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Complete
1st Season
6 discs - 21 episodes |
1993 - 1997
60 minutes
First Season Cast:
Dean
Cain as Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman
Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane
Lane Smith
as Perry White
Michael Landes as Jimmy Olsen
Tracy Scoggins as
Catherine "Cat" Grant
Eddie Jones as Jonathan Kent
K Callan as Martha
Kent
John Shea as Lex Luthor
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Lois and Clark Complete 1st Season DVD Review
I have
always been a big fan of Superman. As a girl, I used to borrow my neighbor's
comics. She was a serious collector and the loan came with strict admonitions
as to their care. I watched George Reeves in the 1952 - 1957
Adventures of Superman and the
late Christopher Reeve in the movies. So when I heard there was to be another
TV series, I was skeptical.
Would they protect the magical myth that is
Superman? Will a new vision of the Man of Steel revise the fable past
recognition?
I need not have worried. Lois and Clark, the New Adventures
of Superman was just a delight. A more human Superman and a more modern Lois
had pizzazz. They were fun to watch. The many winked references to the original
TV show felt like tribute.
This version of Clark Kent/Superman (Dean
Cain) shows us a guy with something of an identity crisis. He's from another
planet, but its not like he went to Krypton Senior High. He grew up as an
average American boy, well, except for the flying, x-ray vision, invincible
thing. He leaves the farm for the city and loves the pace even though he flies
home frequently for advice from his folks. He's crazy about the girl but she's
crazy about Superman, well, that's him but not him.
Lois (Teri Hatcher)
is a no-nonsense working woman who has sacrificed her personal life for her
job. She goes after and gets her story but retreats to ice cream in bed at the
end of the day.
The late Lane Smith plays Perry White. The newer
version of the newspaper chief is an avid
Elvis Presley fan. White's favorite
expression changed from "Great Caesar's ghost!" to "Great shades of Elvis!"
Then there is the deliciously evil Lex Luther played to perfection by John
Shea. He's so rich, so slick, so sophisticated and oh, so bad. Michael Landes
does a one year stint as Jimmie Olsen. Tracy Scoggins does a sexy turn as
Catherine "Cat" Grant. She wants Clark Kent, mild mannered but nicely muscled
reporter for the Daily Planet.
We want Lois and Clark to get together.
The producers were real tight on this and we had to wait and wait for the big
moment. But here at the beginning, in Season One, we watch the mating
dance.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Warner's was very generous with this
one. First as part of Warner Televisions 50th anniversary celebration, it
includes a bonus DVD. My set had an episode of Smallville. The pilot is here
and good news! It contains scenes not originally aired plus commentary by
Deborah Joy LeVine (creator/executive producer), Dean Cain and Robert Butler
(director/executive producer).
Pilot Presentation - This is Deborah Joy
LeVine's original presentation to ComicCon.
From Rivals to Romance:
The Making of Lois & Clark - a great featurette that includes comments by
most of the cast and production people.
Taking Flight: The Visual
Effects of Lois & Clark - how they did the effects. Don't watch if it would
ruin it for you to see Cain on wires.
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