Exactly. Chloe was the star witness to put Lionel away, and without her, he’ll very likely be released. She and her father had been put in a safehouse, and about three seconds after they walked in, the whole house went boom.
I was left with very high expectations for this season. They have two big story arcs beginning with the premiere–finding Chloe (or at least finding out what happened to her) and finding the other two artifacts. Both should be fun to watch. Actually, I just realized I’m not sure if I saw the Egyptian crystal thing after Kal-El was defeated. Did Clark keep it, or is it in the cave fissure?
I’m worried that they’ll jump the gun and resolve these things too soon. I’ll miss Chloe terribly (though her cousin is a great fill-in), but I hope they’ll keep us wondering about her fate for a couple of months, at least.
Who else doesn’t trust Lana’s boyfriend? He’s obviously a robot, since he didn’t tear her apartment door off after seeing her wrapped in a sheet. That’s just on looks alone, ignoring what she said to him. No flesh-and-blood earthling could have walked away thinking, “I guess she’ll take a shower and then come see me. The fact that she says she doesn’t know how she got home and must have passed out is no big deal.”
I blame Starr Labs.
People don’t recognize Clark Kent as Superman not because they look different, but because no one would possibly expect Superman to be an average shy-ish schmoe from Kansas struggling to cover a news story.
And to borrow a line from Lois & Clark: “With a costume like that, nobody’s going to be looking at your face. There’s a reason why they call them ‘tights.’” Said, creepily enough, by his mom…
LOL, I remember that. I was explaining to my friend last night how the L&C Martha bought the cape material on sale …
And let’s not forget–the slicked-back hair. That’s a sure way to fool anyone. 
Anyone else notice just how similar Kal-El flying looks like Neo flying? Even with the same kneeling down a bit before taking off? I’m not complaining, just an observation.
Whoever they got to play Lois Lane looks like she could be Margot Kidder’s daughter. She looks just like Kidder did, especially in Superman III and IV.
Watch Matrix’s credits - they give thanks to DC Comics and Superman. I’d imagine it’s because it’s the Matrix that borrowed from Superman, not the other way around.
Yeah, they do look like they’re related, except this one’s pretty. I think she’s perfect as a young Lois though. I liked the interaction between Lois and Martha in the kitchen, with Martha pointing out that sometimes city girls *do * fall for farmboys, and Lois stating that she’ll take a nerd in glasses any day.
I really enjoyed the episode for many of the reasons stated above. Also, I think the Egyptian-looking statue that the crystal was in looked a LOT like Hawkman, sans wings.
It’s always fun when they do these homages to the movies. Margot Kidder’s character implying she’s in love with Dr. Swann, who is played by Chris Reeve, was worth a chuckle.
Of course, it annoyed me when a friend, on seeing Kidder, said, “Didn’t she play Lois in the original?” As if Superman was first seen in those movies. These kids–they just don’t know their history!
Now there’s an interesting thought. A young archaeologist named Carter Hall catches on to Luthor’s tracks, reocvers a sample of a Kryptonian metal with antigravity properties, fashions some wings and a harness…
That’s almost exactly what my father said to me when he happened to see Phyllis Coates playing Lois’ mom on an episode of Lois & Clark.
And we had to explain to a (non-fan) friend last night exactly why Annette O’Toole and Margot Kidder together in a scene was so funny. No history, I tell you. He also didn’t laugh when we wondered if black kryptonite had been made with any percentage of tar.
I was thinking in a similar direction.
Forgive my ignorance, but what the heck is “black kryptonite”? Did I miss the explanation?
In the Golden Age comics, there was green (standard) kryptonite and red kryptonite with “unpredictable” effects, both of which have appeared in the SMALLVILLE series. There was also gold and white kryptonite, but I don’t remember any black kryptonite…?
Okay, here’s my evidence for the Zod hypothesis.
It starts out with the hope that they aren’t making Jor-El evil. I’m of the opinion that the destruction of Krypton and its people should be tragic, and the universe not a better place because Jor-El and co are now tiny pieces of kryptonite. My alternate hypothesis is that the Kents are misinterpreting Jor-El’s (or, more specifically, the alien and possibly faulty AI that’s speaking for him) intentions. He doesn’t want Clark to be a conqueror, but a benevolent hero and leader (as Superman is).
This is borne out by the flashback episode where we learn that Jor-El visited the Earth in the 1950’s (or so), and was a decent fellow, as well as Clark’s loving memories of Lara (monsters seldom marry loving women), and even his earlier actions. The ship heals Clark (and even gives Martha a miracle pregnancy). Jor-El gives “Kal” a painful Kryptonian rash to get him off the Red K and back to Smallville, and when that proves insufficient, provides Jonathan with the tools to drag him back. I believe the “price” he spoke of was a necessary and unavoidable side effect of the power surge, not a Fautsian deal.
Now then, we come to the end of last season, where the cave sends a girl brainwashed into being Kara Zor-El, later destroys her, and sucks Clark into a shodowy zone within the cave’s wall. That’s pretty hard to rationalize by the “Jor-El’s just misunderstood” theory that I think they’ve held to up to this point. So someone more Evil must be using the cave. But who?
I think Zod for three reasons:
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Terrence Stamp, Zod from Superman II does the voice.
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He knows details about the house of El, and seems determined to smear Jor-El’s name through the dirt and subvert his progeny. Neither Darkseid nor Brainiac have that kind of personal hate-on for Jor-El.
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that misty place he saw Clark in at the end of the last finale, so the Phantom Zone.
i think that using the kryptonian tech in teh cave and elsewhere, Zod can communicate with the real world, even pull folks in and out of the PZ, but can’t escape himself. He needed Clark to get the artifacts to do so. Fortunately, the black K put the kibosh on his reprogramming/posession/whatever. For now, at least.
…and obviously, the real Jor-El has teamed up with Swann. Last season, we saw the octagonal Kryptonian key disappear into the cave wall, and somehow wind up in Swann’s possession. And it was Swann who sent the black kryptonite to undo the programming. And so, Jor-El is no longer present in the space capsule (destroyed) or the wall, he is in the key with Swann.
And so, some other entity is prentending to be Jor-El in order to get Clark to put together the pieces that will… what? If Zod, free him from the PZ. If Brainiac, create the technology which will allow him to inhabit a suitable AI host.
Re: Lana – I deleted the episode from TiVo, and so, I can’t remember the backstory to the crystals that Lex(?) told. And I can’t remember the exact story that Lana told about the saint who she was ‘rubbing.’ But I vaguely put the story in my mind that this saint was a warrior who stopped an ancient evil – and this is the mythic telling of someone who stopped a villian from using those crystals. Was she a human possessed by Kryptonian powers, or a Kryptonian herself? Is this force now possessing Lana? Is the villian impersonating Jor-El and using Clark to get together the crystals which she had scattered?
And so, I’m not convinced Lana is the second crystal, but possessed by the power that originally hid the crystals.
Peace.
I gues not, since nobody else mentioned your comment. I noticed Kidder’s mask-like face too and wondered what was up…
I just read the stiff-upper-lip thing as Margot Kidder playing her character as stiff and withdrawn, rather than the bubbly Lois Lane she played in the movies. Also, that’s the same way the sheriff lady talks. Maybe there’s some weird direction going on there?
For a half a second there I thought maybe, just maybe, they were going to super-power up Lana as the current day embodiment of that warrior. Cough, cough Wonder Woman cough cough. But, then I realized that would be just plain silly.
Face it, the Zod faction are hoping it is him just so they can hear the line “NEEL before Zod!” again. Also, will we be seeing any other Superman movie series actors? Richard Pryor would be a gas, but I think he may have health issues related to his MS. Still, that would be neat.
Lana was non-annoying, except for the horrible scenes with bad acting boyfriend type substance.
Interesting development on the Lex front, with a “Unbreakable” type affirmation on what happened to him. Also a possible frame up on Lionel is even more intreguing. One wonders if that is directly related to the “big boom”.
The Magic Eight-Ball suggests that the most likely cameo of a Superman-movie-actor is Robert Vaughn. The best one, that has not yet been done, would be Gene Hackman.
Nah, I’d rather see Ned Beatty found a small town just to the south of Smallville.
Called, of course … Otisburg.