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Jul 25, 2024 · Time Bandits on Apple TV+ is a remake series of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 cult classic film of the same name. The story follows a preteen boy named Kevin, played by Kal-El Tuck (yes, he’s named after Superman), who is pulled into a grand adventure throughout time alongside a motley group of thieves.
- Charlyne Yi, Kal-El Tuck, Lisa Kudrow
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Origins
Kal-El was born on Krypton to scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara Lor-Van of the House of El in the midst of a planet-wide war on February 29, 1980. Kal was bonded with the Genetic Codex of Krypton, ostensibly making him the planet's future and legacy. Along with a small command key containing an AI of his father, he was sent to Earth in a pod before Krypton's destruction, where he was found on by local farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas. They renamed him "Clark Kent", and...
Zod's invasion
Soon after Clark's return to Smallville, General Zod, an extremist Kryptonian military leader who had killed Jor-El, had found his way to Earth with his forces, and revealed himself to the world, threatening the human race to turn over Kal-El or kill them all. Clark turned himself over to the military as Kal-El in order to protect his mother, and while at the military base, re-encountered Lois, and bonded with her further. They grew attached to each other, and after Clark assured military lea...
The Superman controversy
In 2015, Lois and photographer Jimmy Olsen were sent to interrogate warlord Amajagh in Nairomi, Africa. When Jimmy was exposed as a CIA operative by Amajagh's bodyguard, Anatoli Knyazev, Amajagh took Lois captive. Superman rushed to save her, and took out Amajagh, but Knyazev murdered all of Amajagh's men, torching their bodies with a flamethrower to make it look like they had been killed by Superman's heat vision. When he and Lois returned home, they found that Senator June Finchwas holding...
Powers
1. Kryptonian Physiology: Due to evolving under an old red star, Kryptonians develop a vast array of abilities when exposed to the radiation of younger, more powerful foreign stars. 1.1. Solar Energy Absorption: Clark's cellular structure allows him to absorb, store and metabolize the wavelength of yellow sun radiation to fuel all of his abilities. 1.1.1. Superhuman Strength: Superman possesses vast levels of physical strength, capable of pushing a school bus out of a river as a teenager, hol...
Abilities
1. Journalism 2. Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced) 2.1. Karate 2.2. Boxing 2.3. Wrestling
Weaknesses
1. Vulnerability to Kryptonite 2. Vulnerability to Red Sunlight 3. Vulnerability to Kryptonian Environment: Being raised in Earth's environment, Clark loses his abilities almost entirely in the atmosphere of Krypton. His body must adjust to it.
This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the DC Extended Universe and is an adaptation of Superman. The original character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and fir...Superman was primarily portrayed by Henry Cavill, and by Cooper Timberline and Dylan Sprayberry as a child and a teen respectively. Ryan Handley acted as Cavill's body double in Shazam!, while Brad...Warner Bros. Pictures Presents Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice#4General Mills Presents Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice#1Quotations by or about Kal-El (DC Extended Universe)Just before the planet explodes, Krypton's top scientist, Jor-El, steals and infuses the genetics codex into his new-born son, Kal-El, the first naturally born Kryptonian in centuries. Jor-El manages to send Kal-El in a spacecraft toward Earth before being killed by General Zod during a coup d'état.
On February 29, 1980, Kal-El is the first Kryptonian born by natural means in many generations. His parents, Jor-El and Lara-El fight to save their planet Krypton from impending destruction due to the Kryptonians' reckless usage of the planet's resources.
Kal-El is the Kryptonian son of Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van and, as Clark Kent, the adopted son of Jonathan and Martha Kent. Using the powers he developed as a result of his alien biology's reactions to Earth's environment and solar radiation, he took on the name Superman; becoming Earth's protector.
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Born Kal-El on the distant planet Krypton, he was sent to Earth as a child to survive Krypton's destruction. Raised with high moral ideals, he uses his extraordinary superpowers to fight evil and protect the innocent.
