Dominion Screentime Minutes,and late thoughts

[jeannev]

  Wow, I never thought I would get this done.  Between a crazy busy weekend, major download issues, and general malaise about the show itself, it felt like a very long journey to this review.

I also think I was having a hard time thinking of what I wanted to say.  Because while this episode had some very entertaining moments in it, and some very

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[dawnybee]

when you peel back the layers of this episode and examine it a bit deeper, you find yourself staring into some major plot holes, and contrivances. And those are par for the course.

And that's my disappointment with this final season. If this was just regular 'ol season 10 I'd love it, but this is it for the show; this should all be about Clark and his next big step and it's really no different than any other season with a focus on Very Special Guests and as you say, bucket list items, but not enough about Clark and his destiny and that's my disappointment. I've been mostly content with this season, but I wish I could love it.

Did some of the criminals smuggle in snakes in their pants? (insert joke here)
Is that why Zod kept squirming around in his throne?

Because the bottom line is that there was no real reason at all to bring him back aside from "Oh, wouldn't it be cool if...."

It was so unnecessary. It's like the writers think they're doing the fans a favor by bringing these incidental characters back.

While I find it

[jlvsclrk]

Preach it, sister! I enjoyed it for the most part, but agree it was a tremendous waste of time to bring back Zod - I really, really hate that bucket list! And yes, I'd like to see a bit more passion at times with Clois - they feel like an old married couple.

Part Deux..

[dawnybee]

In fact, how strange was in that Oliver never once mentioned his wife?

He was with Clark for three weeks, he had all that he wanted.

And the biggest WTF, Hawkman had a quest? Now, wait, lets back up here....apparently, Hawkman saw someone use a weapon that pushed back Darkseid last time he showed up on Earth. But Hawkman never thought it was a good idea to share this information with Clark, or the League in general?

IIRC he only talked about it in vagueries before his final showdown with Slade Wilson, but it was more about the darkness inside people not Darkseid. This was a last minute crazy reveal.

Re: Part One and Deux..

[jeannev]

You would think that this being the last season, they would've taken so much more care to plan it out, and pay attention to detail, and trim the fat, and try to do everything they could to make the show look like their budget was over $29.99. And yet, this season feels more scattered, less cohesive, and more over inflated then the show has in years. And it looks SO cheap. I don't get the thinking.

I don't even think TPTB are thinking of the fans with this "bucket list". I think they are trying to amuse themselves as much as possible before the show goes off the air.

And has been perfectly fine and is even worried about having the Omega symbol which means he's self aware and isn't as evil as the symbol is supposed to imply. I don't get where they are going with this at all.

And you know the worst part? We all know that, in the end, he's going to be cured by the strength of how awesome Chloe is. It won't be Clark at all. When it comes to Oliver, it NEVER is. So, why should I give a crap?

But what is so crazy is that the

[mahaliem]

I thought it was obvious that those snakes were bad snakes. I mean, did you see how they were practically hanging on Zod? Clearly, decades before they'd done something evil and had been sentenced to the Phantom Zone. *grins*

[jeannev]

Right,of course. I think I could even see their little hooded cloaks. ;)

Which raises an interesting point...what do they eat in the Phantom Zone?

[anonymous]

Dominion was written by John Chisholm, who wrote Checkmate and Patriot. If you look at his episodes, he writes for Oliver more than anyone else and that's why Oliver stole this episode and why this episode did nothing for Clark, despite whatever screentime he had

[jeannev]

John Chisholm is yet another mediocre writer on the SV writing staff. But really, I blame the people in charge, because I do think these writers are only doing what they're told, for the most part. The dialogue in this ep was pretty par for the SV course. Its the storyline itself, and some of the implications, that were bothersome, and that comes from the breaking of the story itself

[eternal_moonie]

I'm dreading the thoughts for Prophecy, especially the Kara/Oliver scenes.

Another great review!

[jeannev]

I'm dreading Prophecy too. I didn't like the episode Supergirl. But when I heard Kara was coming back, I thought this was the chance to give Clark and Kara a better episode to end their interactions with. Instead, she's brought back to interact with Oliver? WTH!