Reply #5: Argh don't get me started on Smallville [View All]

[Chovexani]

I said it in the episode thread...and I mean it. Lana is like a cancer on that show, she drags down every damn scene she is in. This season is already starting to look like last season...opened up with a bang, really good stuff...and quickly returned to the same old tired crap the fans have grown to hate: meteor freaks, Lanaville, Clark's Creek teen love triangle crap, etc. Last year I hung in there because of the Luthors (Rosenbaum and Glover are like the only reasons this show is still even watchable), but Al/Miles have for some stupid reason to start building to the Rift way too soon, and it's going to be meaningless in the end because Clark never really treated Lex like a real friend thanks to the dumbass writers. In the last couple of seasons or so Clark only ever went to Lex when he needed money or some other kind of help. I'm a slash fan but even if you don't buy into the Clark/Lex subtext their relationship (however you choose to interpret it) is really the cornerstone of the show and they have neglected it like crazy in favor of pushing a character that's not even a footnote in the mythos. These stupid monkeys with typewriters don't seem to understand the opportunity they had and completely blew. I mean, the whole reason the inevitable Rift would be so tragic is because Clark and Lex were *best friends* in this show's version of the mythos. Something happened to drive a wedge between them, something that didn't need to happen, and now they're sworn enemies for life. That's the stuff of superhero tragedy and we'll never get it because the writers have their heads up Kristen Kreuk's ass.

Like an idiot I will still watch the show, but I'm downloading it and watching at my leisure. It is no longer appointment TV for me, I've been watching Lost and been blown away by how good it is.