It's too early in the morning for me to read the whole thread (I got through 4 pages), but with regards to time travel. The meteor shower is from fragments of Krypton, which would have taken ages to get to Earth. Jor-El would have gone into the future to visit Earth and the Kents. It's no stretch for him to go a little less into the future which would be 1700 to plant it.
What really got me is the actors. While Zod's actor was never clarified, it was clearly set that Jor-El looked identical to Kal-El, not just so they could do Clark/Lana in the past but because the dude who framed Jor-El for Lana's ancestor's murder copped to it when he saw Clark, thinking it was Jor-El's ghost. Having a completely different looking character doesn't work.
I definitely agree with the sentiment that they're making it seem like Jor-El is the only significant character in the house of El. I suppose there's the argument that they're making it easy for people who don't know Superman canon (like me), but even so the retcons don't make sense. On the flip side, everything up until the end of Season 5 worked well, which is when the show seemed like it should end naturally (or Season 6 should have been the tie up, but the end at Season 5 would have been like the end of Season 5 of Angel), and the rest of the seasons were just screwed up.
What really got me is the actors. While Zod's actor was never clarified, it was clearly set that Jor-El looked identical to Kal-El, not just so they could do Clark/Lana in the past but because the dude who framed Jor-El for Lana's ancestor's murder copped to it when he saw Clark, thinking it was Jor-El's ghost. Having a completely different looking character doesn't work.
I definitely agree with the sentiment that they're making it seem like Jor-El is the only significant character in the house of El. I suppose there's the argument that they're making it easy for people who don't know Superman canon (like me), but even so the retcons don't make sense. On the flip side, everything up until the end of Season 5 worked well, which is when the show seemed like it should end naturally (or Season 6 should have been the tie up, but the end at Season 5 would have been like the end of Season 5 of Angel), and the rest of the seasons were just screwed up.
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