{"id":96,"date":"2021-02-28T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T01:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/superman.nfshost.com\/blog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T23:01:55","slug":"superman-lois-pilot-first-impressions-it-was-ok-i-guess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sssuperman.com\/blog\/superman-lois-pilot-first-impressions-it-was-ok-i-guess\/","title":{"rendered":"Superman &#038; Lois Pilot First Impressions: It was OK I guess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Spoiler warning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I watched the pilot episode of Superman &amp; Lois and, well, I didn&#8217;t find it particularly good. It certainly wasn&#8217;t wretchedly bad or anything, either. I suppose I might as well keep watching the show out of curiosity, but I won&#8217;t be surprised if I end up dropping it soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t really say I found these versions of Superman\/Clark or Lois to be interesting. Superman just seems kind of passive and there doesn&#8217;t seem to be much elaboration on his character other than the basics that are true of every version of Superman. Lois didn&#8217;t really have any great character moments or get much to do, so I struggle with what to even say about her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, their sons, Jordan and Jon, are somewhat more interesting. Unfortunately, that doesn&#8217;t make either of them great characters. Jon is mean to his brother and I don&#8217;t find that very appealing. I liked Jordan a bit better, and certainly more relatable, but at the end of the day he seems like a fairly stereotypical angsty teen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could end the review right there. To me, it&#8217;s the characters that make the show (or whatever media), so if they&#8217;re not great, I&#8217;m unlikely to be happy. But I suppose I&#8217;ll try to go on a little longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, before even watching the show, I was very annoyed that it was being set on the Smallville farm. And I&#8217;m still annoyed. I don&#8217;t see the point. I don&#8217;t see what&#8217;s the point of pushing Superman into his past instead of his future. Clark is a reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper. That&#8217;s who he is. Leave the farm stuff in the backstory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having watched the episode, I don&#8217;t even really understand what the in-universe point is. I guess it&#8217;s a combination of some financial contrivances and wanting a simpler life. Those seem like weak reasons, especially considering the reason Superman is so busy is because he&#8217;s Superman, and I don&#8217;t see why moving back to Smallville would change much for him considering he can (and should) still fly around at super speeds protecting the whole world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But anyway, onto something actually a bit positive. I do think Jon and Jordan trying to investigate the truth of who they are was compelling. And I could feel Jordan&#8217;s pain and hurt when the truth was revealed. On the not-so-bright side, I confess that as Clark was actually revealing the truth, I was laughing. It just seemed too ridiculous to imagine a seemingly normal man just calmly telling his kids this information about being an alien from outer space. I think it was especially goofy when Jordan said it couldn&#8217;t be, he&#8217;s seen Superman, and then Clark took his glasses off. Are they seriously implying his sons have never seen him without his glasses before? 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