Smallville 11/10 Spoilers

[Belen]

Ok, we have witches. Not sure how I feel about this one as I have fears that Smallville will become another craptastic "charmed."

My theory on their powers: They channel Kryptonian energy. The book was full of Kryptonian symbols, so maybe it is a way to tap into some energy generators they left on Earth.

All in all....I did not like the episode.

 

[Henry]

I get the feeling this was your typical "eye-candy sweeps" episode. That said, I do like sweets.

It leaves further questions that are definitely anti-canon: Is the Kryptonian super-science stuff actually some form of sorcery? Is magic actually tapping into the same primal forces that Kryptonian science is tapping into? They could be like two sides of the same coin, which is why magic has always been able to hurt Superman.

I also found it interesting that Clark ran straight to Lex for help with the college recruiter. It strikes me that Clark is now taking advantage of Lex's friendship more willingly, leading him down a path he normally wouldn't go. I wonder if the next break will be from Lex's angle, and more permanent?

John and Martha made only the barest of appearances (more Sweeps meta-thinking), which may, along with last week's defiance of his father, signify Clark's growing independence. He's a half-step away from complete adulthood, and that's a neat period to watch in anyone's life, because they make the most entertaining mistakes.

My favorite line:

Johnathan: "Can you explain this?" (holds up the bra)
Clark: "Dad, it's not what it looks like - it was magic."
Martha: "I'm sure it was!"

 

[MEG Hal]

I get the feeling this was your typical "eye-candy sweeps" episode. That said, I do like sweets.

It leaves further questions that are definitely anti-canon: Is the Kryptonian super-science stuff actually some form of sorcery? Is magic actually tapping into the same primal forces that Kryptonian science is tapping into? They could be like two sides of the same coin, which is why magic has always been able to hurt Superman.

I also found it interesting that Clark ran straight to Lex for help with the college recruiter. It strikes me that Clark is now taking advantage of Lex's friendship more willingly, leading him down a path he normally wouldn't go. I wonder if the next break will be from Lex's angle, and more permanent?

John and Martha made only the barest of appearances (more Sweeps meta-thinking), which may, along with last week's defiance of his father, signify Clark's growing independence. He's a half-step away from complete adulthood, and that's a neat period to watch in anyone's life, because they make the most entertaining mistakes.

My favorite line:

Johnathan: "Can you explain this?" (holds up the bra)
Clark: "Dad, it's not what it looks like - it was magic."
Martha: "I'm sure it was!"

Great line.... I agree this episode was a wee bit too much off center but looking at big picture...
Clark stated with a worried tone--"Magic can hurt me", this may be part of a story arc and they needed magic to be introduced. Overall not my fav episode, but at least not a FotW episode.

Kryptonian symbols mixed with magic is weird but maybe the ancients harnessed the symbols for power and did not know it was an alien language????

 

[Wolf72]

at first I thought "what the hell is charmed doing on right now?" (I was kinda channel surfing and coming back to smallville every few minutes).

lets see ... 1/2 nekkid clark with muscles ... 3 main female characters decked out to the nines as sluts (bad thoughts, must banish bad thoughts).

I did like the last scene at home with mom/dad ... "magic can hurt me" stopped mom/dad in their tracks, very poignant.

 

[Klaus]

Well, the show just introduced Clark's only significant vulnerability, apart from kryptonite. Other than having the Silver Banshee show up as an Irish exchange student or somesuch, this was the only way to showcase that without adding too many complications into the pot.

 

[ergeheilalt]

I'm no DC scholar, but I thought magic was a well-founded force in the DC universe. I mean, doesn't Morgan La Fay prance around the world with her little brat trying to take over the world? I figured the sorceress used a similar magic and thought the uber technology of Krypton was actually magic.

*shrugs*

The episodes was well worth my time .
Erge

 

[Filby]

I was disappointed. Isabelle was a cool villain, but the two ditzy henchwitches reminded me too much of Hocus Pocus.

Lemme see. The bad points, in my humble opinion...

- Good girls gone bad. Seriously cliched plot point and one I was never fond of to begin with.
- We're still left guessing at the connection between magic and Krypton. That's what I was waiting for through the whole ep, and what bugged me the most. If I had to hazard a guess... Kryptonian science is not magic, but knowledge of Kryptonian language (such as that "water" symbol) can fascilitate easier accessability of sorcery (like Latin and old Celtic languages have an affinity for wizardry in some real-world traditions).
- Clark can't dance.

It wasn't a total train wreck, though. Not like some of the first-season eps, at any rate. The good points...

- The introduction of magic as a potential threat for Clark. Could have been handled better, but the ep served its purpose. And it leaves open the possibility of a guest appearance by Doctor Fate.
- Lex playing 'til his fingers bled (...it was the summer of '69, ohhh when I look back now, the summ-- *ahem* couldn't help myself).
- Screen time for Jason. I like this guy. He's a genuinely good person, and I appreciate how that's been played up.
- "I'm sure it was!"

So... yeah. Hopefully it will be better next week.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

It was the first episode I watched since the second one of the season and I thought it was pretty weak.

At least Lana's boyfriend was fired from his school job in teh shows I missed. I was wondering how they were going to handle that. Teachers/coaches banging thier highschool students is a big no-no in RL.

 

[Truth Seeker]

I get the feeling this was your typical "eye-candy sweeps" episode. That said, I do like sweets.

It leaves further questions that are definitely anti-canon: Is the Kryptonian super-science stuff actually some form of sorcery? Is magic actually tapping into the same primal forces that Kryptonian science is tapping into? They could be like two sides of the same coin, which is why magic has always been able to hurt Superman.

I also found it interesting that Clark ran straight to Lex for help with the college recruiter. It strikes me that Clark is now taking advantage of Lex's friendship more willingly, leading him down a path he normally wouldn't go. I wonder if the next break will be from Lex's angle, and more permanent?

John and Martha made only the barest of appearances (more Sweeps meta-thinking), which may, along with last week's defiance of his father, signify Clark's growing independence. He's a half-step away from complete adulthood, and that's a neat period to watch in anyone's life, because they make the most entertaining mistakes.

My favorite line:

Johnathan: "Can you explain this?" (holds up the bra)
Clark: "Dad, it's not what it looks like - it was magic."
Martha: "I'm sure it was!"

Actually, if memory serves me right, there was comic book run, that did show Krypton's history, before the age of science and logic came forth, and they did use 'magic' and they were at war with each other for quiet some time.

It was, again, if memory is correct, Ka-El's family tree has something to do with that change, from the pangs of arcane use to the logic calculations of science. Which in truth, was a disguise in the use, the planet almost didn't survive the wars that raged across the surface.

 

[Fast Learner]

- Screen time for Jason. I like this guy. He's a genuinely good person, and I appreciate how that's been played up.

Dude, you are falling for his good guy schtick hook, line, and sinker. Do you really think it's a coincidence that he's the one who led Lana to that particular church/tomb in Paris?