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'West Wing' Actor To Play Dr. Hamilton In 'Man of Steel'

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Clever books.

Hamilton first popped up in “Adventures of Superman” #424 back in 1987 as a fair, but stereotypical bumbling (re: nerdy) professor-model who used his inventions to attack Supes, having gone nutty as a fruit cake after Lex Luthor took all the credit for Hamilton’s trade. The scientist thereafter responded well to mental therapy and became a thingamajig supplier to Kal-El (a la Q to James Bond ) as he created profitable devices like the Phantom Zone Projector, as well as machinery that allowed Superman to keep doing his eminent duties while his powers were shut down during the “Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite” storyline.

However, since then (as far as the comics go) Hamilton has often served as a insensible-appendage-enhanced antagonist for Superman, with his alter egos including the Overmind and Havoc. The professor’s villainous actions are normally the result of either pure insanity, his being controlled by technology, or concerns that the Man of Insulate is actually a threat to the people of Earth; so, in that faculty, Hamilton is generally either a relatively complex partner or foe (or both) of the eponymous hero.

Source: Screen Rant

Smallville: The Complete Tenth Season DVD Review

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Based on how things turned out with the "Big Bads" of Seasons 9 and 10 of Smallville , perhaps they should have been switched. Unrestricted Zod proved to be a very compelling and effective villain in making Clark over hard about his Kryptonian side, while providing a nemesis meritorious of Superman. Darkseid was more of an inconvenience throughout the season, and as a "big bad" he and his minions were mini more than afterthoughts to Clark's personal demons.

In details, the true "big bad" of this final season is Clark's insecurities, and his incapacity to live up to what he thought his fathers wanted of him. As such, both Jor-El and Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) were high-level presences in the season. With Darkseid such a bust, we even got an alternate rendition of Lionel Luthor (John Glover), justifiable to bring back all of the father-figures the show has ever had. While redemption wouldn't aggregate b regain for either of the Luthors by the final episode, fans could at least intuit content

Source: Cinema Blend