9.15 - Conspiracy - Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

[Webhead2006]

syn and mike i agree with the both of you on that point.

 

[Zorex]

I'm not saying the writing is spectacular, but I do think it's quite sufficiently shown why Chloe would be going down the path she's currently on, and why her trust in Clark would be dwindling. Knowing that a very possible future involved her getting killed by Kandorians, and then to see Clark, very aware of this, willingly embrace the Kandorians... I could understand why her character would be written to be less and less trusting, and depending more on her own ideas of right, wrong, and necessary.

 

[The Caped Knight]

I loved this scene with Zod undercover as a reporter .

 

[ironman29758]

I loved this scene with Zod undercover as a reporter .

the third zod is superman thing:
JSA:Liberty Files
Earth 15 Zod killed by Superman Prime

 

[ariellem]

I loved this scene with Zod undercover as a reporter .

That was indeed a great touch. Worked, too! WE know that Zod is awful, or mostly awful, but he can be charming and goofy when he wants to be. SO THERE to those who say that glasses and mannerisms won't make people think you're a different sort of person than you are.

 

[Lighthouse]

I think Callum is by far the best actor on Smallville right now.

 

[Webhead2006]

well i would say phil is another great actor on the show.

 

[badboy00z]

I believe the red sun aspect is explained with the blue kryptonite in their blood, so the red sun will reverse the effects of the blue K and give them powers. I think I'm not really sure but its the only thing I could come up with

Plus about the getting their "powers back" plot, remember back in the episode where we met Lara they explained that their were portals open to earth and they closed them right before the war. So maybe Zod and some of his army have been on earth before and had powers then,

If blue K can give powers to them under a red sun, why didn't they use it back on Krypton?? Lol.

 

[badboy00z]

I think Callum is by far the best actor on Smallville right now.

I don't like the way he talks or moves his lips. Lol.

 

[LostSon88]

So Zod "dies" and Clark immediately deciphers that his blood will save him and it does.

And yet earlier in the season...he watches his father die as he simply cradles him in his arms.

 

[zerohour films]

So Zod "dies" and Clark immediately deciphers that his blood will save him and it does.

And yet earlier in the season...he watches his father die as he simply cradles him in his arms.

Well in the past Clark has seen where his blood has the ability to help people...but yeah I see your point. The only thing I can figure is that Clark is smart enough to realize it's not his place to give or take life. So in the instance of Jor-El he didn't save him, but because his father asked him to save Zod he went ahead and did it.....I don't know just throwing it out there. It doesn't make much sense to me either.

That has always been such a big problem with this show is that 1) too much stuff happens in offscreensville and 2) They leave so much up to the audience to fill in the blanks on.

Also agree with a previous poster about Callum, he has been great this season in the role of Zod.

 

[Zorex]

That has always been such a big problem with this show is that 1) too much stuff happens in offscreensville and 2) They leave so much up to the audience to fill in the blanks on.

I estimate that roughly 65% of the show occurs in Offscreensville.

 

[zerohour films]

^Yeah, would be great if we could get a few episodes of that show sometime before it's over....maybe it can be a special feature on the final season's DVD release.

 

[Zorex]

Zero, it would have to get its own separate box set release.

 

[Prison Mike]

I have a feeling that even if they released some episodes of Offscreenville, there will still be some major things that happen offscreen...

 

[zerohour films]

Come on, who wouldn't want to buy this....

 

[Zorex]

OMFG, Shelby! Bahahaha. Hilarious.

 

[Prison Mike]

After 6 seasons, they better damn well put Shelby on the DVD cover!

 

[KBX]

Shelby doesn't get the respect he/she deserves! I never see Shelbys name in the guest star list when he appears. Its a shame, really!

 

[chris moore]

Seems as good a place as any to ask this question as it applies as of this week:

What is the BLOODY DEAL WITH THE MARCH BREAK?! Damn NCIS Los Angeles, NCIS regular, Stargate Universe and Castle keep having random 1-4 week breaks every other episode (SGU has been almost 4 goddamn months now!). And now Smallville is having a frickin' month off! I get the Christmas break, I really do. But a break for what I'm assuming is March Madness, and another for Sweeps, and another for baseball, and another for Elections... Really ****s up British scheduling!

No wonder so many US shows only last a season before cancellation. People get bored waiting for new episodes, forget what happened last, and give up on shows they would otherwise have been hooked on for years!

 

[Superfreak]

I loved this scene with Zod undercover as a reporter .

this was the best scene of the episode... it was not so much the acting, but the intensity of the music that sold the scene. It's just too bad that Zod wasn't doing anything too evil at the time.

I hope that that music is Zod's 'action theme'. I can just see Zod tearing through a bunch of checkmate goons with that music playing in the background before Clark manages to intervene.

 

[Webhead2006]

well actually clark knows his blood has healing powers. due to the whole 3rd season storyline with his blood. But as for the clone jorel dying and clark didnt nothing. First we got to remember the actor was only signed on for 1 episode. 2 dc comics probably didnt want a living jorel around for long.

As for the blue kryptonite and the clones. Its not blue kryptonite that gave them powers. They were going to be regular clones. and as we know on krypton kryptonians had no powers. But due to infusing their dna patterns with blue kryptonite. Jorel blocked them from accessing powers of a kryptonian under a yellow sun. That is why they were doing experiments with the doctor/metallo, and the solar tower. in means of trying to unlock a way to harness power.

 

[Webhead2006]

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[avidreader]

Seems as good a place as any to ask this question as it applies as of this week:

What is the BLOODY DEAL WITH THE MARCH BREAK?! Damn NCIS Los Angeles, NCIS regular, Stargate Universe and Castle keep having random 1-4 week breaks every other episode (SGU has been almost 4 goddamn months now!). And now Smallville is having a frickin' month off! I get the Christmas break, I really do. But a break for what I'm assuming is March Madness, and another for Sweeps, and another for baseball, and another for Elections... Really ****s up British scheduling!

No wonder so many US shows only last a season before cancellation. People get bored waiting for new episodes, forget what happened last, and give up on shows they would otherwise have been hooked on for years!

Well they make 22 episodes a season, and there are 52 weeks in a year.... so you do the math on that one. And it obviously takes too much time and money to make more than 22 episodes a year... as most TV shows are around that number.

The question is, would you rather have the series on for 22 weeks straight and then a 30 week break, air it in two stages with a four month break like SGU or stagger it over a 12 month period, which Smallville has done since it started.

 

[SV Fan]

Well they make 22 episodes a season, and there are 52 weeks in a year.... so you do the math on that one. And it obviously takes too much time and money to make more than 22 episodes a year... as most TV shows are around that number.

The question is, would you rather have the series on for 22 weeks straight and then a 30 week break, air it in two stages with a four month break like SGU or stagger it over a 12 month period, which Smallville has done since it started.

My personal choice is divide the 22 episodes into 2 blocks of however many episodes each and show those 2 blocks without weeks off(I would much rather have the show start in March for instance and do a run of 12 shows then do like 5 episodes in Feb, 4 weeks off then 7 more weeks)