Prophecy Screentime Totals, and Deepish Thoughts

[jeannev]

 So, here we are, the 2nd to last episode of Smallville ever.  Well, sort of anyway, since I'm not buying the idea that smashing 2 episodes together make it a 2 hours movie, but in the immortal works of Dr Emil, "whateves

Comments

[tasabian]

It was a very poorly constructed episode, which I associate with ALL the ACS episodes. Far too cluttered, with scenes that just trail off.

Now, instead of zipping off and making sure Clark was OK, or using her super hearing to verify what Toyman was saying, Lois actually puts the mind control device on. Well then, I'm sure Clark is going to much safer now!! Brilliant Lois! And yes, I did notice that she checked her watch, but how much damage and death do you think a superpowered person with superspeed can do in the space of 5-10 minutes, because I'm thinking a lot? So, off zips mind-controlled Lois to attack Clark.
They could have done something so much better with that scene - ie, Lois is tempted to just reach in through the bars and snap Toyman's neck and realizes that part of Clark's burden is never abusing his strength. Or Lois speeds off to take on the baddies, with Clark leaping in midway through (even without his powers.) But this was the most unsuspenseful climax imaginable.

Re Kara: it would have been much more interesting if she left because she feared Darkseid could use her as a weapon against Clark - ridiculous to have no goodbye scene between Clark & Kara.

[awehla]

I agree Clark and Kara should have had a goodbye scene, too much character development is side lined for DC action scenes, it's like the writers don't care at all.

Lisa
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[jeannev]

I really believe that if you weren't going to have Kara and Clark interact, then she shouldn't have been brought back. End of story. Because now I'm just going to be bothered that Clark doesn't seem to care what happened to his cousin. Again.

I really didn't sense BQM's hand in any of this episode. Maybe he was already mentally checked out from the show?

[awehla]

I agree Kara should have only been brought back if she was going to interact with Clark - like someone else commented surely it would have been better and more realistic to have her back for the wedding. In the comics Clark and Kara both exist on Earth so why can't SV Clark and Kara co-exist - there is a lot of planet to save out there. And it's not realistic at all for Clark to not care about his only biological relative.

Lisa
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