I've been out of commission for a couple of days and thought I'd go ahead take a step back in move forward with...
Super Saturday!
Let me just say that I've alway been a fan of Superman. Something always appealed to me about the ultimate boy scout. The guy that would go out of his way for everyone, would say "Yes ma'am", the one that for him, the costume was the disguise. Underneath the costume he was a shy, bumbling kid from Kansas. I think he's been mistreated in the comics for a long time, Smallville was (and I'll get hate mail for this, if I had any followers), was close but dropped the ball on a number of key elements.
Anyway there's a rich mythology around Superman, and hopefully I'll explore some of that here. In images and occasional pithy comments...
Zod is one of my favorites from Superman's Villains List. In most incarnations he is an enemy of Jor-El who, once he escapes from the Phantom Zone, tries to exact his revenge on the son of his old enemy.
And who has never uttered the phrase "Kneel before Zod."
I liked a lot of things about Smallville, the evolution of the Super-Suit being one of them. This was a near home run in my book.
If it had looked like this, it would have been Golden.
Kara Zor-El. Again, a key part of the Superman mythos that has been abused and misused over the years. I liked the actress for Smallville, but hated that she was more experienced and that Clark learned more from her than the other way around.
Absolutely awful movie with Helen Slater in the early 80's...just awful.
And
ONWARD!
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