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jeannev

Finale Screentime Minutes, and Deep Thoughts

May 18, 2011 22:30

So, here I am...finally. This is a hard review to tackle. For one thing, its like two episodes. For another, its the end. Obviously. And so I understand the desire to just want to let it alone. It is what it is, and all that. But, that just wouldn't be very me. And besides, I think a series finale should get a little of the microscope ( Read more... )

screentime minutes, finale, the end, deep thoughts, smallville

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foreverknightfa May 19 2011, 15:04:49 UTC

Your review is smart and right on target- as usual IMO.

I agree with you about AI Jor-El and I like your calling the Jonathan. "ghost" or whatever he's supposed to be Obi-Kentobi. The Darkseid as a shadow being that CK easily vanquished crap is almost as bad as the Doomsday "battle". The Martha upset at CK wanting to sell the homestead scene felt way out of place for her and out of character for her to give it to him without ensuring some alternatives. Yes THAT Lex was a clone Lex,but hey, they also had the AU Lionel and AU Jonathan, etc. As for Chloe reading the comic book parts, while I do think that it is remniscent of the ending of "St. Elsewhere", I think it might have been a badly intended nod to the fans or some such thing, just done wrongly and with a character that is only specific to Smallville.

Overall it wasn't bad but it wasn't great either, IMO.

jeannev May 19 2011, 17:05:24 UTC

Thank you so much. I knew this would turn into a manifesto, and I was hoping that I could keep it from meandering and nonsensical.

Don't get me wrong, because I liked the Jonathan Kent character, but there were parts of this finale that I just wanted to yell at my TV screen "Can you just stay dead?" Well, that and "why do you keep changing your clothes?"

One of the things I'm going to talk about in my S10 overall post is how much they cheated on things this season. And when I say that, I mean things like you get MR back, but he's not real Lex, he's Clone Lex. You get John Glover back, but he's AU Lionel. And so on. There's something cheap in that sort of storytelling, I think. And excessive use of that points to a writing problem.

Good, but not great, Finale. I think thats a fair assessment.

tjw_jaypat May 19 2011, 15:36:20 UTC

Three times Bravo! :) Exactly the problems that bothered me too, and that still make me cringe each time I watch the finale ( ... )

jeannev May 19 2011, 21:16:07 UTC

Why, thank you very much Sir ( ... )

Pt I goodvibe May 19 2011, 17:02:11 UTC

//I hope to follow that with a post about S10 as a whole, and then finish it off with an overview of the series. And maybe I'll cap that off with some fun and games posts ( ... )

Re: Pt I jeannev May 19 2011, 21:23:44 UTC

It wouldn't be much of a SV conversation if you weren't there ( ... )

Pt II goodvibe May 19 2011, 17:22:15 UTC

//And Clark can just fly through him and he goes POOF? And all these people marked by the darkness? I still have no freaking clue what that was even about ( ... )

Re: Pt II jeannev May 19 2011, 21:30:20 UTC

The whole Smokeseid storyline was so very awful. Its almost too overwhelming to even discuss, because I think it failed on every single level. And the very worst part of it? The fact that he wasn't the least bit menacing or scary. This is the worst Big Bad ever? Why? He didn't seem to get much accomplished, and he wasn't that tough to vanquish.

And thats the thing with the comic book Chloe was reading. It could not exist. Not in a world that doesn't know Clark Kent=Superman. So, where did it come from? And I hate that sort of crap, and for what? Some ludicrous wink and nod to something outside of SV? To give Chloe her "jewel"? Eff that ( ... )

eeyore1017 May 19 2011, 17:27:10 UTC

In the past season (or 2), Smallville has failed to give me any kind of big reactions- whether they are positive or negative. Yes, there were some things that annoyed me or that made me squee, but overall, I watch an episode, enjoy it or not, and then move on.

I'm not saying that my reactions (or lack thereof) are a good thing or a bad thing, that's just how it is for me. Maybe it is a bad thing because I wish that I was as into Smallville as I used to be ( ... )

jeannev May 20 2011, 00:46:30 UTC

There is no wrong way, or right way, to watch a TV show. I've watched every single episode of Supernatural, but I couldn't tell you the names of the episodes, and I have no desire to analyze it. All shows are different, and all viewers are different.

There have only been a small handful of shows that I really felt the desire to delve deeper into. Smallville just happens to have been one of them. I don't even know why, because if there was ever a show that should probably be taken at its surface value, SV is it.

Whatever you feel like contributing to the conversation is always more then welcome :)