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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#251: Jan 12th 2022 at 12:49:01 PM

I have to say co-opting the shield without his permission is such a douche move and very US military/government.

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#252: Jan 16th 2022 at 4:21:30 PM

I have to say because it bugs me, but the new army general shouldn't be called "lieutenant", but both Superman and his little rip-off squad both call him that.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#253: Jan 18th 2022 at 9:16:23 PM

Episode 2:

Doomsday is....delayed due to heroic red shirt miner.

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EmeraldEmperor Lies and Violence! Since: Oct, 2020
Lies and Violence!
#255: Jan 19th 2022 at 6:42:13 AM

Cue the entitled nerd whining.

In all seriousness, what are the chances she ends up with Natasha?

...A cult leader... named Allie. Subtle. Anyone else feel like Lois has some new, horrible past trauma revealed every week? I'm not complaining, it's always very well revealed, but give this woman a damn break!

Other evil government lady is minor Supergirl villain Rampage. Don't think she has any connection to Doomsday.

Edge reappearing was fun, but also highlighted the suckiness of our apparent new villains: smug government guy, dumbass scientist lady, probably squicky cult leader, the literal Trope Namer for Generic Doomsday Villain. I really hope they delve into Doomsday's origin as a Tragic Monster, driven insane by being repeatedly killed and resurrected over the course of 30 or so years until he evolved into the perfect lifeform. Would really set him apart from other adaptations.

Edited by EmeraldEmperor on Jan 19th 2022 at 6:42:45 AM

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#256: Jan 19th 2022 at 6:45:05 AM

This is indeed quite the step down from a complex, tragic villain we got in the previous season. Lol.

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#257: Jan 19th 2022 at 7:01:15 AM

...A cult leader... named Allie. Subtle.

I remember watching the first season and wondering if the Edge storyline was also a reference to Mack. We have a seemingly benevolent businessman who uses Lana Lang to recruit unsuspecting people into a group and by the time she realizes their nefarious plot, it is too late. This arc in season 2 is basically more overt.

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#258: Jan 19th 2022 at 11:32:22 AM

[up]x3: That's essentially what Krypton did with their Doomsday adaptation. In that series, it was a native Kryptonian soldier named Dax-Baron who was exploited for his genetics. With a combination of the Black Mercy toxin and mental conditioning, he suffered repetitious deaths and revivals while mutating in Doomsday.

     Spoiler-related clip from Krypton 

According to Den of Geek, Allie Allston is possibly Alexandra Allston, who is Parasite (well, one of the them).

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#259: Jan 19th 2022 at 2:50:30 PM

Soooo, I think we all know that it's gonna happen, it just remains to be seen when tongue

Any bets on when Tal-Rho will make a Heel–Face Turn?

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#260: Jan 19th 2022 at 2:53:04 PM

[up][up] Ooooh Parasite nice, love that freak. Hopefully the character design is good.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#261: Jan 19th 2022 at 3:00:12 PM

I am disappointed that it seems like Edge will be another immortal CW villain.

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EmeraldEmperor Lies and Violence! Since: Oct, 2020
Lies and Violence!
#262: Jan 19th 2022 at 3:09:19 PM

The first season villains tend to be the most iconic.

Besides, if they really are setting up Reign of the Supermen, makes sense for the Eradicator to become good eventually. Only problem is how to convince him to make the jump from not murdering people to protecting innocent people — though I suppose you could say he’s being entitled and only wants to defend Krypton’s legacy from the “pretenders” while his brother is dead. Or maybe he oversees Clark’s recovery, and is only helping people so his brother won’t wake up to find everyone dead and be all pissy about it.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#263: Jan 19th 2022 at 3:17:31 PM

Also, that cult leader they were talking about, Ally Allston? Not so subtle Take That! towards Allison Mack, I'm sure grin

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#264: Jan 25th 2022 at 6:03:49 PM

Holy Goddamn shit they tricked us, it’s not Doomsday but motherfucking Bizarro. surprised

The episode title at the end being backwards was beautiful. [tup] [awesome]

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EmeraldEmperor Lies and Violence! Since: Oct, 2020
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#265: Jan 25th 2022 at 8:27:33 PM

…Well fucking played.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#266: Jan 25th 2022 at 8:55:54 PM

Agreed.

I thought it was odd he was flying. That's not a thing Doomsday does.

This is the kind of thing I've been expecting them to do more often. Play with our expectations about certain arcs only to pull a Bait-and-Switch and reveal it's really someone else.

It's great.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#267: Jan 25th 2022 at 8:56:57 PM

Also John now has a particular diamond shaped hole in his suit.

I wonder what he's gonna fill it with. tongue

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#268: Jan 26th 2022 at 2:14:06 AM

Only around for a few minutes and it's already a better Bizarro than Smallville's take.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#269: Jan 26th 2022 at 3:04:36 AM

Yea I missed last week but wasn't expecting it to be Bizarro.

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#270: Jan 26th 2022 at 10:40:25 AM

I think they went for Bizzaro over Doomsday for simple reasons.

Doomsday is just too big too fast. He should be a late stage antagonist.

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#271: Jan 26th 2022 at 10:54:22 AM

Yeah, had they actually gone for Doomsday, I would've called it way too soon, like in BvS. But nice Bait-and-Switch.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#272: Jan 26th 2022 at 11:20:29 AM

With Bizarro you can do a lot more. Including possibly talk him down.

I like Doomsday as a character but you need to use him carefully.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 26th 2022 at 11:20:44 AM

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#273: Jan 26th 2022 at 11:26:29 AM

Bizarro is an actual character. Doomsday, you can barely call him that, he is more like a force of nature. Which isn't a bad thing per se, mind you.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#274: Jan 26th 2022 at 11:26:43 AM

The is also the issue that he’s way too toon for The CW.

He requires a good combo of make-up and CG to get his massive physique and monstrous features right.

I have seen people speculate Bizarro might degrade and transform into Doomsday making the 2 a composite character.

Edited by slimcoder on Jan 26th 2022 at 11:27:19 AM

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#275: Jan 26th 2022 at 11:36:19 AM

Didn't Smallville have a Doomsday?

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