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norwich36 ([personal profile] norwich36) wrote2010-10-01 10:04 pm
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Smallville, Shield

Despite a couple things that puzzled me, I really liked it.

Before I get to the review proper, just a general policy: I no longer talk about Chloe in my reviews, because I have no interest whatsoever in having Chloe wars go on in my journal, so I would ask you to respect that and not bring her up in your comments. Thanks.

Things I liked:

1. "Cat Grant." I thought she was absolutely charming despite her hate-on for vigilantes--and honestly many of her arguments made a lot of sense and are clearly going to drive Clark into the light, so they didn't bother me too much. Though it amuses me how strong they're making the political allegory.

I also loved how tough Cat was--she never stopped fighting. I hope we're going to see more of her. I want to find out more about her abusive ex, because I have a suspicion he is at least meteor-affected.

2. Clark made me SO happy tonight in his repeated statements that Lois made her own decision to go to Africa and he needed to respect that. I love how he treats the women in his life as adults capable of their own decisions.

3. Also Clark was really adorable in all his interactions with Cat. I loved how he kept finding ways to deflect her hero-hate without directly arguing, especially the scene where he pointed out the parallels between her situation and that of the vigilantes.

4. I like Tess being supportive of Clark, even though it felt kind of strange.

5. This new gang of supervillains is very, very intriguing.

Things that confused me:

1. Does Lois know who Hawkman is? I was confused about how they were so chatty about Clark so quickly (especially since it took me quite a while to realize that was Hawkman. Yeah, my memory of previous seasons is not the best these days).

2. Is Shayera actually working with the supervillains, or was I just confusing dark-haired women we only saw briefly?

[identity profile] circular-8.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
ITA about Cat. I found her very annoying, but also very sympathetic. I too hope she stays around (I'm unspoiled so I have no idea). I think it'll be interesting to have a character who holds and expresses views like this and is clearly coded as a "good guy".

Clark made me SO happy tonight in his repeated statements that Lois made her own decision to go to Africa and he needed to respect that. I love how he treats the women in his life as adults capable of their own decisions.

Clark was all sorts of win in that episode, but that made me especially happy. I also loved that even though he's not going to go get her, he's clearly holding onto the hope that she'll be back soon.

I assumed that Lois knew who Hawkman was because she wrote the article about the JSA in "Absolute Justice".

I'd have to watch the episode again, but I think that the woman in the scarf who put the mark on Hawkman was Plastique. I could be wrong, but I think the eye makeup was the same. Was that who you meant?

[identity profile] norwich36.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess it was the eye makeup that threw me on the Plastique-Shayera thing.

Oh, I had forgotten that Lois wrote the article on the JSA. That helps.