Spoilers Superman (2025) Grade and Discussion

[Guy Gardener]

It is damned time we see a great version of Brainiac. The character is Superman's number 2 nemesis and we've never had a decent live on screen version.

As for Luthor, the last few decades (both on screen in Smallville and in the comics) have shown the character works best as a foil for Superman rather than an outright villain. The last attempt to make him a full villain during the lead up to Death Metal was contrived and came out of left field in the comics continuity. (I blame editorial for that.) Luthor works great as a character who is driven by his own ego and his own motivations and desires, but who is not an outright villain. To me, he is a member of Clark/Kal's supporting cast. On screen, I would love to see Houlton return as Lex in that capacity.

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[theenglish]

I barely remember watching that series. It seems to me that Brainiac was well done--but that wasn't a Superman show.

 

[The Realist]

It seems to me that Brainiac was well done--but that wasn't a Superman show.

All I can tell you is that the Blu-rays are on my “Superman live-action” shelf.

 

[The Realist]

Here’s a fun item: Corenswet’s Superman audition (one of them, anyway). It contains what is presumably an early version of the interview with Lois; the dialogue is almost entirely different, and it seems to me a little more comedic. It’s also considerably shorter, unless it was cut down for audition purposes. I’m linking it because it’s one of those YouTube videos where embedding is disabled.

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ETA: Except the forum software displayed the link as an attempted embed anyway. Obviously, you can just click through to see it.

 

[Guy Gardener]

I barely remember watching that series. It seems to me that Brainiac was well done--but that wasn't a Superman show.

Animated Brainiac on Harley Quinn was fabulous, but you said Live Action.

CW Brainiac 8, looks a lot like Smallville's Supergirl.

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[Mudd]

He had it down from Day 1:

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[The Nth Doctor]

That was a fantastic featurette. Really digs into the uniqueness of the Justice Gang and its weird (for the better) members.

While I knew about Anthony Carrigan's alopecia, I don't think I knew Christopher Reeve also had it (or if I did, I forgot because of my shitty memory). I love that Carrigan connected with Reeve in that way and now he's in his own Superman film.

 

[theenglish]

All I can tell you is that the Blu-rays are on my “Superman live-action” shelf.

I've been thinking that I can't even remember if I bothered finishing that series. I remember seeing Brainiac in his ship and something to do with Lobo, but not much after that.