That's why I made a point of saying relativeI mean, if we’re being honest, Tomei was already in her fifties when she began playing May. That’s not a crazy bit of de-aging for the character (I imagine many fifty-something women in the 1960s looked not far off from comic Aunt May). It’s just that Tomei in her fifties looked incredible.
Good point. I read my first Spider-Man comic books as a kid in like early/mid 70s, and already then I felt May looked more like a grand parent than an actual aunt to a high school teen.I mean, if we’re being honest, Tomei was already in her fifties when she began playing May. That’s not a crazy bit of de-aging for the character (I imagine many fifty-something women in the 1960s looked not far off from comic Aunt May). It’s just that Tomei in her fifties looked incredible.
That's true, though the Kents are usually an older couple who have given up on the idea of having kids of their own.50s is old enough to be a parent to a 30 something year old. Heck I'm 31 and my parents are 52.
In fairness, Annette O Toole was 49 in the pilot of Smallville, 59 by the finale... and he'd only just had his first Superman appearance by then, so she'd be in her 60s in his early Supes career.To me, I think it’s just a matter of shaking up the formula. Smallville gave us young Kents, MOS gave us reasonably young Kents (Superman and Lois did give us older Kents, but killed them both off before we even got to know them), so I say… let’s switch things up a bit. Old Kents, all the way.
Old Kents for me too and I want them to hang around a while and play an important emotional part to the story, giving Clark a good outlet when he needs it away from all the chaos.To me, I think it’s just a matter of shaking up the formula. Smallville gave us young Kents, MOS gave us reasonably young Kents (Superman and Lois did give us older Kents, but killed them both off before we even got to know them), so I say… let’s switch things up a bit. Old Kents, all the way.