Could season 1 have been a rejected Superman story?

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Did somebody just call Fred Wolf Shredder an evil genius?

Hehe, yeah, it was the easiest way I could describe the similarities between Lex Luthor and FW Shredder. Not that any of his plans ever made sense mind you, just a quick parallel I drew.

Much like how April was changed into a Lois Lane copy for no real reason, the idea of making Shredder into a mad scientist who only does ninja stuff on the side is also a bizarre change to me. A change that makes more sense to me if his role was initially written for Lex Luthor or a Lex Luthor like character.

Anti-mutation ray guns, robot armies, mutation experiments, wanting to take over earth etc. Most of what Shredder does or aspires to, aside from the ninja stuff, seems more similar to what Lex Luthor does than what Mirage Shredder did. Mirage Shredder was just described as a crime lord and that's about it.