Originally posted by ChiefPam:
Really, any variety on the theme that Clark realizes that Jor-El is full of crap would be good enough for me.
YES!!!! Amen! Say it, Sister!
The notion that Kal's parents sent him to Earth for *any other reason* than just to save his hide is *ridiculous*!
I mean, just imagine---
Lara: So you say Krypton is doomed, we are all going to perish, and the only chance for anyone *possibly* surviving is to escape in a spaceship that's only big enough for one child? What shall we do?
Jor-El: I believe the more *important* question is what shall we do about the moral guidance of that distant, blue planet. You know, what's-it-called...Earth...
EDIT: Then, of course, there's the inverse ala Smallville (certain eps at least, anyway)
Lara: So you say Krypton is doomed, we are all going to perish, and the only chance for anyone *possibly* surviving is to escape in a spaceship that's only big enough for one child? What shall we do?
Jor-El: Let's focus our resources on conquering that little blue planet. You know, what's-it-called...Earth. The one we'll be too dead to enjoy.