ManofSteelo
10-06-2006, 11:05 AM
Did anyone catch Lex's "by any means necessary" towards the beginning of the ep? I laughed at the implications, but then quickly soured on the rest. Here's why:
Clark's Super Breath was misshandled in a BIG way. I know Smallville handles his powers differenly than the comics, but dang! I'm used to the supercool breath (a la a fire extinguisher), not just a gust of wind. Doesn't air cause flames to grow, not shrink? I'm referring to the lab fire, where Clark blows the flames out. No way! I don't ever recall hearing about those West Coast wildfires being extinguished by huge gusts of air for that same reason -- you'd have more fire, no? Should have stuck with the "traditional" super breath. Plus, why wouldn't that power have manifested itself before now -- especially given Clark's lung capacity? Hasn't he ever blown out a birthday cake before? All that lowered immune-system/burnout plotline was clever, but surely unnecessary.
As for Oliver Queen: that cat Hartley was waaay off last nite trying to play the the attitude of a "hard-ass". Let's hope next week's spotlight ep. brings different results. He was more tolerable than (ironically) Aquaman, acting-wise. Glad he didn't get his own spin-off show though . . . .
Finally, I'm fretting the character played by Lachlan Munroe -- simply because he now has superpowers. I guess he shows up sometime midseason and becomes a "vessel" for one of the escaped PZ spirits. Why can't Clark just have superpowers himself for a season, without having somebody else get them or steal his? Hell, I'll take them if they're giving them away that easily!
Dear writers: This show DOESN'T need any more "true crime" eps; we've already been thru this with Seasons 1 & 2. Sheesh!
Clark's Super Breath was misshandled in a BIG way. I know Smallville handles his powers differenly than the comics, but dang! I'm used to the supercool breath (a la a fire extinguisher), not just a gust of wind. Doesn't air cause flames to grow, not shrink? I'm referring to the lab fire, where Clark blows the flames out. No way! I don't ever recall hearing about those West Coast wildfires being extinguished by huge gusts of air for that same reason -- you'd have more fire, no? Should have stuck with the "traditional" super breath. Plus, why wouldn't that power have manifested itself before now -- especially given Clark's lung capacity? Hasn't he ever blown out a birthday cake before? All that lowered immune-system/burnout plotline was clever, but surely unnecessary.
As for Oliver Queen: that cat Hartley was waaay off last nite trying to play the the attitude of a "hard-ass". Let's hope next week's spotlight ep. brings different results. He was more tolerable than (ironically) Aquaman, acting-wise. Glad he didn't get his own spin-off show though . . . .
Finally, I'm fretting the character played by Lachlan Munroe -- simply because he now has superpowers. I guess he shows up sometime midseason and becomes a "vessel" for one of the escaped PZ spirits. Why can't Clark just have superpowers himself for a season, without having somebody else get them or steal his? Hell, I'll take them if they're giving them away that easily!
Dear writers: This show DOESN'T need any more "true crime" eps; we've already been thru this with Seasons 1 & 2. Sheesh!