Krissy235
Jan 22, 2004 @ 2:21 am
Dear AlMiles--
Re: "Whisper"
WTF?
You were doing so, so well...then this turd of an ep. popped up and I have to hate you again. Why must you make it so hard?
Also, if you insist on turning SV into the Lana Show, please get Kristin Kreuk a speech therapist. The lisp and the Canadian accent are becoming more and more obvious, so either hit her up with some Peter Piper exercises or kill off Lana.
Thanks.
P.S.--Chloe, Lionel, and Lex need more screen time. In the interest of saving viewers the hassle of having to scratch out our corneas, please try and avoid the temptation to end every episode with Clana in the barn and give us something to work with, goddamnit.
LexClark4ever
Jan 22, 2004 @ 12:26 pm
Dear M & G,
If you persist in annoying the shit out of viewers with turning SV into Lanaville, could you at least get KK an acting coach? That girl can't act to save her life.
Also, I've heard that your show gets a tax break or something in Canada if an actor is a Canadian citizen. If this is true as to why you feature that godawful KK so much, I hope someone finds a way to get MR or any other member of the cast Canadian citizenship. Lana is so boring and such a waste of space.
Cyb
Jan 22, 2004 @ 12:35 pm
Dear AlMiles,
For the love of God and Glycerine, please stop ending episodes on Lana, Our Lady of Perpetual Sadness. Lana's tears just don't compare to whatever else everyone is going through! In Whisper we have Chloe losing her dream, her father losing his job, Clark losing his sight, Judge Ross nearly losing her son, Pete nearly losing out on future endorsement deals due to, well, almost dying, and what do we end the episode on? Lana. Crying. Because she has a new boyfriend and...is only friends with Clark now. How is that cause for tears? How? Or did a bird crap on her new SUV? Because I'm not getting the sadness.
Thanks for your time.
suzycat
Jan 22, 2004 @ 4:20 pm
Dear Almiles
Vibrating. Lips?
Dear God.
mobiusklein
Jan 22, 2004 @ 5:38 pm
Dear Al & Miles,
I still think you should chain Kenneth Biller to the writing desk. Also, if Chloe doesn't get to be Lois and she doesn't die one helluva heroic death, then send her to Bludhaven or Gotham so she can have interesting adventures there. Don't have to show her having an adventure but just let her have an interesting life afterwards. No reason to strand her in SV, she's too smart for that.
If someone is blackmailing you or the studio execs into showing KK on the screen all the time . . . I have four words for you: Soldier of Fortune Magazine.
Brandi
Jan 22, 2004 @ 9:19 pm
I have four words for you: Soldier of Fortune Magazine.
Bwah!
brighid
Jan 29, 2004 @ 6:33 pm
Dear AlMiles,
Well, you've really opened a can of worms with "Delete"! Lois Lane not interested in journalism? Chloe using her cousin's name as pseudonym? As you must now that makes a lot of people wonder. (And I do mean a lot - I'm on several Smallville and Superman related boards and this is a hot topic in all of them.)
I'm not very keen on the idea of Chloe being Lois but I can get used to it if that's what is going to happen. What I will not accept is a scenario in which Cousin Lois Lane gets killed so that Chloe can assume her identity (because that's a bit dumb) or Chloe's untimely death propelling Lois to become a reporter (because that just makes me mad). Either their is no Cousin Lois or there is and she is theLois Lane.
If Chloe isn't Lois Lane -- please, don't kill her. I know some people are ok with the idea of Chloe dying a heroic death and if she has to go that's far more preferable but heroic death isn't quite the cash cow as a spinoff would be. I know I'd watch a "Bludhaven" or "Gotham" with Chloe as one of the lead characters.
Whatever you decide with regard to Lois' identity -- please don't leave us hanging too long. The Yay!Chlois/Nay!Chlois debates are already getting tiresome.
Cyb
Jan 29, 2004 @ 6:52 pm
Dear AlMiles,
I know you're very taken with the Clark and Lana "romance" but it should be pretty obvious by now that for some reason Kristin Kreuk has more chemistry with people who aren't Tom Welling. Maybe it's the relative inexperience of the two actors, or maybe they're bored with the endless mating dance plotline and it shows, but they just don't play that well off each other. For the first time in two years, Lana's been a fairly bearable character because she has some screen presence with Ian Somerhalder's Adam. Not to mention the fact that Adam actually challenges her instead of just staring at her moonily.
I know you'll probably eventually go back to Clark+Lana, but please... at least give us a little vacation from it. Let the characters grow and change. They're still in the same place that they were in after "Red" in Season 2! Also, please let Clark take a lesson from Adam and stop treating Lana like the most Precious Pink Princess that ever was.
Thanks.
mobiusklein
Feb 7, 2004 @ 12:26 pm
Lana is a Krypto-freak, ain't she? Just admit on the show, damn it, or in an interview. This is the person you created so far:
Lana can run track despite a major leg injury that many people in LJ and the board says would hobble them for a year & know this due to personal experience with lesser injuries, run the Talon, go to school, ride her horse in competition, have an active social life including boyfriends, continually practice her Lana-fu, and do community service.
She gets away with attempted murder with an ax in front of an entire school, STILL lives with Chloe & her dad, every man falls in love with her then tries to victimize her, and seems to have a new personality every other episode.
COME ON!
I'm getting the feeling you're going to make Adam psycho so all the good advice he's given her in previous episodes will be tipped into the dumpster. That bites mightily, M&G.
As penance & homework, watch the episodes of Joan of Arcadia on a continuous loop for a week until you figure out what makes Joan & Grace cool 3D characters and the grade of acting you should cast for next time when you're looking for your female lead. You did well with AOT, JG, MR, AM. TW has grown on me. So you can cast well when you concentrate. You should've concentrated a damn sight harder with the female lead.
Coppertopp
Feb 11, 2004 @ 8:28 pm
Al Gough, in a recent interview:
You know, a third season of a show is very tough. You've turned over a fair amount of cards -- how do you keep in fresh?
Al, I can answer that question for you. At least, from the POV of a seasoned audience member who prefers shows in the same vein and genre as SV.
First though, let me talk for a moment about genre shows in general and the pattern I have noticed, after watching so many of them. Bear with me. Most genre shows like SV have a curve in terms of quality over the life of the show. They start out with a catchy premise and characters the audience can identify with. The first season is when the kinks are worked out, and as such, it tends to be uneven, and have problems to some extent with continuity. But as audience members, we will put up with it because it’s a new show and we have a crush on it. Then in the second or third season, the show hits its stride, and gets better and better, before peaking. This is when the show is comfortable enough with characters and formula to explore a bit, shake things up, challenge and surprise both the characters and the audience. The show starts looking for different ways to bend the rules it set up in the first season, different ways to tell the story, different ways to throw the audience for a loop and make them wonder what’s going to happen next.
SV has not yet crossed over into this phase of its development, IMHO. It showed much promise, and I kept coming back week after week waiting for it to do so. It occasionally flirts with challenging the audience’s assumptions and perceptions about the characters, particularly in eps like Shattered, but ultimately, it always falls back into the formula, the expected, the trite and true storytelling devices instead of really pushing the envelope. When I heard that Lana was going to start rebelling and behaving unacceptably in an ep, I knew it would be due to some mind control plot device, because I knew that you guys would never push the envelope by showing Lana making a real mistake of her own accord and learning and changing from the experience, because that would deviate from the formula. And I’ll bet you dimes to dollars that Adam will turn out to be a
Kryptonite freak or an evil Lionel clone too. And that chick with special abilities you reference in the interview, that Clark might get involved with – we all know that won’t happen for longer than half an episode, tops. She’ll turn out to be just another FOTW psychobitch from hell, because she’s not Lana, and that’s how you guys always do it. So, you want to know how to keep it fresh? When you come up with a cool idea for an episode and you are in your writer’s room working out how the episode will play out and who does what, ask yourself, is this what we always do? Is this what the audience will be expecting to happen? Are these “twists” actually surprising, or are they the same sorts of twists we always employ? Also, change up the subject matter a bit. Dealing with the Supes mythology is great, and we love that, but there are a wealth of issues that teens and people in general deal with in real life that instantly up the dramatic tension of any ep that deals with them. What about teen pregnancy? Sexual harrassment or sexism? Rape? Abuse? Racism? Ambiguous, or tough moral choices in life? You guys have touched a ever so slightly on these sorts of issues, but, with a very few exceptions, you always stop short of going balls to the wall and challenging your audience. You don’t make the most of the emotional impact inherent in these issues because you don’t focus directly on them or delve into them very far. What are you afraid of? You don’t have to make a political statement about the issues, just present them as something that is complicated and difficult for families to deal with. Little House on the Prairie even had the balls to tackle those sorts of issues, and they were still considered a family show.
You want to know how to keep it fresh? That’s how you do it. Quit rehashing the same plots several times a season and start challenging yourselves and us with more rich and complex content. Critics will love you for it, and all of us at TWOP would be eternally grateful, and continue watching your show. Thanks.
LexClark4ever
Feb 17, 2004 @ 11:56 am
Dear M&G,
Having just visited the Spoiler thread, I have just one thing to say. If what I read there is true, I will quit watching Smallville. I don't think I'm alone in this. What is wrong with you? Your KK obsession is killing the show and you don't realize this or even particularly care.
anotherguitarchick
Feb 17, 2004 @ 1:18 pm
Dear M&G -
Just got back from the spoiler thread.
I'll be sending you my therapist's bill. Please have it paid in a timely manner.
mobiusklein
Feb 17, 2004 @ 1:21 pm
I'm not joking about Lexana="show is dead to me" Stop contaminating the Lex scenes with HER presence. You're basically giving me nothing to watch. I'm sorry you picked the wrong pony in the horse race but continually betting on the weakest filly will only bankrupt you.
stoutheartedmin
Feb 17, 2004 @ 3:40 pm
Dear M&G--
Does the phrase "on top of a water tower with an AK-47" mean anything to you? Just step slowly away from the Lexana, and no one gets hurt.
Min
HollywoodRefuge
Feb 17, 2004 @ 3:43 pm
Hey Al...
Keep Lexana...Lana's best scenes are with Lex...thats one of the few times Lana's character is well written. And they have POP together.......
Regards to Ken.
leaping lucas
Feb 17, 2004 @ 4:02 pm
Yes Al,
Like I said to you in the shower this morning, please keep the Lexana. Way to play those key demographics!
Everyone on this forum hates the idea so much they're pooling their lunch money to take out a contract on you. Over at Devoted to Smallville, they only want the Clana so it's bound to go over like a lead balloon with that crowd as well.
The legions of Chloe fans will probably puke and die right there in front of the TV and the Lex fans will no doubt rebel at having his imminent badness corrupted by her angelic presence.
So you really will alienate every single viewer you've got left, except Miles, who has just called in to say he absolutely LOVES the idea.
Couple all this with the Idol juggernaut, the timeslot shift, the loss of the Angel demographic and the current ratings tank and your show might make a back 9 pickup in S4 if it's lucky, before it disappears off our screens forever.
At this stage, that idea is starting to sound better and better to me.
Go the Lexana! Love to Boofles.
smallvillefanatic
Feb 17, 2004 @ 7:25 pm
Hey AL?
*Spoiler Warning*
Why the fuck would Lana be at Lex's mansion late at night? Put the pink crack pipe down and think about it. She's 16/17 and she's at Lex Luthor's house *late at night* and he's in a bathrobe. Makes. No. Fucking. Sense. The only people who have a history of being there late at night are Lionel- always parading in, and Clark because he's a night owl and Lex's best friend. Thanks for contaminating, so soon, what sounded like an interesting Lex episode.
And Chloe/Pete? Boring. Maybe because we see and are more fond of those little blue Tynant Bottles, than Pete.
PS. Where is Lionel? JG can, you know, act and stuff.
Storm45
Feb 17, 2004 @ 7:35 pm
Dear M&G,
Chloe/Pete. Boring.
Lex/Lana. Disgusting.
You, writers. Sick
American Idol. Appealing
hachurui
Feb 17, 2004 @ 7:49 pm
Dear Al and Miles,
Everyone's best scenes are with Lex. That's why he should get more.
kwerkee
Feb 17, 2004 @ 7:49 pm
Dear AlMiles,
You're doing this to spite us, aren't you?
When we ask why Lana's a wimp, you made her go LanaFu! and made it impossible for us to believe she could spinkick after a 15-minute lesson from Lex, the resident literal punching bag.
When we asked for more Pete way back in season1, you delivered it way later, when people stop caring. And you make him weak.
Then we say enough with the Clana, you evilly plant the Lexana scenes. This one is utterly unforgivable! I won't ask for anything more if you'd just cut those scenes. No more asking for plausible, organic writing, not even shirtless taut male bodies. Just no Lexana, please!
P.S: I'm waiting to see if you are going to screw up the Lillian scenes since the fans asked for that one, too.
stinaNYC
Feb 17, 2004 @ 8:38 pm
Dear Al:
Lexana makes the Baby Jesus cry, and if you're not careful, he'll unleash an unholy can of whoop-ass on you come judgement day.
That is all.
Cyb
Feb 17, 2004 @ 8:47 pm
Smallvillefanatic, this is how to use spoiler tags: [ spoiler] post [/ spoiler] Without the spaces.
smallvillefanatic
Feb 17, 2004 @ 9:17 pm
I know how to use tags, but I figured Al would be too stupid (very bitter about that Lexana teaser) to realize he needed to highlight the black spaces. Maybe if they were Pink spaces he'd accidently stumble upon it but we've no such luck.
Rose7
Feb 18, 2004 @ 1:08 am
Dear Mr. Millar, dear Mr. Gough,
I thank you for creating this series and the interesting concept behind it, that archenemies Superman and Lex Luthor had at one time in their past been friends. I stopped watching at the start of season 3 because I became bored. I still read some threads on the TWOP boards and I sincerely thank the both of you for inspiring so many fantastic fanfic writers, because they give me the stories and character development I crave after being confronted with the premise of your show. Sadly, you and your writers don't. And I'm neither interested in teenage love pains, nor am I interested in watching stories which totally rewrite comic canon (e.g. the importance of Lana and Chloe).
So, I'm not very bothered by these new spoilers because I stopped caring about Smallville some time ago and decided to ignore your attempts at rewriting what I already know about the lifes of Superman and Lex Luthor. I still think the premise of the show is fascinating, and some of the acting, and some of the episodes were very, very good. Thank you for that.
Sincerely Rose
anotherguitarchick
Feb 18, 2004 @ 1:50 am
Dear M&G,
Thank you for giving me the confidence to turn in my Craft of Dramatic Writing homework. No matter how bad it is, I know that there's at least one show on the air that is consistently worse.
quazimodo
Feb 18, 2004 @ 2:02 am
Dear M&G
If you choose to go ahead with this lexana thing then thats it for me, I'll throw in the towel. There are only three things that have kept me from quiting earlier and that is Lex, Lionel and Chloe. Now you've decided to contaminate Lex with the pink one I see no reason to stick with this show. This show had so much potential but your obsession with KK and the pink princess (which you fail to realise is not shared by all of us) has ruined it.
mobiusklein
Feb 24, 2004 @ 9:54 am
Lex and Chloe are my favorite characters because I get the sense they've learned from their experiences over all. Lex has learned that Kents are not the saviors or even as good as he thought they were and is slowly going down the slope into trusting only himself. Chloe has learned to let go.
Clark and Lana, not so much.
I mean where is Clark's righteous anger where he promised to deal with Lionel? He saw all the crap Lionel did to Lex and he's done nothing to Lionel so far? What's up with that? A lot of people get the impression that he would've burned Lionel to death if it were anybody else, especially Lana. That leaves a bad taste in people's mouths.
I think I dislike Lana because I have no idea where you're going with this character. She just seems to be stuck in a holding pattern or getting even worse. If that's your plan, then we really don't need to see her every single episode to get the point that she's never going to really get it. Seriously.
Also get KK some acting lessons and stop messing with TW's hair. Fire Holly Harold. Yeah, I like Obsession but you know what, that episode belonged to S1, not S3.
Binx
Feb 24, 2004 @ 6:40 pm
TPTB,
You recently brought back some of the bad guys for an episode. I was shocked! Someone on your staff deserves a big raise. Most, no every, show out there like yours seems to forget its past. That sucks. I loved Buffy because they remembered and used the past - until the later years. Still, I would appreciate future episodes where at least a mention is made of someone from a past episode. Byron, for example, seemed to become friends with Lana and Clark so you would think they would call, write or visit. The kid who could heal others and thought he was from space, shouldn't Clark keep tabs on Him? Shouldn't Clark keep tabs on all the "freaks" he puts away? The list has grown quite long and is getting longer. I find it difficult to believe that Lionel hasn't moved on them.
So, whatever happened to Lucas?
Also, please keep Adam around for a long while. Pleeeeeeeeeease!
stoutheartedmin
Feb 24, 2004 @ 6:58 pm
Dear M&G--
**Bronx cheer**Yours sincerely,
Min
********************
Lexana makes the Baby Jesus cry
This is wrong on
so many levels, but damn! It's funny. (:-)
Cyb
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:05 am
Dear AlMiles,
I beg you please, please find another way to show Clark using his superhearing. The inside of his head looks like it's full of mossy rocks and crutches. It's like a background for a Tomb Raider game or something.
maraleia
Feb 26, 2004 @ 4:47 pm
Please give us an idea of how old these kids actually are. We see them in school but what grade are they in 10th, 11th? Please give us some clarity writers!
Coppertopp
Feb 26, 2004 @ 4:56 pm
We see them in school but what grade are they in 10th, 11th?
They're in 11th.
anotherguitarchick
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:21 pm
Dear M&G,
You are sick, horrible men.
stoutheartedmin
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:25 pm
Dear M&G--
I'm writing in regard to the most recent Smallville episode, Resurrezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...huh? Sorry. Didn't mean to nod off. Now, as I was saying, the latest episode of Smallvizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
**Min's going to take a little nap right now. Please wake her, when the Magnificent Bastard returns**
hachurui
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:28 pm
Dear Sirs,
You chose X-ray over Tempest and Jitters as episodes nominated for reruns? Why?
SuperMon1017
Feb 27, 2004 @ 1:59 pm
This is not in real letter form, and is actually copied from the original post site in the Lex Luthor board
Kind of going off of what Shropshire mentioned about a "Wish" episode (a speculation on the Buffy thread, I think), I remembered an interview I read with MR once. He mentioned that their backgrounds (Lex's and Clark's) play a huge part in the persons they have each become. If Lex had been raised by the Kents, he would have become "the greatest President ever," and if Clark had been raised by Lionel, he would have "destroyed the world."
Going from that (and finally getting to my point), I think it would be a good episode (even if it was just a filler) to see how both men would have turned out and interacted with one another if they were each raised in the other's household. Would they continue to interact? Would they need to? What would be the circumstances under which they met? Would "Clark Luthor" be drawn to "Lex Kent's" family, like Lex is presently drawn to Clark's? Lastly, would Clark still be so secretive about his abilities, or would he have gotten to the point where he was showing them off in an effort to make him seem more powerful to Lionel?
It would be kind of an interesting look into the true personalities of the characters, as well as an interesting (albeit fictional) look into the whole nature-nurture argument.
Euphony
Feb 27, 2004 @ 2:15 pm
That would indeed be a kick ass episode. ut I have serious doubts they could find a way to make it work because the buffyverse has a whole mystical element that Smallville doesn't. That kind of reality shift is a little beyond the ability of even something as versatile as kryptonite.
But yeah, I'd love to see it too. Superman raised by Lionel would not be a good thing, but I could sure dig me some fannel clad Lex.
SuperMon1017
Feb 27, 2004 @ 2:18 pm
I dunno. Even if it ended up being a dream episode or something, it would still be cool. Or just a look into an alternate universe, Sliding Doors-like.
catpower2000
Feb 27, 2004 @ 2:52 pm
Even if it ended up being a dream episode or something,
I agree. I don't have any problem with it being a dream, or even having one of the actors (probably TW) come out at the beginning and say, "Here at Smallville, we thought it might be fun..." I don't know, you know what I mean. I just think it's such a good idea that I don't care what kind of contrivances they need to go through.
Cyb
Mar 9, 2004 @ 5:31 pm
Dear M&G,
You know how at the end of Crisis, Lana talks about how she's been making her decisions out of fear? I know you probably *mean* for it to come across as, "Clark, I was afraid after that horse stomped me and I told you to stay away from me! But not anymore! Please let's be a couple again? I'm not afraid!"
But could it please, *please* mean something more like, "Clark, I need to be on my own for a while. I'm not going to cling to you out of fear of being alone, or fear of being stalked, and I'm not going to cling to some stranger like Adam just because I'm afraid of being on my own. We can be friends but it's time for me to learn to stand on my own!"
I know you're probably not going to go in that direction, but it would be really refreshing for Lana to NOT be defined by her relationships with boys for a while. And by "a while" I don't mean "one episode". How about six months or a year? Right now, and for the past 3 seasons, the girl has been entirely about boys, coffee, and lipgloss. It's like she's terrified of being alone, and given her "abandonment issues", I guess that's understandable. Understandable, but after 3 years...also boring. Mind-numbingly boring.
So please let the girl have her own life. For a while? Please?
mobiusklein
Mar 9, 2004 @ 5:56 pm
Dear M&G,
Remember the whole thing about Lana moving on used in the WB commercials? Make sure she KEEPS moving on.
Also, I don't see why you insist on showcasing someone who actually pisses off a huge segment of the viewing audience to the point that ratings are now about 1/2 of their all-time height.
Um, if this is a fixation on your part and not network interference, can't you pursue someone else in RL who has long dark hair and is willing to dress in as much pink as you want that will smile inappropriately at anything you say.
The Clana is over, finished. It's so done, you can stick a fork in it. Forget that, it's so overdone that it's entirely made out of burnt charcoal and fossilized.
hachurui
Mar 16, 2004 @ 1:44 am
Dear MandG,
I heard from k-site that you may be changing the theme song when S4 airs. May I suggest "I am Superman", the R.E.M. version, or "Obsession" by Animotion. Please, no Von Ray or that guy you had in Magnetic.
mobiusklein
Mar 16, 2004 @ 1:57 am
Dear M&G,
I think that you're trying to smear Lana (as well as KK) all over the show to somehow get the viewing audience to watch HER no matter what. Knowing that people just zip over her Clana crap and watch the Chluthoropolis, do you leave the Chluthoropolis fans alone? Hell, no, you stick her with Lex thus soiling the one untouched pleasure for the show for tons of people. Then knowing that more people watch the finale of a season, you frontload the entire episode with her again. Get a clue, I'll skip watching the finale rather than put up with another Lana DiD episode. And I'm betting that after the summer hiatus, SV is going to go down another ratings point overall because people are reaching their toxicity level.
Unless you plan to keep her as Emily's prisoner for the rest of the series.
LexClark4ever
Mar 16, 2004 @ 2:45 pm
Dear M&G,
Please stop with the Lana worship. It's disgusting and it's ruining what was a great show. Wasn't the electroshock Lex got bad enough? You've got to stick him with Lana? No one deserves the Pink Horror! I'm so sick of Lana that if it wasn't for Lex and Chloe, I'd quit watching.
smallvillefanatic
Mar 20, 2004 @ 3:14 am
Al&Miles:
Lex/Lana = I just won't fucking watch anymore.
It'll ruin Lex.
It'll ruin Clark.
It'll ruin the entire fucking story.
So the root of the rift between the future everyman and the future anti-hero is a vapid, manipulative, pitymememememeeee bitch who serves "lates" huh?
You've alienated a whole slew of fans with your Everybody Loves Lana shit. I see it's impact on the online fandom. On a personal level, I see that half of my friends don't even watch anymore.
Silly, them- they'd thought it was a show about the future Superman.
You've compromised the characterization of Clark, Chloe, and had Lex do her bidding as if he had nothing better to do then listen to her whine and teach her misc. shit. I lived through it. But this?
Absolute. Last. Straw.
Fuck you Almiles. And I was just beginning to like you after Paley.
PS
I can watch Tom Welling from afar, no problem...i have my YM and Seventeen and internet and I can look at his pretty face and follow his career without watching. And fanfiction is on par, if not better than the writing of the show. It's worked for others. So although I am a loyal fanatic, I'm covered.
SpoonHead
Mar 20, 2004 @ 12:30 pm
To the Powers that be:
We all know that Lana is a pitiful, moaning and borderline stalker of Clark/Superman in the future, but whywhywhywhywhywhy do you insist on shoving her in our faces every chance you get? Even if the episode has nothing to do with her, she turns up like a very bad penny. Why not change the title of the show from 'Smallville' to Lana and Clark: The new adventures of Lana Lang. I'm sure that will make everyone happy. In fact, get rid of Clark! Who needs him? To be honest, I'm getting bored of the will they/won't they aspect of the show. Who cares? At least in the X-files, when they had they same thing with Mulder and Scully, we all cared and we didn't think 'My God...someone just KILL HER...' It wasn't over used and it wasn't the same tired lines over and over again....
Clark should stomp her like the horse did.
And now she's ruining the Clex. And the Chlark.
I don't see what Clark see's in her. Unless, of course, Lana turns him off cutesy Girl-next-door types and makes him go for the stronger types. Like Lois. Or Lex.
Please, make the pain go away.
PS: I think they should do an alternate reality episode. The comics/Sliders/Hercules/Xena/Startrek etc did it way before Buffy did it. (why do most people think Buffy was the first to do everything? I recall Xena and Herc doing far better musical episodes, better pop culture references and better acting in the lead role than Buffy did. Plus Spike wasn't in those shows.) Remember, Superman visited these alternate worlds plenty of times. Why not have them in the show now? At least to show Clark how his life could have turned out. Or even show Lex. Or even show Lana how great everyones lives would be if she died with her parents. :-)
Rant over. Back to watching The Toxic Avenger. (The fourth film did an alternate reality thing too...)
skyblack
Mar 20, 2004 @ 8:43 pm
Plus Spike wasn't in those shows.
Hey, I like Spike. He's the only reason that "Angel" or, heck, "Buffy" could keep my attention. Dude needs his own spin-off.
---------------
Dear M&G,
If you change Smallville's theme song for season 4, might I suggest:
James - "Destiny Calling" (
lyrics here)
It sounds like a lot of what's been on the actual show soundtrack anyway, only its lyrics fit the characters even more. Here's an example, with my own inferences in brackets:
"She likes the black one. [Chloe and Pete hook up? They should]
He likes the the posh one. [Clark and Lex]
Cute ones are usually gay. [Oh, anyone]
Here we come this is our destiny calling. [most Clark and Lex conversations]
We’re freaks. [Yay, meteors rock!]
This is our destiny calling
Unique.
This is our destiny calling now."
suzycat
Mar 21, 2004 @ 6:19 pm
Dear Al and Miles
If you *must* have Lexana, could you please make it that Lana develops a huge ginormous crush on Lex and he, for nefarious and possibly Clark-stalking purposes, doesn't exactly discourage it and strings her along without actually returning her "feelings" and then crushes her like the whiny bug she is when his purposes are achieved? For examples, see Keller and Sister Pete from Oz. (Keller is Lex all grown up with no money and hair, btw. You'd like him. He's hot.)
In the case of Smallville, Clark would of course rush to her aid, additional riftage could ensue and - horrors! - you could even have Lana *grow and learn* from this experience in a sensible way.
But please don't make Lex fall for the Pink. Because that would be wrong. And also lame. You don't want to go down in history as the guys who made the Superman/Lex animosity all about a really lame and laboured love triangle over a teenage girl, now do ya? That's the sort of thing *girls* would do.
Sincerely
Suzycat
sugarfreekelli
Mar 21, 2004 @ 7:01 pm
PS: I think they should do an alternate reality episode. The comics/Sliders/Hercules/Xena/Startrek etc did it way before Buffy did it. (why do most people think Buffy was the first to do everything? I recall Xena and Herc doing far better musical episodes, better pop culture references and better acting in the lead role than Buffy did.
Amen,
SpoonHead!
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Dear Al and Miles,
Please don't make me hate this show. By cutting off the Clex and adding more of The Pink Horror, you're making me want to vomit everytime I see a preview of the next week's show. Also, try getting some original scripts from, you know, *talented* people. It's not nice to steal from
The X-Files so much, especially its music. Whenever I hear it, I think of the
Fight the Future movie, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
Thanks,
SFK
SpoonHead
Mar 22, 2004 @ 9:24 am
Amen, SpoonHead!
Thank you, SFX. It feels good to be loved.
Whenever I hear it, I think of the Fight the Future movie, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
LOL Next we'll have lots of dark rooms, flash lights and an unbelievable plot--
Oh, wait...They have that last one each time another guest Freak of the week appears and always seems to be obsessed with Lana. Why GOD, WHY? Hands up how many guys (or girls) would have tried to ask out Chloe? She's fun, goodlooking and pretty intelligent (some..times...) plus she's got good career prospects and is a good friend. And what has Lana got? A complex where she not only uses people to shove all of her probelms on to, but she's also one of the most two/three/four faced witches ever to stalk the earth. Plus, she has a way of making people feel guilty when they do bad, yet when she does something wrong, it's NEVER HER FAULT.
Grrrrrr.
Then again...hehe...wouldn't it be funny if Lex just uses her and throws her aside like a used diaper? I would pay to see her face as he kicks her out of the mansion after a night of....ugh....and then have Clark tell her to get lost coz she's made her bed. Cry, lana, CRY.
Hey, I like Spike. He's the only reason that "Angel" or, heck, "Buffy" could keep my attention. Dude needs his own spin-off.
I 'like' Spike when he wasn't being Buffy's puppy. He's better now he's in Angel, sure, although it feels as if he's now the 'star'. I think that he's got his own spin off now, right? :-p