Post by stargazer1682 on Nov 19, 2019 5:18:41 GMT
Why wouldn't you use your inception contacts on your would be assassin from a shadow organization?
Wait, Lex never found the Fortress? Didn't he though? Does Lena just not know this? I could have sworn Tess was there too....
I know, I know, Mitch Pileggi has done a lot other things besides X-Files; and typecasting is a terrible thing. But not matter what else I see him in, or even if I like his other roles, he'll always be Walter Skinner.
What's with the Millennial jibes so far in this episode? First, Skinner's girlfriend makes a crack about "the Snowflake generation," which seemed random; and then Brainiac comments about Self-culture. These seems like pointless asides; especially considering you don't need "self-culture" to have footage of the Leviathan attack, when it occurs at a fucking press conference or whatever the hell Lena was doing out there at a podium that she made some poor intern schlep out there for. You're telling me know one was taking video or photos for this purpose?
Noah's flood?
For someone who's spent so much time convincing the world he doesn't exist, there's still a surprisingly significant paper trail following him throughout history.
But come on, dinosaurs went extinct roughly 65 million years ago and humans did begin to appear until roughly between 5-7 million years ago - that's a hell of a gap to just hang around on earth being the literal lord of the flies....and tiny rodents, etc.
Man, either Kara's really dumb or Lena's a truly master manipulator; and I just can't decide whi.....Kara's really dumb. Seriously, it was bad enough when Lena tricked her into stealing Lex's diary from lock-up; now she's giving away trade secrets left and right.
Okay, I admit, under any other circumstances it shouldn't seem so unusual for Kara to be so trusting of a friend as to take them to the Fortress; she's done it before. Yet knowing what we know, Lena doesn't even seem to be trying that hard and Kara's just giving her everything she wants; and perhaps the most frustrating part is Lena being oblivious to the fact that Kara is willing to be that open and trusting of Lena and it's actually Lena who is abusing the trust in their relationship.
"You're going to need a jacket."
Come on Kara.... you could just help keep her warm.....
Alex: Hey, this guy we've been looking for who's just casually out in the open where anybody and everybody who's looking for can find him; and he's not moving. I guess we're just lucky and should continue to approach him with abandon. On an unrelated note, did you know that the only answer I got wrong on my covert agents exam was the definition of the word "booby trap"? Something about the word "booby" made my mind wander; and in hindsight, realizing my attraction to women probably shouldn't have come quite so much as a surprise to me. What's that Brainy? What do you mean, "bomb"? I didn't bomb the test. I told you, the only answer I got wrong was booby trap....haha....booby......"
Do I regret the sophomoric turn this review has taken?
Not really, no.
Augh, this is, for the most part, not a criticism of the show per se, and it is what it is, because it's not like they're establishing something new, it's how they've always depicted the Fortress, but I am so sick and tired of every iteration of the Fortress of fucking Solitude looking like the Fortress from the Christopher Reeve movie. It was fine for the time; especially given the logistical and budgetary concerns that necessitated making Krypton a frozen wasteland in that movie. But God I hate the randomly strewn crystal spikes design. I hated when they used it on Smallville and I hate it now. This is supposed to be the architecture of an advanced race.
How the hell does Papa J'Onzz know all of this about J'Onn's brother Steve? Ostensibly Papa J is just some sort of psychic echo of J'Onn's father inside J'Onn's mind; meaning that he actually knows all of these things and he's essentially having a conversation with his subconscious, being told things he already knows and some of it he shouldn't be able to know....
I'm so glad the Fortress computer specified the Lex Luthor that was brother to Lena Luthor; otherwise I would have assume he was talking about the stockpile of Kryptonian killing weapons created by Lex Luthor, the CPA from Secaucus, New Jersey.....
So Jarhanpur was a sister planet of Krypton? Why? That system seems to have been really fucking crowded, between Krypton, Daxom and now Jarhanpur.
Man, Kara's really booty blinded by Lena; that's the best I can figure out.
I'd have given anything for Lena to say, "Lex designed that to fit underneath his many mirkins...."
"If there's one weapon I could destroy, it'd be that one."
So why fucking don't you?
Kelly: "I can't....."
Yay!!!!!!!!!
I mean..... awwwwwwwweeee............noooooo......say it ain't so............
Jesus, Leviathan apparently has the same security as Team and Arrow and STAR Labs....
What the fuck difference does it make whether it's the Fortress or Earth? A) That's not how matter works, and B) Wrath of Kahn isn't from Earth to begin with - you just said he's from a sister planet of fucking Krypton!
I absolutely expected Lena to use her inception lenses to make Kara forget their whole conversation.
The scene between J'Onn and his brother was okay; a little maudlin, a few times it felt more like a soap opera; and I feel like they could have done more with Malefic's glimpse into J'Onn's mind.
Oh, good, Alex and Kelly are making up.....I'm.....so.....happy.......(sigh)
Wait, Lex never found the Fortress? Didn't he though? Does Lena just not know this? I could have sworn Tess was there too....
I know, I know, Mitch Pileggi has done a lot other things besides X-Files; and typecasting is a terrible thing. But not matter what else I see him in, or even if I like his other roles, he'll always be Walter Skinner.
What's with the Millennial jibes so far in this episode? First, Skinner's girlfriend makes a crack about "the Snowflake generation," which seemed random; and then Brainiac comments about Self-culture. These seems like pointless asides; especially considering you don't need "self-culture" to have footage of the Leviathan attack, when it occurs at a fucking press conference or whatever the hell Lena was doing out there at a podium that she made some poor intern schlep out there for. You're telling me know one was taking video or photos for this purpose?
Noah's flood?
For someone who's spent so much time convincing the world he doesn't exist, there's still a surprisingly significant paper trail following him throughout history.
But come on, dinosaurs went extinct roughly 65 million years ago and humans did begin to appear until roughly between 5-7 million years ago - that's a hell of a gap to just hang around on earth being the literal lord of the flies....and tiny rodents, etc.
Man, either Kara's really dumb or Lena's a truly master manipulator; and I just can't decide whi.....Kara's really dumb. Seriously, it was bad enough when Lena tricked her into stealing Lex's diary from lock-up; now she's giving away trade secrets left and right.
Okay, I admit, under any other circumstances it shouldn't seem so unusual for Kara to be so trusting of a friend as to take them to the Fortress; she's done it before. Yet knowing what we know, Lena doesn't even seem to be trying that hard and Kara's just giving her everything she wants; and perhaps the most frustrating part is Lena being oblivious to the fact that Kara is willing to be that open and trusting of Lena and it's actually Lena who is abusing the trust in their relationship.
"You're going to need a jacket."
Come on Kara.... you could just help keep her warm.....
Alex: Hey, this guy we've been looking for who's just casually out in the open where anybody and everybody who's looking for can find him; and he's not moving. I guess we're just lucky and should continue to approach him with abandon. On an unrelated note, did you know that the only answer I got wrong on my covert agents exam was the definition of the word "booby trap"? Something about the word "booby" made my mind wander; and in hindsight, realizing my attraction to women probably shouldn't have come quite so much as a surprise to me. What's that Brainy? What do you mean, "bomb"? I didn't bomb the test. I told you, the only answer I got wrong was booby trap....haha....booby......"
Do I regret the sophomoric turn this review has taken?
Not really, no.
Augh, this is, for the most part, not a criticism of the show per se, and it is what it is, because it's not like they're establishing something new, it's how they've always depicted the Fortress, but I am so sick and tired of every iteration of the Fortress of fucking Solitude looking like the Fortress from the Christopher Reeve movie. It was fine for the time; especially given the logistical and budgetary concerns that necessitated making Krypton a frozen wasteland in that movie. But God I hate the randomly strewn crystal spikes design. I hated when they used it on Smallville and I hate it now. This is supposed to be the architecture of an advanced race.
How the hell does Papa J'Onzz know all of this about J'Onn's brother Steve? Ostensibly Papa J is just some sort of psychic echo of J'Onn's father inside J'Onn's mind; meaning that he actually knows all of these things and he's essentially having a conversation with his subconscious, being told things he already knows and some of it he shouldn't be able to know....
I'm so glad the Fortress computer specified the Lex Luthor that was brother to Lena Luthor; otherwise I would have assume he was talking about the stockpile of Kryptonian killing weapons created by Lex Luthor, the CPA from Secaucus, New Jersey.....
So Jarhanpur was a sister planet of Krypton? Why? That system seems to have been really fucking crowded, between Krypton, Daxom and now Jarhanpur.
Man, Kara's really booty blinded by Lena; that's the best I can figure out.
I'd have given anything for Lena to say, "Lex designed that to fit underneath his many mirkins...."
"If there's one weapon I could destroy, it'd be that one."
So why fucking don't you?
Kelly: "I can't....."
Yay!!!!!!!!!
I mean..... awwwwwwwweeee............noooooo......say it ain't so............
Jesus, Leviathan apparently has the same security as Team and Arrow and STAR Labs....
What the fuck difference does it make whether it's the Fortress or Earth? A) That's not how matter works, and B) Wrath of Kahn isn't from Earth to begin with - you just said he's from a sister planet of fucking Krypton!
I absolutely expected Lena to use her inception lenses to make Kara forget their whole conversation.
The scene between J'Onn and his brother was okay; a little maudlin, a few times it felt more like a soap opera; and I feel like they could have done more with Malefic's glimpse into J'Onn's mind.
Oh, good, Alex and Kelly are making up.....I'm.....so.....happy.......(sigh)