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I'm Blue; If I Was Green I Would Die
So tonight's episode of Smallville was the Season 9 finale! I'd read a few spoilers ahead of time, but I missed the last two weeks' episodes, so I wasn't entirely sure if the finale was THIS week or not. But it definitely is! Spoilers, obviously.
Not having watched the last two weeks' episodes, I know I've missed out on some big revelations, but nothing that I didn't pick up from context or the recap, I think. I knew that a "major character" would die, but given that the Smallville guys are trying to stick to many parts of the DCU, I knew they wouldn't kill off Clark, Lois, or Oliver. Zod was a possibility, except for Clark's resolve to NOT kill where he could help it, but I thought either Chloe or Tess were the more likely candidates, and with Tess constantly wavering, being on the run from Checkmate and from Zod, I had a feeling her story wouldn't end too well--whether she helped humanity in the end or not.
So:
* The Book of Rao isn't an actual book, but something that was still in the library that Lionel passed onto Martha (the Red Queen).
* I don't know what Zod actually believed the Book of Rao (a disc with an outline of the crest of the House of El on it) does, but he made his followers believe it would destroy them when it was actually something that would (supposedly) transport the Kryptonians (including Clark) to another planet. How this disc got made and why it was included in all the things Lionel had and gave to Martha...I do not know. Was it something discovered by that doctor from seasons ago, the one played by Christopher Reeves?
* Zod, resourceful guy that he is, discovered a lot about all the different kinds of Kryptonite once he got his powers restored by Clark's blood. While formerly he wasn't (right?) affected by the green Kryptonite, once he had powers, he was. This leads me to believe that blue Kryptonite is actually a permanent solution, which is why he and those released from the Orb didn't develop powers slowly no matter what sun they were under, etc. But if that's the case, then why have blue Kryptonite Victory Rings? Wasn't there a character in a previous season who actually lived as a human on Earth because he had a blue Kryptonite ring he wore all the time or something? That seems to imply that if he's away from the blue Kryptonite, the powers will return.
Zod somehow got ahold of enough blue Kryptonite to make a dagger that he kept on his person and unsheathed for just enough time to not get transported with the other Kandorians once Clark managed to put the Book of Rao into the console that Tess saved from the old red solar tower that Zod had tried to build. Having it near him meant he didn't have his own powers, but does blue Kryptonite have the same kind of proximity radiation as green? Or did Zod HAVE to stab/slice Clark in order to make him powerless? What's the point of making Clark powerless if Zod ends up getting sucked up into the teleporting beam once he does so, going to a different world where his former followers won't want to have anything to do with him (assuming they don't kill him)?
* Lois knows that The Blur is Clark, even though he dodged telling her so directly when he had the chance. I thought the way that scene was handled was done very well, by the actors, the director(s), and the screenwriter(s). And it had to be that no matter what he told (or didn't tell) Lois, urged by Oliver or keeping in mind Lois' safety, she would find out anyway, because it's LOIS. Her figuring it out by the kiss was perfect--and I honestly didn't think Clark would have the guts to resist kissing her one last time anyway, in Blur-mode or not, if he thought he would end up leaving Earth to stop Zod from starting a war.
Questions!
(1) If Tess is really dead (and it would fit with the "major character dying" spoiler), who was the knitting woman (?) that was in the hall outside her room? I say "woman" with question mark because it could be a man in drag. It wouldn't be impossible. But the person's hands looked old, and what's with the knitting? Just a way of looking inconspicuous, or might it have something to do with a certain person? But WHO?
Part of me thinks it was Lex, because it's already been hinted that he's not really dead, but he would be severely mangled--maybe look aged! And what better way to go unnoticed in a hospital than by disguising yourself as an old, innocent knitting lady?
(2) Why didn't we see Aquaman in the panel of JLA members? We saw Stargirl, Hawkman, Black Canary with poufy hair, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, and Watchtower. Am I forgetting anyone else? It would be cool if we saw a new Dr. Fate chosen next season!
(3) Who was "attacking" Oliver if not the Kandorians? (Side note: him managing to say he loved her and Chloe responding in kind was sweet, if predictable. Still awesome, because even though in the comics!verse, it's Oliver x Dinah (Black Canary), Alaina Huffman's too darn busy on Stargate: Universe to develop a relationship with Oliver, and I don't think Chloe should be left in the dust, anyhow. She deserves better.)
Personally, I doubt that Clark, stabbed by the blue Kryptonite as he was, will just end up kerplunking. One of the JLA (or perhaps Kara! Where the hell has she been all this time? Surely if she hasn't found Kandor or any other remains of Krypton/Kryptonians by now, she would go back to Earth, right?) will totally save him. Or, you know, Clark could somehow learn to fly, but the blue Kryptonite plus the stab wound kind of makes me think that's doubtful....
I also doubt that Lois is going to take Perry's offer and head out to Kenya. I think that was just an excuse to push Lois into asking Clark for the truth (and more or less admitting that he means more to her than her job, even though he's been doubting her lately because of the whole off-on Blur thing), and a way for Clark to dodge out of giving her a proper goodbye that involved telling her the truth (no matter what he thinks is being cruel to her).
I honestly have no clue what could have been "attacking" Oliver, short of Checkmate or a new set of enemies...unless it's not actually enemies at all. We just saw the air ducts he was in getting hammered, but that doesn't mean it was by bullets or lasers or anything. I do doubt that we've seen the last of Checkmate....
It's very exciting, actually! I want to watch the last two episodes, though, so that everything makes sense.
And then there's Stargate: Universe. Next week's episode looks quite awesome, judging by the amazing cast of guest stars (Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks being my personal favs). This week's episode was pretty confusing at first, but it cleared up quickly and yet still left some residual material to work with...
Basically everyone is fucked up in some way. Lt. James is jealous of Chloe and seems to be alternately pissed off and hot for Lt. Scott. He's a douche for dropping her the way he did, but I do like him, and I also like him with Chloe. But he misses his son and seems to want to be a good guy, no matter what bad decisions he's made in the past. Sgt. Greer is paranoid and perhaps too violent (Wray might also be paranoid, but I'm not sure what we saw of her is just hallucination and what's real), and Rush is messed up by his experience with the aliens. Oh, and Volker is claustrophobic, one of the military men is terrified of snakes, and Chloe really, really misses her father.
I think they really have given up the search for Franklin, which makes me think that he ascended, but I hope they bring that up again--him just "disappearing" and it being all nice and convenient and never mentioned again would suck.
Even Col. Young really seems to be trying--not just with Rush and Wray, but with T.J. and the other people onboard the Destiny. But what's up with Eli not being included among those having hallucinations? Chloe wasn't part of the away team that went to the last planet in the new galaxy (which, I wonder: does it have a name? Why aren't they assigning planetary designations to the places they visit, the way SG-1 did?), but she still got infected by a hopping tick. Why not Eli? Or maybe he wouldn't be messed up enough--he's actually quite a well-rounded, intelligent guy?
The remainder of this first season of SGU looks to be interesting, and I'm glad it's gotten renewed for a second season.
Not having watched the last two weeks' episodes, I know I've missed out on some big revelations, but nothing that I didn't pick up from context or the recap, I think. I knew that a "major character" would die, but given that the Smallville guys are trying to stick to many parts of the DCU, I knew they wouldn't kill off Clark, Lois, or Oliver. Zod was a possibility, except for Clark's resolve to NOT kill where he could help it, but I thought either Chloe or Tess were the more likely candidates, and with Tess constantly wavering, being on the run from Checkmate and from Zod, I had a feeling her story wouldn't end too well--whether she helped humanity in the end or not.
So:
* The Book of Rao isn't an actual book, but something that was still in the library that Lionel passed onto Martha (the Red Queen).
* I don't know what Zod actually believed the Book of Rao (a disc with an outline of the crest of the House of El on it) does, but he made his followers believe it would destroy them when it was actually something that would (supposedly) transport the Kryptonians (including Clark) to another planet. How this disc got made and why it was included in all the things Lionel had and gave to Martha...I do not know. Was it something discovered by that doctor from seasons ago, the one played by Christopher Reeves?
* Zod, resourceful guy that he is, discovered a lot about all the different kinds of Kryptonite once he got his powers restored by Clark's blood. While formerly he wasn't (right?) affected by the green Kryptonite, once he had powers, he was. This leads me to believe that blue Kryptonite is actually a permanent solution, which is why he and those released from the Orb didn't develop powers slowly no matter what sun they were under, etc. But if that's the case, then why have blue Kryptonite Victory Rings? Wasn't there a character in a previous season who actually lived as a human on Earth because he had a blue Kryptonite ring he wore all the time or something? That seems to imply that if he's away from the blue Kryptonite, the powers will return.
Zod somehow got ahold of enough blue Kryptonite to make a dagger that he kept on his person and unsheathed for just enough time to not get transported with the other Kandorians once Clark managed to put the Book of Rao into the console that Tess saved from the old red solar tower that Zod had tried to build. Having it near him meant he didn't have his own powers, but does blue Kryptonite have the same kind of proximity radiation as green? Or did Zod HAVE to stab/slice Clark in order to make him powerless? What's the point of making Clark powerless if Zod ends up getting sucked up into the teleporting beam once he does so, going to a different world where his former followers won't want to have anything to do with him (assuming they don't kill him)?
* Lois knows that The Blur is Clark, even though he dodged telling her so directly when he had the chance. I thought the way that scene was handled was done very well, by the actors, the director(s), and the screenwriter(s). And it had to be that no matter what he told (or didn't tell) Lois, urged by Oliver or keeping in mind Lois' safety, she would find out anyway, because it's LOIS. Her figuring it out by the kiss was perfect--and I honestly didn't think Clark would have the guts to resist kissing her one last time anyway, in Blur-mode or not, if he thought he would end up leaving Earth to stop Zod from starting a war.
Questions!
(1) If Tess is really dead (and it would fit with the "major character dying" spoiler), who was the knitting woman (?) that was in the hall outside her room? I say "woman" with question mark because it could be a man in drag. It wouldn't be impossible. But the person's hands looked old, and what's with the knitting? Just a way of looking inconspicuous, or might it have something to do with a certain person? But WHO?
Part of me thinks it was Lex, because it's already been hinted that he's not really dead, but he would be severely mangled--maybe look aged! And what better way to go unnoticed in a hospital than by disguising yourself as an old, innocent knitting lady?
(2) Why didn't we see Aquaman in the panel of JLA members? We saw Stargirl, Hawkman, Black Canary with poufy hair, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, and Watchtower. Am I forgetting anyone else? It would be cool if we saw a new Dr. Fate chosen next season!
(3) Who was "attacking" Oliver if not the Kandorians? (Side note: him managing to say he loved her and Chloe responding in kind was sweet, if predictable. Still awesome, because even though in the comics!verse, it's Oliver x Dinah (Black Canary), Alaina Huffman's too darn busy on Stargate: Universe to develop a relationship with Oliver, and I don't think Chloe should be left in the dust, anyhow. She deserves better.)
Personally, I doubt that Clark, stabbed by the blue Kryptonite as he was, will just end up kerplunking. One of the JLA (or perhaps Kara! Where the hell has she been all this time? Surely if she hasn't found Kandor or any other remains of Krypton/Kryptonians by now, she would go back to Earth, right?) will totally save him. Or, you know, Clark could somehow learn to fly, but the blue Kryptonite plus the stab wound kind of makes me think that's doubtful....
I also doubt that Lois is going to take Perry's offer and head out to Kenya. I think that was just an excuse to push Lois into asking Clark for the truth (and more or less admitting that he means more to her than her job, even though he's been doubting her lately because of the whole off-on Blur thing), and a way for Clark to dodge out of giving her a proper goodbye that involved telling her the truth (no matter what he thinks is being cruel to her).
I honestly have no clue what could have been "attacking" Oliver, short of Checkmate or a new set of enemies...unless it's not actually enemies at all. We just saw the air ducts he was in getting hammered, but that doesn't mean it was by bullets or lasers or anything. I do doubt that we've seen the last of Checkmate....
It's very exciting, actually! I want to watch the last two episodes, though, so that everything makes sense.
And then there's Stargate: Universe. Next week's episode looks quite awesome, judging by the amazing cast of guest stars (Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks being my personal favs). This week's episode was pretty confusing at first, but it cleared up quickly and yet still left some residual material to work with...
Basically everyone is fucked up in some way. Lt. James is jealous of Chloe and seems to be alternately pissed off and hot for Lt. Scott. He's a douche for dropping her the way he did, but I do like him, and I also like him with Chloe. But he misses his son and seems to want to be a good guy, no matter what bad decisions he's made in the past. Sgt. Greer is paranoid and perhaps too violent (Wray might also be paranoid, but I'm not sure what we saw of her is just hallucination and what's real), and Rush is messed up by his experience with the aliens. Oh, and Volker is claustrophobic, one of the military men is terrified of snakes, and Chloe really, really misses her father.
I think they really have given up the search for Franklin, which makes me think that he ascended, but I hope they bring that up again--him just "disappearing" and it being all nice and convenient and never mentioned again would suck.
Even Col. Young really seems to be trying--not just with Rush and Wray, but with T.J. and the other people onboard the Destiny. But what's up with Eli not being included among those having hallucinations? Chloe wasn't part of the away team that went to the last planet in the new galaxy (which, I wonder: does it have a name? Why aren't they assigning planetary designations to the places they visit, the way SG-1 did?), but she still got infected by a hopping tick. Why not Eli? Or maybe he wouldn't be messed up enough--he's actually quite a well-rounded, intelligent guy?
The remainder of this first season of SGU looks to be interesting, and I'm glad it's gotten renewed for a second season.