I think that AM is a talented actress, I just think that she didn't subjugate her own profile to the part. Hmm. To me, that shows her limitations as an actress because I feel that role required her to do so...
I didn't love it the way I would have if it had been a one-off character, as with Erica Durance's turn as Faora. I do think her performance suffered badly from being very close in time to Erica's as Faora. And yes, Tom plays different bad guys very well too--Allison came off as far less capable in comparison to them.
something they'll pull out in (or close to) the finale, and that they've done it here means that it won't be an out-of-nowhere solution. Oh GOD, they're going to mindwipe Lois aren't they? She'll find out the truth and then they'll mindwipe her? harrumph. I don't like the fact that they built in the Chloe mindwipe to make that plausible--but that's because I feel that the Chloe mindwipe is far more necessary and it just shows the writers didn't actually care about the issues with Chloe's character journey at all.
how much it meant to her that she's valuable as herself, not just as an accessory to Clark. That was wonderful!
there was such a lovely feel to that final scene between them in this episode; it didn't feel, to me at least, as if it was leading up to anything romantic, just solid knowledge of each other and security. I could definitely stand to see more of that. Me too. I think there was a flicker of romance still, but a much more mature form, and more the 'how do we evolve from lovers to friends' kind. I enjoyed it and I will be interested to see more.
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Date: 2009-01-18 12:12 am (UTC)Hmm. To me, that shows her limitations as an actress because I feel that role required her to do so...
I didn't love it the way I would have if it had been a one-off character, as with Erica Durance's turn as Faora.
I do think her performance suffered badly from being very close in time to Erica's as Faora. And yes, Tom plays different bad guys very well too--Allison came off as far less capable in comparison to them.
something they'll pull out in (or close to) the finale, and that they've done it here means that it won't be an out-of-nowhere solution.
Oh GOD, they're going to mindwipe Lois aren't they? She'll find out the truth and then they'll mindwipe her? harrumph. I don't like the fact that they built in the Chloe mindwipe to make that plausible--but that's because I feel that the Chloe mindwipe is far more necessary and it just shows the writers didn't actually care about the issues with Chloe's character journey at all.
how much it meant to her that she's valuable as herself, not just as an accessory to Clark.
That was wonderful!
there was such a lovely feel to that final scene between them in this episode; it didn't feel, to me at least, as if it was leading up to anything romantic, just solid knowledge of each other and security. I could definitely stand to see more of that.
Me too. I think there was a flicker of romance still, but a much more mature form, and more the 'how do we evolve from lovers to friends' kind. I enjoyed it and I will be interested to see more.