Loved It? Hated It? What Did You Think Of "Crossfire?"

[Mickey_Bickey]

Over 400 10's! That's a record breaker! No wonder either!

[Ayden]

Gee, I wonder why? *Clois love detected*

[hatie123]

I loved it. Crossfire was non stop from start to finish. The effecs used when Clark caught bullet were amazing. Then to top the night off we finally got our Clois kiss. Beautiful!

[SGuthrie27]

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

The Good

-WHAT THE HECK! I was tempted to call Dawn Ostroff of the CW Network and give her a piece of my mind!I thought for some unknown reason Smallville was replaced with an evening talk show! But to my relief the opening was a spoof of Good Morning America at which point I composed my emerging Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde persona.

-(Continuation of the post above) At that particular moment in time I was prepared to explode like an enraged Phillies fan after the Yankees 27^th win of the World Series or fanatical Lakers who contributed to the damage of several police cruisers, spontaneous bonfires, looting, vandalizing, and injuring to 8 police officers while celebrating the team's 09' NBA Playoff victory against the Magic.

-Look out world! Lois and Clark are the next Ryan (Seacrest) and Giuliana (Rancic), Samantha (Harris) and Tom (Bergeron), Chelsea (Handler) and Chuy, Heidi and Spencer!?! Hmmm, never mind that was not the best example of dyanmic co-hosting duos.

-Clark’s bizarre audition with Lois reminded me of the psychotic Tom Cruise couch jumping fiasco as well as two very memorable Paula Abdul interviews, with the exception of the slurred speak and peculiar behavior of course. Clark was in La-La Land during his audition with Lois.

LOL, that was a hilarious hodge-podge of pop culture references there -- I loved it!

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-After Clark botched Lois' Good Morning Metropolis audition Lois displayed some erratic postal tendencies. I think Clark intentionally tried to sabotage Lois co-hosting audition so that he wouldn't be left behind at the Daily Planet all by his lonesome. I don't believe Clark's Clueless routine for minute. Conveniently the self assured confident Clark Kent is replace with Flannel Man.

Hmm... I hadn't thought about that, but you might just be right -- that sneaky would-be-talk show host, Clark...

-Ha, ha Mia’s pimp looks like a cross between Justin Timberlake and Lucky the Leprechaun (a.k.a Justin-chaun) from the Lucky Charms cereal box. “It's magically delicious”! [/QUOTE]

HA! Comic gold, there! Hilariously put.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-Hold on Zod is Chairman and CEO of R.A.O?! Dang Kandorians are ambitious! First, Coates is or shall I say was a specialist from the Diease Control Agency, Alia mysteriously became a shareholder of Luthor Corp., and the Billy Zane impersonator is an over paid bodyguard for Tess! In addition to all that the Kandorian's STILL want to harness “powers from the yellow sun”. Talk about greedy.

You think THAT'S ambitious. Wait until one of them tries out for the next season of American Idol, and another becomes a breakout artist recognized in whatever monthly music awards show is on these days.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-While watching Caterine Grant's apperance on screen I expected the thought bubble from Blind Date to appear on the screen and warn viewers about the dangers of spray tans and excessive use of Crest Whitening Strips. I’m sorry but she looked like she was getting ready for a Miss America Pageant. I praised the Smallville make-up artists for a job well done during Rabid but this was ridiculous and comical.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was nearly blinded by Cat Grant's smile! Neon fluorescent white strips, indeed!

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-I liked Stuart and Chloe's game of You Got Served hackers edition.

I'm guessing I can't purchase that at Best Buy, huh?

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-Shame on Lois for calling out Oliver’s name while talking to Clark through the earpiece. Guys are very sensitive about that sort of thing.

Yeah, we are! I felt for Clark in that moment, to be sure. "What would I say...? OLIVER?!" If I were Clark, I would've done a double-take as my heart would plummet into my stomach.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-It was hysterical watching Oliver and Lois run in slow motion up the stairs to the roof to escape from the gun toting Justin-chaun. My 92 year old grandmother with arthritis in both her knees can run faster than those two.

AND she probably wouldn't run to the one place that has no escape route. Seriously, who tries to escape a machine gun-wielding crazy dude by climbing onto a roof? And she'd probably have grabbed the bad guys' weapons BEFORE she tried to escape to prevent them even being able to continue to pursue and harass them!

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-What a sweet gesture, Oliver was willing to take a bullet for Lois, if that’s not love then I don’t know what is. I miss Lollie. YES I SAID IT AGAIN! And I’ll keep saying it not matter how many times diehard Cloisers threaten me!

I'm the same way with my inner Chlarker, so I can totally understand.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-The Blur stopped bullets with his chest, used his heat vision on the semi- automatic weapon, stopped the stray bullet from hitting and turning Oliver into a cyclops, and the blast from the overheated semi-automatic was one of the best action scenes and use of CGI I have seen thus far. This particular scene had more of a visual impact than the scene in Superman Returns.

IT WAS TOTALLY SMOKIN' COOL TOTAL AWESOMNESS TO THE NTH DEGREE!!! Even my dad (who is pretty much bored and sick of Smallville after nine seasons) commented on how amazing it was.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-Oh no! Tess’ Billy Zane look alike bodyguard tried to extract answers from Tess at the request of Zod. Too bad Billy Zane didn't get the memo about Tess slicing and dicing the zombies in Rabid with her Last Samurai moves? As Mr. T would say, “I Pity the Fool”.

Yeah, he was a dead man the moment he entered that room, no matter what Tess' deer-in-headlights expression would've initially made him think.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-I laughed until my sides hurt at Stuart's, “Talk to the hand” line, it sounds so wrong coming from a guy and in the year 2009.

He did seem like he'd walked out of a late 80's/early 90's flashback, there.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-I'm confused when did stopping at a café for a spot of tea and crumpets become part of the Zod's master plan? Major Zod needs to be more careful, his British roots are showing.

What... you haven't seen his daytimer? It was listed right between "Diabolical Planning Meeting" and "World Domination Seminar."

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-Chloe looked absolutely gorgeous during her meet and greet with Stuart Little.

She ALWAYS looks gorgeous to me, but yes, she certainly pulled out all the stops to impress in her first face-to-face meeting with Stuart Little.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

The Questionable

-I wasn’t so receptive to Chloe's eagerness to conduct research on the Kandorian's. I wish that her character would get to live life as Lois, Clark, and Oliver do and not be consumed by her responsibilities as Watchtower. It seems as if Chloe is everyone’s beck and call girl.

Indeed! It's high time she lives her own life and gets to make some of her own choices! However, it was nice, to me, to see her take initiative. This time, it wasn't Clark or somebody else coming to her with a problem and asking her to fix it; it was her seeking out a solution before really being asked!

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-Oliver survives Chloe’s treacherous “intervention” and now he’s qualified to mentor Mia? Very strange.

Yeah, his turnaround from gutter-bound suicidal drunkard to patron saint of mentorship was about as fast a transition as many Smallville viewers ran running from their television screens after "Ageless."

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-I was a bit caution of Chloe’s motives for wanting to hack into Tess' file without Clark being present. From my prospective I felt that Chloe had an alter motive for wanting to take on this assignment without Clark’s assistance. I maybe wrong but that is how I interpreted the scene.

I hope you're wrong, but with the way TPTB have been taking her this season, I can see where you're coming from in your assessment of what happened here.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-Was I the only one perplexed by Lois’, "Clark, you sound like my mother on prom night” line. I didn’t know what to make of this line, was Lois being sarcastic or did the writers forget that Lois’ mother died when she was young?

You are definitely NOT the only one. I thought it was a very weird compliment, too.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-What happened to the wound Oliver suffered to his calf as he was running away from The Mad Hatter? I guess this is another non-addressed issue to add to the every growing pile in Offscreenville.

It'll probably heal up as fast as Jonathan's broken leg in mid-Season 2.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

-All in all I enjoyed the episode however aspects of Crossfire seemed out of sequence to me, for example Chloe and Clark’s spontaneous resolved issues, Oliver’s mentorship program, as well as Lois' lack of knowledge about Jimmy’s death. It felt as if I missed a critical episode where all of these issues were addressed. However, it was still an enjoyable episode.

Yeah, all those elements did seem a bit odd. It was almost as though they'd yanked this episode out of a different season (certain elements of it, anyway) and crammed it into early Season 9, especially in the super-friendly, angst-free conversation between Clark and Chloe. And yes, the fact that Lois has still not been told about Jimmy's death (or talked about it on-screen) still bothers me, too.

Originally Posted by CynDLou26

Thanks for reading everyone. Please leave a comment on this thread page. Thank you.

Great review, Cyndy! You may think, as you said, that you were "inspiration-challenged" this week, but I think you did a great job! I really enjoyed reading it, and you made lots of excellent points. I'll look forward to what you think of "Idol."

[losdrivaren]

Now we talking!
Ck+Hes girl, I really hope that he shows her directly that he is superman so it´s not will become 41 epizodez in on/off between them. Like it was with CK+Lana...