Smallville - Collateral
Aug. 26th, 2011 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcSmallville does The Matrix!
No I don't mean "Smallville does cyberspace" or "Smallville uses bullet time". I mean "Smallville does The Matrix". Bullet time, a choice that has to be made in order for you to wake up, the baddie creating multiple duplicates of themself ... The Matrix. Which was quite fun.
I was actually surprised they revealed the truth behind the "flashbacks" so quickly, but there was a lot more story to set up. It's ironic that a story with a Paranoia Fuel set up (This is not your beautiful house!) is really about the importance of trust. Clark has lost his trust in Chloe, and needs to regain it. Preferably before he learns she's working with the Suicide Squad.
Amusing that Black Canary is still a hard-liner who thinks "violent criminals should fry". Has she noticed that, by current definitions, that would include her? Anyway, she gets more to do than she did last week, while not-Impulse and -AC get even less; they don't even appear in bad focus in the background.
When you do a "villain steals the League's powers" story (even if they haven't really), you need to decide what to do with the non-powered heroes. The standard take seems to be that GA's aiming skills count as a power, but Batman's peak-of-physical-and-mental-humanity status doesn't. Smallville, which generally has Ollie filling in for Bruce, splits the difference; It's not a power, but it can be taken away; the VRA mess with his equlibrium.
Returning guest stars count: Still Black Canary; Chloe possibly counts by this point, since we haven't seen her since the season premiere; and we see a photo of Pete Ross, which maybe counts.
No I don't mean "Smallville does cyberspace" or "Smallville uses bullet time". I mean "Smallville does The Matrix". Bullet time, a choice that has to be made in order for you to wake up, the baddie creating multiple duplicates of themself ... The Matrix. Which was quite fun.
I was actually surprised they revealed the truth behind the "flashbacks" so quickly, but there was a lot more story to set up. It's ironic that a story with a Paranoia Fuel set up (This is not your beautiful house!) is really about the importance of trust. Clark has lost his trust in Chloe, and needs to regain it. Preferably before he learns she's working with the Suicide Squad.
Amusing that Black Canary is still a hard-liner who thinks "violent criminals should fry". Has she noticed that, by current definitions, that would include her? Anyway, she gets more to do than she did last week, while not-Impulse and -AC get even less; they don't even appear in bad focus in the background.
When you do a "villain steals the League's powers" story (even if they haven't really), you need to decide what to do with the non-powered heroes. The standard take seems to be that GA's aiming skills count as a power, but Batman's peak-of-physical-and-mental-humanity status doesn't. Smallville, which generally has Ollie filling in for Bruce, splits the difference; It's not a power, but it can be taken away; the VRA mess with his equlibrium.
Returning guest stars count: Still Black Canary; Chloe possibly counts by this point, since we haven't seen her since the season premiere; and we see a photo of Pete Ross, which maybe counts.
