Another take on Smallville S5E5
Jake's review of this episode was spot-on perfect.
I don't think I've ever seen a telvision show flip-flop between such extremes of quality and crap. The first few episodes of season five, with Clark finding the Fortress of Solitude then learning to jump/fly was really powerful and great television.
And you can see little flashes of that in this episode about - of all things - vampires (I mean, seriously, WTF?). As Jake pointed out, some of the comments Clark makes about capes, and Chloe makes about the Daily Planet really help keep this turd of an episode from sliding off the rails completely because it reminds you: "Oh yeah, I'm watching a show about SUPERMAN, not some stupid lame knock-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
I can't help but think one of the problems of the show has become Kristen Kreuk. She is pretty good at the whole wide-eyed, fairly attractive, WB-cookie-cutter, music-of-the-week, candle-lit romantic love interest for Clark. But if you make her a quasi-villain or freak-of-the-week, she stinks up the screen. Her campy portrayal of the vampire queen, complete with the dumb vampire faces she was forced to make, really stunk. And if you look back to Season 4, one of the main reasons it was the worst season so far was because every episode she was travelling to China, or turning into a witch, or trying to get some secret stone while speaking Latin. It was horrible. And in this episode she's no better.
Why is Smallville cursed with horrible episodes such as this?! It makes me want to stop watching. Although, the little bit of good in the show keeps me hooked for another week.
Which brings up another quesiton: Who is the character Smallville will kill off this season? I pray it's Lana. Other ideas?
I don't think I've ever seen a telvision show flip-flop between such extremes of quality and crap. The first few episodes of season five, with Clark finding the Fortress of Solitude then learning to jump/fly was really powerful and great television.
And you can see little flashes of that in this episode about - of all things - vampires (I mean, seriously, WTF?). As Jake pointed out, some of the comments Clark makes about capes, and Chloe makes about the Daily Planet really help keep this turd of an episode from sliding off the rails completely because it reminds you: "Oh yeah, I'm watching a show about SUPERMAN, not some stupid lame knock-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
I can't help but think one of the problems of the show has become Kristen Kreuk. She is pretty good at the whole wide-eyed, fairly attractive, WB-cookie-cutter, music-of-the-week, candle-lit romantic love interest for Clark. But if you make her a quasi-villain or freak-of-the-week, she stinks up the screen. Her campy portrayal of the vampire queen, complete with the dumb vampire faces she was forced to make, really stunk. And if you look back to Season 4, one of the main reasons it was the worst season so far was because every episode she was travelling to China, or turning into a witch, or trying to get some secret stone while speaking Latin. It was horrible. And in this episode she's no better.
Why is Smallville cursed with horrible episodes such as this?! It makes me want to stop watching. Although, the little bit of good in the show keeps me hooked for another week.
Which brings up another quesiton: Who is the character Smallville will kill off this season? I pray it's Lana. Other ideas?
posted by Rob Shaw at 12:50 PM
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