Ranadok …doesn't have much better to do

Is Smallville Getting Better?

Well... perhaps. It's been a month since I last watched Smallville, and I have watched five episodes over the last few days. The show has always had its ups and downs, and these episodes certainly seem to show that it is in an upswing at the moment. Time will tell if it is a long-term one or not.

Of course, the obvious followup to the question in the title is this: is Smallville any good? The answer to that is no. It is not good. It has miles to go before it could even be classified as 'alright, I guess'. Just to put things in perspective. It may be better than Heroes, though.

Here are the five episodes that I watched, along with me pointing out why they were so very very bad. Plus! A bonus idiotic computer moment for each episode!

Cyborgs, Zombies, and Telepaths… Yep, it’s Smallville

I was/am sick this week, so I'm couch-ridden and therefore all caught up on my TV watching. Sadly, that includes Smallville, which I have been carefully avoiding. Well, there are only so many old episodes of Mythbusters you can watch, so I had to dive into the soul-sucking depths of everyone's favorite superpower show that is still around somehow after nine seasons. Look out, everyone! It's a triple dose of Smallville, Smallville style! Smallville!

Smallville somehow made it to a ninth season!

Smallville is a bad show. It is a truly terrible hour of so-called entertainment. Of the shows that I watch (and many I don't) Smallville is by far the worst. I cannot get through a single episode without getting extremely annoyed at the characters, actors, writers, and anyone else involved in this seemingly immortal train wreck. I still watch it though. In fact, I have stopped watching other shows that, while quite bad, I would still consider to be better than Smallville (how's it going, Heroes?). So why then do I continue to watch Smallville? Simply because it is fun to complain. It's also kid of nice (in a very weird way, I admit) to watch a show that is truly and completely abysmal that I have no interest in.

I also used to watch Smallville with my brother. We watched and mocked for 6 or so painful, painful seasons before he moved out (to avoid watching more Smallville, no doubt). However, I will not suffer alone, so for the last little while I have been reviewing and recapping the episodes as I watch them to keep him in the loop. The reviews range from relatively short overviews of the major plot points and the things that are so very wrong with them to scene by scene breakdowns of plot points and what is wrong with them. This, being the season premiere, naturally gets the detailed treatment. The full point-form (yet rambling) review is in the full post, but be warned... I write it as I watch the episode, with little to no checking of facts, fiction, or spelling. It's pretty much unedited junk, but considering the show... you can't expect anything else.  Don't bother reading it, really.

Star Trek? What a nerd…

I watch a fair amount of TV (shock!). In fact, I'm almost always watching TV when I'm working on my computer or in my room or online or some combination thereof (dual screen monitors!).  In fact, I'm watching a TV show at this very moment (Middleman - 'tis awesome). During most of the year, I mainly watch currently airing stuff. During the off-season, I watch older stuff. This summer, I decided to watch me some Star Trek (because of the movie and all that). I hadn't seen either Voyager or Enterprise since they originally aired a decadeish ago, so it was interesting going back and watching them again. Here are some quick thoughts: