Episode #10-1: "Lazarus"

[Sawyer]

So did I.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea i dont mind darkseid so far, plus i wont ***** to we know more about sv backstory for the character. Plus if he has his own phsyical body by mid season/ last half of the season that is totally ok for me.

 

[RagingTempest]

Me too, considering he looked like his comic counterpart (except for the eyes of course) It was just a tease you guys, we can't expect a full Darkseid appearence this early in the season. The writers already said they will gradually introduce him throughout the season and he will eventually take his usual physical form. Not to mention when it comes to looks and represnetations, I think Smallville has done pretty well with Superman's rogue gallery: Lex Luthor, Doomsday, Morgan Edge, Bruno Mannheim, Brainiac, Bizarro, Zod, Toyman and Metallo were pretty great, some of them better than we expected in terms of looks, characterizations and close they were their comic counterparts. So I actually have faith in them to pull off Darkseid in the end, since we have no idea how he's gonna look like at the conclusion of the series.

 

[Johnny]

I bet he'll have the red eyes and the omega beams when he is materialized.

 

[DavidB1111]

You know, one thing I didn't quite get in this episode, is why did Chloe exchange herself for Oliver?
I really don't see how that was a logically sound/intelligent/sane move.

I know Allison is only going to be in 5 episodes, but having Chloe be kidnapped? And possibly tortured for info?

Not a tactically brilliant plan on Chloe's part, or the writer's part.
I'm not a big fan of it, really, mostly because it doesn't really make sense.

She knows where he was from the vision, I assume, so why not send in Clark or even the Martian Manhunter to get him out? Did the vision tell her to do it?

Or did she go insane from putting on the helmet, and only slowly showed signs of it?

I mean, once Oliver figures out where she is, he's pretty much going to rescue her at all costs.
So, Chloe's endangering him and whoever else he uses to rescue her by doing this.

Again, not a sound plan at all. You don't give yourself to your enemy in exchange for someone who is not the King, to borrow the Chess term. Especially when you're pretty much the Queen.
I know she and Oliver "love" each other, but this is still not a very extremely bright move to do for Chloe. At all. Especially when the end result could be worse than the Coast City bombing in the comics.

"We must break you."
Chloe will not be able to resist the technics employed by Checkmate/the Suicide Squad, etc.
Unless she dies, she's going to cause problems with all the info she has.

I know, I should just wait and see, but we have to wait until the 13th episode for the reason Chloe did this. That's a long time to fix this mess.
I don't know how they will either. But I hope they do it well.

 

[Webhead2006]

she probably has a plan.

triplet's review is up now at Ksite:
http://www.kryptonsite.com/lazarusreview.htm

A well written review trip good work.

 

[triplet]

triplet's review is up now at Ksite:
http://www.kryptonsite.com/lazarusreview.htm

A well written review trip good work.

Oh, thanks.

I had been expecting some flack for cutting back the acting part, but haven't heard a peep.

Craig said he liked it better that way.

 

[Webhead2006]

i did like your critiques on acting, but you said a fair reasoning on why you dropped it. So its still all good in my book.

 

[triplet]

i did like your critiques on acting, but you said a fair reasoning on why you dropped it. So its still all good in my book.

That's the main reason I talked about that in the beginning. I was trying to side-step any negative feedback I was going to get, so I'm glad that I didn't get any.

In fact, it was weird: I got a ton of new followers on twitter today after Craig tweeted about my review.

Maybe it isn't just working better for me, maybe everyone else likes it too.

It's going to make writing the reviews tons easier if I don't have to worry about getting really detailed on the acting bits.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea what ever makes it easier on you is what you should do trip.

 

[KALEL114]

Great review as always Trip.

Does anyone think that JK was actually J'onn J'onzz? I was just thinking about that for some reason.

 

[Zorex]

Great review as always Trip.

Does anyone think that JK was actually J'onn J'onzz? I was just thinking about that for some reason.

Hmmm...

Nahhhh...

It felt too genuine to be J'onn, and I think that'd just.... be weird and cold if he impersonated Clark's deceased father.

 

[Johnny]

Some speculate it's Highfather.

 

[SpideyVille]

Now obviously this is a manip (and a very good one at that), but I would've been pretty shocked had this seen this before the episode aired.

 

[RakuMon]

It is 100% exactly the same. Unaltered prop.

If they could alter it, they would have recolored the crimson \S/ to match the new red cloth cape they are using.

I'm wondering if they are just borrowing it from Warners.

Ya know, I was just wondering about something. In this Ain't it Cool interview with rumored Superman contender (please god, no!) Armie Hammer, the actor mentions that production on George Miller's Justice League had gotten pretty far along. They had a Batsuit and batarangs and everything. So, logic would conclude that they must have had a Super suit created as well.

So, my point is, why didn't WB give the Smallville crew a Weta-designed prop Superman costume from the aborted Justice League project? Those designs will likely never see the light of day, so Smallville could've been able to debut an already-designed, original Superman costume without having to ape the horrible one from Superman Returns.

 

[Webhead2006]

Well I think I read the suits were only in test stages and not final models for jlm. Though we still don't know what will be wearing at the end.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Considering that the new Prototype suit jacket has the Classic Superman emblem instead of SR logo . I'm guessing that their in the process of creating an actual Superman suit for Tom to wear .

 

[Webhead2006]

I hope so man, I don't want tom to wear the sr suit. Even if its a retalioered one.

 

[triplet]

You know about the suit, the most comments I got about my review for this episode were because I bashed the suit and (by inference) the movie.

It's been more than four years since that thing came out, why are people still so invested in that movie?

 

[Johnny]

The SR suit doesn't bother me. I feel like I'm the one person on the planet who does not hate the Superman Returns costume. Found nothing wrong with it. But I like most think that it's just a prop on Smallville and Tom is gonna wear different suit in the finale.

 

[TX85]

I don't think the SR suit was all that bad!,IF Tom wears the SR suit then I'll still be happy cause I just want him to wear any full superman suit in the last episode/ending shot!.

 

[Webhead2006]

no clue trip, for me i hate it and i dont even bother with it any more. I only saw it once and i never seen the whole film since then. And i still dont like routh's acting. So i do hope nolan/synder will give us fans a better film this time.

 

[The Caped Knight]

The other day I was watching Lois & Clark Season 3 "Seconds" and I notice a similarity to Lex's tactics (Lois is kidnap by Lex, Lex creates a clone, Metropolis is placed in Jeopardy etc...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdQTvpf0u8

 

[Webhead2006]

I remember that episode. And ya of course for a show like sv certain things will seem simular.

 

[Prison Mike]

Speaking of the Lois and Clark show, was Clark ever exposed to Red K in the show and did he have the same effects like Clark in Smallville?