Hi, everybody. I’m so sorry for the delay, I had a busy
weekend, and I know that in my 7th post (Venom) I told you this one
would be done either during Friday or the weekend, but nobody’s perfect. Okay,
back to the point, if you know the answer to the riddle found at the end of my
last post, good for you, but for those of you who don’t know the answer, let me
tell you this: the correct answer is Brainiac.
Quote from "Superman: Unbound" (2013):
Brainiac: "You shall not exist outside my control"
Okay, have any of you watched the animated movie “Superman:
Unbound”? Well, to be honest, I was one of the lucky people who managed to
watch it during last year’s WonderCon, in Annaheim LA (by the way I would
really like to go this year, but I’m afraid that will have to wait for next
year). The aforementioned film introduces Brainiac. Brainiac is an extraterrestrial
life form, that comes from the planet Colu (other versions of the character
like the Superman: the Animated Series and Smallville depict him as a
kryptonian AI gone rogue), and he is one of the most powerful enemies that
Superman has ever faced.
Quote from "Superman: The Animated Series" Season 1 (1996-1997):
Brainiac: "You are your father's son, Kal-El. Headstrong, foolish, easily defeated, and ultimately, forgotten."
Quote from "Smallville" Season 7 (2007-2008):
Brainiac: "I warned you. If you would have done things my way, no one would have gotten hurt. No one but you."
Brainiac, as you can read in the title of this post,
collects the most important cities from whatever planet he is invading, and
destroys what remains of that planet. His (or its, or whatever's) most
infamous act is stealing the Kryptonian city of Kandor, shrinking it, and
placing it in a bottle, deciding to leave afterwards after realizing that Krypton would
eventually be destroyed anyways due to its unstable core.
Brainiac is one of the Man of Steel's greatest enemies, with the other two being Lex Luthor and General Zod. The Brainiac toy is located to the right in this image (Just to make it clear, these toys aren't mine. I just happened to find this image on Google).
What I really like about the dynamic between Superman and Brainiac is that they’re dark reflections of each other, in other words, Superman was born naturally, and his mission in life is to protect Earth and its citizens, as well as other planets during his space travels, at all cost, while Brainiac was created artificially and is programmed to collect information from various planets, and destroying them shortly afterwards, doing it for his own benefit and survival.
Not to mention that the whole "Brainiac was created by Jor-El and was also responsible for the near-extinction of the Kryptonian race" dilemma from both "Smallville" and "Superman: The Animated Series" is starting to remind me of a similar dilemma from the Ultimate Spider-Man comic books (that will probably be carried on to the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe as well), in which Richard Parker (Spider-Man's father), was responsible for the creation of the Venom symbiote, inadvertently starting a chain of events which would ultimately lead to his's and Mary Parker's deaths.
What I really like about the dynamic between Superman and Brainiac is that they’re dark reflections of each other, in other words, Superman was born naturally, and his mission in life is to protect Earth and its citizens, as well as other planets during his space travels, at all cost, while Brainiac was created artificially and is programmed to collect information from various planets, and destroying them shortly afterwards, doing it for his own benefit and survival.
Not to mention that the whole "Brainiac was created by Jor-El and was also responsible for the near-extinction of the Kryptonian race" dilemma from both "Smallville" and "Superman: The Animated Series" is starting to remind me of a similar dilemma from the Ultimate Spider-Man comic books (that will probably be carried on to the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe as well), in which Richard Parker (Spider-Man's father), was responsible for the creation of the Venom symbiote, inadvertently starting a chain of events which would ultimately lead to his's and Mary Parker's deaths.
I like
the way Brainiac was portrayed in DC Universe Online, and in Smallville, but
especially in “Superman: Unbound”, and I really hope Brainiac appears in the
Batman and Superman 2016 film, especially with his logo appearing as a blink-and-you’ll
miss it easter egg in the “Man of Steel” film.
Speaking of seeing Brainiac on
the big screen, which actor do you consider suitable for the role? In my opinion,
either Benedict Cumberbatch or Johnny Depp would be perfect. Why? Because
Cumberbatch has that cold, menacing voice, from Star Trek: Into Darkness as
Khan, and in The Hobbit trilogy as the dragon Smaug, that fits with the
character of Brainiac. About Johnny Depp, I just think he would be a good candidate,
with just seeing how he looks like in the trailers of the movie “Transcendence”.
This may sound silly, but, honestly, when I saw that picture for the first time, I actually thought that was Brainiac. XD
Well, I think that will be enough for today. Next post will
be about another supervillain from DC Comics. You may have two options about who I’m going to
talk about in my next post, and if you can’t decide which of them will be, I
suggest you flip a coin in order to find out who. See ya!!
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