Considering the issues she had with her mom, the kill or be killed promotional structure within the Sagatari, and seeing first hand what her son becomes, why wouldn’t she? Of course, we also get a scene between her and Zod where he questions where her true loyalties lie. It also turns out Raika released Doomsday to try to stop Zod and (big surprise) he went off on an uncontrollable killing spree and his whereabouts are unknown.Īs for Lyta, she seems to have willingly drunk from her future son’s Kool-Aid. This includes mandatory “somatic reconditioning” for desenters, like Seg former ally Raika (Sonita Henry). Set about six months after “The Phantom Zone,” “Light-Years From Home” wastes no time establishing that Zod has full control of the Sagitari, turning Krypton into a planet-wide police state. If episode one of the new season, “Light-Years From Home,” is anything to go by, even the most ardent Superman fanboy will agree that “Everything we knew about the Man of Steel is wrong.” “Kneel Before Zod!” If the timeline even can be fixed, that is. Of course, with Superman’s history completely rewritten and non-existent, Krypton is now free to venture off into even more wild directions, while Strange tries fixing the damage done to the timeline. When Adam Strange (Shaun Sipos) returned to Earth and the present, not only was he shocked to learn that Superman no longer exists, but that Zod took over Earth, and Brainiac bottled up his hometown of Detroit. Zod, with his knowledge of the future, seized the opportunity to take control of Krypton himself. By the time season one ended, Brainiac (Blake Ritson) was sent into the Phantom Zone, but also pulled Seg in with him. Or that Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe) and General Zod’s mother, Lyta-Zod (Georgina Campbell), were actually lovers, making Zod (Colin Samson) Jor-El’s half-brother.Īnd then came the finale. It seemed as if everything was going like clockwork aside from a few interesting revelations, like the fact that Superman’s great-grandfather, Val-El (Ian McElhinney) mentored the Kryptonian terrorist, Jax-Ur (Hannah Waddingham). Throw in a little space opera, fan service, time travel, political drama, and pulp action goodness. In its inaugural season, Krypton seemed like a simple, yet extensive Superman prequel. By Mike McNulty 3 years ago The continuing saga of Superman’s ancestors kicks off with Krypton under the rule of Zod, major character deaths, and a certain Czarian bounty hunter.
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