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SV: Metallo
Ok, I lied. I watched it right after I got back from seeing Whip It (which, for the record, is utterly charming and completely happy-making, and has given me a total crush on Ellen Page), and for the most part I thought it was a great episode.
Let's just get the two things I really hated out of the way, first:
1. The LIGHTING. WTF, Smallville crew? I mean, I get it that you've always liked to light Metropolis a little bit like it is Gotham, but this is taking it too far--I can barely see half of the scenes, they're so dark. This is not Supernatural! Please to be returning to the lovely visual palette you used for the first seven seasons of the show, perhaps slightly adjusted for the Metropolis setting but not so radically so that it physically hurts me. PLEASE.
2. OMG, PLEASE give Chloe another storyline, I'm begging you. I mean, yes, jealousy and the entitled feeling that she should be in control of Clark's life are established character traits of hers--her least attractive ones--but if this is going to be a whole season of Chloe finding new and more headdesky reasons to be jealous of Lois, I'm just going to start fastforwarding through her scenes, and I love Chloe. Note: please do not take this complaint as a license for Chloe bashing in my comments--that upsets me a lot and I won't engage with any of those kinds of comments .
Now for the things I loved like I love pizza :
3. TESS/LOIS FEMSLASH FOR THE WIN! Holy crap, the only way that scene could have been slashier is if they both actually tore off their clothes and had onscreen sex. Damn, between Tess having that Luthorian charisma and Lois having chemistry with inanimate objects, I just about combusted during that scene. *Flaily hands *
Anyone else in favor of a spinoff where there are somehow, you know, multiple Loises (maybe from alternate universes etc.) so Lois can just get it on with everybody without cheating on Clark? I'm also in favor of polyamory--really, that would be kind of fun, too.
And Lois blackmailing her way to getting her job back was just HOT, though I also love that it turned out Tess had ulterior motives.
4. The return of Dr. Emil! Yay! And with bonus expositiony goodness! See, we need him to be a recurring character, because meteor mutants are turning up all the time, and maybe he can heal them at least explain why they can't be healed. And it's nice to have a scientist on the side of good to counter the forces of Luthorcorp.
5. Speaking of which, good to see Luthorcorp is still continuing its nefarious scientific agenda even while under attack by the Kandorians--though wow, it's really scary to think of the Kandorians with that advanced tech. (Ok, maybe not advanced by their standards, but still!)
6. Brian Austin Green rocked the house. Damn, I felt so bad for John Corbin, waking up literally in a horror-movie nightmare, and having his legitimate quest for justice perverted by the Kryptonite brain poisoning. His fate was at least as much as a tragedy as his sister's. If they had to make him a bad guy, at least they made him an understandable one, and I liked that they kept the door open for him to come back.
7. Lois-Shelby bonding. That was just adorable. Also, THEY MENTIONED MRS. KENT!! Omg, how long has it been since they even mentioned her? I miss her.
8. Clark/Chloe reconciliation, because that really was a sweet scene (and I'm glad she seems to be over blaming him for Jimmy's death, at least for the most part).
9. Clark realizing that in some ways cutting human ties is a copout and that it isn't actually helping him. As much as I loved that scene of him being all supermanly on the roof listening to the whole world, I like that he's starting to realize he's going to have to balance his training and being human. I actually cheered when he walked into the Daily Planet.
10. Much as I love Lois' crush on the Blur (and her enthusiasm for helping him, and her faith in him), I love the Lois-Clark relationship even more, so I adored that final scene. The hug! Her backpedaling when she realized she was hugging him too long! The banter! And I liked that he was willing to listen to her, and then got the exact same goofy smile on his face that he had the first time he kissed her (as Green Arrow).
Let's just get the two things I really hated out of the way, first:
1. The LIGHTING. WTF, Smallville crew? I mean, I get it that you've always liked to light Metropolis a little bit like it is Gotham, but this is taking it too far--I can barely see half of the scenes, they're so dark. This is not Supernatural! Please to be returning to the lovely visual palette you used for the first seven seasons of the show, perhaps slightly adjusted for the Metropolis setting but not so radically so that it physically hurts me. PLEASE.
2. OMG, PLEASE give Chloe another storyline, I'm begging you. I mean, yes, jealousy and the entitled feeling that she should be in control of Clark's life are established character traits of hers--her least attractive ones--but if this is going to be a whole season of Chloe finding new and more headdesky reasons to be jealous of Lois, I'm just going to start fastforwarding through her scenes, and I love Chloe. Note: please do not take this complaint as a license for Chloe bashing in my comments--that upsets me a lot and I won't engage with any of those kinds of comments .
Now for the things I loved like I love pizza :
3. TESS/LOIS FEMSLASH FOR THE WIN! Holy crap, the only way that scene could have been slashier is if they both actually tore off their clothes and had onscreen sex. Damn, between Tess having that Luthorian charisma and Lois having chemistry with inanimate objects, I just about combusted during that scene. *Flaily hands *
Anyone else in favor of a spinoff where there are somehow, you know, multiple Loises (maybe from alternate universes etc.) so Lois can just get it on with everybody without cheating on Clark? I'm also in favor of polyamory--really, that would be kind of fun, too.
And Lois blackmailing her way to getting her job back was just HOT, though I also love that it turned out Tess had ulterior motives.
4. The return of Dr. Emil! Yay! And with bonus expositiony goodness! See, we need him to be a recurring character, because meteor mutants are turning up all the time, and maybe he can
5. Speaking of which, good to see Luthorcorp is still continuing its nefarious scientific agenda even while under attack by the Kandorians--though wow, it's really scary to think of the Kandorians with that advanced tech. (Ok, maybe not advanced by their standards, but still!)
6. Brian Austin Green rocked the house. Damn, I felt so bad for John Corbin, waking up literally in a horror-movie nightmare, and having his legitimate quest for justice perverted by the Kryptonite brain poisoning. His fate was at least as much as a tragedy as his sister's. If they had to make him a bad guy, at least they made him an understandable one, and I liked that they kept the door open for him to come back.
7. Lois-Shelby bonding. That was just adorable. Also, THEY MENTIONED MRS. KENT!! Omg, how long has it been since they even mentioned her? I miss her.
8. Clark/Chloe reconciliation, because that really was a sweet scene (and I'm glad she seems to be over blaming him for Jimmy's death, at least for the most part).
9. Clark realizing that in some ways cutting human ties is a copout and that it isn't actually helping him. As much as I loved that scene of him being all supermanly on the roof listening to the whole world, I like that he's starting to realize he's going to have to balance his training and being human. I actually cheered when he walked into the Daily Planet.
10. Much as I love Lois' crush on the Blur (and her enthusiasm for helping him, and her faith in him), I love the Lois-Clark relationship even more, so I adored that final scene. The hug! Her backpedaling when she realized she was hugging him too long! The banter! And I liked that he was willing to listen to her, and then got the exact same goofy smile on his face that he had the first time he kissed her (as Green Arrow).
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