James Marsters intro as Brainiac

[TrevorH]

That was great luthor corp has the ship and we se eit leak what looks to be oil blackness and something forms like crystals and it forms into a shape and it turns aorund and its James marsters, great intro.

[Magus]

His entrance was so cool! I can't wait to hear his dialogue with lex or clark.

[Lexgirl33]

very cool! Brilliant, just brilliant.

[charmedchick]

I was sooo Excited when i seen him...

[Hop115]

i hope he is on most of this season.

[crazymonkeys007]

the weird thing was that the whole crystal thing...it looks like the FOS crystal formation :lol:

[amberdawn]

I thought the way they introduced him was awesome. At first I was like "Wtf is that?"

[Forever Zero]

that was a good way to end the episode. If i havent read the spoilers and known who he was id be psyched right now.

[elfstone2087]

That was one of the coolest intros. I had no idea what the oil trail of some kind was until I saw it form into the shape.

[arachkid]

The crystal-esque forming was fantastic.

[Deia]

mmmm spike.... without his shirt on.....

<drool>


ooopps, sorry, buffy flashback




yeah, i'm totally pumped about braniac's entrance :) but if there's ever a scene with clark, lex, and spike, er braniac..... maybe a wrestling match, with an oil of some type (random buffy quasi-quote. i couldn't resist).... mmm.... yeah... i'll have to invest in a drool bib.

[NeXtToLaStKrYpToNiAn]

I can't wait for James to challange Lex. I would love to see a scene where Lex is quoting some famous person and James (Brainiac, Prof. Fine) corrects him. That would be so hilarious.

[PETER WEST]

OMG, that scene was so T2 like . Brainiac didn't even speak, and already I'm very impressed by his "Arrival" .

[TrevorH]

Originally posted by PETER WEST
OMG, that scene was so T2 like . Brainiac didn't even speak, and already I'm very impressed by his "Arrival" .
Yeah for sure, and Marsters had that perfect Brainiac look on his face when he turned around you could see he had a billion ideas already going through his head just planning everything out already smirking at the humans as his pupets now that he has arrived.

[vyperman7]

At first, I was thinking "What the hell is up with the X-Files revisit here?" But then when it formed into Brainiac, it was all good.

[Hydra]

At first I was upset that the ship was leaking oil because kryptonian technology shouldn't run on fossil fuels. Then I realized that something was going on when the camera focussed on the oil in question.

[Kal2]

that was fantastic, a perfect song with a perfect ending.

[superman_115]

That was a great entrance for his character.

I am really excited about this casting because he did such a great job on Buffy.

James Marster's being in the show this year and as a big villain lets me know Smallville will do good this year.

[superhippie2000]

he will be good in smallville and its cool when he forms. i always thought he was going to just appear out of the ship and not transform. i wonder if nam ek and ayther new that brainiac was in there.

[warriorrenegade]

Originally posted by Kal2
that was fantastic, a perfect song with a perfect ending.

Glad Im not the only one who thought that:D The music fit perfectly with that scene... you couldn't take your eyes off the screen.

[jimmyolsenblues]

Originally posted by vyperman7 "X-Files revisit here?" I totally thought of X-Files when I saw the black oil. It was the best introduction of a new Character that I could ever think of. Spike has a huge following so this is a great idea on the powers that be's part.

[BuZzArD 8012]

I thought it was awesome seeing the liquid form into James. Great intro for him!

[X-Terminator]

His introduction was very good. I was very excited when I saw his name listed as a Special Guest star in the opening credits so throughout the entire episode I was wandering when he'd finally show up. I even thought for a second that it was Brainiac who whould appear by Chloe's bed at the hospital when I saw that shadow come over her :)
The final scene of this episode reminded me very much of the final scene of the 5th season premiere on Angel, where James Marsters makes a similair unusual appearance. (I half expected Angel to say "Spike!", and then Harmony popping her head around the door saying "Blondie Bear?", haha :lol: )

[TrevorH]

I hope he plays with everyone alot first then sets some major plans into motion

[Lexgirl33]

Originally posted by vyperman7
At first, I was thinking "What the hell is up with the X-Files revisit here?" But then when it formed into Brainiac, it was all good.

Yes it was very much so like the X-Files :D I liked how it kind of looked like black crystals

[Hydra]

I'm really looking forward to this. It's pretty much the first time that one of Superman's enemies from the comics is being intro'd to the show (besides Lex). True there was Mxyzptlk, but that wasn't really the true Mxyzptlk.

[Praxis]

BTW, being that I never watched the Superman show nor read the comics; can anyone tell me what abilities Braniac has? He has to have some way of standing up to Clark.

[Jephael]

I dunno much about Brainiac myself but I tried to explain it to my mom as best I can when we watched that scene.

Basically he's an alien symbiote bent on destruction while at the same time collecting and gathering information from the planets as he destroys. He was infact responsible for the destruction of Krypton.

[TrevorH]

Originally posted by Praxis
BTW, being that I never watched the Superman show nor read the comics; can anyone tell me what abilities Braniac has? He has to have some way of standing up to Clark.

All about Brainiac just click and read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac_(comics)

[TrevorH]

Originally posted by Jephael
I dunno much about Brainiac myself but I tried to explain it to my mom as best I can when we watched that scene.

Basically he's an alien symbiote bent on destruction while at the same time collecting and gathering information from the planets as he destroys. He was infact responsible for the destruction of Krypton.
Yeah, about it in a nutshell.

[Shadow09]

I loved it... just made me wanting more and counting down the days until the next episode

[zigmo]

Ummm .. is this whole thread a spoiler or am I crazy? When did they mention in "Arrival" that he was Brainaic or is this just speculation?
If it's a spoiler, I'm kinda bummed out as I specifically avoid the spoiler forum for just this reason.

[TrevorH]

Originally posted by zigmo
Ummm .. is this whole thread a spoiler or am I crazy? When did they mention in "Arrival" that he was Brainaic or is this just speculation?
If it's a spoiler, I'm kinda bummed out as I specifically avoid the spoiler forum for just this reason.
Well a spoiler would be a guess, this is not.

[Ultron]

Well if you go to TV.com and read about that episode, you can see Marsters is listed as Brainiac. I don't think that's specifically a spoiler. I thought he would have been Zod, since Zod was alluded to earlier in the show. But Kryptonians don't have such an ability to reform from black goo. I was pretty clueless, too, which is why I consulted TV.com's information about that episode.