Oh my goodness yes. I loved Smallville to tiny little bits. The only complaints I had was with the directing, at times — there were a few reaction shots that were held just a little too long.
Dude, yes. What was up with that? Did they run slightly short and need to make up a few seconds?
But the characters? Damn. There was so much tremendous character work in this episode, I'm bringing it together in little pieces.
The character work was so impressive. This year feels very tight so far, in regards to the characters.
Lana's scene in the elevator made my jaw drop.
That she kept up her sweetness throughout the entire scene just killed me. I mean, wow, that woman really could make a hell of a wife for Lex, with that loyalty and willingness to get dirty for the things that she really wants (which I think we saw in S1 or 2, when she called in something against the Beanery because it was taking all of the Talon's business and mentioned that she kinda enjoyed it).
And I have so much love for Lois after last night, it's unreal.
Lois was so amazing last night. And they really seem to be doing a retread of what happened between Lois and Bruce/Batman in an earlier version, where she liked the man but not what he was willing to do in his undercover work. And it's good to have that happen on Smallville because it points out that Lois wouldn't disapprove of Clark's methods. She seeks out the Green Arrow's identity because, like Clark, flat-out stealing is still wrong.
And yes, absolutely, to Lois and Clark having the same instinctual world view. That's Important, in terms of this show and the different characters' moral codes, you know?
Very important and very lovely to see. They are going to be so well-matched. They aren't quite there yet, but they are getting so close now.
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Date: 2006-10-20 09:32 pm (UTC)Dude, yes. What was up with that? Did they run slightly short and need to make up a few seconds?
But the characters? Damn. There was so much tremendous character work in this episode, I'm bringing it together in little pieces.
The character work was so impressive. This year feels very tight so far, in regards to the characters.
Lana's scene in the elevator made my jaw drop.
That she kept up her sweetness throughout the entire scene just killed me. I mean, wow, that woman really could make a hell of a wife for Lex, with that loyalty and willingness to get dirty for the things that she really wants (which I think we saw in S1 or 2, when she called in something against the Beanery because it was taking all of the Talon's business and mentioned that she kinda enjoyed it).
And I have so much love for Lois after last night, it's unreal.
Lois was so amazing last night. And they really seem to be doing a retread of what happened between Lois and Bruce/Batman in an earlier version, where she liked the man but not what he was willing to do in his undercover work. And it's good to have that happen on Smallville because it points out that Lois wouldn't disapprove of Clark's methods. She seeks out the Green Arrow's identity because, like Clark, flat-out stealing is still wrong.
And yes, absolutely, to Lois and Clark having the same instinctual world view. That's Important, in terms of this show and the different characters' moral codes, you know?
Very important and very lovely to see. They are going to be so well-matched. They aren't quite there yet, but they are getting so close now.