#v: metropolis

[rainismdata]

Me, non-american, not living in america, hasn't even ever visited america, looking at the theories as to where Metropolis, Gotham, and Smallville probably is located:

I wonder if I've just leave my ongoing superbat fic as I am visibly confused in all the languages existed.

[longwuzhere]

Here are some cool Easter eggs that I found the newest My Adventures with Superman episode, “Let’s Go to Ivo Tower, You Say”. Links to the easter eggs post:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

SPOILERS if you have not seen the episode of course:

Perry assigns our intern trio to go get interviews about Anthony Ivo. I previously mentioned Ivo's deal in the comics in this post, but we'll talk more about this version of Ivo later.

Shout out to Lois' hanbok! As a kid in the 90s my first exposure to the DC was through the DC Animated Universe. Because of the way some of the characters like Lois, Clark, Bruce, Dick, Tim, and Terry, were designed, as a kid, I thought they were Asian. Very cool to see this version of Lois be Korean.

Before Lois shows up for their black tie event at Ivo Tower, Jimmy knocks down a stack of papers and magazine and Clark goes to pick it up and stumbles upon the Metropolis Star with a cover that shows him as a kid flying 15 years ago.

The Metropolis star is a rival newspaper to the Daily Planet in the comics. The publisher makes its first appearance in Superman #9 (1987) (W&P: John Byrne, I: Karl Kesel, C: Tony Ziuko, L: John Costanza).

When our intern trio makes it to Ivo Tower, Lois spots some very interesting powerful and political figures of Metropolis, the CEO of Galaxy Communications and Mayor Fleming.

Galaxy Communications makes its first appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 (1970) where it was headed by Morgan Edge, the then leader of Intergang. In the comics Clark and Lois does work for Galaxy communications thanks to it buying out the Daily Planet forcing Clark to be the evening news anchor. The Galaxy Communications panels here are from Swamp Thing #68 (1988) (W&P: Rick Veitch, I: Alfredo Alcala, C: Tajana Wood, L: John Costanza).

Mayor Fleming makes her first appearance in Action Comics #894 (2010) (W: Nick Spencer, P: R.B. Silva, I: Denis Freitas, C: Dave McCaig, L: Rob Leigh) where she appoints Jimmy Olsen and Sebastien Mallory as a welcoming committee for Dalwythians aliens. Like her MAwS counterpart she is obviously the Mayor of Metropolis.

Later, Lois goes and questions Senator Sackett at the party/event.

In the comics Sackett was a councilman not a senator who makes his first appearance in Superman #130 (1997) (W: Dan Jurgens, P: Norm Breyfogle, I: Joe Rubenstein, C: Glenn Whitmore and Digital Chameleon, L: John Costanza) depicted here in the issue's panel wearing a Superman costume. Sackett in the comics is in Luthor's pocket.

I am like 99.99% sure this is Lex Luthor like who else in Metropolis is named Alex, has red hair (if this is Lex Luthor and he shows up again, I'll talk about him and what I mean by this in another post.), and works in the science and tech field.

We finally meet Ivo and he is as I was hoping he'd be a major techbro tool. The way he acts in his introduction and his meeting with Clark is very much like Lex and Clark's meeting in Batman v Superman. Both Ivo and Lex upon meeting Clark know how strong he is. In MAwS Ivo punches his chest and it hurts him and in BvS you heard an audible thud when Lex knocks on Clark's chest. Very similar vibes between both scenes.

Clark confronts Ivo about one of his deals and name drops one of Metropolis' mob families.

Bobby Gazzo, head of the Gazzo crime family in Metropolis, makes his first appearance in Batman: Dark Victory #1 (W: Jeph Loeb, P&I: Tim Sale, C: Gregory Wright and Heroic Age, L: Richard Starkings). Fantastic sequel to Long Halloween, highly recommend reading both books.

After Clark gets thrown out and Lois offers to repair his jacket, we see Lois mentioning her dad, Sam Lane a military general and if the person at the end of the second part of the first episode is Sam Lane...

...and he shows up again in the show I'll talk more about it in another post. For now this is all just speculation.

Might be reading into this but maybe a subtle nod to how the words "Superman" and "pal" are often used together. Both have been used as a comic book title, "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" as I've mentioned in these posts a few times.

The show here did a very clever thing with Ivo. Normally any other media pertaining to Ivo would give the audience his power and weakness stealing robot Amazo, but here the MAwS team was able to combine both Ivo and another villain in Superman's rogues gallery, Parasite.

The first Parasite, Raymond Jensen, makes his first appearance in Action Comics #340 (1966) (Cover Art by Curt Swan, George Klein, and Ira Schnapp). All iterations of Parasite have the ability to temporarily steal away anyone's energy, strength, and their knowledge. As I've said there have been other Parasites that Superman fought, the second and most recurring Parasite is Rudy Jones, the Parasite I'm more familiar with, who makes his first appearance in Firestorm #58 (1987).

Cover Art by Joe Brozowski, Bruce Peterson, and Tom Ziuko Alex and Alexandra Allston the third and fourth Parasite (green Parasite and purple Parasite respectively) first appeared in the Adventures of Superman #633 (2004).

Cover art by Gene Ha and Art Lyon

The latest Parasite, Joshua Allen, makes his first appearance in Superman #23.4 (2013).

Cover art by Aaron Kuder and Dan Brown So yeah there are similarities between the Amazo robot and Parasite and it was smart of the MAwS team to just combine Ivo with Parasite to avoid redundancies. Besides the Amazo robot is more of a Justice League villain anyways.

Near the end of the episode, after the Parasite suit wrecks Ivo's body, he begins to look more like his recent iterations in the comics now. The panel here is from Justice League of America #4 (2013) (W: Geoff Johns, P: Brett Booth, I: Norm Rapmund, C: Andrew Dalhouse, L: Rob Leigh). Hope you all had a wonderful time checking this post out. Like I said at the beginning my other MAwS easter egg posts are:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

[zm-zebra]

Sleeper Mystery Train x IDV English Translation by cybacle

[dottie-mcveigh]

You should be going to a doctor or smth for that arm, it could be a torn muscle and that needs something else to recover I believe.

- @ollie-krowne-star-mender

Okay Metropolite, are you paying for it? 🙄

[toodamnloyal]

The commanding tone worked to snap Theo back to his sense. He was still panicked, but could focus through it. “Aye…yessir.” He swallowed, took a few breaths, and held open the apartment door. “At least let’s talk outside. I do need some air, and I promise by the time we get outdoors I’ll have put my thoughts in order. At least in enough order to start somewhere.” He waited a moment and then began making his way down the hall with shoulders hunched and occasionally running his hands through his hair. They snagged on the feathers and a few snarls but Theo kept quiet until down on the ground floor.

Deciding where to start wasn’t easy…deciding what to include and what to omit was even worse. He waited just outside the entrance of the apartment building for James to join him and still was silent a moment longer. Finally after another breath Theo started, “Obviously, you and I both lived through about three centuries, give or take a couple years.” He started. “I because even though I look human I’m not…and you because you aren’t any longer.”

He shoved his hands in the pockets of his coat and started slowly down the street, doing his best to summarize how he and James had traded secrets, a few of the tamer adventures that had introduced them to the other forces of magic in the world, and attempted to skip directly past things that were too painful to relive even at the present. “In a couple of years it’s going to be bad.” Theo closed his eyes, “And you’re going to meet a vampire and he’s going to kill you and you’ll take his offer.” He shrugged and stopped to finally look at his friend again, “That’s how you’ve been here this whole time. Because you decided to take up the offer to be a vampire – and it’s going to be good for a while and it’s going to be very very bad for long time too.

“I’m just afraid that now that you know what’s coming that you’ll try to change something. Honestly, there’s a lot of times I wish you weren’t a vampire. I miss this version of you…but…now that you’re back…I’d rather just have you here in the future no matter how it happens. So…please don’t change things when you get back there.”  

(For James in present day)

Being nocturnal for several centuries may have messed up James' internal clock, but Theo was still up with the sun (when he managed to sleep at all). He'd actually let himself in to the apartment some time the previous night and passed out on the sofa. A blanket had been draped over him he couldn't remember if he had done it or not but woke up warm when shuffling from the bedroom roused him.

He checked the time on his phone and saw sunrise was in an hour. Theo yawned and stretched, "James? ...Sir?" He listened for more noise from the bedroom and then rose to knock on the door.

Captain James Norrington  nearly dropped the device he had been looking at when  there was a knock on the door. James hesitated, unsure of who could be on the other side, though the voice did sound .. very familiar.

As he approached the door, he could hear the sound of someone shuffling on the other side. He cautiously opened the door, and to his surprise, he found Lieutenant Theodore Groves standing in front of him. James was stunned and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. How was Theodore here, and how had he survived all these years?  

James stood frozen, unable to find the words to respond. He was still trying to process the fact that Theodore was alive, and the idea of explaining his situation was overwhelming. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down,  He wondered how he had ended up here, and why Theodore was still alive. He closed his eyes, trying to focus on his breathing, and vowed to find a way back to his own time and regain control of his life.

He quickly collected himself and tried to hide the confusion he felt at the sight of his second-in-command in this strange land or time. “I’m fine, Theodore,” he said, trying to sound reassuring. “Just a bit disoriented, that’s all.”

He motions to their surroundings..

“ Perhaps you’ll be good enough to explain the meaning of this… Lieutenant?”  he rasped, much more confused now than even a minute ago “ Moreover: what the devil you are wearing?” He’d not yet realized he’s just in a pair of silk black PJs..

[spatteringstars]

me for the entire last hour of Man of Steel (2013): CLARK- NO STOP- QUIT THAT- We need to have a serious conversation about collateral damage- OMG DONT DRAG HIM ACROSS THE BUILDING ARE YOU STUPID-

[rabbit-ina-trenchcoat]

im actually kinda surprised that no one has explored lex during black zero. bc he was there. that was his home. he watched people he probably saw every day die, he watched historic buildings, neighborhoods, family businesses destroyed. and then ended up the only billionaire willing to put it back together.

[deadhearts02]

i will turn any of my favs into a robot idc. i had a lot more ideas written on here but basically he was made to serve high society and paint for entertainment until he escaped and now he paints propaganda in metropolis 🫶

[identy-v]

🐙 | ❄️ | 🎨 | 🚗 | 🌃 | 🎬 | 🍄

[svpe]

hello clark . are you truly going to 🧐 me on my own post ? whatever for ? do you doubt me ? i am cooking some evil meals in my evil kitchen , naturally. would you like some ? B)

"You just used the word 'evil' twice in one sentence, again. As kind as the offer is, can you see why I may be a little hesitant to try your cooking?" / @brutalage

[advoirsmovies]

I know from watching Metropolis (1927) the earliest filmmakers conveyed complex ideas and emotions masterfully. So The Invisible Man (1933) has no excuse for its clumsy, puerile dialogue.

Despite the script, Claude Rains delivered a fantastic portrayal of sinister madness. I wonder if it was an inspiration for Hugo Weaving’s performance as V in V for Vendetta (2005).

I didn’t care for some of the directing choices. Some characters and scenes were overly caricatured. It didn’t feel like comic relief, more like the movie didn’t know if it wanted to be a comedy or a sci-fi horror. I enjoyed the sci-fi horror.

2023 02 23

[13eyond13]

Once I went to pick up a friend from his work and his workmates asked him if I was his girlfriend the following day. That's how he came out at the workplace, after years. By just saying "oh, no. I'm not really into girls". Maybe you could "create" a somewhat similar situation? Good luck!

hahah thats normally how i like to do it, i want it to come up naturally because i feel super awkward trying to conjure up a situation to tell people! I will cross my fingers for that kind of a reason to bring it up

[organicbeing]

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Sci-fi films pave the way for new storytelling techniques and push the boundaries of what is possible, inspiring technological advancements and shaping the future of entertainment. These cinematic masterpieces delve into themes that resonate with the present and speculate on the future, making them timeless and ever-relevant. Metropolis (1927): Building the Future One of the earliest sci-fi…

[anima89]

A Wayne family trip to Metropolis <3

Of course, they will wear their own merch ^^

Inspired by this! V

Heheheheh.

[v-thinks-on]

[unshatters-your-teacup]

The entire beginning of Batman v Superman was really just the last 30 seconds of Superman fighting Zod huh