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04-22-2003, 08:48 PM
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Smallville 4/22/03
Is it any reason I LOVE this show? I can't beleive I had serious doubts about it when I first heard the premise. If any producers of the show saw any of my remarks, I recinded them eaerly Season 1  .. |
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04-22-2003, 10:56 PM
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Bah, today's episode was something of Lana Lang meets Enough. I must admit, she got hella strong and karate kid-like in a matter of days. Also, I was really hoping for Lex to shoot the guy, but oh well. What's the deal with Helen Bryce "fighting for her life" one moment and the next day she's in Lex's mansion? I think that her possible accepting Lex's proposal may lead to her untimely demise, as I'm not sure if Lex wed this early in the Superman mythos. All I know is that a sub-par show today means that a really excellent Smallville is imminent next week. Sorry for all the questions, but what do you guys think?
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04-23-2003, 12:34 AM
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I liked this episode.
I especially liked the song, 'Don't fear the Reaper'(version from Scream) they played at the end, when Lex was
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04-23-2003, 05:15 AM
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i liked the ep a lot but why were the lights out in the hospital wouldent someone notice and call it in ..come on
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04-23-2003, 06:02 AM
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All I know is that a sub-par show today means that a really excellent Smallville is imminent next week. Sorry for all the questions, but what do you guys think?
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Agreed. I thought that it was kinda dull. In addition, the lawyer in me thought that the sheriff was so out of line in telling Clark that she wouldn't charge him if he did community service. It was "sentence first, verdict later." That's what we have prosecutors and juries for.
What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish? Son of Man. You cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken images . . .
T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland
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04-23-2003, 07:35 AM
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So many wasted opportunities in this episode. I was really hoping Helen would die sending Lex over the edge, and he would shoot the guy having Clark see it and set up a "you keep my secret, I'll keep yours" scenario.
I also wish they would have played out the whole "Rule them with strength" plot line.
I told my wife after Lana was roughed up that this would turn into a "Lana gets a gun" or "Lana learns Karate" episode. Turns out I was right.
Just a wheel spinning episode in my opinion, although next weeks looks very interesting.
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04-23-2003, 08:20 AM
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I also think something bad is going to happen to Helen because, well, she knows that Clark is something extraordinary, and we all know that people that know Clark's secret (who aren't cast regulars) usually die or go into comas. So given that scenario, and Lex falling bald head over heels over Helen, and if Clark somehow gets the blame for Helen's demise, well, that's definitely a big enough event to cause a huge riff in their relationship and could easily put Lex on the path of villainy and evil.
I was surprised at Helen's quick recovery after getting thrown around Pathology lab like a rag doll.
Sign Lana up for Black Sash!
Hated the new sheriff in town. I was hoping the resolution with the punk's lawsuit would have resolved more cleverly than to just have Lana kick his neckbrace-wearing butt.
The whole "citizen's arrest" pursuit was just odd, it felt so out of place in the town of Smallville. It was pretty grisly too (the guy i the shower tub was all cut up around the neck). This show can be pretty dark when it wants, give it that edge.
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04-23-2003, 08:47 AM
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Well, as a recent devotee, I feel no problems in complaining.
Tonight's episode was alright. I made the Enough comment to my wife early on. It just seemed CHOCK FULL of very basic logic holes. It creeped through most of them, but they made the whole thing seem unreal.
So, the Sheriff doesn't believe Lana or Clark, but the three drunk frat boys, whom NO OTHER customers saw drinking or harassing her?
Clark doesn't countersue? They press charges (and immediately get a restraining order in, what, moments) and are instantly credible, while the longtime son of a local is ignored.
Waiting on a search warrant after the Doc is almost KILLED for a HOTEL (the manager could have let them in)?
The aforementioned touch and go Doc who is fine days later?
The situations seemed hellbent on placing the Sheriff outside the realm of believability. I like the show. A lot. I don't mind the occasional emptyheaded writing, but last night was fairly lazy plotting to get the reactions the writer wanted.
Next week looks good.
Take care,
Chuck
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04-23-2003, 10:10 AM
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Very preditable and lackluster episode. We need some serious arc eps right now.
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04-23-2003, 10:59 AM
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I had a problem with the frat boys getting off because the whole thing was "hearsay." It is not hearsay if Lana and Clark can testify directly about the events that transpired.
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