Kindly Couple: Pruitt Taylor Vince & Neva Howell ARE Jonathan & Martha Kent

[Babillygunn]

I'm something of an adoptive parent myself

I do believe WatchProject was implying biological parents

I figured that was what was meant. So it’s all cool. But really, the garbage that Snyder pulled with the characterization of Jonathan and Martha was what really upset me most about his films. I love the fact that at its core, Superman is an immigrant who was raised by adoptive parents. If there is one aspect of Birthright that always felt frustrating it is that Jonathan struggles with insecurity at Clark going on to be a “better man” than him. I’d much prefer Jonathan and Martha being the ones for the readers to strive toward, just as their son strives to be more like them.

 

[Bren]

I don't mind the idea of either parent being scared and maybe even insecure, in the case of Jonathan... But it's a fine line and prefer him being happy at his son's 'greatness', while wondering if he should have done more with his own life. Seeing him get over or work through his insecurities is also imo inspirational.

But yeah, virtually guaranteed none of this will be in the film

Anyway, as a Superman fanboy I personally would prefer them being perfect even if that might be boring to some haha.

 

[Babillygunn]

That’s a good way of putting it. What Waid put in Birthright with Jonathan challenged my fanboy desires for his absolute perfection. It did make the character interesting to have a bit of a crisis at the weight of his son’s greatness. It might not be my preferred take, but at least it was maturely executed.

MoS, on the other hand…that’s a different story.

 

[Nemeres]

It is a very fine line for sure. If you make the Kents indifferent to the risks of exposing their kid, you miss out on good drama. If you make them excessively careful to the point they only care about hiding them (Man of Steel), you make the Kents less... special.

I know it's not a fixed, constant thing in their characterization, but I'm really fond of the Kents as these almost hippie idealists full of their own notions for how to improve the world.



Their son becomes a vessel of that, and that's the beauty of him having been found by them over a different loving childless couple. By carrying their torch, he represents the best of what regular folks have to offer. It's not Jor-El's enlightened alien-ness that makes him good, it's the best of us. I'm just too in love with that not to want to see it as a central theme in a Superman movie.

 

[WatchProtect]

As an adoptive parent myself, I have to correct you. THEY MOST CERTAINLY ARE HIS PARENTS. They may not have given birth to him. But they raised him and helped him be the man he grew to become. That is the very definition of a mother and father.

Oh I wholeheartedly agree, I was just saying how they don't Need to look certain way to BE Clarks parents, visually the Kents could be the most blank slate adaptions from the comics as long as they still encompass the essential qualities.

 

[3rdstone]

As Pa Kent well Jonathan Kent I would have gone with George Clooney and as Ma Kent well Martha...Julianne Moore

If so, I want flashbacks to young Martha before she met Jonathan and became a farmer.

 

[Babillygunn]

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This is from Peace on Earth, is it not?

That is maybe the most underrated Superman story out there. I love it.

Paul Dini is a master at work.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Alien Anal]

It's a great example of Clarks greatest weakness. His humility and love for others, you can punch him all you want but hurt his loved ones and he will feel the pain even more so.

 

[Nemeres]

Cool. Doesn't sound like they'll just be dead parents in a picture.

 

[Invader Joker]

Cool. Doesn't sound like they'll just be dead parents in a picture.

Well he hasn't said they're alive.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Not had he said they’re dead…

Open the box James Gunn…

 

[Nemeres]

Well he hasn't said they're alive.

True, but "working with them" and hyping their casting sounds like there might be more to their scenes than a short flashback. I think if he wanted them both dead he would've cast them older. But as long as they feature, I'm good.

 

[Alien Anal]

True, but "working with them" and hyping their casting sounds like there might be more to their scenes than a short flashback. I think if he wanted them both dead he would've cast them older. But as long as they feature, I'm good.

Should have cast skeletons if he wanted them dead, but they might want his as it's their money.

 

[Silvermoth]

I love how humble it is. You definitely wouldn’t look at it and think that’s where one of the greatest heroes of all time lives which is the point

 

[SupermansPal]

Ehhhhhhhhh, does that really looks like a Kansas farmhouse?

 

[emielaen]

Sure? lol do farmhouses in Kansas look a certain way?

 

[Nemeres]

That's so funny to say, because it kinda does remind me of the "In Cold Blood" house (Holcomb, Kansas)

 

[Silvermoth]

I don’t know about Kansas but there’s farms like that everywhere in Australia. I kind of like a more humble look, the one in smallville would be like, a glamping location these days

 

[Alien Anal]

I don’t know about Kansas but there’s farms like that everywhere in Australia. I kind of like a more humble look, the one in smallville would be like, a glamping location these days

If the Kent's don't have an out back dunny I'm gonna be peeved!

 

[Silvermoth]

Ha. Actually I would love to see a conversation between Clark and Bruce about his outback dunny. Bruce would be like “oh wow I didn’t have it so bad after all”

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Silvermoth]

Jonathan Kent looks like just some guy this time which is wonderful. I’m so glad they didn’t get a recognised star. The Kents are meant to be what grounds Superman

 

[Lily Adler]

Martha is dead. I'm calling it.

 

[Sverdlovski]

Martha is dead. I'm calling it.

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME???