“M.O.D.O.K.” is an animated comedy about a Marvel supervillain and it’s clearly trying to capture the success of DC’s “Harley Quinn” series. I was hoping for something that was going to be funny and creative but it ends up feeling a lot like a single “Robot Chicken” sketch stretched out for a series.

M.O.D.O.K. (Patton Oswalt “Ratatouille”) is out to do the usual supervillain stuff such as take control of the world. Unfortunately, he has to deal with real-life problems like his family and managing his business. I guess being a supervillain just isn’t as cool and as exciting as you would think it would be.

The M.O.D.O.K. character is painfully dull. He has a large head and hovers around but it’s what he says that is so dull. Like “Robot Chicken”, the humour comes from having a character from a respected property talking about everything from modern pop culture to sex to problems with their kids. Unfortunately, it’s just not very funny and it gets old so quickly. The way everybody babbles on in this is just nauseating at times. The stop-motion animation is impressive in terms of the movements but the designs for a lot of the characters are just awful.

“M.O.D.O.K.” is almost unbearable at times and it’s a shame because I think there is real potential here for a show about a struggling supervillain. It needs to focus more on M.O.D.O.K.’s schemes and him battling superheroes and less on making him into some relatable chap. I just didn’t care for this show at all. I think only those that absolutely love both Marvel and “Robot Chicken” are going to get any form of enjoyment from this. The irony is that while Marvel continues to dominate the big screen, they really are losing to DC on the small screen.