Lois Lane Friday: My Thoughts on the New "Metropolis" TV Series and a Lois Lane Fancast: Tiya Sircar

I'm not holding my breath in the hopes that Lois Lane will ever appear on The CW Supergirl series and I don't like how the show has painted her character. I also can't get over how they only used Superman as a season 2 ratings gimmick and I'm not interested in seeing how they will do the same with Lois if they do decide to include her in the show. But I am hoping that the Lois Lane centric live-action TV series titled Metropolis which will air on DC Comics' upcoming streaming service will give fans what we have been waiting for.

Fortunately the show has been delayed to rework it, I say fortunately because honestly, I hated the concept of the show which was: "Metropolis follows Lois Lane and Lex Luthor as they investigate the world of fringe science and expose the city’s dark and bizarre secrets." The show is supposed to take place before Superman/Clark Kent arrived in Metropolis.

I hope during the redevelopment process they will fix the aspect of the show that has Lois and Lex working together to investigate. Lex is a slimy corrupt weasel and definitely not someone Lois should be working with and I can't understand why that was even considered. Because even before Clark or Superman showed up in Metropolis, Lois was already considered one of the best investigative reporters. I think it would be great if they wanted to show her early beginnings as a reporter but they don't need her working with Lex in any capacity.

An issue I had with the first season of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was the show had Lois not being able to see that Lex wasn't this upstanding businessman she thought he was instead of the corrupt evil villain that he really was. I guess in the show's defense he used his charming personality to his advantage in keeping Lois in the dark. But I don't want that to be repeated in this show, Lois needs to be suspicious of Lex from the very beginning and questioning everything he does.

So far there has been no announcement as to who will play Lois and my choice would be Tiya Sircar. Even though I hate that Alex, Inc. was recently cancelled (she was great in that show), I can see Sircar taking on the role as the intelligent, confident, feisty, outspoken, risk taking reporter. In many of her other roles (The Good Place, The Internship, etc.) she has played characters who have similar characteristics of Lois and I certainly think she would be perfect for the role. Especially if the writers take the time to create a well-written version of the character which would include taking into consideration of the complexities of who Lois Lane is.