Well, it may not be that Jor-El was evil, just that, as you said, he thought it was natural for Clark to rule the planet. That being said, I like your idea as well, that he wanted Clark ready.
On 10/6/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:03 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Smallville (was RE: ER question) > > > > > Kevin was talking about the fact that the actor that played Zod in the > > > "Superman 2" movie now does the voice of Jor El for "Smallville" - not > > that > > > the two characters were the same person in the show. > > > > Oh I knew that much. I still say the 'evil twist' to Kal-el's purpose > > on Earth is one of the neatest views on the Superman story. Thats one > > reason I was sooo disappointed when last year sucked so bad. > > I'm leaning more and more in the direction that it's not a "twist" at all... > but rather that Jor El was foreshadowing the appearance of Zod. He was > attempting to teach Clark the "Kryptonian Way" so that he'd be prepared to > fight Zod. > > After all doesn't every dictator think that they've done the best thing for > their people? Jor El may have seen the domination of Earth as a resource > thing: if Kal El were in charge he could better fight Zod to save Earth... > and save it from tyranny. ;^) > > Maybe it's just the comics-background talking but I like that idea much more > than an "Evil Jor El". Of course we've yet to hear from Kal El's mother, > Lara, in all of this... perhaps she'll provide a counterpoint/explanation at > some point. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176157 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
