The Fall of Smallville
While this week has not been what you could call a total loss by any means (hey, daily trips to Trader Joes taking me five minutes? Hoody Farkin' Hoo! Chocolate covered chocolate chip dunkers for everyone!) and work has been alright, despite the further idiocy of mid management and his failure to understand that my primary job is that, and his SLJ's just have to wait. No, the final straw has been broken, and I have just about had it.
CW, let 'Smallville' die already, okay?
When Smallville first graced us on the small screen, I admit I really enjoyed the premise it displayed, and it was good. Then it just plain started getting more teen angst and less interesting. It seems that the writes and producers wait until the season premier to come up with the sort of action and creativity they started with to sucker us in, then it's more angst and, well boredom.
The eye-candy just doesn't do it for me either. Don't get me wrong; Allison Mack and Erica Durance are both lovely, but it just seems to me that all the powers that be want them to do is get themselves into situations where a 'red-blue'blur' comes to their rescue.
A not much of a rescue at that. Folks, I see Superman as a larger than farkin' life individual, doing great heroic deeds on a grand scale. Are we seeing that? I say no.
I realize not everyone has seen the season finale, but have it Tivo'ed for your later perusal. To prevent major spoilage, I suggest you turn away now. Go on, I'll be here after you watch the show. Go on now.
Okay, where to start.
What the smeg goes man? The titanic battle between Doomsday and Clark takes less than FIVE FREAKIN' MINUTES? When I saw Clark stop a thrown car, I foolish thought "Hot damn! Finally, some really superherioc fight sequences!" After Clark gets his hide beaten by ol' Rocky, all they could come up with was a super-leap into Doomsday that forces him into the geo-thermo shaft?!!! What the hell is that?
Again, with the farkin' time travel. I have to admit I didn't care for it in 'Star Trek', and I don't care for it much here. Where the hell did Lois end up THIS time.
Jimmy Olsen gets whacked. Dear gawd, Jerry and Joe are spinning in their graves with the casual slaughter of a major character.
The final scene with Clark and Chloe. More angst BS that will leave us waiting all summer to hear a resolution. And then there's the big "ohhhhh...ahhhh' with Tess Merser and the burning man.
Overall, this season has just not done anything for me. I expected action and adventure, and we get another version of Roswell. I honestly can't say that I'll be watching this series next fall, unless, like this year, there's just no competition for it during that timeslot. Or I just might say to hell with it and catch up on my reading. Either way, Smallville has to got a long farkin' way to get my attention. As it stands now, I'd rather watch Star Trek Enterprise reruns than endure another episode. This series had such a great start; it's a shame it's become another teen drama instead of the ball of fire it started out as.
If we're really lucky, the burning man at the end of the episode will be Lex Luthor with a really bad kryptonite-powered mad on and whack the whole cast, then do himself in to put himself and us out of our collective misery.
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Okay, maybe it wasn't all that bad, but gawd knows it wasn't all that great either.
I return the soapbox to the gear locker. Now, I'm off to watch something decent and have a glass of milk with my dunkers.
CW, let 'Smallville' die already, okay?
When Smallville first graced us on the small screen, I admit I really enjoyed the premise it displayed, and it was good. Then it just plain started getting more teen angst and less interesting. It seems that the writes and producers wait until the season premier to come up with the sort of action and creativity they started with to sucker us in, then it's more angst and, well boredom.
The eye-candy just doesn't do it for me either. Don't get me wrong; Allison Mack and Erica Durance are both lovely, but it just seems to me that all the powers that be want them to do is get themselves into situations where a 'red-blue'blur' comes to their rescue.
A not much of a rescue at that. Folks, I see Superman as a larger than farkin' life individual, doing great heroic deeds on a grand scale. Are we seeing that? I say no.
I realize not everyone has seen the season finale, but have it Tivo'ed for your later perusal. To prevent major spoilage, I suggest you turn away now. Go on, I'll be here after you watch the show. Go on now.
Okay, where to start.
What the smeg goes man? The titanic battle between Doomsday and Clark takes less than FIVE FREAKIN' MINUTES? When I saw Clark stop a thrown car, I foolish thought "Hot damn! Finally, some really superherioc fight sequences!" After Clark gets his hide beaten by ol' Rocky, all they could come up with was a super-leap into Doomsday that forces him into the geo-thermo shaft?!!! What the hell is that?
Again, with the farkin' time travel. I have to admit I didn't care for it in 'Star Trek', and I don't care for it much here. Where the hell did Lois end up THIS time.
Jimmy Olsen gets whacked. Dear gawd, Jerry and Joe are spinning in their graves with the casual slaughter of a major character.
The final scene with Clark and Chloe. More angst BS that will leave us waiting all summer to hear a resolution. And then there's the big "ohhhhh...ahhhh' with Tess Merser and the burning man.
Overall, this season has just not done anything for me. I expected action and adventure, and we get another version of Roswell. I honestly can't say that I'll be watching this series next fall, unless, like this year, there's just no competition for it during that timeslot. Or I just might say to hell with it and catch up on my reading. Either way, Smallville has to got a long farkin' way to get my attention. As it stands now, I'd rather watch Star Trek Enterprise reruns than endure another episode. This series had such a great start; it's a shame it's become another teen drama instead of the ball of fire it started out as.
If we're really lucky, the burning man at the end of the episode will be Lex Luthor with a really bad kryptonite-powered mad on and whack the whole cast, then do himself in to put himself and us out of our collective misery.
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Okay, maybe it wasn't all that bad, but gawd knows it wasn't all that great either.
I return the soapbox to the gear locker. Now, I'm off to watch something decent and have a glass of milk with my dunkers.