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February 1, 2008 "Persona" Previously on Smallville: A lot of crazy shit. Supergirl arrived. Lex cloned his dead brother and made him Editor of the Daily Planet. Lex's dead brother's clone started boning Lois Lane. Jimmy Olsen broke up with Chloe and has the hots for Supergirl. Lana's been spying on Lex. Brainiac returned. Supergirl found out her father Zor-El was a skeez who wanted to bone Clark's Kryptonian mother Lara. Lara and Zor-El show up at the farm. Zor-El bamboozled everyone and tries to take over the world. Clark stopped Zor-El but was trapped in the Fortress of Solitude by Jor-El for some reason. Supergirl has amnesia and is missing. And then a long break. My head is about to explode from writing all that. October 11, 2007 Regression? I get mail (always from Sean): I'm beginning to fear that Smallville Season 6 was an aberration. What made Season 6 a very enjoyable season was all the forward progress. The end to the Clark/Lana relationship, the lessening of Lex's obsession with Clark, the introduction the Green Arrow, The Martian Manhunter and the JLA, and Clark's heroic quest to hunt down the escaped Phantom Zone prisoners. Now, Clark is back with Lana, Lex is once again obsessed with a Kent and Clark has no driving heroic purpose. However, what I think might be the biggest flaw in Season 7 is Kara. Her personality is all wrong. Here is a girl who was raised in a technologically advanced, emotionally repressed society. I could understand if she was portrayed as naive, taken aback by the completely alien Earth culture and wanting to experience all the new things Earth has to offer her. I could understand if she was portrayed as emotionally detached and unable to integrate with Earth culture because she is from an "advanced" "superior" society. What I don't buy is her being a Paris Hilton-esque brat who instantly starts dressing in short shorts and midriff bearing outfits (mind you, I like to look at that, it just doesn't make sense for the character). Everything about her character just rings false at this point. She's not my least favorite new character on the show, thanks to that horrible Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief, but it's clear she will be playing a big role in this season, which might not be a such a good thing. Still, I can't wait for Dean Cain next week. Lighten up, nerd. You're thinking too much. If there's one vital component to enjoying Smallville, it's that you can't think too much. I don't think at all while I watch Smallville, which is why I love it now. Things like character development, continuity, linear storytelling, those things are for squares. And how the hell do you know what Supergirl is supposed to dress like? That character has always at the very least worn a miniskirt, even in the 50's. Who gives a fuck about her character? The whole point of Supergirl is that she's a hot blonde who wears a miniskirt and can fly. That's it. She can save your life and then you can look up her skirt as she flies away. She's wonderful. Supergirl is great. Everything's great. Clark now lives with two hot chicks. Granted, one of them is his hot cousin, but still. Meanwhile the other two hot chicks show up whenever they want. And so does his arch enemy, who also has the hots for him and his cousin and his hot girlfriend, who used to be his hot wife. This show is hotter than Kara's heat vision. (Well, I think I won that debate.) September 27, 2007
Smallville = Action Comics Smallville is a far better superhero TV series than Heroes. Smallville is a way more fun show to watch. They don't posture like they're more profound or original than they are. As far as I'm concerned, they have hotter chicks. More importantly, Smallville's characters have the advantage of being the established DC Comics heroes beloved by generations: Superman and his Superfriends. For a second, just a second, I thought they were gonna kill Chloe. And for that second I was a little relieved because then I would have been done with Smallville for good. But no, she wakes up naked in a morgue. And I'm also glad because now's not the time to leave Smallville. The best part of Smallville today is that they seem fully committed to turning the show into Action Comics. Smallville is much more now than the hoary "teen Superman growing up" concept they've beaten to death. Little by little over the years, and full-on in season 6, Smallville has become the DC Universe on television. The roll call of the opening credits' main cast of characters this season is comic geek heaven: |
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