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leaked a wee while back but official release is out now ....[


Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather (Cameron Cuffe, The Halcyon) — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos. Krypton premieres in 2018 on SYFY.






cast is :

Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El: Superman’s grandfather; athletic, quietly confident, and in his 20s. A younger version of the “grumpier” character from the comics.
Georgina Campbell as Lyta Zod: A reluctant cadet and warrior in the Kryptonian military, in a clandestine, forbidden relationship with Seg-El.
Ian McElhinney as Val-El: Seg’s grandfather, who defied death by going to the Phantom Zone and is a staunch believer in space exploration.
Elliot Cowan as Daron-Vex: The chief magistrate of Kandor, charged with defending Krypton’s oligarchy.
Ann Ogbomo as Alura Zod: The Primus of the Kryptonian military guild and mother of Lyta. Alura shares her first name with Alura Zor-El, the mother of Supergirl.
Rasmus Hardiker as Kem: An engineer and Seg’s best friend.
Wallis Day as Nyssa-Vex: A junior magistrate and the daughter of Daron-Vex.
Aaron Pierre as Dev-Em: A “chiseled, twenty-something bad boy”.


a fair few of these are from the ( barrel of) Superman stories from the past

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev-Em#Film

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It reminds me of Caprica, which ended up not being particularly successful

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I really loved the Kryptonian sequence opening MoS so I am looking forward to seeing this one.

   
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I didn't even like MoS that much and I'd give it a shot. It's a cool idea for a show. EDIT: Is this officially tied in with the DCU, with the Supergirl TV series, or is it its own thing?

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......... cards are close to the chest over that .....


http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/05/10/krypton-series-syfy-dceu/

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...err......

http://io9.gizmodo.com/turns-out-the-krypton-tv-series-is-way-way-stranger-th-1797160299?rev=1500759777582&utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow


When Syfy’s Superman prequel show Krypton was first announced, everyone thought it was going to be a basic trip back into the past of Superman’s origin story before his homeworld went kablammo. It’s still that, of course but its Comic-Con panel just revealed that how we get to Jor-El shooting a baby into outer space is going to be so much weirder than you would’ve guessed.

Ready for this? Krypton—set in its own branch of DC continuity for reasons that are about to become incredibly clear—is not fully set in the past. In fact, its overarching premise is rooted in the present: because DC heroes Adam Strange and Hawkwoman will be major characters in the series, sent by a mysterious figure back in time on the biggest missions of their lives: return to the years before Krypton’s destruction and safeguard the bloodline of Superman, the House of El, from villains also sent from the present who want to erase Superman by altering the course of history.

Yeah.

The El family members that Adam and Hawkwoman meet on their time-travel journey are not exactly in the best place, however. Seg-El, Superman’s grandfather (Cameron Cuffe), finds himself on the outs; his House has basically collapsed, and he’s even been stripped of its coat of arms—of course the iconic “S” emblem that his grandson will later wear as his own superhero emblem. With the help of Adam Strange and Hawkwoman, Seg-El has to relearn the legacy and hope of his fallen House, before time-traveling interlopers destroy it and his grandson’s future for good.

Geoff Johns moderated the panel with some of the show’s cast and production team. Series lead Cameron Cuffe was there, along with showrunners Damian Kindler and Cameron Welsh. Cuffe told the audience that he’s been a comics fan for a long time, saying that he grew up watching old-school DCAU cartoons like Justice League Unlimited and Batman Beyond. He said his role as Seg-El means a lot to him: “To be the origin of the symbol of my favorite superhero character—who’s always been there for me—is just awesome.”

The DC Comics writer and Warner Bros. exec spilled a ton of detail on the series, saying that the Hawkwoman from Thanagar on the show won’t be connected to the Hawkgirl on Legends of Tomorrow. Johns also said that Brainiac will be a threat on the show and also said more vaguely that Doomsday will play a part of the drama on Krypton as well. The connections between Rann, Thanagar and Krypton established in DC comics continuity will be seen on the Syfy series. Welsh said that the Adam Strange on Krypton will be more experienced and cynical, with a touch of gallows humor. Johns said that the adventurer would introduce himself to Seg-El by saying, “I’m from a planet called Earth far in the future and I need you to help me save your grandson.”

All this makes Krypton sound like a much bigger, much stranger series than we ever could have imagined when it first got announced. But honestly, it makes us much more interested in checking when it premieres on Syfy next year.




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Sounds more interesting than a standard story of it's type, like Caprica. That was godawfully boring.



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This runs the risk of being overly-complicated and too clever - BUT...


...I'll be giving it a shot, and I hope they can pull it off!

   
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Time travel? Ugh. throwing unnecessary time travel elements into a series (especially on SyFy) is in my experience a great indicator of a writer with no better ideas

   
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I dunno about this reveal. I mean, Adam Strange and Hawkwoman (not even Hawkgirl). I've never even heard of Adam Strange. - my first thought was "isn't he a marvel character?"

It could have at least involved Booster Gold.

On the other hand, it does make it more interesting than Caprica and Continuum was a successful time travelly sci-fi show
   
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 Compel wrote:
I dunno about this reveal. I mean, Adam Strange and Hawkwoman (not even Hawkgirl). I've never even heard of Adam Strange. - my first thought was "isn't he a marvel character?"


I know he's DC, but honestly I know nothing else about him except that he's "the other guy named Strange."

It could have at least involved Booster Gold.


I'd actually enjoy that if it was the Booster Gold from the animated universe!



   
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He was quite entertaining (and played surprisingly accurately) in Smallville too
   
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Ready for this? Krypton—set in its own branch of DC continuity for reasons that are about to become incredibly clear—is not fully set in the past. In fact, its overarching premise is rooted in the present: because DC heroes Adam Strange and Hawkwoman will be major characters in the series, sent by a mysterious figure back in time on the biggest missions of their lives: return to the years before Krypton’s destruction and safeguard the bloodline of Superman, the House of El, from villains also sent from the present who want to erase Superman by altering the course of history.




Okay, TV shows? Are you listening? I'm gonna give you some free advice, TV shows, so listen up. You want to do time travel? Is your name Doctor Who or Quantum Leap? No? Then don't do time travel. Just don't do it. You'll be happier, the audience will be happier, everyone will be happier. Just stay away from time travel, because if you aren't Doctor Who or Quantum Leap, you suck at it.

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There was that Netflix original series... What was it Travelers? Where I was like totally with it for all of three episodes and then I was like "okay now this is just becoming done. This crisis could have been solved with time travel. This one too! And that one! Stop throwing out shoddy excuses for why you're not using time travel to solve these problems!"

The whole show spiraled into stupidity, because shockingly time travel plots are exceptionally hard to do well without them becoming dumb.

   
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he grew up watching old-school DCAU cartoons like Justice League Unlimited and Batman Beyond.
old school?

   
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Admittedly JLU was relatively recently (finishing only 11 years ago), Batman Beyond started in 1999. There's plenty of dakkaites who wouldn't have been born when that first aired.

So yeah, in short, Manchu, we're old now.
   
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 Manchu wrote:
he grew up watching old-school DCAU cartoons like Justice League Unlimited and Batman Beyond.
old school?


Maybe to a twenty-something, I guess. *shrug*


Adam Strange in a nutshell -- a high-tech John Carter of Mars who has cool gear including a rocket pack, but usually relies on his smarts and wits to defeat his enemies.

I'll be interested to see where this goes. And I don't care about continuity. Just tell good stories and don't let continuity concerns hold them back.

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squidhills wrote:
 reds8n wrote:



Ready for this? Krypton—set in its own branch of DC continuity for reasons that are about to become incredibly clear—is not fully set in the past. In fact, its overarching premise is rooted in the present: because DC heroes Adam Strange and Hawkwoman will be major characters in the series, sent by a mysterious figure back in time on the biggest missions of their lives: return to the years before Krypton’s destruction and safeguard the bloodline of Superman, the House of El, from villains also sent from the present who want to erase Superman by altering the course of history.




Okay, TV shows? Are you listening? I'm gonna give you some free advice, TV shows, so listen up. You want to do time travel? Is your name Doctor Who or Quantum Leap? No? Then don't do time travel. Just don't do it. You'll be happier, the audience will be happier, everyone will be happier. Just stay away from time travel, because if you aren't Doctor Who or Quantum Leap, you suck at it.


The one exception I can see to this, is if the show were some kind of "butterfly effect" or "A Sound of Thunder" type of dark morality tale. . . . . But even then, I would probably stay away from it.
   
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Canterbury









The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
 
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