Lois and Clark, is there any love here?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 5, 2006 14:57
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CHRISISALL

Saturday, June 24, 2006 8:50 PM

Any fans of Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman?
I thought the charm overshadowed the sometimes insane plots, and slightly cheesy FX.

Remember it?
Own it?
Hated it?

Chrisisall Olsen

CHRISISALL

Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:35 PM

One thing I really enjoyed about it was the focus on the CHARACTERS, not the super-feats. Clark, the man, was every bit as interesting as the Man of Steel, and the seperation between the two was not as great as in other versions- he was really one guy, suited up or not. Lex was EVIL and not so played for comedy. And, of course, THE perfect Lois.
Too bad Deborah Joy Levine (the creator and head writer) was canned at the end of season one; it could have grown to be a truly landmark super-hero series, as it was, we got a solid well-done first season, a passable second, and two more rather worthless seasons to end it...

Like I see 'em Chrisisall

COPILOT

Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:38 PM

I enjoyed it on occasion. Never really went out of my way but I'd watch it if it was on.

An I carried such a torch

CHRISISALL

Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:46 AM

At first I missed the curl on Supe's forehead, but their take was that flying at super-speed pushes your hair straiiiight back, apparently.

Nit pickey Chrisisall

CYBERSNARK

Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:54 AM

Remember it and loved it. Superman as it should've been, with just the right balance of superpowers and human drama.

I still think Dean Cain would've made a better Kyle (Green Lantern) Rainer though. He was just too boyish and lean. Superman should be square-jawed. I wanted Paul Gross (from Due South) as Clark.

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CHRISISALL

Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:06 AM

I got the first season on DVD last X-Mass, it really was a good bunch of eps (for the most part), and yeah, nicely balanced as you say.

Great shades of Elvis Chrisisall

AERIN

Wednesday, July 5, 2006 1:26 AM

Really liked it in the beginning, then kind of lost interest. Maybe that change-over after the first season? In the series Clark Kent was an interesting character in his own right, not just a one-dimensional disguise for Superman. He and Lois were partners and friends. You even see him writing actual articles for the paper. In the movies it's hard to understand why Superman even bothers having a secret identity, since only the Kents even notice Clark. He wants Lois to like him as Clark but he's not really being himself, so what's to like? Why not skip the reporting gig and save people full-time? In the series Clark Kent is a real person who puts on a disguise and in the movies it's the other way around.

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, July 5, 2006 2:43 PM

Well, the movies are pretty heavily-rooted in the pre-crisis continuity: Clark Kent as the bumbling doofus, Lex Luthor as the over-the-top cartoon villain, Lois as the "girl reporter."

Lois & Clark was the first non-comic Superman series to use the post-crisis versions (Clark shows competence and wit, Luthor is intelligent and calculating, and Lois has enough backbone to carry her own show).

(And yes, Superman is a disguise worn by Clark. This is the fundamental difference between Superman and Batman; where Bruce Wayne is just a disguise worn by the Bat. Batman could give up being Bruce, but Superman can't stop being Clark.)

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SPACEANJL

Wednesday, July 5, 2006 2:57 PM

I used to 'ship over on the Smallville site, and I'm damn sure that that show came out of the Lois & Clark vibe. I totally agree with the idea that Superman was a disguise Clark adopted. First season was the best - it was the little moments, like sorting out the costume, or trying to get changed in a cubicle, that were funny.

Still prefer Michael Rosenbaum's Lex, though. Bald can be hot.