Smallville's Take on Maxima

[superspider02]

Like my thread about plastique what do you guys think of smallville's version on maxima. Did you love it, hate it? Discuss once episode airs.

[Liquid-Prince]

I never recall Maxima having superspeed. Is that a Smallville addition? Plus DAMN... What a hottie!

[thebog1]

Ok.. damnnnnnnn. She's hot and she just beat the crud out of Tess Mercer... could she get on my goodside any quicker?

Ok, so she killed the one guy... not exactly her fault - she asked if he was the one she was looking for.. (Or I think she just assumed)... either way, I see it as a mistake of incompatibility between two physiologies... :D

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(Although the episode has just begun, I definitely like her already)

[Liquid-Prince]

She is sexy!

[thebog1]

In answer to the superspeed question topic someone else started, don't know but I like it with the green.

[Liquid-Prince]

In answer to the superspeed question topic someone else started, don't know but I like it with the green.

That was me, and I posted before this thread opened...

[thebog1]

Woot, I definitely dig Maxima. She even apologized to Jimmy! I think I'm in love. :D

[lovinredkclark]

i love her. first she kicked tess' a**.:rotfl:
and then the kissing all the frogs to find the prince.
love it

[thebog1]

Maxima's Info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima_(comics))

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As a scion of the Blood Royale of Almerac, Maxima commands a vast array of powers that come from selective breeding and years of gene therapy. In her first face to face encounter with Superman[8] she displayed a high level of psionic powers, such as psychokinesis and seemingly hypnotic mind control. Maxima possesses superhuman strength, enhanced stamina, and incredible durability, as well as some degree of superhuman speed.[8] Through skillful application of her psionic powers Maxima has been shown to emit powerful optical beams that can stagger even Superman, and she can create nearly impervious force fields. She is also able to channel her psionic powers internally to boost her physical strength (to a level approaching Wonder Woman and Superman). In the first battle with Doomsday in Adventures of Superman #498, Maxima is the only one in that incarnation of the Justice League that was able to actually hurt and withstand blows from Doomsday, besides Superman.

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Daaaaaaammnnn, gettin' some of Clark on his desk or certainly trying. :D

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Haha. She's just gettin' a** all around. Teaches Lois not to call intergalatic, superstrong women sl**-o-ramas or however she phrased it. :D

[Liquid-Prince]

Sexy.

[redeem147]

She seems pretty much like Maxima, the mate-crazy alien. It was a little bit more complicated in the comics, with Clark being already married and all.

[Merfish]

No, but she does have telekinesis

[redkryptoniteisthebest]

They got married?

[babyluthor]

I thought she was great. I liked her story line and I thought she pulled off the part well. Clark said she might be back for more. Hmm, I wouldn't mind seeing her again, but I think they wrapped up her story in this episode. If she came back it would have to be for a different purpose.

[arsenal1508]

She is so hot. Can't believe she's the kid from Harriet the Spy (Harriet's arch enemy).

Wish to see her again this season.

[lovinredkclark]

i loved Maxima. she did her job and that was to get clark and lois think more about each other and maybe them in a different light.

[ClarkyBoy14]

I thought they did a pretty god job with her. I wouldn't mind if she came back later.

[Aloof]

It was okay! :)

[kal-el returns]

i've done some reading on maxima myself, and according to wikipedia, she's suppose to have some degree of superspeed

[Liquid-Prince]

Damn, I can't get over her hotness. What did you guys think of the car flip?

[KalEl's Destiny]

According to Wikipedia, she does have some amount of super-speed but again that's wikipedia so who knows the validity of that. Her flipping that car was crazy! I thought Lois would have been a little more banged up than what she was!

[Meteror Freak]

No fight scene! so i voted that it was just okay. Not at all like the warrior queen from the comics, but I DID like her.

[Aries83]

It was fine. It was borderline FOTW though.

[Liquid-Prince]

No fight scene! so i voted that it was just okay. Not at all like the warrior queen from the comics, but I DID like her.


It was pretty similar to the one from the Superman TAS.

[silverdragon]

i think the actress pulled off a brilliant job as maxima....

[tippership commander]

her speed was great enough that she SENSED CLark IN SUPER SPEED moving near her......OMG< Clark NEVER DOES THIS ANYMORE( he ALMOST did in RUN, sensing the truck about to run his dad over)..

HE's such a BDA, he waits to get speedblitzed by his enemies before he realized they're insuperspeed( when he and kara faced milton fine)

but, she just did something he nearly never does..er...DID..

and he didnt even notice her in superspeed( i'm kidding on this one, he was focused on jimmy, and sides, ....)

But, maybe now in this season, he'll brush up on his abilities..

but yes, she has the speed....

and apparently, she's at an advantage with it..

as long as they dont do what they did before, making it so any1 with powers can

A:. Beat clark up[with his 7 yrs experience] or at least INITIALLY get one up on him

B: make is so any 1 with powers, who somehow masters them in no time, can use them way better than clark, or at least use common sense to think of when they might be useful

at this point, if YOU, or i had these powers, we'd be teaching clark how NOT to be a BDA, the whole 9 yards..

oh well, gotta love CLARK...
the Superspeed was cool, ....

..............................it shows you Maxima's fast, lol

[duck466]

It seems all the aliens that visit earth all have super powers. Whats up with that?

[thebog1]

She could and most likely will be back. Read this sentence, posted by me earlier:


'In the first battle with Doomsday in Adventures of Superman #498, Maxima is the only one in that incarnation of the Justice League that was able to actually hurt and withstand blows from Doomsday, besides Superman.'

[6-Super-Man -5]

The actress did an amazing job, would love to see her return later in the season, and if not for sure next season.

[thebog1]

There is no next. This is, reportedly, the last season.

[Liquid-Prince]

There is no next. This is, reportedly, the last season.

For now. Talk is happening about a potential 9th season if Tom signs on.

[susangail]

I liked her. FOTWs are evil. She just made too many fatal mistakes ;)

[Noxrider]

She definitely had the attraction thing working. I think the ending was cut a bit short, though -- what did Clark use to get rid of her? I'm guessing it was some sort of crystal, but which one? I've never seen a pink glowing light that transported someone...elsewhere.

Just wondering. Since it was a bit FOTW, I vote okay on it.

[Kardiac]

what did Clark use to get rid of her? I'm guessing it was some sort of crystal, but which one? I've never seen a pink glowing light that transported someone...elsewhere.

He used her own teleportation bracelet. Chloe mentions it earlier in the episode when she's giving Clark the rundown on Almerac.

[cksidekick]

i thought she was okay...someone else gave the Warrior Queen title...that's what was missing...there was a bit of her "liking it rough" but she should have wanted Clark to best her in battle...and she should have tried selling him on the King of Almerac angle...

i don't know if i blame it on the writing or the actress or both...but i didn't get the feeling she was a Queen...Queen of an entire planet no less...she was more like a spoiled princess...

i give PS3 a B- as a grade...at least they are putting forth the effort to bring in the DC Universe...

[superspider02]

Yea i thought they did the character pretty well, i dont know how she is in the comics. My only version of the character i have seen in the past was the episode in STAS. I thought the actress did well in the role, and hopefully they do have her return at a later point in the season. The producers did say they may bring her back. Only thing i would have liked to see was a shot of her planet.

[SnowBird]

The producers said they are going to try to get her back plus Clark said he thought they might not be rid of her. I'm wondering if the evil team that will be formed is an all girl team with Plastique, Maxima, Chloe/Brainiac. That would be interesting. Are there anymore bad girls that could join them? I'm not up on comic books so don't know.

[The Great Ymmij]

I enjoyed her character. And she was HOT!!

[Darkside]

Nice intpretation of the character. Personally, the Maxima from Superman: The Animated Series is my favorit of the character.

[4Clana]

I liked her but they made it seem like she'll be back and I don't really see how she'd be needed or fit into the storyline.

[the highlander]

She was too slutty.. sorry.. tess is more subtle...

[haywchr35]

If Clark did teleported her.....then where did she go....home planet, deep space, phantom zone, or just to South America?

Maxima definetly should be back during the course of a year!!!

I believe thier's rooom for both a slut and subtle in storyline during the course of year ;)(only kidding). I believe Tess/Maxima have a different aspect to bring in the formation of Clark's destiny (they bring different side's out into the storyline).

[smallvillerocks45]

I thought bringing Maxima into the Smallville Universe was a good move. She was an interesting character, and I even felt sorry for her when she realized Jimmy was not the one and again when she was rejected by Clark.

I wouldn't mind seeing her come back. With her powers being comparable to Clark's, she may be a useful backup when the really bad guys/girls show up... I just hope she has more clothing on. It helps when you're throwing things around, I think.

[maryjanewatson]

I am super jealous of the actress who played maxima. That was a pretty steamy scene between her and Clark......wish it had been me.....

[Timester]

Maxima does have super speed. It's part of her range of powers, super speed, super strenght, flying power and telekinesis/telepathy.

[Liquid-Prince]

Maxima does have super speed. It's part of her range of powers, super speed, super strenght, flying power and telekinesis/telepathy.

Sounds almost like Wonder Woman.

[FlashInSV]

Sounds almost like Wonder Woman.

:eek::eek:

How dare you compare them!! :lol:

[Liquid-Prince]

:eek::eek:

How dare you compare them!! :lol:

Ability wise and even home world wise they sound very similar ;)

[Liquid-Prince]

She was too slutty.. sorry.. tess is more subtle...

Horny would b the correct term. That's exactly the way she was in TAS.

[Spike84]

Tess saw Maxima and liked what she saw...I am inclined to agree.

[j-kent]

Maxima was great, but it isn't hard to play her...you just gotta be obsessed with Superman! The (comic) Maxima also had a really really really bad and sour temper and loved herself tooo much.

Although other Maxima characters weren't a pasty white and as super-speedy this Maxima was pretty good.

[j-kent]

It depends on the continuation. In most of comics and as far as the ones I've seen her in, she doesn't superspeed...and especially most notably if you watched the old Superman adventures cartoon on the WB she did not have superspeed. I think here she was written with it to give her a reason to go back farth from Smallville and Metropolis quickly.

watch out for the pseudoscience of wikipedia too

[The Red Aaron]

i hated it. This is not the first time they've had some sexy woman kiss Clark and make him horny. It's been done before and her character was no different.

[oberyn]

I thought it was ok. I admit that I was expecting the character to have a more regal bearing. I've always liked versions of Maxima that exude an "I'm royalty, you're not!" attitude. Once I got past that initial disappointment, I had no problems with this version of Maxima.

[cksidekick]

i thought she was okay...someone else gave the Warrior Queen title...that's what was missing...there was a bit of her "liking it rough" but she should have wanted Clark to best her in battle...and she should have tried selling him on the King of Almerac angle...

i don't know if i blame it on the writing or the actress or both...but i didn't get the feeling she was a Queen...Queen of an entire planet no less...she was more like a spoiled princess...

i give PS3 a B- as a grade...at least they are putting forth the effort to bring in the DC Universe...


I thought it was ok. I admit that I was expecting the character to have a more regal bearing. I've always liked versions of Maxima that exude an "I'm royalty, you're not!" attitude. Once I got past that initial disappointment, I had no problems with this version of Maxima.

that's why they get the B- from me...had they made her Princess Maxima, and a bit more regal as you say, it would have been an A...:)

[redRound]

I thought she was awful. She didn't have the presence that Maxima should've had. This is why people think Jimmy cheated, rather than him being powerless to resist her. She should have been more like Lucy Lawless as Xena, instead of this forward party girl.

[Polomontana]

If I was Welling or that first guy, I would have kept messing up the scene so we could do a reshoot :).

[Lobby4Chloe]

I thought it could have been funnier. I liked the animated Maxima better.

[SteveS]

Maxima? Maxima? Does she have a sister named Tercel and a brother named Corolla?
I laughed when I heard this one. Guess her last name is either Nissan or possibly Datsun.

On the other hand, she was a relatively attractive character.

[BULLITT]

Nicely handled. Especially her feeling sorry for Jimmy.

[frooky]

i for one thing the actress playing tess would have been the perfect maxima if they made her hair more red, shes much hotter,sexier and kinda evil.

[RJLCyberPunk]

I have to say that of all the Superman/DC characters that have been portrayed in Smallville their rendition of Maxima is the closest to canon source so far...


i for one thing the actress playing tess would have been the perfect maxima if they made her hair more red, shes much hotter,sexier and kinda evil.
Maxima was not evil really she was just lonely, horny, desperate and and superpowered. A dangerous combination always...

[HalJordan4184]

Maxima, though Queen of Almerac, isn't supposed to be regal in the way we think she is. She bested all of her peers in combat, like Wonder Woman had to to become what she is. She also is looking for what the Almeracians consider a suitable mate, someone who can hold their own with their Queen.

Maxima, as far as Smallville, was pretty acceptable for me. She is as she's been portrayed before, lonely, and with that spoiled royal attitude of I get what I want. Kal-El was her equal, and possible better in combat, which is what she needs, and everyone else, was just expendable, as they weren't worth as much as Clark.

[HowardFilms]

She seems pretty much like Maxima, the mate-crazy alien. It was a little bit more complicated in the comics, with Clark being already married and all.

He wasn't married at the time in the comics, at the very most he was engaged. She was around for the Death of Superman story.

[cksidekick]

Maxima, though Queen of Almerac, isn't supposed to be regal in the way we think she is. She bested all of her peers in combat, like Wonder Woman had to to become what she is. She also is looking for what the Almeracians consider a suitable mate, someone who can hold their own with their Queen.

Maxima, as far as Smallville, was pretty acceptable for me. She is as she's been portrayed before, lonely, and with that spoiled royal attitude of I get what I want. Kal-El was her equal, and possible better in combat, which is what she needs, and everyone else, was just expendable, as they weren't worth as much as Clark.


your first paragraph speaks to what i was missing from the character...the character of maxima always reminds of that scene in Red Sonja where she and Arnold's Character sword fight until they are both so worn out they can no longer lift their weapons...

having said that though, I'm not shure how SMALLVILLE could have pulled it off without people getting up in arms about Clark in an actual physical fight with with a Female...even if it was done with a bit of humorous dialogue between them...

[michaelkent]

Chalk up another one for contemporary tv and smallville's presentation of an anorexic slut wearing a revealing outfit. The Maxima of the comics is a vain, self-centered warrior who became upset when Supes rejected her advances. She gave up on him, although came back to him from time to time. She had no kiss of death as in the tv show. The Maxima from the comic, IMHO, had more brain power than the Smallville incarnation. She knew enough to recognize superpowered males from ordinary humans, whom she treated with disdain.

Unfortunately, the bimbo character in the TV show killed more than one human male in her black widow spider attempt at finding a mate. Since she seemed more interested in having sex than anything else, perhaps she would also eat/devour her mate having becoming 'fertilized' by her man.

[Hopefulsuicide]

it was okay... it could have been awful, but it didnt reach the lowest point of tacky, which is good considering that Maxima as a character in general is hard not too make tacky... i honestly just never really liked her.

she was a little 2d, but i liked the flicker of regret when jimmy started bleeding

[ForzaItalia]

I'm not well familiar with Maxima comics... Can anyone who is familiar please tell some of the differencers and similarities this version of Maxima had to the comic books? Thanks.

[yaseen101]

Except the super-kiss, Maxima was pretty much ripped out of the comic book, as far as I know.

[Mon-Ell]

I'm not that knowledgeable about Maxima either, but I do understand now why she seemed to be really ticked off with Supes in the comics, unless I'm off base there too.

OT - I'm having trouble finding threads about this new Doomsday and SV 'canon'. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[stenochick]

I'm not that knowledgeable about Maxima either, but I do understand now why she seemed to be really ticked off with Supes in the comics, unless I'm off base there too.

OT - I'm having trouble finding threads about this new Doomsday and SV 'canon'. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

The only places it should be is in the Spoilers thread or the Theories and Speculation thread. You may have to dig back to the summer if you are not seeing any Doomy threads on the first page.

[ForzaItalia]

Except the super-kiss, Maxima was pretty much ripped out of the comic book, as far as I know.

Cool! That's what I'd like to believe... If you're not familiar with a comic character, it's always nice to have a TV show episode introduce you to them if they're portrayed right.... Sounds like the new producers did a much better job with Maxima than Al & Miles ever did with Bizarro, Mxyzptlk or Zod. Thanks.

[ManofSteelo]

I don't see why Maxima wouldn't have superspeed, being that she's from another planet who's gravity is presumably more powerful than Earth's. If you consider the fact that Kryptonians are super-fast on Earth because of the above fact, as well as because of their increased density in comparison to a normal human being's, allowing them to move much faster than "normal", thanks to Earth's comparatively lesser gravitational pull vs. Kryptonian density. So, it's possible. Almerac must be in the same solar system as Krypton, and both races must have interacted frequently with each other, being that Maxima knew of Krypton's "brave" warriors in the stories she was told as a child.

Anyhoo, Maxima must be more physically dense than the avg. human and come from a place with a higher gravitational pull for this to be feasible. :)

[j-kent]

Maxima in the comics is much faster than your average peak-level human, but not as blinding fast as Superman as she was in the episode. She also has everything you saw (strength and tough skin), but the Poison-Ivy rip-off pheromone and kiss kiss abilities. In the comics she also had limited mind abilities and like many from Almerac some form of eye beam.

However, she is in fact, one of the few of Superman's female equals in terms of biology and reproduction.

[thebog1]

Thanks.

[HalJordan4184]

I don't see why Maxima wouldn't have superspeed, being that she's from another planet who's gravity is presumably more powerful than Earth's. If you consider the fact that Kryptonians are super-fast on Earth because of the above fact, as well as because of their increased density in comparison to a normal human being's, allowing them to move much faster than "normal", thanks to Earth's comparatively lesser gravitational pull vs. Kryptonian density. So, it's possible. Almerac must be in the same solar system as Krypton, and both races must have interacted frequently with each other, being that Maxima knew of Krypton's "brave" warriors in the stories she was told as a child.

Anyhoo, Maxima must be more physically dense than the avg. human and come from a place with a higher gravitational pull for this to be feasible. :)

Being denser, would do nothing for her speed. In fact, all it would do, is make her heavier, adn tougher to hurt. Speed isn't even necessarily a factor of gravity being heavier or lighter. They can be a ton of different reasons she's stronger than a human. Maybe her species developed to have natural denser muscle fibers, and as a result, she can just naturally lift more weight.

Clark's strength and speed, also have next to nothing to do with gravity. If that were the case, he'd never get faster or stronger, he'd be the fastest he'd ever get, the day he got here, and from that point on, he'd get slower as his muscles atrophied. His powers are a result of solar radiation, and the kryptonians ability to absorb and process it as a nutrient source.

As far as Maxima and superspeed go, she's always had it. In the comics, she was the only leaguer, besides Superman, who could keep up with, and fight Doomsday. While she isn't necessarily on par with Superman, she is far more than just above peak human ability. Also, as far as Superman: The Animated Series is concerned, Superman himself didn't really have superspeed either.

[6-Super-Man -5]

I don't know, but she is hot.

[thebog1]

Besides, Wonder Woman couldn't take on Doom and survive. Only Kal-El & Maxima. That says it all.

[cksidekick]

it was okay... it could have been awful, but it didnt reach the lowest point of tacky, which is good considering that Maxima as a character in general is hard not too make tacky... i honestly just never really liked her.

she was a little 2d, but i liked the flicker of regret when jimmy started bleeding


is it just me or did they play that scene as though it was one of those moments guys never want to happen?

Jimmy said "This is embarasing." and with the look on her face, i kept expecting her to say, "It's okay, Jimmy. It happens to lots of guys." :lol:.

[dunkman]

All most people seem to say is that Maxima was hot, which indeed she was, but I also think she was well-portrayed. I never read about her in the comics, but according to the entry in my DC Comics Encyclopedia I think they got it right. She looked exactly like her character in the comics!
This also opens up the idea of the Boom Tube to the series, so how long before we see Darkseid? Remember how he had a crush on Wonder Woman in the Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians? Maybe he'll have a thing for Lana in her 5 episodes this season!

[zorasuperman]

they did pretty good on maxima
wanting a mate, coming from the planet almerac, her deadly kisses, etc

[Welling_is_pretty]

I really liked the SV take on Maxima. Although I would have liked to see her use more of her psionic abilities they kept her remarkably true to character (except in the comics she's always seemed even more arrogant!) and even showed sides of her we haven't plumbed at DC comics. (I don't remember Maxima ever showing loneliness and vulnerability like that before.)

So yes, I loved SV's Maxima and I hope to see her again.

[jon-el87]

Well, like all women in Smallville, she wasn't allowed to be strong (exept for physically) and independent. It's like someone (possibly and executive of the network) has forced the writers to put in that loneliness and vulnerability.

[BoyScout-ManOfTomorrow]

They should have named this episode "Toxic" instead of the third episode. And everytime Maxima was on play Toxic by Britney Spears.

Granted it would have taken all seriousness from the episode but this was a "fun" episode to begin with.