News Superman & Lois Ordered to Series at The CW

[M'rk son of Mogh]

It would actually probably be easier to explain how this child suddenly showed up in their family if he was adopted, really.
I'm surprised this route hasn't been taken before, now that I think about it.

 

[Christopher]

It would actually probably be easier to explain how this child suddenly showed up in their family if he was adopted, really.
I'm surprised this route hasn't been taken before, now that I think about it.

If you mean the Kents being open about adopting Clark, that's often been the case. Indeed, the very first version of the origin story had baby Kal-El start out in an orphanage before being adopted.

If you mean the Kents being nonwhite, that would be a nice change of pace.

 

[JulieYBM]

Have Martha have a miscarriage just before Clark arrives and then pass Clark off as the baby that has been lost. Then incorporate that story element into Martha's dramatic arc. Voila.

 

[Jayson1]

Yeah, that is a shame, I would have no problem with the Kents not being white.
If all the stuff she's saying is true, then this is all looking especially bad since the show's on The CW, and their big thing is how they embrace diversity.

That's why their is nothing to worry about. It's a CW show. Of course it's going to have diversity even if the Kent's are white.

Jason

 

[N-121973]

Have Martha have a miscarriage just before Clark arrives and then pass Clark off as the baby that has been lost. Then incorporate that story element into Martha's dramatic arc. Voila.

For those who don't know, in the John Byrne version (my favourite comic iteration of the character), Superman is conceived in vitro and the capsule that brings him to Earth is mated to his artificial womb which is shaped like a blue crystal egg. The ship lands just before a vicious snowstorm hits Kansas and the Kents seeing something land in one of their fields and wanting to ascertain what it is before they're snowed in drive to the spot and the blue egg or birthing matrix opens, giving birth to Clark, on Earth. The Kents take the baby and are unable due to the weather to get into Smallville for months by which time they pass him off as their own claiming that because Martha has a history of miscarriages and still-births they kept her pregnancy secret and Jonathan Kent used his experience helping farm animals give birth to deliver his son.

 

[theenglish]

For those who don't know, in the John Byrne version (my favourite comic iteration of the character), Superman is conceived in vitro and the capsule that brings him to Earth is mated to his artificial womb which is shaped like a blue crystal egg. The ship lands just before a vicious snowstorm hits Kansas and the Kents seeing something land in one of their fields and wanting to ascertain what it is before they're snowed in drive to the spot and the blue egg or birthing matrix opens, giving birth to Clark, on Earth. The Kents take the baby and are unable due to the weather to get into Smallville for months by which time they pass him off as their own claiming that because Martha has a history of miscarriages and still-births they kept her pregnancy secret and Jonathan Kent used his experience helping farm animals give birth to deliver his son.

This also worked because Kal-El did not have super powers as a baby and presumably his internal structure is virtually identical to humans.

 

[N-121973]

This also worked because Kal-El did not have super powers as a baby and presumably his internal structure is virtually identical to humans.

Yeah. I've always preferred it that way. I recall repeated references to Clark falling from his tree house and breaking one of his arms in the fall. Though I do wonder what the results of blood tests he must have had in his youth revealing.

 

[The Realist]

More from the night shoot with the new suit, including a short video clip:

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[Samurai8472]

The series cinematographer is Gavin Struthers, who worked on The Witcher, Shameless and Black Sails
https://www.thevulcanreporter.com/scoops/superman-lois-dop-gavin-struthers/

The first five episode titles have also been revealed

1. Pilot
2. Heritage
3. The Perks of Not being a Wallflower
4. Haywire
5. The Beacon

 

[Christopher]

I hate it that most pilots are just called "Pilot." Why doesn't a first episode deserve a title the same as all the others?

 

[JD]

I've never understood that either.

 

[Ovation]

What if this one is about Superman rescuing a plane and the story is from the pilot's point of view?

 

[Jayson1]

Sounds like a nice story but Supergirl also had to deal with airplane stuff in it's pilot. Though maybe Superman is the pilot. Start of with a joke were Superman is taking flying lessons on how to fly a helicopter because of reasons and then story happens and he has to stop.

Jason

 

[Dick Whitman]

I generally have seen the first episode of a tv series as similar to the first movie in a film series. With the sequels getting the subtitles. Not the first story. So the true title of this Pilot is “Superman and Lois”.

The series title is probably how most series pilot scripts are label during development anyways.

 

[Christopher]

I generally have seen the first episode of a tv series as similar to the first movie in a film series. With the sequels getting the subtitles. Not the first story.

See, that bugs me too, the first movie in a series just getting a generic title. I feel sorry for stories that don't get their own unique titles. It disturbs my sense of symmetry. (Nor am I fond of sequel titles that are just numbers. Although I'm okay with in the case of Back to the Future Part II/III, because they did make it feel like one big 3-part story.)

The series title is probably how most series pilot scripts are label during development anyways.

The thing is, not all first episodes are pilots in the strict sense. A pilot is a standalone production meant as a demo film to market a series to broadcasters. If a series gets a season order up front before anything is shot, then the first episode technically isn't a pilot, it's a premiere. Although that ship has long since sailed, as "pilot" is commonly used for both these days, even within the industry.


Anyway, it's just so much more satisfying to be able to talk about a pilot episode that has an actual title. "The Cage." "Encounter at Farpoint." "An Unearthly Child." "The Gathering." "Children of the Gods." And so on.

 

[JulieYBM]

It's pretty bland and I hate how stiff the US industry about these things. Thank god anime doesn't do this.

 

[The Realist]

Bitsie Tulloch posted this on her Twitter. I'm going to guess the show's other shooting stages have similar signage (the George stages, the Christopher stages, etc.). So cool that this series is going in with such awareness and appreciation of the character's storied screen legacy.

(And dunno how many stages they have, but Noel, Phyllis, Margot, et al., stages would be appropriate and awesome, also.)

So, turns out there are "Noel stages":

This is aces. And it certainly wouldn't be right not to give a classic Lois actress equal treatment and respect, especially since the character is half the show's title.

 

[Mudd]

There were details of Byrne's run that didn't wear well with fans - such as his early portrayal of life on Krypton - but it was much-needed and most of it was on point IMO. Clark developing his powers as he grew makes all kinds of sense in terms of his development as a personality; it means his formative years were no different than a human child's. Byrne's understanding that - sorry, Quentin - Clark is the guy who puts on a Superman suit rather than Superman disguising himself - is right. Making Luthor into an influential figure who's enjoyed great success as an industrialist and inventor and whose shady dealings are a challenge for the authorities or Supes to ever pin down is a cosmic improvement on Luthor the perennial jailbird or cackling villain clad in purple Spandex. But most of all, turning Lois and Clark into a real relationship instead of their half-century history of evasion and practical jokes was way, way overdue.

 

[The Realist]

^ Yes to all of that.

But most of all, turning Lois and Clark into a real relationship instead of their half-century history of evasion and practical jokes was way, way overdue.

As I've posted before, I tend to agree with something Lauren Winn said on a recent podcast (paraphrased): "Superman is inherently a love story. If it's not a love story, then revisit what you've written."

 

[Mudd]

There's something to that. Lois makes Clark a lot more interesting, in the Byrne version anyway, because when she's recognized as the subject of his affection and someone that he wants to be close to it gives him the only really intrinsically human, relatable motivation that he's ever had. This is the essential difference between the older DC heroes and the Marvel characters: Marvel characters really deeply want something in the way that their audience wants things, and it affects their behavior all the time.