Smallville: ABSOLUTE JUSTICE delivers a heroic evening

Season 9 — 2 hour Event

(originally episodes 12 Society and 13 Legends)

Recap and Review by baudyhallee aka Holli

Behind the scenes:

It’s a new day on Smallville.  We have a two hour event with a two word title.  Who woulda thunk?  The episode schedule has been flexible enough this season to film a few episodes out of airing order.  IDOL being one and WARRIOR being another.  WARRIOR was supposed to air as episode 11 before this event (but was actually filmed after ABSOLUTE JUSTICE).  Due to the Haiti Telethon, it will be presented next week on February 12^th.

Written by Geoff Johns (LEGION).  Comic wunderkind.  Johns has often stated that he’s more interested in the ‘other’ characters in the DC Universe than Superman, Batman or Wonder Woman.  He presented us with the future residing Legion of Superheroes last year.  This season we will meet those Golden Age mystery men, the Justice Society of America.  In the early comic years, in order to be a character included in the JSA, you couldn’t have your own featured title.  So it definitely is about a team of ‘superheroes’ who were the lesser known characters.  Johns is dealing with something he truly loves.

To present this many characters in one hour had to be grueling for an aficionado, so the addition of a second hour was brilliant to begin with and to combine the two was sheer genius.  A job well done by one and all.

Directed by Glen Winter (1^st hour) who is the Master and has given us so many great points of view and Tom Welling (2^nd hour) whose episodes are always well thought out and visually appealing.

Rating:  10 out of 10 because it is a cohesive story.  However, there was a weak teaser.  From Act One to Act Ten, it held our attention and gave each and every character equal standing.  Brian and Kelly (Executive Producers) should be commended that this story not only adds to the Smallville lineup of characters, but also returned some characters to their iconic alignment.  Seeds of future mythic storylines were hinted upon and fans are ravenous to see how these unfold.  Casting and acting were tip top.  Not enough praise for that.  Production was great considering the budgets they have.  Bravo!

Sidenote:  Johns said there are 48 Easter eggs (comic references) scattered throughout the event.  That tells me one thing:  Man, this is gonna be a lonnngg review.  Oy!

TEASER:

Metropolis at night. The Gargoyle Building.  Blondie on her cell phone listening to Clark’s voice mail greeting.  She’s exiting Radu’s Internet Café.  Doesn’t she have enough computers?  Radu was Kyle Rayner’s landlord who knew he was the Green Lantern.  (the hunt begins)

Blondie is trying to call an official meeting of the ‘super gang.’  I hate Chloespeak.  She thinks they should be taking things more seriously.  If her dour expression and attitude is any indication – she needs to lighten up!  Her phone goes out as do the lights on the street.  Electromagnetic pulse?  We see a figure on a fire escape with a glowing staff.  Blondie starts running and, of course, runs into the guy in a ‘dark’ alley.  He’s on the ground now and she asks him who he is.

Welcome to the Star Spangled Kid, Sylvester Pemberton.  (Some of his wardrobe and the staff are more like Jack Knight’s AKA the second Starman’s stuff.)  He’s also trying to put a team together.  She plays dumb.  He knows they call her Watchtower.  He tells the denying techno geek that technology makes hiding harder.  With all her electronic snooping, someone is bound to turn it back on her.  Oops, blondie does it again.  Arrogance is not a firewall.  He tells her she’s lucky a friend did it first – and she responds hostilely that friends don’t sneak up on each other.  What sneak, he has a bright Cosmic Rod?

The temperature drops fast and he grabs blondie with one arm and puts her into a dumpster.  “Stay down, Ms. Sullivan.”  For the next 50 seconds we experience blondie in a dumpster while a fight rages outside.  There is snow blowing though the dumpster vent.  (Since when do dumpsters have front screen vents?  To smell the garbage better?)  This would have been more interesting if blondie saw a blood red heart inside her shelter that said ‘Doomy loves Chloe’ but sooo not our luck.  You’d think she’d be screaming her lungs out since Doomy put all his chum in dumpsters.

Ice spears pierce the steel of the dumpster totally missing blondie.  Darnit!  We hear a howling scream of pain outside and then all is quiet.  Blondie lifts the frozen lid and walks over to Pemberton’s bloody body.  She starts screaming for help in a back alley of Metropolis.  Yea, like that’s gonna work.  Her phone is probably dead because of the EMP.  She doesn’t even reach for it.  With his dying breaths, the Star Spangled Kid tells her, “They came after us.  They’ll come after all of you.  Check . . .”   Blondie screams ‘Check what?” several times.  “Who are you?  Who’s coming?”  Louis Febre’s score builds tension just before the credits start.

The perils of blondie in a dumpster for 50 seconds made me start to worry about the first hour of this event.

Superman Film Franchise to get ‘Knighted?

Sci-Fi Wire is reporting that Warner Brothers is in negotiations with The Dark Knight’s Director Christopher Nolan to trigger the third reboot of the Superman franchise to bring it on screen.

According to Deadline Hollywood:

Our insiders say that the brains behind rebooted Batman has been asked to play a “godfather” role and ensure The Man Of Steel gets off the ground after a 3 1/2-year hiatus. Nolan’s leadership of the project can set it in the right direction with the critics and the fans, not to mention at the box office. …

Let us emphasize that Superman 3.0 is in the early stages of development. And we doubt Nolan would direct. This wouldn’t be a sequel to Superman Returns but a completely fresh franchise. As one of our insiders reassures: “It would definitely not be a followup to Superman Returns.”

Considering that Christopher Nolan greatly admires Tom Welling’s work and had originally wanted him in a cameo in BATMAN BEGINS, could this be the formula that we’ve all been waiting for to finally see Tom in Tights on the big screen? What are your thoughts?

Absolute Justice Blogtalkradio Discussion Ready to Download

As something new- your admins here at OSCK/Multipleverses and Superverses have begun broadcasting a regular blogradio show. This week we devoted our entire hour to this week’s Absolute Justice two hour movie event. You can click on the Blogtalkradio button on our page to listen to all of our shows and get our schedule. This week’s episode is found here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/multipleverses/2010/02/06/multipleverses-sci-fi-tv-talk

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Warrior: Chloe and Warrior Angel Clip

Chloe flirts with the new super dude in next week’s Warrior episode

Superflirt clip from “Warrior”

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Smallville 9×13 Warrior Trailer

Zatanna and the Warrior Angel story pick up again next week with an all new Smallville
Smallville Trailer 9×13 “Warrior”

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9×15 Conspiracy Official Description

ZOD IS SHOT
Bernard Chisholm, a doctor who died and was brought back to life by the Kandorians so they can experiment on him, escapes and kidnaps some Kandorians in order to prove aliens have invaded Earth. Bernard tries to get Lois (Erica Durance) to write a story validating his claim, but when Lois refuses, he kidnaps her too. In an effort to save his people, Zod (Callum Blue) poses as a reporter from the Daily Planet and uncovers Bernard’s secret lab. Clark (Tom Welling) arrives at the lab just in time to see Zod get shot.

Turi Meyer directed.
Written by Al Septien & Turi Meyer.

Source: CW

Absolute Justice Sneak Peek 3

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Smallville: Disciple – The Good, The Bad, and The Zodly

Season 9, Episode 10

Recap and Review by baudyhallee

Written by Jordan Hawley (RABID) and directed by Mairzee Almas.  Guest star:  Steve Bacic as Vordigan the Dark Archer (aka Merlyn in the comics).

Rating: Some parts were better than others. The story was a 7.5.   Clark had a mini arc, a growth spurt, in this episode.  He gets a 10++ Episode was not as tight as others have been.  Unfortunately we didn’t have that much information in regards to Vordigan.  A figure in the dark most of the time.  Shame.  Bacic is really better than that.  Clark, Lois, Zod were solid story.  Ollie as wimp ass Clark just doesn’t cut it – it didn’t work when Clark was doing that crap.  Blondie was there for her usual exposition – but unnecessary as Clark is thinking and figuring out things on his own now.

RECAP: ( click link to view) Clark with superbreath clearing Jor-El’s symbol in the desert.  Faora asking why they don’t have superpowers.  Kneel before Zod!  Chopping off a head.  Kneel before Kal-El.  Blondie spying on Clark and he’s calling her on it.  Ollie burning his suit.  Blondie claiming she made GA a hero again after torturing him.  He says thank you.  (shudder)  Mia becoming Ollie’s sidekick.  Lois talking about Clark’s secret.  Clark in the glasses.  YEA!!!  Clark asking Lois out for a meal.  The IDOL kiss.

The recap’s first few scenes tied nicely into the last scenes in Act 5.

TEASER:
Metropolis at night. The Daily Planet is having a Wishing Well Foundation fundraiser.  Clark and Lois walk out together.  Lois takes control of his umbrella.  Apparently Lois had a crantini as all the bar proceeds went to charity.  Even though she finished the night off with 2 hours of coffee, she admits to being a little nervous and there is the telltale talking-a-mile-a-minute.  “It was our first public outing as kind of like a couple.”  Clark is quick to rebut.  “Emphasis on the ‘kind of.’  You wouldn’t even let me help you with your coat.”   She gently pokes his side.  “I held your hand.”  Clark grins, “Only when you were taking hors d’oeuvres out of it.”

Lois appears concerned about how she and Clark are perceived as a couple by the likes of Tess, their boss, and Oliver, their friend.  “Awful lot to get your head around.   Clark Kent and Lois Lane.  Who knew?”  Clark gives her a grin as he looks at her adoringly.  “I did.”  He offers to take her back to farm.  “We could take a walk.”  He gives a little shrug.  “I could give you Clark Kent’s tour of the galaxy.”  Lois hands him back his umbrella and acts as if she’s going to open her own car door.  “Smallville.  The only planet you know about is the one you read at the breakfast table.”  Clark steals a kiss and waits for a reaction.  “Okay, then.  That was PDA #4 on Date #5.”  He gives her an incredulous stare.  “I’m just keeping track.  Trying to not rush into this ‘relationship’ like I’ve done before.”  Clark looks puzzled.  “Lois, there’s nothing we will be doing in five weeks that we can’t do tonight.”  She opens up her heart.  “I know. It’s just that . . . this is THE ONE.   You’re the one I want to get it right with, okay?  So . . .”    Clark looks a bit expectant.  She gives him a smile.  “Night.”  He looks into her eyes.  “Night.”  There’s some eye-love going on here.  Clark has just told her he’ll wait.  No pressure.  Durance and Welling make us want to watch them stare at each other for the rest of the episode.  But Clark hears the finely cued scream for help.  “I’ll see you tomorrow morning,” he says before he runs off.  Lois is left standing by her car.  She takes a breath and nods her head as if knowing that this won’t be the last time it will happen.  We wonder if she thinks he’s leaving her for no reason.  Clark needs to work on his exits.  But in the next frame, we see her smiling.  “Don’t worry the galaxy will be there next week.”

Sidebar:  THE couple of the comics seem not to be entirely in sync.  They are just starting their dating relationship – and we are loving every second and nuance of it.   Clark is self assured and steadfast in how he feels.  Obviously, after that declaration.  (He could have told us in Season 7 or during the Arc of Suck in Season 8 and saved us the torture – but he wasn’t written that way.)  Clark definitely looks like a man in love.  He’s just beaming with it.

But our couple is in two different places.  Clark Kent is a man who thinks with his heart first and has a keen Kryptonian mind.  Clark knew what it was like to miss Lois Lane for three weeks.  Look at the decisions he made when he couldn’t find her.  When she returned, he made the commitment to return to his human life.   In PANDORA, Clark also experienced what it was like to be without Lois Lane for an entire year.  That was even worse.  But he also got a bonus from that kryptonite infested electrode.  He experienced love and lovemaking with Lois Lane . . . from her point of view.   And that is why he went from 10 to 110 asking her if they could be a couple.  He already knew how he felt about this incredible woman.  I think we are seeing Clark’s iron will emerging before our eyes.  He promised Lois they would do it right and take their time.  But we’ll forgive him if he keeps testing the waters for her to catch up and know it will be okay no matter what the pace.

Lois thinks first and often.  She uses her analytical mind to protect her good heart.  She has a fierce bolt reflex.  She’s already thought that if they take one step at a time, then they’ll get it right.  She’s been impulsive in the past and she doesn’t want to make a mistake with Clark.  Just as Lois has seen into the Blur’s heart, she’s allowed Clark to see into hers.  That’s something she’s given to no one else.  The reflex is being calmed by his mild mannered pursuit and his attentiveness.  Like the knights of old, Clark Kent is a chivalrous man.  He wants to take care of his lady.  He knows she can do things on her own – it’s part of who she is, but Lois has to learn to allow Clark to care for her and to protect her.

Lois tries to start her car.   “Dammit!  I knew I should have changed that alternator myself,” she says as she exits the car and expertly opens the hood.  While peering at the engine, an arrow appears beside her.  We see a hooded figure with a bow against the full moon on a nearby rooftop.  (Is there ever a moonless night in Metropolis?)  “C’mon, Oliver.  Jealous much!”   The man pulls an arrow from his quiver and aims it at her.   Lois realizes she’s in danger.  “Oh my God!”  She takes off running down the street in heels and evening dress.  The arrow goes through her chest as Lois Lane falls to the cold pavement.  Her blood drips in the moonlight.

Where’s Clark?  Hello!

Smallville Absolute Justice Sneak Peeks plus new trailers

Smallville Absolute Justice MOVIE TRAILER

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Smallville Absolute Justice MOVIE Teaser

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Absolute Justice Promo Photos

Here are our first official promo photos for the upcoming Absolute Justice Smallville movie! Hopefully we will get HQ ones soon. Photos courtesy of THE CW.