I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not an expert on the Superman mythos. I’ve seen all of the movies, just about every episode of Smallville, read the novelization of The Death and Life of Superman, and well, am an “in-general” geek. Thus, I’m really not that familiar with the character of Metallo. His origin story (of sorts) that was told tonight was just a bit too similar to Iron Man (at least the theatrical version, of which I’m familiar).
It seems that the basic back story of the comic version of Metallo is that he was John Corben, reporter (slash thief) at the Daily Planet who was in an accident, and now lives as either a robot with Corben’s brain, or some kind of cyborg-ish creature. Both are powered, of course, by Supe’s one weakness, Kryptonite. This story, though, looked a bit familiar.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to knock the backstory, but as shown, it was too damn much like Iron Man for its own good. The blacking out and back in, the discovery of what had happened to him, all of it just felt like Robert Downey Jr. should have woken up on that table. The saving grace, actually, was Brian Austin Green, who played the role pretty well. Green is one of those guys that I think needs to catch a break, as Terminator didn’t pan out. But hey, if Joshua Jackson can finally get a great role, so can Green.
Good to see Clark Kent back in action. His self-imposed isolation from his friends wasn’t working for him, or frankly, for the show. Plus, he kept failing at keeping away. I guess that they will probably end the show with Lois never figuring out Clark’s secret. I think that her finding out early is a departure from the source I would gladly accept.
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Clacked by Ivey West 
on Oct 02, 2009 @ 23:51 EST5EDT
i am also wondering who that kid is. he just came out of nowhere. i hope brian austin green comes back. it kinda seemed like tess is interested in reviving him since she has his body & the kryptonite core
Funny, I liked it better when it was called Robocop.
BAG as Derek Reese was a great role, so I hope you meant to wish him a successful role with job security.
But we need Lois to replace Chloe in every way, and the latter to feel tortured by it. Why else would Chloe still be on the show when even Ma Kent left? Though I did enjoy her tongue lashing of goth Clark—it felt like something Bruce Wayne would do.
A telling moment at the end was Tess reprimanding Stuart for being too familiar with her now that he’s working for her. He’s also not afraid of her at all throughout the episode. My guess would be he’s either a relative or someone she’s treated like a kid brother in the past.
What about the body in the El symbol at the end? The Eradicator? Non-emo Clark Kent?