Oh, you are good Smallville, you are good.


12 minutes in and I love this episode

So I have enjoyed a renewed apprciation for Smallville in the last few weeks. They didn't kill Chloe, They had stuff actually happen. Lex is actually being evil. (I thought the "growing towards evil" they promised would grow quicker not just come on ala Anakin Skywalker, "What have I done?, oh now i am going to kill babies" And now I turn on the episode following the sudden but then necessarily predictable death of Jonathan Kent. (You have to have him die so Clark can learn that he can't save everybody. It's a staple of pre-1985 Superman -oh I have entered into SUPERGEEK territory Haven't I- Oh who am I kidding I was already there.
Here's why I love it:
1. They acknowledge a character's death (Alicia anyone?!).
2. When the Vigilante shows up, they play the Danny Elfman music from the original Batman movie.
3. Clark is angry.
4. The vigilante has dark hair and glasses and disguises herself as an employee at the Daily Plaent where she is bumbling and running into people ala Clark Kent later in life, maybe he is inspired, stay tuned. They could have given her blue eyes to top it off, but then Lois doesn't have purple eyes so whatever.

"Do you think that you could do what she did? play the mild mannered reporter by day, crime fighter by night?"

I like this show again.

Posted: Thu - February 2, 2006 at 09:40 PM      

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