Kryptonian Questions/Comments - all discussion merged (including Kandorians)

[Russ-El]

My friend Lake-El and I decided to break down the language of Clark's kryptonian key...
the part with the '8' (actually 'S') shield and the other symbol stands for 'SM'
the other part is unrecognizable except for the letters 'PFE' and some symbol above it...
...now see if you think this is funny...
...the long line of symbols at the bottom spells out 'BARCODE'

[fudrom]

That is actually funny... :D

BTW, how is the "8" symbol really the "S" symbol?

[Russ-El]

In Kryptonian - the "shielded 8" stands for the letter 'S'...put that S in a shield and what do you get?...the symbol for the House of El

[Yaso]

Isn't the right one the symbol of hope?

[Russ-El]

Which one, the one that looks like the Death Star?

[Yaso]

Uhum ... :)
At least I think it was similar.

[Russ-El]

That sounds right...I could have misjudged the 'F' where it's supposed to be 'H'...that would make it 'HOPE"...at least I think it would....you may be on to something...i remember when Clark burns that into the barn he says it mean's hope...i might just have this upside down altogether...

[angelus666]

I posted about this a couple of month's ago the symbol is hope. I to thopught barcode was amusing.

[Panik]

how about we really learn the krypto lang, anyone have a picture of the text from the ep with Chris.reeve?

[Russ-El]

It's too fuzzy in the background of "Rosetta"...i've got the alphabet, part of the dictionary, and syntax/ettiquete forms however...

[Hopefulsuicide]

can someone show me how to see the kryptonian alphabet.. ive always wanted to know it

[MANOFSTEELKALEL]

what do you mena "how to see it"? Do you want it posted?

[Disco]

kryptonian alphabet (http://theages.superman.ws/History/VersionV/kryptonian.php)

[angelus666]

I learnt the whole Alphabete over night 3-4 month's ago and still remember it.

[MANOFSTEELKALEL]

you know what's really cool is if you have the kryptonian font downloaded to your computer (which you can get over on supermanhomepage), you can post in it on here. Of course anyone reading it would have to have the font also, or they'll just see it in English.

See:

MANOFSTEELKALEL

[Russ-El]

It's all kryptonian to me!
Sad excuse for a pun...

[TackleDummy8]

I couldn't find a thread like this, so if there is can you PM it to me before you delete this one?


Anyways, doe anyone know what the symbol with the superman sign and an 8 in it mean?


Actually, does anyone know what the 3 symbols on the 3 stones mean?

[Almontbball18]

The symbol that looks like an 8 inside the superman symbol is the symbol of Jor-El...the wavy looking one that was on Lana's back and the stone that transfered Clark to Lionel and vice versus stands for water. i don't know what the third one stands for...

[TackleDummy8]

fire i think.

I watched transferecne because i remember in the jail cell he tells them.

He said the one with an 8 stand for air

The one on lanas back is water,

and the third one is fire. i just can't get a picture of it

[smallvillerox05]

The fire crystal is best seen in Crusade, but it is in Spell too.

Lana's tattoo, the symbol for water, consists of two Kryptonian symbols for the letter L facing each other, just stylized and curved.

[UpandAtom]

The fire crystal's symbol looks like the Kryptonian symbol for the letter F.

[TackleDummy8]

do you have any pictures?

[SuperStrength]

you can find pictures on internet..

that symbol with the 8 is great. im thinkin of a tattoo of it :D

[TackleDummy8]

yeah i tried but I could only find one and it was blurry.

yeah i'm either gonna get a tatoo of that, or of a cross with a barb wire around it and my name in chinese. :)

I'll probaly graduate first though.

[SuperStrength]

that chinese thing is good also. i can think of it :D but i prefer the air symbol. it rox

[TackleDummy8]

yeah i was thinking of getting the air symbol on my right shoulder blade. here let me see if i can make a picture...


http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/223/untitled9mk.png


PS. thats not me. i'm hotter :cool:

[number8]

Don't know if you need this......

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9082/kryptonianalphabet0gr.th.gif (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kryptonianalphabet0gr.gif)

[TackleDummy8]

it helps. thanks.

[SuperStrength]

number8 thanx!!!

lol. no i think of doin' it on my arm actually.

and that symbol which is with the 8. actually it is the symbol of Clark's ancestors.

Jor-El: "Mark of your ancestors"

[TackleDummy8]

i thought it meant air?

[SuperStrength]

actually it can mean that also. but i think it symbolizes that "El" thing.. Kal-El, Jor-El..

cause i am sure that he says this is the mark of your ancestors..

so. maybe he meant that "El" thing. maybe not :)

but i think that is that El thing. and btw, that pic is a lie :D that symbols are not only characters i think.

[TackleDummy8]

yeah i don't really abide by it. because the symbol for f is fire on that list.

[SuperStrength]

yeah and who would put a "S" on a key :D

they all mean a word.

[TackleDummy8]

that'd be cool if they actually supplied a list with some of the meanings

[number8]

You guys should check out the Kryptonian Artifacts thread in the Fan Arts section. They got some pros who are good at this stuff :cool:

[TackleDummy8]

got a link?

[GooN]

YES!! now my plan to make a hexagonal replica of the smallville key is gonna work thanks to that kryptonian alphabet....i dunno if ill be a good or bad superhero..hum..

[TackleDummy8]

If you make a key, I'll make a spaceship

:p

[Green-Zoom]

Well. ya'no the 8 that was burned to his chest. well that in Kryptonian is "S"!:cool:

[TackleDummy8]

Actually it means Air. If you watch the episode transference, when they are in the jail cell, clarks/lionels cellmate points out each symbol and says what they mean. A diamond with a line and a circle means fire, the tatoo on lana means water, and the one on clarks chest means air.

[number8]

Originally posted by TackleDummy8
got a link?

http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14297

[TackleDummy8]

thanks.

[LionelLuthor]

Hey, I was just wondering (as I'm not big on the comics side) if there was an actual Kryptonian spoken language?
I know that there are the symbols which can be read by Clark and other Kryptonians- but can the words which they spell actually be pronounced?
I had the thought because I was thinking how weird it is that an alien speaks American- if he hadn't have landed and stayed on Krypton, what would he have sounded like?
It's hard to know actually, you can't hear comics!!!

[tw190]

I don't think so since there is no way to sound out the symbols, but who knows? It would be neat if there was a spoken language! :D

[Coyote]

Yeah, they do have a spoken language in the comics. Since the Kryptonians appear to be physically identical to humans for some strange reason, humans probably would have the vocal apparatus to pronounce their words.

[LionelLuthor]

Yeah it's weird- I wonder why the symbols be spoken out loud?
It should be simple to Kryptonians though, we can read and speak the English language so you'd expect that they could speak as well as read the symbols.

[HalJordan4184]

they have a spoken languange. It's hard to spell it out in English though, and i don't think anyone has actually tried. DC doesn't need a spoken language for comics books. THough, if in a movie someone wanted to, that's be all up to them.

[FOG]

I remember looking it up on google and got http://superman.ws/languageproject/ when you get on the page scroll down then you'll find it. Hope this helped

[Kal-El-Ottawa]

I would like to see the writers of Smallville to explain why Jor-El or any other person from Krypton speaks english.

Suppose Jor-El translated what he wish to say to Clark incorrectly. Suppose people from Krypton speak there own language.

This would make the Smallville Story a great deal more interesting.

The idea about archaeology and the Smallville characters should also come back into play in the new episodes. An explanation as to the language used on Krypton can make this show more appealing to a new audience.

Let me know what you all think.

It just dawned on me that having people from Krypton speak English is kind of ridiculous.

[SuperVan]

It was also ridiculous that all the French in the Isobell flashbacks also spoke English.

[SuperStrength]

It is kinda useless. They would really need to think of a speaking language, which does not exist.

It is kinda hard, and useless.

[MidgardDragon]

I just look at it like this: it is "dubbed" in the flashbacks so the people seeing it (i.e. the viewer) can understand what's going on. Subtitles are popular for foreign films and anime, but I'd bet if we took a survey of the average viewer they would prefer to have it in English rather than having a recording in French with subtitles. Plus, the English-speaking actors would have to learn their lines in French.

[goldylocks_k]

I just think it's funny Jor-El has an English accent. Hehe.

[SuperStrength]

I think Jor-El' s sound and talking is really cool.

He has a frightening voice :)

[DarthClark]

I think Martha says something about this is Season 2 or 3. Something about Kryptonians being almost exactly a-like to humans.

[Mistryman]

To be fair, in the films Jor-el sent clarck to earth beacuase it was the nearest and safest planet to be on. He knew they spoke english and thats why his soul lives on and speaks english.

2 theorys:

1) That they adopted english and spoke it like us, or they invented english and we copied it from them. We know jor-el came to earth from the smallville episodes. so maybe someone from krypton came before jor-el ages ago and helped humans???

2) Maybe they do speak a kryptonian language, but as mentioned by someone else, its all "dubbed" for the viewer.

To be fair the writing isnt in english, think they should of made a language but probebly confusing and wudnt match the films.

[DarthClark]

Originally posted by Mistryman
To be fair, in the films Jor-el sent clarck to earth beacuase it was the nearest and safest planet to be on. He knew they spoke english and thats why his soul lives on and speaks english.

2 theorys:

1) That they adopted english and spoke it like us, or they invented english and we copied it from them. We know jor-el came to earth from the smallville episodes. so maybe someone from krypton came before jor-el ages ago and helped humans???

2) Maybe they do speak a kryptonian language, but as mentioned by someone else, its all "dubbed" for the viewer.

To be fair the writing isnt in english, think they should of made a language but probebly confusing and wudnt match the films.
Well, Kryptonian's bodies are just like human bodies. Except they're indestructable. So I guess they have the same language as well. Maybe they do have a different language but Clark doesn't know how to speak of it. And we've only heard Jor-El through voice, maybe he's only speaking english becuase that's all the language Clark knows.

They're from a different planet so they obviouslt need something besides different body structre.

[JDWoolfe]

It's really nothing. The people who created Superman didn't really think about it. Honestly, until the 80's there wasn't even a translation for the written Kryptonian language. I like to think of English just being a standard language for the entire universe because in case no one's noticed; everyone on every planet in every TV show/movie speaks English.

Or maybe the ancient Kryptonians did come to Earth and do something to advance the people here. I mean, Jor-El isn't old enough to have helped build the caves or to leave the pieces of the crystal that created the FoS all over the place on his own.

[krpto]

Originally posted by TackleDummy8
Actually it means Air. If you watch the episode transference, when they are in the jail cell, clarks/lionels cellmate points out each symbol and says what they mean. A diamond with a line and a circle means fire, the tatoo on lana means water, and the one on clarks chest means air.

actually it means air, s, and the el family depending on the episode.

[TackleDummy8]

so it has 3 different meanings?

[krpto]

so far on smallville it has 3 meanings

[TackleDummy8]

yeah i guess that makes sense.

thanks.

[rpglord]

Originally posted by GooN
YES!! now my plan to make a hexagonal replica of the smallville key is gonna work thanks to that kryptonian alphabet....i dunno if ill be a good or bad superhero..hum..

http://replicaprops.com/cart2/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

:D

[TackleDummy8]

dude, thats awsome!

[COMEPLETEsupermanfan71]

QUOTE: Kryptonian's bodies are just like human bodies. Except they're indestructable.



--your forgetting though that kryptonians are not industructable, if they were then they would have all flown out of krypton and found a new planet after it was destroyed -- The only reason clark kent has his powers is because of earths yellow sun, its one of the main reasons jor-el sent kal-el to earth

"I am sending him to a nearby planet Earth, yes its atmostphere is able to cope with life, and its yellow sun will give kal-el pwoers beynond anyone that lives there"

-said by Jor el in actioncomics #1

Post #17 of 17
QUOTE: Kryptonian's bodies are just like human bodies. Except they're indestructable.



--your forgetting though that kryptonians are not industructable, if they were then they would have all flown out of krypton and found a new planet after it was destroyed -- The only reason clark kent has his powers is because of earths yellow sun, its one of the main reasons jor-el sent kal-el to earth

"I am sending him to a nearby planet Earth, yes its atmostphere is able to cope with life, and its yellow sun will give kal-el pwoers beynond anyone that lives there"

-said by Jor el in actioncomics #1

[Mistryman]

Mentions the yellow sun in the comics, but in the second film when he sees a hologram of his mother, he is told the red sun is the source of all his powers and nurishment. A replicated machine that harnests the red suns powers is what strips him and gives him his powers in this film

I believe the episodes are based more on the films then the superman comics when it comes to the finer points of superman.

[COMEPLETEsupermanfan71]

well i dont htink hat they have an actual spoke languege i thnk its just the symbols interperting what kryptonians viewed english as. I mean in smallville the caves where he basically learned who he was in the first season there are kryptonian markings... theory has it that there WAS ancient kryptonian walking the earth before us... and thats how the prfecy was created and all that stuff, but i really dont think there was SPOKEN languege just a writin symbol languege

[TampaVille]

Originally posted by DarthClark
Well, Kryptonian's bodies are just like human bodies. Except they're indestructable. So I guess they have the same language as well.

I have to respectfully disagree with you here. After all, Americans, French, Germans, Chinese, Arabs, and Russians all have relatively similar bodies, but speak very different languages=).

[omegadirective]

two words: universal translator :)

[tnzee]

need to know!!!!
does anyone know where i can get my hands on the kryptonian alphabet. I know they changed it a bit for smallvile, but either will do????

[number8]

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9082/kryptonianalphabet0gr.th.gif (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kryptonianalphabet0gr.gif)

[tnzee]

thanks heaps . i didnt expect a reply so quickly.

[DarthClark]

All you had to do was go to google and put in "Kryptonian Alphabet".

[kdsch123]

I actually have it downloaded as a font for Word, and I wanted to use it in the fic I'm working on, but it doesn't read here on K-Site. It's just translated back to English.
:(

[dunkman]

I've done some studying in the Kryptonian "language" online. It's fun, because sometimes in the newer Superman comic books some things are written with Kryptonian letters, & if you use the Kryptonian transliteration guide, you can read what they say! You can't really call it a new "language", because it's just English written with Kryptonian letters - whereas "Klingon" (Star Trek) & "Elvish" (Tolkien books) are actually languages with their own words & grammar structures.
There are some differences in the Kryptonian symbols used for different words (similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics) in different Superman settings, but keep in mind that Krypton was an entire planet with 1 language but several dialects.
Note that I updated my avatar, because the "White & Nerdy" character in the Weird Al song is "fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon", but I just know "Windows as well as Kryptonian" (lower rung on the "Nerdy" ladder of success ...)

[83kaL]

Can anybone link me to pictures of the words "Hope, Krypton and Last" Please? Does anybode knows them or something?

[Mello Penelo]

Well, comics-wise "hope" is supposed to be the \S/ symbol (don't use your stupid movie argument the \S/ was his family crest). But in Smallville, someone decided to make it "air." :\

[moviefan2k4]

Probably as a nod to Superman flying.

[83kaL]

Yeah I know, but as the Smallville symbols, I remember one on a barn but can't find it, and Virgil Swann's letter email

[ClarksNextGF]

For the last two weeks - the promo ads that have been running for Smallville, show some of the letters in the Smallville logo being replaced with Kryptonian symbols.

In itself - this doesn't bother me, becuase they have used the symbols on the show before. My question is - why are they using the wrong symbols (for example the first "L" is being replaced with the symbol for "E") I thought maybe they were trying to spell a different word - but I couldnt' figure out anything that made sense.

[skully]

Get used to it CNGF. With Season 8 now confirmed I think the Air symbol (the 8 in the Superman badge shaped outline) may get a very heavy work out!!!

[jpfort1957]

I remember comics and cartoons involving the Candorians. Anyone know the history or if they've every been mentioned on Smallville?

[Fridaythe13Jason]

Kandorians are citizens of the city of Kandor (of the planet Krypton). Even though Krypton exploded, Kandor was saved. It was shrunk and preserved inside of a bottle (by Brainiac - according to the comics). In the comics, Superman keeps the bottle stored safely in his fortress of solitude. However, recently (in the comics), the city was restored to its original size and tens of thousands of Kandorians were released into Earth's population ( I won't ruin the rest of the story in case you're interested in reading it). I believe they're calling it "New Krypton". As for references to Kandor on Smallville, I think they DID at least mention the city. It was in season 7 (if memory serves). It was the episode when they show Lara's visit to the Kent Farm (the flashback scene). This was the episode when Clark finds the polaroid picture of his biological mother behind an old family photo. I believe Kara mentioned Kandor in a conversation she had with Lara (in the flashback scene). I might be remembering it wrong, but I could swear I heard her say "Kandor".

[Var-Zol]

Read the Superman-New Krypton storyline! so freaking good!!! you will see Kandor on Earth and 100,000 Kryptonians with superpowers!

[The Dark Knight74]

Kandor was mentioned by Kara in Bloodline as well.

I have a old Superman comic(late 70's-early 80's) where Superman and Supergirl had to get a weapon or something from Brainiac in order to restore Kandor. They get the weapon(or whatever) and take Kandor to another planet. Once they restore Kandor, the city disintegrates and SM and SG are ordered to leave or else. Something like that. My memories a little fuzy.

[Var-Zol]

Hopefully, since they had Kara say she heard Kandor might have survived,Id like to see it on Smallville. But that leaves a potential plot hole, Did Zor-El die after he ignited the core in Chronicles of Krypton?

[GrimmReeper]

If you remeber correctly in the comics zor-el ruled over argo city and not kandor, but then again this is smallville; I would expect them to get something this pivotal to supergirl history right. the possibility of zor-el actually surviving is very slim seeing as he was impaled on a crystal by his daughter and even though he was able to get kara to her ship, he must have been losing to much blood.

In the comics as someone above mentioned brainiac had kandor, so if they were using that then kandor will never be found because brainiac has been taken care of by clark and the legion, but then again as I said above this is smallville I don't expect them to get these major superman things correct.

[pfrocker18]

Kara mentioned Kandor in Smallville using ts supposed existence as her reason 4 leaving Smallville

[candor]

kandor was acually a kryptonian colony on the moon of krypton thats how it survived.
and in the comics kara's parents zor-el and alaura live in the bottle city of kandor.
READ NEW KRYPTON IT IS THE BEES KNEES!!!!

[targis]

How is it that Kryptonians speak English as their primary language and when they write it they use strange symbols?

[justice league]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/smallville/images/thumb/9/9e/Alphabet.gif/300px-Alphabet.gif (http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/File:Alphabet.gif)this is the kryptonian language

[Glove]

Justice League, where do you get this stuff?

[skully]

English is not native Kryptonian. English has been learned from portal visits to Earth and Earthly existence. Kryptonian is just like any other native language. It can be translated but Earth language has to be learnt.

[justice league]

Justice League, where do you get this stuff?
smallville wiki thats where i get most of my pics

[MrsK]

Casey Brock is seen speaking Kryptonian in Gemini when Lana takes Bizarro to see her.

[SGuthrie27]

Oh, yeah, that's true. I'd forgotten about that. It's true that you don't usually hear Kryptonians speaking their native language. Thanks for posting the symbol alphabet, justice_league.

--SGuthrie ><>' :)--

[moviefan2k4]

Also, its important to note that in the "Smallville" universe, the Kryptonian alphabet has been altered quite a bit. For example, the symbol for "hope" that was burned onto the Kent barn in "Rosetta" is a combination of the 4 symbols from DC Comics' official alphabet. the producers admitted to doing it this way, so they could avoid having 4 scorched symbols on the barn wall.

[Ilidan]

According to the producers, the original idea was that they would "construct" Kryptonian symbols from the individual letters in the DC Comics Universe.

This thread makes me remember a joke my dad told me.

Q: How come we never see a Cold War movie from the Soviet perspective?
A: Because noone in the US would understand Russian!!!

[GrimmReeper]

They speak english because it is something they pick up on there many journeys to earth.

[Supermania]

Well, for starters, why do Kryptonians look exactly like humans? Answer = because us humans are so full of ourselves, we use our own bodies as a template of sorts. This is also reflected in the fact that we make these aliens speak English in the show.

[kai el]

how can u download the kryptonian font on to my computer if anyone knows then can they tell me

[Cloisfan22]

you know what's really cool is if you have the kryptonian font downloaded to your computer (which you can get over on supermanhomepage), you can post in it on here. Of course anyone reading it would have to have the font also, or they'll just see it in English.

See:

MANOFSTEELKALEL

I have the kryptonian font as well, it is cool to actually be able to read it on a post on here :D

[Krypto_marcus]

how can u download the kryptonian font on to my computer if anyone knows then can they tell me

Just go to supermanhomepage, you can download the font there.

[Superboy2]

Here's my list:
Clark
Kara
Jor-El
Lara
Zor-El
Raya
Nam-Ek
Aethyr
Zod
Faora
Alia
Dax-Ur
Davis(not a true kryptonian but close enough)
Did I forget anybody?

[Exedore]

Well there's Naman I who fathered the Kawatche tribe and prophesized the coming of Kal El though he has never been depicted on screen.

Does Bizarro count as Kryptonian? He was created on Krypton, much like Davis. Also, was Dr. Hudson a Kryptonian? I can't quite remember.

[Superboy2]

Dr. Hudson was given strange abilities after putting the key in the wall. He doesn't count. I'm not sure if Bizarro counts cause I don't think he was from krypton.

[moviefan2k4]

Dr. Hudson was from the Phantom Zone, but his planet of origin was never disclosed. Bizarro would probably count, which brings the overall total to 15 (17 if you count both versions of Zod & Faora).

[Superboy2]

I'm only counting one version of each for Zod and Faora. I was thinking of the doc from season 2.

[moviefan2k4]

Oh...well, then who was the asylum doctor from "Labyrinth"? Also, there were a ton of doctors in season 2; which specific one are you referring to?

[Exedore]

Oh...well, then who was the asylum doctor from "Labyrinth"? Also, there were a ton of doctors in season 2; which specific one are you referring to?

That's Dr. Hudson. He was one of the Zoners from S6.

[moviefan2k4]

That's Dr. Hudson. He was one of the Zoners from S6.Well, in that case, he doesn't belong on the list, since his planet of origin was never specified. Many of the Phantom Zone prisoners had backgrounds that were never told.

[Blue K]

Wow thats a big list for a dead planet.

[jon-el87]

Here's my list:
Clark
Kara
Jor-El
Lara
Zor-El
Raya
Nam-Ek
Aethyr
Zod
Faora
Alia
Dax-Ur
Davis(not a true kryptonian but close enough)
Did I forget anybody?

(In "Savior")
Alia
Fiona
Ref
+ several unnamed Kryptonians

[Superboy2]

Are you sure it wasn't Faora and not Fiona? So there's my first list of 13, along with Naman, Fiona unless its Faora, and Ref.

[jon-el87]

^^Let's count Fiona as a seperate person, until we hear (or see) anything that suggests that Fiona and Faora is one and the same.

[Giganta]

Kal-El the only survivor, maybe in a other world

[Superboy2]

I'll have to rewatch Savior cause I didn't hear Fiona.

[Syn]

As far as we've been told, Kryptonians are a compeltely seperate race from humans. But that one time Clark lost his powers, he became human. Is a Kryptonian just someone who has powers? Do the comics ever explain this properly? I find it unlikely that there'd be another species out there who aren't directly related to us yet are exactly the same as us, and like with Dax-Ur, able to mate with us. Even if BSG says it's possible.

[SuperFat]

Kryptonians are people who are from the planet Krypton.
They can have powers but not all of them do, under the yellow sun.
That's all I can really say I guess.

[bizzaroboy9]

i wonder if human under the red son would have powers as kryptonian would do under the yellow sun?

[Estro-gen X]

I don't think so. A red sun does nothing but give out less energy. Kryptonians don't need to eat like we do they get their energy like a plant would. On Krypton the red sun gave out less energy so they had no powers, under a yellow sun they are supercharged

[DA_Champion]

i wonder if human under the red son would have powers as kryptonian would do under the yellow sun?

If the krypton star is the smallest a star could be, then the sun gives out ~7000x more light.

On the other hand their planet is closer to their star, if it's say 10x closer, they might get 50x more light.

[kp1984]

Ok frist we'll have a talk about how you think krytoian people learn english. Do you think they teach english at kryton high or kryton university for extar credit. I can see some krytoinan kid saying man why do we have to learn this we're not humans. Who care if people speak this language from mars. The teacher then say I think you mean earth. The kid say whatever I know it's one of those planets with a yellow sun. I take it the krytoian soilders were froce to learn how to speak, and read english when they jioned the amry. They may have even stole the language and used it on thier planet. How eles would Zod know how to read english. He seem to be getting around pretty good. Wonder if Zod can speak other human language?

[BohoRoohaha]

Haha that's funny! I never actually thought of that. With Clark he learned English on Earth obviously but those Kryptonian soldiers...yeah...good question. Maybe the Kryptonian language and the English language happen to be the same. Then again, Krypton is a highly advanced race so maybe they can insta-download the language into their brains like in The Matrix?

[tmchale1970]

In Smallville Kryptonians had been coming to Earth through the portals for centuries so they had a massive data base on Humans including all our languages.School children on Krypton were probably taught all about Earth and the dumb kids had to use universal translators.

[BohoRoohaha]

But why choose Earth to create a data base about? Was it the closest planet in all those 28 galaxies that had any kind of intelligent life? Why Earth? Was it stated in Smallville that they had came through portals for centuries? I totally missed it.

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Yes in season 3 Relic it was stated that they came through a portal and in season 7 Blue Lara said they've been able to do it for awhile but at that time only one was open.

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Oh okay thanks.