Words cannot express how overjoyed I am to have missed that...
<-----Original Message-----> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 10/18/2008 11:46:44 PM >To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] One Good Thing about "Smallville" > >Clark and Lois are the only interesting things about the show, and again, that's >weird because they've been introduced way too soon. >IThe show is like a party where most of the guests have gone home, and a few >people linger on long past the fun has died down. the stories are stupid. Last >week, for example, they brought in a young actress (like everyone else in the >cast, irritatingly young) to portray Maxima, the alien superpowered queen who >fixates on Kal-El as her potential mate. Like everything else being introduced >in the series, Maxima's appearance is about a decade too early, as in the comics >she decided upon Superman due to his growing legend. In the show, some kind of >blue Kryptonian crystal the late departed Lex had was activated for a moment, >and somehow Maxima detected its energy pulse across the light years. She then >traced the energy, to Earth, looking for a Kryptonian. It was horrible: they >wrote it so that her kiss flooded a man's body with super pheremones which sped >up their heart and killed them. So the idiot lady literally walked around the >city kissing any man who struck h er fan cy, and then as they died would say >"sorry, i thought you might be the Kryptonian I seek, but I guess not". Awful! > > >-------------- Original message -------------- >From: "Martin Baxter" > >Keith, I highlight it for viewign every week, but I can never bring myself to >leave the TV on the channel. It just hurts too much to see how much it's failed >to achieve. > > >-----Original Message-----> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 10/16/2008 8:47:27 PM >>To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >>Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] One Good Thing about "Smallville" >> >>You all know I've been a longtime critic of "Smallville". I feel the show jumped >>the shark years ago with endless tales of Meteorock monsters, silly love >>triangles, and premature introduction of characters that shouldn't show up in >>Clark's life for years to come. And worse, the elimination of just about any >>character over 30 (John and Martha Kent, Lionel Luthor) makes it look more like >>"The O.C." or something than ever. Even Lex and Lana are gone. Not the same >>show at all. >> >>But watching tonight's e p (I'm a masochist), one thing did occur to me again: >>Tom Welling and Erica Durance make a really good Clark and Lois team. The >>actor's have undeniable chemistry, whether it's doing their constant >>not-too-serious bickering, competing for a story, or backing each other up in a >>crisis. Durance is the perfect foil for Clark, saucy and rude, cynical. She's a >>perfect counterpoint to the oh-so-serious, kinda square Clark. Durance is also >>a lot more authentic Lois, a lady whose attitude and physical size make you >>believe she can take care of herself in a tight spot--completely unlike the >>slight, girlish, extremely meek-acting Kate Bosworth from the last movie. She >>holds her own with Welling in every way. They also have pretty good comic >>timing. Watching the two, I think more and more how sad it is that they couldn't >>have been used in the Superman movies, instead of Bosworth and Routh. >> >>Too bad that 'll ne ver happen, 'cause they're wasted in a show that's >>increasingly adrift... >> >>Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic >>Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar >> >>Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) >>Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to >>Traditional >>Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity >>Visit Your Group >>Only on Yahoo! >>World of Star Wars >>Meet fans, watch >>videos more. >> >>=== message truncated === > > >Get educated. Click here for Adult Education programs. > > >_______________________________________________________________ >ICQ - You get the message, anywhere! >Get it @ http://www.icq.com > > > >Messages in this topic (3) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic >Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | > >=== message truncated === Click to become a master chef, own a restaurant and make millions. <http://www.relevantads.biz/fc/Ioyw36bkO0ABf02LufhwdBY5u4dKud2ozKXUkkXnc ims1btVuefKZe/> <P><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">_______________________________________________________________<BR><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">ICQ - You get the message, anywhere!<br>Get it @ <a href="http://www.icq.com"; target=new>http://www.icq.com</a></font><br><br> </font></font>
