John Oliver Has The Antidote To Your Post-'Suicide Squad' Superhero Woes

John Oliver  should write all Hollywood films going forward. Agreed? 

While his HBO series “Last Week Tonight” is on hiatus for the next few weeks, Oliver has offered up a web exclusive aimed at the monotony of recent superhero movies. 

In the 4-minute clip, he goes onto explain that fans of the genre are beginning to experience what he describes as superhero fatigue. The same climactic ending battles, threat of human extinction, lackluster villains and incoherent plotting have all started to feel a bit routine, so maybe it’s time for the old standards to hand over the reins to a new hero. No, not you, Aquaman. 

Instead, the late-night host pitched a new character by the name of Johnny Strong, a creation he came up with in fifth grade. 

“By day, he is mild-mannered fifth-grader John Olivier — no relation — but from the time school lets out until dinner he becomes the, let’s say, unconventionally handsome hero Johnny Strong,” Oliver says in the clip. 

“Johnny Strong is a kick-ass hero with a bad attitude. He’s seen a boob, and he knows what the F-word is. He intrepidly battles villains such as Doc Bedtime,” he says. “And of course there’s the dreaded Mrs. Thomas, the clarinet teacher.”

“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” returns on Sept. 25.