Smallville

[Uzumaki]

Lex isn't entirely forgotten, but certainly neglected. Whatever allusions to what Clark and Lex will one day be is unnecessary, because everyone knows already. How about spending that time showing other key aspects that may have a part in who Lex will be one day?

We never saw the formation of LexCorp. Granted, it was supposed to have happened after last season ended and before the current one started, but it was important and there was no attention paid to it until it was dissolved.

In "Visage," Lex told his girlfriend, whom we'd only seen in one episode prior to that, that she could save him from becoming his father. How? Is it too much to put it all on screen? It does no justice to the character, especially since he is so important to the Superman legend.

Clark does many commendable things, however, he's not above being downright cruel sometimes. He rarely goes to Lex when he's not asking for money or a favor, even though they're supposed to be best friends. In "Suspect," when he and Lex are arguing about the circumstances, Clark accuses Lex of shooting his own dad, citing the reason "I've seen you shoot people before, Lex." The shot he was referring to was probably the one in the first episode of the second season, where Lex shot and killed Roger Nixon. That shot saved Clark and Jonathan Kent's lives, and Clark throws it back in Lex's face. That ain't deep.

I think that the way they show Clark now doesn't make his ascension to greatness more incredible, only more unlikely.

 

[Wolv0rine]

Hmm, I had presumed that the "It's not like I haven't seen you shoot someone" (or whatever the actual words were) was a reference to the guy he shot when he was being controlled (don't remember the Ep. name, there were to guys, one lived as a loner-hobo type in the woods).

Either way, it's heartbreaking because it would take so very, very little for any of these characters to save Lex's soul. He goes out of his way, far out of his way, to do things for everyone. All he wants is for these to be his friends, and everyone turns around and kicks him again and again. It's sad, at this point I'd almost rather see Lex's redemption than Clark's evolution. But then, the character is portrayed so masterfully.

 

[Uzumaki]

Well, Lex was under mind control at that time, so I think Clark would let that one slide.

I agree that Smallville does have an incredible representation of Lex and his father Lionel Luthor.

 

[Ranger REG]

I think I like the fact that they made Clark Kent a typical teenager that almost anyone can relate to, who will get into trouble and mischief, and not someone you would see sitting next to you at a Boy Scout Meeting.

* chuckles at the mental image *

The young Clark has to stumble through and learn his mistakes. He also has to get over certain things like his fear of height, at least anything above the top of the barn.

While I do agree, the show sometimes suffer from poor storywriting, some episodes shines through like the time he almost could have had a kid brother, a psychic who knew Clark's secrets, but later died.

He will eventually become Superman, but for now Clark has to be Clark.

 

[John Crichton]

On relationships:

The Clark/Lana stuff is brought up in many of the eps but is never the focus. The Clark/Lex is also there in almost every episode, especially the most recent ones. The Luthor/Kent relationship is also a focal point of many episodes.

If you believe the show harps on the Lana/Clark relationship too much, just remember that while almost every episode sees it in some way, it is usually only touched upon. Smallville isn't about their relationship, it's about all of the ones I mentioned above. Superman is nothing without both a foil (Lois/Lana) and Lex Luthor. It all has to be going at once. And as Ranger put it, some of the eps have fallen flat but not every episode is going to be solid gold. You're going to have a par/sub-par one here and there. But, to this point, the entertaining ones have outnumbered the so-so ones by a good number so I'd say they are doing a good job.

 

[Ranger REG]

Up until now, they stayed away from the "villain-of-the-week exposed to kryptonite radiation" plot device.

I think we're due for one.

 

[John Crichton]

I think we're due for one.

I would like to stay away from those. Keep it real so to speak...

 

[LrdApoc]

Up until now, they stayed away from the "villain-of-the-week exposed to kryptonite radiation" plot device.

I think we're due for one.

Problem being they overused it the first season and got a lot of backlash.

 

[Dinkeldog]

I'd like to see Bizarro Clark and Bizarro Lex. That would be fun.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Because of my dissatisfaction with the shows progression in character developement I read the spoilers, which I will not share.

I will probably skip the next episode, although some cool info comes out about a character, I think the whole brother thing is stupid. The following episodes all seem full of good story and character goodness. I am glad I read the spoilers, or I would probably had one more hour of free time and god knows we all have too much of that