Smallville Season 4...

Episode 1 is sooooo good!!! He can FLY!!!!!!!!

Yeah, missed half of it last night and saw him flying and they have Lois Lane in it. wtf is going on....

Originally Posted by chatbox

Episode 1 is sooooo good!!! He can FLY!!!!!!!!

about time he did... geez... Lois Lane looks older than Clark tho... but shes not too shabby...

What channel was this on?

I dunno, I felt unfulfilled after watching it.. Too much was resolved with dumb things, it wasn't believable (well, this is Superman but I mean in context even).

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And the black kryptonite, what a dumb thing... that's what writers do when they've written themselves into a corner and are too lazy to go back and fix it. So what does black kryptonite acutally do? Kill ghost Kryptonians? Heal kryptonians with a split personality disorder?? Does he have to keep using black kryptonite, or is it a one time thing? How did Dr. Swanson know it would have that effect, not having any other kryptonians that have split into two personalities handy to test it on? Sorry, but that part was LAME.

It had its moments (Luthor in jail was cool, the flying was cool except overdone), but overall one of the lower points of the series for me.

Clark Kent cannot fly. I thought the episode was good, but I didnt even know black Kryptonite existed. Now my wife and I can watch them together fianlly since she watched all of season 3 in a week. Season should be good, effect were good. And the girl that played Lois has a huge rack.

In the past (not smallville, but to Superman fans), it is known that there are other type/colour of kryptonites. Maybe more explanation will come later.

True, but there's never been a black kryptonite. I don't mind the show taking some liberties with the "canon", but inventing a new colour of kryptonite that just happens to solve a specific nebulous problem is just too contrived. A perfect example of deus ex machina.

But they've been pretty good so far, so I'll take this as an abberation. I just hope they don't get too wild with the mysticism (ritual knives, broken crystals hidden in egyptian statues, strange tattoos, etc).

To me the show should be about how a boy became a super man.

Think about it. In the past, we've only seen superman (i.e. his adult life). Maybe this black one only comes into play this point in his life, and that's probably why we never have heard of it before.

I liked the episode in general. Should be a good start to a new season.

Spoiler Questions:

But the black Kryptonite thing was weird. Too convenient. How did Jonathan just come out of the coma? What the frick happened to Lana ...........

Good to have the show back on ...

I thought the opener sucked. I've watched religously since the show began, but it's going downhill since the middle of last season. I've seen quite a few season/series premieres the last couple of weeks and this was the worst of the bunch. I wish I had spent the hour playing the Sims 2 instead of sitting through that yawn-fest.

Originally Posted by chatbox

Think about it. In the past, we've only seen superman (i.e. his adult life). Maybe this black one only comes into play this point in his life, and that's probably why we never have heard of it before.

Not really; you're omiting all those Superboy & Legion of Super-Heroes stuff that pretty much covered his life BEFORE he became an adult. This "black" stuff was never mentioned before. It's like some of the crap they did on Enterprise - just taking too many liberties with accepted canon.

Anyone else remember anything about that holy trinity of relics? Seems like they made it up as part of the "legend".

Answer about Lana:
She touch the tomb of Princess Theroux. She has now either become the second of 3 relics or is the polar opposite of Kal-el. The boyfriend mentioned that Princess Theroux "kicked a lot of arse and broke a lot of hearts". Supposedly, when all 3 relics are united, Kal-el will start his crusade or fulfill his destiny. I'm guessing she's the slayer of Kal-el and she'll be replaced by Lois Lane after Kal-el is destroyed.

Originally Posted by 1st timer

Not really; you're omiting all those Superboy & Legion of Super-Heroes stuff that pretty much covered his life BEFORE he became an adult. This "black" stuff was never mentioned before. It's like some of the crap they did on Enterprise - just taking too many liberties with accepted canon.

Well, in terms of "accepted canon" there's no such thing as red kryptonite either, so they're not straying any further off course. The problem with comics is that there is no such thing as canon. There used to be about a dozen varieties of kryptonite, but they re-wrote Supe's history, and now green is the only version in comics. All the superboy and Legion stuff dissapeared, too.

I'm just dissapointed they broke the "no flights, no tights" rule

There used to be about a dozen varieties of kryptonite, but they re-wrote Supe's history, and now green is the only version in comics. All the superboy and Legion stuff dissapeared, too.

That is what happens when I HAVEN'T read a comic book in years and years! Guess they call them "graphic novels" now...