Okay—lemme just say I didn’t have high hopes for the pilot of the new TV Show, Superman and Lois. This is because with the Superheroes of the CW there are many hits and many misses. Supergirl Season 1 and 2 were great. The Supergirl Pilot is amazing. This one is Super Amazing. I know, I know, I shouldn’t have capitalized Super and Amazing. But lemme tell ya! This is something else. The show runners have obviously sat down and given this series some real thought. This is the first CW Superhero show that feels like it is taking place in the real world. The show runners seem to have borrowed from Stan Lee’s genius and made Superman a hero with real world problems so we can relate to him. I mean come on, which one of us dads and moms haven’t felt the ache of work pulling us away from our kids when they need us around and the hurt we feel when our kids are hurting. Which one of us hasn’t had to move our kids where we think that it will be better for the whole family. Which one of us isn’t stretched between having to put in overtime knowing that we need family time more—but the work is pressing and has to be done. This is the reality that has been brought into Superman and Lois. Christopher Reeve made Superman human and this show makes him someone who can be hurt without kryptonite.
This pilot is movie quality. It is cinematic and has the best VFX I’ve seen on a Superhero TV show. There are twists and turns, deep emotion. It has good values, great music and artful direction by movie maker Lee Toland Krieger. The acting is excellent and Clark Kent and Lois Lane are given depth by Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch. The Kent’s twin teenage boys, played by Alex Garfin and Jordan Elsass are realistically portrayed. The writing is grand. They put together an intriguing supporting cast and even gave us a Smallville TV series moment near the end. It was wonderful to see the streets of Cloverdale, BC become Smallville again. Made my day. One time I got to see Tom Welling and Kristen Kreuk film a scene in Cloverdale when Smallville was still on the air. Very cool.
The only thing that might be a problem for these guys is that they have set the bar Super high with this pilot. Here’s hoping that they can keep it up. Two thumbs way up!
If you missed it you can watch it for free on the CTV app or CTV.ca.
No comments:
Post a Comment