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What I saw of "Lara"
I only saw parts of "Lara" since I was watching Ugly Betty (no, not out of spite). But a couple of things struck me in the scenes I saw and it's probably a good thing that I didn't see the full eppy. Spoilers within.
1. Lana the liar, I mean, Luthor. Lana has gotten even better in lying with her "Lex is bad, blah, blah, blah and I want to help the ( Read more... ) -
Afterthoughts on "Cure" and "Action"
Abbreviated reactions: Cure was great. Action was so-so. I loved the tense Clex scenes, where Lex not only helps Clark but is in control (Cure) and, since he sees himself as a hero, he sort of foreshadows his and Clark's dual solitude (Action); Dean Cain/Dr. Knox is awesome (Cure); Lois and Grant's flirting is quite entertaining (Action); I'm ( Read more... ) -
"Fierce" (Smallville)
My analytical fervor for Smallville has evaporated thanks to Al and Miles' handling of L/L. But so far I've watched the first three eps of the season. I'm just taking things week-by-week. At the rate things are going, I don't think I'll be missing very much if I do choose to miss an eppy.
Now, Fierce! What a bad episode. Oh so bad. Bad. I ended up ( Read more... ) -
Extras from "Freak" review
My review for "Freak" is finally up at Confessions. At the moment, I'm really busy with some other writing projects, but I really enjoyed this episode more than I anticipated. Major props to Mr. Rosenbaum for delivering his vision so precisely. As usual, the original draft of my review was rather lengthy and required shaving. Below the cut are ( Read more... ) -
SV Reviews: Extras from Rage and Vessel
My review for Rage is up at Confessions. This is the unrefined, unedited version of a section discussing Lex, Oliver, and Clark's exchanges.
Ollie/Green Arrow, Lex, and Clark. What are we going to do with these boys? Lex gets onboard the RL65 project to undermine Ollie. The bad blood between these boys is understandably unsettled. This kind of ( Read more... ) -
Lex and Lana, Zeus and Hera
Recently a fellow L/Ler, Avalee, prompted me, by way of discussion on DTS, to revisit the Zeus/Hera parallels I've seen in Lex/Lana. Here's a comparative essay that was posted at Confessions on March 10, 2006. This was written before Hypnotic or Fragile aired so it reflects L/L's pre-romantic period. However, certain elements of Lex and Lana's ( Read more... ) -
Quick Update on Unbound
My hands are full lately, revising and editing my novella as well as doing some editing work, but I've taken some time to reorganize a few things.
Confessions of an L/Ler will:
1. Continue to carry weekly and monthly reviews.
2. Continue to feature L/L trivia, character and relationship analyses.
Confessions Unbound will:
1. Continue to hold unrefined ( Read more... ) -
Random thoughts on Wither
I think L/Lers are still basking in the glow of Wither so I trust I'm not too late with this offering of deleted, unedited material from the latest installment of Confessions of an L/Ler. An edited-in clarification was made on Oct. 16.
Tracy Bellomo's hit-and-miss dialogue. There are parts of Bellomo's script that are brilliantly written. However, ( Read more... ) -
Confessions Reserve: Random thoughts on Sneeze
So we have Sneeze. Not a great episode. Not a bad one. I see it more as a transitional episode. However, it didn't have the potency of Vengeance, which was also transitional. Still there were some really good stuff in there and I have already updated Confessions of an L/Ler with all of my thoughts on Lex and Lana's interactions. These are random ( Read more... ) -
UPDATE: I'm not crazy! Clexana won an E! News Daily Poll
I was just looking at the 11 p.m. repeat of E! News and they usually do these daily polls. I was barely paying attention when the results for Oct 1's poll came up. The poll was "Which is your favorite TV love triangle?"
So the contenders were:
Kate, Sawyer & Jack
Meredith, McDreamy & McVet
Clark, Lana & Lex 39%
Lorelei, ( Read more... )