Thinking SV thoughts...
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out_thereWent offline last night to watch SV and The Bill. Just as SV started, I remembered that I'd forgotten to call mum, so I gave her a call. Ended up being recruited as a bit of a beta reader for my brother's assignment, a comparison between Poe's "Annabelle Lee" and Frost's "Mending Walls". Not exactly how I planned to spend the evening, but I taped SV so all was well.
I really loved Vortex (S2 Ep1 - that is the title, right?). It worked so well. I mean, up until the last scene, I was loving everyone in it, Lex (woobie!), Clark, Chloe, Martha, Jonathon, Lana... The only two things that I didn't adore was:
1) Clark, when upset and not well-lit, has frightening teeth. I mean, forget the rest of the superpowers, those teeth are glow-in-the-dark and highly unnerving.
2) Lana at the end, with the demanding of the secrets... Hmmm... Although, looking at it from a textual, not meta-textual, point of view, she was warranted in that reaction.
I also think it's interesting as Lana has basically been presented to us as the "Good Girl", the female version of virtuous Clark, and that her reaction was simply a less sneaky (and less well-funded) version of Lex's search for the truth. I'm wondering if they meant to validate Lex's response to being saved or if it was subtextual. Either way, they have now set up the reason why we should be wary of Lex (his ability to lie, his hesitations) and redeemed his searching for the truth. It's interesting.
I really loved Vortex (S2 Ep1 - that is the title, right?). It worked so well. I mean, up until the last scene, I was loving everyone in it, Lex (woobie!), Clark, Chloe, Martha, Jonathon, Lana... The only two things that I didn't adore was:
1) Clark, when upset and not well-lit, has frightening teeth. I mean, forget the rest of the superpowers, those teeth are glow-in-the-dark and highly unnerving.
2) Lana at the end, with the demanding of the secrets... Hmmm... Although, looking at it from a textual, not meta-textual, point of view, she was warranted in that reaction.
I also think it's interesting as Lana has basically been presented to us as the "Good Girl", the female version of virtuous Clark, and that her reaction was simply a less sneaky (and less well-funded) version of Lex's search for the truth. I'm wondering if they meant to validate Lex's response to being saved or if it was subtextual. Either way, they have now set up the reason why we should be wary of Lex (his ability to lie, his hesitations) and redeemed his searching for the truth. It's interesting.
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Date: 2003-04-06 04:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-04-06 04:15 am (UTC)I was just thinking 'poor Lex', and then cheering for Jonothan, and feeling so sorry for Chloe (who needs a hug and good boyfriend *cough*Pete*cough*). I liked Lana in this episode (esp. the Lana/Chloe scenes 'cos I'm a sucka for the Chlana), and Martha remains one of the best mum's ever.
It's the curse of LJ that instead of writing one comment, I write a mini-rant. I'm just a chatterbox. Start talking, and don't stop...
The only other thing I kept thinking was that the show was too dark. When my TV's set on "normal", I had a good deal of trouble trying to work out what was happening. Same thing happened on Angel, so it could just be my TV.