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Once The Flash/Supergirl brought in the infinite multiverse theory, anything and everything became included. Even this universe. The Flash could come speeding through my living room at any moment (hopefully with an ice cream cone, cookies and cream, please).

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Originally Posted by Eric F (Post 12783393)

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Would rather see The Kents. (The book is fantastic btw- definitely worth a read)

To me Krypton drags down both Superman ('78) and Man of Steel. I know nothing about the Kents comic, but I'm with you. Just that cover alone seems more interesting than an hour+ of Krypton we've already had on film.

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I suspect Krypton is going to be a lot like Caprica. zzzzzz.

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Originally Posted by TGM (Post 12797392)

I suspect Krypton is going to be a lot like Caprica. zzzzzz.

Caprica had potential- the last episode showed where the series would have gone had it not be cancelled. I suspect Krypton won't be nearly as creative.

And yes, The Kents is an interesting look at the backstory of Clark's family. It's really unfortunate that westerns aren't popular anymore. A western about The Kents could have been fantastic- a great contrast to Gotham.

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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 12797355)

That is crazy talk about Donner's Superman. The Krypton parts are awesome and they basically remade the comic book version to reflect it. I did find it deadly boring in Man of Steel, though I just didn't agee with the tone or aesthetic they picked for Krypton.

The success of this show will greatly depend on the creativity of its producing staff. Even the most successful comic book shows have been formulaic retreads of existing TV recipes for success.

If Daxamites and certain other Kryptonian ideas don't show up in the first season, I'll know the staff is mostly winging it from having seen Smallville and Superman films.

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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12798246)

If Daxamites and certain other Kryptonian ideas don't show up in the first season, I'll know the staff is mostly winging it from having seen Smallville and Superman films.

I have a sense that Brainiac will play a central part of the show.

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http://deadline.com/2016/10/krypton-...ot-1201830077/

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Just like Christopher Reeve and Tom Welling were unknown young newcomers when they were cast to play Superman on the big and small screens, Syfy’s Superman prequel Krypton has cast an unknown young actor, Cameron Cuffe, for the lead, Superman’s grandfather. Warner Horizon, whose broadcast parent Warner Bros. TV cast Welling in Smallville, is the studio.

Based on the DC Comics characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Krypton, which has a pilot order, is set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet. It follows Superman’s grandfather Seg-El (Cuffe) — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.

Destined to be the ancestor of Jor-El (future father of Superman) and Kal-El (the future Superman), Seg-El is the scion of the once prosperous El family and is blessed with an intuitive brilliance for all things technical; he is now living in Krypton’s lowest caste after his family was stripped of its rank.

Cuffe joins young British actress Georgina Campbell who was cast in the pilot as the female lead of Lyta Zod.

The London-born Cuffe is a graduate of The Lir Academy in Dublin, Ireland. He has done several stage productions and appeared in the Stephen Frears–directed feature Florence Foster Jenkins. He also recurs on the upcoming ITV drama The Halcyon. Cuffe is repped by Gersh, Untitled Entertainment and The Artists Partnership.

David S. Goyer and showrunner Damian Kindler executive produce Krypton for Warner Horizon and Goyer’s Phantom Four. Colm McCarthy serves as co-executive producer and will direct the pilot from a story and teleplay by Goyer & Ian Goldberg. The pilot will be filmed in Serbia.

Cameron Cuffe is a very unknown actor. Hardly has anything to his resume.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1949036/

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Originally Posted by TGM (Post 12913696)

looks the part

Heh...he looks more like Superman than the guy they hired for Supergirl.

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Oh good. Another show about Superman without superpowers.:lol:

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Originally Posted by Eric F (Post 12914132)

Oh good. Another show about Superman without superpowers.:lol:

This is set before Kal-El's birth and subsequent landing on Earth. It's about Kal-El's grandfather so Superman won't even be mentioned unless they do flash fowards.

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Originally Posted by emachine12 (Post 12914461)

This is set before Kal-El's birth and subsequent landing on Earth. It's about Kal-El's grandfather so Superman won't even be mentioned unless they do flash fowards.

OK, it's about his family with no superpowers.:lol:

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Yeah its better than I expected. I watch a few eps at least.

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David S. Goyer means I won't bother.

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Looks quite impressive from that early footage. Hopefully this means that SyFy is continuing to invest in more quality science fiction like The Magicians, Dark Matter, The Expanse and now this and less Sharknados (yes, I know one more movie is coming)

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Looks pretty cool :up:

I hope there's some tight integration with the DCU's cosmic/alien scene. Thanagar, the Green Lantern Corps, Tamaran, Zeta Beams, Durla... #fulltaffer

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that looked fucking epic!

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So, what's an average Kryptonian's life span? 200 years seems like quite a span to only be Clark's grandfather.

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Kryptonians under a red sun are really no different than humans. They hold no special powers without a yellow sun.

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Doesn't necessarily mean they have similar life-spans though.

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I thought Kryptonians were supposed to be one of the most "genetically" superior races in the DCU?

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Woow. That look pretty interesting. I LOOOOVE that it's based off of the Man of Steel/DCEU.

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Originally Posted by Giantrobo (Post 13057029)

Woow. That look pretty interesting. I LOOOOVE that it's based off of the Man of Steel/DCEU.

It isn't though.... is it? I know Goyer is involved, but this isn't a direct prequel to the MoS film...? No more than Gotham to Begins, etc.

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Originally Posted by dex14 (Post 13057031)

It isn't though.... is it? I know Goyer is involved, but this isn't a direct prequel to the MoS film...? No more than Gotham to Begins, etc.

Even if it isn't a direct prequel, clearly the style and design are from Man of Steel. That stuck out to me immediately as a fan of and style and design.