Smallville is the show of the last few weeks. With the gorgeous Tom Welling and the occassional appearance from people like Jonothan Taylor Thomas (whom i adore), i can't say a bad word about the cast. As for the plot, the repetitive 'meteor-rock-caused-me-to-get-mutant-powers' thing gets a little old, but the underlying quest for Clark Kent to learn where he came from amid deceit and Luthor-hazards keeps me intrigued.
I must say though, that the amount of people who carry guns in this show is nuts. Half way into season 3 and i reckon Clark has been shot at least fifteen times. Possibly more. I gave up trying to count. Seeing as bullets can't kill the young Superman, i'm thinking that it's about time they find a new way to try and kill him off... perhaps nuclear weapons? The Kryptonite bullet was a good one.
Another slightly unbelievable thing would be the seemingly ever mounting number of people who find out Clark's secret... and then die. Clark never actually kills them but they do seem to come to unfortunate ends. Hmm... Another query? Why is 'Lana Lang' so similar to 'Lois Lane'? I can't figure out what the reason behind this would be.
I'll admit, there are a few flaws in the show. And the Lana-Clark-Chloe-Pete triangle gets a tad repetitive. But it's still got a certain something. For example, in a flashback, a young Lex Luthor is seen sitting at a long table, lavishly decorated for his twelfth birthday... and the audience watches as his face slowly crumbles. Nobody has shown up. He's all alone, and nobody cares. My eyes welled up in sympathy to the poor little bald boy who lives in such a difficult world.
Or how you feel for Chloe as she watches Lana and Clark carry on with each other - and you just want to kill her sometimes for being so darn nosey! Another heartfelt moment: when Lex finally told his father that it wasn't he who had killed his baby brother, but his mother... and Lional Luthor had to realise that he'd spent sixteen years hating his sone - for nothing.
The mark of a good television show isn't the plot line. It's the amount of empathy that the viewer is induced into feeling for each character. If you can walk away from an episode feeling for whatever a character has been through, then it can't be considered a flop. Plot lines can improve in an episode, but you can't develop character bonds in a day.
I must say though, that the amount of people who carry guns in this show is nuts. Half way into season 3 and i reckon Clark has been shot at least fifteen times. Possibly more. I gave up trying to count. Seeing as bullets can't kill the young Superman, i'm thinking that it's about time they find a new way to try and kill him off... perhaps nuclear weapons? The Kryptonite bullet was a good one.
Another slightly unbelievable thing would be the seemingly ever mounting number of people who find out Clark's secret... and then die. Clark never actually kills them but they do seem to come to unfortunate ends. Hmm... Another query? Why is 'Lana Lang' so similar to 'Lois Lane'? I can't figure out what the reason behind this would be.
I'll admit, there are a few flaws in the show. And the Lana-Clark-Chloe-Pete triangle gets a tad repetitive. But it's still got a certain something. For example, in a flashback, a young Lex Luthor is seen sitting at a long table, lavishly decorated for his twelfth birthday... and the audience watches as his face slowly crumbles. Nobody has shown up. He's all alone, and nobody cares. My eyes welled up in sympathy to the poor little bald boy who lives in such a difficult world.
Or how you feel for Chloe as she watches Lana and Clark carry on with each other - and you just want to kill her sometimes for being so darn nosey! Another heartfelt moment: when Lex finally told his father that it wasn't he who had killed his baby brother, but his mother... and Lional Luthor had to realise that he'd spent sixteen years hating his sone - for nothing.
The mark of a good television show isn't the plot line. It's the amount of empathy that the viewer is induced into feeling for each character. If you can walk away from an episode feeling for whatever a character has been through, then it can't be considered a flop. Plot lines can improve in an episode, but you can't develop character bonds in a day.
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