#we're not getting Luthor in season 1

[lentendays]

I'm sorry are you saying bald Zuckermusk Trumpesoz does NOT reflect modern villainy?

EDIT: I'm glad Lex isn't in this too soon, because then all the focus would definitely go to him! And other characters deserve a chance to shine (anime twink Slade is giving me life I can't stop laughing at him.) But the Amazo-tech-bro villain in Ep 4 proves that "Lex Luthor not reflecting modern villainy" is BS lmaoo. Looking forward to LL whenever he shows up.

#my adventures with superman #we're not getting Luthor in season 1 #Guess it *is* playing on Amazon so #Lex luthor #clark kent #lois lane #jimmy olson #Clois #Clex #Slade Wilson Eboy #Jeff Bezos #mark zuckerberg #elongated muskrat #donald trump #This is coming from someone who actually likes Lex #It works that they're letting other villains have a chance to shine but that reasoning is BS

[naralanis]

WIP title game

Thank you to @silv3reyedstranger for tagging me, this was uh... an unexpected journey down a shamefully long folder...

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Perhaps -- Cissamione Slow Burn

lights out (and away we go) -- Supercorp Formula 1 AU series

while all of the lines are blurring -- Supercorp inter-dimensional travel AU

A Luthor's Gambit -- Supercorp, maybe evil Lena AU

For the Better -- Mirandy slow burn

The Appraisal -- Cissamione realtor AU

What Cissy Wants, Cissy Gets -- Cissamione smut series

A Funny Way of Grieving -- Cissamione, angst PW(much)P

A Little Give, A Little Take -- Cissamione, blind date AU

ISO Books (of the Muggle Variety) -- yet another Cissamione

Light as a Feather -- yep, you guessed it, Cissamione

Secret Fucking Santa -- Cissamione secret santa

why.docx -- unnamed Narlily PWP

the hug thing.docx -- Supercorp (mostly a Kara character study)

Edges -- Supercorp Blade Runner AU series

Tell Me Lies (Tell Me Sweet Little Lies) -- Supercorp, S4-5 redo/AU

Adventures of Soft Butch Hermione -- Cissamione smut

alien detection device thing.docx -- Supercorp, Season 2 re-do

Exhaust all Options -- Supercorp, Mxy comes to Lena AU

Running with the Devil -- Supercorp, Lex wins AU

Tearing the Universe to Bits -- Supercorp, evil Kara AU

the test tube baby thing.docx -- Supercorp, Kryptonian Matrix AU

The Eye of the Storm -- potential Azutarra? Azula character study, kinda

the roller derby thing.docx -- Xena/Gabrielle roller derby AU

We Provide Leverage -- Supercorp Leverage AU

Like Ships in the Night -- Jareau/Prentiss "what if"

Of all the gin joints -- Supercorp Casablanca AU

Three Kryptonians Walk Into a Bar -- Supercorp, + Kelly/Alex/Sam and Clark/Lois.

For my own sanity, I'm not even going to look at my notebooks, because there's a lot I have never typed out. We're going to bury those a little deeper in the drawers lol.

Also not tagging anybody, but any writer friends, feel free to participate!

#this was #A LOT #i had no idea there were this many and I feel a little ashamed #but I also know I've forgotten some because I don't see a few I remember #NOT GONNA LOOK FOR THEM #wip title game #this makes me want to write more but that would require #WRITING #how dare

[3rdbogwitch2theleft]

We're currently in season 2 of our Smallville rewatch (or first in my partner's case) so, largely from memory, here is my ranking of Smallville characters who should have been canonically queer listed on a scale from "Dude it was right there! I cannot fathom why you fumbled the ball here!" to "I mean I get why you didn't, but the subtext was loud". I might change my ranking after we finish the show.

1. First and most egregious we have Tess Mercer.

This woman is a lesbian.

Her second scene in the entire series is a square off with Lois in which Tess waits maybe 15 seconds before asking if Lois is into role play (to be fair, Lois is in a Spirit Halloween style french maid outfit at the time). Their tension remains severely homoerotic throughout the her time on the show.

They pair Tess with Oliver. They pair her with Zod. They give her the hots for Clark and none of it feels the least bit authentic. She is gay. Let this woman be gay.

2. Coming in at a close second is Chloe Sullivan.

Comp het is the only narrative explanation I can think of for why Chloe spent so much time pining for the obviously disinterested Clark when Pete was right there!

(Yes, I know that the actual reason is network demanded the love triangle, but I want an in-universe explanation, damn it)

Don't get me wrong, I remember her relationship to Jimmy being delightful, but "spent my teen years wanting someone who I knew didn't want me" is giving big "closeted and not ready to deal with my sexuality yet" energy.

Also her jacket choices in the early years feel distinctly sapphic to me, a sapphic who lived through this era.

Bonus: she and Lana could have ended up together and driven a stake right through that love triangle from hell.

3. Lois!

Lois is bi. Fight me.

Am I saying this just because I'm in love with her? No, but I'm gonna be real with you, it is a factor. It's just so obvious to me.

Let bygones be bygones and bi gals be bi gals

4. Clark Kent

Am I saying this just because I'm in love with him? No, but I'm gonna be real with you, it is a factor.

As the show went on, they dipped more and more heavily into the "super powers and kryptonite poisoning as queerness allegory" and it's... it's not great. But that's a whole other post. I just think that if you make listen to a character earnestly describe herself as her bestie's "krypto hag" when talking him through an issue he's having with his sex life AND you make your first on screen lesbian a homicidal shape shifter the least you can do is make your allegorically queer main guy actually bisexual.

Let bygones be bygones and bi guys be bi guys

Also it would kinda explain why he looked the other way about Lex's deeeeeply creepy behaviors for so long. He had the same blind loyalty to Lex that he had to Lana. While I do not ship them especially in the early seasons (Clark is a teen and Lex is in early 20s for the first 4 years of the friendship, that's a big nope for me) Clark having a crush on his morally dubious older friend would explain a lot.

Clark, that grown man is bribing a government agent for your mom's medical records. He is not you friend!

5. Lana Lang

I just think it would have been neat. As I mentioned under the Chloe section I would have really liked it if she and Chloe had ended up together.

Also Lana's journey from damsel in distress (that poor kid is in so. much. distress.) to morally complex love interest to superhero in her own right could also have been a really cool exploration of gender identity.

While I know the average TV writer in the 2000s first association the the word "binary" was likely "code" rather than "gender", non-binary Lana Lang would have slapped.

6. Lex Luthor

Lex is the official recipient of the "I completely get why they didn't make this canon, but the subtext was loud" award.

Lex is manipulative, duplicitous, obsessive, and predatory. (In other words, just another billionaire amiright) Making him canonically gay or bi would have reinforced some extremely harmful stereotypes and given how popular the show was in its time, I am very glad they didn't do this.

That said, he's just so obsessed with Clark and he loooves to compare himself to Alexander the Great.

And a season 6 (when everyone is adults) toxic, chaotic Clark/Lana/Lex throuple would have been amazing. The secrets! The betrayals! Certainly beats the canonical Lex/Lana doomed abusive marriage and ride on the ever present Clark/Lana merry-go-round.

Lex also made a clone combining his DNA with Clark's. Fellas....

Honorable mention: Oliver Queen

I don't have a narrative reason.

Maybe the fact that he was paired with first 3 people on this list at different points in the series just gives him a bit of bi/pan 4 bi/pan energy.

I also just think it would have been fun. And I like fun.

#smallville rewatch #the image function was giving me grief so here's a long ass text post for your wednesday night enjoyment #characters that should have been queer #long post

[buttheresareason]

the cw stands for diversity!!!!!! yeah i love all my diverse sg characters with zero agency, storylines or direction!!!! kelly is so important, let's show her consoling a couple of folks for about 43 seconds, that should be enough!! what do you mean we should've shown the conversation where alex tells her about kara? doesn't make sense in our book, did we make it seem important somehow? but look!! the lesbian couple gets a hug!!! surely that is the best diversity out there

#ffs i'm so fed up #azie is FANTASTIC #and she's one of the few members of the cast who's not fed up enough that actually still promotes the show #and engages with conversations about it #but sure #let's just cast the black chick as a lesbian military therapist and then give her NO story at all #"BuT tHe ShOw iSnT aBoUT hEr ItS AbOuT kARa!!!1! #great then make it about her #cause so far it seems like it's the lex show #& don't get me wrong i love jon cryer #but i'm sick of the fucking lex luthor plot #it's been FOUR SEASONS #and we're still doing the same thing #ugh #just #cw stop being racist sexist & homophobic 2k21 #supergirl #supergirl 6x02

[fanfictionfaberrycentral]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers Additional Tags: Supergirl (TV 2015) Season 6 Speculation, Angst with a Happy Ending, It's my take on the upcoming prom episode, SuperCorp Sunday, Lena Luthor Needs a Hug, Kara Danvers Needs a Hug, Post-Season/Series 05 Finale Summary:

“Did Kara ever tell you about our prom?” Alex asked.

Lena shook her head. “No, she didn’t.” She managed a very small smile and wondered why she had never thought to ask her about it. There were a lot of things that she wished she had asked Kara sooner. “Does Kara dance as well as she sings?”

***

To stop Lex for good, Kara willingly exiles herself to the Phantom Zone, trusting that Lena will find a way to bring her back. But Lena soon discovers that getting Kara back is only the beginning. When Kara refuses to wake up upon her return, Lena takes it upon herself to stay by her side, talking to her, hoping that Kara will find her way back home.

#Aoo #Supercorp #new

[oliverdant]

The Hollywood Reporter rounds up the major twists, epic fights and big reveals on all the DC Comics TV shows.

Welcome back to The Hollywood Reporter's weekly DC TV Watch, a rundown of all things DC Comics on the small screen. Every Saturday, we round up the major twists, epic fights, new mysteries and anything else that goes down on The CW's Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning and new series Batwoman. This week, we're rounding up all the teases to the upcoming Crisis On Infinite Earths crossover so far and what it means for the Arrow-verse.

Which shows are participating? | For the first time, the Arrow-verse crossover will be five episodes long, one hour for each Arrow-verse series: Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and new series Batwoman. The epic event will be split into two chapters: three episodes airing December 2019 and the remaining two airing January 2020 with the holiday hiatus in the middle. This will be the last crossover including Arrow, as the flagship series of the franchise will end with a 10-episode final season that brings it right to the crossover (with one or two episodes remaining after to tie up loose ends and say goodbye with a proper series finale).

Which character will die? | Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past six months, you already have a pretty clear idea of what the Crisis is. First introduced during this past Elseworlds crossover, otherworldly being Mar Novu aka The Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) came to Earth-1 to test the heroes of the world to see if they'd be enough to fight the impending Crisis. In the fight, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) made a deal with The Monitor to save Barry (Grant Gustin) and Kara's (Melissa Benoist) lives. But as fans learned in the Arrow season seven finale, Oliver had no idea what kind of a deal he made. It wasn't until The Monitor showed up at Oliver's new off-the-grid home after he had retired from the superhero life with his wife Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and their newborn daughter that he learned it was his life he traded for theirs. Oliver now knows that he will die in the Crisis, but he went with The Monitor anyways to help save the world. And in the Arrow season seven finale, his death was confirmed in the future flash forwards, as his gravestone revealed the year he died: 2019. That means Oliver will die at some point in the first chapter of the crossover (the first three episodes airing in December 2019), with the second chapter in 2020 dealing with the fallout.

What is the Crisis? | But for what exactly is Oliver going to die? The conflict of the upcoming Crisis comes ripped straight from the comics in the huge, 12-issue series published in 1985-86, widely regarded as one of the most important comic arcs of all time. The story was designed to get rid of the multiverse and make one continuity for readers, making the world of DC easier to understand and more exciting with more opportunities for characters to cross over with each other. And the effects were far-reaching for every single comic book series. The Crisis kicks off with The Monitor's evil counterpart, The Anti-Monitor, as he begins destroying Earths with antimatter so he could become the ruler of all realities. This means Garrett will most likely pull double-duty to play both The Monitor and the evil twin. However while The Monitor does return briefly to recruit heroes from all Earths to stop The Anti-Monitor, he's killed pretty quickly. The Anti-Monitor plays a much bigger role.

What will the Crisis do to the Arrow-verse? | Aside from claiming at least one major hero's life (expect many, many other casualties from the big event in addition to Oliver), the ultimate goal of the Crisis is to destroy the multiverse. That's right: while the heroes do ultimately defeat The Anti-Monitor, they don't succeed in stopping his plan fully. At the end of the arc, there is only one single shared universe left standing, a merger of five different Earths. While Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and new series Batwoman all take place on Earth-1, it's important to note that Supergirl takes place on Earth-38. As of now, Kara requires breach technology to cross dimensions for crossovers. But after the Crisis, whatever Earth is left over will have all of the remaining Arrow-verse heroes who survive, making crossovers that much easier to pull off and explain. But could Black Lightning also become a part of this new reality? It's currently not part of the Arrow-verse, but if The CW really wants to make an impact, having a surprise appearance of the other DC TV series in the crossover would be the best surprise. The possibilities for lasting impact are endless with this crossover if the writers fully lean in to the potential.

What teases have dropped so far? | So many clues that the Arrow-verse was heading in this direction were planted from the very beginning of the franchise. When The Flash first debuted, Barry had access to a future newspaper headline: "Flash Missing, Vanishes In Crisis," which has always meant the show was going to take on the Crisis arc. It was also referenced throughout the entire Elseworlds crossover as The Monitor noticeably kept using the word "crisis," warning that one was imminent, and that was why he was rewriting reality to test every Earth to see if there were any heroes good enough to face whatever was coming. But the end tag of Elseworlds confirmed that he was indeed trying to prepare Earth-1 (along with all the other alternate versions of Earth) for Crisis on Infinite Earths.

After that, the Arrow-verse had fun dropping in even more teases leading up to the biggest crossover yet. First The Monitor showed up in the Arrow season seven finale to collect on the deal he made with Oliver, bringing him along on his otherworldly journey as he tries to stop the Crisis. In the future, he brought Felicity through a portal to presumably reunite with her dead husband, implying that she was moving on to the afterlife. Then The Monitor showed up on Supergirl in the season four finale, bringing a revenge-motivated Martian with him and doing something to Lex Luthor's (Jon Cryer) dead body. Then he showed up again in the Legends of Tomorrow season four finale, but he didn't do anything besides observe the Legends in action and eat popcorn while shaking his head and smiling. This was the first time The Monitor came in contact with the Legends since they had sat out the Elseworlds crossover, and it will be interesting to see how they fit into Crisis.

The final tease (so far) came at the very end of The Flash season five finale, when the future newspaper headline first seen in the series premiere changed as a result of the timeline changing. The date of The Flash's disappearance moved up from 2024 to 2019, confirming that it's always been warning of the Crisis. In the comics, The Flash is one of two heroes to die during the Crisis. But there's no way The Flash is going to kill off Barry Allen. It's more likely that he'll actually disappear at some point in the first three episodes of the crossover (since it occurs in 2019). And while The Flash's disappearance was permanent in his daughter Nora's (Jessica Parker Kennedy) original timeline, that doesn't mean Barry won't ever return from the Crisis now that the timeline has changed. In fact, he could return during the second chapter of the crossover airing in 2020, after that newspaper headline is printed. Seeing as how The Flash has a full season six, the star probably won't be written off entirely. And Oliver did trade his life for Barry's, so it wouldn't make sense for both heroes to disappear permanently even though Barry is one of the casualties in the Crisis comic book arc. Expect the Arrow-verse to make some changes from the source material in that regard.

One last prediction ... | Since Oliver traded his life for both Barry and Kara's, it would stand to reason that another major hero is going to fall to make a balance. So what other Arrow-verse hero will likely die in the crossover alongside Oliver? Since Supergirl sacrifices her life to save Superman's in the comics, the inverse could come true onscreen. Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) is the obvious choice for the second major casualty, both because he wouldn't take down an entire show with him and because he would serve as an equal trade for Supergirl, laying down his life to save hers. And it would be all the more heartbreaking to lose him, as he received news from Lois Lane (Bitsie Tulloch) that she's pregnant with his child during Elseworlds. So if Superman were to die in the fight against the Anti-Monitor, he would do so knowing that his legacy (and love) would survive with Lois and his child, and the world would be in good hands with Kara. He left Earth-38 at the end of Elseworlds to live with Lois on Argo City with their unborn child, but that he'd return if the world needed him (and it will be all hands on deck for Crisis). Plus, he told Kara point-blank he felt he could leave because Kara was the hero the world needed. Sure sounds like the groundwork for Superman's death has been set.

#arrow #crossover #arrowverse #crisis of infinite earths #series finale #the monitor

[dukereviewstv]

Duke Reviews Tv: Smallville 1x19 Crush

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Tv Where We Continue Our Look At Smallville And On Today's Show We're Looking At Episode 19 Of Season 1, Crush

This Episode Sees Chloe Falling For A Former Artist For The Torch Named Justin Gaines (Played By Seth Cohen/Captain Marvel Jr. Or Is It Shazam Jr. Now Because Of The Whole Captain Marvel Copyright Thing?) Who Because Of A Hit And Run Accident Has Lost The Ability To Draw With His Hands But Has Gained Telekinetic Abilities...

Ok, How Many People In Comics Have Lost One Thing But Gained The Ability To Do Another Thing Because Of An Accident Of Some Type? Honestly If Anyone Knows Please Write It In The Comments...

And So With This Miraculous New Ability What Does Justin Do With It? He Decides To Get Revenge On The People Who Ruined His Life...

After Killing The Doctor Who Botched His Surgery In The Hospital, Justin Searches For The Hit And Run Driver That Ruined His Life, Can Clark Stop Him?

Let's Find Out As We Watch Crush...

The Episode Starts At Metropolis Children's Hospital As Justin Gaines Draws To Get His Hands Back To Peak Condition But To No Avail As The Doctor Comes In To Check On Him As He's Being Released Tomorrow...

Upset That Everything Has Gotten Better Except His Hands, The Doctor Tells Justin That He Did Everything He Could Despite Justin Discovering That The Doctor Has 5 Patients Who Have Filed Malpractice Suits Against Him Which Leads The Doctor To Tell Justin That When One Door Closes Another Door Opens As He Leaves To Have Dinner With His Wife...

Using His Powers, Justin Messes With The Elevator Trying To Kill The Doctor, With The Elevator Stopping On A Floor, The Doctor's Wife Manages To Get Out But The Doctor Doesn't As The Elevator Goes Crashing To The Ground Floor...

A Few Weeks Later At Smallville High, Clark And Pete Are At The School's Job Fair As Clark Briefly Talks With Principal Kwan's Son Who Works For The Air Force Before Reuniting With Pete Who Got A Summer Job At Mayor Siegel's Office Working On His Re-Election Campaign...

Running Into Chloe Who Is Trying To Get An Internship At The Daily Planet Despite Lex Offering To Get Her Job At The Inquisitor, Pete Tells Her Maybe She'll Be Able To Try Again On Saturday At The Student Journalism Conference With Clark...

However, Clark Has Been Working On A History Project With Lana All Week To The Point That He Forgot To Sign Them Up...

Upset That Clark Is Spending More Time With Lex And Lana Than He Is Her, Chloe Stomps Off As Pete Sides With Her Saying That She Wanted To Ask Him To The Spring Formal Which Has Clark Realizing That Chloe May Like Him...

Though With What We Know About Alison Mack Now I Don't Know If That's A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing...

Running Into Justin At Her Locker, He Thanks Chloe For Some E-mails She Sent Him While Telling Her The News That His Drawing Hand Is Shot And He Won't Be Able To Draw Again For The Torch...

Asking Her Out For A Coffee, Chloe Only Accepts Because She's Trying To Make Clark Jealous...

Visiting His Mother's Grave On The Anniversary Of Her Death, Lex Is Soon Confronted By His Former Nanny, Pamela Jenkins Who's There For The Same Reason Lex Is, Despite Lex Being Mad At Her For Disappearing Nine Years Ago Because Lillian "Bought Her Off"...

(Start At 4:26)

Going Over Old Comic Strips That Justin Worked On For The Torch, Clark Enters And Asks Justin About His Accident Only For Justin To Tell Him That He Doesn't Remember Much Only Part Of A Licence Plate With The Beginning Letters Being DDI...

With Chloe Offering To Help Justin, Clark Believes That They Should Let The Police Handle It Which Leads Chloe To Bite Clark's Head Off Saying Any Information They Find They'll Give It To The Police...

I Mean Even When Clark Tries To Fix His Mistake By Getting Tickets To The Conference With The Help Of Lex, Chloe Is Still A Bitch To Clark Saying That Justin Is Already Signed Up And She's Going As His Guest...

You Know This Whole Fight Started Because Clark Started Because Clark Didn't Get Tickets To This Dumb Conference And Now That Clark Has Tickets You're Not Going To Drop Justin And Go With Clark?

Did I Miss Something Here!?!

Dropping Some Of His Drawings In His Portfolio, Justin Picks Them Up As Clark Discovers A Newspaper Clipping Of Justin's Doctor's Elevator Accident...

After School, Lana Drops By The Farm To Get Some Pies For The Talon From Martha Only To Talk With Clark About What's Going On Between Him And Chloe..

(Start At 1:41, End At 2:11)

The Next Day At School, Clark Talks With Pete About Justin As Clark Shows Pete The Newspaper Clipping He Found In His Portfolio...

Discovering That The Doctor In The Photo Was Justin's Doctor, Clark Finds It Weird That Justin Had That In His Portfolio But Then Overhearing Their Conversation, Justin Enters Telling Clark That He Liked The Tragic Irony Of It...

Believing That Clark Is Talking Behind His Back, Justin Tells Clark That He Had His Chance With Chloe And To Let Him Have His...

(Justin) And If You Don't I Have Friends In Gotham That'll Make Sure You Do!

Meanwhile At The Luthor Mansion, Lex Is Visited By Pamela Jenkins Despite Him Still Being Upset At Her And Looking At Her Like She's The Ghost Of Jacob Marley...

(Start At 3:17)

While Delivering His Mom's Pies To The Talon, Clark Talks With Lana About Chloe While She's Going Through Issues Of Her Own With Whitney, Who's Making Up For Lost Time Because His Father Has Been In The Hospital But Because Of This She Wants To Redefine Their Relationship And Figure Out Where It's Going...

But Back To Clark, Who Honestly Has No Clue What To Do About Chloe Except That He Doesn't Want To Lose Her As A Friend As Once They Cross That Line There May Be No Going Back...

Back At The Torch, Justin Gives A Drawing To Chloe That He Worked On All Night With The Help Of His Powers And Admits That He Not Only Had A Crush On Her But He Thought Of Her When He Got Hit By The Hit And Run Driver...

You Mean To Tell Me After You Got Hit You Didn't Think " Oh, God, Oh, God I'm In So Much Pain Somebody Call An Ambulance" First, Justin?

Seeing This As Their Second Chance Justin Kisses Chloe Causing All The Pencils And Stuff To Float In The Room...

Eh, Some People's Feet Pop, Others Cause Things To Levitate, Go Figure...

Eventually Seeing Everything Float In The Air, Justin Tells Chloe About His Powers And She's Surprisingly Ok With It Despite The Fact That Nearly Every Person With Powers She's Come In Contact With Has Tried To Kill Her Or Worse...

Either Way They Go Back To Kissing Only For Clark To See Them As He Asks Chloe To Have A Word With Her In The Hallway But As He Does, Justin Gets Ahold Of Chloe's Fax From The DMV Which Gives Not Only The Licence Plate Number Of Who Hit Him But Who Did It...

Telling Chloe His Theory About Justin Killing His Doctor, She Doesn't Believe Clark Because She's Too Blinded By Love Instead Of Looking At This Like A Reporter And Jumping On It...

Later That Night, Justin Pays A Visit To The Driver That Apparently Ran Him Over Only To See That It Was Principal Kwan...

(Start At 0:18)

Visited In His Barn By Lex As He's Reading "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" Clark Asks For Advice On Lana And Chloe Only For Lex To Tell Him That Love Isn't About Playing It Safe But About Risks And Unless He's Willing To Put Himself Out There He'll Never Know...

But As Clark And Lex Talk, Martha Enters To Tell Clark The News That Principal Kwan Is Dead...

Nooooooooooooo! How Was He Really Connected With Clark Aside From Being His School Principal?

Visiting The Torch The Next Day, Pete And Chloe Are Putting Together A Memorial Issue For Principal Kwan But As They Do Clark Discovers That The First 3 Letters Of Kwan's Licence Plate Matches Justin's Hit And Run Driver And What's Worse The DMV Sent A Fax At 4:43 Yesterday Afternoon When Justin And Chloe Were Talking...

But Despite All That Evidence Chloe Still Isn't Putting 2 And 2 Together! You Know What Chloe If You Can't See The Big Picture Now Then...

Back At The Luthor Mansion, Lex Gets A Visit From Lionel Who's There To Tell Him That He's Selling Cadmus Labs But Lex Knows That That's Not The Real Reason He's There...

(Start At 0:45, End At 2:14)

Visiting Kwan's House, Clark Talks With Kwan's Son And Discovers That He Was The Hit And Run Driver And That His Father Died Protecting Him...

But As Clark Gets The Truth, Chloe Finally Comes To Her Senses When She Discovers A Comic That Justin Drew That Shows Not Just The Murders Of Justin's Doctor But Of Principal Kwan As Well. So, Going To Clark's Barn, She Calls Clark At The Talon To Tell Him That He Was Right And Justin Is A Psycho Only To Be Followed By Justin...

(Start At 2:26)

While Clark Finishes Off Justin, Lex Visits Pamela Jenkins In The Hospital...

(Start At 0:23)

Later On In The Series It Would Be Revealed That Pamela Had An Affair With Lionel And Gave Birth To A Daughter Who We Would Come To Know As Tess Mercer, Who Would Take Over Luthorcorp In The Wake Of Lex's Disappearance In Season 7 And Eventually Become The Second Version Of Watchtower In The Last Season...

The Next Day At The Talon, Chloe Discovers That Justin Is Being Placed In The Psychiatric Ward Before Apologizing To Clark As She Blames Herself For Not Spotting Wall Of Weird Material From A Mile Away...

To Which You Have Every Right To Blame Yourself, You Badly Written Moron...

But Believing She Was Just Being Trusting And Willing To Take A Chance On Love...

Clark Asks Chloe Out To That Student Journalism Conference As He Still Has Tickets So She Says Yes...

Wow, Talk About Getting Over A Guy Quickly...

But As That Goes On, Lana Tries To End Things With Whitney Only For Him To Tell Her That His Father Has Just Passed Away Before She Can...

(Start At 1:38)

And That's Crush And It's...Ok...

Don't Get Me Wrong It's A Good Episode It's Just Chloe's Idiocy Throughout The Episode That Ticks Me Off Otherwise I Enjoyed The Story, Most Of The Characters Well Written And The Effects Were Ok So I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#smallville season 1 #smallville #tom welling #kristen kreuk #michael rosenbaum #dc comics #superman #the cw #the wb

[dreamychick]

Just finished the Umbrella Academy last night and lemme say. It's good. Not great. But pretty good. This is just my opinion of course, but I think it could have been great if they didn't succumb to the cliche's we all saw coming. Plus, and I dunno how eveyone elss feels, but I honestly HATE Vanya. I understand what they were trying to do. She was shunned for being ordinary. Left out. Excluded. Ignored. Always over looked. I get it. She deserves to be angry, and resentful, and hurt, and a little broken.

But.

That doesn't mean she's a good character. Even if it's believable that she'd act these ways, it doesn't make her less annoying. The entire season spirals around her. Even when it's an episode about one of the other siblings, here comes Vanya. And I'll say it. She's not interesting. She's a whiney little cry baby who I don't feel sorry for, I just wanna smack in the face.

She's the reason the show isn't great. Because the whole end was predictable and you KNEW was coming. Like, really? We're doing THIS?

The rest of the siblings are awesome. Interesting, rounded, fun, and a bit cliche but not in an obnoxious way. Their cliches are tolerable. Everyone has some trauma they need to deal with. And maybe theirs wasn't going on as long as Vanya's but it doesn't make it any less painful.

Allison lost her daughter. Lost the single most important person in her life over a mistake.

Luthor was exiled to the moon and before that his whole family left him alone with their dad who constantly reminded him if he was a good number 1 they wouldn't have left.

Diego was in the shadow of Luther the entire time they were growing up. Never felt good enough, struggled with his stutter and constantly pushed himself to be better.

Ben, I mean. He died. He has it the worst. He has to hang out with Klaus as the only member of his family he can talk to. Can't do anything except watch.

Five spent DECADES alone. By himself, knowing that his entire family was dead. Blaming himself for not being there. With only a mannaquin for company.

And Klaus sees the dead. They scream at him, demanding things he cannot give. Scaring him when he refuses to listen. And otherwise ruining his life as he has to take drugs just to quiet the voices and have a moment of peace. Not to mention that their father also locked him in a cage for days at a times to try and harden him to his fears, which only made everything worse.

The show is great when it delves into the feelings and thoughts of the 5 siblings (Ben is ignored) seeing them deal with not only their powers but also their own feelings and their siblings and the world in general is great. Plus the rest of them aren't afraid to be funny. Or talk to their other siblings however they want. Creating interesting dynamics, and alliances. Now, I get Vanya never had the chance to get close to any of her siblings due to being "ordinary" but she doesn't even try to talk to them as adults.

Watching Five and Luther or Diego and Klaus. Is fun, interesting and enjoyable. Vanya with anyone is just an eye roll. How much longer? Can I fast forward? Blah

The whole reason to watch though is Klaus. He's so much fun and Ben is awesome, and you can only get Ben with Klaus. Klaus is so crazy, and open with his family. Selfish, loud, funny, and tortured. We can't forget that he is harrassed by the dead. 24/7. Never gets any moment alone. Ever. And the only way to get a moment of silence is to be high all the time. And even if he tries getting sober the voices always come back, louder and scarier than before.

Anyway, phone is dying, just wanted to get out some thoughts. Basically I think the show is 6 or 7 out of 10.

And Klaus is 10/10.

#the umbrella academy #klaus hargreeves #luther hargreeves #allison hargreeves #diego hargreeves #five hargreeves #ben hargreeves #vanya hargreeves #netflix #binge watch

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Smallville Season 1: We're gonna be a charming, modern-day version of the Superboy mythos, with small-town human drama and high-school teenage angst always put above any over-complicated stories and special effects-filled action sequences.

Smallville Season 2: Hey, let's get more stereotypically soap opera-y, with love triangles, long-lost parents, long-lost siblings, and treacherous marriages up the wazoo!

Smallville Season 3: Viewers seem to be responding well to Lex and Lionel Luthor. Well, all right then, it's the Luthor Show now! Clark who? Good is dumb! Evil rules!

Smallville Season 4: Look! It's Lois Lane! And Krypto! And Mxyzptlk (kind of)! We're totally still a Superman-based show and not ripping off Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Smallville Season 5: OK, we've gone past 100 episodes and John Schneider's contract is up and we've reached the end point of our initial 5-year plan. We should start building toward a conclusion and keep the quality of the show as high as possible.

Smallville Seasons 6-10: Clark's gonna fight Bizarro and Doomsday and fucking Darkseid, and meet half of the Justice League, and fall in love with Lois Lane and have her learn about about his powers, and basically do everything that Superman should do BEFORE he ever actually becomes Superman! Who cares if that goes against the show's original intent and makes no goddamn sense? As long as it makes money, we'll keep it on air!

#Smallville #Funny #Truthbomb #Jumping the Shark #This Show Got Screwed Up

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Duke Reviews Tv: Smallville 1x05 Cool

Hi Everyone, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Tv Where Today We're Continuing Our Look At Smallville By Talking About Episode 5 Of Season 1 Cool...

In This Episode, A Jock Named Sean Kelvin...

Oh, I Get It Like The Unit Of Temperature, Ha Ha Ha!

Accidentally Falls Into A Frozen Crater Lake Only To Emerge With An Insatiable Hunger For Heat Thanks To The Meteor Rocks In Crater Lake, In A Effort To Stay Warm, Sean Sucks The Body Heat Of Anyone That Will Talk To Him, Including Chloe Sullivan. Will Clark Ruin His Date With Lana So He Can Save Chloe From Sean's Frozen Personality?

Let's Find Out As We Watch Cool...

The Episode Starts Near Crater Lake, As Clark Kent And Chloe Sullivan Arrive At A High School Party...

Chloe Goes To Sit By The Fire As We Get An Introduction To Our Bad Boy Of The Episode, Sean Kelvin, Who Asks If Chloe Is Flying Solo Tonight With Clark Telling Sean That Chloe Isn't His Type...

But Going Over To Talk To Her, Sean Asks If He Can Warm Chloe's Hands For Her And Saying That He's Read Some Of Her Articles In The Torch...

Asked To Play A Game Of Toss With Whitney And The Other Jocks, Sean Asks For Chloe's Number, And She Gives It To Him Despite Knowing He'll Never Call...

Talking To Whitney And The Other Guys, We Find Out That Sean Is A Douchebag As He Says That Chloe Is Just Another Notch On His Belt...

However, In Tossing The Ball Too Far Onto The Frozen Crater Lake, Sean Accidentally Falls In And Drowns Only To Be Resurrected The Next Morning As Solomon Grundy!

No, Just Kidding, But Wouldn't It Have Been More Interesting If That Actually Happened! But Still Sean Is Resurrected The Next Morning With Severe Hypothermia To The Point He Can Only Stay Warm By Sucking The Heat Out Of Something Let's Say This Fire...

Meanwhile At The Kent Farm, They're Not Doing So Good Money Wise To The Point They May Have To Take Out Another Bank Loan, However, Clark Has An Idea...

Wait A Minute! How Is Clark Walking With Chloe And Pete When He Used His Powers To Get To School? And If He Just Ran Out To Them, How Did They Not Get Startled Or Discover That He Has Powers? Because...

Spoilers!

At This Point In Time, Pete And Chloe Do Not Know That Clark Has Powers!

Anyway, Chloe Tells Clark That Sean Didn't Call But Despite Pete Saying That Maybe Something Came Up, Clark Is Determined That Sean Is A Horndog...

Meanwhile At School, Sean Is Starting To Feel Hypothermic Again But When He Starts Sucking The Nurse's Body Heat He Starts Feeling Better...

Back On The Kent Farm, Martha Is Chopping Wood Using A Chainsaw When Lex Enters....

I Thought You Were Something From My Childhood!

Turns Out Lex Needs 30 Of Their Artichokes For A Dinner He's Hosting Tomorrow Night For The Local Farming Community About Financial Options. With Lex, Offering His Hand As An Investor, He Wishes To Help The Community Modernize And Expand, And Despite Knowing How Jonathan Feels About Him, He Invites The Kents To Hear His Pitch...

After His Talk With Martha, Lex Heads Down To The Beanery Where He Runs Into Lana Who's Planning To Take Whitney To Some Museum Exhibit In Metropolis But Unfortunately, Whitney Has Given His Money To His Pals So They Can Watch A Fight Tomorrow Night On Pay Per View...

Well, What Can I Say Except Bros Before Hoes...

Taking Advantage Of Whitney's Fumble, Lex Offers Clark Radiohead Tickets For Tomorrow Night In Metropolis But Only If He Asks Lana Out...

Now The Question Is Clark, Deal Or No Deal?

We Have A Deal!

Going Inside, Clark Tells Lana About The Tickets And Asks Her If She Wants To Go Just As Friends...

Telling His Friends About His "Not A Date" With Lana, Clark Thanks Chloe For The Well Deserved Push...

Sean Goes To Talk With Chloe For 2 Seconds Before Going Over To Talk To His Ex, Jenna To Which Chloe Gives A What The Hell! To...

That Night..,

Ooh, A Hot Girl In A Shower!

Oh, Wait A Minute, I Know This, Hot Girl Takes A Shower, Guy Creepily Watches From The Other Side Of The Shower Curtain Till Finally....

Sucking Jenna's Body Heat, She's Murdered By Sean Who Shatters Her Guts All Over The Floor

The Next Day At The Kent Farm, Martha Tells Jonathan About Lex's Offer And He's Put His Foot Down That He's Not Going...

Knowing That Lex Has Been Nothing But Generous, Martha Has Already Told Lex They'll Be There Because They're Running Out Of Options...

With Clark Bursting In To Tell His Parents About His "Not A Date" With Lana, Jonathan Isn't Exactly Pleased That Lex Gave Him The Tickets...

Meanwhile At Sean's House (I Guess?) He Calls Every Girl He's Ever Dated To Try To Steal Their Body Heat But None Will Talk To Him (No Surprise There) Except 1...

Calling Chloe, She Tells Clark That Sean Apologized Saying That He Didn't Feel Well, And Asked Her If She Wanted To Get Together Tonight Just To Talk...

That Night, The Kent's Pop By To See None Of The Farmers Are There, Despite Martha Believing That They're Just Early...

I Don't Know Martha I'm Beginning To Think That Maybe...

Well, Technically It Is And It Isn't....

1. Lex Lied To Martha, There Is No Farmer's Meeting But 2. He Only Did It Because It Was The Only Way To Get Jonathan And Him In The Same Room Together So Jonathan Could Hear Lex's Offer To Help Them...

So Yeah, Lex Lied But It Was For A Good Reason...

Picking Up Lana In A Limo, They're On Their Way To The Concert, But Before Clark And Lana Can Even Leave Town, They See A Report On Sean's Now Dead Ex Jenna And That Sean Is Wanted For Questioning On Jenna's Death, Parking The Limo, Clark Drops Lana Off At The Beanery Before Racing Off To Check On Chloe Who's Being Attacked By Sean...

Saving Chloe From Sean, They Research What's Going On With Sean At The Torch, Finding A Sort Of Medical Condition Where There's Damage To The Thermosensative Cells In The Brain Creating A Permanent Case Of Hypothermia....

Taking Chloe Home, Clark Knows That Going After Sean Means He'll Have To Cancel His "Not A Date" With Lana But She's Already Out The Door As Clark Is Concerned As She Gives Pete And His Date (Who We Will Never See Again) The Limo And Goes Home With Whitney Who She Tells Everything Too...

Meanwhile, Sean Starts Stealing Power From The Smallville Power Plant In An Attempt To Get Warm, While Lex Talks With Jonathan About Saving His Farm But Jonathan Goes On About How His Father Taught Him To Solve His Own Problems But It Turns Out That Jonathan's Father, Hiram Lived On Government Subsidies....

Driving Lana Home, Whitney Takes Lana's "Not A Date" With Clark Pretty Well...

You're Doing It Right Now, Whitney! So Shut Up If You Know What's Good For You!

Pulled Off The Road By Sean, Whitney Gets Lana (Who Twisted Her Ankle) Out Of The Car And Down To The Luthor Mansion With Lex, Jonathan And Martha Who Are Liking Lex's Proposal But There's One Question Jonathan Wants Answered...

Meanwhile, Clark Finds Whitney's Truck On The Side Of The Road To Discover That Whitney And Lana Are Gone...But Sean Isn't!

Taking Clark's Body Heat, Sean Is Returned To Normal For Now. With The Gates Shut And The Alarms On The Luthor Mansion Is A Fortress That Sean Can't Get In Or Can He?

Yep, Turns Out Sean Got In Before Lex Shut The Damn Gate!

Greatest Mind The World Has Ever Known My Ass!

With The Generator Frozen, Power Is Completely Off, With Jonathan Going To Check The Gate, Martha Goes To Check The Generator Where She Runs Into Sean However Clark (Still Alive Despite Sean Stealing His Body Heat) Arrives To Fight Sean In One Last Battle...

Fighting Sean, He Steals Clark's Body Heat Again But Still Okay...

The Next Day At The Kent Farm, Lex Visits Jonathan After Hearing That Jonathan Took Out Another Bank Loan Meaning That Jonathan Is Not Going To Accept Lex's Offer...

Telling Jonathan That When He Changes His Mind, His Offer Will Still Stand, Lex Walks Away...

Meanwhile, At Smallville High, Chloe Stands By A Memorial For Jenna, Counting Her Blessings That That's Not Her And Swearing That The Next Time A Guy Asks Her Out She's Gonna Do An In-Depth Background Check First...

After Talking With Chloe And Pete, Clark Goes Over To Talk With Lana As He Apologizes For Screwing Up Their Date. Asking If She Would Like To Do It Again Maybe Saturday But Lana Turns Down Clark Because Whitney Is Taking To That Exhibit In Metropolis Because Was Freaked Out By Their Non-Date..

And That's Cool And It's A Good Episode

The Story's Good, The Characters Are Well Written, It Had A Great Villain In Sean But I Do Have A Problem With That One Scene I Talked About At The Beginning Of The Episode, Jonathan's Resilience Towards Lex And Whitney's Growing Jealousy Of Clark And Lana's Friendship/Relationship But Despite Those Reasons I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#smallville #the cw #the wb #tom welling #kristen kreuk #michael rosenbaum

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Duke Reviews Tv: Smallville 1x01 Pilot

Hi Everyone, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Tv, Where Today We Are Starting Our Series Long Look At Smallville...

Yes, Smallville, The Superman Origin Series Starring Tom Welling As Clark Kent, Kristen Kreuk As Lana Lang And Michael Rosenbaum As The Flash...I Mean Lex Luthor Which May Have Started As A Tween Show But Quickly Grew Into A Superhero Series, And I Didn't Watch The First 3 Seasons Of It When It Aired

I'm Serious, When Smallville First Aired I Did Not Watch The First 3 Seasons Of It, I Was More Interested In It's Competition, Birds Of Prey Because 1. It Was Themed Around Batman And 2. I Thought It's Star Ashley Scott Was Pretty Hot Even Though She Wouldn't Gain Half As Much Success As Her Co-Star, Shermar Moore...

Yes, Yes, Ladies I Know You Love Him....

Anyway After Birds Of Prey Was Cancelled I Stayed Away From The WB For A While Till I Saw The Season 4 Trailer Of Smallville Which Saw Erica Durance's Lois Lane Arriving On The Series Which Led Me To Finally Say, Okay I'll Give This Series A Shot And I Watched It Throughout The Rest Of The Series Run...

I Managed To Get Seasons 1-3 As A Christmas Gift And I Caught Up To The Point I Knew What Was Going On, And To Tell You The Truth I'm Glad I Started Watching During Season 4 Because That's When Things Got Interesting They Brought In The Fortress Of Solitude And Other Superheroes And Supervillains Including Aquaman, Brainiac, And Green Arrow, Whose Actor Would Move On To The Cry Show Known As This Is Us, But Would Get A Better Series After Smallville Ended (Despite Some Protests)

But We'll Talk About That Series And The Series That Came From It After We're Done Talking About Smallville...

And We're Going To Start Our Look At Smallville Off By Talking About The Pilot...

The Episode Gives Us Everything We Need To Know To Be Interested In Watching The Show Including The Origin Story We All Know, How Clark Met Lex And A Few Other Things That Were Done Better Here Than They Were In The DCEU...

God Knows I Can Name 1 Scene...

But Is This Series As Great As The Arrowverse? Let's Find Out As We Watch The Pilot Of Smallville...

The Episode Starts As Meteors From The Planet Krypton Arrive In The Orbit Of Earth With The Spaceship Of Kal-El (Who Would Become Clark Kent) In Tow And It's Then We Cut To The Town Of Smallville , Otherwise Known As The Creamed Corn Capital Of The World

As We See Jonathan And Martha Kent (Played By Superman 3's Annette O'Toole And The Dukes Of Hazzard's John Schneider) Who Are Visiting Nell Potter, The Local Flower Shop Owner Who Is Looking After Her Niece, Lana Lang, Dressed In A Fairy Princess Costume...

Boy, That Actress Who Played Young Lana Is Gonna Be Going Places...

That's Right, It's Miranda Cosgrove, Otherwise Known As ICarly And Gru's Oldest Daughter, Margo In The Despicable Me Trilogy

Meanwhile At The Ross Creamed Corn Factory, We See A Young Lex Luthor With His Father Lionel (Played By John Glover, Who Is No Stranger To The DC Universe, Having Voiced The Riddler In Batman: The Animated Series And Played Dr. Jason Woodrue In Joel Schumacher's Batman And Robin) Anyway As Lionel Tries To Make A Deal With The Rosses, Lex Goes Looking Through The Cornfield, Eventually Hearing Noises...

No, It's Not The Disembodied Voice Of God, But It Is A Boy With An S On His Chest, Stripped Down To His Skivies, But We'll Talk About Him Later...

As The Meteors Start Crashing, One Hits The Field Where Lex And The Boy Are, Another Hits Lana's Parents Car Killing Them Instantly And Another Causes The Kent's Car To Crash...

Finding Lex In The Cornfield, Lionel Finds Him Okay, But His Hair Is Completely Gone. Coming To After The Crash, The Kents Soon Find They're Not Alone....

Well, At Least His Weiner Isn't Out Like The Kid In The Original Superman Movie...

With Little Kal-El Finding Them, The Kents Decide To Find His Parents Only For Them To Realize That He's Not From Around Here...

Taking Him In, A Few Years Pass As Young Kal-El Is Now Known As Clark Kent, A Moody Teen In High School Who Wants To Join The Football Team, But Can't Because Of His Abilities Who Is Now Played By Tom Welling...

On His Way To School, Clark Misses His Bus Which Forces Him To Use His Super Speed Abilities To Get To School On Time, And It's There We Meet 2 Of Clark's Friends, Chloe Sullivan (Played By Alison Mack) Who Would Remain On The Show Till Season 10 (Where She Would Appear In Only A Few Episodes) And Pete Played By Sam Jones The Third (Who Would Leave During Season 3 But Would Come Back In One Episode In Season 7) Anyway, Turns Out Pete's The One Who Convinced Clark To Join The Football Team (This Time) As They're Trying To Avoid Becoming This Years "Scarecrow"...

Seeing Lana Lang, Played By Kristen Kreuk, Clark Tries To Go Over To Talk With Her But He Ends Up Tripping Because Of Her Necklace....

A Few Minutes Later, Lana's Jock Boyfriend, Whitney Fordman (Played By Eric Johnson) Comes In To Take Lana To Class...

We Then Cut To Inside Smallville High As We See The Kid From Earlier...

You Know That Had An S On His Chest, Was Stripped Down To His Skivies And Was Supposedly Killed?

Well, He's Back...With Vengeance Apparently As He Breaks A Trophy Case To Grab A Picture...

After School, Clark Heads To A Bridge Where He Is Run Over By A Porsche, Driven By Lex Luthor (Played By Michael Rosenbaum) Not Hurt Because Of His Powers, Clark Saves Lex, Beginning Their Long If Not Complicated Friendship Turned Rivalry...

Hearing About The Accident, Jonathan Goes To Check On Clark Where He Meets The Person Who Ran Him Over...

Sound Advice From A Person Who Jumps His Car Over Things

That Night, Clark Spies On Lana As Whitney Comes Over To Spend Time With Lana Only To Hear From Her Aunt Is Friends With Lex Luthor...

Giving Whitney Her Necklace For Luck, We Discover That The Kryptonite In It Is Made From The Meteor That Killed Lana's Parents....

That's....Just.....Sick!

What Kind Of Person Would Give Someone A Necklace Out Of The Thing That Killed That Person's Parents? A Person Who's Sick, Inhumane And Out Of Their Mind That's Who. I Mean, Imagine If Alfred Made Young Bruce Wayne A Ring Out Of The Bullets That Killed Is Parents? How Would He Feel? Would He Love It? Or Be Just Disgusted? I'd Be Disgusted Enough To Vomit..,

Meanwhile, Scarecrow Kid Visits One Of The Jocks In The Picture Who's Now A Car Mechanic, Played By Steve Bacic, Who Would Return To Smallville In Season 9 As Vordigan, The Dark Archer Who's Basically Malcolm Merlin Without The Wit And Humor Of John Barrowman...

He Also Cameoed As Hank McCoy Otherwise Known As Beast In X2 But I Doubt That That Hank McCoy Was Actually Beast But Just Some Guy That Had The Same Name, Pin It To Coincidence!

The Next Day After School, Clark Returns Home To Find A Gift From Lex...

Jonathan Tells Clark That He Can't Keep The Truck Because Of Something He Did Out Of The Goodness Of His Heart, True. But The DVD Version Goes Further Into This As Jonathan Talks About A Deal That Lionel Luthor Made With 2 Friends Of Theirs, Mr. Guy And Mr. Bell Giving Them Flashy Gifts Once They Agreed To Sign And That When It Went South, They Were Evicted From Their Homes. Which In Turn Makes It Look Like That Jonathan Is Not Trying To Teach Clark A Lesson But He Won't Let Him Keep It Because Of His Hatred For The Luthors, Which Is First Shown Here...

Pissed Off, Clark Goes Upstairs Before Jonathan Says....

Deciding To Tell Clark The Truth, Jonathan Shows Clark A Metal Piece With Words In Kryptonian Language...

Taking Him To The Basement, Clark Starts Freaking Out...

Running Into Lana At The Cemetery, She Introduces Clark To Her Parents..

Now, If You're Making A Tim Allen Questionable Grunt, Just Watch...

Now I Know There Are Many Ways That People Mourn And Grieve A Loved One's Death And I'm Not Saying That A Person Can't Mourn And Grieve, It's Just That I Know The Difference Between Mourning And Grieving And A Person That Belongs In The Happy Padded Room And That's What This Is...

Only Thing I Can Say Is Thank God She Grows Out Of This...

Walking Lana Home From The Cemetery, Lana Says She's Going To The Dance With Whitney, But She'll Save Him A Dance. But Unbeknownst To Both Of Them, They Were Being Watched By Whitney...

The Next Day, Clark Returns The Truck To Lex At His Mansion That Was Previously Owned By The X-Men And Stephen Amell As He Walks In On Lex In The Middle Of A Fencing Lesson..

And Here I Noticed Another Scene Of Relevance From The DVD Version Is Gone As Lex Goes Into How Lionel Bought The Castle In Scotland And Shipped It To Smallville, Which Would Become Important In A Later Season Of Smallville, Damn It!

Talking To Lex, He Tells Lex That The Reason He Can't Keep The Car Is Because He's Just Not Into His Dad Which Makes The Scene With Jonathan From The DVD Version More Important As With That Scene In It It Makes That Line Make More Sense As Clark Would Probably Get That Jonathan Just Doesn't Like Lionel Where Without It, It Just Doesn't Make Sense...

Meanwhile, Chloe And Pete Visit The Crime Scene Where Another Former Jock Has Been Killed By Scarecrow Boy Who Chloe Gets A Picture Of So She Can Deduce His Identity At School...

Reuniting With Clark, They Tell Him That Scarecrow Boy's Real Name Is Jeremy Creek Who Had Escaped From The State Infirmary After Being In A Coma For 12 Years, Suffering From Massive Electrolyte Imbalance...

Taking Clark To The Back Room, They Introduce Him To Chloe's Pet Project, The Wall Of Weird, Which Would Remain On The Show Till Season 4 When Everyone Graduates From Smallville High...

Seeing Young Lana On The Wall, Clark Runs Off Believing Lana's Parents Death Was His Fault, However, He Is Soon Confronted By Whitney, Who Has Chosen Him As This Years Scarecrow...

Placing Lana's Necklace On Him, They Place Clark In A Truck Where They Do The Same Thing The Former Jocks Did To Jeremy Years Ago....

Confronted By Jeremy, He Tells Clark That He Did What He Did To Get Them To Stop The Scarecrow Tradition But Seeing That It Didn't Work He's Moving Now To Plan B...

Driving Home From Work, Lex Sees Jeremy For A Second Before He Disappears, Hearing Clark's Cries For Help Shortly After...

Untying Clark, Lana's Necklace Falls Off Clark, Returning Him To Full Strength As He Races Off To Get A Change Of Clothes Before Going After Jeremy At The School...

Tossing Jeremy Into A Car Proves To Be A Bad Move, As He Uses His Electric Powers To Turn It On To Try To Run Over Clark, Which Proves To Be Futile Too As Jeremy Crashes Into A Wall...

With His Powers Backfiring On Him, Clark Pulls Jeremy Out Of The Car Only For Him To Have No Memory Whatsoever...

A Funny Scene In This That Is Not In This But Is On The DVD Version Is Clark Getting Revenge On Whitney By Placing Every Single Car In The Parking Lot On Top Of His Truck, Funny But Not As Overkill As Zach Snyder's Version Of This Scene In Man Of Steel...

Returning To The Kent Farm, We See Another Scene From The DVD Version That's Not Here Is Just A Scene With Jonathan And Clark Where They Talk And Apologize To The Point He Says That He's Happy That Him And His Mom Found Him And Jonathan Says To Clark That They Didn't Find Him But HE Found Them, God, Why Did They Take Out Those Scenes...

Anyway, We Do Have The Episode End By Having Clark Look At Lana's Only To Visit Him To Give Him That Dance She Promised Him....

But It's All In Clark's Imagination....

And That's The Pilot Of Smallville And Despite All The Stuff They Took Out, It's Okay But With Them, It's Pretty Good...

The Story For The Episode Is Good, The Characters Are Well Written, The Villain Is Okay While Not The Greatest He At Least Had A Reason For What He Was Doing It Was All Around A Good Episode Of The Series And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#Smallville #dc comics #tom welling #kristen kreuk #michael rosenbaum #The WB #The CW