Smallville Season Eight Premiere
Okay, so we got a recap of the events leading up to the season eight premiere (My only chance to see Michael...so dreamy...) I had forgotten about the Dear John - I mean, Dear Whitney - crap! - the Dear Clark break up video Lana left behind.
As for the opener: We pick up four weeks later from where season seven closed. Who cares that in seasons past we never saw "Luthercorp VP" Tess, but how come we never heard of her until now? Could Lex have name dropped somewhere? And how many times must the Fortress be in peril? (Was this common in the mythology? Don't know?!)
Opening Credits, you ask: They were just not the same. But totally thrilled Allison Mack gets second billing! It would have been extremely disappointing with 'Lex' and 'Lana' now out of the picture to put someone other than A. Mack in their place...And, I guess I'll just have to get used to seeing Justin Hartley (aka Oliver Queen/Green Arrow)...glad he's a series regular. :)
Some observations/questions: How many times will Clark loose his powers/die? (Again, was this common in the mythology? Again, I don't know.) Am I the only one who found it strange that Lex had only been missing for four weeks and everything in the mansion was covered in sheets? At that, is Tess going to be living in the mansion? If not, what was she doing there - and if so - again, why was everything covered up?
Other issues: Was it just me or was there an obnoxious amount of commercial breaks? Seemed there was more than usual. My response: REDUNK!
I was excited to see members of the JLA come together in the search for our missing Clark. Yea for the Justice League! I'm kinda hoping with Oliver/Green Arrow being a series reg that we'll see more of the JLA throughout the season.
Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders (not to mention Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer) have done a great job writing scripts (including Odyssey) over the years and I haven't any doubt they'll all be able to carry on in the driver's seats with the departure of series creators Al & Miles. With Odyssey, I think they did a great job in setting up the premise of the season - that being the members of the League split up to search for Lex. Who's to say Rosenbaum will even make a 'special guest' appearance with his departure and all...sidenote: I know it's only been a handful of months since filming season seven came to a close, but I checked imdb.com for any new MR projects - and nothing. Sigh....
The most odd thing (even moreso than the sudden appearance of Tess) was Clark's sudden employment with The Daily Planet. 'Four weeks prior' he was all like "Yeah right Lois" to "See you on Monday." ... and no, not in the mailroom... cause all those articles he wrote for The Torch certainly qualified him for a job as a reporter. So when Lois said, "You've gotta be kidding me." I said to Smallville, "You've gotta be kidding ME."
The saddest part to me was after the Martian Manhunter returned from taking "Dead Clark" to the sun to heal him and they have the discussion in the barn about Clark's 'past life' - people dying, people leaving, but never saying goodbye and making the decision to "Let it go." Gone is the 'innocent Clark' we know from the series beginnings - now we have a 'young man Clark' who is readying to embrace his ultimate destiny, which does not include the Kent Farm. With his job at The Daily Planet - forget the superspeed now - I can't help but wonder if last night was one of the last times we see the Kent Farm. Would he be moving to Metropolis now - visiting Chloe in Smallville? (Cause though Clark could get from Smallville to Metropolis in the blink of an eye, it's technically a three hour drive for the 'normal' folks...although they seem to make that commute with no issue whatsoever - that'd be like me driving from Mechanicsville to the far end of Raleigh...sheesh!)
Ah, I save what I'd like to now call the best for last: My dear, dear Chloe Sullivan. Super intelligence: Cool! Loss of healing ability: NOT cool! Grrr!! I hope they address this - not to mention RESTORE HER ABILITY! Kinda comes in handy when your BFF oh, say gets hit with an arrow not once, but twice...But getting to MY point: The reunion scene with Chloe and Jimmy. When addressing the proposal cliffhanger - when Jimmy initially dismissed it, I thought, "Jimmy, you're a doo-doo head." (Yes, you read right...this blog entry contains the word 'doo-doo head'.) But when Chloe said yes anyway, I couldn't help but giggle in pure joy for her. The dialogue between the two - Chloe telling Jimmy he was perfect...Jimmy responding he was far from perfect...Chloe following up with but he was perfect for her. *giggles* 'Bout time she was happy with someone who wasn't Clark. Fingers crossed they don't separate them later on in the series.
I think 8 got off to a good start...I was unsure with all the employment changes with the Smallville staff, so I'm eager to see how this season comes together...While I said previously that Thursday nights would not be the same with Michael's absence, I definitely get a sense that Thursday nights will still be great! ...now if only Grey's Anatomy would hurry up and premiere...
(above image taken from kryptonsite.com)
