In this episode of Cape or Cap: A Black Nerd Superhero Podcast, we’re diving into the latest season of My Adventures with Superman, the latest animated series to reimagine DC’s iconic hero.
In our “Run It Back” segment, we break down the season's best and worst moments, focusing on character development experienced by Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen, story twists, and action-packed scenes. From Superman's origin to his epic battles, we ask the real question: does the show take flight with its cape or is it a total cap?
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Unknown:out of there. It's not good. Whatever is happening there is
Unknown:not good for you. Get out of there. Now, why are you still
Unknown:looking? Hi, I'm Shamar Griffith and I'm Andrew Tejada. We're
Unknown:going through superhero productions to let you know if
Unknown:they're still fun or the hype around it was dumb on Cape or
Unknown:cap, a Black Nerd superhero podcast.
Unknown:Welcome to this week's installment of capor cap, a
Unknown:Black Nerd superhero podcast. My name is Shamar Griffith,
Unknown:codename comic. Shams and I am Andrew Tejada, codename Arete.
Unknown:Andrew and I have known each other since 1996 that was the
Unknown:year Pinky and the Brain number one premiered, published by DC
Unknown:Comics. And in this comic, I really sped Reddit, but they
Unknown:were Batman and Robin at one point. Well, maybe the whole
Unknown:thing, I'm sorry I sped Reddit, but it happened. I Evie. I think
Unknown:I know exactly which comic that is. It also be funny, because it
Unknown:also be funny if the roles were reversed, like if Pinky was
Unknown:Batman and brain was Robin, but just because of the height
Unknown:difference, that's what I'm just thinking. Oh, man. But speaking
Unknown:of, like, origin stories, because of DC Comics and all
Unknown:that, um, we gotta talk about the the OG superhero of it all,
Unknown:who gets a revitalized origin story from this new series, my
Unknown:adventures with Superman. Now, if you've been following us
Unknown:since our yet another DC animated podcast moniker, you
Unknown:know that we love animated stories, especially when they
Unknown:have such a full cast with characters that are really
Unknown:compelling, great storylines. People are fighting for their
Unknown:honor, whatever it may be, and usually we'll provide you with
Unknown:an episodic breakdown of every single part of the series. We're
Unknown:not doing that today. Instead, we are now under the cape or cap
Unknown:Black Nerd superhero podcast moniker will now give you some
Unknown:more of these current shows that are out now and give you a full
Unknown:season run through in this new segment of our show that we're
Unknown:calling. Run it back. I like it. I like yes, new titles. New
Unknown:titles. So with this one, we are actually going to be covering
Unknown:the last season, the latest season of my Adventures of
Unknown:Superman, season two that had 10 episodes that premiered between
Unknown:the ending of May 2024, to about the end of or mid July, this TV
Unknown:PG show recently wrapped up a second season that premiered
Unknown:back in 2023 and includes show runners such as Jake Wyatt,
Unknown:Brendan CLOGGER, who has done so much work in the art department
Unknown:the DCA u it is kind of wild. And of course, Josie Campbell, a
Unknown:name we are quite familiar with, mainly because she basically co
Unknown:wrote and wrote Legion superheroes and the War world
Unknown:movie. Okay, if you've been following us, you know how some
Unknown:opinions I might have been about those, but it's a brand new day.
Unknown:Brand new, brand new day. Honestly, when I saw this, I was
Unknown:just like, I feel, I feel like somebody has some creative
Unknown:freedom taken away from them in other productions. And the main
Unknown:reason for that is because this show, if you check on your
Unknown:websites or your webs, wherever you find it, you'll find that
Unknown:currently has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating with a audience
Unknown:score of 81% and I believe IMDb has it right now, 7.7 out of 10.
Unknown:Yeah. But if you think we're just gonna sit here and
Unknown:automatically give something a pass because it's universally
Unknown:critically rated. You have another thing coming, maybe, but
Unknown:All right, so now we talked about the show runners. Let's
Unknown:talk about the cast is bringing this whole series to life. Um,
Unknown:since Season One, he has been the voice of the main
Unknown:characters, Superman, completely putting aside his super killing
Unknown:side as Huey Campbell from the boys, as we today, we have Jack
Unknown:Quaid, who is voicing Clark Kent. Next up. We Yeah, what a
Unknown:guy. Honestly, it's like the range already when you look at
Unknown:this. Next up, we got Alice Lee, who will who's taking her
Unknown:talents from Off Broadway productions now to the animated
Unknown:screen, as she's going to be the voice of Lois Lane, Ishmael
Unknown:Sahid. He's done some work on Nickelodeon productions,
Unknown:including, I believe, a show called that girl, Lele, I think
Unknown:it was called, but more importantly, well, not more
Unknown:importantly, sorry. But also, you've seen him recently on the
Unknown:sleeper show jury duty, that I feel like everybody was just
Unknown:like it was one of the most random out of nowhere, greatest
Unknown:shows that won Emmys, I think in this first season, or is
Unknown:nominated for one. Today, he is going to be our Jimmy Olsen.
Unknown:Jimmy Olsen is black. Y'all. This is the new, new day and
Unknown:age. Next up, we got Deborah Wilson, who made the jump from
Unknown:acting on television as part of the main cast on Mad TV for
Unknown:basically its entire run to being a voiceover powerhouse. As
Unknown:she's now the new official voice of Daisy Duck in all Disney
Unknown:productions. And she was also the motion capture artist for
Unknown:Amanda Waller in the Suicide Squad kills, the Justice League
Unknown:video game. Today, she's continuing that quest on
Unknown:superhero destruction as Amanda the wall Waller. This is a sorry
Unknown:spoiler for another episode, but definitely a better Amanda
Unknown:Waller than the one we got for Green Lantern. Oh yeah, 100%
Unknown:next up. Continuing on, we got the English dub voice to cite
Unknown:some of the One Punch Man Max middleman, who is voicing
Unknown:basically the rest of our villains in this series. He is
Unknown:the voice of Alexander Luthor. He doesn't really adopt the name
Unknown:of Lex quite yet we got He also voices Hank Henshaw and atomic
Unknown:skull. Ah, okay, yeah, that's a Yeah, that's job security, man.
Unknown:But don't worry if you're feeling like the villains are
Unknown:already pretty stacked. We do have some heroes who are
Unknown:providing backup for them, as we got Byron Mark Newsome, who's
Unknown:voicing John Henry, irons and Silas stone Byron. You might
Unknown:know his name if you watch Craig of the creek, the animated
Unknown:series. He has taken on the role of Dwayne Williams, who the
Unknown:father of the family unit from Terry Cruz. And I gotta say,
Unknown:it's a pretty great transition. So and finally, the main focus
Unknown:of our season today will include breakout star from trinkets and
Unknown:the fear street Netflix movie saga, Karina Madeira, who is
Unknown:this, who is voicing cars? RL, don't think she actually goes by
Unknown:the her more well known name quite yet in this particular
Unknown:season? No, I don't think so. Okay. And finally, the person
Unknown:operating behind the shadows, honestly, you, he's been in DC
Unknown:just really being the big bad, the overall head honcho of a lot
Unknown:of things. Like he's the Joker in The Dark Knight Returns both
Unknown:for both parts of the film. He's Caden James in the arrow verse.
Unknown:And today he is Brainiac, as we have Michael Emerson, who's
Unknown:making his DC production day. Um, return. Welcome back.
Unknown:Welcome back. All right, so with that, let's go up, up and away
Unknown:and run it back on this k4 cap review of the second season of
Unknown:my adventures with Superman. Yes. So again, we said, we're
Unknown:saying we're doing it a little bit different this time. We're
Unknown:not going to get down into the nitty gritty details of
Unknown:everything. We are going to give ourselves a little bit of a time
Unknown:limit to get into this. So the first section we're going to
Unknown:talk about is story. And we're going to give give ourselves 15
Unknown:minutes, just 15 to talk about story. The time is on the clock
Unknown:now. If you are, haven't caught up to Season Two yet, you're
Unknown:thinking about seeing it. You've checked out season one. You're
Unknown:not sure. We're going to tell you in here where you can skip
Unknown:to the end for our capercap final verdict, and that's where
Unknown:we're going to give a spoiler free capercap, final verdict.
Unknown:But from this point on, we're going to do some spoilers,
Unknown:because we're not going to toggle around the story. All
Unknown:right. So, all right, 321, you had your time to soar away.
Unknown:Let's get into the story in a very general sense. What this
Unknown:story is is that at the beginning of the season,
Unknown:Superman discovers that he has a way to contact a survivor, his
Unknown:cousin out there, and if he finds a specific beacon, he can
Unknown:get to her and bring her to Earth. And eventually, the
Unknown:decision is made for him to do just. That and these. So these
Unknown:first four episodes really revolve around his decision to
Unknown:even get Kara there. And in a general sense, I will say, in my
Unknown:opinion, these episodes are great standalones. They're
Unknown:really fun, really funny stories. But a main thing that I
Unknown:do think holds back the at least the first four, is
Unknown:communication. There are a lot of problems that could be solved
Unknown:if people just talk to each other. Yeah, there's so many
Unknown:times that it's just like, you're you're watching it, and
Unknown:I'm just like, this has to be the moment, like, just, just
Unknown:yell it out. Just like I feel like a lot of the conversations
Unknown:and the miscommunication that happens I'd never experienced in
Unknown:my life, which is, if I have something on my mind, I'm going
Unknown:to say it, or at least, like, allude to it, or enough that I
Unknown:feel like the people who I'm talking to or the people who are
Unknown:talking to me would there'll be a moment with the person
Unknown:receiving the information would be like, Wait, let's, let's dive
Unknown:into that. And the main thing is, definitely, we go through
Unknown:these first four episodes where it's like, again, Clark has this
Unknown:way of communicating with this long lost relative at the same
Unknown:time, Lois, I almost said, Lana, I'm sorry mixing up here. It's
Unknown:too many Double L's people. So at the same time, we have Lois,
Unknown:who is dealing with the fact that she is. She has to, she
Unknown:wants to make sure that she's like up there in the world,
Unknown:especially with her news writing. But more importantly,
Unknown:she's dealing with the fact that her dad, she just found out that
Unknown:her dad was a big part of, like, the trying, the whole effort to
Unknown:try to kill Superman. So now that they've kind of healed that
Unknown:from season one, now it's the the aftermath, and now that
Unknown:she's like trying to figure out, does she take this particular
Unknown:opportunity that comes up for her, which is to leave
Unknown:metropolis? Because another thing about this show, even
Unknown:though it all takes place in Metropolis, they are pulling
Unknown:every single woman from Gotham that Bruce Wayne has ever had a
Unknown:connection to, yeah, I mean, we're good in character. We're
Unknown:going to talk about, you know, some, some of these, but I do
Unknown:like that. It's, it's just bridging of worlds. Because, as
Unknown:you know, on this podcast, running thing with us is Batman.
Unknown:Itis in DC productions, the tendency for Batman to come in
Unknown:and just steal the spotlight from everybody around them, is a
Unknown:is a it's a problem. It's a constant problem, into like
Unknown:fully immersing yourself. So here, I love the little hints
Unknown:that Gotham exists, that other cities exist without bringing in
Unknown:additional characters. I think that's really, really great to
Unknown:let Superman live, and also makes the time. I imagine
Unknown:they'll get to a point where we'll see another hero, and
Unknown:that'll be it'll mean a lot more than just assuming, um, so yeah,
Unknown:so at this it's a good it's also a good part, because it's when
Unknown:Superman is brought into this beauty competition, that we end
Unknown:one, one big thing of the story and begin another. So in in
Unknown:these first few episodes, Superman's debating whether or
Unknown:not to turn on the beacon, but can't talk to Lois about it
Unknown:because they're having communication issues. And it's
Unknown:here where Lois doesn't properly communicate with Superman while
Unknown:he's in this, you know, dating beauty contest. So she breaks up
Unknown:with him, and at the same time, she breaks up with him. Kara,
Unknown:who has been spending her day with Jimmy at her first day on
Unknown:Earth with Jimmy, sees Clark in this competition, thinks that he
Unknown:is now a joke that and immediately is on site, has a
Unknown:fight with her cousin because she thinks he's lost the plot
Unknown:and he's completely off. And despite Clark having experience
Unknown:on Earth, Kara, in a specialized suit made from Krypton, is able
Unknown:to overpower Superman, and that's where she is able to
Unknown:bring Superman to the season's Big Boss.
ComicChams:Yes, I will say to that I love this suit that um
ComicChams:Kara has, because when season one ends, you see this character
ComicChams:and you for anyone that's that's like, has absorbed as much
ComicChams:Superman mythos as we have, they know, as soon as you hear about,
ComicChams:like, Oh, there's another out there, and you see this kind of
ComicChams:scape of like, this hell escape of this person who's ready to
ComicChams:conquer, and especially if it's a Kryptonian, you immediately
ComicChams:think, it's odd. So when this happened, I. Was just like
ComicChams:seeing her in the suit and realizing that the person that
ComicChams:we thought this whole time that was going to come to earth and
ComicChams:that was going to destroy everything with Zod, it's
ComicChams:actually Supergirl or Cara, and it's, it's such a great twist,
ComicChams:because I feel like we've, we've been seeing it recently,
ComicChams:especially this, like Cara, because of everything that
ComicChams:happened in tomorrow, versus Cara having this, like larger
ComicChams:connection to either a villain or bad things happening. So
ComicChams:seeing it play out in this particular way where it's almost
ComicChams:is still it's it's such a larger scope, but still within the
ComicChams:confines of what I wanted to see from a Superman story is great,
ComicChams:and then to have it be that she's like the general, almost,
ComicChams:of the actual big bad, which is Brainiac, I think that was that
ComicChams:really came out of left field, because I never would have
ComicChams:expected that we would have seen something like this, especially
ComicChams:so soon, because now this entire time as Clark has been dealing
ComicChams:with like, should he reach out to this cousin? Because the
ComicChams:entire part of him is just like, I found a family, I found
ComicChams:friends, but I haven't found anyone like me. So have I really
ComicChams:found my family? And now it's like, all right, I'm going to do
ComicChams:it. And then it's just like, literally, all hell breaks loose
ComicChams:because you got the worst of the worst. Yeah. And this is, yeah,
ComicChams:this is such a it's such a great turn. I mean, talk about it more
ComicChams:in character, the character section, but yeah, this is just
ComicChams:a series of upsetting expectations we're so used to.
ComicChams:Supergirl comes to earth. She's lost, she's naive, and she's
ComicChams:this innocent person just obsessed with Krypton and the
ComicChams:memory at too, too obsessed to move on. And here it's taking
ComicChams:that obsession and twisting it is really, really, really, a
ComicChams:really strong choice. And I think this, it's no coincidence
ComicChams:that this is where the story really hits, where Brainiac
ComicChams:basically says, Hey, I'm I'm willing your side. I want
ComicChams:Krypton and the Kryptonian empire to thrive. But obviously,
ComicChams:brain it's Brainiac, so he's not going to do it in the best way.
ComicChams:But instead of bottling Earths, like he usually does, just
ComicChams:collects them. He wants to rule them. So he's obviously unable
ComicChams:to persuade Clark to turn on Earth with just the conversation
ComicChams:Takano jutsu does not work, so Brainiac does decides to go into
ComicChams:Clark's mind, um, and reveal, in doing so, also reveals that he's
ComicChams:also controlling Cara's mind. He can remote control her at any
ComicChams:time. So now he tries to do this to Clark in the most brilliant
ComicChams:story turn. I am still clapping over this. Um, there's a whole
ComicChams:episode where Clark and Brainiac fight in Clark's mind over
ComicChams:control, where Brainiac uses a combination of Clark's real
ComicChams:memories and memories that Brainiac manipulated to get
ComicChams:Clark's will to weaken, and Clark at the very last second,
ComicChams:seems to break out of of the the memories gain control, and it's
ComicChams:then revealed that not only is he stuck in the simulation, but
ComicChams:that the simulation is called the Black mercy device. This
ComicChams:insanity. I have seen the black mercy. You probably seen the
ComicChams:black mercy 1000 times. Usually it's you just get trapped in
ComicChams:your wildest dream. That's, yeah, it's a plant that traps
ComicChams:you in the wildest dream to twist it, where Brainiac uses
ComicChams:it, not only to mind control him Clark, but also trap him in his
ComicChams:wildest dream. At the end of it, whoever thought of this, I need
ComicChams:to shake your hand and just, just kiss your hand for a
ComicChams:second, kiss the ring, because this is exactly what I want. I
ComicChams:want some I want elements to be changed, like this, things I've
ComicChams:seen before in a new light, black mercy. I'm spoiling a
ComicChams:little bit for later, but this is one of my favorite scenes of
ComicChams:the season, one of my favorite twists. It's incredible,
ComicChams:incredible. Yeah, it is so well done, especially because, as you
ComicChams:mentioned, like, you know, we have this concept of what black
ComicChams:mercy usually is based off of how it's been used in the past
ComicChams:by villains in comic books and even in animated series, the
ComicChams:original Superman animated series. So to have it be now
ComicChams:that like this, I agree. I love that little that moment when
ComicChams:he's just like, you think it's all safe, like, the day is safe.
ComicChams:Superman came through, he did everything he needed to do, and
ComicChams:then it's like, bam, sweep you off your feet. It's not it's not
ComicChams:all good. So it's like, it is really. Refreshing to see that
ComicChams:you can still have this level of a twist, especially given the
ComicChams:fact that it's throughout multiple episodes. So I think
ComicChams:that, like something that I love about this particular season is
ComicChams:that in not not like coming after any of the older Superman
ComicChams:productions have happened that I still always hold, like a
ComicChams:special place in my heart, is that this particular season,
ComicChams:it's built out so that it's not just filling up the weak stuff
ComicChams:ramifications from previous episodes, especially this black
ComicChams:mercy part, lead up into like the season finale, and the fact
ComicChams:that it really pushes you to wonder, are they going to be
ComicChams:able to save the day by the end of this season? Even I forgot
ComicChams:what was the episode count, because I was like, there's too
ComicChams:much you could wrap up in a couple episodes. It has to be
ComicChams:more than this, and they do a great job in not only
ComicChams:introducing this as the biggest problem, but also bring it to a
ComicChams:head when it all culminates on Earth, which also got to speak
ComicChams:back now go flip to the other part of the story that's
ComicChams:happening, the build up of the villains. So in quickly, just
ComicChams:mention it. In Season One, they spend a lot of time doing the
ComicChams:big bad of the week, the villain the week special, where there's
ComicChams:just like we I could see now that they were trying to
ComicChams:introduce all these characters to give Superman his adversaries
ComicChams:this time around, in this second season they are planning, and I
ComicChams:love it. There's from random episodes that were just random
ComicChams:scenes that would just come up where it's like you see that Lex
ComicChams:Amanda Waller and Slade Deathstroke, because they got
ComicChams:season this, are all working together to try to take down
ComicChams:Superman, growing their growing their teams, growing their
ComicChams:systems, in order to finally take down Superman once and for
ComicChams:All, it includes the inclusion of like, Hank Henshaw, all these
ComicChams:characters, and you see how they manipulate, or at least like,
ComicChams:convince these people to join along in their side, from how
ComicChams:Lex Luthor and Jimmy end up having the debate about like, is
ComicChams:Superman good for society, to then Having a moment where
ComicChams:Superman unfortunately does something wrong that leads to
ComicChams:the US government, the army or the Air Force, to be like, All
ComicChams:right, we don't, we can't mess with Superman anymore. He
ComicChams:clearly is a threat to even how it gets played out and how they
ComicChams:use Metallo in a new reinvigorized way to fight
ComicChams:against Superman. So I think I love the fact that the story for
ComicChams:the villains started to drastically change on the back
ComicChams:end, without having to worry about like they're going to get
ComicChams:taken out in like one episode or so. Yeah. And I mean, speaking
ComicChams:of villains, as we come to the end of our time here, you know,
ComicChams:we keeping it strict. But speaking of villains, there is,
ComicChams:we'll get into characters, but they bring back other villains
ComicChams:in interesting roles. Of course, Mala and the brain former
ComicChams:villains are the ones who ultimately help Lois Reach,
ComicChams:reach for antiac ship, and eventually Lois, by using the
ComicChams:black mercy as well, is able to invade the black mercy, pull
ComicChams:Clark out for the final battle against Brainiac, where, by the
ComicChams:in this wild battle, every human on Earth, even Amanda Waller,
ComicChams:comes together to to rise against Brainiac. And by the end
ComicChams:of this battle, Cara and Clark almost give their lives for the
ComicChams:planet Earth. And this is where we get a resolution, where all
ComicChams:the season, people have been wondering things about Superman.
ComicChams:Is he good, especially with his cousin showing up? Is this good?
ComicChams:And the earth. The earth accepts Superman by the end of the
ComicChams:season. So that's where we that's story. That's the story
ComicChams:section. Lot gets covered in one it's hard to believe it's just
ComicChams:one season. But moving right along, starting the clock again,
ComicChams:15 minutes. Uh, let's talk about characters. I do need this 15
ComicChams:minutes to talk about silver Saint Cloud because her
ComicChams:character design. I
ComicChams:think we're gonna blow the budget on that one. No, I
ComicChams:seriously, great, uh, character design. But no, really, really
ComicChams:seriously, um, this season juggles a lot of characters, um
ComicChams:and I, but I want to do, I want to start with saying something
ComicChams:about Clark this season. Um, Clark, his journey in the season
ComicChams:really is. He is Superman. He's out here, but now he's like, Can
ComicChams:the earth accept me? Can Lois accept me? Can people accept me?
ComicChams:So I think his conflict I love, always said I love a conflict
ComicChams:that can't be solved with punches from Superman. And this
ComicChams:is something that I think they really do well to explore. And I
ComicChams:think it really goes nicely with Kara, which I'm saving Kara for
ComicChams:for last. But yeah, Clark is the first one that stood out to me.
ComicChams:Any characters, or, you know, going on Clark, or any other
ComicChams:characters that really stood out on the hero side? For you, yeah,
ComicChams:I think for me, I am I trying to figure out who's gonna be my top
ComicChams:person. But right now, going for number one spots are Lois and
ComicChams:Jimmy, because Jimmy in particular, he left last season
ComicChams:rich like my man was balling like he he did the thing that
ComicChams:not that many people would have seen coming at all. Like, I
ComicChams:remember when it happened, I was like, oh, oh, this is going to
ComicChams:change the game. But I also knew that because of of what will
ComicChams:probably happen, the way that most shows like this are end up
ComicChams:written, he's going to probably be like super broke by the end
ComicChams:of it. I'm glad to see that he didn't go broke. But the reason
ComicChams:why I really was impressed with the way that Jimmy was written
ComicChams:out was the fact that he spends this season trying to figure out
ComicChams:what to do with his money, what to do with his impact. He's now
ComicChams:the leader of this whole, the whole flame bird side of the
ComicChams:Daily Planet, and that came with a lot of like, like, just a lot
ComicChams:of power and influence. And you see what it's like for him to
ComicChams:tackle that there. As I mentioned, there was a scene in
ComicChams:which Luthor and he they kind of get into a debate about, is
ComicChams:Superman good? And he gets tricked into joining on this
ComicChams:panel because he thought that maybe it was just like for his
ComicChams:work of with flame bird and bringing people together
ComicChams:throughout metropolis. But instead, it's because he has
ComicChams:this connection to Superman, and they're trying to use it against
ComicChams:him. So in this moment, he doesn't really know how to deal
ComicChams:with the negative impact that his influence has. He's he
ComicChams:invites Clark. They go out have some fun. So when Luthor is just
ComicChams:like drilling into Clark and or rather Superman. This is when
ComicChams:you see Jimmy shies away because he can't he doesn't know what to
ComicChams:do. And then we spend, like a good majority of his arc being
ComicChams:like he has. He wants to not just do better for Superman, but
ComicChams:more importantly, do better for the friend that he feels like he
ComicChams:failed. So I feel like it really takes him out of his comfort
ComicChams:zone, especially once he meets Cara, since the two of them end
ComicChams:up having this like, meet cute when Cara finally arrives. So I
ComicChams:think seeing that happen was just like, see seeing Jimmy,
ComicChams:kind of like, evolve as a person, recognize that, like he
ComicChams:does, have a new sense of power. However, he could still be just
ComicChams:as good of a guy as he's always been trying to be. Yeah, the
ComicChams:thing, and the thing about Lois that I love was that um, she
ComicChams:tackles a lot of her a lot of the stress that her father
ComicChams:further through, we got a sense that, like her father, kind of
ComicChams:always kept things, kept things close to heart. Had always
ComicChams:trained her for the for the populist moment, but never
ComicChams:really explained what that moment could be. So when he's at
ComicChams:a point where they do have this reconnection, because she's able
ComicChams:to save him from a mess that he put himself in, that she's now
ComicChams:like realizing that a lot of the emotional triggers that she has
ComicChams:in her life, of being unable to really connect with people and
ComicChams:and a lot of things that might be hindering her relationship
ComicChams:with Clark are because of these issues that she's having with
ComicChams:her father. And you get this episode where you do get, like,
ComicChams:a strong flashback sequence of, you know, what was her life
ComicChams:like, growing up, and what was it like, especially being the
ComicChams:child of an army general. So I think that her finally coming to
ComicChams:a place where she can finally call him out for the way that he
ComicChams:raised her, after not really building an emotional connection
ComicChams:with her. I think that was also really well done. So I'm very
ComicChams:happy to see that the heroes who didn't really get a chance to
ComicChams:have much of a a bump up in the last season, because obviously,
ComicChams:I'm assuming it's because you wanted to focus on building out
ComicChams:the adversaries now have a moment where they're going
ComicChams:through these like deep moments. Where they feel like they harmed
ComicChams:or did something to Clark or Superman that put him on another
ComicChams:path, and now they're trying to realizing that, like there was
ComicChams:something more eternally going on with me that needed to
ComicChams:address that and then fix that later on with Superman, yeah,
ComicChams:and beautiful. What I love about this arc in particular is they,
ComicChams:you know, her and her father fighting all season over
ComicChams:heating, abandonment issues. Sam lane is also very fun, very fun
ComicChams:for Sam lane here, perfect balance of stern and silly. But
ComicChams:as we get to the near the the end of the season, Lois is
ComicChams:constantly using the skills her father taught her. And she's
ComicChams:never, it's never said aloud. She never once turns to the
ComicChams:camera and says, Oh, I'm I can only do this because my father
ComicChams:taught me. So it's really, I think it's really nice that the
ComicChams:writers trusted us to make that leap when we get to the end,
ComicChams:that even though she may not like how she was raised by Sam,
ComicChams:she also accepts that some of the things that he taught her
ComicChams:are still benefiting her and helping her save her loved ones
ComicChams:like he always intended her to. So it's really and it nicely
ComicChams:mirrors a good father with that uh, a good father just executing
ComicChams:things wrong, and a bad father executing things wrong, which
ComicChams:leads me directly to Cara. Cara, to me, is the absolute show
ComicChams:stealer, uh, of this season we've, you know, we touched on
ComicChams:her, her journey of, you know, she was found by Brainiac, and
ComicChams:Brainiac told her, Your mission is to help me restore Krypton.
ComicChams:This is so though they never miss an opportunity to really
ComicChams:make you feel the weight of what she's done, there's a point
ComicChams:where Kara realizes she's been glitching. Her memory has been
ComicChams:glitching out, removed by Brainiac, because she thinks
ComicChams:she's going to planets and making peace treaties. But once
ComicChams:the veil is lifted, she's able to see that she has she was used
ComicChams:as a tool to destroy these planets, to wreck these
ComicChams:societies. Multiple societies are wrecked, and I imagine this
ComicChams:is something that will come up later, and I'm excited for it
ComicChams:too in future stories. But she is in this, this she gets in
ComicChams:this deep hole and this darkness where she she doesn't even care
ComicChams:about her own life. What she cares is about saving her cousin
ComicChams:from being treated the same way that Brainiac treated her all
ComicChams:these years. That's what it boils down to. And after the
ComicChams:dust settles, after she's almost given her life, gotten a scar on
ComicChams:her face permanently to remind her of what happened her battle
ComicChams:against Brainiac, Clark turns to the earth and says, Do you hear
ComicChams:that they're cheering, and she's like, cheering for you. He says,
ComicChams:cheering for us. That is how you write a character. Damn. That
ComicChams:was good. Like Cara's beautiful, beautifully played, beautifully
ComicChams:voice acted, and her dynamics with all the characters are so
ComicChams:fun. So I hats off. Kara had stole my heart, and I think
ComicChams:stole the show for me this season. I mean, it makes sense
ComicChams:now, why that last episode was called my adventures. The
ComicChams:Supergirl is this Superman? Yeah. I Oh, man, she, she
ComicChams:really. And I love that when everybody first saw her, I think
ComicChams:because this show ended up being so much of a sleeper show for a
ComicChams:lot of people, when they saw cars design, everybody thought
ComicChams:Android 18 and and, to be fair, it is. It's the same it's the
ComicChams:same outfit, and for black and white.
Unknown:Um, so yeah, it was like, you know, we were at a
Unknown:point where this was a been. We were getting a lot of Supergirl
Unknown:news, I feel like at this point. So it is fair if people would
Unknown:start to feel a little bit of a fatigue from these like super
Unknown:beings. Because not only are we having like, 30,000 iterations
Unknown:of an evil Superman, we were seeing a similar take now
Unknown:happening to Supergirl. So to have her come in and really,
Unknown:like you said, just really steal the show in this way, and it's
Unknown:such a compelling story, I'm really excited, because it's
Unknown:like also the dynamic that she has, it shows how much of a just
Unknown:a lighthearted and good person she always will be, because when
Unknown:she first meets Jimmy, it's an immediate connection. And I
Unknown:loved it because I grew up so growing up with watching that it
Unknown:was always like Jimmy and Cara were the ones that like liked
Unknown:each other. It was nice to see that. But the thing that really
Unknown:put it over the top for me was when Cara and Superman finally
Unknown:kind of like. He meets again after she takes him onto the
Unknown:ship, and he finds like these photos that she has of Jimmy
Unknown:from their little kind of like unofficial date. And he just
Unknown:keeps, like, poking fun at her for liking him and knowing that
Unknown:she knowing he knows that she that well rather, people know
Unknown:that they like each other, and he's just like, poking fun at
Unknown:her for it, because it's just like, hey, this is, this is my
Unknown:friend. Like, I could talk to him for you. So it's like, I
Unknown:love that dynamic that was so immediately felt like it's a
Unknown:family dynamic, and I feel like it was one of the first times
Unknown:that you saw in the show. Also, Clark have a genuine smile that
Unknown:wasn't just connected to like, well, more so it was connected
Unknown:to like. He the thing that he wanted. He found that found he
Unknown:found his real family there. So now he was feeling like his life
Unknown:is truly complete. And I love the fact that they had that
Unknown:moment where they were like, We don't know where we're going. We
Unknown:don't know where we're going to be a part of but let's just have
Unknown:a little fun in this scary, scary moment, and they did such
Unknown:a great job with it. I mean, I'm so glad that we got a chance to
Unknown:see this version of Cara, especially the sacrifice that
Unknown:she does make at the end to, you know, it's like the thing that I
Unknown:loved also was that she was willing to sacrifice herself.
Unknown:And then Clark was like, Nah, we can do this together. And love
Unknown:that really. Love that absolutely. And on the flip
Unknown:side, because we, I'm going to put a five minute extension on
Unknown:the clock, because we can't, we can't, not talk about Brainiac.
Unknown:We can't talk about Brainiac. Brainiac, typically. And again,
Unknown:what I said earlier about remixing elements of that we
Unknown:already know is really fun. So Brainiac, typically, is pretty
Unknown:straightforward. He's obsessed with acquiring knowledge for
Unknown:knowledge's sake. In order to do that, he bottles worlds. That's
Unknown:his typical Mo, you know, just take the take the world
Unknown:wholesale, get the knowledge, collect all the knowledge in the
Unknown:universe. Here he's reverse engineered into the plot in the
Unknown:most brilliant way, Brainiac in this series, in this show, this
Unknown:continuity was designed specifically to protect Krypton,
Unknown:to make sure Krypton survives in any form, and when Krypton was
Unknown:teetering on the edge of destruction, and when Krypton
Unknown:was about to be destroyed, Brainiac escaped, or so we
Unknown:thought, because we later discover that Jor el and a bunch
Unknown:of Scientists were trying to move away from krypton's warrior
Unknown:initiative. They wanted to stop conquering. They wanted to stop
Unknown:expanding. And Brainiac calculated that if they did
Unknown:that, the Kryptonian way of life would eventually be taken over
Unknown:or completely die out. So what he decided to do was trigger the
Unknown:destruction of Krypton, make himself, ensure that he was one
Unknown:of the only survivors, and then go and spread Kryptonian ways
Unknown:across the universe. And you know him finding Cara was an A
Unknown:lucky boon for him, but his refrain this whole season is,
Unknown:I'm doing what I was programmed to. I'm supposed to keep Krypton
Unknown:alive. I'm sorry you disagree with how I'm doing it, but this
Unknown:is how I think it works, and it's such a great motivation.
Unknown:Because, of course, we don't ride with it. We don't support
Unknown:this, but we understand, yeah, we understand why he's doing
Unknown:this every step of the way, yeah, I it is really surprising
Unknown:to see it play out in this particular way, because I think
Unknown:there's only been like, really. This is the clearest one to
Unknown:mine. And I feel like many have tried to attempt to incorporate
Unknown:this in some way where it's like, it's just the programming
Unknown:of AI. It's like a version of Skynet that just went even
Unknown:further than we thought. So I really appreciated seeing how it
Unknown:was reverse engineered like that, because even in the first
Unknown:season, they do introduce some elements of Brainiac, but it's
Unknown:not quite what we see it here the character who is like, I'm
Unknown:doing this to continue the Kryptonian way of life, and even
Unknown:seeing how that played into the final battle, when it's just
Unknown:like, the entire time, he's like, we're terraforming this
Unknown:place. We're going to make sure that krypton is the the essence
Unknown:of Krypton is there even. And ultimately, Superman and Kara
Unknown:are legit, the main the characters here, who, who shows
Unknown:that what he's thinking is right, if they get involved in
Unknown:another planet's way of life, they're going to. Sway from the
Unknown:Kryptonian mindset. And even when you see the the whole black
Unknown:mercy part, you see how different this, like version of
Unknown:Jor el is compared to call out. And it's not just because they
Unknown:they're basically the same being, but the difference was
Unknown:that cultural impact, and so he's seeing this play out. He
Unknown:didn't see it with Kara, but maybe he did, and that's why
Unknown:he's just like, I have to take control of her mind. So great
Unknown:writing on the villain, especially because we really
Unknown:only had about maybe five, four to five episodes, really, of
Unknown:seeing how he played out. And the entire time that we're
Unknown:meeting him and being introduced to him, we're thinking, Oh, he's
Unknown:not that bad. He seems to really again. This whole preservation
Unknown:of Kryptonian scape is what we want. So seeing how that his
Unknown:mindset gets warped is really interesting. And I love again.
Unknown:Love the fact that it was really because of him that Krypton was
Unknown:destroyed. Mm, hmm, that that so good. Um, we're closing the
Unknown:character section. But honorable mentions, any honorable mentions
Unknown:you want to make right now you you got, you got a little bit of
Unknown:time who you want to highlight? Uh, Steve. Oh my gosh, the
Unknown:entire flame bird crew they you know, it's really surprising to
Unknown:see, like to introduce random characters throughout the
Unknown:stories that are just like, hey, we're going to show you how cool
Unknown:our lives can be through these small moments. And Steve having
Unknown:a really great set of lines where he's just like he helped
Unknown:save the day at one point, and you hear him having that
Unknown:conversation about what it was like for him to say today and
Unknown:what to do next. And then even the kids who were involved, like
Unknown:flip. I love flip. Also, other honorable mention, silastone,
Unknown:being a good person here in this one better than what we see in
Unknown:the past, but more importantly, the appearance of John Henry
Unknown:irons. I out of nowhere, loved it to be here. What about you? I
Unknown:gotta give it to the Calvary. Full stop, the entire Calgary
Unknown:Calvary. We're talking Live Wire heat wave intergang. I'm
Unknown:counting Mala in the brand as part of the cavalry, because
Unknown:they came in. All these characters had encounters with
Unknown:Superman. Superman beat them, but they saw the era of their
Unknown:ways, or they saw that Superman had good intentions and allied
Unknown:with him to save Earth in the end. So I love, love them all
Unknown:coming back again. The tip top of that mountain is Livewire and
Unknown:heatwave. They had an episode. There was an episode dedicated
Unknown:to Livewire helping Jimmy and Lois break into an Argus
Unknown:facility in order to get a spaceship to get to Superman.
Unknown:And Livewire just pops. She is a great contrast to the rest of
Unknown:the cast, and her relationship with heat wave, and what I love
Unknown:about their relationship in particular is there's a point in
Unknown:media where something isn't said, Isn't pointed at and drawn
Unknown:attention to. It means that we're moving past it being a big
Unknown:deal and it being just accepted widely by everyone. So here to
Unknown:have a an open relationship between Rory and Livewire, who
Unknown:are both female presenting characters, to have this queer
Unknown:relationship and not commented. No one at any point goes ha or
Unknown:Whoa, it's just there. I love that. I really love that that's
Unknown:being done more and more, and I really hope that we see that in
Unknown:more animation, because I really think as far as some days, we
Unknown:think we've come we can still go further. So let's keep up that
Unknown:representation. That's why they're they definitely stand on
Unknown:the top. All right, so we talked about characters plot. Let's
Unknown:talk about how this show looks so animation and fight scenes,
Unknown:10 minutes on the clock. There's no order. Animation or fight
Unknown:scenes. What would what's some animation or fight scenes that,
Unknown:you know, you pop pop into mind when you think about this
Unknown:season, man, you kind of just stole it during the character
Unknown:part. Oh my god, that live wire and heat wave sequence when,
Unknown:when live wire is trying to help out, and heat wave joins in. And
Unknown:then there's also the they do a second team up later on in the
Unknown:season finale, too. The it is such an amazing sequence of
Unknown:animation, because something that I've been realizing, I
Unknown:think I always like, for some people, it's like, it's a myth,
Unknown:but I kind of love it this, like blend of a 3d kind of like, I
Unknown:guess it's more like Flash animation, where anything that's
Unknown:robotic looks. Shiny looks like it's been put together. My most
Unknown:immediate thought that I think of it's like the reboot series
Unknown:from back in the day, and they kind of did it too. There's a I
Unknown:kind of commented it back when we were if we were doing the DC
Unknown:anime podcast, when the parademons kind of have a
Unknown:similar look when they were being blown away, the suits
Unknown:making them look like they're like little toys, actually, just
Unknown:moving along this 2d screen is awesome. And they did this for
Unknown:live wire and heatwave. And I loved it, because not only are
Unknown:you seeing this animation being like done because they're flying
Unknown:through the sky, you're having this unspoken moment between
Unknown:them at the same time is the most badass firefight you've
Unknown:ever seen in your life. And I love it. I think what this show
Unknown:does really well is that there are sequences where they just
Unknown:like, they know who's watching. And given that this show drops,
Unknown:usually around on Adult Swim late at night, definitely
Unknown:leaning in towards that, like anime audience. There are many
Unknown:sequences in which they introduce that like, kind of
Unknown:like anime feel, and they also introduce the kind of Western
Unknown:animation feel. It is so good. I love it. I think that's some of
Unknown:my favorite parts of the animation is clean. It's cut
Unknown:through, and everything feels like it's a blend on so many
Unknown:things that I like to incorporate, especially seeing
Unknown:John Henry irons like it was a different take on what I usually
Unknown:respect for the suit. But I loved how this dude looked just
Unknown:like a massive tank with just that hammer walking through in
Unknown:the middle of the street, and it looks just as exactly what I
Unknown:would expect for something that's like a prototype or a
Unknown:mark one version of this suit. So animation, great fight
Unknown:scenes, I think is the most to me right now, is the most iconic
Unknown:scene from this season, from the episode pierce the hepton
Unknown:Superman, when he and Lois are in the black mercy. And they're
Unknown:like, we're going to get out of here. And you just see them
Unknown:actually punch through. It is like literally pierce the
Unknown:heavens. It you feel the emotion you don't even need to be as you
Unknown:could hate on Superman, but you seeing this thing, it will, it
Unknown:will warm your heart. So I love that this fight scene animation
Unknown:was put together. What about you? Were you on fight scenes
Unknown:and animation? I mean, across the board, what I think this
Unknown:series does exceptionally, which I think is going to be
Unknown:underrated for, is that the fight scenes increase in
Unknown:intensity and scale as the season goes on. So even though
Unknown:you know you you might not remember Superman versus the
Unknown:atomic skull, like villain, um, it was a great fight. You go
Unknown:back over that fight, it's a great fight. So throughout the
Unknown:season, I like the escalation. I like that the Superman is not so
Unknown:powerful that robots aren't like he can't just take on 12 robots,
Unknown:and it's fine. He does struggle in his early career against a
Unknown:number of robots, so it's you can wear him down, which is
Unknown:something I like. And it may sound obvious, but the fight
Unknown:that really, really got me was right at the end of the season,
Unknown:Brainiac has an army of robots that can use kryptonite. He's
Unknown:got he's also mind controlling Supergirl at the same time, Kara
Unknown:at the same time. So Kara and these army of robots are
Unknown:attacking Clark. He's getting blasted from all sides with
Unknown:lasers and punches, and he flies up into the sky above the cloud
Unknown:line. And for a moment, he closes his eyes, and we flash
Unknown:back to him as a kid, soaring in the sky, feeling the wind in his
Unknown:hair, feeling the joy of flight. And we cut back to him in
Unknown:present time. He recaptures that joy, that freedom. He dodges
Unknown:every attack. He comes back around. The attacks follow him.
Unknown:The attacks destroy the robot, but he saves his cousin with a
Unknown:hug and brings her back down. I mean, this is all what makes us
Unknown:so especially the the careful, because you can do this and you
Unknown:can have a flashback scene in a fight, and that's fine to a
Unknown:childhood. But what makes this especially good is they've done
Unknown:this before. In earlier in the season, they planted a seed that
Unknown:we might go back to a childhood at some points. So this doesn't
Unknown:come out of nowhere, that he does this during the fight, and
Unknown:this is how he sees himself. So the way he sees himself in this
Unknown:fight as not offensive. In that fight, he actually stops
Unknown:fighting and to and saves, focuses on the one person he
Unknown:cares about saving and instead of hitting her. When they get
Unknown:back to earth, He hugs her again until she is able to break free.
Unknown:Every frame of that sequence is just full of emotion. It's full
Unknown:of love. You cannot say this was phoned in that the animators
Unknown:didn't care. Every minute of that is made by people who care.
Unknown:So I have to tip my hats off. It is my favorite sequence, maybe
Unknown:in any superhero show. You know, look, I'm not saying I'm pushing
Unknown:Batman animated or invincible out any I'm just saying it's one
Unknown:of my favorite scenes. Top tier. Top tip is to the top, oh man,
Unknown:yeah, that, I think. And also, there's just so many moments
Unknown:that I love about that, the the anime, I think, the also the
Unknown:animation of it, I just love because that whole sequence,
Unknown:even thinking about it, I was like, yeah. And even just like,
Unknown:everything's slowing down once he made that hug. It's that's
Unknown:good to write in, because it even shows us like, Hey, we're
Unknown:gonna take, we're gonna take this moment right here, and just
Unknown:like we because we're in, it's normal to be like bouncing all
Unknown:around the place in a high, intense moment, and then just to
Unknown:slow down with that hug, to show that the Embrace happened a
Unknown:plus, A A plus and uh, now, before we give our final
Unknown:verdict, we're gonna do just uh, five more minutes, good or bad,
Unknown:standout scenes from the season, just miscellaneous, Anything
Unknown:that sticks out that you we haven't covered yet, good or
Unknown:bad. Okay, I'm thinking because I feel like I use the lip a lot.
Unknown:Um, I think one of the a very quick scene is to me, the
Unknown:reaction to when Jimmy couldn't defend Clark and Clark's they're
Unknown:both of their faces
ComicChams:when they knew that moment was happening, Clark
ComicChams:realizing that Superman is going to get blamed for so much,
ComicChams:decides that he has to run away because no one's Going to he
ComicChams:sees that Jimmy's not gonna be able to really, like, stand up
ComicChams:for him there. So he's like, this is a part of me now. He's
ComicChams:been struggling with it now since last season. We don't know
ComicChams:how long the timeline has been, quite since between season the
ComicChams:end of season one to now season two. So when this happens, he's
ComicChams:thinking that, like, Oh yeah, I'm I'm doing good. People love
ComicChams:me. They're cheering me on. But now there are people coming up
ComicChams:and saying that the very thing I've been trying to hide about
ComicChams:myself, people are saying that they hate that. And now when I
ComicChams:try to bring it forward, it's too late. I can't hide it
ComicChams:anymore. There people know. People see me, people, they're
ComicChams:ones closest to me know the secret of mine. And then seeing
ComicChams:that Jimmy couldn't really defend his friend, I think,
ComicChams:seeing their faces and their reactions and knowing that that
ComicChams:plays out throughout the rest of the show. I loved it, the one
ComicChams:thing that I did kind of mock at first, but ultimately I've grown
ComicChams:to love the design. I thought it was really weird that Brainiac
ComicChams:chose to have a Superman suit that was basically bare chest.
ComicChams:Yes, uh, there. We didn't go right into it, but there's,
ComicChams:there's a time where Brainiac takes over super man's body, and
ComicChams:yeah, he get puts on a new suit while he's in the body. And
ComicChams:yeah, the bear chest low. That was, that was interesting. I get
ComicChams:that he didn't want to wreck the house of El for several reasons,
ComicChams:and he's also barefoot. There was a lot of bear moments in
ComicChams:this. Ultimately, it looks great. It does give this very
ComicChams:villain this evil presence. But then I was just like, I feel
ComicChams:like he's going to be a little cold. You, yeah, like, come on,
ComicChams:you got to cover up. You're not a robot. And, I mean, I think, I
ComicChams:think it is it maybe that is a thing too. Like he's not used to
ComicChams:human body, so he doesn't think about those things. But it was
ComicChams:an interesting design choice. I felt like some fan fiction was
ComicChams:filled out there. Speaking of design choices, I have two quick
ComicChams:standout scenes. One is a design choice. There's a mala in the
ComicChams:brain reveal that they've been going to different multiverses
ComicChams:and getting kicked out in very short sequence, but they've been
ComicChams:getting kicked out because they keep opening black holes, which
ComicChams:is fantastic, but in one of these short scenes, they have an
ComicChams:origin story for how Mala gets his classic beret because he
ComicChams:had. Had it in season one, and it's they beat up another Mala
ComicChams:in the brain, and the mala steals the beret at the end of
ComicChams:the battle. That's when you want to have an origin story for a
ComicChams:piece of clothing. That's how I want it delivered, quick, funny
ComicChams:to the point. But the other standout thing I want to point
ComicChams:out that I I would like to see them tweak next season, is
ComicChams:Slade. I love Chris parnell's performance. Slade. I think he
ComicChams:is really intimidating, but I do think he is too closely tied to
ComicChams:other characters. I think him as Amanda's number two guy in
ComicChams:season one worked really well. But here, I still felt like he
ComicChams:had no agency outside of Amanda. Um, that ultimately was always
ComicChams:about what Amanda did. And if he's seen Slade in any other
ComicChams:media, you know, he doesn't need anybody telling him what to do.
ComicChams:Oh, yeah, even Teen Titans Go we saw that. Yeah. So at the end of
ComicChams:the season, they kind of end with him. They there's a rift
ComicChams:forming between him and Amanda all season, but then at the end
ComicChams:of the season, he just chooses to side with Lex. And I'm like,
ComicChams:I didn't love that. I didn't love that he switched to someone
ComicChams:who he also was not getting along with Lex, so I'm hoping,
ComicChams:going forward, that they just let him be freelance. Because I
ComicChams:think him out in the world, that version of Slade, out in the
ComicChams:world with his own agenda, doing whatever he wants is much more
ComicChams:intimidating than a slave taking orders from Lex or Amanda, like,
ComicChams:ideally, he'd be working with them, not for them, and that's,
ComicChams:that's just what I'd like to see all but you know, otherwise,
ComicChams:Slade is great. It's always good to have, Does he still have his
ComicChams:eye? I'm trying to remember. No, I think he lost his eye. I think
ComicChams:it's been a while, okay, since he's had an eye. All right. So
ComicChams:with all that said, I know it's going to be impossible to tell
ComicChams:going into it, but gotta ask Season Two of my adventures with
ComicChams:Superman. Is it a cape or a cap? Man? This thing billows like
ComicChams:Superman's main piece. This is a cap. This is a sorry, put on a
ComicChams:hat. What? Cover it up. Cover it up. No man. This show is a
ComicChams:straight up cape. I love it. I think even from when we first
ComicChams:learned about it, prior to one of like, before the see the show
ComicChams:had even started with Season One, I was hesitant. It was
ComicChams:like, how can you introduce this new Superman series? We were in
ComicChams:the point where DC was just like, we're recreating
ComicChams:everything. And season one was great. Season two, far better in
ComicChams:my opinion. I think they did, oh, they did a really great job
ComicChams:in getting their writing down. They got a really great job of
ComicChams:of putting their characters, both the villainous and the
ComicChams:heroic characters, in the limelight. That makes me want to
ComicChams:actually find out more about what they want to do. This is,
ComicChams:this is why I love about this show. It really does a great job
ComicChams:in making you feel connected to a character. And it's not just
ComicChams:because, you know, I'm seeing myself in like Jimmy, or I'm
ComicChams:seeing myself hearing about the the relationships that each of
ComicChams:these heroes have with another family member or anything. It
ComicChams:was just that you watch their stories and you see them play
ComicChams:out and you're like, I can see how that could come about. I can
ComicChams:see how they can make that decision. I can see how they can
ComicChams:get out of this situation and still giving us at the same
ComicChams:time, even though those predictable moments really just
ComicChams:flipping the script on certain things so and then, in terms of,
ComicChams:like the animation, great job. Well done. Everything was crisp,
ComicChams:everything was clear, everything I loved about seeing particular
ComicChams:designs of characters and their suits and the ways that it's
ComicChams:being used. Wonderful work. I think that, you know, it shows
ComicChams:to me that like, though they're like, it's like a two, it's two
ComicChams:sides of like, the possibilities are endless of how they can
ComicChams:navigate with their abilities. But at the same time, I'm having
ComicChams:a really great sense of understanding how they're
ComicChams:operating with their skill set and just overall dialog. Loved
ComicChams:it. I think that is such a great show for if you're looking for,
ComicChams:sometimes just something to kick back and really just hear some
ComicChams:really great dialog between cast members, between characters,
ComicChams:you're not going to feel as if something's being rushed. You're
ComicChams:not going to feel as if they're putting one cast. Character
ComicChams:ahead of another because they have, like, a higher place names
ComicChams:or anything like that. Everybody's presence feels so
ComicChams:balanced throughout the entire series or season right now.
ComicChams:Well, eight, well actually just series right now. So, yeah, this
ComicChams:is a cape for me, really hoping that there's going to be a
ComicChams:season three announcement very soon. I'm not sure if one has
ComicChams:been made yet, but really looking forward to how they're
ComicChams:going to take the next stage of how everything that was not even
ComicChams:like set up to be like a follow up season, but just like, hinted
ComicChams:that that could be a follow up season. So what about you? Is
ComicChams:this? Is this a cape, or is this a cap. This is a bright red
ComicChams:cape. I mean, I am blown away by what this show is able to
ComicChams:accomplish in the span of a season. It did what some shows
ComicChams:can't do with twice the amount of episodes. I'm not throwing
ComicChams:shade at anywhere. I'm just saying as a fact, the ground it
ComicChams:covered between character dynamics and relationships, and
ComicChams:the way it twists establish things is so brilliant. It
ComicChams:shakes up people who say the superhero genre is running out
ComicChams:of steam. Come watch this. Come watch this. And tell me that you
ComicChams:think there are no more ideas in this genre, besides the fact
ComicChams:that there's a lot of characters I haven't used yet, y'all so I
ComicChams:really want to take this time, because we talk so much about
ComicChams:the merits, but I just want to take say something really
ComicChams:quickly about, you know, how people perceive the show, and if
ComicChams:you're on the fence, how you should, how I think you should
ComicChams:try looking at it. I think people look at this show and
ComicChams:think it's for kids. It's corny, um, it's, it's, you know, too
ComicChams:light and soft. And first of all, no
Unknown:watch those later episodes, and it is darker than
Unknown:most, than, arguably, some parts of the Superman animated series,
Unknown:originally, because cameras destroying whole planets and
Unknown:Brainiac. You know what that entails. Think about it. Um, so,
Unknown:not only So, I want people to put away the notion of something
Unknown:being corny, because I hear this sometimes about Cobra Kai too,
Unknown:and and other stuff. Don't confuse corny with earnest. I
Unknown:think we are so used to, you know, not our not your fault.
Unknown:You grew up on Iron Man. You grew up on dark night. You grew
Unknown:up on the edgier sides of superhero movies where they
Unknown:still were wearing the costumes, but they're not. They're still a
Unknown:little bit afraid to embrace the full identity. So what we what
Unknown:we're moving back towards is superhero stories that are
Unknown:earnest, that are honest, TV shows like obrakai that are
Unknown:earnest, that are honest. And sometimes you might be like, Ah,
Unknown:okay, I get it. You know, it feels a little cheesy, but I
Unknown:just want you to think for a second and look at these shows
Unknown:that are wearing their hearts on their sleeves and willing to put
Unknown:themselves out there as not saying that we don't need
Unknown:someone to get stabbed in this episode. We don't need aliens to
Unknown:rip apart someone. You know they're saying we have a story,
Unknown:what we want to tell, and it's going to be it's going to take
Unknown:you on so many places, but trust us early on that we're being
Unknown:honest. We're taking the pacing slow because there's something
Unknown:waiting for you at the end. Because I I'll stand by what I
Unknown:said before. I do think the earlier half of the season is
Unknown:you could see it as standalone, because the pacing isn't, you
Unknown:know, hot, hot, hot. But once you once you get to the midpoint
Unknown:where Cara arrives, you understand why the episodes
Unknown:before came like that. Everything in those episodes
Unknown:pays off, everything, nothing is wasted. So trust the process,
Unknown:trust the show. Trust the critics and the audience who are
Unknown:loving it. I love it. I want to see even more of it. This is,
Unknown:this is a certified cape. If you haven't gotten into the show, if
Unknown:you are reluctant to give it a try, please, please do yourself
Unknown:a favor. You can even jump in on season two. If you really want
Unknown:to do that, I'd like you to go back to the beginning, but you
Unknown:can jump in season two, and you'd still be fine. So please,
Unknown:please give this a shot, and you'll be rewarded with a fast
Unknown:and furious esque barbecue at the end of the show, which,
Unknown:look, I have questions about how all those people were invited
Unknown:without exposing that clock is Superman. But I'm a let it rock.
Unknown:I'm gonna let it rock. All right, you get one pass. You get
Unknown:one pass. It's those glasses, man. They're worth wonder. But
Unknown:I'm like, the guest list. How do like, from their perspective,
Unknown:Clark is inviting them to this. They're like, why are we going
Unknown:to his house for this? Why? Be leaving to small though. Why
Unknown:would we have this in Metropolis? You know, that's a
Unknown:good point. Like, if you did this in Metropolis and Clark
Unknown:just showed up in a park, it'd be fine. But, like, you're kind
Unknown:of throwing yourself out, my guy, I'm just saying, also, I do
Unknown:always wonder how people feel about, I mean, it gets talked
Unknown:about a lot in common. So I do wonder how wonder how people
Unknown:feel about seeing Lois with Superman and then seeing her
Unknown:Clark in the next second and be like, Wow, man, this. This man's
Unknown:a sucker. He really don't know that his old girlfriend is
Unknown:cheating. That's not your man. That's Superman. Oh, man. But
Unknown:yes, I couldn't agree more, though, if you are on the fence
Unknown:about this show, just give it a watch. I think a lot of times
Unknown:people tend to just say that, Oh, like you said, the show
Unknown:looks corny. The show is whatever. It's not my style. You
Unknown:can just give it a chance, versus just saying somewhere at
Unknown:some point telling someone else not to watch it because you
Unknown:never even watched it. So and you are so right, you can
Unknown:literally jump in on season two and feel like you have a proper
Unknown:understanding of everything that's going on. So yeah, that's
Unknown:not a knock on Season One guy. Season One is still still good,
Unknown:but season two is able to take build on that foundation
Unknown:already. It's already built, so they can soar, go a little bit
Unknown:more and higher. So still again, season one, it's, it's
Unknown:different, but it's still, I mean, we wouldn't be here if we
Unknown:didn't like season one. So yeah, give it a shot. And another
Unknown:quick addendum, I want to add people who complain that all
Unknown:superhero movies are the same. What movies are going to
Unknown:support? What TV shows are you going to support? I want you to
Unknown:think about that very carefully, because if you're only
Unknown:supporting the major releases and never giving anything else a
Unknown:shot. Guess what? You're gonna keep getting all people out
Unknown:exactly reading my mind. This is why we're co host, because,
Unknown:sorry, quick rant, but it's recent news at the time of
Unknown:recording that spider man four might be a multiverse, and
Unknown:everyone's like, Oh no, I wanted a grounded story. Did you
Unknown:because you saw Deadpool and Wolverine, no way home the flash
Unknown:for all its faults, into the spider verse. Did you support
Unknown:eternals? Shang chi, Harley Quinn with that kind of energy?
Unknown:And I'm not saying all these movies are certified bangers.
Unknown:I'm just saying if you see one TYPE of superhero movie in
Unknown:droves, that's the one they're going to keep making for you. So
Unknown:if you want to change that, give shows a try, not forcing it down
Unknown:your throat. I'm just saying, see if you like it. If you
Unknown:don't, you don't, that's fine, but don't count it out, because
Unknown:it's different. Yep, and with that important message, we're
Unknown:going to wrap up our episode here today. Join us for our next
Unknown:show on the run. It back the summer. Watch list here with
Unknown:Suicide Squad isakai. It is a brand new take on the DC
Unknown:characters that we know. So excited to see if they earned
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