Sure the show’s gone down hill since season one and sure they’re trashing the Superman methos at this point but I’ll be damned if I didn’t enjoy the hell out of that opener!
I like the new direction they’re taking the show. Let’s face it, after 7 seasons you really got to either change it up or put it down and since it’s the CW.. well.. 'nuff said.
I like Clark working at the Daily Planet, Green Arrow being more involved and how Clark finally wants to save people. I know the show’s mandate is no tights but fuck it, the guys who created the show have been booted! I say go full bore, ride this sum bitch for 5 more seasons as the new NEW adventures of Lois & Clark.
I’m down with the Justice league also, as long as they ditch the chick who’s playing Canary. 90% of the fluff actress’s that have come on the show have been hotter and less annoying when they spoke.
Also, it’s a shame what they did to the Martian Manhunter. He becomes powerless when he’s near the sun (I assume fire)? Man… he could have been the anchor! Superman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Flash, Cyborg, black canary </end mumble> and throw in Oracle Chloe and you got yourself a team with young out of work actors who will work for catering!
“Ow, your arrow went right through my hollow mortal body. Why’d my dad take my powers AGAIN!?”
“Oops.”
“It’s okay. I’m that alien dude. I know I haven’t shown up in a while, and left you stranded for a month in hell, but I’ll fly your mortal body into space at superspeed towards the son.”
“So, even though my dad like totally took my powers, you can just fly me to the sun, my mortal body mind you, and I’ll get better?”
“Yes, but my powers will be gone. I’ll still look like Jackie Chiles, even though I’m supposedly this alien dude, and somehow I’ll manage to get your unconscious ass back to Earth, even with the no powers thing.”
“Sweet. My friend Chloe can read super fast you know? Isn’t that awesome? Now I’m gonna go get a job at a newspaper, even though I’m a college dropout with barely any experience. The newspaper industry is just desperate for young cheap writers.”
Originally Posted by SnaiekeView Post Also, it’s a shame what they did to the Martian Manhunter. He becomes powerless when he’s near the sun (I assume fire)? Man… he could have been the anchor! Superman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Flash, Cyborg, black canary </end mumble> and throw in Oracle Chloe and you got yourself a team with young out of work actors who will work for catering!
You forgot Aquaman. He can talk to fish and everything.
But seriously, just get them back and call the show Justice or something. It’d be better than Smallville.
Then again, it probably wouldn’t be better than Justice League Unlimited.
Originally Posted by neoolongView Post You forgot Aquaman. He can talk to fish and everything. But seriously, just get them back and call the show Justice or something. It’d be better than Smallville. Then again, it probably wouldn’t be better than Justice League Unlimited.
I didn’t forget him… I just think he’s a little bitch!
Nothing will be better than Justice League Unlimited. That show was all sorts of awesome but I really think it took all those years of Batman:TAS, Superman, Batman Beyond and Justice League to get it where it was.
I’m still all warm and gushy inside thinking about the Batman Beyond tie in episode where we learn the true destiny of Terry.
The show suffers from the void left in Rosenbaums wake, but the Tess character seems to be at least a TOUCH decent. I never noticed how bad Welling was until last night. I don’t know if it’s the dialogue (Chloe’s in DANGER!), or direction, or if it’s the fact he’s pretty bad, but they hid that a lot better in the previous seasons.
The Sam Witwer as Doomsday still reeks of lamesauce though. What the FUCK were they thinking?
I don’t get why they didn’t just name her Tess Macher. I guess it is supposed to be some lame combo of Tessmacher and Mercy, but Tess Macher would have been funnier.
Originally Posted by BankytheHackView Post This show continues to make something like Heroes look like utter brilliance.
Wait, what?
I was happy to actually see the show move forward. It may of done quite a bit in 40 min, but thank god it finally did.
Doomsday might be interesting, as his past was never fully explored, still it can get extremely corny, but I expect some dues ex machina to wipe the memory clean of everyone.
Originally Posted by SAIRUSView Post Doomsday might be interesting, as his past was never fully explored,
Huh? His whole origin was shown in Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey. Scientists from Krypton kept throwing a baby to a pack of horrible monsters, then would clone that baby from leftover genetics, then do it over and over until it evolved into Doomsday and went on a slaughter rampage.
Originally Posted by MikeShaynePIView Post Now I’m gonna go get a job at a newspaper, even though I’m a college dropout with barely any experience. The newspaper industry is just desperate for young cheap writers." “Nice! High five.”
In an episode where many inexplicable things happened this is the one I thought was most amusing. Chloe can barely manage to get a job writing obituaries and turns out to be some kind of super genius but Clark with like one semester of college(with the only class they ever show him in being world history as taught by Brainiac) and no news experience gets a job above her to work with Lois who has also been in journalism for maybe two years. Also, isnt the paper still run by Luthercorp who basically all hate him and know he has powers?
Thank god the premiere of Supernatural washed the bad taste of this crap right out of my mouth. There’s a reason I haven’t watched it in years and you know what? It’s even worse than I remember.
Hopefully this show will be canceled out of its’ (and ours) misery.
Originally Posted by MikeShaynePIView Post Huh? His whole origin was shown in Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey. Scientists from Krypton kept throwing a baby to a pack of horrible monsters, then would clone that baby from leftover genetics, then do it over and over until it evolved into Doomsday and went on a slaughter rampage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_(comics
heh thanks for the info. Still they’ll probably blame it on the fortress collapse and his DNA is probably mixxed in with Lex.
One thing that is bugging me, where are the glasses CK?
Chloe wasn’t a genius till only recently. I probably think Brainiac did something.
Clark getting the job? Well maybe he showed them how fast he could type.
Originally Posted by bigbrotherView Post I love how no one mentions, remembers, or even seems to care about Kara. So much for Supergirl huh.
Well what could Clark do when he was powerless? he has no fortress (yet), and has no practical way to bring her back. Its a mute point right now.
Still, since he just got his powers back and once the fortress returns, he’ll have no excuse. Does he even know where she is?
What he has had no excuse for a while is the glasses. Watch them be an object he gets, with a special crystal that he can use to confuse people so they can’t tell the difference between him with and without the glasses. Far fetched? Yeah, but I’m trying to get into the writer’s mindset.
Originally Posted by SAIRUSView Post Well what could Clark do when he was powerless? he has no fortress (yet), and has no practical way to bring her back. Its a mute point right now. Still, since he just got his powers back and once the fortress returns, he’ll have no excuse. Does he even know where she is? What he has had no excuse for a while is the glasses. Watch them be an object he gets, with a special crystal that he can use to confuse people so they can’t tell the difference between him with and without the glasses. Far fetched? Yeah, but I’m trying to get into the writer’s mindset.
No, no, there’s going to be one big massive retcon at the end of the season so that no one will remember him.
Well this was the setup episode for the entire season. David looks like a young Bruce Wayne, but the ending gave away Doomsday is on the way.
They did do some vague references for him, but the always convenient amnesia seems to be playing a part. At least the actor seems decent, and I’ll give it a few more episodes before deciding if this was all a mistake.