My Adventures With Superman "Season Three" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Neo Ultra Mike]

"Mobile Suit Toyman" - Though the premiere was fine honestly I much prefer these either more goofy or having action scene with more recognized kind of villain episodes as I did get into this one. You know I could complain that the idea of Jimmy feeling insecure about wanting to be with Kara does feel a bit repetitive considering we just had that arc last season with Lois feeling that way about Clark, but I think the angle of him recognizing "she finally has the chance to be open and pick anyone in this world it wouldn't be fair if it was me just because I was the first person nice to her." And I do like how he actually did explain it to her and she actually did decide "yeah okay let me meet more people" so though it did lead to Jimmy being jealous it was in a fun way. I do wish I wasn't spoiled ahead of time about Jessica Cruz's appearance in this episode since that probably would have landed better if I didn't know it was coming but this worked as a blink and you'll miss it cameo that may lead into her own series which yeah was announced but now is still in the works so who knows where all of that is going but still cute to see here. And though a fair amount of obvious sort of comic jokes I do like the references to the actual old school comic books My Pal Jimmy Olsen and Superman's Girlfriend Lois lane (and hey if Lois is mad about being portrayed as a villain she should see how messed up those actual old school books could get) and also amusing jokes from Cat Grant hogging all the questions and trying to ask a bunch of wonky/obvious ones for Kara as well as how desperate Lois was to try and get something out of Toy man but actually riling him into revealing he was working on a weapon which... yeah obviously that was Gundam inspired. Like okay the transformations are Sailor Moon, Kara had an Android 18 cosplay last season now we have a Gundam here so that's the house trick but like to get a full Toonami old school bingo we'll need like some Ronin Warriors armor or maybe someone performing a Naruto run.

I guess if I were also to complain the actual battle stuff wasn't anything that impressive. Which makes sense for easily demolishing the goons in the beginning showing off Superman and Supergirl's working together (her wanting a high five and sort of forcing it later is another good gag) and I do like the Power Whip lady (I know she had more of a name I forgot what it was) had the speil about wanting to sell her services to make the most money and asking Superman if he even got paid which he didn't and feeling bad for him but... yeah that was a rather lacking fight. I mean I guess comedy wish it was fine but like if the whole thing was Clark noticing something about how she used her Kryptonie bands i wished he at least used more ingenuinity then just waiting for them to run out of batteries like that. I do like Hank Henshaw appearing as Lex's Cyborg Superman aka "human" Superman protector to take out the Toyman mecha and get attention on Lex and yeah obviously this will lead to more of a Cyborg Superman vs Superman fight in the future but only showing that cyberizing at the end with it otherwise being hidden did work plus seeing how annoyed Hank is about Superman works at setting the motivation here.

So yeah good episode giving more about what I like about this show as the comedy is on point... i guess the fighting not as much but eh we'll get more epic scale battles in the future what was here worked well enough.

 

[RoyalRubble]

"Mobile Suit Toyman" was a pretty crowded episode overall, but still each plot was handled well enough. Kara's introduction to the world could have gone better. I liked Jessica Cruz' brief appearance, how she was inspired by Supergirl, and her little speech was also what Kara needed to hear then. Sort of similar to Caliban (who was also present at Super Convention) being inspired by Superman in the previous episode. Good stuff. Hope to see more of Jessica whenever her Green Lantern spin-off comes out.

Kara & Jimmy kind of breaking up was appropriately dramatic though I still think they will be a couple by the end of the season. Could be wrong but I also don't see Kara ending up with any of the substitute Jimmys who appeared here. It makes sense more would want to woo Kara though and now they had an opportunity. Including a Muscle Jimmy (though he already had a boyfriend) who I imagine might have been a nod to Mechad Brooks who played Jimmy on the CBS/CW Supergirl series.

Superman's plot of fighting the Whip was kind of fun. I mean the villainess was fun, with her constantly talking, thinking Superman gets paid, and commenting how easy Kryptonite can be found. I presume we haven't seen the last of her, either. On the other hand Cat Grant annoyed me more than anything in this episode but I think that was the point. She was annoying the other characters too.

Lois being paranoid and following Toyman around was entertaining enough. And she managed to make him angry enough to unleash a giant mecha he just happened to have around. I was expecting a bigger fight scene but Hank Henshaw made it quick. So technically he made his debut at Super Convention, too. A nice start to the Reign of the Supermen.

There were lots of other neat moments, like the Teen Titans cosplayers. Beast Boy, Raven & Starfire. Not sure if there's an actual team in this universe or it's another TV series like the Challengers of the Unknown. Victor Stone was brought up last season but I don't think he'll be Cyborg for a while. Also, fun homages to the Superman's Pal comics, with edited covers here to make it seem like Jimmy was the hero. Plus, the signal watch, Supergirl high fives, "Power Woman", and Clark being distracted by a miniature tractor instead of following Lois. Speaking of which, the end credits scene was kind of cute, but not as fun as the one from last week. Still, it seems these will be used in future episodes too, so that's something else to look forward to.

 

[Nobodyman]

Was out of town this weekend, so I wasn't able to watch this episode live. Here's my live reaction now:

Previously on MAWS: My, what a bizarre turn of events.

Toyman meets Gundam. I can already tell this is going to be my favorite iteration of Toyman.

Superman and Supergirl: The dynamic duo...or wait, isn't that someone else?

That's a very busy skirt Supergirl is wearing.

Fun Fact: Jimmy Olsen really did get his own comic series with that exact title.

Teen Titans cameo!

Challengers of the Unknown. Another DC comics series.

First Clark, now Kara. Kryptonians move very fast with relationships.

Cliched evil Russians.

"The Whip"? Didn't think very long on that supervillain name, did you?

And Metropolis doesn't really need another obnoxious talk show host, does it?

Jessica Cruz?! Ooh, she's gonna be a Green Lantern!

The Whip abides the Joker's advice.

Pretty sure you don't have to worry about that guy, Jimmy. Lex on the other hand...

The only villain here is you, Lois.

Sorry, Whip. He's taken. Also, you're evil.

Good ol' reverse psychology.

Oh, good. Supergirl came to the res - Wait, what?!

And here's this season's villain.

 

[Frontier]

Blink or miss but that lousy driver had an AmazoTech phone. That woman was in Heatwave's crew and goes deer in headlights, lol. Kara high fived herself!

And then gets a job at SuperFest! I guess she got out on bail fast and needed a legit gig !

Ah, Superfest is a convention. Nice wink Kara prefers "Power Woman" which I believed was used in Kingdom Come by Power Girl. Heh heh, Clark just wanted to be Clark but of course fate refuses to grant that wish. And Kara's heart gets hurt but a lone voice in the crowd props her back up. A voice that turns out to be that of Jessica Cruz. Clever. She's a Supergirl fan who wishes she was as brave as her idol. Nice character set up. Voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, voice of Moana. Curious to see if this appearance continues right into her show or there's a time skip where she's a little older.

We also see what I assume was her family because I'm guessing that was her Abuela and dad next to her while her mom was sitting next to the Abuela? They all seemed to be there for her .

Welp, turns out it was Winslow Schott after all. But after all that effort Lois went through to out him, he was just fodder for Cyborg Superman. But I like the parallelism. Lois saw through the deception of Winslow's innocent looking toy stand and a dangerous weapon was revealed. Lex presents his own Earth-made superhero. If you know Cyborg Superman from the comics, fair to reason we'll see he's no hero and the facade hides a dangerous threat to everyone.

Honestly I still don't think Winslow was really planning to do anything bad until Lois basically harassed him into acting out because she couldn't fully put aside her own biases. I mean, why would he have an armed Mecha at the ready at a convention? Have you seen how dangerous this city gets? He never even did anything but stand around with it before Cyborg-Superman went after him

Maybe it was karma that Lois believing the worst of someone she had a bad experience with then ended up with her seeing a close friend get turned to the side of evil .

The Whip was super random. The only female villain one was an Azrael villain in the comics but doesn't seem 1:1 and this one is wholly new. Brushing aside how a game of attrition is all it took to deplete the battery, the more interesting note is she got the Kryptonite from the robots during the invasion and she mentions Kryptonite is easy to get. So the government didn't round it all up in time and what this means for crime in Metropolis moving forward and adapting to the Supers, a big hmm.

Her vibe reminded me of La Encantadora from the comics .

I do wish they were able to write fight scenes between Superman and human tech villains that doesn't involve him getting beat up during the fight until the plot kind of hands him the win .

Kara & Jimmy kind of breaking up was appropriately dramatic though I still think they will be a couple by the end of the season. Could be wrong but I also don't see Kara ending up with any of the substitute Jimmys who appeared here. It makes sense more would want to woo Kara though and now they had an opportunity. Including a Muscle Jimmy (though he already had a boyfriend) who I imagine might have been a nod to Mechad Brooks who played Jimmy on the CBS/CW Supergirl series.

There was a gay African-American Jimmy in the American Alien mini-series by Max Landis .

 

[RoyalRubble]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com.

"My Adventures with Superman: “Mobile Suit Toyman” Recap"​

"Previously – Things have somewhat settled down for Clark, Lois and Jimmy after defeating Brainiac, although the transition to living on Earth is still a struggle for Kara Zor-El. While Lex Luthor continues to scheme and make plans against the Kryptonians, Superman and co. encountered a Kryptonian clone who escaped from a secret lab and whose whereabouts are currently unknown to them.

Superman and Supergirl successfully defend Metropolis. The duo easily save a child from being run over, stop a petty thief, and foil a bank robbery. Super Fever is so prevalent in Metropolis that they have put on Superfest, a fan convention that celebrates their heroes."

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