Post by stargazer1682 on May 24, 2018 20:34:14 GMT
Since the other Krypton threads didn't really discuss much of the specifics of Krypton, and largely veered off topic anyway; I thought I'd start this thread to discuss season 1, now that it's completed.
I do have to say, I think for primarily focusing on a singular arc, 10 episodes gave it pretty solid pacing. I didn't think anything dragged on longer than it needed to; or become redundant. I do miss one off episodes and the subtle creative nuance they can offer through character development or memorable, short storylines. But that's true of even shows like Arrow that run more twice as many episodes in a season.
Having Dru Zod - THE General Zod - be part of this story added an interesting component; and they weren't coy with the reveal, which was even better. I'm not sure what to think of him being Seg's son; the twist wasn't entirely unexpected, and there's an intriguing dynamic to him being Superman's (Great) uncle. I can't help but expect the other shoe to drop though and have them retcon it saying that somehow his ability to open the chamber by himself didn't mean he was also an El, and it won't be for keeps.
They did a great job though casting and writing the part. I mean, the speech the last episode ended on was a solid combination of capturing the attractive, yet clearly dangerous language of a charismatic dictator; and the masterful delivery of those words that brings the gravitas to the very real threat he poses to anyone who crosses him. When he says "kneel," these aren't token words or a catch phrase associated with a character, just because some other iteration said it 40 some odd years ago. There's a conviction about it that really makes it mean something.
I'm curious what will happen with Adam Strange. I think he'll likely continue to be crucial to realigning history; especially since he's one of the few with any stake in Krypton blowing up. I am a little disappointed that they made him such a D-List hero. I know he's never risen to the ranks of other DC heroes, and there's nothing inherently special about him, given that any enhanced abilities come from borrowed technology that others can wield, but I have generally liked him as a character in the comics. He's that old fashioned pulp space cowboy type of character, who flies around with a jet pack firing lasers and falling in love; and he's a history nerd. He's basically a wish fulfillment character, but instead we get someone who in another life would just as likely be the guy the characters on SVU would pick up as their first suspect to a crime before realizing he had an alibi and go after the real suspect.
Nyssa Vex being a clone is an interesting reveal; which I assume will turn into more of a story for the next season. It just seems like a shame to introduce it so last minute.
It seems almost definite now that "Cor-Vex" will be Jor-El and Zor-El's father, and ostensibly be re-named as a member of the House of El at some point. I assume the fact that Superman's cape rematerialized in spite of Seg going into the Phantom Zone; otherwise he'll have no other heirs, short of being released from the Phantom Zone - which is still possible.
I mostly liked the resolution of Seg repurposing Zod's plan, by luring Brainiac into the Phantom Zone. Zod's kind of an idiot if he thinks Brainiac would have just let Krypton survive after taking Val and his knowledge.
I do kind of wish they had brought Val back sooner; it seemed kind of tacked on, but I'm guessing he'll be more prominent in the next season. I kind of expected the Val hologram to turn out to be his Phantom Zone projection and never really computer generated; that would have required some walking back of a few things, like Adam erasing his computer logs of their earlier conversation.
I liked the cape rematerializing as Brainiac got sucked into the Phantom Zone, along with Seg; especially, if my impression is correct, that Seg talking about hoping for a better tomorrow was because he the cape rematerialize and he knew that everything Adam told him about what that would mean was again a possible future.
I am curious what the pivot point was in the split second between Superman's cape being restored, to the symbol changing; because there had to be some catalyst from a force proactively altering time - presumably Dru Zod.
I also wonder what the implications of the alternate present Earth that Adam is on; and what it's supposed to represent for the future. First we see him observe that everyone and everything is frozen, unmoving; then he sees the statue to Zod. The one thing I didn't catch was whether the people were frozen AND the statue was there, meaning Earth fell to Zod's control only to be conquered afterward; or if this was reflecting a change in timeline, where initially Brainiac conquered Earth, so everyone was frozen as one of his specimens, and then when history was changed on Krypton, everything changed on Earth where they were no lingered conquered by Brainiac, but instead were dominated by Zod and his Kryptonian forces.
I do have to say, I think for primarily focusing on a singular arc, 10 episodes gave it pretty solid pacing. I didn't think anything dragged on longer than it needed to; or become redundant. I do miss one off episodes and the subtle creative nuance they can offer through character development or memorable, short storylines. But that's true of even shows like Arrow that run more twice as many episodes in a season.
Having Dru Zod - THE General Zod - be part of this story added an interesting component; and they weren't coy with the reveal, which was even better. I'm not sure what to think of him being Seg's son; the twist wasn't entirely unexpected, and there's an intriguing dynamic to him being Superman's (Great) uncle. I can't help but expect the other shoe to drop though and have them retcon it saying that somehow his ability to open the chamber by himself didn't mean he was also an El, and it won't be for keeps.
They did a great job though casting and writing the part. I mean, the speech the last episode ended on was a solid combination of capturing the attractive, yet clearly dangerous language of a charismatic dictator; and the masterful delivery of those words that brings the gravitas to the very real threat he poses to anyone who crosses him. When he says "kneel," these aren't token words or a catch phrase associated with a character, just because some other iteration said it 40 some odd years ago. There's a conviction about it that really makes it mean something.
I'm curious what will happen with Adam Strange. I think he'll likely continue to be crucial to realigning history; especially since he's one of the few with any stake in Krypton blowing up. I am a little disappointed that they made him such a D-List hero. I know he's never risen to the ranks of other DC heroes, and there's nothing inherently special about him, given that any enhanced abilities come from borrowed technology that others can wield, but I have generally liked him as a character in the comics. He's that old fashioned pulp space cowboy type of character, who flies around with a jet pack firing lasers and falling in love; and he's a history nerd. He's basically a wish fulfillment character, but instead we get someone who in another life would just as likely be the guy the characters on SVU would pick up as their first suspect to a crime before realizing he had an alibi and go after the real suspect.
Nyssa Vex being a clone is an interesting reveal; which I assume will turn into more of a story for the next season. It just seems like a shame to introduce it so last minute.
It seems almost definite now that "Cor-Vex" will be Jor-El and Zor-El's father, and ostensibly be re-named as a member of the House of El at some point. I assume the fact that Superman's cape rematerialized in spite of Seg going into the Phantom Zone; otherwise he'll have no other heirs, short of being released from the Phantom Zone - which is still possible.
I mostly liked the resolution of Seg repurposing Zod's plan, by luring Brainiac into the Phantom Zone. Zod's kind of an idiot if he thinks Brainiac would have just let Krypton survive after taking Val and his knowledge.
I do kind of wish they had brought Val back sooner; it seemed kind of tacked on, but I'm guessing he'll be more prominent in the next season. I kind of expected the Val hologram to turn out to be his Phantom Zone projection and never really computer generated; that would have required some walking back of a few things, like Adam erasing his computer logs of their earlier conversation.
I liked the cape rematerializing as Brainiac got sucked into the Phantom Zone, along with Seg; especially, if my impression is correct, that Seg talking about hoping for a better tomorrow was because he the cape rematerialize and he knew that everything Adam told him about what that would mean was again a possible future.
I am curious what the pivot point was in the split second between Superman's cape being restored, to the symbol changing; because there had to be some catalyst from a force proactively altering time - presumably Dru Zod.
I also wonder what the implications of the alternate present Earth that Adam is on; and what it's supposed to represent for the future. First we see him observe that everyone and everything is frozen, unmoving; then he sees the statue to Zod. The one thing I didn't catch was whether the people were frozen AND the statue was there, meaning Earth fell to Zod's control only to be conquered afterward; or if this was reflecting a change in timeline, where initially Brainiac conquered Earth, so everyone was frozen as one of his specimens, and then when history was changed on Krypton, everything changed on Earth where they were no lingered conquered by Brainiac, but instead were dominated by Zod and his Kryptonian forces.
I sometimes think these shows would be better if they sat there and went over every idea they have that they think is good and do the complete opposite. 
