Im a longtime man of steel fan.
And I must admit to having tons of impatience with the world's slowest moving story arc (a season and a half before we hear the names "Kal-el" and "Krypton") but I will confess to being a little bit more than choked up when they came in on Dr Swann's abode and the familar "Krypton" theme from the movies, courtesy of John Williams, and there was Chris Reeve, being a real life superman, transcending adversity, and when the music finally cascaded into the familar Superman theme from the Reeve era films right before the commercial break - it was almost too much!
I hope Chris Reeve's Dr Swann (a homage to Curt Swann who drew the comics for more than 40s years and is considered the definitive Superman artist) becomes a recurring character on the show.
I also loved the way that the extraterretsrial word that sparked tonight's ep was translated as "Hope" --something we could all use a little bit more of on certain days.
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