I could dig deeper and slice apart the episode as far as continuity especially in character development, but on the whole I was not as disappointed as I thought I would be, and these days that's enough. (How sad I know--but I fear they will never make me happy as they used to back in the early days.)
It is odd that they're ignoring everyone's previous experiences with Lionel, without even acknowledging them, because I think if you stay within seasons 5 and 6, they've actually done a good job building character arcs--but it's as if they're ignoring almost everything that went before.
think it does mirror Lexmas in a great way as far as what we dream and what is real. I like too the fact that Lex controls Lana--and well, why shouldn't he? It is his money and his name? Who is she exactly?
She's a symbol, is my guess. (To him, I mean). So of course he controls her. And it's his money, if she's doing charitable causes, so that's only fair. Unfortunately, MR is doing a very good job of convincing me he *doesn't* really love her except as a symbol, and that is making me sad. Not that I want Lex to be smitten with Lana, but I do want him to be capable of really loving someone, still, and I'm starting to think his heart is too closed off at this point to see her (or anyone) as anything more than a symbol.
I did love that scene where Lex and Oliver faced off--I thought it was awesome when he pulled the gun, and at least we got some Clexy stuff when Clark refused to let Lex just die, and actually threw Ollie into the wall.
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I could dig deeper and slice apart the episode as far as continuity especially in character development, but on the whole I was not as disappointed as I thought I would be, and these days that's enough. (How sad I know--but I fear they will never make me happy as they used to back in the early days.)
It is odd that they're ignoring everyone's previous experiences with Lionel, without even acknowledging them, because I think if you stay within seasons 5 and 6, they've actually done a good job building character arcs--but it's as if they're ignoring almost everything that went before.
think it does mirror Lexmas in a great way as far as what we dream and what is real. I like too the fact that Lex controls Lana--and well, why shouldn't he? It is his money and his name? Who is she exactly?
She's a symbol, is my guess. (To him, I mean). So of course he controls her. And it's his money, if she's doing charitable causes, so that's only fair. Unfortunately, MR is doing a very good job of convincing me he *doesn't* really love her except as a symbol, and that is making me sad. Not that I want Lex to be smitten with Lana, but I do want him to be capable of really loving someone, still, and I'm starting to think his heart is too closed off at this point to see her (or anyone) as anything more than a symbol.
I did love that scene where Lex and Oliver faced off--I thought it was awesome when he pulled the gun, and at least we got some Clexy stuff when Clark refused to let Lex just die, and actually threw Ollie into the wall.
And I just have an irrational love for Mionel!