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DVD Lois & Clark - The New Adventures of Superman - The Complete Second Season
In Lois & Clark's first season, Clark Kent (Dean Cain) and Lois Lane (Teri Hatcher) joined the ranks of Sam and Diane and David and Maddie as TV's sparkiest couples whose devoted fans couldn't wait to see get together. Season 2 takes the star-crossed duo--and the series--to "the next step"; a long-awaited first kiss (the episode "Lucky Leon"), and declarations of love, culminating in a season-ending marriage proposal ("And the Answer Is..."). But getting to that deliriously romantic rain-soaked moment is all the fun. There are diabolical villains for Superman to foil, including a resurrected (and bald) Lex Luthor (John Shea reprising his first-season role in "The Phoenix"), a trash-TV host (Raquel Welch in "Top Copy), the vengeful Prankster (Bronson Pinchot in "The Prankster" and "Return of the Prankster"), and, incredibly, a time-traveled Al Capone (William Devane in "That Old Gang of Mine"). There is also a romantic rival for Clark's affections, Deputy D.A. Mayson Drake (Farrah Forke in "Church of Metropolis") and for Lois's (Jim Pirri as agent Daniel Scardino in "Resurrection").
Lois and Clark's second season not only features improved special effects, but a stellar roster of character actors: Roger Corman veteran Dick Miller as Lois's uncle and Peter Boyle as Intergang kingpin Bill Church in "Church of Metropolis"; a reunited Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons) in the Dean Cain-penned holiday episode, "Season's Greedings"; Bruce Campbell as Bill Church Jr. in "Individual Responsibility"; and Terry Kiser of Weekend at Bernie's fame as H.G. Wells in "Tempus Fugitive," the fan-favorite episode in which futuristic villain Tempus spills the beans to the "galactically stupid" Lois about Clark's secret identity. "That was worth the whole trip," he cackles, and for series fans, this benchmark (albeit fleeting) moment is probably worth the price of this super six-disc set. --Donald Liebenson
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Lois & Clark
Lois & Clark came along way for married duo for a long time. They're relationship, in real life a lot of people would give anything what Lois & Clark have in real life. They had a lot a ups and downs it was worth it to get them together. Out of all the t.v. shows of Superman shows I seen, no one could do what these could do. I never have to worry about Dean Cain being typecast as Superman or the Superman curse. He's doing just fine, the difference between George Reeves as Superman and Dean Cain Superman is George Reeves's Superman is a like a Saturday Morning Cartoon show. Have the time when he plays Clark Kent, Jack Larson plays Jimmy Olsen and Noelle Carter plays Lois Lane. They're like playing Ward, Beaver and June Cleaver in Leave it to Beaver. George Reeves and Jimmy Olsen were like father and son, than friends. Dean Cain is playing Superman, he was like a teenager than can't grow up and I saw another side Clark Kent I never seen before. He has feelings, problems and he was scared all the time. When he was Superman, that he was just like a regular person like everybody else, the show was revolve around Clark Kent than Superman. Dean Cain love playing Clark Kent than Superman, Superman is kind of symbol for good and hope, has to follow truth, justice and the american way. Even though I hated that slogan truth, justice and the american way, they're just words but to me Superman is guy a like to help. Clark Kent has feelings, problems, trips, nerdy, sarcastic, he can say anything he want more than Superman than does and perverted like me. That's the reason, how I admired Clark Kent in the first place. When I was watching Smallville, the relationship of Lois and Lana are kind of the like the same relationship as Lois and Clark. The same was, Lois was trying to get close to Clark, he always leave when theirs danger when they were talking about something important. A lot of times Clark always wanted to tell Lois who he was, never had a chance to. But he did and they're still together. That's the same relationship with him and Lana had in Smallville, but the difference is when Lana found she was a target and nearly got killed by Lex. When Clark went back in time and didn't tell her. That's the reason, why he never tells anybody who he is somebody could be a target or trust. When Teri Hatcher was playing Lois Lane, in a couple episodes she was Clark's Rival, to best friend and girlfriend. Lois Lane was compared to in Smallvlle, as Lana Lang and Chloe Sullivan. Chloe Sullivan was kind of like Clark's Private Investigating team buddy, just like Lois was in Lois and Clark. Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher are like the Adult Tom Welling and Kristin Kreuk of Lois and Clark. I keep thinking about what would have been like anybody guest star in Smallville, were about to find out pretty soon.
A silly, occasionally hokey, but consistently fun sophomore season
*POSSIBLE SPOILERS WITHIN*
I loved the first season of LOIS & CLARK. I thought it was absolutely wonderful. It was charming, witty, original, creative, fresh, and romantic, a delightful re-telling of the Superman legend. I was excited to begin the second season, but a little cautious because of the infamous "sophomore slump" that many shows endure. Season Two does have the dreaded sophomore slump, but thankfully, it's only a mild case.
A lot happened in Season Two. "The Prankster" introduced one of the few villains from the Superman comics to actually appear on LOIS & CLARK: The Prankster, rather annoyingly played by Bronson Pichot. Intergang, a major crime organization from the Superman comics, makes its first appearance in "Church of Metropolis". Another Superman villain appears in "Metallo" (can you guess who?), as does Lois Lane's (Teri Hatcher) sister, Lucy Lane. In "That Old Gang Of Mine", a scientist clones 1930s gangsters like Al Capone, John Dillinger, and Bonnie and Clyde, and Superman (Dean Cain) must stop them. "Season's Greedings", written by Dean Cain, is one of the series' most ridiculous episodes, but it does feature guest appearances from Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford (who played the title characters on the TV show THE JEFFERSONS), as well as a young Denise Richards. The season really improves when "The Phoenix" hits, a magnificent episode in which a bald (!) Lex Luthor (John Shea) is resurrected. Red kryptonite was introduced in "Individual Responsibility", although on LOIS & CLARK red kryptonite makes Superman bored and sleazy rather than evil and reckless as it did in the comics and everything else. "Tempus Fugitive" is one of the most popular episodes of any 90's TV series and is regarded by many fans as the best episode of LOIS & CLARK. In that episode, H.G. Wells (Terry Kiser - Bernie in WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S) builds a time machine and travels to 1990s Metropolis, where his evil partner Tempus (Lane Davies) steals the machine and travels back to 1966 Smallville to destroy Superman. Lois and Clark go back in time to stop him - and the biggest secret in the world is discovered, if only for a fleeting moment.
The real thing that keeps this season going is the romance between Clark Kent, Superman, and Lois Lane. It really heats up toward the end of the season, especially during the season finale, during which I guarantee you'll be shouting at your TV screen quite often. The rain-soaked cliffhanger is at once shocking and disappointing, but you won't want to miss it. To complicate Lois and Clark's relationship, the writers came up with two characters: the immensely irritating Dan Scardino (Jim Pirri), and the tragic Mason Drake (Farrah Forke).
The problem with the second season of LOIS & CLARK is that it lacks the freshness and creativity of Season One, to the point where it becomes immensely silly. Too silly. The villains are far too over-the-top, with the exception of John Shea's Lex Luthor, who is wonderful. What redeems the season is that every once in a while something astonishing happens. The most astonishing moment of all is a death scene at the end of "Lucky Leon". It's an incredibly powerful scene made all the more so by Jay Gruska's beautiful music, which is subpar throughout the rest of the season. The visual effects range from being very good to very hokey, but that doesn't really detract much from one's enjoyment of the show.
I realize, and by now you probably do too, that I am having a hard time putting my thoughts on paper (so to speak). That's because I adored the first season of this show, and I have many thoughts on the second. Let me just say that though the season is silly and occasionally hokey, it is almost always fun. You may want to stop watching mid-point, but if you stick with it 'till the season's end, you won't regret it.
Super Wow!!
I thought that second season was when everything in Lois and Clark really started to click. I of course like everyone else was on the edge of my seat in the end wondering if Lois would say I do or not. Great season and can't wait untill season four comes out on DVD.
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