His comic character’s origins not withstanding, I too considered Martian Manhunter. If you go back to J’onn’s comic origins, coming to earth accidentally kills the person who brought him here. So, my guess is that the “real” Henshaw died and J’onn took his place. My alternate theory (and this is weird) is that Prof.…

From an Inscription Found at the Final Zoo

They ranged the globe, these creatures; now they’re penned
In habitats of crystal and hard steel.
And though they seem to freely swim within,
The cage conceals the truth: they are not real.
Cetaceans died off many years ago,
Along with other species no one knew.
The oceans’ changes…

Why “eviscerate,” exactly? It’s Go-Gurt, not Go-Guts.

You may suffer from HSS (Humorless Superhero Syndrome). Sufferers find humor incompatible with movies about comic book characters and may have trouble digesting the two together. A strict diet of gravitas is prescribed. Take two DC Universe movies and call me in the morning.

The New City of Lights

Accretion built this city, stone by stone
From ceilings vast descending to cave floor
Or upwards reaching, til at last had grown
A city like none ever seen before.
Behold its glory, great Stalapolis!
From womb of earth your mighty grandeur springs!
What surface-boulevard can equal this?
What sun-lit…

I’m not saying that it solves the problem or precludes his appearance. Just that it solves the fundamental narrative problem of having a distant Superman.

I disagree. It was clearly established that people in the media such as Catco know who Clark Kent is.

That was the point of this episode, in my opinion: to establish clearly that Superman respects that his cousin must be her own person, so he WON’T be stopping by. It was addressing the elephant in the room in what I found to be a clever narrative way so we can get past it and focus on Kara and her group.

Well, you asked...I’d say we agree on a lot of the particulars.

That’s a valid point, but Star Trek isn’t Game of Thrones. You’re dealing with fifty years of television and cinema expectations—not just a popular book series. You have to pander to the audience, or you risk souring the brand. Further, using the series to launch a new on-demand service is risk enough without…

Pragmatically, though, I don’t think that’s as doable as a single-setting show with regular recurring characters. You’re already spending a chunk of money for special effects. The basic sets of a single-setting are one way to save money, and returning cast is the other—plus, it improves marketing capability, I think,…

In many ways, it reflects the New Frontier of media, just as ST:TNG did with syndicated networks.

You’re watching Heroes Reborn all wrong. You’re thinking of it from a rational perspective. It’s melodrama + special effects + fun. Could it make more sense? A lot more sense? Sure. But it’s supposed to be enjoyed the way one enjoys Chris Claremont writing X-Men. Go back and read, say, the Dark Phoenix saga. I read it…

That...actually almost kind of makes some sort of sense. Her body would try to heal trauma, and childbirth IS trauma.

Thanks!

The Infinite Empires

The world grew more compartmentalized,
As tech evolved to meet our every wish.
The geopolitics were soon revised,
And city-states sprang up for every niche.
Those fragile, fractious nations splintered more,
Each tribe dividing, striking out anew,
Mitosis in reverse, from shore to shore,
‘Til finally we…

Thanks!

Rise Up So Early In The Morn

We’ve been holed up here since the plague began.
I built a fort from these old subway cars.
Just me, the dog, a couple kids, and Jan:
We didn’t have a lot, but it was ours.
The government is on its feet, they say.
The military says that we’re safe now.
The sergeant says we oughtta move away,
But I…

Well, they clearly saved a few bucks on the Atom-Smasher CGI, so on the whole, I’d say it balanced out...

SOME of the humor worked. SOME of the action worked. And occasionally, SOME of the acting was good. My premise is that Stanton could have made a better film if he’d animated the whole thing, because (to me at least) it seemed clear that he knew what he wanted to do but did not know how to bring that about with real…