The "why the hell am I watching Smallville"? post
I've been watching Smallville for the past few weeks which is sort of like torture but I felt obligated considering this season's future-JLA co-star is none other than Oliver Queen (The Green Arrow). And, uh, well- if anything's going to get me to watch a television show I don't like, it's Ollie.
BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS MY PROBLEM WITH SMALLVILLE ANYWAYS? I mean- isn't it a "geek" show what with it being about superheros and all?
No. It's... it's exempliary of everything that is wrong with WB (or WB-esque) "tween shows". Everything is so melodramatic with the MOOD LIGHTING and the TENSE MUSIC and the CALCULATED PAUSE BETWEEN WORDS. Graaagh. Which I could take, granted, if the writing were decent. But nooo- the plot of every episode I've seen has been rice-paper thin and so drearily predictable. I'm supposing it's one of those things were it was better when they were in High School- none of the characters seem to know what to do with themselves anymore (however, I admit that I still didn't like the show even in the first few seasons. OH WELL, AT LEAST IT'S NOT BIRDS OF PREY *shudder*).
Mostly I think it's the never-ending, OH-SO-IMPORTANT romantic subplots that really get to me. I mean- in the episode that was on tonight, there were three romantic sub-plots, two of which took precedence over the rest of the plot (Lex was doing something evil. I think. Also, Ollie was on drugs. Sort of. Ha ha, lawl Green Arrow and drug stories). :P *EYEROLL KTHX*
And I love how pretty much any mysterious symptom experienced by a female character on a television show automatically means they're pregnant. LANA AND LEX BETTER NAME THEIR KID CONNER OR I WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED. Uh- not that I'll continue watching the show after next week anyways.
But what about their interpertation of Ollie? Was it up to snuff, or just as wtfingly out of character as the rest of the show's cast? Well- I liked his costume and he bitched at Clark a lot, which is always fun, but on the whole he was not nearly as irritatingly, offensively liberal as he should have been if he wanted to wear that green hood with pride. I mean- seriously, he didn't even mention Hitler once! They could have at least had him bring chili to the Kent's Thanksgiving party. Or mentioned THE POOR, STARVING KIDS IN AFRICA :(
Not that I care that much- Smallville is what it is, and what it is, isn't comic canon. I don't really expect it to be at all accurate what with it's tormented, emo-boi!Clark. But still- it wouldn't hurt to send a cute reference or two out to the comic fans actually watching the show. The references they actually do are kind of really dumb. OH MY GOD! OLLIE SAID THE WORDS "JUSTICE" AND "LEAGUE" WITH EMPHASIS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES. :O
On a random note, I know nothing of the show's canon but EVERYTHING about the very vibrant slash community! I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that even though Clark and Lex apparently "hate" each other now (it was a messy break up, boo hoo), Clark STILL barges into Lex's house and is all like: "I DIDN'T KNOCK OR WARN YOU THAT I WAS COMING BUT I STILL EXPECT YOU NOT TO THINK THAT'S WEIRD OR ANYTHING." I think maybe this season would work better if the writers hadn't worked so hard to make so tragically sympathetic in the first few seasons. WAY TO WRITE YOURSELVES INTO A HOLE, SMALLVILLE WRITING STAFF. :D
In conclusion, chili would have made this show 88% better.
And I shouldn't watch prime time television shows aimed at teenaged girls.
Oh well- there's till Heroes. ♥NEW EPISODE TOMMOROW? I HOPE!
BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS MY PROBLEM WITH SMALLVILLE ANYWAYS? I mean- isn't it a "geek" show what with it being about superheros and all?
No. It's... it's exempliary of everything that is wrong with WB (or WB-esque) "tween shows". Everything is so melodramatic with the MOOD LIGHTING and the TENSE MUSIC and the CALCULATED PAUSE BETWEEN WORDS. Graaagh. Which I could take, granted, if the writing were decent. But nooo- the plot of every episode I've seen has been rice-paper thin and so drearily predictable. I'm supposing it's one of those things were it was better when they were in High School- none of the characters seem to know what to do with themselves anymore (however, I admit that I still didn't like the show even in the first few seasons. OH WELL, AT LEAST IT'S NOT BIRDS OF PREY *shudder*).
Mostly I think it's the never-ending, OH-SO-IMPORTANT romantic subplots that really get to me. I mean- in the episode that was on tonight, there were three romantic sub-plots, two of which took precedence over the rest of the plot (Lex was doing something evil. I think. Also, Ollie was on drugs. Sort of. Ha ha, lawl Green Arrow and drug stories). :P *EYEROLL KTHX*
And I love how pretty much any mysterious symptom experienced by a female character on a television show automatically means they're pregnant. LANA AND LEX BETTER NAME THEIR KID CONNER OR I WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED. Uh- not that I'll continue watching the show after next week anyways.
But what about their interpertation of Ollie? Was it up to snuff, or just as wtfingly out of character as the rest of the show's cast? Well- I liked his costume and he bitched at Clark a lot, which is always fun, but on the whole he was not nearly as irritatingly, offensively liberal as he should have been if he wanted to wear that green hood with pride. I mean- seriously, he didn't even mention Hitler once! They could have at least had him bring chili to the Kent's Thanksgiving party. Or mentioned THE POOR, STARVING KIDS IN AFRICA :(
Not that I care that much- Smallville is what it is, and what it is, isn't comic canon. I don't really expect it to be at all accurate what with it's tormented, emo-boi!Clark. But still- it wouldn't hurt to send a cute reference or two out to the comic fans actually watching the show. The references they actually do are kind of really dumb. OH MY GOD! OLLIE SAID THE WORDS "JUSTICE" AND "LEAGUE" WITH EMPHASIS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES. :O
On a random note, I know nothing of the show's canon but EVERYTHING about the very vibrant slash community! I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that even though Clark and Lex apparently "hate" each other now (it was a messy break up, boo hoo), Clark STILL barges into Lex's house and is all like: "I DIDN'T KNOCK OR WARN YOU THAT I WAS COMING BUT I STILL EXPECT YOU NOT TO THINK THAT'S WEIRD OR ANYTHING." I think maybe this season would work better if the writers hadn't worked so hard to make so tragically sympathetic in the first few seasons. WAY TO WRITE YOURSELVES INTO A HOLE, SMALLVILLE WRITING STAFF. :D
In conclusion, chili would have made this show 88% better.
And I shouldn't watch prime time television shows aimed at teenaged girls.
Oh well- there's till Heroes. ♥