Zack Snyder movie tho

 

[Look! The Pie!]

Finding out how much of a douche Sorbo is was such a disheartening experience for me. Dude was one of my first crushes in Hercules.

Whatever. As others have said, Xena was far superior anyway. Lucy Lawless would never.

 

[Replicant]

Hiring Sorbo seems pretty backwards for a show that has made itself a platform for discussing and progressing social issues. That was always part of the show's identity from the very beginning. Sorbo must've been cheap as hell because this otherwise makes little sense.

Exactly. The show has been LGBT friendly lately and his addition is a slap to the show's progressive stance.

 

[Slayven]

Going to guess that it might be...

Vartox!


Who is definitely not based on any bad Sean Connery movie character at all.

They wasted Vartox on the very first ep

 

[Savitar]

They wasted Vartox on the very first ep

......really?

Well so much for my uneducated guess.

Bizarro Vartox?

 

[Mizerman]

Hercules possessed a strength the world'd never seen--a strength surpassed only by his wicked, black heart.

Thus, wherever there was evil--whenever the innocent would suffer--there would be Hercules.

10/10

 

[Kyoufu]

Fuck Sorbo and fuck Cain tbh.

Teri Hatcher is a goddess though. Best Lois yet.

 

[Fancyarcher]

In for Hatcher, couldn't care less about Sorbo though.