Superman and Lois: Too Close to Home
One of the things I have really enjoyed about Superman and Lois is that the show centers on the family. For a character like Superman, that’s a perfect choice.
One of the things I have really enjoyed about Superman and Lois is that the show centers on the family. For a character like Superman, that’s a perfect choice.
Superman was the first superhero by just about every definition. He started the industry, and all the others, from Batman to the Avengers and everyone else, can be said to owe him a debt. There have been many takes on him over the years, and the newest (as I write this) is a cartoon called “My Adventures with Superman.”
the show focuses more on relationships and family than on superhero action, but, as with just about everything else they do, does it well. There are some interesting developments and revelations in “In Cold Blood.”
There’s a lot going on in “Uncontrollable Forces” and many subplots, most of which link up one way or another. I thoroughly enjoyed the episode, as I almost always do with this series, but it just seemed to go on longer than usual. Which I was fine with, it was great, but it’s an odd phenomenon I’ve notice from time to time.
The broad strokes of Superman’s origin is a story I’d wager the majority of the world knows. The fine details have changed with various retellings over the years, and bits have been added on to the mythos (Kryptonite didn’t show up until the radio show began, for example), but the bare bones of who he is and how he got here are common knowledge.
Superman and Lois absolutely respects their source material, and does a great job giving a few changes that work in the modern era without making everything dark, edgy, and mean, or ridiculously saccharine sweet. It manages to be about family and get the tone right for the dynamics, and still have plenty of Super-action.
The Crisis on Infinite Earths continues on Batwoman. The first part had several cameos and a lot of surprises, as the extent of the high stakes was driven home by so many deaths. The special after-show, ala Talking Dead for Walking Dead, confirmed that all those worlds we saw in quick glimpses were destroyed, so the body count is already immensely high.