"I just…grr…this episode really bothered me....Why must SV has such amazing potential and NEVER live up to it?!"
Because the writers have a really twisted, or alternatively, non-existent moral viewpoint. Clark is good because he's going to grow up to be Superman. Lex Luthor is evil because he's Lex Luthor, and is going to be Superman's Arch Enemy. End of story. They don't need to actually analyze why whatever Clark does is good. Superman is good, so whatever Clark does is good. Same with Lex, Re: evil.
I don't mind shades of gray. I love them, actually. I don't mind TV shows or movies, in which you wonder whether or not someone did the right thing. But this show seems to be saying that Clark and his friends are in the right when they blow up buildings or lie or steal or shoot people. I say, 'seems to be saying', because I don't know if that's what the SV writers mean or not. I just don't know. Do they expect all their viewers to figure it out for themselves, that there is one standard for Lex Luthor, and another for everyone else? Without anyone on the show ever commenting on that fact? I can tell you that most young people aren't that perceptive. Not because they're stupid, but because they haven't had the life experiences. I've had conversations with people over the characters on SV, and the consensus seems to be that Clark=Good, Lex=Evil. And they're happy with those equations.
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winterfish
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Date: 2007-04-21 11:26 pm (UTC)Because the writers have a really twisted, or alternatively, non-existent moral viewpoint. Clark is good because he's going to grow up to be Superman. Lex Luthor is evil because he's Lex Luthor, and is going to be Superman's Arch Enemy. End of story. They don't need to actually analyze why whatever Clark does is good. Superman is good, so whatever Clark does is good. Same with Lex, Re: evil.
I don't mind shades of gray. I love them, actually. I don't mind TV shows or movies, in which you wonder whether or not someone did the right thing. But this show seems to be saying that Clark and his friends are in the right when they blow up buildings or lie or steal or shoot people. I say, 'seems to be saying', because I don't know if that's what the SV writers mean or not. I just don't know. Do they expect all their viewers to figure it out for themselves, that there is one standard for Lex Luthor, and another for everyone else? Without anyone on the show ever commenting on that fact? I can tell you that most young people aren't that perceptive. Not because they're stupid, but because they haven't had the life experiences. I've had conversations with people over the characters on SV, and the consensus seems to be that Clark=Good, Lex=Evil. And they're happy with those equations.