You found a pretty, pissed-off Clark for your header!
I really think the show has let this whole flying thing get out of hand. Simply because Al and Miles made their mantra "no tights, no flights" back in the day, this one power has become a symbol for the end of Clark's journey, and has therefore been made unattainable by TPTB. Agreed. And that they're probably holding off so that Clark will fly "for Lois", ie he can't manage the drive to do it on his own, is also annoying.
And no, her lines where she threw Clark a bone, like "Maybe Jor-El underestimated you," and "I don't feel pure of spirit," didn't make it any better. Again, I have to ask, if she's so awesome, why does the world even need Clark? I mean, obviously it will be Clark who ultimately defeats Darkseid (please tell me I can still cling to THAT hope), but they don't give us even a hint of that here.Those scenes are only redeemable if Darkseid is voicing Jor-El at the Fortress and is misdirecting Kara, giving her false confidence that she is immune to him, and trying to
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I think there's a difference between a "retcon" and emotional evolution. I don't think anything is going to be retconned from the early seasons. I think that if anything we will see Clark be at peace with the choices of his past and ready to move on to his future. That's not a retcon---it's just moving on and growing up. JMO
As for this episode...I'm ready to erase everything having to do with Kara from my memory. I wish that Bloodline had been her last appearance.
We'll see. But they have a bad history of trashing earlier, better episodes for the sake of cheap effect. Think of the revisions of Eternity, where suddenly TWO boys came down with the meteor shower: it contradicted the awesome Lineage and undermined Lionel's entire plotline in seasons 1 - 6.
The consolation is that nearly 10 million people watched Lineage - the better episode prevailed.
As for this episode...I'm ready to erase everything having to do with Kara from my memory. I wish that Bloodline had been her last appearance Word. She was great in Bloodline and I wish this writer had taken a look at that episode before writing this mess.
I agree that Eternal was a hot mess that completely and factually negated previous episodes. But I think there is a major difference between changing FACTS of episodes and showing a character coming to a new emotional viewpoint. The former legitimately changes the history of the show. The later allows the character to consider the memories of his past and move forward based on a few viewpoint for the future. A retcon would be to say, for example, that Clark never loved Lana. That's wrong. He did love Lana, very very much. But I don't think it's a retcon if he decides in this episode that he is now at peace wit his past and moving on to Lois with his whole heart. That's emotional evolution. It doesn't change the facts of the past, it simply means that Clark has made peace with his past and is moving on to his future. But anyway...I'm sorry because this is totally off-topic. We'll see what happens next week
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A retcon would be to say, for example, that Clark never loved Lana. That's wrong. He did love Lana, very very much. But I don't think it's a retcon if he decides in this episode that he is now at peace wit his past and moving on to Lois with his whole heart. That's emotional evolution. I don't have a problem with any of that, it's a natural progression. But I care about a lot more than just 'ships and there's plenty more in Clark's past than Clana that an episode like this could casually write-over. I don't get the sense that many of the current writers have much respect for the writers that preceded them.
Just for the record, I care about more than just the ships too. I was simply using that was an example. We'll see. I'm hoping the episode will pay tribute to his relationship wit Lana, friendships with Chloe and Pete, his relationship with his parents and in some way, his relationship with Lex. But we'll see! Anyway, I don't want to get off-topic anymore. I hope you enjoy it next week.
I always try to make my header the one prettiest cap I can find, and there was no contest with this episode. Just look at him! The man is unbelievable.
And that they're probably holding off so that Clark will fly "for Lois"
Really? *headdesk* I love Lois, but I hope you're wrong about that. Can't he do ANYTHING all by himself anymore?
Those scenes are only redeemable if Darkseid is voicing Jor-El at the Fortress and is misdirecting Kara, giving her false confidence that she is immune to him, and trying to undermine Clark through her.
I don't give the writers that much credit. I think it's just another contrived stall. :( I thought that in S10 we would be finished with those. Silly me.
He was the highlight for me, the actor seeming to relish every line he got.
He really did have fun with the part, didn't he? I hated every word he said to Clark in the club, but I couldn't fault his delivery! :)
I don't see how the writers can go so off-course - this writer also wrote the horrendous Persuasion & I'm starting to dread
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I loved Idol and most of Hostage, hated the whole mind-whammied Lois storyline in Persuasion, and detested pretty much all of Supergirl. So my feelings are mixed, as they are for most of the Smallville writers. I liked bits of Idol, but not all of it. Hostage made for nice 'caps but the plot was way too slow for me and I did not like the de-fanged version of Perry. BQM is my favourite writer too & *fingers crossed* that means Luthor will be a decent episode.
We've seen that they revisit Lana and Chloe, will we see Lex, too, or will they ignore him because he didn't actually attend Smallville High with Clark? I suspect we should hope for the latter. They don't have a great record of looking back, do they? I'd much rather they'd come up with a different premise for the 200th, especially with James Marsters aboard. If it's a big romance episode for Clark & Lois, they could have chosen an original setting.
I really think the show has let this whole flying thing get out of hand. Simply because Al and Miles made their mantra "no tights, no flights" back in the day, this one power has become a symbol for the end of Clark's journey, and has therefore been made unattainable by TPTB.
Agreed. And that they're probably holding off so that Clark will fly "for Lois", ie he can't manage the drive to do it on his own, is also annoying.
And no, her lines where she threw Clark a bone, like "Maybe Jor-El underestimated you," and "I don't feel pure of spirit," didn't make it any better. Again, I have to ask, if she's so awesome, why does the world even need Clark? I mean, obviously it will be Clark who ultimately defeats Darkseid (please tell me I can still cling to THAT hope), but they don't give us even a hint of that here.Those scenes are only redeemable if Darkseid is voicing Jor-El at the Fortress and is misdirecting Kara, giving her false confidence that she is immune to him, and trying to ( ... )
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As for this episode...I'm ready to erase everything having to do with Kara from my memory. I wish that Bloodline had been her last appearance.
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The consolation is that nearly 10 million people watched Lineage - the better episode prevailed.
As for this episode...I'm ready to erase everything having to do with Kara from my memory. I wish that Bloodline had been her last appearance
Word. She was great in Bloodline and I wish this writer had taken a look at that episode before writing this mess.
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I don't have a problem with any of that, it's a natural progression. But I care about a lot more than just 'ships and there's plenty more in Clark's past than Clana that an episode like this could casually write-over. I don't get the sense that many of the current writers have much respect for the writers that preceded them.
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And that they're probably holding off so that Clark will fly "for Lois"
Really? *headdesk* I love Lois, but I hope you're wrong about that. Can't he do ANYTHING all by himself anymore?
Those scenes are only redeemable if Darkseid is voicing Jor-El at the Fortress and is misdirecting Kara, giving her false confidence that she is immune to him, and trying to undermine Clark through her.
I don't give the writers that much credit. I think it's just another contrived stall. :( I thought that in S10 we would be finished with those. Silly me.
He was the highlight for me, the actor seeming to relish every line he got.
He really did have fun with the part, didn't he? I hated every word he said to Clark in the club, but I couldn't fault his delivery! :)
I don't see how the writers can go so off-course - this writer also wrote the horrendous Persuasion & I'm starting to dread ( ... )
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I liked bits of Idol, but not all of it. Hostage made for nice 'caps but the plot was way too slow for me and I did not like the de-fanged version of Perry. BQM is my favourite writer too & *fingers crossed* that means Luthor will be a decent episode.
We've seen that they revisit Lana and Chloe, will we see Lex, too, or will they ignore him because he didn't actually attend Smallville High with Clark? I suspect we should hope for the latter.
They don't have a great record of looking back, do they? I'd much rather they'd come up with a different premise for the 200th, especially with James Marsters aboard. If it's a big romance episode for Clark & Lois, they could have chosen an original setting.
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