has anyone been thinking about how the design choices in MAWS are so opposite Smallville? in Smallville they had this very normal looking guy, they tried to pick a body type that wouldn’t stand out against the rest of their actors: tall but not weirdly tall, muscled but not broad or bulky, handsome but not striking, normal hair, normal clothes, doing his best to blend in. and then in MAWS they have most of the characters be relatively normal looking people, without a huge stylistic difference between men and women, without a bunch of massive dudes hanging around, but Clark is your classic anime protagonist: super tall, huge chest, giant muscles - and then clearly trying to make himself look smaller, odd clothes to try to hide his bulk and look like everyone else.
I think both of those fit with comics Superman, in different directions (in a dynamic medium, you need to make really different design choices, so it has to go in one direction or another) and it’s compelling how opposite they are. on the one hand, you have a Superman who looks like everyone else and only feels different on the inside, trying to be true to his heritage while keeping it safe from prying eyes. and on the other hand you have a Superman who does look different, but he doesn’t feel so different, and he has to minimize those differences to try to fit in with people who might not understand. and both of those really underscore the out of place feeling of mixed heritage and especially heritage that’s not necessarily respected or treated well.
but I think they both fit thematic elements better, too. in Smallville, Clark was really successfully learning a lot about where he came from and, despite having to hide it, connecting with it, and then maintaining outward appearances that would let him keep it private. in MAWS, Clark is so obviously different, especially to himself, but he doesn’t really know how to find those differences or learn about them, and there’s a very real and even physical disconnect with his heritage, because the culture he grew up in is different from the one he would’ve grown up in with Jor and Lara, and this show wants to concentrate on that aspect of it - he has so many things in common with humans but will still always have ties to something else. people don’t know mostly because they’re not looking, the kind of alienation of people just regularly forgetting another possibility exists. (which, I think, is why they’re bringing in the Lois intimacy so quickly; she considers the possibility because she’s actually looking at Clark.)
I think there’s something with the suits, too. Smallville Clark doesn’t have a suit at first, because he’s already done a lot of work to figure out what it means to be Kryptonian, but he doesn’t know how to integrate that into his life. whereas MAWS Clark already has an idea how to integrate his Kryptonian heritage into his life, ideally, he just doesn’t know what that means for him. (that’s getting back to the difference between having abilities and knowing what they could do then deciding how best to use them, versus deciding how to live life and then integrating newfound talents into that.) Smallville Superman knows the similarities and needs to work out the differences, but MAWS Superman knows the differences and needs to work out the similarities. the Clark and Superman angles for figuring things out are flipped.
steam is great, until I forget my password and suddenly getting permission to reset it is like trying to prove my identity to the DMV
Each year on her birthday the king and queen release thousands of lanterns into the sky, in hope that one day their lost princess would return. Tangled(2010)Dir.NathanGrenoAndByronHoward
‘Of the Heavens’ — watercolor & mixed media on paper
This my first painting I created for my recent exhibition, ‘Fables’. I’ve always had a fascination for folktales around the world. These stories have always sparked wonder in my imagination as a kid, so I wanted to create my own personal interpretation of a few fabled creatures with respect to the traditions, symbology and legends where they come from. The first that came to mind was that of the Dragon, a creature prevalent throughout a lot of East Asian cultures and often symbolic of power, fortune and the divine. So, here’s my interpretation of the Dragon, blessed with auspicious jade eyes & claws 😄 #brbchasingdreams
You know the biggest loss of the decline of physical media and the rise of streaming? DVD special features.
I love you DVD commentaries I love you making-of documentaries I love you behind the scenes footage I love you bloopers I love you deleted scenes I love you silly little videos of the cast dicking around 💖
