Becoming Superman

[attolia]

As latxcvi describes here and others, too, have lamented, I became interested in Smallville because I wanted to see Clark's and Lex's journey's to their respective ends. AlMiles claimed that was what the show was about and, for a while, it seemed to go that way. However, for some time they have been letting Clark assume his role, rather than grow into it.

This season, in Crusade and Transference, they introduced a set of Kryptonian artifacts, that lead to some store of knowledge. The common belief is that together they create the Fortress. What if AlMiles have completely given up on having Clark's journey be one of character growth? Or if they never intended it? What if it is just a treasure hunt? Find all the pieces, become a superhero. That certainly seems to be the the direction they are going.

What a disappointment!

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[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

This season, in Crusade and Transference, they introduced a set of Kryptonian artifacts, that lead to some store of knowledge. The common belief is that together they create the Fortress. What if AlMiles have completely given up on having Clark's journey be one of character growth? Or if they never intended it? What if it is just a treasure hunt? Find all the pieces, become a superhero. That certainly seems to be the the direction they are going.

Oh, heavens - I think you've got it right. They think like young (12-ish) adolescent males, and that's the kind of scenario someone that age would think is interesting and fills the bill.

[the-atlien.livejournal.com]

Well, since they are becoming more teen oriented (you know those pesky teens hated Season 3 *eyeroll*), that makes sense. If that the case, I'm renting my shoulder for y'all to cry on.

[treetracer]

Find all the pieces, become a superhero. That certainly seems to be the the direction they are going.

Ick, I hope not. Or worse, find all the pieces, get the AI mindwhammy and *think* you must be a superhero.

Right now, there is no compelling "why" for Clark to become Superman. And if there is a Season 5 (a big if, IMO) that's when they need to show the impetus leading to Clark's choice of becoming Superman.

If it is a choice. Hmmm...

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

What if AlMiles have completely given up on having Clark's journey be one of character growth? Or if they never intended it?

Yeah, I think it's a Young Male Demographic thing. I was bitching to a guy of about 19/20 who works in our comic book store, about George Lucas' bad CGI edit to the previously wonderful Cantina scene where Han Solo shoots Greedo first. The young guy I was talking to *liked* the revision and said, "But Han is a good guy, he wouldn't shoot first! It was bad before! That's not who Han is, he'd never do that!" He wasn't yanking my chain, he really felt it was a necessary edit that Lucas had done. He'd seen all three films in the first trilogy and because of that, he *knew* Han was a good guy. The concept of character growth and change over time due to experiences you've had simply never occurred to him before I pointed it out to him!

Lucas is a big, stupid, honkin' 14 year old boy, the way he handles "romance" kinda gives that away. I wonder how the original Cantina scene made it into S'Wars in the first place. And I've always thought that AlMiles was a big, honkin' 14 year old *girl*, since the beginning of the show! ;)