# I missed the series "Lois & Clark" did it have quality Superman action & effects or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968 "2013-06-14T03:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968/21 "2013-06-15T01:13:46Z")
But the main reason the series worked was that the fights against villains weren’t the primary focus. You really can’t tell an interesting story about Superman fighting someone: He wins. Tell a story about the people, though, and there’s plenty of room. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968/22 "2013-06-15T01:47:44Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > To tell the truth, I only remember one scene from the entire series. Clark is on the phone with his mother asking how to get a stain out of his uniform. > > “Is it dirt or oil?” > > “I don’t know. It’s. . . bomb.” You don’t recall her making that skintight uniform with prominent red crotch for him? _“Well, one thing’s for sure: nobody’s going to be looking at your face.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968/23 "2013-06-15T02:01:13Z")
> [@Unpronounceable](#): > > Also the future guy H.G. Wells brought back: > > “One of the biggest questions in the future is: ‘just how dumb WAS Lois Lane?’” I actually found a [YouTube clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Nov7vSkmU) for that scene. I found it looking for the phrase “galactically stupid”; when I googled it Lois Lane came up by name in the Urban Dictionary entry for the term. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968/24 "2013-06-15T13:40:25Z")
[Again referencing the question in the OP, here is a sort of special effects reel of the show to preview.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jEkclejTD4) ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968/25 "2013-06-16T08:10:42Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > I think it was more of a play on Lewis & Clark. Interestingly, when this was shown on the BBC in the UK, they dropped the “Lois and Clark” title and simply called it “the New Adventures of Superman” - they even redid the credits to reflect the name change. Presumably this was because Lewis and Clark aren’t well known over here. I remember being confused by online references to some Superman show I’d never seen, not realising that it was the same one I was watching 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968/26 "2013-06-16T22:21:15Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > You don’t recall her making that skintight uniform with prominent red crotch for him? _“Well, one thing’s for sure: nobody’s going to be looking at your face.”_ Or from the same scene “That’s why they call them tights.” ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968/27 "2013-06-18T06:16:04Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > You don’t recall her making that skintight uniform with prominent red crotch for him? _“Well, one thing’s for sure: nobody’s going to be looking at your face.”_ > [@Reepicheep](#): > > Or from the same scene “That’s why they call them tights.” _“Moooooom!”_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-the-series-lois-clark-did-it-have-quality-superman-action-effects-or-not/660968.md?page=1)