Smallville "Aqua"

[WayneLigon]

First episode of Smallville I've seen in about two years. Not bad at all. I really liked Aquaman, that Lex is pretty much right on the short path to Evil, and Clark has finally decided to take a stand and start down that hero path.

Heh. 'Superboy'. Junior Lifeguard Association

 

[Dagger75]

I liked the JLA comment Clark had near the end.

 

[shilsen]

The JLA thing had me chuckling out loud too. And Lois is right - orange and green is a really lousy combo

 

[BrooklynKnight]

"we should start a Junior Lifeguard Association or something"

"naw i'm not ready for the JLA just yet"

I'm telling ya, I LOVE easter eggs like this.

 

[EricNoah]

For me, a so-so episode. It is kind of cool when Clark is allowed to "be himself" as he could be in front of AC. I think Lex is getting less and less interesting. The best part, for me, was Clark accepting the research assistant position. Turns the tables: for so long, Clark was the research subject, and now it's Lex's turn...

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

The preview of next weeks episode made me shudder.

 

[Jamdin]

I loved the way they handled Aquaman. I also loved the fact that they kept his origin pretty much intact (father was a lighthouse keeper). Arthur also commented that he was "part fish". A great episode for comic geek fans.

 

[Mercule]

I loved the way they handled Aquaman. I also loved the fact that they kept his origin pretty much intact (father was a lighthouse keeper). Arthur also commented that he was "part fish". A great episode for comic geek fans.

For the non-comic geek, was his personality pretty dead on?

Oh, and I agree with Flexor about next week. I was starting to wonder why they'd moved Charmed to Thursday.

 

[drothgery]

Oh, and I agree with Flexor about next week. I was starting to wonder why they'd moved Charmed to Thursday.

With James Masters in a semi-major role this year, they had to do a vampire episode, didn't they?

 

[WayneLigon]

For the non-comic geek, was his personality pretty dead on?

That's kinda hard to say. They've done so much weird stuff with Aquaman for the past few years that I've lost count. I liked the TV personality best of the characterizations I've seen recently, really; it makes him more human and is closest the amiable and friendly guy he was long ago. I like that they gave him the early 'eco terrorist' bent as well.

Interesting that the TV version had Mera's hard-water powers, though for all I know the comics gave it to him with his new hand. I thought it was really interesting that the promos referred to him as 'Aquaman'. Did they do that with the Kid Flash appearance?

Hopefully we'll see more of him. The actor said he'd be thrilled to do an Aquaman series, which I think would be really cool.