Posts with tag kryptonite
Posted Mar 23rd 2007 7:34AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Smallville, The CW

(S06E17) You know you're in for a very special
Smallville when it starts out with a WWF-style cage match, an extremely gratuitous shot of some very large boobs, and an all-out brawl between Clark and a Zoner who seems stronger than he is. It's like a Bizarro world version of the show starring everyone's favorite Kryptonian. Zowie.
Basically, it's
Fight Club meets
Smallville meets ... well,
Superheroes Gone Wild. Toss in Lois chomping at the bit for a story, and you've got half the makings of a regular old episode of
Lois & Clark, or is it just me? Although I don't remember Teri Hatcher donning red leather and claiming to be a wayward stripper from down the street who has a penchant for loving the ladies. Plus, did you catch the way Lois claimed she does a killer "Stars and Stripes" routine? Hello throwback to an old episode.
Continue reading Smallville: Combat
Posted Mar 16th 2007 12:34AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Smallville, The CW
(S06E16) The wedding bells that have been ringing in the promos for this episode also sound like funeral bells ringing, is that a coincidence? We may never know. Anyhow, it's finally here, the Lex & Lana wedding that we've all been dreading/waiting for.
Did that scene of Lex and Lana watching the ultrasound creep anyone else out? It's scary to know what might come ripping out of that womb. I keep picturing that scene from Alien over and over in my head. I also hope that the photo Clark whipped out the window didn't end up decapitating someone in Malaysia. He really put some heat behind it.
Continue reading Smallville: Promise
Posted Feb 16th 2007 12:31AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Smallville, The CW
(S06E15) Whoa,
Smallville has a bowling alley? Who knew? What other secret little getaways is this town hiding? Do they have a roller rink? An arcade? Come on, Clark playing
Defender, that's just aching for a write-in. Of course, if you had telekinesis would you be using it to score babes on the lanes? I can't think of a better place to put it to good use, except maybe cheerleading practice. Then he could reenact
Zapped all over again, sans Scott Baio.
Also, is it just me, or did the premise of this episode seem a little bit like
Heroes? You've got a guy tracking down meteor freaks, and stealing 'em away for some devious purpose. There was no Horn Rimmed Glasses dude, but someone creepily close to him. If you put a set of those spex on Dr. Bethany, I bet he'd look a lot like that dude. He does Lex's dirty work, seems to have no trouble getting in and out of the mansion, and has a good cover story as a doc to hide behind. Plus that really nifty ray-gun. Hmm.
Continue reading Smallville: Freak
Posted May 5th 2006 10:33AM by Lacy Hall
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, WB, Smallville
(S05E21) Whew. I don't know how I feel about last night's episode. Basically, it confused the
crap out of me, but I think that was the point. It was all just a tease for the finale, which is next Thursday.
Still, there was a lot of stuff that the writers could have tidied up a bit. Namely, the Kryptonian
Alphabet.How come Clark can't read Kryptonian letters? Didn't he learn Kryptonian back in like Season 2? Here is Lionel
handing him a treasure map of Kryptonian goodness and Clark just shrugs and goes, "What does it say? I don't
know." That was just dumb.
Continue reading Smallville: Oracle
Posted Apr 21st 2006 6:29PM by Lacy Hall
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, WB, Smallville
(S05E19) If you ignore the blatant
Saw rip-off, then this episode was super
fantastic. But any episode that centers around Lionel is a winner in my book. This ep was a total incubator for
cliffhangers. In this episode, Lionel is kidnapped by a masked tormentor who forces him to endure all kinds of riddles
and physical challenges in order to live. Of course, Martha gets thrown into the mix, and several amazing things
happen...
Continue reading Smallville: Mercy
Posted Apr 7th 2006 1:05PM by Lacy Hall
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, WB, Smallville
In last night's episode, Lana becomes addicted to flatlining so she can spend some quality time with her
dead parents. Eh, at this point in the series, I find Lana-centric episodes only slightly more exciting than
Chloe-driven plots. Plus, I was slightly disappointing with the lack of time that Lana was actually spending in the
hereafter. From the previews, I thought she was going to be spending some quality time with her parents, not just 10
second teasers. I guess Lana felt the same way and that's how she became addicted to the kryptonite-serum that was
inducing the flatline.
But still, for the sake of television...
Continue reading Smallville: Void