Superman & Lois, the show you should watch if you like the DC character

With trailer superman James Gunn, something has become clear. The figure of the Man of Steel has been of great importance in pop culture in recent decades. Either because of debates about its validity, or because of the anticipation of its reappearance in the cinematic world. The truth is that the DC hero never ceased to be culturally significant. Moreover, when the controversy surrounding its importance and the meaning of the good that it embodies, This often causes controversy and controversy.

But aside from the grim figure presented by Zack Snyder or the more optimistic figure of James Gunn, one of the best developments of the character has come on television. Superman and LoisThe four-season CW series accomplished what seemed impossible. It’s about showing the most human, sensitive, and vulnerable side of a superhero without giving up one bit of his extraordinary nature. The combination of the two made the film, which ended this year with a moving fourth installment, a milestone for the genre. At the same time, demonstrating that Superman can and should be explored, from a point of view far removed from superhero movie clichés.

Over the course of 53 episodes, which will be the seventh production of the so-called “Arrowverse”, they have found their own way of telling the life, development and even completion of the hero’s story. This creates a vision far more interested in how Superman/Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) copes with the real world than in exploits. And although they were – the plot included film adaptations of famous comic stories – the main one always lay in the human nature of its main character. In your first love, in your contradictions and fears, how he faced his own mortality.

A unique series with an unusual Superman

To begin with, in a brilliant move by creator Todd Helbing, the story focuses on Superman as a growing man. The series does not hesitate to pose its own dilemmas to the hero, and also humanizes him, giving him the opportunity to grow morally and spiritually. Vision Superman and Lois is based on one key element: Clark must find a place for his powerful alt-altern, and not the other way around. So the argument is interesting Clark as a journalist, lover, then husband and father.

Evolution, which the episodic format fully allows, takes the character through uncharted territory. To, Smallville showed a similar point of view, but focused on Clark’s (Tom Welling) youth and adolescence. In this case, the weight of the plot is that the character must balance the burden of his responsibility as a hero and also as a sensitive person. This opportunity allowed the series to include paternity and even the possibility of mortality. And this is without Superman losing one bit of his mythical and powerful status.

Greg Berlanti and Todd Helbing’s script turned the challenges of fighting villains of all stripes into a moral decision that Superman had to make. And all this despite the fact that with each season the game continues to grow in depth and complexity. From the first chapter, Tyler Hoechlin’s Clark had to face returning to the Smallville of his childhood to raise his first child. But also to start a life away from newsrooms and the big city. Essentially, going back to his roots, to the education he received from the Kents, and to the most private side of his life. Something that included renew friendships and a simpler, more personal and generous vision of your personality.

Husband, father and hero

One of the brightest moments Superman and Lois it’s essentially the plot’s ability to give equal weight to different aspects of Superman. Not only a hero – the most outstanding for obvious reasons – but also the husband of a brilliant woman, as well as the father of two young contemporaries. The character has gone beyond revealing his identity to his people or neighbors. More importantly, he watched as he discovered how his Kryptonian heritage runs in his family, or let’s say Lois’s (Elizabeth Tulloch) cancer.

The series struck a sensitive balance between the idea that Superman came from an ordinary human home and through this must discover his alien side. And that as an adult, he had to go through his own confusion while exploring all that duality had to offer the world. That, not forgetting about the love for an essentially lonely man, and also trying to be a good father, have to lie most of the time.

Full of extraordinary moments Superman and Lois This is a demonstration of the hero’s ability to be a symbol of the nearest good. Moreover, to be closer to common affairs. Thus, he is both interested in getting the cat out of the tree and facing Darkseid. Contrary to the most common stereotypes surrounding his figure and legacy, this Superman, who stutters with emotion and values ​​kindness, comes closest to the character’s inner goodness. Something from this serieswhich you can already see in Max with full seasons, explore it completely.