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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 28, 2023 14:25:33 GMT -5
I'm not really as invested in Jimmy as the other two thus far but I do appreciate that they are at least making an attempt to keep him prominent in his own right when he's pretty easily overshadowed by the current dynamic.
Also this show's really wearing its She-Ra influence on its sleeve at this point. Was getting a lot of Bow & Seahawk vibes this time.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 28, 2023 19:04:12 GMT -5
So... Grodd, Humanite or Mallah... my guess... {Spoiler} Malllah,
Ultra Humanite is usually a white gorilla.... with a weird brain. (well when he's in a gorilla form he was first a regular mad scientist)
it could be Grodd but it seems like an odd place to stick him especially since usually he's all Psychic powered...but I guess they could have done that with tech... but I don't think they'd want to open the doors to the full Gorilla city yet. The show seems a little more grounded than that... (as grounded as a Superman show could be...)
Mallah... outside of not having his beret, basically fits what little we saw there... especially as just straight grabbing him like that is something a second in command would do, more than a main bad guy like Humanite and Grodd. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 28, 2023 21:53:53 GMT -5
So... Grodd, Humanite or Mallah... my guess... {Spoiler}{Spoiler} Malllah,
Ultra Humanite is usually a white gorilla.... with a weird brain. (well when he's in a gorilla form he was first a regular mad scientist)
it could be Grodd but it seems like an odd place to stick him especially since usually he's all Psychic powered...but I guess they could have done that with tech... but I don't think they'd want to open the doors to the full Gorilla city yet. The show seems a little more grounded than that... (as grounded as a Superman show could be...)
Mallah... outside of not having his beret, basically fits what little we saw there... especially as just straight grabbing him like that is something a second in command would do, more than a main bad guy like Humanite and Grodd. Jimmy also actually mentioned {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}"superintelligent gorillas in France", paraphrasing, in an early episode. Mallah is, naturally, French. He is also distinctly not from Gorilla City, so yeah, doesn't open the can of worms that Grodd would, plus Grodd is more a Flash villain and loathes working for others, whereas Mallah is often in a supporting role. So yeah, like you, I am inclined to think it'd be Mallah, short of this being some kind of alternate take on Titano. Titano is usually a chimpanzee, though. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 29, 2023 1:12:55 GMT -5
So... Grodd, Humanite or Mallah... my guess... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} Malllah,
Ultra Humanite is usually a white gorilla.... with a weird brain. (well when he's in a gorilla form he was first a regular mad scientist)
it could be Grodd but it seems like an odd place to stick him especially since usually he's all Psychic powered...but I guess they could have done that with tech... but I don't think they'd want to open the doors to the full Gorilla city yet. The show seems a little more grounded than that... (as grounded as a Superman show could be...)
Mallah... outside of not having his beret, basically fits what little we saw there... especially as just straight grabbing him like that is something a second in command would do, more than a main bad guy like Humanite and Grodd. Jimmy also actually mentioned {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}"superintelligent gorillas in France", paraphrasing, in an early episode. Mallah is, naturally, French. He is also distinctly not from Gorilla City, so yeah, doesn't open the can of worms that Grodd would, plus Grodd is more a Flash villain and loathes working for others, whereas Mallah is often in a supporting role. So yeah, like you, I am inclined to think it'd be Mallah, short of this being some kind of alternate take on Titano. Titano is usually a chimpanzee, though. {Spoiler} Yeah I forgot that... I also meant to add in the humanite bit it would probably make more sense to have Humanite start as the mad scientist than just appear as the gorilla... |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 29, 2023 7:42:47 GMT -5
A subsection of people who don't seem to be actually watching the show have been having an absolute meltdown for days over the Lois bating Clark into revealing his identity thing because of course. Even though in context the show's already established that 1), she was entirely certain of it, 2), she has issues with being lied to, and 3), he's already told her he wouldn't do so. It makes total sense she'd go to those kind of lengths and get that angry over it but, y'know, need to watch the show for that.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 29, 2023 14:51:55 GMT -5
A subsection of people who don't seem to be actually watching the show have been having an absolute meltdown for days over the Lois bating Clark into revealing his identity thing because of course. Even though in context the show's already established that 1), she was entirely certain of it, 2), she has issues with being lied to, and 3), he's already told her he wouldn't do so. It makes total sense she'd go to those kind of lengths and get that angry over it but, y'know, need to watch the show for that. That, and there is a ton of precedent for Lois doing something like this. It's actually kind of remarkable that the Superman the Animated Series one never did, because many portrayals of Lois have her press the issue. This version of Lois is also essentially romantically involved with Clark at this point, albeit only briefly, so it's more personal than it often has been. Not saying what she did was "right", exactly, but it's conflict, and the series has been having their budding romance play out rather smoothly, so it was going to come to a head sooner rather than later. That, and like I say, precedent. Like, I'd love to see some of these people go back and watch the Margot Kidder version of Lois Lane and the stuff she pulled, between jumping off Niagara Falls, going out a window, or the deleted scene with her firing a gun at Clark. (The latter is actually my favorite example, and one I wish had not been deleted, since it's also her being rather clever about it.) |
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jul 29, 2023 16:31:54 GMT -5
A subsection of people who don't seem to be actually watching the show have been having an absolute meltdown for days over the Lois bating Clark into revealing his identity thing because of course. Even though in context the show's already established that 1), she was entirely certain of it, 2), she has issues with being lied to, and 3), he's already told her he wouldn't do so. It makes total sense she'd go to those kind of lengths and get that angry over it but, y'know, need to watch the show for that. That, and there is a ton of precedent for Lois doing something like this. It's actually kind of remarkable that the Superman the Animated Series one never did, because many portrayals of Lois have her press the issue. This version of Lois is also essentially romantically involved with Clark at this point, albeit only briefly, so it's more personal than it often has been. Not saying what she did was "right", exactly, but it's conflict, and the series has been having their budding romance play out rather smoothly, so it was going to come to a head sooner rather than later. That, and like I say, precedent. Like, I'd love to see some of these people go back and watch the Margot Kidder version of Lois Lane and the stuff she pulled, between jumping off Niagara Falls, going out a window, or the deleted scene with her firing a gun at Clark. (The latter is actually my favorite example, and one I wish had not been deleted, since it's also her being rather clever about it.) Superman TAS went by the Post Crisis take on Supermans secret identity in that no one believed he had one. They had no reason to. So Lois was never trying to expose Superman because she never had a reason to think he was hiding something. |
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jul 29, 2023 17:29:18 GMT -5
A subsection of people who don't seem to be actually watching the show have been having an absolute meltdown for days over the Lois bating Clark into revealing his identity thing because of course. Even though in context the show's already established that 1), she was entirely certain of it, 2), she has issues with being lied to, and 3), he's already told her he wouldn't do so. It makes total sense she'd go to those kind of lengths and get that angry over it but, y'know, need to watch the show for that. How'd Superman 2 grab 'em? |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 29, 2023 17:32:59 GMT -5
That, and there is a ton of precedent for Lois doing something like this. It's actually kind of remarkable that the Superman the Animated Series one never did, because many portrayals of Lois have her press the issue. This version of Lois is also essentially romantically involved with Clark at this point, albeit only briefly, so it's more personal than it often has been. Not saying what she did was "right", exactly, but it's conflict, and the series has been having their budding romance play out rather smoothly, so it was going to come to a head sooner rather than later. That, and like I say, precedent. Like, I'd love to see some of these people go back and watch the Margot Kidder version of Lois Lane and the stuff she pulled, between jumping off Niagara Falls, going out a window, or the deleted scene with her firing a gun at Clark. (The latter is actually my favorite example, and one I wish had not been deleted, since it's also her being rather clever about it.) Superman TAS went by the Post Crisis take on Supermans secret identity in that no one believed he had one. They had no reason to. So Lois was never trying to expose Superman because she never had a reason to think he was hiding something. Which is a take I kinda like... the whole idea that no one can fathom the idea that he would want to live like one of us... not only one of us but a common man that works a 9-5 job with a boss. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 29, 2023 18:04:20 GMT -5
Superman TAS went by the Post Crisis take on Supermans secret identity in that no one believed he had one. They had no reason to. So Lois was never trying to expose Superman because she never had a reason to think he was hiding something. Which is a take I kinda like... the whole idea that no one can fathom the idea that he would want to live like one of us... not only one of us but a common man that works a 9-5 job with a boss. It probably helped he immediately told her that he is an alien, etc., so between that, his super speed, etc, yeah, not a lot of reason to think he's got a secret identity. Naturally, this Superman doesn't have those kinds of answers to satisfy her curiosity, though, so it makes sense it escalated to all of this. There are times Clark probably pushed his luck a bit, like when he had Lana Lang vouch for him when he was presumed dead, but they kind of skated by on triggering Lois's jealousy instead. |
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Post by dav on Jul 29, 2023 19:00:33 GMT -5
Superman TAS went by the Post Crisis take on Supermans secret identity in that no one believed he had one. They had no reason to. So Lois was never trying to expose Superman because she never had a reason to think he was hiding something. Which is a take I kinda like... the whole idea that no one can fathom the idea that he would want to live like one of us... not only one of us but a common man that works a 9-5 job with a boss.  Always loved this page in particular. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 3, 2023 23:19:45 GMT -5
Ok Mallah and the Brain are great.
also almost did a legitimate spit take at the "NOPE!" From next week,
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Post by RI Richmark on Aug 4, 2023 0:30:29 GMT -5
Damn this series moves fast. Only 6 episodes in and: {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}And both Lois and Jimmy know Clark's secret. It does make sense though. Lois is supposed to be an ace reporter with keen observational skills and Jimmy's known Clark for years. (I was laughing my ass off when he revealed that to them) Plus this Clark is kinda bad at hiding things.  It will be interesting to see where they go from here. How will this affect their coverage of Superman. Not to mention Lois and Clark's budding relationship. Then again maybe they have to move fast. The way WBD goes they may only get one season.  |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 4, 2023 0:36:19 GMT -5
I love that they just went for it on the Brain and Mallah. Honestly kind of feel like got more out of them in this episode than Doom Patrol season 3 did, to say nothing of how lame they were on Teen Titans. Damn this series moves fast. Only 6 episodes in and: {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}And both Lois and Jimmy know Clark's secret. It does make sense though. Lois is supposed to be an ace reporter with keen observational skills and Jimmy's known Clark for years. (I was laughing my ass off when he revealed that to them) Plus this Clark is kinda bad at hiding things. It will be interesting to see where they go from here. How will this affect their coverage of Superman. Not to mention Lois and Clark's budding relationship. Then again maybe they have to move fast. The way WBD goes they may only get one season. It's actually already picked up for a season 2 thankfully. |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 4, 2023 15:14:48 GMT -5
So now people are pissed off over Mxyzptlk's design. You'd think by now even if they don't like the aesthetic people would grasp that this show's art design is doing a lot of its own thing and the only character they've really been particularly concerned about skewing close to the common conception of is Clark.
Though on the subject of that design I am down for it going off the teaser but my first instinct on what that character would sound like prooobably isn't Ferb.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 4, 2023 15:50:43 GMT -5
Mxy in the Supergirl show has looked like a fully human-sized Tom Lennon and Peter Gadiot. No matter what he looks like in this show, people will get over it. Maybe.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 4, 2023 19:25:47 GMT -5
Myx literally can look like anything... and if he's at least pretending to be a hero... it makes at least a little sense he'd dress like an Anime protagonist.
That said I Would love a scene where he's trying to blend in wearing the bright purple suit and fedora.
I'm just glad they didnt go with a tech origin for him which was hwat I was dreading when I Saw he was coming and with how they've handled everyone else.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 4, 2023 19:43:42 GMT -5
I'm just glad they didnt go with a tech origin for him which was hwat I was dreading when I Saw he was coming and with how they've handled everyone else. Is actually possible since his design notes mention that, though I'm guessing even if so it's going to be pretty downplayed. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 5, 2023 1:25:40 GMT -5
I found Brain and Mallah fun. Brain being German was a bit of an odd choice in that now, Mallah being French is just sort of "because", I guess, instead of due to Brain's direct involvement, but not a big deal. I am not as sold on this design, visually, but it isn't like the Brain hasn't changed up his design at various points over the years, he doesn't always have to basically look like a chess piece or a Dalek.
These past two episodes fully got me onboard liking Jimmy. I think he kind of works as this guy who kinda knows he's in the DC Silver Age universe, and as we saw here, he's at least validated on a sizable portion of it. I also am cool with him having known Superman's identity due to how often he just... breaks shit right in front of Jimmy. Part of me wants to go back and watch previous episodes and see if, viewed through the lens of Jimmy knowing already, if there's any sign of it or not.
I do like the resolution of the conflict between Lois and Clark, that it isn't like everything is just instantly forgiven due to him protecting her during the breaking in, but you do also see her softening, until things are made right. Much like how the conflict began, this feels fairly earned, even if the show tends to be pretty fast-paced.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Aug 5, 2023 2:02:33 GMT -5
I'm okay with the show....although it is having issues.
Love the dynamic between our three main characters, but I'm having issues about not caring about everything else (especially the villains).
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