Not a bad start, covering familiar early Superman ground but still not bad. Everyone feel really young but then that is the audience they are going for.
Interesting choice for the first villain. Merc instead of Shock Radio host. Very different from her original origin.
The things they did with the Jor-El hologram were an odd choice. From the tone of his initial speech he came across as sort of militant & threatening. I honestly thought it was Zod at first. I get the choice though, they wanted to have a scene where Clark felt threatened by his heritage and chose to stay with the safety of the Kents. Later when he goes back and he says "I don't even know who you are" you can see the hologram of Jor-El look hurt in response. Very nicely done
Wel for whatever reason, Episode 3 did not show up here in Canada, at least not on anything I have access to.
Episode 4 was fun though. Dr. Ivo re-imagined as a Tech Bro with a bit of MCU Tony Stark, creating a Personal protection super suit he calls the Parasite 1.0. Needless to say it went horribly wrong
Of particular note however is Ivo's young assistant
Alex.
They play him off as a resentful helper science minion to Ivo but anyone who knows Superman can figure out who he is pretty quick. Just waiting on the accident that causes his hair to fall out.
Also Lois putting two and two together pretty quickly. Although Clark being a little sloppy doesn't help him hide his ID.
and Jimmy....already feeling the third wheel
Episode 5
Deathstroke (pretty young and still has 2 eyes though)
Waller
The General (I am 99% certain it's Lois's father)
and Lois pretty much calling Clark out to his face and not dragging out the "Is he really Superman subplot"
Cliffhanger ending. Jimmy is in trouble.
So The Brain and Monsieur Mallah are adorable together
and they created a bunch of mutants that were pulled right out of Gurren Lagann
and next up...Myxy!!!
oh wow.....He looks like Washu
Interdimensional Peacekeeper?
I can't wait, this is going to be such chaos
I have to say, I do like that Clark is so bad at lying about his secret ID. Dishonesty is simply "alien" to him. He just looks really uncomfortable every time he tries to cover something up. Plus it looks like they will not be stretching out the "everyone is mad cause you lied" thing.
I'm good with a Superman that's bad at lying at this early stage of his career.
Also, yeah Myxy looks pretty Washu-ish. I was expecting more bowler derby and cigar.
ok this episode was really fun.
Myx felt very on character
couple of fun take aways
This is Earth-12
The source of Myx's power is his Bowler Hat.
This version of Lois is "Fun" Lois, at least acording to Myxy
Crab Superman
plus lots of showing off various animated Superman over the decades.
The whole thing with the Bowler hat implies that Myx is adapting his form for the universe he is in. Our traditional Bowler Hat wearing jolly fellow is the "true" form but for Earth-12 he's an anime-imp, because that is what fits here.
Next Week - Super Hearing
Neat! I can't wait to see this. Also cool deal about the hat.
oof...that got rough. Sups getting on hell of a beatdown there
our second appearance of Alex
and Vickie Vale..fair bit older than Lois, which presumably would mean the same for Batman
Such a Gotham City headline
and season wraps up with a tense Thanksgiving dinner, an Alien invasion, Brainiac and what is probably Zod
Also Jimmy is rich now
Season 2 starting off with Clark agonizing over Valentines Day only to be interrupted by the Fortress of Solitude with a new revelation. Hologram Jor-El learns English and fills Clark in on his background...
So that's New
The General was clearly not out of line to be worried
So that pretty much wraps up the big mystery of season 1 just in time to introduce the mystery of Season 2. His cousin Kara is out there and needs to be found.
and then we have the Jimmy Sub-plot
We have a ticker that pops up at the top of the screen showing Jimmy's current Net Worth.
It is going down
Also Jimmy.......Do not inspire Lex Luthor
damn it Jimmy
Lois and Superman attempt to rescue her father from Task Force X
Superman fights The Atomic Skull
Waller shows she is not above using civilians as test subjects for her living weapon experiments, much to Sam Lane's shock and disgust.
and Superman finds the beacon that will lead him to his cousin
Also Jimmy now has interns, AKA The Newsboy Legion
General Lane needs a place to lie low. After refusing to stay with Lois and put her in danger, Lois suggests he stay at Clark and Jimmy's place. He has no problem with the idea of putting Clark in danger.
Jimmy's networth tracker, now under 4 million
By the end
Alex, now calling himself Lex, offers Waller his technical know how, making bold moves after being inspired by Jimmy.
Episode 3 was fun
Vicky Vale vs. Lois Lane
Dr. John Henry Irons and Dr. Sylus Stone create Metallo
Superman's Bio-Aura power
and Flip, leader of the Newsboy Legion, that has been in the series since start, is revealed to be Natasha Irons
Plus the beginnings of LexCorp.
another round of Superman vs. Task Force X
The bigger thing however is Lex Luthor steps forward and explains to the various important people in Metropolis why Superman is a threat to Earth and uses Jimmy to help make that point.
and to give Jimmy a thanks for inspiring him to step up and become the man Metropolis needs.
After a hard day of dealing with Earth is for Earthlings, a somewhat depressed Clark uses the beacon to make a call to his cousin, if she's out there.
unfortunately I think someone else got the call
Well Kara arrives on Earth (and rocking Android 18's fashion). Jimmy shows her the town (Dropping his net worth below 3 million)
Superman attends a "Most eligible" charity event and meets Silver Saint Cloud
and then things go badly
Also Freeze Breath
The Freeze breath does not appear to be simply blowing really hard, more of an Anime Mouth Beam kind of thing. It also caused frost to build up around Clark's head.
and it seemed to surprise Brainiac, who immediately changed his orders from Kill to Capture.
ok wow...lot to process.
Brainiac, an AI that was in charge of Krypton's fleet is focused on recreating the Kryptonian Empire...but not the way it was. Brainiac has a vision for a better empire, one people like Jor-El and the science counsel did not have the stomach for.
Kara has been deeply brainwashed into being his soldier and he expects Kal-El to help, willing or otherwise.
she has killed billions and she doesn't remember any of it.
and then Jimmy and Lois show up with Monsieur Mallah and the Brain
Well Jimmy has spent the rest of his fortune, hiring Livewire to help him and Lois steal a space ship to go rescue Clark.
Monsieur Mallah and the Brain join them, because after visiting various alternate realities they discovered that the Other versions of themselves are....less than polite. So they returned to Earth-12 and have been having regular brunch with Jimmy.
Also Lex gets to test his "Project M" prototypes. A collection of Kryptonite powered robots.
Have to say though, getting a little tiered of Amanda Waller being the face of fascism at DC these days.
She was always a hard one but these days everyone seems to portray her as Way over the line of Reason.
Well. She is the Wall after all.
Brainiac uses a device called "The Black Mercy" to manipulate Clark's Memories while Kara, Jimmy and Lois mount a rescue attempt by infiltrating Kandor, Brainiac's space station.
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The stubbornness of Lois Lane vs. the Black Mercy AI for the Mind of Clark Kent
Meanwhile Kara defends Earth from Brainiac while fending off Luthor's army of Metallos and Task Force X
I am really glad to hear that a Season 3 has been approved already cause they have done a great job with this series. There may be a lot of weird twists on a lot of classic Superman lore but they really do have the spirit down right.
Season 2 Concludes with a Bang
Superman and Kara get help from "The Cavalry", superteam put together by general Lane (Livewire and the other Intergang crooks) plus Dr. Irons in his Prototype Steel suit.
Brainiac reveals that Krypton was in the process of Peace Talks with their enemy and the War was going to end. HE was going to be Decommissioned....he couldn't allow that
Activating the "Eradicator" protocols he placed in Kara he sends her into berserker mode.
When she breaks his control Brainiac tries to kill them by throwing them into the Sun.
To everyone's surprise that turns out to not be a good idea.
Happy ending for all and waiting for season 3