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(S07E07) Okay, this was the first time I ever watched Smallville and had my jaw drop. Seriously. Why? Well, I'm glad you asked. Let's examine the facts: Lana and Clark are deep into dating mode. Plus, she's been staying at the Kent farm with him ever since she's returned from the dead. However, they've apparently not be able to um ... consummate that relationship because of Clark's superpowers. I guess if he gets amorous with someone, he might accidentally hurt them. Not to mention burn the place down, which he used to do when he'd get turned on.

While it's not clear how they've been getting around this, they sure didn't have to worry about it on this episode. Clark gets struck by lightning while close to some kryptonite, and his powers get transferred to someone else. Yes, again. However, this time he gets to keep his powers, and Lana is the beneficiary of the souped-up abilities. How do they celebrate this event? By knocking boots. Literally. They have such powerful sex that it causes seismic waves across Smallville. In fact, they practically destroy the Kent farm in the process. Holy cow.

Since this is a TV blog, we don't really talk much about movies. We leave that to our sister blog Cinematical. But sometimes a movie comes along that has something to do with television, and Hollywoodland is one of those movies. It's about the death of TV Superman George Reeves. He was shot in his bedroom during a party in June of 1959. The official cause of death was listed as suicide (upset over the lack of roles offered because he was typecast), but many think he was murdered.

Box Office Prophets has a nice interview with Hollywoodland screenwriter Paul Bernbaum, where he discusses the writing process for the film, how the final script differs from his version, Ben Affleck (he plays Reeves in the film), and the politics of getting a writing credit in Hollywood. It's also very cool to not only find out that Bernbaum started out as a scriptwriter on one of my favorite TV shows, Riptide, in the 80s, but that he'd like to work on a film about Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of television, which I talked about the other day.

[via Lee Goldberg]