An easier fanwank of Lara's speech is that as long as he had his powers, he would be unable to have children with Lois (like maybe they affected his DNA or something?) and since Lara probably has a vested interest in the passing on of Kryptonian genes, she wants him to reproduce.
Oh, I like that fanwank even better than mine! I think I shall adopt it (and love it and pet it and call it George *g*) because yes. It is good.
I thought it was pretty interesting, btw, that they suggested that this particular interspecies mating had had problems, like Jason's asthma.
Yeah, I really liked that, too. I think it's more realistic than Jason automatically having all of Clark/Kal-El's abilities because you're right, of course: Clark and Lois aren't the same species, so the combination of their DNA shouldn't have been seamless.
Oh, the thing I didn't comment on before in your original post is that I totally agree with you about BR's Clark. I do like him better than TW's version and even, yes, CR's. Part of it is that I'm not a big fan of the idea that Clark is the 'mask' and Superman the 'real person', and Reeve's Clark/Superman dichotomy played into that big time. Whereas with Routh, while I do think Clark is partly cover for Superman, I nevertheless think he's still a *part* of Superman. Like, that's probably the person Superman would be if he didn't have these awesome powers and if he hadn't chosen to use them the way he does. And that person is very sweet and endearing and possessed of this quiet, earnest grace.
As for Routh!Clark vs. Welling!Clark, I think this movie confirmed for me that *for me*, adult!Clark is where it's at. He clearly wasn't *happy* about how much things had changed in his absence, but he also accepted that it was something he'd more or less done to himself and for the most part, he sucked it up and dealt. Plus, again, with the sweetness. To me, the sweetness is at the core of Clark/Kal-El; it isn't just that he's a good, decent man, he's a *nice* one, too, for the most part. And while Welling's Clark isn't actually mean, and he's capable of niceness, it's been a long time -- probably since as far back as S2/first half of S3 -- where I've felt like that sweetness is *inherent* in his character.
So yeah, Routh is my favorite Clark. I loved his Superman, too, but I haven't quite decided where I rank him.
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Oh, I like that fanwank even better than mine! I think I shall adopt it (and love it and pet it and call it George *g*) because yes. It is good.
I thought it was pretty interesting, btw, that they suggested that this particular interspecies mating had had problems, like Jason's asthma.
Yeah, I really liked that, too. I think it's more realistic than Jason automatically having all of Clark/Kal-El's abilities because you're right, of course: Clark and Lois aren't the same species, so the combination of their DNA shouldn't have been seamless.
Oh, the thing I didn't comment on before in your original post is that I totally agree with you about BR's Clark. I do like him better than TW's version and even, yes, CR's. Part of it is that I'm not a big fan of the idea that Clark is the 'mask' and Superman the 'real person', and Reeve's Clark/Superman dichotomy played into that big time. Whereas with Routh, while I do think Clark is partly cover for Superman, I nevertheless think he's still a *part* of Superman. Like, that's probably the person Superman would be if he didn't have these awesome powers and if he hadn't chosen to use them the way he does. And that person is very sweet and endearing and possessed of this quiet, earnest grace.
As for Routh!Clark vs. Welling!Clark, I think this movie confirmed for me that *for me*, adult!Clark is where it's at. He clearly wasn't *happy* about how much things had changed in his absence, but he also accepted that it was something he'd more or less done to himself and for the most part, he sucked it up and dealt. Plus, again, with the sweetness. To me, the sweetness is at the core of Clark/Kal-El; it isn't just that he's a good, decent man, he's a *nice* one, too, for the most part. And while Welling's Clark isn't actually mean, and he's capable of niceness, it's been a long time -- probably since as far back as S2/first half of S3 -- where I've felt like that sweetness is *inherent* in his character.
So yeah, Routh is my favorite Clark. I loved his Superman, too, but I haven't quite decided where I rank him.