TV - SMALLVILLE
The latest episode was heads above the previous episodes this season. Instead of bland "filler" stories showcasing Lana or Lois in scantily clad clothing with no story plot whatsoever, there was an actual story attached to this one.
The past 6 episodes had special guest star James Marsters, who we all know from previous roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as well as roles on "Angel". He played a form of Artificial Intelligence from Krypton that was created by ZOD to cause Clark to destroy his new fortress of solitude and therefore bring the almighty ZOD back into our world, where he would create a new Krypton out of the ashes, destroying humanity. In the end Clark stopped his fortress from crumbling and said "NO". :) I was a little bummed to see James Marsters leave this cast, as it has been a bit bland of late, and needed a shot in the arm so to speak. Well, he gave us that shot, as he played his role of "Dr. Fine" quite well, and I was glad to see him again.
Clark and Lex have both fallen into the "I know we aren't best friends anymore" blah that they seem to be sucked into. Lana seems to dissapear so conveniently from the show every time that Lois needs to be given the spotlight, as I believe that either they are starting to phase out Lana and will be ready by the end of this season to let Lois really start to come into her role. If you want my "Prediction" as I have no facts or rumors to back this up...I believe that Lex will kill Lana at either the end of this season, or the end of the next one, creating a whole new storyarc with more new faces to breath fresh life into Smallville. Kristin Kreuk was a huge hit when this show started, and although I think she plays her role well, for what dialogue and situations give her, I think she's starting to get very bored with this role, as are most of the cast.
One of the shining stars who really suprised me this season was Chloe Sullivan, played by Allison Mack. She now knows of Clarks secret, and Clark finally opened up to her about being from Krypton, as well as all his super powers. Not only does this give her character more room to grow and share the spotlight with Clark, but it also allows her to have a more "intimate" for lack of a better word "role" with Clark. She is the solution for Clark's troubles more often than not, which has been very nice to see. I'm glad she wasn't a character that they phased out, as she lends one of the only "creditable" roles this season as Smallville starts actually turning into Superman.
A highlight of this episode, was the teaser trailer for the new Superman Returns movie that is coming to theatres somtime in 2006. From the trailer (and who knows they might just have a great editing team) I really think they might have this "Comic to movie" thing down to an art. That is...after the amazing "Batman Begins" graced the silver screen. All in all I'm excited to see what happens, and that's all I can ask of entertainment.
Smallville for the most part is enjoyable. Even the episodes that are very "URGH" can still be entertaining because I've come to love these characters over the seasons. They don't need to Reinvent the wheel, as much as they need to Reinvent the roles. This season Clark and Lex are supposed to be mortal enemies. Well, they've been ticked off at one another, but in no ways are they Mortal enemies.(Que dark and dismal music) I want to see Lex Luther do something attrocious, something that fills the nose with a foul stench and would give Clark a reason to actually become the Superman that we all know he should be.
Yes I'll keep watching faithfully, as this was the first Television show to create the need for me to be stuck same bat time same bat channel to the boob tube for 1 hour at a time. Yes, I have hope for the series to get "better". I guess We'll just have to wait and see.
The latest episode was heads above the previous episodes this season. Instead of bland "filler" stories showcasing Lana or Lois in scantily clad clothing with no story plot whatsoever, there was an actual story attached to this one.
The past 6 episodes had special guest star James Marsters, who we all know from previous roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as well as roles on "Angel". He played a form of Artificial Intelligence from Krypton that was created by ZOD to cause Clark to destroy his new fortress of solitude and therefore bring the almighty ZOD back into our world, where he would create a new Krypton out of the ashes, destroying humanity. In the end Clark stopped his fortress from crumbling and said "NO". :) I was a little bummed to see James Marsters leave this cast, as it has been a bit bland of late, and needed a shot in the arm so to speak. Well, he gave us that shot, as he played his role of "Dr. Fine" quite well, and I was glad to see him again.
Clark and Lex have both fallen into the "I know we aren't best friends anymore" blah that they seem to be sucked into. Lana seems to dissapear so conveniently from the show every time that Lois needs to be given the spotlight, as I believe that either they are starting to phase out Lana and will be ready by the end of this season to let Lois really start to come into her role. If you want my "Prediction" as I have no facts or rumors to back this up...I believe that Lex will kill Lana at either the end of this season, or the end of the next one, creating a whole new storyarc with more new faces to breath fresh life into Smallville. Kristin Kreuk was a huge hit when this show started, and although I think she plays her role well, for what dialogue and situations give her, I think she's starting to get very bored with this role, as are most of the cast.
One of the shining stars who really suprised me this season was Chloe Sullivan, played by Allison Mack. She now knows of Clarks secret, and Clark finally opened up to her about being from Krypton, as well as all his super powers. Not only does this give her character more room to grow and share the spotlight with Clark, but it also allows her to have a more "intimate" for lack of a better word "role" with Clark. She is the solution for Clark's troubles more often than not, which has been very nice to see. I'm glad she wasn't a character that they phased out, as she lends one of the only "creditable" roles this season as Smallville starts actually turning into Superman.
A highlight of this episode, was the teaser trailer for the new Superman Returns movie that is coming to theatres somtime in 2006. From the trailer (and who knows they might just have a great editing team) I really think they might have this "Comic to movie" thing down to an art. That is...after the amazing "Batman Begins" graced the silver screen. All in all I'm excited to see what happens, and that's all I can ask of entertainment.
Smallville for the most part is enjoyable. Even the episodes that are very "URGH" can still be entertaining because I've come to love these characters over the seasons. They don't need to Reinvent the wheel, as much as they need to Reinvent the roles. This season Clark and Lex are supposed to be mortal enemies. Well, they've been ticked off at one another, but in no ways are they Mortal enemies.(Que dark and dismal music) I want to see Lex Luther do something attrocious, something that fills the nose with a foul stench and would give Clark a reason to actually become the Superman that we all know he should be.
Yes I'll keep watching faithfully, as this was the first Television show to create the need for me to be stuck same bat time same bat channel to the boob tube for 1 hour at a time. Yes, I have hope for the series to get "better". I guess We'll just have to wait and see.
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