@caseyb1993 @Andy
Hi Casey & Andy
I would like to see a series about Krypton but I doubt if SyFy could do it justice, let me explain:
A few (a lot actually) years back I read a comic book about how Doomsday came into existence, which was all tied up in how Kryptonians were always at war with each other. In fact they developed advanced weaponry before developing a social conscience. And Doomsday was borne out of the need for constant, never ending war and developed by a non-Kryptonian (alien) scientist commissioned by an unspecified warring faction.
However, before Doomsday could be deployed he escaped and destroyed everything and everybody in the laboratory where he was created then went on to kill every living thing that was on the planet he was on.
Lucky for Kryptonians, Doomsday was developed off world and on a planet (or moon) devoid of intelligent of life.
But soon after these events, due to constant wars and the exploitation of minerals and materials needed to feed these wars, Krypton became unstable and blew up.
OK, you may wonder why didn't such an advanced civilisation evacuate the planet.
Well forum members there is a little known fact which comic writers have not fully explored.
All Kryptonians have a genetic defect which prevents them from leaving the planet, or planetary system, for lengthy periods of time because if they do they will die.
I do remember reading a Superman comic were a Kryptonian couple were intent on destroying Superman and taking over the Earth but at the height of their rampage they both suddenly died. Plus, I guess, this is the main reason we don't have a DC universe dominated by super Kryptonians.
As for Superman and Supergirl, remember the House of El are mainly scientist and Jor-El, Superman's Dad, developed a cure for the genetic defect.
Again, I wonder how SyFy is going convey (but more than likely ignore) the rich history of Krypton.
OK, that's all for now.
Historian Bob
