For years in the pages of DC, the status quo for Lois Lane and Clark Kent were the two coworkers who, even before their comic book wedding, essentially behaved like an old married couple: bickering with one another, finishing each other’s sentences, and generally acting like characters who had been stuck treading water for the past 50 years. Which is exactly what they were.
Lois and Clark shook up the dynamic by taking both characters back to basics and developing their relationship from the first meeting. Sure, not every aspect of the show has held up (the special effects look a bit ropey) but as a character study showing how both became the people we know them as today, it was perfect.
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3 responses to “5 TV superhero origins we loved watching and 5 more we’d love to see unfold”
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I’m sick of Spiderman. They need to let him rest for at least 10 years before they try to do his origin story again. But I agree that it would work better as a TV show.
In fact, pretty much every comic book would work better as a TV show. The only advantage to movies was higher budgets and better special effects, but Game of Thrones has proven that you can have both on TV now.
I definitely agree about Supergirl, and female heroes in general. Batgirl would also be great (and be way more interesting that Gotham, in my opinion).
I don’t see Spider-Man ever hitting TV show other than Cartoon Network and FOX Kids. For starters, Toby McGuire ruined all three movies and the fact the remakes carried the same tone isn’t as pleasing.