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Okay folks. I'm in a mood to write an essay, and I want to get public opinion. I want everyone to spread the news of this pole to their Smallville watching friends. Fill it out. Let me know. Where does season four of Smallville stand compared to other seasons? What's sucked? What's worked? What can be done to fix it? Let me know.

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Thoughts on Beauty

Something that struck me over the weekend while finishing up Season 2 of Stargate SG-1.

It was irritating me the number of times people called Sam "beautiful". Yes, she's quite pretty. But the character is more than that.

And that's when it hit me...I don't care how beautiful and actress is, how beautiful the character is, if you can't make me believe that they are more than just beauty, then beauty can't carry them.

Amanda Tapping can act. She can also act smart. You buy what she's saying. Her personality tends to rule the character, not the way she looks. Allison Mack is another actress who operates that way. She's very attractive, but it's the personality she projects onto the character that makes you connect, not her appearance.

Jennifer Garner? Another example.

I can make a list of actresses who make me believe their characters are beautiful, regardless of what they look like, or in spite of what they look like (if they really are attractive). Yes, beauty comes from the inside, but it's more than that. LIFE comes from the inside. Humanity comes from the inside. A three-dimensional quality, some intangible that must exist for believability to exist, is necessary for a character to really connect in a believable way. That's a skill that comes from the actress. The beautiful character can BE the beautiful character, but the actress must portray something extra to make us believe the character as a person and not just a pretty object.

This is why Kristin Kreuk doesn't work for me. She's just a pretty girl. Lana's identity is just a pretty girl. And KK doesn't give us anything more than that, even if she tries. Grand actions and complicated plotlines don't make a character interesting. Mischa Barton has the same problem.

Pretty is a huge issue for me in a TV series, because it's about a long-term, sustainable character, not one that can be slapped on a screen for two hours and that's it.

This is me, rolling on the floor

When posting on a message board about your admiration for an actor, it is important to remember...

...his name is JOHN Glover, not Josh Glover.

*giggles madly*

Stargate Update

As of last night I am through all of season two of Stargate and 6 episodes of season three.

Observations:

1. Still far prefering long-haired geeky Daniel.

2. Teal'c telling a joke is possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen on TV.

3. The Asgard rock, but not quite as hard as the Nox.

4. And I almost forgot...body switching obviously gives everyone the opportunity to have some fun and play Jack. But RDA...love ya babe, but never, ever, ever try being Teal'c again.

5. Actor commentary solidly tells me that Christopher Judge is quite possibly my soulmate. Now if only my booty were as perky as his.