‘Krypton’
I want to be extremely up front about this: when it comes to Superman stuff, I have basically no filter. So that grain of salt out of the way, SyFy’s new prequel series Krypton, focused on Kal-El’s grandpa decades before their planet goes boom is not at all what I expected. On the surface it’s Game of Thrones in space, with all the shifting loyalties and warring factions you’d expect. But there’s a twist that ties it to the comics (and movies [and TV shows]) you know and love that you may not see coming. More than anything, when John Williams’ iconic theme kicks in, if you don’t get chills? Well, you’re not human. Or Kryptonian.