Posts with tag Lex Luthor
Posted May 15th 2008 10:02PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Smallville, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E20) After a pretty intense set of scenes from the past season, we open with Edward Teague trying to run to South America (as all fugitives tend to do). His stewardess ends up being Kara, who takes a very sinister turn as she threatens to throw Teague out of the plane. When he gives her the information she requires, she destroys the plane and kills him anyway (along with everyone else on the plane).
For the last time this season: Somebody saaaavvvveeee meeeee...
Continue reading Smallville: Arctic (season finale)
Posted May 8th 2008 10:42PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Smallville, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E19) Lex is still pursuing the secret of Veritas. In his journeys, he encounters a cloaked stranger who tries to kill him and later on tries to kill Clark. I think this episode borrowed a page or two from
The DaVinci Code. For that matter, I think half the season did.
Lex has been hurt or nearly killed a great deal since the start of this series. It's unlikely his latest chest mutilation will ever heal. It wouldn't surprise me if he left the area of
Smallville entirely. Oh, wait...
Continue reading Smallville: Quest
Posted May 2nd 2008 10:01AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Smallville, Celebrities, Reality-Free
We knew it was coming. At the end of February 2007,
Smallville actor, Michael Rosenbaum, announced his intentions of leaving the show at the end of the 2007-2008 season in order to tackle new projects. For the past year, fans (I include myself here) hoped that the actor would change his mind. How can
Smallville be, well,
Smallville without Lex Luthor? Things looked grim when
the actor reminded us last February that he was done with the show, come the Season 7 finale. And today, fans around the world must come to the realization that Rosenbaum wasn't joking: he really is leaving the show "to start the next chapter of my life and career," he says in
a joint statement with The CW.
Continue reading Smallville - Rosenbaum out, Doomsday in
Posted May 2nd 2008 12:20AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Smallville, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E17) Most sci-fi or fantasy television series have used a "parallel universe" or "what if" storyline in which we see what life would be like if a different set of circumstances existed in the characters' universe. As of tonight's episode,
Smallville is no exception to this rule. In fact, it's kind of surprising the creators haven't done it before now since they seem to rely on television clichés.
Somebody saaaaaavvvveeee meeeee....
Continue reading Smallville: Apocalypse
Posted Apr 24th 2008 10:24PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E17) In a mild diversion from the main story arc of the season, Jimmy Olsen becomes James Bond. At least he's a James Bond that makes breakfast.
Of all the characters in the show, the ones who have undergone the most growth is Chloe. It makes sense since the character was created specifically for this series (although it was somewhat as a Lois Lane stand-in).
Continue reading Smallville: Sleeper
Posted Apr 17th 2008 10:40PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E16) Smallville returns from its hiatus with a death that was extremely predictable (particularly given the spoilers available throughout the Internet). I'm trying not to spoil it for anybody who hasn't watched yet so I'm saving the reveal until after the jump. It's surprising that they didn't even wait for the opening credits for
that particular reveal.
At this juncture, I think it's safe to say that the character permanently died. No alternate timelines. No Kryptonite-fueled resurrections. No clones. No imaginary stories. Mind you, in the
Smallville universe, it wouldn't surprise me if this or any death was only temporary (such as with
Buffy before it).
Continue reading Smallville: Descent
Posted Mar 27th 2008 11:00PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews
(S07E15) This episode could have easily been the season finale of Smallville. It had characters change, characters vanish and a very sad cliffhanger ending. I wonder if it was the last one written before the writer's strike started?
It opened with a quiet day on the Kent farm. Then Brainiac (played by James Marsters) showed up and things got violent. In a rare instance, Clark showed up on time in the beginning to save the day, rather than the end of the program. On another note, that farm gets trashed a LOT.
Continue reading Smallville: Veritas
Posted Feb 1st 2008 12:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Smallville, Video, Celebrities
Can you imagine Smallville without Lex Luthor?
That's the possibility that arises after you watch this video (also embedded after the jump) of star Michael Rosenbaum at YoungHollywood.com. Most of the video is just Rosenbaum explaining what he's doing at the Sundance Film Festival, what he gets in free stuff for being on a TV show, who his mom looks like, and how to fake a smile for all the cameras that are always shoved in his face. But in the last few seconds of the clip, Rosenbaum tells fans to watch the show "for only a couple more months, and then I'm done."
Continue reading Is Rosenbaum leaving Smallville? - VIDEO
Posted Nov 9th 2007 11:43AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews
(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.
Continue reading Smallville: Wrath
Posted Nov 2nd 2007 2:03PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews
(S07E06) Shades of Superman past! Kara getting sent off-world by her Dad Zor-El while Krypton starts to come apart around her? Egads. Plus all of that crystalline Kryptonian architecture that the
Superman: The Movie provided us with. Then snap cut to Kara almost getting run down in the sky by a jetliner in a really nice special effects shot that probably blew their budget for a show to come later in the season featuring nothing but talking heads. Yes, this episode of
Smallville begins with a bang.
However, that bang turned until a turning stomach once I had to witness that Lionel / Clark hug. Is it me or was that a pretty bizarre and awkward man-embrace? Clark's gone from hating to loving the Luthors more times than I can count, but hugging Lionel? I never thought I'd see the day.
Continue reading Smallville: Lara
Posted Oct 19th 2007 6:20PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews
(S07E04) Okay, I have to admit, it took me a good long while to wrap my brain around this episode of
Smallville. Not because of the schlocky "Cure" plot, but because of you-know-who. That's right ... Dean Cain. It was just more than a tad freaky seeing him go toe to toe with Clark, wasn't it? While this show is about a billion times better than
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was, Cain was still Superman. Throw in the fact that Christoper Reeve has been on this show, and you're just a couple of cameos away from having all of the living actors who have played the man (or boy) of steel on
Smallville.
Continue reading Smallville: Cure
Posted Jun 12th 2007 7:52AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Smallville
According to a press release from The CW, Supergirl will be joining the cast of
Smallville next season. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Some people might call this a possible shark-jumping moment ... but for me that already happened back when Jonathan Kent kicked the bucket
*sniffle*.
Straight from the network -- "On
Smallville, the seventh season premiere kicks off with the arrival of Supergirl, whose name is Kara, as Clark's (Tom Welling) 19-year-old cousin. She was born on Krypton and is the daughter of Zor-El, Jor-El's brother. Kara possesses all of Clark's powers and one he doesn't yet have ─ she can fly! Kara also has a strong, rebellious streak that puts her at odds with Clark, and puts her onto Lex's (Michael Rosenbaum) radar. In addition, she takes a romantic interest in Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore)."
Continue reading Supergirl soaring onto Smallville in season seven
Posted May 14th 2007 8:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Family Guy, Episode Reviews
(S05E17) As I got into this episode, two things occurred to me. First, since next week is the season finale, when did they decide to cut this season to 18 episodes? More importantly for our purposes here though, this episode felt very familiar. It took a minute, but when Lois and Mayor West got to the debate, I remembered what it was. The main story was very similar to the season two episode, "Running Mates."
Continue reading Family Guy: It Takes A Village Idiot, And I Married One
Posted May 11th 2007 9:02AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews
(S06E21) Okay, before we get much further, can anyone tell me why Lex's super-powered project Ares can turn invisible, has super-strength, can deflect bullets, but has to use a knife? Did that strike anyone else as weird or was it just me? I'm trying not to digress here because I really enjoyed this episode, but a couple of small things nagged at me.
Chief among them was the fact that ... Ares is Helo from
Battlestar Galactica! Tahmoh Penikett is a terrific actor who lives in Vancouver, where both
Smallville and
Battlestar Galactica are shot, but I have a rule of thumb that if one actor is on a fairly popular sci-fi show and then jumps across to another, it's going to rattle a few fanboy brain cells, mine included. If Helo suddenly appeared on say ...
Law & Order, it probably wouldn't feel so jarring, but this was a bit distracting for me.
Continue reading Smallville: Prototype
Posted Apr 27th 2007 8:47AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Smallville, Episode Reviews
(S06E19) Alternatively titled "Welcome Back, Lionel" ... or the "Clark and Lex Tunnel Exploration Power Hour". Was that some pretty heinous underground action or what?
Okay, right off the bat I have to admit ... this was a pretty darn cool episode of
Smallville. I'll get to the bones I have to pick with it later, but for the most part it really rocked. You've got Lex and Clark sort of facing off, sort of friends again, Clark wondering if he gave up on Lex too early, Lana being pretty hard-nosed and kick ass ... and all of this without any super powers at all and they kept me interested the whole time. I'm sold.
Continue reading Smallville: Nemesis
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