another Thursday, another dose of S
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xparrotScrubs is batting two for two. Hysterical to heart-touching in zero point five seconds. Cox/Jordan is one of my very favorite het pairs ever. Just, aww. In their own special ex-spouses way. Also the football group guy-lie slayed me.
Supernatural "Heart" was...well, first of all, it was crossover central. SG-1's Dr. Frasier didn't actually die, she moved to San Francisco and became a mortician! And Lex's not-so-dearly departed ex-wife Helen, oh we did wonder about her - she in fact survived jumping out of the plane, also moved to San Fran, became a...an executive assistant, and got it on with a junior ghostbuster!
Speaking of which, I am calling for a new law to be passed. Specifically the Jared Padalecki Enforced Barechestedness Act, which would make it illegal for Sam Winchester to wear a shirt. Covering up that body? Ought to be a felony. Yow. Holy guacamole. Bringing it out only once a season is not fair!
One issue I had with the episode (fully accepting that this is SPN and I have no right to expect the plot to make sense, and I promise not to harp too much on you, dear show, because you will always and forever deliver us the angst - if not the hugs - but still): umm. So killing her was dramatic and all, and oh Dean your heart breaking for your brother will never stop being pretty. And I get that she doesn't want to become anymore of a murderer, and I actually liked her char well enough; the BotWs in SPN alway feel like people to me, even if they are babes. (And besides, after what she did to Lex? She totally had it coming to her.)
But...in mid-lunar cycle, she managed to make it at least one night without turning. Shouldn't they at least try to investigate why? Before shooting her? Umm? Anyone? Because if she just needs to stay awake at night to avoid freaking out and killing people - then bring on the espressos and leave the silver bullet chambered.
And last but not least, Smallville "Combat". Was so very terrifically much better than last week's. Considering it was a pro-fighting/wrestling ep, I should not be saying this. But seriously. Tom Welling looking gorgeous in black leather, getting artfully bloodied by a super-powered bruiser for like 10 minutes? They could have had this be the whole ep - heck, the whole show, and dude, I would so watch. Especially if you made the bald guy he was fighting Lex! Also in black leather! --Oh wait, they have. Hee. Hey, there's a reason I liked "Zod" (even if that battle is far too short. The fight choreography on this show...rather sucks. Either that or I'm spoiled by too much shounen.)
The thing with the baby did make me wonder. I've been assuming for the last few eps that the pregnancy was totally faked, that Lex was drugging Lana to make her think she was knocked up to shotgun her to the altar. But Lex seemed...surprised by this turn of events. Maybe; it was hard to tell. If the baby was real, if he was using her to incubate some kind of clone (I vote for Bizarro!Clark!) or genetically designed mutant or the like - it would recover "Promise" for me a bit, because Lex would have ulterior motives for wanting Lana. His "desperation" might not have been over winning her hand at all, but for what's in her womb. He even might have been playing Lionel, to make sure he didn't lose her, or more specifically what was in her.
...Yeah, probably not. But I live in hope that somehow that ep can be redeemed.
Oliver is kind of ticking me off (though sorry,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jakrar, not to homicidal levels yet...) For one thing, we still haven't seen what the hell they're really doing in 33.1. Previous projects Lex has worked on include trying to end world hunger and designing a vaccine against most deadly viruses. One of those facilities Green Arrow and his merry men are taking down might have the cure for cancer. If they would just provide solid evidence that 33.1 is as evil as the alt rock and spooky lighting implies, then I might get on board with them, but for now I'm inclined to side with Lex.
The other problem is that these terrorist tactics are not only unbecoming to a young superhero, they're stupid. Oliver has Queen Industries, which seems to be, if not as powerful as LuthorCorp, then pretty close. If Ollie was serious about taking down Lex, he should be going for a corporate takeover, hitting 33.1 where any massive organization hurts - the bankbook. But he's having more fun blowing stuff up. Juvenile. Poor Lex. I feel for him, having to deal with these pesky kids when he's trying to save the world.
Meanwhile. Clark! You killed a guy by sort-of accident! Lex just killed a guy by sort-of accident! You're made for each other! Why are you not making out on my screen every week? Damn it. You know, occasionally I think I'm watching the wrong show...(If only I could figure out how to download the torrents for Luthorville...)
Supernatural "Heart" was...well, first of all, it was crossover central. SG-1's Dr. Frasier didn't actually die, she moved to San Francisco and became a mortician! And Lex's not-so-dearly departed ex-wife Helen, oh we did wonder about her - she in fact survived jumping out of the plane, also moved to San Fran, became a...an executive assistant, and got it on with a junior ghostbuster!
Speaking of which, I am calling for a new law to be passed. Specifically the Jared Padalecki Enforced Barechestedness Act, which would make it illegal for Sam Winchester to wear a shirt. Covering up that body? Ought to be a felony. Yow. Holy guacamole. Bringing it out only once a season is not fair!
One issue I had with the episode (fully accepting that this is SPN and I have no right to expect the plot to make sense, and I promise not to harp too much on you, dear show, because you will always and forever deliver us the angst - if not the hugs - but still): umm. So killing her was dramatic and all, and oh Dean your heart breaking for your brother will never stop being pretty. And I get that she doesn't want to become anymore of a murderer, and I actually liked her char well enough; the BotWs in SPN alway feel like people to me, even if they are babes. (And besides, after what she did to Lex? She totally had it coming to her.)
But...in mid-lunar cycle, she managed to make it at least one night without turning. Shouldn't they at least try to investigate why? Before shooting her? Umm? Anyone? Because if she just needs to stay awake at night to avoid freaking out and killing people - then bring on the espressos and leave the silver bullet chambered.
And last but not least, Smallville "Combat". Was so very terrifically much better than last week's. Considering it was a pro-fighting/wrestling ep, I should not be saying this. But seriously. Tom Welling looking gorgeous in black leather, getting artfully bloodied by a super-powered bruiser for like 10 minutes? They could have had this be the whole ep - heck, the whole show, and dude, I would so watch. Especially if you made the bald guy he was fighting Lex! Also in black leather! --Oh wait, they have. Hee. Hey, there's a reason I liked "Zod" (even if that battle is far too short. The fight choreography on this show...rather sucks. Either that or I'm spoiled by too much shounen.)
The thing with the baby did make me wonder. I've been assuming for the last few eps that the pregnancy was totally faked, that Lex was drugging Lana to make her think she was knocked up to shotgun her to the altar. But Lex seemed...surprised by this turn of events. Maybe; it was hard to tell. If the baby was real, if he was using her to incubate some kind of clone (I vote for Bizarro!Clark!) or genetically designed mutant or the like - it would recover "Promise" for me a bit, because Lex would have ulterior motives for wanting Lana. His "desperation" might not have been over winning her hand at all, but for what's in her womb. He even might have been playing Lionel, to make sure he didn't lose her, or more specifically what was in her.
...Yeah, probably not. But I live in hope that somehow that ep can be redeemed.
Oliver is kind of ticking me off (though sorry,
jakrar, not to homicidal levels yet...) For one thing, we still haven't seen what the hell they're really doing in 33.1. Previous projects Lex has worked on include trying to end world hunger and designing a vaccine against most deadly viruses. One of those facilities Green Arrow and his merry men are taking down might have the cure for cancer. If they would just provide solid evidence that 33.1 is as evil as the alt rock and spooky lighting implies, then I might get on board with them, but for now I'm inclined to side with Lex.The other problem is that these terrorist tactics are not only unbecoming to a young superhero, they're stupid. Oliver has Queen Industries, which seems to be, if not as powerful as LuthorCorp, then pretty close. If Ollie was serious about taking down Lex, he should be going for a corporate takeover, hitting 33.1 where any massive organization hurts - the bankbook. But he's having more fun blowing stuff up. Juvenile. Poor Lex. I feel for him, having to deal with these pesky kids when he's trying to save the world.
Meanwhile. Clark! You killed a guy by sort-of accident! Lex just killed a guy by sort-of accident! You're made for each other! Why are you not making out on my screen every week? Damn it. You know, occasionally I think I'm watching the wrong show...(If only I could figure out how to download the torrents for Luthorville...)
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Date: 2007-03-23 07:21 pm (UTC)LOL @ the fact that Clark has 2 billionaries all into him....but seriously - and LOL @ the bi-Lois in red vinyl - Liked the outfit but it didn't really work well to sneak into a place and get pictures.....
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Date: 2007-03-23 07:41 pm (UTC)Exactly my point! Ollie was not issuing this warning over the loudspeakers; he gave it only to Lex. If Lex didn't care about his men, he could have gotten out himself, and risked keeping the guards in, either to try to catch the intruders, or counting on Ollie not blowing up the place with people inside. That he orders the guards out indicates a care for his people. The show would never spin it this way, I realize, but I don't know how else to read it...
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Date: 2007-03-23 07:44 pm (UTC)I guess I'll look at it from a corporate pov - having to find a few hundred employees again and covering up their deaths is a lot harder than covering up a simple building explosion.
So yes, I guess I can see that Lex does care for his employees.....lol....good point again there xparrot. I find your insights very enlightening. =)