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Last night
I've only had a chance to glance at the cut-tag headers in some of my friends' journals, but so far I think I might be in a minority.
I was disappointed.
I really liked several things, and other things royally disappointed me. An overall feeling of ambivalence, some joy, and some absolute cringe-inducing moments.
The Joy
- The Clark/Chloe/Pete scene in the Torch at the beginning made me the happiest of the episode. That was beautiful. A return to their season one relationship really made me a very happy fangirl.
- The Chlionel. We all saw this coming and knew exactly what he would do, but that added twist of Lex was just nifty. Chloe managed to piss of Lionel by doing something he wasn't expecting. Of course this really marks her and puts her in a bad position, but it all also shows that a teenage girl can get the best of Lionel Luthor. There is potential for Chloe in regards to Lionel. She may have something on her side if she can harness it. Honestly, at this point, I'm seeing a Chloe/Lex union that will bring Lionel to his knees.
- The overall notion of the episode was quite brilliant for Smallville. The guy who hates meteor freaks and his genocide. Lex having to deal with his own uniqueness. Chloe's list coming into play. I just wish we could have seen Lex dealing with his freakness more.
- The absolute knowledge that Lionel was not in any way responsible for the plane crash. Yeah, the way TPTB handled the plane crash sucked. It still irks me that the Helen storyline was treated so badly. But that last scene in the Torch with Chloe and Lionel...Lionel loves his son. That ladies and gentlemen is his fatal flaw. He loves his son in a twisted, messed up way. And it will be his downfall.
- The way Chloe sees Clark had me just so happy. Her list of meteor freaks - Clark wasn't on there. But she knows he's different. Folks, Chloe sees Clark as being heroic. He gets on her nerves at times, they fight, but his friendship means the most to her. And she knows on some level that Clark's differentness is unlike that of the standard meteor freak. Whether she thinks he was affected by the meteors or not, she sees him as being in a unique category. She would be very accepting of Superman.
- BoKent almost made me cry as he was getting that bullet out. JS did a magnificent job. Jonathan is normally angry or mildly frantic, but never crying. That amount of heartbreak just about killed me.
- I like the use of the word "vigilante" throughout the episode. That's one thing common to the comic book superhero, and it's smart to actually address that fact.
The Super Irritating
- The lack of depth in the Lex storyline. There should have been more there dealing with him and his meteor freak qualities. I know I don't get all excited by Lex storylines usually, but this was one time when I felt the exploration of his emotional state could have shed light on the character in a very pivotal fashion.
- TW phoning it in. I'm sorry folks, but there were several scenes where he was muttering, barely emoting, just sort of going through the motions. I've gotten so used to FabTommy and his fab acting that this glaring error on his part just reached through the TV screen and bitch slapped me.
- The return of bad Tommy hair.
- The misuse of Pete. Again. I swear, I'll write that essay. But my main problem is that they throw Pete into action sequences just to walk with Clark and talk. There's no point to him being there because Clark could have done it faster himself.
- The occasional disjointed nature of the episode. At times it flowed smoothly. At other times it seemed like an outline that was only partially finished.
- Lana's ass kicking. Kicking Van in the balls? Priceless. A perfect move. Finishing him off with a roundhouse kick to the head while her hands were tied behind her back? WTF? *face palm* Yo! Almiles! What is wrong with you? She's not Jean Claude VanDamm! She's not a martial arts whiz with years of practice! Okay, so she's the Pink Ranger, we'll give you that one. But please oh please, stop with the Lana Lang VanBland and give us realistic butt kicking on her part.
- The weird disjoint that there is between the show's reality and reality-reality. Clark didn't kill Greg Arkin (yeah, the thing fell on Greg, but Greg also turned into bugs and scampered off). Clark didn't kill lots of people. BUT he was fighting a few when they died. He has saved one person and not another. Manslaughter on Tina maybe? Life isn't as black and white as Almiles get at times. This is one of those issues, the issue of death in Smallville. (There's also the issue of sex, but I'm of a different mindset from most. I don't think he's had sex because what others consider hard proof - stop laughing - isn't so set in stone to me. That night with Jessie for instance - I didn't buy the intimated sex that others saw.)
The Horrifying
- Lana's complete lack of reaction to death. This is starting to really freak me out here folks. There is something seriously wrong with Lana and death. I can understand getting tired of being attacked by obsessive weirdos. But wishing them dead? What? That girl has a severly violent streak and no morals.
- Almost as frightening is the fact that no one seems concerned that Lana has so little regard for human life.
- And again on the frightening scale (although it was a short time after, so it's understandable that her emotions might have been running high and she didn't mean it as strongly as she said it) is the fact that Lana's discrimination was "understandable". The girl was fine with genocide! She was fine with the death of a people just because of a commonality of elements they couldn't control, based on a few that reacted in a criminal manner. Racism, hate crimes, discrimination, my god she's a poster child for a supremecy group in Smallville. She had a "those people" mindset and was saying they were less than her and other citizens. I'm sorry but...no. I can't have any feelings of like for a character that is allowed to act like that and then has it all explained away with "but she changed in her heart when she found out her ex-boyfriend could have/possibly was but isn't one of the freaks."
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I'm in mourning for the Cubbies. The goat rises again. My poor Kenny.
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I went to the gym last night. *whimper* So far, as the day progresses, I've discovered more and more muscles. And they all hurt. Well, 2/3 of my body hurts. Every muscle in my legs (and there are a lot), my butt, my abs, my back, my ankles (yes, they hurt too)...my arms and part of my torso got off fine.
And I go back tonight. Say a prayer. Or laugh. Your choice.
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Can I just say, straight up, that werewolf stories freak me out? I think it's been a while since I mentioned it, but any nightmares I have include wild animals. Tigers, lions or wolves. Tigers are the most common and wolves come in second. So werewolf things freak me out.
Last night was no exception. Freaky as hell. I kept having to change the channel. Literally fear inducing. *shudder*
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I've been having weird dreams lately thanks to PMS. Three nights ago it was a dream where Sully and I (and a couple of other people, but I have no clue who) were hanging out with TW and MR, and they were absolutely hysterical. Teasing each other, TW making fun of MR's hair. MR's hair kept growing in really quickly, which he said was a hassle on the show. Let me tell you, grown in he had this whole flowing mane thing going that was scarily JGish.
Last night was probably the most interesting though. *g* And it's only a tiny snippet that I remember, but it's an important snippet.
I dreamed that
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kryptonsite was Dean Cain. Somehow I met Dean Cain. He said he ran Kryptonsite. I reminded him that Craig ran Kryptonsite. Then came the shocker where it was revealed the Craig and Dean Cain are the same person! Duh duh duhhhhhh. I don't know, my mind did it. *g*
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I don't think Lana was suggesting that this vigilante guy go kill all the mutants. I think she was merely perturbed by Clark's defense of the swimfan who was clearly guilty...and just another in a long line of meteor freak psychos(I think there is little doubt that the meteor freaks are more insane than average people, even if 100% of them aren't criminals).
Clark's X-Ray vision and 100 acts of B&E, violates plenty of laws as it is. He's not exactly following the same laws the cops do.
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This makes me wonder one thing about the Smallville universe and all of the surrounding comic book towns - is Arkham Asylum in existence yet? Places like that deal with supercriminals with unusual abilities. Methinks Metropolis needs to build one pronto.
I know a judge and jury, as well as the police, might have trouble believing that a Justin weilded a chainsaw and tried to hack up a girl, or did the thing with an elevator, but he also undeniably did some nice art. That could be entered into evidence that he's not as disabled as they might think. Combine that with testimony about him driving a car into Kwan (even though he wasn't necessarily behind the wheel) and he might get put away (even though he might be hard to cage also).
The criminal justice system would eventually find a way to house people like Justin and Tina. They *will* eventually find a way in the Smallville universe. And it has to start somewhere. The realization that the evolutionary process has changed will eventually dawn and society will have to face facts.
Clark's X-Ray vision and 100 acts of B&E, violates plenty of laws as it is.
The B&E, yes, God yes it violates laws. That always got me in every detective novel written and on this show. The kids commit crimes for their "stories", and yet there's no consequence for the action becausing they're "do-gooding".
But the X-Ray vision...morally it's not right, but there are no laws that it's breaking because of the fact that it's never existed before Clark. Law dictates that anything discernible to the naked eye in an area where a person has the right to be (that being key) does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Unfortunately, Clark's naked eye is very different from everyone else's. Should the law be changed just for him? Should the law be changed to include X-Ray vision, just because of him? It's also really, really hard to prove when he uses it (even if he is fairly honest and would probably would admit so if he were pressed by law enforcement that knew of the ability).
You are so making me think of a really cool topic. Must ponder it.
I think there is little doubt that the meteor freaks are more insane than average people
They seriously need to address this on the show. We've had Kyle Tippett who was a good guy, and tons of bad guys. They need to address what in the rocks affects people's psychology, and why is it that while 9 out of 10 go bad, there's one that doesn't? That would be compelling and interesting, and quite fascinating.
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