Beacon Screentime Totals, and Thoughts

[jeannev]

 Well now, that was a big improvement over last week.  Of course, I'm not sure how much that says considering what a flaming pile of poop I thought last weeks episode was.

Overall, I'd say Beacon was a solid episode that had some very good moments, and scenes, and performances, but also had a few problems.

Anyway, we'll get to that, first we make

Comments

[ext_374301]

Shocker: I didn't find Chloe annoying or her scene with Martha bad.

I don't know where they're taking the clone business now nor where they're taking Tess..

I'm also upset the Luthor mansion is burned to the ground. Shed tears and everything.

For AM..i think her acting is fine but nothing extraordinary..we'll see next week with her plotline.

[ext_374301]

Also I found the videos mostly heavy handed..didn't care for them much.

[jeannev]

I think how one feels about Chloe as a character and about her actions over the last 2 seasons is going to impact heavily on how her scenes now hit you. I just don't think there's any reason for the show to imply that Clark needs Chloe so much, or that no one is better equipped to look after him. At this point, that sort of fluffing isn't necessary. If they wanted Martha to fluff up Chloe, they could've done it in a way that didn't make it look like Chloe needs to watch over Clark like he's a small child with a sharp object.

It is strange how they are getting rid of sets, isn't it? I mean, wasn't the show already awfully short on sets? I think they're done to 3 or 4 at this point.

[tasabian]

The first scene, between Tess and Lois felt like a throwback to last season. That Lois would be upset about her article getting edited I understand, that she would think that Tess, who is working with Clark and Oliver at Watchtower now, would start suddenly be doing VRA puff pieces felt ridiculously OOC.
I thought at first they were pretending to still be enemies, as a cover but I guess that wasn't the case? That whole sequence with no one telling Tess "er, undead Lionel is in your office!" was quite silly.

I see there's some criticism out there for Clark hesitating to save Lionel, but I don't think he was hesitating at all. He saved his mother first, made sure she was OK, gave her the little head nod of "Yeah, I'm going back for him", and then unceremoniously dumped Lionel on his ass.
I thought the rueful little exchange of glances between Clark & Martha was perfect & funny.

Don't tell me that "Clark is the light", SHOW ME why Clark is the light. I definitely miss seeing Clark rescuing strangers - we saw a lot more rescues in his

[jeannev]

Yeah, I'm guessing from Tess' expression that she wasn't expecting Lois in her face like that.

I also thought the non-verbal's between Clark and his mother were perfect. I never doubted for a second that he would go back and save Lionel, and I don't think Martha did either.

Oh, we definitely saw Clark rescuing more people in the early seasons. It appears they are bored with that whole "Clark saving people" thing now, unless its someone who is close to him. Its a shame, because I think they are leaving off screen an essential part of Clark's character.

[svfan01]

I thought it was an ok but unspectacular episode myself. To sum it up in one line, the Lionel stuff was great, the Clark stuff not so much

[jeannev]

I really believe that TPTB have very little clue as to what would make almost everyone happy in regards to Clark. Honestly, would there be anyone out there that would be unhappy if Clark was more positive and self-assured? Would there be unhappy people if we saw saving Joe Public every now and again? Would people be poo-poo'ing the season if we saw Clark delivering peptalks to others, and providing strong emotional support to them

[svfan01]

"I mean, filter out the Clark haters"

I don't think there is "Clark haters", it's more like I don't like Clark unless his nose is deeply up my favorite female characters butt

[tjw_jaypat]

Great review! As you have addressed the big stuff perfectly well as always, let me just comment on a small thing:

>How did Clark get his jacket from when he whooshed out of the house to rush to the hospital, and arriving there?It was not only that. The entire scene bothered me. When Clark sped off from his living room, I was expecting that Lois would actually see him run in on the crime scene on her TV screen. Usually he is this fast. Yet for some strange reason he arrives at the hopsital. Now it takes a while to get someone, even someone important, to the hospital. When Clark arrived Martha had already received medical attention, and she was on the phone with Lois. That is, I´d say at least 45 min must have passed, if not more. So what on earth did Clark do during all this time? A scene like this makes sense for normal people who have to get into their car and drive through heavy traffic to get to the hospital. But it doesn´t make sense for Clark

[jeannev]

Wow, you are totally on the money there. I didn't even think about the time lapse between Clark whooshing off, and him arriving at the hospital, but you're absolutely right. The sloppiness of this show drives me crazy

[tjw_jaypat]

I got only 15:47 min for Clark. It all depends on our individual counting rules, I guess.

[jeannev]

OK, but you and I are really close. Only off about 20s. I get that. But when its over a minute, I start to wonder.