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May 27, 2004 06:00

Please be ever so kind to scroll down to May 21 and read my Smallville entry, if you watch the show and/or have any particular interest. It took me a week to get posted; I'm just too lazy to copy and paste, yo ( Read more... )

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theanalogkid May 27 2004, 16:07:03 UTC

Nah, I'm pretty much done with putting anything relating to TV shows on spreadsheets. :) These days it's just data for my thesis projects.

That was a remarkably accurate 'Smallville' season finale summary.

Glad to hear the 'Smallville' folks are enthusiastic about making their show. I hope ALL of the long stares on 'Smallville' aren't just because Tom forgets his lines.

juliedarling May 27 2004, 22:35:56 UTC

I liked Joan's conflict with God in this ep more than in past eps. It's not her questioning him that I mind so much as her, like, calling him names when he's just talking to her. Here, I understood her frustration and her confusion, and thought her reaction was appropriate.

And yes, Adam rules the world.

I wonder if they gave him a signficant biblical name on purpose? Grace and Luke also are interesting choices. If I'm not reading into this too much.

waterbearers May 31 2004, 00:09:28 UTC

I think naming is always significant, particularly with shows that are not truly mainstream. Whenever there is a fantasy/science fiction/speculative element to a show, the names take on more meaning.

It's very easy to think of Adam as the "first man" in Joan's life, but then the ripples could be good or bad. He could eat the forbidden fruit and blame the woman; or they could create a a whole new beautiful race of humans. Or both.

Luke is the most interesting to me, because Luke (of the bible) was a physician, a scientist, before he was a man of faith. Perhaps (as they talk about in the pilot, wish I had a copy of it) Luke is a man of faith because he is a man of science. I have often felt that way through my studies ( ... )

juliedarling May 31 2004, 07:15:37 UTC

Yes, but don't you think Grace is an odd name for a Jewish person, especially the daughter of a rabbi? The concept of Grace (in the spiritual sense) is something that's unique to Christianity, so it always struck me as a little strange.