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Smallville: Finale
So. I watched that.
Smallville sure didn't get any better in the three years I didn't watch it, did it? God, that was some *terrible* television.
The whole first part was nearly unbearable because NOTHING happened. People (mainly Clark) just waffled. And wasted time. And procrastinated. And hesitated. And weren't quite sure, and then they changed their mind. NO BLOODY WONDER it took Clark and Lois seven years to get married because if Clark didn't have superspeed, he'd be known as the SLOWEST MAN ON THE PLANET.
So 40 minutes in, I was practically wailing at the screen for Clark to just please, please finally get on with saving the world, because HOLY SHIT DARKSEID. Instead, Clark went to the barn. Thanks, Clark. I'm sure you're going to save the world by going to the barn. This is Smallville after all, wonders do get accomplished in the barn. And nice to see it again, I guess.
Really, I don't know how Clark ever accomplishes anything. How does he even get out of bed in the morning without both his parents and all his friends and his space dad and his nemesis giving him some sort of motivational speech? And why does he even need motivation to fight Darkseid? I'd think that'd be a pretty clear cut issue. Probably even Lionel would have fought Darkseid if someone had reminded him that there wouldn't be much point in being evil once the world was destroyed.
The only ray of light was Tess. Hello, Tess! I hardly knew ye, but you were pretty cool because you actually tried to save the world while other people wasted time, and you kicked some ass and shot Lionel and even tried to talk to Lex.
Which brings us to the actual reason I watched this finale, namely, Lex Luthor. Creepy Frankenstein's Monster resurrection was pretty awful, but not half as terrible as the mindwipe because WHY? Probably because Lex Luthor just can't get a break, even when he's newly risen from the dead. His confrontation with Clark was just weird - I mean, what did they actually say? Clark maybe meant to say that he thought Lex might not be evil, I don't know. Maybe he just wanted to get another motivational speech out of this, which Lex delivered. Champion of light, hero to my villain, and all that. And I guess Lex meant to say that he was going to be Clark's nemesis, but what was that, "Oh, I don't know if I can save the world, Lex," bit followed by, "I know who can"? For a moment there I was going, "omg, yay, let's rip off the plot of JLU's finale, I'll love you forever!" But that didn't happen. I think they completely failed to get each other here, because obviously what they should have said was, "HOLY SHIT OUR PLANET IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE LET'S TEAM UP!"
Only that would have been effective, so instead Clark left and Lex went to go sit around at Luthorcorp and stare out of the window. Some supervillain and superhero these two are.
Then there was a big clipshow for both of them, which was not very great, and Clark finally, finally put on his Superman duds and went to fight Darkseid...
Except not. No fight, no climax, no face-off with Darkseid. He just shoved Apokolips back into space. You'll regret this when Darkseid comes back, Clark. And then somehow he and Lois managed to not get married for another seven years while Chloe produced a kid with Oliver Queen (WTF) and Lex got elected for president, which you'd think would at least cause him to smile a little villainous smile, but I think by now Lex's thoughts are just, "Oh god please let me remember this tomorrow!"
I can't say I'm thinking the same. Which is not to say that I hated it, I was just terribly exasperated with it. I wanted you to do better, show.
Smallville sure didn't get any better in the three years I didn't watch it, did it? God, that was some *terrible* television.
The whole first part was nearly unbearable because NOTHING happened. People (mainly Clark) just waffled. And wasted time. And procrastinated. And hesitated. And weren't quite sure, and then they changed their mind. NO BLOODY WONDER it took Clark and Lois seven years to get married because if Clark didn't have superspeed, he'd be known as the SLOWEST MAN ON THE PLANET.
So 40 minutes in, I was practically wailing at the screen for Clark to just please, please finally get on with saving the world, because HOLY SHIT DARKSEID. Instead, Clark went to the barn. Thanks, Clark. I'm sure you're going to save the world by going to the barn. This is Smallville after all, wonders do get accomplished in the barn. And nice to see it again, I guess.
Really, I don't know how Clark ever accomplishes anything. How does he even get out of bed in the morning without both his parents and all his friends and his space dad and his nemesis giving him some sort of motivational speech? And why does he even need motivation to fight Darkseid? I'd think that'd be a pretty clear cut issue. Probably even Lionel would have fought Darkseid if someone had reminded him that there wouldn't be much point in being evil once the world was destroyed.
The only ray of light was Tess. Hello, Tess! I hardly knew ye, but you were pretty cool because you actually tried to save the world while other people wasted time, and you kicked some ass and shot Lionel and even tried to talk to Lex.
Which brings us to the actual reason I watched this finale, namely, Lex Luthor. Creepy Frankenstein's Monster resurrection was pretty awful, but not half as terrible as the mindwipe because WHY? Probably because Lex Luthor just can't get a break, even when he's newly risen from the dead. His confrontation with Clark was just weird - I mean, what did they actually say? Clark maybe meant to say that he thought Lex might not be evil, I don't know. Maybe he just wanted to get another motivational speech out of this, which Lex delivered. Champion of light, hero to my villain, and all that. And I guess Lex meant to say that he was going to be Clark's nemesis, but what was that, "Oh, I don't know if I can save the world, Lex," bit followed by, "I know who can"? For a moment there I was going, "omg, yay, let's rip off the plot of JLU's finale, I'll love you forever!" But that didn't happen. I think they completely failed to get each other here, because obviously what they should have said was, "HOLY SHIT OUR PLANET IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE LET'S TEAM UP!"
Only that would have been effective, so instead Clark left and Lex went to go sit around at Luthorcorp and stare out of the window. Some supervillain and superhero these two are.
Then there was a big clipshow for both of them, which was not very great, and Clark finally, finally put on his Superman duds and went to fight Darkseid...
Except not. No fight, no climax, no face-off with Darkseid. He just shoved Apokolips back into space. You'll regret this when Darkseid comes back, Clark. And then somehow he and Lois managed to not get married for another seven years while Chloe produced a kid with Oliver Queen (WTF) and Lex got elected for president, which you'd think would at least cause him to smile a little villainous smile, but I think by now Lex's thoughts are just, "Oh god please let me remember this tomorrow!"
I can't say I'm thinking the same. Which is not to say that I hated it, I was just terribly exasperated with it. I wanted you to do better, show.
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Probably he remembers basic skills like speaking and driving hot sports cars and how to do his taxes...
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XDXDXDXDXD LOL VERY Lly!
(yes, I read it the same way, as a complete memory erasure - which means I'm quite impressed he managed to become President in 7 short years!)
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