Production values look good. Its not enough to get me to watch but the visuals are better than other CW fare.
Production values look good. Its not enough to get me to watch but the visuals are better than other CW fare.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
Huh, i'm actually kind of intrigued, well at the very least i'm watching the first episodes, wich is more that i had to CW since the second season of Flash.
"Wow. You made Spider-Man sad, congratulations. I stabbed The Hulk last week"
Wolverine, Venom Annual # 1 (2018)
Nobody does it better by Jeff Loveness
"I am Thou, Thou Art I"
Persona
Who is he fighting? Metallo? That guy in a suit + Kryptonite makes me think Metallo at least. Would be stoked to see Metallo as the major villain alongside Lex, I’ve always wanted a movie with that set up.
It’s amusing to me to see the Snyder fandom go from dumping on Hoechlin to praising it just because the grading is darker now and the tone is serious. But hey if they stop screaming I’ll take it, maybe this will be the most positively received Superman product since Smallville. Least Hoechlin will be in the suit and fighting bad guys. Chortled at the “I wish I could get drunk” that’s great.
We know this show gets dark at some points based on the leaked script, but it’s not going to get Snyder-tier “Metropolis gets completely destroyed” edgy I’d bet. Wouldn’t surprise me if they do try to recreate some of the Snyder fights except Hoechlin actually protects people and prevents property damage as opposed to Cavill.
The real question is will the show consistently look good beyond the pilot, or will they front load it to get people watching only to downsize the budget after the first episode or season.
Last edited by Vordan; 01-21-2021 at 03:26 PM.
As others have said, reminds me of MoS without Snyder's "larger-than-life" aspirations, though the other thing that popped up in my mind was Superman: Secret Identity.
I like it.
Don't. Don't do that. Don't give me hope.
This looks like it could actually be good. The potential's there, and it has a little of that MoS trailer feel (which I remember being excited for when it first dropped).
That first look was awful. They should have lead with this. Much better. Lois and Clark looked a lot better here.
All I could think was "he's fighting the Doom Slayer" but Metallo makes sense. Even looks a little like some designs of him. I hope it is now!
I really hope they got addressed and don't make it into the final product as well. As you said, time will tell.
Last edited by Robanker; 01-21-2021 at 04:30 PM.
Beyond 'wow, it so purdy' and 'gosh I continue to hope the raised issues are at least mostly matters of what it lacks rather than active problems, and/or the bad press got them to make panicked corrections, I want to have a consistently good live-action Superman thing for the first time since the 1950s'?
My main response is "lol, how'd Superman manage to keep his secret identity from his kids" BECAUSE SUPERMAN IS GOOD AT HIS JOB
Buh-bye
It would be the height of irony if I get baited into being excited for this show via its trailer, and then the show itself was bad, given the Man of Steel similarities. Those MoS trailers are still the best Superman stuff Snyder has ever done. Still I think Hoechlin is a great Supes, and I can’t wait to see what he can do. It’s funny to think of all the people complaining about how “weak” Hoechlin was, because given the budget I think he’s going to completely outclass Kara feat wise.
Saw a theory that Doom Slayer is spoilers:end of spoilers and I could definitely see that. Would prefer it to be Metallo, but seeing those two go at it physically would still be something we’ve never seen.
Alternate Lex in a power suit
Last edited by Vordan; 01-21-2021 at 04:58 PM.
I assumed it was less budget and more who they have handling the FX on the show, so I'm not sure if there should be such a stark change for the rest of the season, especially with a smaller episode count.
spoilers:end of spoilers
Unless you count Supergirl fighting two Luthors in a power suit on her show.
They giving Archie & Jughead and that's not a good thing.