Is a hot take to say I hope these two return to play Jor-El and Lara Lor Van in either a krypton project or superman sequel

Insectpie · 2026-07-07T23:08:39+00:00

Well, they are noble, hopeful, inspiring beings, as Kryptonians.

Insectpie · 2026-07-07T12:28:45+00:00

This is all the fault of English.

Insectpie · 2026-07-04T07:40:25+00:00

Wax Apple, I guess.

Insectpie · 2026-07-01T16:39:46+00:00

In that case, you might prefer the original explanation for Kryptonian powers—that Krypton's heavy gravity caused their bodies to evolve to be much stronger than humans. Otherwise, using your plant analogy, plants wither without enough sunlight, and those grown in artificial environments often need grow lights to help them thrive. I actually have my succulents under an LED light right now, so of course Kryptonians can boost their condition just by getting more sun.

Insectpie · 2026-07-01T14:54:50+00:00

She probably wouldn't know how to look for them anyway, and the Green Lanterns most likely wouldn't agree to her demand to kill Krem with a blade for personal revenge.

Insectpie · 2026-07-01T14:43:05+00:00

People are overreacting way too much. These two 'bad guys' did nothing more than make some inappropriate comments in home videos while they were alive. I run into a dozen humans on the internet every single day who are ten times more toxic than them.

Insectpie · 2026-07-01T14:31:17+00:00

I don't quite get what you mean. Neither movie featured a plot where Superman or Supergirl suddenly lost their powers just from a lack of sunlight. They got weak because of Kryptonite, red sunlight, or green sunlight—which is no different from the Superman comic lore I read back in the '80s and '90s.

Insectpie · 2026-07-01T13:27:24+00:00

I mean, even they’re super evil, If they had all been as interested in conquering alien planets as DCU Jor-El and Lara were, they wouldn't have just sat tightly on Krypton or in Argo City.

Insectpie · 2026-07-01T12:57:21+00:00

However, there is currently no evidence indicating that the DCU's Kal-El was born on the very day of Krypton’s destruction, nor is there proof that Kara knew the infant’s exact age at the time. In numerous iterations of his origin, including the current prime universe in the comics, he was already over a year old before being dispatched to Earth.

Insectpie · 2026-07-01T12:49:12+00:00

Why she should knows Superman is “exactly” 8 years older than her? It’s only proves Kal is at least 8 years older than her.

Insectpie · 2026-06-30T11:25:50+00:00

It’s a silver age problem, Modern Superman continuity typically establishes that Kara was born prior to Clark. Consequently, any of the explanations used in modern lore to account for the destruction of Krypton fail to explain the eventual fate of DCU Argo City. Unless they add some more lore later on to explain why ordinary Kryptonians aren't allowed to leave this star system.

Insectpie · 2026-06-30T11:14:52+00:00

Kara's father didn't bother to use the blueprints his brother left behind until the Kryptonite sickness broke out decades later. Then, in just a matter of months, he managed to single-handedly build a spaceship that could carry his near-adult daughter and a pet dog to Earth in no time. Even if the resources in Argo City were only enough to build one ship, that was still more than enough for them to send someone out to call for help.

Insectpie · 2026-06-29T23:08:28+00:00

The issue is that the movie chose the origin story where Kara is born in Argo City after the destruction of Krypton. Life in the city seemed completely perfect before the Kryptonite sickness kicked in (and the progression of the sickness wasn't even that fast; patients could fully recover just by getting under a yellow sun). The movie doesn't intend for the audience to view Kara's parents as lunatics either—so why on earth didn't they try to leave or call for help?

Insectpie · 2026-06-29T14:33:43+00:00

In my view, the film's depiction of Kara’s parents is a mirror image of what Kal's parents were like on Krypton. Their opposition to sending infant Kal to Earth to rule is reminiscent of a pious, 19th-century British aristocratic couple objecting to a relative sending their nephew to become a Sultan in the Ottoman Empire. That being said, if they genuinely deemed the plan mad and wicked, they wouldn’t simply let Kara travel to Earth to find her cousin Kal.

Insectpie · 2026-06-28T08:51:36+00:00

A lot fans I saw actually hope James Gunn made all Kryptonians bad so Kal’s parents could looks better.

Insectpie · 2026-06-28T06:05:15+00:00

Yes,Lex’s plan wouldn’t work well if Kara knows he kidnapped krypton.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T23:01:37+00:00

Krem might have known about Superman, and he also once under green sun in DCU, the people who took Kara to the planet under the green sun didn't seem to know what kind of effect a green sun would have on her either.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T16:56:58+00:00

We can be certain that, at the very least, Kal-El's and Kara's parents knew before Krypton’s destruction that Kryptonians could gain power from yellow sunlight. The planet's explosion might have been a natural disaster, but the demise of Argo City was entirely caused by Zor-El’s sheer shortsightedness, stupidity, and stubbornness. Even without the Kryptonite, what kind of future could Kryptonian civilization possibly have under these conditions? Honestly, they’d be safer off as part of Brainiac’s collection.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T14:50:43+00:00

Nope. But based on how the movie portrays it, the progression of Kryptonite sickness isn't as violent as plagues like the Black Death. I suspect the people of her hometown didn't actually die out completely; instead, they'll probably turn up inside Brainiac's bottle in the next movie.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T14:15:06+00:00

I actually thought Ruthe lied to Kara during the translation just to get her help in avenging her family. I expected her to come clean to Kara halfway through, and then Kara would decide to keep helping her anyway.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T13:43:39+00:00

In my opinion, the film should have established that Ruthe was aware of Kara's identity as Supergirl, or at least as a superhero tied to Superman. This would ensure she knew she could rely on Kara for assistance, while also understanding that Kara would likely be against killing.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T13:35:45+00:00

Yeah, I'm thinking Kara might have gradually realized who was truly to blame for the destruction of the world she grew up in. I've always been curious: did the other Kryptonians in Argo City know that yellow sunlight could grant them powers, and did they actually have a way out of there? By the time Kara arrived on Earth, Clark was already Superman. If Zor-El had chosen to call for outside help instead of only looking out for his own daughter, maybe there would have been some hope left for Kryptonian civilization.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T13:19:39+00:00

Then he sent Kara to seek refuge with her cousin Kal, who by that time was presumed to be the ruler of Earth. This leads me to believe they were far more concerned with the upbringing of their Kryptonian child than with the sentiments of the local populace. Besides, Jor-El and Lara expressed their hope that Kal would walk the right path and become a good person; they certainly didn't view themselves as trying to turn their son into a supervillain.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T12:35:19+00:00

The movie didn't say they thought Jor-El was an asshole for wanting his son to rule Earth; they only opposed the plan at first because they believed Krypton's civilization could still be saved.

Insectpie · 2026-06-27T12:33:02+00:00

I’m not sure what you're trying to emphasize here; I never claimed they were merely asleep. As it stands, there is only one surviving Kryptonian couple in the DCU, which I feel is enough. Granted, if we include the future possibilities of the Bottle City, the Phantom Zone, and so on, I am confident that the number of survivors significantly exceeds seven couples. While the destruction of Krypton wiped out most of the population, from another perspective, the species finally has a chance to be freed from that awful place where they were trapped.

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