SV: 8x01 Odyssey

[moonshayde]

Here come the belated thoughts on the Smallville S8 premiere. SPN will follow shortly.


While I don't think this will go down as one of the best premiers, I found it enjoyable. With all the casting changes, TPTB had a lot of ground to cover in this episode and I feel they did a great job.

I loved Clark in this. He's always been heroic, but he wasn't mopey in this episode and it really made a different. He seemed so much more mature. I may think the way they got him into the Daily Planet and on the proactive track to be a tad contrived, but at this point I really don't care. I signed up for this show for Clark and his journey. I feel like it's been ons standby for the past two seasons.

I enjoyed Oliver more than I thought I would. Oliver and Clark had some great scenes. Man, I missed Clark having interactions with male characters. At the beginning of the series, we had Lex, Pete, and Jonathan. That sort of was cut severely in the later seasons. This was nice.

Allison Mack continues to show why she's an awesome actress with all the dialogue she had to deliver and make it convincing. I loved where they took Chloe in this episode and I'm excited to see what happens.

I miss Lex :(

Tess was okay. I think she could be a decent villian.

I feel bad that I didn't miss Lana at all. I don't hate her character, but I just didn't miss her.

Martian Manhunter FTW!

Lois was awesome. Classic Lois Lane in this episode between going undercover in the Luthor mansion (and grabbing the flashdrive) and then risking her life going after Chloe. She went undercover twice in one episode. Hee.

The Lois and Clark scene at the end made me squee. If we get more of that this season (on top of Clark awesomeness that is), I will be one happy fangirl.

*hugs show* I love having a show that is just fun and I don't have to stress about :)

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

The exploring Clark and Lana together thing on the farm was nice and necessary but for me it should have been done a few seasons ago. It was dragged out for too long and really kind of dragged down the characters involved. I wouldn't have minded Clark single or dating Chloe or something else instead. And really, Lana could have had a nice decent storyarc. They never gave KK anything to do.

I must have missed your post. I was off LJ for a couple of days. I think in a perfect world they wouldn't have had Tess in the mansion, but because they had the set they decided to use it. Honestly, it doesn't make much sense for things to be happening so much in SV these days, but since that is the name of the show and they have some old sets, I have to accept it LOL

I like Tess just fine so far, but boy do I miss Lex. He is hands down the best lex I've ever seen and I think his Lex will be a role model on how to do Lex right for years to come.

You know how I was hesitant with Oliver because I didn't want him to outhsine Clark, but man he was awesome and I loved the Oliver and clark scenes. Hartley was looking especially pretty.

I'm looking forward to the Clark and Lois scenes this season, but I agree that they should have saved that last scene for the next episode or something. I really feel Clark's entrance to the DP is important enough to be singled out and not be some little rushed scene at the end of a premiere.

But hey, season sounds like it's shaping up well and I can't wait for Thursday :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I always thought they pretty much covered Clana in season 5, but really I think their big mistake was always not just getting on with Clana when they were supposed to be high school sweethearts, instead of forcing the on/off thing for drama. It felt kind of pointless to spend season 4 on Jason/Lana when they could have spend that time on Clana, and have more relevance to Clark's journey but oh well *sighs*

And yep, it will never be the same without Lex, but I am also totally excited for this season :D