9.19 - Charade - Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

[KalKai]

http://www.kryptonsite.com/smallvillespoilers.htm

Written By: Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead
Directed By: Brian Peterson

 

[KBX]

I have absolutely no idea what a Charade is. lol

 

[Webhead2006]

cool title cant wait to get some spoilers on it.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Is this another game related episode like Roulette ?

 

[Webhead2006]

edit

 

[Webhead2006]

Charade:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Charade+

cha⋅rade

  /ʃəˈreɪd; especially Brit. ʃəˈrɑd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [shuh-reyd; especially Brit. shuh-rahd] Show IPA –noun

1.charades, (used with a singular verb

) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess.

2.a word or phrase acted out in this game.

3.a blatant pretense or deception, esp. something so full of pretense as to be a travesty.

Origin:
1770–80; < F < Pr charrad(o) entertainment, equiv. to charr(á) to chat, chatter (from imit. root) + -ado -ade 1

I see the 3rd meaning probably being what the episode is.

 

[Webhead2006]

We are getting another DC character in this episode:
http://www.kryptonsite.com/maxwell-lord.htm

KryptonSite Scoop: Maxwell Lord Is Coming To Smallville!
Blue Beetle's biggest fan is coming to Smallville.
KryptonSite has gotten confirmation that the character of Maxwell Lord will be appearing in this season's 19th episode, "Charade."
Maxwell Lord first appeared in the humorous Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis Justice League comics of the late 1980's, though in recent years he had taken a much more serious turn, climaxing in the "Sacrifice" storyline of a few years ago.
In several of the comics, Maxwell Lord has exhibited limited mind control powers, and for a time he even infiltrated Superman's psyche. It is unknown if his character will have these same powers on Smallville and casting for the role has not yet been announced.
Look for Maxwell Lord in "Charade" in April.

 

[KBX]

Hmm Maxwell Lord. Just know about him from JLU and he just happened to have a couple of scenes with Waller. I do expect him to be an agent of Checkmate.

 

[Webhead2006]

oh me too i think he will be invovled with waller and checkmate.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

This is the guy who gets his neck snapped right?

 

[Webhead2006]

yup from what i heard about the character. Though i am betting they will keep him around for a bit before any killing. more so if he ends up being invovled with waller.

 

[Bhoward]

Was Lord going to be the baddie in the proposed JL movie? I'm wondering if WB/DC have made the decision to make Smallville its main outlet for live action DCU? We'll still get movies, but it seems we're getting more and more DCU on Smallville. I think it's great if that's the case.

 

[KBX]

Me too, yeah Lord and Talia was supposed to be the main baddies in the dead JL movie. He was suppose to bring the OMACS...

Lord, Waller, Luthor all was once part of Cadmus/Checkmate, so we will see wherer things go from here...

 

[COMPO]

wasn'y he like public affairs agent for the Justice League International or something like that, maybe they could do it like that with JSA

 

[greenlantern248]

Yes Maxwell Lord was the PR guy for the JLI, and he was remaining that way until he shot Blue Beetle in the head, then Wonder Woman snapped his neck.

 

[COMPO]

ah sounds messy

 

[greenlantern248]

Yeah now he is back in the Blackest Night and making Wonder Woman's life hell

 

[COMPO]

In the blackest night: wonder woman issues cos i haven't seen the him in Blackest Night

 

[greenlantern248]

yeah that's what I meant lol, though those issues are done with so I'm sure he will be over in the Blackest Night issues

 

[The Caped Knight]

I wonder who their going to cast as Maxwell Lord.

 

[RagingTempest]

Souds like an interesting episode with Maxell as the main villain, maybe we'll see him controlling Clark's mind like in the comics? Either way, I love that Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead are writing this, they've given us some awesome episodes this year ("Metallo" and "Crossfire") Hope they don't disappoint.

 

[Webhead2006]

YEa i hope they pick a good actor for the role and leave it open for it to be a role he could come back in other episodes. I think they will probably have him be a bad guy. No reason to be a good guy really.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

wasnt Max Lord going to be the main bad guy in Miller's JLA film?

 

[Webhead2006]

yes someone else brought up that comment a little earlier. HE also appeared in justice league cartoon too.

 

[Artistsean]

I read that the creative team of JLI, who created the character of Max Lords, wasn't too happy that DC had Max kill off Blue Beetle and then get killed himself.
So maybe they wont use that particular influence.
maybe he will just be a sleazy business man who is part of Checkmate.