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Smallville 8.03 Toxic
The version of this I watched was very glitchy and missing a chunk out of the middle so it made even less sense than it might otherwise. A full write-up will have to wait until I've obtained a more reliable version. I loved it again! I found my zen with it. Also: TORSO-RAMA! Wow, they really pimped Justin's physical assets in this didn't they. *blinks* It was old-school Smallville objectification in the best of ways.
And Tess is Mercy! And COOL! Or at least somewhat cooler than she has been. I saw a flicker of chemistry between her and Oliver which was good, because while I heart the sizzling slashy vibes with Lois, the plot seems to demand that she be able to carry some sexual tension with boys as well. I loooove that she gave Oliver the info about his parents. And wow, I'm impressed the show went there and didn't just whitewash over the issue. Much angst between the BFFs!
Oliver's childhood trauma is... mosquitoes?! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I was in stitches over that. Oh, Ollie, I do love you and it is absolutely APPALLING that Clark did not tell you about your parents, and I really do sympathise with your angst overall, you bore up terribly well on an island for two years, but ... mosquitoes? Dude. Could the writers not think of anything more dreadful? Er, what about the lack of food and shelter, the loneliness or the fact that someone stole his clothes at some point? Or did the mosquitoes eat them? :) Ah, Smallville.
Lois stole Clark's coffee even though he had written his name on it! HEEEEE. I love it! And why oh why do we not get to see Clark report on kittens? That is a crime! Tom + cute kitties? Surely the most adorable concept ever invented, yes? *sulks at not seeing it on screen* They're just teasing us, I tell you!
Overall, this ep (what bits I glimpsed of it) seemed very Season 4 level of crazy--the combination of male nudity, implausible plotlines of craziness yet moments of sheer brilliance... And I liked Season 4. So: *happy*.
And Tess is Mercy! And COOL! Or at least somewhat cooler than she has been. I saw a flicker of chemistry between her and Oliver which was good, because while I heart the sizzling slashy vibes with Lois, the plot seems to demand that she be able to carry some sexual tension with boys as well. I loooove that she gave Oliver the info about his parents. And wow, I'm impressed the show went there and didn't just whitewash over the issue. Much angst between the BFFs!
Oliver's childhood trauma is... mosquitoes?! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I was in stitches over that. Oh, Ollie, I do love you and it is absolutely APPALLING that Clark did not tell you about your parents, and I really do sympathise with your angst overall, you bore up terribly well on an island for two years, but ... mosquitoes? Dude. Could the writers not think of anything more dreadful? Er, what about the lack of food and shelter, the loneliness or the fact that someone stole his clothes at some point? Or did the mosquitoes eat them? :) Ah, Smallville.
Lois stole Clark's coffee even though he had written his name on it! HEEEEE. I love it! And why oh why do we not get to see Clark report on kittens? That is a crime! Tom + cute kitties? Surely the most adorable concept ever invented, yes? *sulks at not seeing it on screen* They're just teasing us, I tell you!
Overall, this ep (what bits I glimpsed of it) seemed very Season 4 level of crazy--the combination of male nudity, implausible plotlines of craziness yet moments of sheer brilliance... And I liked Season 4. So: *happy*.
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Thank you so much for mentioning that, because I laughed like an insane thing after he said that line, but I forgot it completely when I was writing up my response to the episode.
I agree with you on the wonderful shirtlessness--it was something I commented on in my review, too--though honestly, as much as I love Ollie (and I LOVE OLLIE, unlike many many other reviewers of this episode) I thought the first 2/3 of that whole island adventure was dopey in the extreme. Crawling around on all fours? RLY? Not to mention to dopey arrow montage. Only when Tess arrived did it get watchable.
I'm afraid I've had a virulent recurrence of Lois/Ollie love as a result of this episode, though, which may hinder my Clois tendencies for the near future. (Maybe I just have a thing for doomed love? The fact that Lois and Clark actually get a happy-ever-after is just so--unSmallvillian.)
And I love that Tess=Mercy. That redeems so much of her plotline so far!
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OMG! I think I missed that whole bit! It must have been the bit that got cut out.
I've had a virulent recurrence of Lois/Ollie love as a result of this episode
Oh, I KNOW!!! I know just what you mean about the Clois being un-Smallvillean, even though I like it. I am a sucker to the doomed love, and Erica is just so amazing at bringing the beauty and emotion where that plot is concerned. Clois is so... un-angsty! It's hard for it to compete. Especially know that the Clana is gone.
I honestly started to like Tess in this ep. She played Lois beautifully, and I am glad she had (some) actual ability to save herself from scaryislanddude when he rocked up in Metropolis.
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Ok, I just got a proper version of the episode and saw that montage and omg, it made me CRY with laughter! I love it! *whimpers* I am helpless to it's OTT melodramatic B-grade movie charm! It matches Lex's island horror story so perfectly too! And Oliver really had a hard run of it with all that insect life. *giggles*
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Anywho, you found your SV love! Yay!
I gotta say though, when do the guys get some love regarding the nudity quotient? I know we got French Maid Lo in the opener and it was much appreciated, but prior to that we haven't had much since mid-S6. Where's the equality, dang it! ;)
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*rotfl* Ohhh, I want that so badly! I might have to make it... even if it's been done before, it could never not be funny, right? Oh, I do love a good (bad) montage!
I hear you on the nudity equality scales... I remember back in season 6 there was a bit of a fuss about Lois in particular wearing not much quite often and everyone was all 'eeek! subjection of women!' And while I obviously didn't want Lois to become only about that (as if she could!), I gotta say I found it a bit absurd given that Smallville had given us a good three seasons where there was about four times as much male nudity as there was female nudity.
I say equal-opportunity nudity for all! :)
I would love to see the screentime totals for Justin's chest. *giggles* It would take a looooot of Lois-showering or Lois-in-a-bikini or something to tip the scales back the other way. But I'm happy to sit through it! ;)
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Yeah, I know what ya mean, I definitely am not looking for exploitation of Lois/Erica. I'm just sayin, c'mon, a little balance? ;) I mean I heard people whining her maid outfit was so horribly gratuitous in the premiere and then in the same breath they rave about how awesome it is that Tom's drenched and scruffy or AC's in the shower or something. Gimme a break, double standards much? And look at the demos, it is like #1 in males 18-49 I think for Thursdays. Where's the love, man? =P
Equal nudity rights! LOL. By the way, I converted all my DVD sets to iTunes and noticed that Seasons 1, 3 & 5 each had an episode that spent time at Crater Lake. Seeing as they goofed the pattern last year, I vote a 4th Crater Lake episode for S8 with gratuitous Lois in a bikini. But don't make Erica get in the water 'cause it'll be cold the rest of the season, just have an off-screen hot tub for her to warm up in and big high-powered sun lamps out there. ;)
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Oh, yes, I want to milk that! OK, when I'm done with the bitch of a (actual) vid that I'm making at the moment (not SV), I'll let myself play with that one!
Gimme a break, double standards much?
Yeah, totally! I hear that Justin's chest clocked in at 14 minutes of screentime--that's a hell of a lot of bikini from Erica to make up!
don't make Erica get in the water 'cause it'll be cold the rest of the season, just have an off-screen hot tub for her to warm up in and big high-powered sun lamps out there. ;)
Aww, that is very considerate! Crater Lake did always look rather freezey. ;) Perhaps they can work Tess's marine-biology background in as well... though then I'm thinking Aqua would have to show up and it's never good when they give him lines. Hmm. Erica is so wonderfully good-natured about these things--I'm sure she would not mind.
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I guess I should just embrace the B-movie aspect of it, hmm? It was quite OTT.
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At least Ollie didn't end up hanging out with a psycho projection of his fractured mind, though.
And also, Ollie didn't actually eat the insect life on screen. :D
Lex's pants were lower though. Just. ;)
Embrace it! You know you want to! :p
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