Smallville(s5): What was that name?

[meganbmoore]

Ok, this ALWAYS bugs me no matter where it comes up:  In Smallville, Clark need to find a doctor named "Han."  Now...Clark didn't say how to spell the name, but Chloe immediately typed it in and spelled it.  Now, when I hear "Han," I think "Han, Haun or Hawn?" (I'm just going 'Han" because...well...Han Solo, really...)   It ALWAYS bothers me when that happens in fiction...when there are multiple spelliungs for a name but they act like there's only one.

Maybe it's because there are so many spellings to my name.  "Megan"  is apparently one of the least common spellings of the name, and no one who writes it down ever gets it right(WHY?  It's the one with the fewest letters...)  Similarly, while "More" seems to be a fairly obsolete spelling now, it is still out there, and Thomas More keeps it in cirulation.

Does it ever annoy anyone else?  One day, I want a scene like this:

"Ok, I need a location for Dr. Conner, stat."

"Is that C-o-n-o-r, C-o-n-n-e-r, or C-o-n-n-o-r?"

*blank stare*  "I didn't ask..."

I know they never cover that because it would jar the action, but...

Extremely briefly in Smallville:

1)  Why is it that Lex/Lana makes me want to hurl things at the TV(why Lex, why?  Don't you have higher standards than that? You could do so much better...) while I'm ok with Lionel/Martha.  They work on near identical principles and are wrong for the exact same reason.  I think it's because Lionel/Martha is portrayed as something wrong and something that Martha should be saved from, while we seem meant to support and hope for Lex/Lana.  Also, unless they completely butcher Martha's character, there's not a prayer of that being two sided for a long time, while, even without spoilers, Lex/Lana is obviously going to happen.  Then there's the fact that Martha is an infinitely better and more likable character than Lana...

Seriously, though, ever since early season 2, it's been pathetic how hard they've been trying to convince us that Lana is pertinent to the show, and at this point, they're pretty much literally raping Superman canon in every way possible to try to convince she's there for any reason than to keep things from happening.  (And...really...how could the show that gave us Chloe and these versions of Martha and Lois also have given us Lana?)

2)  Smallville's Cyborg is cute.  Not hot, just cute.  That is all.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

The thing is, Lana already took over the how back around early or mid season 2...her narrative has often taken prerogative over that of Clark and Lex(as a unit or individually) since then. They've long since passed the "bittersweet first love" thing with her and Clark...at this point...the only way Lois won't be Clark's fallback is if Lana seriously goes evil and betrays him, and that's not how it's supposed to be. Even if you've never read a Superman comic, you know Lois is supposed to be the love of his life. Similarly, Lex Luthor isn't supposed to care one whit about Lana, but he is supposed to, at least for a time, be fixated on Lois.

The funny thing about Lionel/Martha is that I don't remotely ship them, but I get bouncy over their scenes...I think it's because I like the "hopelessly corrupt man drawn to a good woman he can never have" thing...

[lostopenwindows.livejournal.com]

I didn't really have a problem with Lana's character in the first few seasons, but I really wished that they had written her character out at the end of season 3 before it really went downhill. I'm watching season 7 now, three years later and I'm still wondering what the whole purpose of the witch storyline in season 4 was. The writers of Smallville seem to have some sort of Lana obsession though, I never did understand what was so great about her even when I didn't dislike her character in the beginning of the series.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I actually really liked Lana(well, liked at least) in the first season, and got into the "bittersweet first love" thing a bit(but not much...though not a Superman fan, I am devoted to the original comic book OTP) but she started annoying me in season 2 by literally dropkicking everyone out of her life and then whining about being abandoned, and then I was just fed up by mid season 3. What gets to me about season 4 is that they write her out excellently in season 3...I mean, the way they did it, it wrapped up that part of Clark's storyline perfectly, and then...they brought her back. WHY? There's no reason, and it's obvious they have no idea what to do with her now.

I suspect the Lana obsession has more to do with Kristen Kreuk than with Lana, though.

[lostopenwindows.livejournal.com]

I think Kristen Kreuk is a good actress but she deserves better than to play Lana. If Lana had been written out at the end of season 3 it would have ended perfectly and even if she would have returned for the occasional episode I wouldn't have minded. If they wanted Clark and Lana to get together and have a relationship before parting ways, they should have done that during the high school years. All the angsting and not being to be together because of Clark's secret felt really old by season 5.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yes, I usually remember to mention that I do like Kristen Kreuk when I rant about Lana...lets face it, not even the world's greatest thespian could make lana a good character.

and I 100% agree with everything you said.

[tigger-01.livejournal.com]

Yup. The only reason I am willing to tolerate that season at ALL is because it gave Jensen Ackles (Jason) a push up to Supernatural. But even then such a gifted actor was delegated to playing Lana's lovestruck, obsessive, violent boyfriend who "competed" with Clark.
The random slutty French(?) witches... the STONES... ????
*headdesk*

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Every male character on the show under the age of 30 is reduced to little more than a competitor for Lana's affections. Some females, too.

[tigger-01.livejournal.com]

I think the only person who hasn't is Jimmy - and he sort of has some weird awed respect for her.
And I'm just irritated at Jimmy now because it means Chlo is alone again. *headdesk*