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Smallville 8.14
NO.
Rejected. All of it. The whole fucking season.
ETA: Spoilers and ranting in comments.
Rejected. All of it. The whole fucking season.
ETA: Spoilers and ranting in comments.
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That's accurate. I second the FNL rec. They did it 10 times better.
Be TERRIFIED. Expect the very worst. And it will be even worse than you imagine.
I watched for so much more and got played... now I don't trust them with Lois. :(
re: Lex & Ollie. No way Lex is actually dead. That - whatever - was a Lex-clone and I'm sticking with that theory, especially since MR wasn't even the one playing Lex here in the first place.
And Ollie knew was a Lex-clone - though he didn't let on - and so he's not really a murderer either.
That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. :p
And Ollie knew was a Lex-clone - though he didn't let on - and so he's not really a murderer either.
That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. :p
Edited 2009-02-07 09:49 (UTC)
THANK YOU!!! They need kicking!
Quitting sounds so.... liberating! :)
Quitting sounds so.... liberating! :)
Yeah I went the clone path too. Eeep!
Don't apologize-it's completely understandable. I am at the point where I have honestly NO IDEA how those terrific writers are going to pull off putting Clark and Lois back together in any sense of the word. For the first time in Smallville history, I am speechless-and not in the good way.
I don't reject the entire season -- episodes 1 through 11 worked really well for me -- but the back half? Yeah, I'm kind of over it right now. All the joy and enthusiasm I had for S8 got entirely leeched away by Power and Requiem and there's not enough time, IMO, for the series to do the kind of work it'd have to do to get me back to that level of enthusiasm. These last two episodes were great for Lana. Everyone else on the show? Not so much.
Yeah, i'm speechless too... hence my 'real' post on the episode is still forthcoming.
My call about all of season 8 was to indicate the depth of my rejection. ;) I'd be prepared to jetison the whole season to get rid of this one episode. ;p There was some good stuff in the first 11 eps though, agreed.
There's not enough time to win me back either.
And actually, I disagree that the least two episodes were good for Lana. I'll have a longer (far more reasoned!) post on that some time this week.
There's not enough time to win me back either.
And actually, I disagree that the least two episodes were good for Lana. I'll have a longer (far more reasoned!) post on that some time this week.
And actually, I disagree that the least two episodes were good for Lana.
Oh, believe me, I agree that in terms of what would have actually made sense given Lana's characterization for the past seven-plus years, the last two episodes were disastrous. But from the perspective of how much she was on screen, how much other characters fawned over her, how much she was presented as Faster! Better! Stronger! Prettier! And Just Generally More Awesome Than Anyone Can Fathom! they were great episodes for her. None of the other characters really questioned whether her choices in Power were sensible ones and, with the brief of exception of Oliver in Requiem's hospital scene, none of the other characters even suggested the possibility that there would be any consequences for those choices (really, Lana, it never once occurred to you that Lex might, I don't know, punish you for essentially condemning him to die by stealing that suit? really?). And of course neither she nor Clark, apparently, sees the fundamental flaw of a course of action that calls for someone to literally alter their physiology in order to maintain/sustain a specific interpersonal relationship. But that wasn't presented as any kind of failure of vision on either her part or his.
All of which is my way of saying that while I agree with you that from a storytelling perspective, these episodes actually have a really unfortunate subtext for Lana, it's also pretty clear to me that given the episodes' utter lack of any textual acknowledgment of the underlying problems with what Lana did/became, the series itself doesn't agree with us. I'm pretty sure the creative team thinks they gave Lana a wonderful send-off that confirms her personhood in positive ways. I know Kristin Kreuk thinks so.
Oh, believe me, I agree that in terms of what would have actually made sense given Lana's characterization for the past seven-plus years, the last two episodes were disastrous. But from the perspective of how much she was on screen, how much other characters fawned over her, how much she was presented as Faster! Better! Stronger! Prettier! And Just Generally More Awesome Than Anyone Can Fathom! they were great episodes for her. None of the other characters really questioned whether her choices in Power were sensible ones and, with the brief of exception of Oliver in Requiem's hospital scene, none of the other characters even suggested the possibility that there would be any consequences for those choices (really, Lana, it never once occurred to you that Lex might, I don't know, punish you for essentially condemning him to die by stealing that suit? really?). And of course neither she nor Clark, apparently, sees the fundamental flaw of a course of action that calls for someone to literally alter their physiology in order to maintain/sustain a specific interpersonal relationship. But that wasn't presented as any kind of failure of vision on either her part or his.
All of which is my way of saying that while I agree with you that from a storytelling perspective, these episodes actually have a really unfortunate subtext for Lana, it's also pretty clear to me that given the episodes' utter lack of any textual acknowledgment of the underlying problems with what Lana did/became, the series itself doesn't agree with us. I'm pretty sure the creative team thinks they gave Lana a wonderful send-off that confirms her personhood in positive ways. I know Kristin Kreuk thinks so.
I can't wait to read your review/rant/critique of this episode. I have a feeling I'm going to find it v. v. cathartic. Because my issues with Requiem are pretty legion (no pun intended *g*).
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