Look of Doomsday (in this episode)

[Chlois Supporter]

Well, at least we know now that Doomsday will probably look like he's supposed to. According to Jimmy, at least one of the descriptions of the killer referred to him as having "bony eye lids" and if you know what Doomsday looks like in the comics, you know he's got bony protrusions over his eyes. So chances are they're going to keep close to the traditional look of Doomsday when we actually see him.

[Ardiem3]

Its going to be awesome and the unveling of Doomsday is going to be an episode for the books... Can we look forward to an awesome Season Finale entitled "Doomsday?"

[Dor el]

Oh, I fear for little Clarkman. Doomsday is so gonna hurt the boy. More than just physically I suspect.

[HalJordan4184]

Bony eye lids, is probably the last thing anyone would notice on the real Doomsday.

Being that Doomsday is a seven foot tall, over 1000 pound, grey skinned alien, with sharp bony protrusions all over, with white hair, and this penchant for knocking over skyscrapers.

I doubt we'll get anything close to that based on everything so far.

[Phantom X]

didnt anyone notice in the trailer for prey, that when davis is lying on the street, above his eyes, like hios eye brow area looks weird, kinda like its changing, it looked like fluid, maybe davis after he changed back 2 normal?

[RJLCyberPunk]

Bony eye lids, is probably the last thing anyone would notice on the real Doomsday.

Being that Doomsday is a seven foot tall, over 1000 pound, grey skinned alien, with sharp bony protrusions all over, with white hair, and this penchant for knocking over skyscrapers.

I doubt we'll get anything close to that based on everything so far. Which is why I'm still very much afraid that they will never be able to give the character the justice it deserves, sure the CANON haters will love it, but as for the rest of us is concerned it will our biggest collective nightmare realized, never mind the fact that they stuill went with the plot of making Doomsday a human instead of an Alien from the Get-go, the only thing they apparently changed to steam things down a bit was to change the guy's job from Bartender to Ambulance driver.:(

[ClarkyBoy14]

Its going to be awesome and the unveling of Doomsday is going to be an episode for the books... Can we look forward to an awesome Season Finale entitled "Doomsday?"

That would certainly be awesome. :D

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Which is why I'm still very much afraid that they will never be able to give the character the justice it deserves, sure the CANON haters will love it, but as for the rest of us is concerned it will our biggest collective nightmare realized, never mind the fact that they stuill went with the plot of making Doomsday a human instead of an Alien from the Get-go, the only thing they apparently changed to steam things down a bit was to change the guy's job from Bartender to Ambulance driver.:(

PS3 say that, when all is said and done, SV!Doomsday will link up with Comics!Doomsday, so I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[RJLCyberPunk]

PS3 say that, when all is said and done, SV!Doomsday will link up with Comics!Doomsday, so I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt. They can say whatever the heck they want it does not change the facts I already stated.

[HalJordan4184]

PS3 say that, when all is said and done, SV!Doomsday will link up with Comics!Doomsday, so I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Unfortunately, there version, already CAN'T match up with the comics version. The comics version, at this point in Clark's life, was a mindless rampaging monster, who had laready been around for thousands of years, and would currently be imprisoned underground, locked in a supposedly indestructible container. They've turned Doomsday into something the character never was. It can't sync up for that fact. Doomsday, was never a sympathetic, human good guy.

[oqllcksmallville]

Oh, I fear for little Clarkman. Doomsday is so gonna hurt the boy. More than just physically I suspect.
LOL , hahaha .
he was kind of getting rude ,
and snapping on Clark .
&& ; Clark wasn't attacking him ,
he was just questioning him ; i like ; Okaayyy ?

[SnowBird]

I'm not an expert by any means on Doomsday except for the animated version. Smallville is suppose to be the early years of Superman, super heroes, villians which includes Doomsday. This means to me that none of them are what they are going to be until they grow up so to speak. This is a process that we fortunately get to see even if it isn't exactly like the comics but will give us some great entertainment. So far we got to see Lex falling into complete evil. We have seen Clark go from a teen boy to a man going towards his destiny. a young Green Arrow and JLA. I am going to give the benefit of the doubt to the powers that be that they will give us a great Smallville version of Doomsday and so far I think it is working for many viewers.

[ClarkyBoy14]

Unfortunately, there version, already CAN'T match up with the comics version. The comics version, at this point in Clark's life, was a mindless rampaging monster, who had laready been around for thousands of years, and would currently be imprisoned underground, locked in a supposedly indestructible container. They've turned Doomsday into something the character never was. It can't sync up for that fact. Doomsday, was never a sympathetic, human good guy.

I don't think Doomsday is Davis Bloome. I think he's trapped in his body, or something. Guess we'll have to wait to know for sure.

[jon-el87]

I kinda like the idea of Doomsday being kept in the shadows as an invisible threat. Reminds me of the shark in Jaws (the first one, I mean).
Let's take a look at his comic book appearance.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/Doomsdayannual1995.jpg/260px-Doomsdayannual1995.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Doomsdayannual1995.jpg)

Smallville is a show with a not too big budget, if they tried to put Doomsday out there at once, it would be dissapointing, since they wouldn't be able to do him good and the entire thing would just be the biggest and best example of bad make up and special effects. It's also been noted that Smallville has clearly cut back some in the budget, perheps they're trying to save some money to give us one or two episodes with a great Doomsday. Doomsday was kept in the shadows in Prey and this will probably continue for the most of the season, with random murders being reported or a phantom sketch of him being shown. Perheps some murders from Doomsday's point of view.

Also, Doomsday was originally created for the simple reason to kill Superman, to boost the comic book sales and wasn't given an actual origin until later. He was just a monster, that bursted from the Earth.
In animated media, they've reviced his origin; In the animated Justice League & Justice League Unlimited series, he was an imperfect clone of Superman (making him more like Bizarro). And in the movie Superman: Doomsday, his origin is simplified with Kryptonian records reporting him as an improperly programmed biochemical supersoldier (which I guess, is what Davis Bloome is supposed to be).

[BULLITT]

It's going to be Michael Phelps, with prosthetics.

[Drakaun]

Well I think you are on to something with Doomsday just being trapped in a human form. If we look at the back story of Doomsday in any form usually it is a creature created by alien lifeforms as the perfect soldier, problem being they made him too perfect. He only kills and thinks and does nothing else, and to make matters worse you can't kill him. So he gets imprisoned deep within the Earth. Enter Smallville's take on Doomsday. Perhaps the aliens being unable to kill him thought of a new plan, especially if it ends up being Kryptonians that created him. Since they love the Earth so much it seems they decided trapping him there would be a good choice because any kryptonian that is effected by the yellow sun will at least stand a chance of defeated Doomsday if he ever gets free, but what if after observing the humans they thought of a new plan. The strongest thing humans have is their humanity, their compassion. What if you take Doomsday and trap him in a human child, or create something that resembles a human child. Hopefully when raised and loved by humans the creature will be forever trapped by humanity and will no longer plague the universe. Unfortunately they miscalculated his strength and he is beginning to take control of the human host, getting stronger each day, but humanity is keeping him trapped for now until he can break out completely. If things go down like this I think it could be a pretty good retelling, as all of Smallville is. But we shall see I suppose

[bobsuncorp]

I do like the idea that they have come up with Doomsday as kind of a bad version of the Hulk. Even though Davis is apparently a "good guy" (in this respect a close parallel to Glory from S5 of Buffy is apparent) you can tell he has a dark side that could lead him to do bad things and not because he is a victim of Doomsdays actions also.

[Mars Investigations]

Unfortunately, there version, already CAN'T match up with the comics version. The comics version, at this point in Clark's life, was a mindless rampaging monster, who had laready been around for thousands of years, and would currently be imprisoned underground, locked in a supposedly indestructible container. They've turned Doomsday into something the character never was. It can't sync up for that fact. Doomsday, was never a sympathetic, human good guy.

But I'm glad he is in this version. Comics can get away with having essentially character-less villains like that, but a TV show can't. Even the most basic of characters have to have a firm backstory and motivation; comic Doomsday just wouldn't have worked in Smallville.

[HalJordan4184]

But I'm glad he is in this version. Comics can get away with having essentially character-less villains like that, but a TV show can't. Even the most basic of characters have to have a firm backstory and motivation; comic Doomsday just wouldn't have worked in Smallville.


Comics Doomsday, quite frankly has a better backstory, IMO. It's got depth, pain, suffering, joy, and all the other stuff that we haven't gotten yet on Smallville. Smallville doesn't have Doomsday. They have a character, they decided to tell everyone was Doomsday, while being absolutely nothing like Doomsday at all.

[Mars Investigations]

Comics Doomsday, quite frankly has a better backstory, IMO. It's got depth, pain, suffering, joy, and all the other stuff that we haven't gotten yet on Smallville. Smallville doesn't have Doomsday. They have a character, they decided to tell everyone was Doomsday, while being absolutely nothing like Doomsday at all.

I suppose, in that respect, you're right. But Doomsday, even if it's not really the traditional version, is exactly the kind of hype and momentum needed to keep this season moving.

[mistaguitarmasta]

Bony eye lids, is probably the last thing anyone would notice on the real Doomsday.

Being that Doomsday is a seven foot tall, over 1000 pound, grey skinned alien, with sharp bony protrusions all over, with white hair, and this penchant for knocking over skyscrapers.

I doubt we'll get anything close to that based on everything so far.

Perhaps he doesn't take on full-blown Doomsday form yet, even when he morphs. Maybe he's still sort of evolving?

[Animation]

I got over my distaste for alternate takes on classic characters a LONG time ago. Since I am a comic book fan, not only am I used to retcons and re-imaginings and alternate comic book realities (Ultimate Marvel), but I don't even sweat over stuff in other formats (movies, TV, animation, etc). If Doomsday either appears similar to the original or if he serves the same role, I'm happy. I plan to simply be patient and see how it all unfolds.

Lewis

[HalJordan4184]

I suppose, in that respect, you're right. But Doomsday, even if it's not really the traditional version, is exactly the kind of hype and momentum needed to keep this season moving.


Then it's not Doomsday, and it's a bold faced lie.

If they require gimmicks and stuff to keep this season moving, then they don't have much of anything to actually stand on, when it comes to plot, story, or anything else, and they are just as bad as Al/Miles.