Smallville Returns...with A Wimper?

Arik · 01-15-2004, 04:47 AM

Everything was just too neat and tidy for me. Yeah, I know that they're not done with Lex yet, but at the end of the episode, it just felt like all the suspense that was built up over the past month waiting for new episodes fizzled. Not only that, but the side-plot of the three baddies ganging up on Clark completely fizzled. That felt like an add on. For God's sake, it only took Clark two minutes to get his powers back. All that build up for so little payoff? Gimme a break.

This truly has been the winter of my discontent. At least I still have my Firefly DVDs.

Bean · 01-15-2004, 10:43 PM

I agree. They should have made it a two parter so they could give the b story it's due. Although I think they would have had a hard time deciding where to go with it had the two baddies actually escaped.

All in all I think it was a good episode. Much better than any Enterprise ep I've seen in the last year. One thing about the epside is that it opens up another Lionel/Luthor chapter. You knw as well as I do that Lex remembers what happened and just isn't letting on. There's more to it than they say anyhow. Something like Lionel's blindness, they're gonna keep us wondering for awhile.

Brikar · 01-16-2004, 12:24 AM

I thought it was pretty good, myself.

Arik · 01-16-2004, 03:04 AM

To me, it just seemed to bring Lex back to where he was near the beginning of the season. It seemed like they just wanted to kill Lex's development (I know they're not going to, but that's what it felt like).

01-15-2004, 04:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Arik Astro-Monkey Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Here, dumbfuck! Posts: 2,304	Everything was just too neat and tidy for me. Yeah, I know that they're not done with Lex yet, but at the end of the episode, it just felt like all the suspense that was built up over the past month waiting for new episodes fizzled. Not only that, but the side-plot of the three baddies ganging up on Clark completely fizzled. That felt like an add on. For God's sake, it only took Clark two minutes to get his powers back. All that build up for so little payoff? Gimme a break. This truly has been the winter of my discontent. At least I still have my Firefly DVDs. __________________ The writers of this post apologize for you being too stupid to understand it.

01-15-2004, 10:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,055	I agree. They should have made it a two parter so they could give the b story it's due. Although I think they would have had a hard time deciding where to go with it had the two baddies actually escaped. All in all I think it was a good episode. Much better than any Enterprise ep I've seen in the last year. One thing about the epside is that it opens up another Lionel/Luthor chapter. You knw as well as I do that Lex remembers what happened and just isn't letting on. There's more to it than they say anyhow. Something like Lionel's blindness, they're gonna keep us wondering for awhile. __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

01-16-2004, 12:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	I thought it was pretty good, myself. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

01-16-2004, 03:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Arik Astro-Monkey Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Here, dumbfuck! Posts: 2,304	To me, it just seemed to bring Lex back to where he was near the beginning of the season. It seemed like they just wanted to kill Lex's development (I know they're not going to, but that's what it felt like). __________________ The writers of this post apologize for you being too stupid to understand it.

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