Spoilers "Superman & Lois" Season 1 spoiler discussion!

[The Realist]

Eh, I'd go with Dean Cain for Clark and Cavil for Supes.

I personally would never elevate a Superman actor to the top ranks whom I didn't like as both (as is the case with Reeves, Reeve, Hoechlin, and Routh) -- particularly since I don't perceive them as separate characters in my mind. Cain is indeed an appealing Clark, but an unconvincing Superman. Cavill is nowhere in the running as either.

 

[Commander Troi]

I forget but do we know what happened to Lois's mom. Is she still alive? Perhaps she could be in the picture. Another thing is he might takeover running the farm. Clark could get a job at the paper. It's not like he has any special farming skills from a business sense. The guy could also open maybe a business in town were he pursues some passion we don't know about but also allows Irons and his daughter plus Jonathan work on the suits and other tech in a more secure place than the family barn.

I don't think *anything* has ever dealt with Lois' mom. Not comics, not movies, not TV shows. But if I'm wrong, somebody let me know.

 

[The Realist]

Lois's mom made several appearances in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, played by two different actresses -- the first of whom was George Reeves's original Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates, in her only example of "legacy" Superman casting. Lois's mother was also seen in a video message in Smallville, again as a legacy casting -- in this case, Teri Hatcher.

Think she's also made minor appearances in the comics over the years, but I'll leave those details to others (or Wikipedia).

 

[The Realist]

OMG, don't believe I forgot this one: She's also in Superman '78, with child Lois on the train. And legacy casting strikes again -- Lois's mother is played by Noel Neill, who was Lois Lane in both the Kirk Alyn Superman serials and the George Reeves TV series (succeeding Phyllis Coates on the latter), while Lois's father in the train scene is played by Alyn himself.

 

[Jayson1]

So if we see her mom it likely means she will be Amy Adams. Actually I think now would be a perfect time to maybe finally explore the character. Connect it even to het dad now retiring though I guess that might be something of a cliche so I wonder how they could make it so it doesn't feel like melodrama.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I'm a fan of Tom Welling's portrayal of Clark Kent / SuperMan (However brief it was).

 

[Guy Gardener]

Eh, I'd go with Dean Cain for Clark and Cavil for Supes.

Cain rode the Trump train so hard, he became unwelcome on the Supergirl set.

Oh...

Canceled Superman vs. Canceled Lex Luthor?

Although Unapologetic Republican is not in the same ballpark as pedophile rapist.

Sigh.

 

[thribs]

I hope we see some actual farming in season 2. Clarkson’s farm but with Superman.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Eh, I'd go with Dean Cain for Clark and Cavil for Supes.

Cavill and Alyn. Both gave definitive, powerful turns as Superman, and more thoughtful versions of Kent (instead of the bumbler and/or uncertain overused routine of Hoechlin and Reeve)

 

[Enterprise is Great]

It’s weird that the first season finales of Superman and Lois and Supergirl ended with a pod crash landing. Only on S&L they didn’t leave us hanging on who was inside. Supergirl didn’t reveal the occupant until season 2.

 

[Nerys Myk]

It’s weird that the first season finales of Superman and Lois and Supergirl ended with a pod crash landing. Only on S&L they didn’t leave us hanging on who was inside. Supergirl didn’t reveal the occupant until season 2.

Classic cliffhanger trope. Knock at the door. Either they open it and gasp and we see who was on the other side or we don't.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Classic cliffhanger trope. Knock at the door. Either they open it and gasp and we see who was on the other side or we don't.

It’s Bobby in the shower!

 

[Noname Given]

It’s Bobby in the shower!

You have to go THERE didn't you.

 

[thribs]

It’s Bobby in the shower!

I hated that ending. Ruined a perfectly good Family Guy episode

 

[FPAlpha]

Finally got around to watch the season finale on the weekend and i feel underwhelmed because i've seen it a dozen times or so in various variations over the decades.

What really drew me in in the first half of the season was the family dynamics, something we rarely get to see with Clark Kent/Superman, because it invariably collides with some superhero shenanigans.

It was cool that the intorvert loner son was the one who got the powers and not the jock kid, a nice reversal of the usual trope, we got to see Clark and Lois as parents dealing with the same crap all parents of teenagers have to deal with and so on.

This together with some superhero mysteries slowly building made the first half of the season really something good.

Then the show devolved into the xth iteration of superhero duking it out with the villain of the season and everything else that made the show so great until then took a backseat and it was near constant bashing time.

Just for once i would love to see a producer and studio take a risk and start treading on unfamiliar ground, show us something we rarely get to see like they did in the beginning of this show but then again they thought it wouldn't be a superhero show without flashy CGI fights.

Let's see what the second season has but i'm not optimistic.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Finally got around to watch the season finale on the weekend and i feel underwhelmed because i've seen it a dozen times or so in various variations over the decades.

True--but that was inevitable, as the entire Edge / restore Kryptonians plot was--as you pointed out--far from new (or the best way its been used), and aside from okay moments with Edge as a corrupt businessman type, his entire Kryptonian reason to be was thin and so poorly executed.

 

[dupersuper]

Cavill is nowhere in the running as either.

To be fair I think he could be if he ever got to play them...

 

[The Realist]

To be fair I think he could be if he ever got to play them...

That seems to be a common perception -- that Cavill would be a great Superman if not for Snyder -- but I don't personally agree. Going to leave it at that so as not to ignite The Great Superman Wars for the bajillionth tiresome time.

Most people seem to like Hoechlin, so that's a nice thing.

 

[thribs]

Cavil is awesome as Superman. Never understood people who think otherwise.
I don’t think there is any actor I didn’t like who played him. He’s usually well cast in all occasions.

 

[The Realist]

I don’t think there is any actor I didn’t like who played him. He’s usually well cast in all occasions.

I have to appreciate that positivity. It's sadly rare these days in a fandom that should be inclusive and welcoming -- it's based, after all, around the warmest and kindest of heroes -- but which is all-too-often fractious and sniping.