Okay, who is Jor-El? I never read the comic book and assumed that Jor-El was Clark’s father.
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Television Without Pity - Smallville
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Terence Stamp , who, interestingly enough, played General Zod in the movie Superman II.
I still find Smallville rather hokey (it doesn’t embrace campiness like Buffy does/did), but I admit to liking it more and more. At the very least, both Lana and Helen make it worthwhile. 
Nobody told me what a FOX Lana is! YUMMM!!!
Ok, I guess I’ll respond to my own thread now.
Open mouth kissing… very nice.
My theory with Lex’s deal is that his wife was drugged as well and was taken off the plane… I think that Lex will survive, obviously suspect his wife and end up hurting/killing her in some way. Then he’ll find out she was innocent and THIS will start him on his path to evil.
I was happy when Pete and Clark one-upped Lionel. He needed to be taken down a peg.
Damn Chloe and her jumping to conclusions. And damn Clark for not setting her straight!
The only thing that keeps me from worrying about Clark too much is that while they play around with the original story (which I like) there are some things that HAVE to happen. Clark living in Metropolis with his identity unknown to the general population (and Lex specifically).
I think that it’s time that someone else found out (preferrebly Lana although it’ll probably be Chloe because there’s more room for drama that way) or he gets a new power.
Stupid show that’s too good!
Eh. Those people are obsessed with finding gay subtext in everything. Gets a bit tiresome.
Not a bad ep. Certainly an improvement over the season as a whole.
I have to admit that I care more about what will happen to Lex than I care whether or not Clark returns to Smallville and his relationship with Lana. I have subscription-quantity issues with the way Clark, Chloe, and Lana are written, and have always found Lex to be the saving grace of the show.
Lex is definitely the most interesting character on the show. Too bad his father is the Devil. (John Glover actually played Satan in a short-lived show I liked called “Brimstone”.)
The red kryptonite thing had me wondering. In the episode where it appeared, Pete put some in Clarks pocket and he went batty. However, in this one, it doesn’t have an effect until he puts it on his finger. No effect even when he holds it. Bah!
Still, Lana’s hotness makes up for the continuity error.
The silver envelope appeared to contain a CD. Lionel showed it after his meeting with Chloe, in which she accepted his earlier offer of a job at the Daily Planet. If you recall, she turned down the offer the first time because he insisted she give him all her information on the Kent family.
So, the CD contained that data, I believe. If that’s it, Chloe was really overreacting to Clark’s failure to tell her about him and Lana. You’d think she’d understand how hard it would be for the two of them to break Chloe’s heart. Ah, well. Teenage girls sometimes lose all touch with logic, even if they’re normally crack journalists.
Agreed. Kristin Kreuk doesn’t do too poorly with the lines that are given her, but I think I’m tired of all the hurt looks she and Allison Mack tend to churn out every few seconds. I mean, yeah, high school held some angst for us all, but I doubt that any two students who looked like the Depressed Duo there had a lot to moan and groan over. In general, I mean.
And Clark? Is he ever not confused?
Michael Rosenbaum, however, tends to play Lex really well–almost makes him seem like a multi-layered character; sometimes he showcases Lex’s deceptive qualities so well that I really am fooled by what he reveals to the other characters versus how he feels inside.
All that said, this show is much better than the older Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Although, truth be told, I’d be tickled if Smallville finally got tired of their usual freak-of-the-week format, jumped the shark big time, and brought in Delta Burke to play “The Wedding Destroyer”–much like she did in Lois and Clark. 
I agree that Lex is a major good point of the show. He shows that Lex wasn’t ALWAYS a good guy, but was changed by the events and by his family that he grew up with and had to deal with. His dad is apparently super bad, and he’s had to deal with living under the Luthor name (and being bald) Also, he’s the voice of The Flash on Justice League.
Lana is pretty, I guess, but I like Chloe better. Clark always seems confused and Pete is pretty pointless. “Ooo I know Clark’s secret! Ooo it’s such a burden!” We don’t see him for weeks at a time and hardly know anything about him, yet he’s supposed to be Clark’s best bud. I’m glad they got rid of the Freak-of-the-Week format, though.
Lionel is the show’s crown jewel. He’s so deliciously evil my toes curl with delight whenever he’s on screen. I mean it.
I am very tired of the lame Clark-Chloe-Lana triangle that the writers keep bashing over our heads. It seriously detracts from the core of the show, which is Clark and Lex and their destinies. Who gives a crap about Lana and her misery? Not I.
(Besides, Chloe is a badass – why don’t the writers realize this and stop making her embarrass herself all the time mooning over Clark? What is her damage, anyway, calling Clark on his dishonesty, but telling him they should just be friends while hiding her own feelings for him? Feh.)
Yeah, what is the point of Pete in this show? I know that the writers don’t mean for him to come out this way (or at least, I hope not), but with the amount of time he actually gets on the show (and as far as his very weak character development), he’s the very definition of a “token Black character”. Hell, at least South Park has enough balls to call their Black kid “Token”.
I just wish they would use him some more.
Also, I hope they get rid of that “super journalist” crap with which they’ve saddled Chloe. Sure, I can understand that she’s interested in the newspaper and all, but I don’t care for how they tend to showcase their writing laziness by using her and her omniscient internet connection to find out every single detail they can’t figure out how to reveal to us otherwise. It’s too easy, has become a cliche, and, frankly (IMO) it’s annoying.
Furthermore, (:)) what the heck is the point of Martha Kent? The majority of her lines consist of “Oh, Clark…” I was actually happy that they finally gave her a job, but disappointed they took it away from her so soon.
Despite my grumblings, I do like Smallville (and like I said in an earlier post: it’s getting better), but there are too many episodes which come across as formulaic writing. One of these days I hope 1.) Lana finds out about Clark, and 2.) the writers rescind their promise to not incorprate any flights for Superman.
My understanding is that their not gonna do that till the verrry end, like in the last episode. Besides, Clark doesn’t believe a man can fly.
Lana was guilty of having feelings for Clark but not telling him, too, and I think she rode Clark even harder for his lack of honesty.
Just the beginning of their hypocracy, though, and the reason I have trouble liking their characters.
Except when the writers feel like throwing us a bone.
Like in S2E1, ‘Vortex,’ “Gee, dad, it felt like I was willing myself toward the truck.” :rolleyes:
As for the Chloe/Clark/Lana triangle, I can forgive it since it’s what they’re using to give us Evil Chloe, a move I predicted way back on January 28th, and I like it when I’m right.
All in all, I think they should offer Jeph Loeb a metric shitload of money, fire all the other writers, and go from there. Because, honestly, if you’re going by sheer quantity of plot holes alone (never mind lackluster dialogue, poorly developed characters, and other miscellaneous nonsense), the writers for this show are just this side of incompetent. Makes me think that the writers from season 1 either got fat bonuses and quit or got fat bonuses, drank themselves into oblivion, and never quite recovered.
No, I am not at all bitter at how bad the show got from season one, why do you ask?