It’s another couple of weeks off for the Boy Who Will Be The Man of Steel and The World’s Most Daring Reporter. Smallville 1-7 DVD returns with a new episode that sounds very Lois-centric.
In Stilletto, Lois will apparently get in touch with her super heroic side as a hero named, well, Stilletto. Yes, that’s right in this show’s continuity Lois Lane gets a superhero identity before Clark Kent does. That’s funny. Longtime Super-Romance fans will remember ABC’s Lois and Clark endowed Teri Hatcher’s Lois Lane with superpowers as Ultrawoman.
While something about Lois getting a super name and costume before Clark sounds oh-so-wrong to my inner fanboy, something about Erica Durance in spandex sounds oh-so-right.
I would expect Lois’ powers to be short-lived and played for full comedic effect, but then I didn’t expect Lana Lang to get superpowers either. Smallville 1-7 DVD’s brain trust has never been bound by anything that has happened in the comic books. They’ve proven that by having Doomsday face Clark before he becomes Superman, introducing multiple new characters such as Chloe and generally taking this show in its own direction.
Whether you’re a fan or not, Smallville 1-7 DVD is poised to enter its ninth season. That’s an eternity in sci-fi, so this show has to be characterized as a success. It is arguably the most successful translation of comic book to TV material in history and shows no signs of slowing up.
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