Krypton - Great Tv Show!

Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And today guys, we're going to talk about the upcoming TV show Krypton. And so guys, a lot of people are going, we're getting a TV show about Superman without Superman in it. And where have we kind of seen this before? We've kind of seen this play out in TV shows like Gotham, where we don't get Batman but we get a young Bruce Wayne, uh, who, you know, isn't Batman, but to some still got an interesting show in the Batman world. So Will this happen with this TV show, Krypton? Well, uh, maybe. We're getting the story following not Superman or Kal-El or Jor-El, his father, but actually his grandfather, Seg-El. And so we're going to talk a little bit about you know, what exactly we can expect, and you know, if this is going to maybe be a good show in the Superman mythos. So let's talk about a little bit of the history of Superman. We've seen many versions of Superman done, many movies, many TV shows recently. With Man of Steel, and, uh, we always get generally brief information and scenes about his homeworld, the planet Krypton. So I think the longest shots we've got of Krypton or information about Krypton was in Man of Steel. We're in the beginning. They spent quite a bit of time on Krypton, and to some that was their favorite part of the movie. And I thought Krypton was done okay in Man of Steel. And if I had to, you know, just pick something, my favorite part of the movie Man of Steel, it probably would be Krypton and his flight scene. But let's talk a little bit about what we're gonna get with this show and if it can still be a very interesting show based on Superman universe but without Superman and without superpowers. Because, you know, as many of you probably know who are Superman fans and comic books, you probably know that Kryptonians Whilst on Krypton, they have no special superpowers as they orbit a red sun, not a yellow sun, and we know they derive their powers from a yellow sun. So the main character we're following, Seg-El, who again is Superman's grandfather, is part of the noble House of El. And, uh, just a little brief history about the House of El. Maybe this can interest some of you a little bit more who don't know what to expect from a show about Krypton and if it's going to be good. I will say that stories about Krypton are quite interesting, you know, even without superpowers being involved. The advancement of their culture and civilization is quite interesting, and there are many stories that, uh, go along with them. But the person you're looking at in this shot is Sagal. Uh, he's a— this is during his youth, and, uh, you know, according to the story that they're going with you know, done by David S. Goyer, the same David S. Goyer that was involved with Man of Steel. Perhaps that's why we get a similar look to Man of Steel in this series. Seg-El, being part of the noble house of El, is on a mission to restore honor to his house. You know, the family at this point in time in the Superman mythos and history has been ostracized from Krypton. So they're this dishonored house at this point trying to basically get back, you know, in good graces with the Kryptonian Science Council and in their rule. So Segil is actually a young lord, and that is because the government of Krypton, the El family, ruled a continent hundreds of thousands of years ago. Their family was a ruler of a large continent on Krypton, and so they have a noble heritage. Now, Segal, this story is taking place about 200 years before the Superman story we know, you know, Man of Steel movies, Clark Kent gets unseen. So this is about 200 years earlier than that, and Kryptonians live a little bit longer than humans, you know, through technology and different things. So You know, he would— his age would be much older than a human being. But, uh, Segel is on this mission to restore honor to his house, and we're also introduced to some other familiar characters or families in the Superman story, and that is the Zod the Zod's family or Zod's house. And there's a young woman who's being played by— and I believe this is a shot of her holding this weapon— her name is Lita Zod, I believe. And her and Sagal are kind of, you know, basically drawn to one another, and they are actually in this Romeo and Juliet type relationship. But to go a little bit back into the history of what's going on with Krypton, the government, and how things work, and how their families are warring at this stage in history, has to do a lot with the type of government Krypton has at this stage. it has what they call a Scientocracy. But prior to that, it was a military guild, uh, command that ruled Krypton, and it was actually ruled over by an ancestor of the Zod family, uh, and it was called the Kryptonian Empire. But what happened was, as they went around colonizing and occupying various worlds around them, they began to be viewed more like tyrants that held an iron fist over the galaxy more so than this advanced noble civilization they had been. So the people decided to change their form of government, and they thought it would be fitting to change their government into a Scientocracy. Something I wish our government would do. And by changing it to a Scientocracy, you now have this council of scientists and learned people who make the best decisions for the people so that they can go forward. And, uh, you know, throughout the course of this, uh, I would imagine the way the story is going, there's some bad blood between the L family Zod's family because of this loss and shift in power. So Leta seems to be part of this new type military guild that serves the Scientocracy or the Science Council. And despite the bad blood between the families, Leta and Segail have a relationship and have this kind of Romeo and Juliet type situation going. So, you know, right off the bat, you know, I'm looking at a lot of the images of what Krypton looks like. And, uh, you know, again, because Dave Squier, who did the story for Man of Steel, uh, this is something he had been working on pretty much since The Man of Steel. They've been talking about this for 4 or 5 years now. And, uh, you know, it's supposed to come out in 2017 of this year, but as I understand, it's now being pushed back to 2018, and it will air on the Syfy channel. Interesting. And it doesn't look bad, you know, the quality doesn't look bad. Again, it is, you know, I mean, as far as the budget and, you know, how it looks. I think it looks pretty good. I'm not a big fan of David S. Goyer and Zack Snyder. I don't like how they've darkened Krypton. You know, to me it still looks like this dark, gloomy place, just like, you know, it looked in Man of Steel. You know, same, you know, same people involved, so I guess we can pretty much expect that. But Yeah, that's what we got there, but doesn't look bad. It doesn't look cheap or anything like that, so I can appreciate that. And so we got that. We— so we got a lot of callbacks to Man of Steel. We— a lot of things look pretty much the same, but what I found interesting throughout the trailer was that there's this person that Segel meets in the street, and he's giving Segel this key. It's the House of El key. It looks like the same one we saw in Man of Steel. It looks the exact same way. He's telling him to find the fortress. So he's going to find the fortress. And what comes to mind, of course, whenever you say fortress and Superman, you start thinking about the Fortress of Solitude. And I was just a little bit puzzled by that because It's important that he find this fortress. So I'm kind of under the assumption that— well, two things come to mind. Are they talking about the Fortress of Solitude, you know, which is on Earth? But I always thought the Fortress of Solitude was a big deal because it was on Earth. It was Kryptonian technology, you know, on Earth, and that's why it was such a big deal. I thought that maybe the Fortress of Solitude on the planet Krypton would just be something they were accustomed to. And, you know, maybe that was just how the builders and the technology looked. But apparently whatever fortress they're talking about is something that's very key and important to the El family, that they get there. And, uh, whatever information is contained in this fortress, uh, I'm assuming it's something that's going to greatly help, uh, Sagal on his quest. And you know, sounds pretty good so far. I'm a big Superman fan, you know, just like I'm a Star Trek fan. They can almost throw anything Star Trek at me and I'm gonna give it a shot and I'm gonna see the good in it. Same thing with Superman stories. I'm gonna always see the good in them. But I can tell you this, if you're expecting a superpower superhero TV show You probably aren't going to get that with this. This is something you might want to just go in looking at it as a science fiction show that's well suited to appear on the Syfy Channel with a familiar backstory. Just a few other interesting tidbits. Segel and Jor-El didn't get along good. You know, Segel here becomes the father of Jor-El, or Superman's father. Comics, they did not get along well. Segel was very disappointed with Jor-El because Jor-El was, you know, more so a maverick, you know, growing up. Although he knew the traditions of Krypton, he wanted to do things different. And there's this very interesting story about how, how Jor-El meets Lara. And I found that very interesting because they're actually using the gestation centers much like we saw in Man of Steel where the babies were grown and they were basically bioengineered to perform certain tasks. And even their mating was selective mating. They selected your mate. And that's actually what happened with Lara and Jor-El. We get that in Man of Steel where he's saying, you know, how everybody's engineered to do a particular task, and that by sending Kal-El, Superman, Clark, to Earth, he would not have to deal with that. He would have the right to choose and be free in that regard. But Segil here is very traditionalist. Traditionalist with Krypton, and he doesn't like the fact that Jor-El wants to actually meet Lara. They see that as not clinical, it's not sterile. They— another thing, a lot about Kryptonian culture in the comics were they were very emotionalist, very dutiful, very, you know, uh, you know, in that sense. And so, uh, you know, that type of emotional connection and wanting to do things outside tradition was kind of frowned upon. So anyway, guys, I'm going to stop it there, but I'm going to say give this show a chance, especially if you're a big Superman fan. I like what I'm seeing with it. I don't like the David S. Goyer, Zack Snyder feel to it, but all in all, like the, um, you know, like that we're finally getting something about Krypton and technology. There's a host of very good stories about life on Krypton and, and stories. And so guys, let me know what you think about this, if you're excited to see this, or if you think it's gonna be, you know, just another sci-fi show that gets canceled. Guys, if you like content like this, don't forget to like and subscribe. And until next time, take care.