xrayvision
04-25-2008, 06:45 PM
I really don't know what to think about this current storyline. I think it's a ripoff of the first two Terminator movies where the T-800 and T-1000 go back in time and try to kill Sarah and John Connor respectively.
This arc is somewhat interesting, but in several ways seems like a copout to me. It seems like a way to justify the retcons. This brings several questions as well:
1. Was the Luthor crest changed due to the past being changed?
2. What about Lionel's supposed knowledge about the Traveler arriving on the day he did? Did Jor-El change the past and send the pre-meteor shower Lionel the knowledge of where Clark would land? If he did, then they certainly didn't show us the time-changing events and are forcing us to believe it.
3. Why doesn't the Jor-El of 1989 (or earlier during Krypton's peaceful years) come to Earth of 2008 the same way Brainiac went back? Kryptonians have ships that could handle the ride.
4. Why doesn't Brainiac go back to prevent the destruction of Zod's body and bring Zod to the present day Earth?
5. Why did Brainiac need Kara at all? Why not just leave without giving any hints to her or Clark and secretly kill Clark in the past? This makes me think that the Survival Zone is somehow involved and that the Krypton where Kara is on is not the true Krypton.
6. How does the time portal work exactly? Can people from the past even come to the present? This should be possible---it is going back in time that scientists in real life say would be impossible.
7. Is the portal linked specifically to the year 1989 or can someone time travel to any year?
8. This may seem obvious now that they introduced time portals, but was the legend of Naman and Sageeth written by one of Clark's ancestors who used the time portal to come to Earth and observe Clark and Lex without the knowledge of either of them? That's my best guess. Someone from 500 years ago (perhaps Kem-El) came to the present or maybe future day Earth and saw or found out that Clark came from Krypton and become enemies with Lex and then went back to their time (500 years ago) to Earth during his own time and created the cave paintings.
This arc is somewhat interesting, but in several ways seems like a copout to me. It seems like a way to justify the retcons. This brings several questions as well:
1. Was the Luthor crest changed due to the past being changed?
2. What about Lionel's supposed knowledge about the Traveler arriving on the day he did? Did Jor-El change the past and send the pre-meteor shower Lionel the knowledge of where Clark would land? If he did, then they certainly didn't show us the time-changing events and are forcing us to believe it.
3. Why doesn't the Jor-El of 1989 (or earlier during Krypton's peaceful years) come to Earth of 2008 the same way Brainiac went back? Kryptonians have ships that could handle the ride.
4. Why doesn't Brainiac go back to prevent the destruction of Zod's body and bring Zod to the present day Earth?
5. Why did Brainiac need Kara at all? Why not just leave without giving any hints to her or Clark and secretly kill Clark in the past? This makes me think that the Survival Zone is somehow involved and that the Krypton where Kara is on is not the true Krypton.
6. How does the time portal work exactly? Can people from the past even come to the present? This should be possible---it is going back in time that scientists in real life say would be impossible.
7. Is the portal linked specifically to the year 1989 or can someone time travel to any year?
8. This may seem obvious now that they introduced time portals, but was the legend of Naman and Sageeth written by one of Clark's ancestors who used the time portal to come to Earth and observe Clark and Lex without the knowledge of either of them? That's my best guess. Someone from 500 years ago (perhaps Kem-El) came to the present or maybe future day Earth and saw or found out that Clark came from Krypton and become enemies with Lex and then went back to their time (500 years ago) to Earth during his own time and created the cave paintings.