SMALLVILLE - New Season starts tonight 09/22/04 (MERGED)

[Viking Bastard]

(current cronology has only green kryptonite).

Actually, Mark Waid re-introduced Red Kryptonite in his short JLA run.
The origins and exact effects are a bit different, though. Red Kryptonite
is synthetic kryptonite, originally created by Lex Luthor, but refined by
Batman when he discovered it's side effects.

 

[Henry]

I went ahead and merged the two Smallville threads.

 

[Rugger]

Here's another prediction: The three pieces (of which Kal-El acquired one... if Clark remembers that) point to the mentioned-in-this-episode place of knowledge, which Supes will someday find in Alaska/Antarctica, and name The also-mentioned-in-this-episode Fortress of Solitude. There he will find the Kryptonian computer-equivalent thingamabob with the personality of his Kryptonian Mother (what's her name? Laura?) within it.

The only cure to a Father's will is a Mother's love.

I'm with you on this Steverooo. I wanna say that I read that the producers thought that they could only do a couple more seasons until Clark has to start going Superman, so they are setting it all up. He'll have his Fortress of Solitude, he'll have the sentient memories of his birth mother to essentially say "those Kents....they did a great job raising you", and he'll become comfortable with his heritage. Wham! Superman time!

But between now and them...I'm kinda stumped. Not so sure I like these implications of Kryptonians throughout earth-history...

-Rugger

 

[Arnwyn]

But between now and them...I'm kinda stumped. Not so sure I like these implications of Kryptonians throughout earth-history...

At least in the movies (don't know about the comics) that was hinted at. Jor-El had mentioned that "we have been watching Earth for some time..."

 

[Truth Seeker]

I came down about Thursday at noon, thanks for checking .

Yeah, all that super stuff can drive ya battie (BAT signal in the background)

Oops

 

[Filby]

(what's her name? Laura?)

That'd be Lara. Lara Lor-Van. Funny how people with "LL" initials just magically pop up around Clark...

No comment on the Fortress of Solitude idea. I'll just wait and see.

I don't think that Lana will die, mainly because she lives on in the comics (married to Pete Ross, no less). With the exception of Morgan Edge, they've yet to kill off anyone Clark knows later in life.

Oh, and I loved the episode too. Aside from the "cheap rock trick", I thought it was excellent.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Clark can heal....

Hey, don't forget, the lady patient who had a view of Clark's bum...maybe she check out the hospital after the preview .

Lois is tougher than that...

 

[Klaus]

Actually, Mark Waid re-introduced Red Kryptonite in his short JLA run.
The origins and exact effects are a bit different, though. Red Kryptonite
is synthetic kryptonite, originally created by Lex Luthor, but refined by
Batman when he discovered it's side effects.

True. And I (consciously) forgot the Krisis of Krimson Kryptonite, where Superman lost his powers due to a Mxyzptlc-created red-k.

 

[Hand of Vecna]

Black kryptonite was never a part of pre-Crisis Superman cronology (current cronology has only green kryptonite). IIRC, colors were green, red, white, blue and gold.

You forgot Jewel Kryptonite (not true kryptonite since it didn't give off debilitating radiation; it allowed folks trapped in the Phantom Zone to use their mental energies to alter/affect things outside the Zone).

And there were 4 types of Green Kryptonite -- 'Regular' (neutralizes powers & causes blood poisoning), Anti-Kryptonite (causes blood poisoning in non-powered Kryptonians), X-Kryptonite (endows humans with powers similar to those of Kryptonians), and Slow Kryptonite (causes blood poisoning in normal human beings).

White Kryptonite killed non-Kryptonian plant life.

Blue Kryptonite has the same effect on Bizarros as 'Regular' Green Kryptonite has on Kryptonians.

Gold Kryptonite permanently stripped all superpowers from a Kryptonian, and prevented them from ever gaining powers in the future.

Red Kryptonite had all manner of funky effects; each piece caused a different effect on a Kryptonian, each piece would have the same effect on any Kryptonian, and each piece could only affect an individual Kryptonian once . It has: turned Superman into a dragon, a non-powered giant, a midget, an ant-headed humanoid, a lunatic, and an amnesiac; caused him to grow incredibly long hair & beard; rendered him powerless; caused him to lose his Invulnerability along the left side of his body; split him into an Evil Superman & a Good Clark Kent; and has rendered him unable to speak/write anything but Kryptonese. Effects lasted 24-48 hours.

Green's stayed a part of Post-Crisis DC Continuity, and, as mentioned, Red was re-introduced as an artificially-created substance. Due to events in the Batman/Superman comic, there may be a lot more types of Kryptonite re-surfacing in the DC Universe....

Next week (or week after), we'll be seeing General Samuel Lane, Lois's father. Gen. Lane is to be played by Michael Ironsides-- the same Michael Ironsides who's been doing the voice of Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips, in the Superman and Justice League 'toons

At least in the movies (don't know about the comics) that was hinted at. Jor-El had mentioned that "we have been watching Earth for some time..."

Far as I can recall, in the comics (post-Crisis, at least), Kal-El's been the only Kryptonian to ever set foot on Earth.

 

[Klaus]

Correct. Although Jor-El had studied Earth from afar (using funky kryptonian telescopes or somesuch) and specifically choose Earth because the yellow sun and lower gravity would grant Kal-El great abilities that would ensure his survival, maybe even rise to leadership. To which Lara asked if Kal-El could rule those savage, unshirted brutes and lead them to a more rational society.

John Byrne's Krypton was great (specially his World of Krypton series with Mike Mignola). Too bad they never use it for TV/movies adaptations.

Although I do like the cartoon Krypton (and the Jor-El/Brainiac connection).