Booster Screentime Minutes, and Deep-ish Thoughts

[jeannev]

 I really wonder if my feelings about this episode would've been different without the hyping out the wazoo.  Because I sort of think that maybe all these advanced reviewers actually got to see a different cut of the episode then me.  A better cut.  I mean, don't get me wrong, because I do understand that opinions vary, and the SV fandom is very

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[la_belle_isa]

It was an OK episode. Like you, I think that clumsy Clark makes no sense. I find Clark, with his attire, completely fashionable, especially the glasses. In fact, he looks more like a model then ever before on that show. I mean seriously, you would see a guy like that, with glasses and all, walking into your office and what would be your reaction? I can assure you that mine wouldn’t be: “What a dork”. And the clumsiness just adds to the charm. I just saw a giant ad for glasses on the highway, and the male model was sporting a pair of glasses very similar to Clark’s. Anyway, they painted themselves in a corner with that one. For me, the idea of magic glasses wouldn’t have been bad

[jeannev]

I kept wondering why we were supposed to be thinking that Clark's wardrobe was dorky. It looked fine to me. The vest, the raincoat. He looked hot.

I'm never quite sure what they plan on this show, and what they just throw together carelessly. You'd think if they planned better, they wouldn't have to retcon so much.

Ya know, I kind of think that SV was supported for most of its 10 years by a lot of people who had never picked up a comic book. I really resent that we're so callously disregarded in the final season. I understand throwing in things for the fanboys, and all that. But you can't write the show assuming that they're your only audience.

I wouldn't watch a Booster gold spin off. I can't see that entertaining me. Its like a less funny version of The Tick.

[jeannev]

I can understand if people don't care about the retconning, because really, thats a personal choice. But what blows my mind is seeing people actually say that Clark was a bumbling geek in high school when he totally wasn't. I mean, just watch any episode that isn't the premiere, ya know? Drives me a little crazy. Or crazier, I should say

[anonymous]

Trying to play devil's advocate about the retcon of Clark being a bumbling nerd in high school. Yes the only time we saw this was in the premiere. However it was mentioned in the premiere by Pete and Chloe as being a common occurence. It wasn't long after that the necklace issue was resolved so that Clark and Lana could be physically closer and the bumbling stopped. So my point is that I believe they are saying that prior to the premiere Clark had been seen as a bumbling nerd, mainly because of the Lana necklace stuff. He had no way of knowing in his pre-show years that it was because of kryptonite so yes I can see where he could relate to how Jaime feels being sort of klutzy and picked on. Anyway that's how I'm trying to make sense of what screams retcon. What do you think?

[jeannev]

I see what you're saying, and maybe thats what they were going for. What tends to make me think otherwise though was that scene in Homecoming when we had someone ask where the geek in primary colors went. Of course, later in that ep, we had someone talk about how cute he was, and how caught up in his relationships she was.

But yeah, I think thats a pretty reasonable way to look at it. I'd probably be more willing to find rationales myself, but as you can probably tell, I'm not so much loving S10. :(

[anonymous]

Hey Valerie :D

[jeannev]

I totally get where you are coming from with the disconnect. And I think its much easier for your attention to drift when you aren't fully engaged with the storyline. And truthfully, I'm less and less engaged all the time, and thats going in exactly the wrong direction when you consider that we are coming up the end of the show. I should be on the edge of my seat instead of thinking Blah!

There's definitely a "make it up as we go" mentality with this show which means we get a lot of retcons. Hell, the whole Veritas arc was one big retcon, and we got one again with the Doomsday arc. Its just neverending, I guess.

The shirt rip was so, so silly. It made Clark seem like he was having a tantrum, or something. Besides, we ALREADY DID the shirt rip in Warrior, and to much better effect. Gimmicks lose their effectiveness when we've already seen them.

[tasabian]

Really, this wasn't a bad episode. It was decent.
You're kinder than me. Apart from Martsoff's performance (which was great), I thought it was terrible. (Because of the script' not Tom's direction.) The dialogue was so repetitive - Lois & Clark seemed to have the exact same conversation three times in a row and the ending with everyone telling everyone else to "be yourself" was cringeworthy.

And, like you, I cannot accept that people who have worked with and known Clark for two years - the journalists, sources and beat cops- would be anything but confused by his new persona. It would draw suspicion to him like a beacon.

[jeannev]

Now, I don't think its often that any describes me as kinder then anyone. LOL

I certainly don't think Johns script was anything special. His dialogue rarely ever comes across as sounding easy or natural. Its very speechy.

The whole clumsy/glasses thing was only ever going to work on SV if they had added another angle to it, like Zatanna puttying a whammy on the glasses, or something. Even then, it still wouldn't really address why people that have known Clark for years wouldn't be clued in. Its really just a terrible conceit to think they can get away with this because "Its Mythos!". But thats pretty much how Souders/Peterson operate. Lazy, sloppy, and completely unconcerned with logic.

[tasabian]

I certainly don't think Johns script was anything special. His dialogue rarely ever comes across as sounding easy or natural. Its very speechy.
And every single line out of every character's mouth was a cliche, stale as a week old danish. Contrast that with Bryan Miller dialogue which always sounds fresh and funny and the actors just blossom.

Even then, it still wouldn't really address why people that have known Clark for years wouldn't be clued in. Its really just a terrible conceit to think they can get away with this because "Its Mythos!"
See, if he'd subverted the concept by having a bit player like Bert of Jeff say "why are you suddenly acting so weird?" it would have worked. But having Cat, who's previously been quite sharp, suddenly turn into a pod person for the sake of the script, is pitiful.