Just watched the episode last night. I'm enjoying the China vibes personally, just because I grew up in China. Superman went to China twice in just two episodes. First in Shanghai, and in episode 3, Guizhou. Personally though, I have always wanted a Superman sequence actually shot in China, preferably in a movie though--in The Dark Knight fashion--I enjoyed the scenes in Hong Kong from The Dark Knight, because I also lived in HK, and I would have liked to have seen a sequence like that in similar capacity for a Superman movie. Obviously the CW didn't shoot that one scene in Shanghai from the pilot, but I enjoyed that scene nonetheless. They did a good job at making it look like Superman and Captain Luthor were in China. I look forward to seeing Superman travel to other countries throughout the course of the series. I'm hoping to see Superman visit more countries that don't get enough recognition.
I enjoyed both Clark and Superman's presence in this episode, albeit, I think to be nice to see Clark change into Superman more than twice per episode. We got to see more of Clark being a Dad, I think Tyler does a great job. For an actor that doesn't have kids, he plays the Dad role very convincingly. I have often found that several actors playing a parent role in a movie or TV series to be unconvincing sometimes, most likely because they don't have children of their own in real life, but Tyler somehow manages to pull it off.
I'm slightly concerned about the effects turning into the original CW quality. Maybe they'd have more time to complete the FX if they weren't on a tight schedule. For the most part though, the effects looked solid. The shots of Superman flying straight into the camera were good. I liked the shot from the pilot where Superman was flying over the Hunagpu river in Shanghai, albeit, the shot was too shaky. I think we need to move away from the typical action-hand-held-camera-style narrative. I want to be able to see the fights...or in this case, actually see Superman fly, if we're talking about some of the flying scenes. (James Wan is a good example to follow for action fight scenes)
I have to watch this episode again of course, but was the tall guy...another assistant for Morgan Edge? I'd think Morgan Edge should be more careful if he knows that Lois has a close connection with Superman. So who is Leslie Larr? The woman with heat vision at the end.
Overall, I enjoyed this episode much better than the second episode with one exception, being the scene with Lana and her daughter in the bedroom. Very soap opera. I hope the CW tries playing this series out more like a movie rather than an old-fashioned 2001-type-of-drama. If Sarah--oh, now I remember her name!--was a character in this, but say 'Superman & Lois' was a movie, or a series of films instead of a TV show--then I think she should just be portrayed as the girl that Jordan likes, seen from his perspective.
I really enjoyed Clark acting bumbling in this episode. I always missed that about Christopher Reeve's portrayal of Clark Kent. The code: Never act like Superman. Can't wait to see him be a Football coach assistant. Lastly, I didn't get too bored for Jordan and Jonathan in this episode. They're both likeable for me. I don't dislike Sarah Cushing but hope she doesn't get too much focus. Keep the focus on Superman and his family.
Thumbs up.
And Smallville's Maggie Sawyer is in this too?? (Welp, was in this?)
