Quote: Beardguy57 said: I like Lois and Clark ...a Lot!!!
You either hate the Show or ya Loved it.
No middle ground. It was campy. It was Dumb. It was Cute, and often well written.
Of ALL the Actors who played Superman, Dean Cain is my favorite. He brought life to the roll. He even LOOKED kinda like Supes did around 1940 or so, a Bit.
I liked all the interaction with his parents. That was done well. And his relationship with Lois..It was very realistic.
He didn't just go around punching out bad guys. There was plenty of good Dialogue.
I can't agree with any of this (well, I agree with the "campy and dumb" part; that's the only bit that rings true with me). Cain had none of the personality or power of Collyer, Alyn, Reeves, Reeve, or Daly. He came off as far too much of a lightweight jock, not an authoritative force of nature, and he was not convincing as a man of two worlds blessed/cursed with godlike power. In no way do I think he's worthy of the cape, especially in light of the superior actors who came before and after him. I found a lot of the dialogue to be dopey and unfunny, as if the makers of the show were trying to mock the Superman mythos. (The Adam West Batman was a good-natured spoof that boasted fans of the comics on the staff and in the cast; L&C went out of its way to flip off the mythos.) It was excruciatingly poorly written, with villains so lame that they might as well have been yanked from Wizard's "Mort of the Month" feature. There was no soul to the characters, no heart, no depth, and the plots were stupid and demeaning to the character. If you're going to write about Superman, the stories should be ones that do this iconic character justice and give him something of worth to deal with, not unfunny, stupid crap that makes him look foolish.
I'm well aware that L&C has its supporters, and they're welcome to it. It's their call. Personally, I hate the show with every fiber of my being, and I feel that it's a gross insult to Siegel and Shuster's memory. Then again, the new movie promises to be even worse....
