David del Real
THE HAPPIEST SUPERMAN, THE BEST LOIS LANE AND ONE OF THE BEST METROPOLIS.Among the many versions we have seen of Superman along the years, the one that Mr. Dean Cain gave us in this series is by far the kindest and more humane Superman of all. As many people, I also enjoyed a lot the old movies with Mr. Christofer Reeve as the character, but that interpretation of the character misses one thing completely: fun. Mr. Cain gave us a more balanced character showing us a variety of emotions and delivered to us an entertaining show. Nevertheless, most of the badges in my review are for the character of Lois Lane, performed by Ms. Teri Hatcher. Why? She has made the only Lois Lane that has made us believe she is actually in love both of Superman and Clark. The other "Loises" love one and learn to put up with the other. In the Classic "Reeve" movies, Lois loves Superman and appreciates Clark and even shouts how sweet he is but does not love him when she doesn't know he is Superman (a Superhero in the Super-Friendzone!). Erica Durance (from Smallville) gave us good Lois Lane too, but technically, she couldn't love Superman, because Superman does not exist in the series until the very end. Another Lois Lanes, like in "Superman TAS" don't even like Kent much and are eager to express it. One of the best things in this show is that Lois falls in love with Clark before falling in love too with Superman!!!Now, one thing very important for me in the DC Universe is that heroes are very mentally, emotionally and historically related to the cities they live in. In the comics we clearly see that Batman is the right superhero for Gotham, Superman the right one for Metropolis, Wonder-Woman has the charisma to be a successful ambassador, Aquaman (depending on the year you are reading) has adventures where he has the warmth and kindness of a superhero and others where he has the rough personality of the Emperor of a very difficult nation. So, all that said, I think Lois and Clark's Metropolis is a good METROPOLIS: noisy, boisterous, full of gossips, activity, etc... exactly where the "Man of Steel" would go to be in the middle of the action!There are many good things about this show, including Ms. Tracy Scoggins as Cat Grant; being a fan of Ms. Scoggins myself, one of the few things I disliked of the show is that I would have liked to see her much more. Walter Lane Smith III singing Elvis in the corridor as Perry White is still one of the most remembered scenes of the series...and it will always be!!! And of course...each viewer has its favorite moments but I tried to focus my review in points and elements that were maybe overlooked in other reviews.Thanks for readingIMDb by David del Real. Ciudad de México. México. October, 8th, 2017
Sapphire Sapphy
One of the reasons why the '90's will always have a warm spot in our hearts.Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher capture and draw us into Metropolis and make us feel like we never want to leave. Season 1 and Season 2 will bring a proper feeling of nostalgia from the theme music to Lois Lane's silly haircut. The only complaint I had through season 1 and 2 was the replacement of Jimmy's character which i believe was completely unnecessary. Micheal Landes nailed that character 100% with a lot more humor! Season 3 and 4 gets a bit too much like a relationship that has been going on for 2 or 3 years with the 'aw' factor replaced with more drama.I can understand why they stopped after season 4 as the series had run its course. They should have kept Lois and Clark unattached until season 4 and maybe played a couple of episodes with Lois aware that Clark was Superman but Clark none the wiser....Still an epic series and best Superman to date (24th December 2015)
bkoganbing
Imagine Superman had it been done by Rock Hudson and Doris Day and you have some idea of what Lois And Clark was about. It was one of the more enjoyable shows from the last decade of the last century.Lois And Clark had all the aspects of one of those domestic comedies that were popular back in the day. Dean Cain was a hip Superman and Clark Kent and Teri Hatcher was an ultra modern Lois Lane who had a nose for news. Granted she researched the internet for background instead of wearing out high heels chasing a story, but she knew her job and her suspicions about her colleague even before they got romantically involved.And of course the accent here was on the budding romance of Lois And Clark. It could only end in super wedded bliss where Clark Kent finally had to let Lois Lane in on the biggest secret since the Manhattan Project. In the old Superman series with George Reeves they also had an accent on comedy as well that is rarely talked about. Dean Cain modeled a lot of his performance on Reeves who always had an all knowing smile in every episode after he bailed out other cast members.Technology is creeping up on the classic superhero. Back in the day Clark Kent became a reporter because he could keep track of evil doing with the use of those sources. I daresay today he wouldn't need the job, just good hacking skills. He could sit at home and stay on the internet and be just as informed. I wonder how future incarnations of the Shuster&Siegel hero will deal with that.But it wouldn't be as fun and we'd sure miss all the Tracy/Hepburn like banter between Lois And Clark.
