the land of S

[xparrot]

Firstly, there was Supernatural 2x20 breaking our hearts. Oh, Dean. You're a pathetic alcoholic prom-date-stealing asshole in your dream world, but that's okay, because your mom is alive and your brother is happy. Also, it's saying something for this show that though Dean has been my favorite from the beginning, I was twitching from the lack of Sammy. It's both or nothing, with these boys...

And when everyone is advancing on Dean at the end, Jessica stands alone, while Dean's random girlfriend is just behind Sammy - Dean met Jessica only once but she's still that important to him, because she's that important to Sam. ...Even if that meant, darn it, he was hugging her instead of Sam. You are playing with us, show. This hug we're all on tenterhooks for better be worth it.



Then, Smallville 6x20, which should have come with a surgeon general's warning, because everyone was smokin'. Literally, in some cases. Lex in particular. Wowza. (I cannot stand the smell of cigarettes. Fortunately, on TV, I don't have to smell them. And anything that gets MR's hands near MR's mouth is a force of good in the name of the sexy.) And Clark in glasses is fantastic and gorgeous. And Lana is evil! And Lex is wearing a hat! And is with Lois! (yays for Lexis, and for Lois period! Have missed her!) (And then Lex is...dead. Oh, Lex. Even in random dream sequences you're still a pathetic loser who gets out-eviled by everyone around you. Sigh. In my mind, naturally, noir!Lex&Clark are running a sting operation together and Lex's death was faked...)

The non-noir portions weren't nearly as fun, mainly because Lana didn't actually get shot by Clark and die. Pity, that. gnine is also frothing at the about-face of Chloe saying that Lex couldn't have hurt Lana because he luuuurves her, when in "Progeny" two episodes before she was agreeing when Clark said Lex would throw Lana to the wolves. Not to mention the discrepancy about Lana's terrible "loveless marriage" in which apparently even Chloe believes that Lex does love her, so the love is only lacking on Lana's part. Dear Show, I am so baffled. I thought we're supposed to hate Lex for playing evil baby-faking mindgames. So why are you making us feel sorry for him for being in love with a woman who is plotting against him, for the love of another man? Whose side are we supposed to be on? Throw us a bone, please! --Konfused in Kansas

Has anyone noticed that Lionel's evilosity is inversely proportional to the length of his hair? His mane was remarkably tame here, when he's supposedly going good (I am confused as to how Lionel could possibly be seen as 'good' by any definition, but that's a matter to be taken up with the spoilers). In 4th season, he gets his head shaved and goes totally good for a time, then as it grows back, so does the darkness in his heart. So what does this say about Lex, hmm?

Comments

Re: You've just described me to a T...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I tend to analyze the sociological and psychological implications of the commercials I watch.

Hee! I entirely understand the impulse - I will psychoanalyze comic cartoon chars, given half a chance.

Actually many of the anti-apologists are very pro-Lex - they just like to see him as the villain. And I very much enjoy villains myself, but as you said, SV has messed with comic canon so much that I can't quite enjoy SV's Lex as the bad guy. Not when he's so personally miserable being evil!

Yeah, if SV was just trying to be a comic book (or a soap opera), that would be fine. But sometimes it seems like it's trying to go beyond that - like going to such lengths to establish Lex as a human being, only to forget that now that they're actually making him the villain. (I find it terribly ironic that the cartoon Justice League is more mature and consistent in its themes and storytelling than SV...!)

Re: You've just described me to a T...

[greenlady2.livejournal.com]

Lex is miserable being evil. Which is interesting, because most evil people wouldn't characterize themselves as evil. They see themselves as being in the right. So, if Lex is miserable, it seems to me he sees what he's doing as wrong. So, why is he doing these things? Because he feels he must? And that brings us back to the possible interpretation that he thinks he's saving the world against an Evil Alien Invasion.:-)))

In which case he isn't truly evil. So, we win! :-)))