Booster Screentime Minutes, and Deep-ish Thoughts

[jeannev]

 I really wonder if my feelings about this episode would've been different without the hyping out the wazoo.  Because I sort of think that maybe all these advanced reviewers actually got to see a different cut of the episode then me.  A better cut.  I mean, don't get me wrong, because I do understand that opinions vary, and the SV fandom is very

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[jeannev]

I do think there was probably a lot of catering to Johns in general.

What bothers me a bit, is that they are using all these Superman anvils, but they are not the iconic moments they should be. They are cop outs. We've heard "Up, up and away" about 3-4 times on this show and he hasn't flown in any of them. So what are you going to say when he actually does? Or the phonebooth change. That wasn't the first time it's happened by the way. We saw it in Turbulence too. But in both instances, it's not the same if he is not putting on the real costume. Just my pet peeve about this stuff.

This is a good point. I think the anvils were fun in the beginning of the show, but now? It just seems to be a reminder that we still aren't there yet. And things definitely lose their effectiveness when they keep doing them over and over again.

I still have no freaking idea what Booster's stolen suit actually did. And who did he steal it from? And since Clark convinced him to stay here, and he's going to keep using the suit, isn't that a pretty big detail? And why does the scarab thingie want to turn into a homicidal transformer?

I don't think you should be writing an ep with the assumption in mind that people will just know this stuff, or will be able to find out that information from another resource. Thats bad writing.

Tom was positively brilliant as clumsy Clark, but we all knew he would be (I think). Still doesn't help it make anymore sense then it does.

I'm also weary of Lois' peptalks to Clark. It feels like this season has been full of them, and while I would expect this to come up from time to time with them, I wouldn't expect it to be this constant. And how about a peptalk from him to her for a change? Her going for a promotion would be the perfect time for her to be doubting herself, and for him to step in and beat the drum a bit.

Don't forget the bodacious phantom babes for next week. I didn't realize the phantom zone had plastic surgeons. LOL

[costas22]

Wow. Funnily enough, I didn't notice all these chests when I watched the trailer. Lol. The PZ not only has plastic surgeons, but it has many humans too. I wonder when that happened. I have to give it to TPTB. They've become experts at diverting the fans'attention from the real issues an episode might have. Give them Clois or Chlollie in bed, Tom or Justin's chest and PZ chicks or Tess cleavage and no one will care how bad the plot is. ;)

One final thing that's staring to become a common joke among fans. There's too much talking. I realize that they may not have a sufficient budget to put together some cool action sequences, but it doesn't help that the dialogue is repetive and full of platitudes most of the time. It would be interesting if we ever found out how many lines Tom has now compared to past seasons.