You don't know me but I read your reviews all the time and every point you hit here a agree with. I found the Lois and Clark scenes off and tiresome because of the repetitiveness of the storyline. I hated the AI scenes with Clark and thought they were badly written and the height of contrivance. I hate that AI and think that thing has done more harm to Clark then anyone. I agree with you about the Jonathon/Clark scene, I thought the scene was beautifully shot and acted and the actors chemistry was better then ever.
//I found the Lois and Clark scenes off and tiresome because of the repetitiveness of the storyline. I hated the AI scenes with Clark and thought they were badly written and the height of contrivance. I hate that AI and think that thing has done more harm to Clark then anyone. I agree with you about the Jonathon/Clark scene, I thought the scene was beautifully shot and acted and the actors chemistry was better then ever.//
Exactly. The repetetiveness is especially frustrating because it could have been so easily avoided. And with Jor-El, I'm just done.
And thankyou for your lovely comments. Please feel free to drop by again. :-)
//Lois, by not telling Clark she knows and waiting for him to tell her, is following her own advice. That's what she told Chloe to do in 'Pariah'. Chloe did it badly -- because she couldn't stop herself from continually hinting to Clark that she knew -- but Lois isn't actually copying Chloe. The writers aren't actually copying Chloe. They're writing Lois in a manner that's consistent with something she herself said, when the scenario was first hypothetically posed to her way back in S4. Accepting that Clark didn't tell her for a reason, and waiting for him to do so on his own terms. Did she have a little fun with it by taunting him about the kiss? Sure, because she wouldn't be Lois if she didn't bust his chops a little. But her not outright telling him that she knows, and giving him the chance to do what he needs to do by turning a blind eye, is pretty much exactly how she told us she'd handle it over five years ago
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That's actually a good point - fair enough. I'd argue the secret here ::is:: potentially capable though, of harming their relationship, so it's certainly not completely harmless IMO, but yes, I can see where you're coming from.
Still, in character or not, I nonetheless wish the writers had changed things up and actually allowed Clois their opportunity and chance of honesty here. Like I said, I just hope the secrets between them come to a quick end.
Well, Hello other half of my brain. Its good to see you again. LOL
What I think also hurt this ep is that the writers seemed to take some of the most unique and special elements of 'Salvation', such as Clark revealing his identity to Lois through that beautiful kiss, and Clark' gutwrenching heroism, and basically did their best to null and void them here. And herein lies the two biggest problems I had with the ep.A big WORD from me on this. I had hoped that they would realize how much people liked Salvation, and use that as a template when writing thie premiere. Well, not so much. I do feel like this episode was working to nullify Clark's actions in Salvation, not only do I find that bad writing, I think its an unfortunate way to start off the season
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Great review & I agree with pretty much all of it!
Clark' "I missed you" was so heart wrenchingly believable. And for every moment of self doubt, Jonathon knew exactly what to say, and none of it seemed like mere platitudes to me. For as problematic as Jonathon' character could sometimes be, I never doubted the depth of hs love for his son and that came shining through here. I loved the simplicity, but effectiveness of his "you are so much more than that. And I am so proud of you." And "you've sacrificed more than anybody" - thank God someone acknowledged this, finally. And the forehead kiss - really, everything was aww inducing, and not remotely in the cringetworthy, saccharine sweet way. Loved it. Such a beautiful scene and I must go back & rewatch it on its own. I think I was too annoyed by the rest of the ep. to appreciate it properly. Was never a huge Jonathan fan but he was wonderful here.
Speaking of the "bad one", I thought it was interesting that the clones seemed to have different facets of Lex' personality and
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Why would Lois run away immediately after pulling the dagger from Clark? I don't get it at all other than as contrivance. This is supposedly the man she loves -- or I suppose the combination of two men she loves -- just recovering from the brink of death. I'm left not just wondering why she would leave him but how she could leave him at that moment.
Open honesty, for once. Wouldn't that have been refreshing and unique? I'm hoping the open honesty will come along soon enough.
For me a good deal of the charm of Clois is the humor and teasing. Before comic-con I was really hoping for an episode or two Clark would know Lois was aware of the secret -- but not tell her he knew. That I thought not only had a lot of comic potential it would give Clark a chance to eventually reveal his secret a fun and spectacular way on his own terms a couple episodes down the line
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//That I thought not only had a lot of comic potential it would give Clark a chance to eventually reveal his secret a fun and spectacular way on his own terms a couple episodes down the line.//
Agreed. I think this would've made the entire thing come off looking a lot better, as opposed to what it is now. And like you, I'm soured on the secrets crap too - permenantly so.
//It makes me want to spit. *spits" Stupid show runners.//
Stupid, stupid. ::kicks::
//Me, I'm assuming when Clark "died" the book no longer saw detected Kryptonians on Earth and closed.//
That's actually very plausible. Now, see, writers - this is how it's done.
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Exactly. The repetetiveness is especially frustrating because it could have been so easily avoided. And with Jor-El, I'm just done.
And thankyou for your lovely comments. Please feel free to drop by again. :-)
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Still, in character or not, I nonetheless wish the writers had changed things up and actually allowed Clois their opportunity and chance of honesty here. Like I said, I just hope the secrets between them come to a quick end.
And please, feel free to de-lurk more often. :-)
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What I think also hurt this ep is that the writers seemed to take some of the most unique and special elements of 'Salvation', such as Clark revealing his identity to Lois through that beautiful kiss, and Clark' gutwrenching heroism, and basically did their best to null and void them here. And herein lies the two biggest problems I had with the ep.A big WORD from me on this. I had hoped that they would realize how much people liked Salvation, and use that as a template when writing thie premiere. Well, not so much. I do feel like this episode was working to nullify Clark's actions in Salvation, not only do I find that bad writing, I think its an unfortunate way to start off the season ( ... )
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Clark' "I missed you" was so heart wrenchingly believable. And for every moment of self doubt, Jonathon knew exactly what to say, and none of it seemed like mere platitudes to me. For as problematic as Jonathon' character could sometimes be, I never doubted the depth of hs love for his son and that came shining through here. I loved the simplicity, but effectiveness of his "you are so much more than that. And I am so proud of you." And "you've sacrificed more than anybody" - thank God someone acknowledged this, finally. And the forehead kiss - really, everything was aww inducing, and not remotely in the cringetworthy, saccharine sweet way. Loved it.
Such a beautiful scene and I must go back & rewatch it on its own. I think I was too annoyed by the rest of the ep. to appreciate it properly. Was never a huge Jonathan fan but he was wonderful here.
Speaking of the "bad one", I thought it was interesting that the clones seemed to have different facets of Lex' personality and ( ... )
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//That's an interesting point - wish the show had played it up a little more!//
I wish that too. It would've made sense, considering Lex was always the most multi-layered character on the show.
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I don't get it at all other than as contrivance. This is supposedly the man she loves -- or I suppose the combination of two men she loves -- just recovering from the brink of death. I'm left not just wondering why she would leave him but how she could leave him at that moment.
Open honesty, for once. Wouldn't that have been refreshing and unique?
I'm hoping the open honesty will come along soon enough.
For me a good deal of the charm of Clois is the humor and teasing. Before comic-con I was really hoping for an episode or two Clark would know Lois was aware of the secret -- but not tell her he knew. That I thought not only had a lot of comic potential it would give Clark a chance to eventually reveal his secret a fun and spectacular way on his own terms a couple episodes down the line ( ... )
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Agreed. I think this would've made the entire thing come off looking a lot better, as opposed to what it is now. And like you, I'm soured on the secrets crap too - permenantly so.
//It makes me want to spit. *spits" Stupid show runners.//
Stupid, stupid. ::kicks::
//Me, I'm assuming when Clark "died" the book no longer saw detected Kryptonians on Earth and closed.//
That's actually very plausible. Now, see, writers - this is how it's done.
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