Smallville Season 8 Episode 11 Legion Preview
Smallville Season 8 Episode 11 “Legion” Preview
The story about the Man of Steel’s origins captivated many people’s attention and “Smallville” stood the test of time despite the major changes the series knew. The show’s fans remain true as “Smallville” becomes more exciting shaping new challenges for Clark Kent. The eighth season is set to return tonight. Those who can’t resist until then and love spoilers, read on!
After Doomsday’s attack on Chloe, The Persuader, one of The Fatal Five, appears and attacks Clark.
(For those who don’t keep an eye out for the Superman comics, The Fatal Five are the arch rivals of The Legion of Superheroes. Outlaw prisoners, The Fatal Five were released and given amnesty by The Legion to assist in the defeat of The Sun Eater. The Persuader’s weapon, the Atomic Axe, can imposingly cut anything, including… gravity.)
Three superheroes from the future, Rokk, Garth and Imra… also known as The Legion, travel in time to help Clark vanquish The Persuader. Rokk Krinn, Cosmic Boy, has the ability to manipulate magnetic waves. Garth Ranzz, Lightning Lad, can create and shoot electrical energy and finally, Imra Ardeen, Saturn Girl, is telepathic, but in different versions of her story, she also possesses stronger abilities to actually control people’s thoughts rather than just read them. The group soon realizes Brainiac has taken over Chloe’s body.
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In an interview to Wizard Magazine, the writer Geoff Johns talked about the upcoming episode, “Legion”. “Smallville was the Ultimate Universe before the Ultimate Universe existed”, he began. There will also be many things for a Legion comics fan to enjoy. “If you’re a real, real Legion nut, you’ll probably see far more than anybody else will. There’s a lot of stuff in there. They mention Polar Boy’s planet, Tharr. There’s probably more fan boy stuff in this episode than a whole season of Smallville.”
“I thought, ‘I wonder why they haven’t done the Legion? There’s so much you could do with it. The Legionnaires acting as fan boys coming back in time and looking at Clark and going: ‘Well this isn’t exactly the dude we read about.’ The idea is Clark hearing about some things he was going to do (in the future) and his influence and inspiration and to come face to face with that.”
“They need to look gold and they have to have ‘L’ on them because that’s just what they’ve been like for decades”, he said about the flight rings which are an important element of the characters and the mythology for this episode.
“The Legion are alien immigrants to Earth and they have all come together because of Clark. It’s made their future possible. Clark should know that his alien side isn’t just about powers. It also comes with a greater responsibility and it provides a greater inspiration and it builds a bridge for Earth to the rest of the universe and that’s really what the Legion embodies.”
He compares Smallville’s Legion to his recent work in “Action Comics” and “Legion of 3 Worlds”.
“Cosmic Boy is an extremely meticulous and dedicated leader. Lightning Lad’s a bit more of a lightning-in-a-bottle, casual guy having fun. Saturn Girl’s more thoughtful, very aware of everything going on and is a step ahead of everybody. If anyone’s read my Action Comics ‘Brainiac’ arc, Pa Kent has a trunk full of mementos from Clark’s youth. We see that trunk in the episode. There’s even a line that Garth says to Rokk that’s from Action Comics.”
Don’t miss “Legion”, tonight! Enjoy the preview and sneak peaks!
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