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Lance Laster

Co-host of the Always Hold On To Arrow podcast (The Nerd Party network) and a frequent guest on other DC/superhero podcasts, including Always Hold On To Smallville.

Sep 7, 2026

4:56
Well, I was right the first time.
4:58
And then, of course, the save with the nuclear missile.
5:01
That's the next one.
5:03
Sorry, hidden.
5:04
My bad.
5:04
Hidden.
5:04
Yeah, sorry.

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14:10
Oh, that's
37:37
Okay.
37:37
Uh, and I don't know if it's just because of the meteor shower.
37:40
I don't know, because of the, the final bits of the se- of, of the episode.
37:43
I think it may be, it mi- it might be that, the strength of that.
37:46
Um, but, but yeah, there's some parts in here I like, but it's, it does not reach the same highs as some of the other ones do.
41:41
He's not unlikable.
41:43
Yes.
41:44
He's a teenager with the weight of the world o- on him, and he's trying, he's, he's the only one that could possibly do anything about it, and he's trying to fight against what is God AI's version of fate here.
34:26
I get that.
34:27
I love Tempest.
34:27
Tempest is a great episode, and I love this one also.
34:30
But, but I'm throwing my hat in the ring for Salvation because of what was, what Zach was saying.
34:34
It's a, it's a great representation of what, like, the show became later.
34:38
But also it gave us, at the time, stuff we weren't, [laughs] we weren't getting as DC fans, um, in, in live action.
34:44
We have, like, actual high-stakes, uh, world-ending stuff happening on Smallville of all things.
35:22
Yeah.
7:16
What were your expectations going into this movie?
7:20
I was curious with how they were going to adapt the book because I've read the book.
7:27
I really enjoyed the, the book that this is, uh, based off of and, and was loosely adapt- trying to adapt.
7:35
So I was, I was a, I had basically had a lot of curiosity going into this.
7:39
I was like, "How are they gonna do it?" Going into it also, like when they announced what this was gonna be, I was like, okay, this is a, a fresher take on Supergirl.
7:46
It's a definitely a different take on Supergirl.
7:48
I'm talking about the book here.

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46:50
Please continue.
14:13
[laughs]
14:13
Yeah, so Sleeper has to go.
14:15
Yeah, so, like, I...
14:16
And, you know, the saving graces of the episode, uh, Jimmy's like, "I was James Bond for Halloween once, but everybody thought I was, I was the maitre d'." Uh, that was funny, and then also the, the special agent that for some reason recruits Jimmy to go on this mission, um, shout-out to her, Anne Openshaw, uh, three-time Hallmark alum.
14:34
Let's go.

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47:43
The Lionel Swann stuff I did not love.
47:46
The thing that I think that gives, for me, that gives Rosetta the edge, um, it's the, it's the intangibles, right? And then also the fact that, like, since this is the first time, like, up until this point, like, Clark is, uh, is largely in the dark about a lot of things.
47:59
And so for us, as Superman fans who are watching this and kinda wondering when some of these things are gonna start clicking, we finally get some answers here.
43:00
[laughs]
43:00
Yeah.
43:00
And she, the fact that she has powers, the fact that Clark could be honest with her in a way that he couldn't be with anybody else, that had ...
43:06
Th- there was so much potential for that.
43:08
Um, and like, and she should've stuck around for more than the episode she did.
43:12
I'm glad that we got her in the episode that we did, but she should've been on for at least six or seven.
43:16
Um, and that is not me trying to catch onto a trend here, but I'm just kinda saying some numbers.
43:38
Oh, man.
20:49
That is, that is the slogan of this conversation.
20:53
Of this episode.
20:53
Yep.
20:54
That's a great point, though.
20:55
Sorry.
20:55
What Lance was saying was, like, kind of that's the first time I really felt like...
21:00
Uh, obviously we had Justice, but that's the really, the first time where I watched the show going like, "Oh my God, they're doing this.

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37:56
Yeah.

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