In the old TV series "Clark and Louise: The New Adventures of Superman" (C&L), the stubborn and goofy Louise scoffs at Clark, her new colleague from rural Kansas. When she was embraced by a strong superman, she for the first time abandoned the image of a strong woman and fell in love with Superman dazzlingly.
But how the table turns, when Louise finally gives in to her inner feelings and finds that she actually loves Clark, a good-natured, honest and loyal colleague who sticks to principles, she takes the initiative and bravely confesses. And that superman, who is far away and only appears at the critical moment, is just an existence close to God, suitable for worship, but not for love.
What she didn't know was that she was a human colleague on the one hand, and a superhero who was almost godlike on the other. Superhero and Clark were actually the one who loved her. And when Louise finally found out that Clark was Superman, and also received Clark's marriage proposal, she asked angrily, Who's asking, Clark, or Superman? Faced with such a question, Clark/Superman was also momentarily dumbfounded.
In fact, no matter how powerful foreign enemies he faces, the basic contradictions that Superman faces come from the duality of this contradiction in his own identity. Clark or Superman - that is the question. When the duty of being a god and the duty of being a man conflict, should one choose to obey the divine or the human? Does Humanity Constrain Divinity? Does Divinity Constrain Humanity? If you want to have both, you have to face such a choice.
The CW's S&L almost continues the discussion of this dual identity in L&C. However, the contradiction in the latter is mainly reflected in the love relationship between Clark and Louise. In S&L, the two have long been a tacit husband and wife, and there is no such thing as a farce between them. The mid-life crisis that Clark is facing is something Superman can't solve no matter how strong his ability is; and being constrained by Clark's family responsibilities as a husband and a father, and even as a son in Smallville town, makes Superman want to continue saving the world. Out of reach.
In the two episodes now, it seems that there are not many fighting scenes in S&L, and it is well-made, grand and well-sounding. There's still talk scenes from CW's traditional show, and it's almost entirely between family members. Husband and wife, mother and son, father and son, brother and even father-in-law and son-in-law - but without being abrupt and digressive, driving the plot forward, making Superman more human, and making middle-aged Clark and Louise more realistic feel. As for characters without superpowers, Lois resigned resolutely out of professional integrity and wanted to protect the residents of the small town and fight the Bezos-style money tycoon alone; brothers Jonathan and Jordan guarded each other, and Jonatha fell from the big city to the small one. The struggle of the town high school, their subplots have also been fully developed, and even compared to the super power line, it is also remarkable.
I vaguely feel that in the parallel universe, the blackening of Superman may be related to his desire to protect his family. And in this universe, if Superman wants to save his family, save the world, and save himself, he probably needs to start from here.
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