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attoliaI liked this episode overall,
but for reasons that pinpoint problems with the regular cast. Ollie's Justice League was well put together and, since we hadn't seen more than one episode's worth of most of the members, the cursory characterization worked. There wasn't time for more depth. It was Clark and, to a lesser extant, Lex, whose characters suffered by comparison.
Lex this episode was a plausible early Evil!Lex, dark and competent. But, to me, that just underscored that they hadn't really shown how he got there. It is as if they had a timetable: Lex is this evil by ep 4.5, this much in 5.2, but never effectively explained why he was becoming this way. There are the occasional comments about defending against terrorists and aliens, but, the way they are placed, they seem like justifications after the fact.
Clark has a long way to go to be Superman. He just seems so unfocused. Perhaps that is because his focus, the zoners, is off screen. But they can't have all his development off screen. I wish they could have put more of the zoner plot on screen and even tied those stories to Clark's progression as a hero. Instead that plot is one to-do item that Clark has to check off before he gets to be a superhero.
I find it really hard to imagine Lex with a ponytail!
I liked Chloe in her Watchtower role. I find it more plausible she could do computer magic with Ollie's computer than with the DPs, but being able to detect that everyone had left the building was a little too convenient. I was hoping they would find out that they had missed someone. Then Clark might actually have to deal with some consequences.
I'm ready for Lionel to die. Maybe we'll find out one day what his motivations are, but at this point I don't believe TPTB have any coherent idea.
Next week: I like AUs. They stole this idea from Buffy, maybe they'll steal some of the quality, too.
but for reasons that pinpoint problems with the regular cast. Ollie's Justice League was well put together and, since we hadn't seen more than one episode's worth of most of the members, the cursory characterization worked. There wasn't time for more depth. It was Clark and, to a lesser extant, Lex, whose characters suffered by comparison.
Lex this episode was a plausible early Evil!Lex, dark and competent. But, to me, that just underscored that they hadn't really shown how he got there. It is as if they had a timetable: Lex is this evil by ep 4.5, this much in 5.2, but never effectively explained why he was becoming this way. There are the occasional comments about defending against terrorists and aliens, but, the way they are placed, they seem like justifications after the fact.
Clark has a long way to go to be Superman. He just seems so unfocused. Perhaps that is because his focus, the zoners, is off screen. But they can't have all his development off screen. I wish they could have put more of the zoner plot on screen and even tied those stories to Clark's progression as a hero. Instead that plot is one to-do item that Clark has to check off before he gets to be a superhero.
I find it really hard to imagine Lex with a ponytail!
I liked Chloe in her Watchtower role. I find it more plausible she could do computer magic with Ollie's computer than with the DPs, but being able to detect that everyone had left the building was a little too convenient. I was hoping they would find out that they had missed someone. Then Clark might actually have to deal with some consequences.
I'm ready for Lionel to die. Maybe we'll find out one day what his motivations are, but at this point I don't believe TPTB have any coherent idea.
Next week: I like AUs. They stole this idea from Buffy, maybe they'll steal some of the quality, too.
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As do I, but that line cracked me up and very well might've been the best of the episode.
Other than maybe the readiness for Lionel's death, on which point I just haven't made up my mind, I'm totally with you on your thoughts in this entry.