DarthSkywalker said:
Here is the thing. That part of Clark's life is in a way suppose to be separate from that.
When you have someone like Zod or this version of Brainiac, the story is about the boy sent to earth, from a dead planet. When you suddenly turn his girl into the reincarnated version of someone who hurted down the crystals years before you start to have problems.
There isn't always need to make Lana super significant to Clark's storyline. Sometimes he could just be confronting evil or his father's sins. That is also a commonly used arc in superhero mythos.
But there showing this element of the Superman Mythology while he's still in Smallville and since season 1 the perogative is to everyone involve and give each one there story or web it around Clark. The witch story was bad cause it was a witch but having Lana discover about Clark is the way to go and like I said there moving towards. So there's nothing wrong with that. next
DarthSkywalker said:
So you would agree that they have written the character into the ground on more then a few ocassions? You don't believe that some of the problems with Lana's character is that perhaps the need to insert her in every situation and that KK really isn't a strong actress?
Not at all, when I first heard that people didnt like the character I watched her and I didnt see anything that stood out. It was more like people who more anixous to see maybe there other favourite girl (Chloe or Lois) or want it the show to be like "Superman Begins". But you have to remember if she's a main character since season 1 why not put her in the main storylines.
My issue those storylines should be more credible in inoving. You can put her in the story discovering the stones or whatever, you just dont have to make her a witch. And if your gonna show the relationship between Clark and Lana elevate to show that there more than girlfriend and boyfriend and that Lana is a friend to him and can be one the people he can turn to in this transistion to his destiny. Everyone can agree with that cause thats how she should be and nothing drastic has to happen to do this. As far as saying Kristin Kreuk isnt a strong actress she's definetley adequate enough. Rarely do people complain about the acting from her cause the writers dont give her much to work with. But considering she got a lot of credit in the reviews for playing a drug addict in that episode despite how unneccessary it was, we can give her props as SV is her only main acting gig.
DarthSkywalker said:
It doesn't work because the writers and actors suffer in terms of ability. Even DeKnight looks losted here.
Young and trendy means making it mindless and lacking in depth? They use those things to make an easy way out of working on strong characters, scripts, and acting.
But thats the thing it isnt mindless and lacking in depth, it got strong characters, and even the so-called weakest character is still better than weaker characters on other shows. It brings in so many ideas and characters and a whole DC Mythology that it isnt badly written at all. The campiness is so minimum and it is still a young Clark Kent story and is written. Fact of the matter the main characters are not even 20 and were showing them try to mature. That's fine, there getting there but because we know there still growing and are early in college we understand there inconsistencies. Fact is there at the age where doing a lotta growing a lot and a fluctuation in adjustment to handling a situation with maturity just like real people.
DarthSkywalker said:
Major arcs? They have avoid pulling the trigger far to many times over the years for me to believe they actually knew were everything would sit at the end of five seasons.
Because as the show got successful the series has been prolonged and they need to fill it in with other arc stories. Fact is if it ended in 5 seasons we wouldnt have seen Lois Lane or Green Arrow or things of that nautre. In perspective long shows like this have prolonged things. It's fine, there's things, there's things you dont but every part from clark to lana to the others defies the show.
DarthSkywalker said:
But what if a character can't endear themselves? What is the character's only path is a rehash of what others have done on the same show, or even perhaps what the character themselves has already gone through.
I'll have to stop right there because you have answered your question and at the same time failed to listen.
For starters she is endeared by the large audience who watches the show because Clark and Lana because it's a rehash. Often with genres they have placed conventions and personalties of characters, so with this showing being a teen/WB show partly people like that. I know that YOU as a sci fi/fantasy fan probably dont dig that, but it is still a viable large audience and then there's people like me who dont see the show with too much of a critical eye.
DarthSkywalker said:
You act as if getting rid of a character shouldn't, ever be done. It isn't only a cop out. Some times it is sound decision making.
Also were do you get these statistics?
It is getting to be cliched and a cop out a lot of shows last season did it and you keep hearing it this season, so much to the extent that because of the frequency I dont think it is a sound desicison, its just something to do in the sweepstakes.
As far as stats, you dont need stats the writers and producers acknowlege the fans voice and campaign drove them to bring them back together (Season 5) or end the 'ship (season 3). Audiences are vocal and it SV's case there mixed on and off the net. Come on now....