I guess I just don't see where the fun is to be had with not looking at events from both Clark's and Lex's respective viewpoints. Rigid thinking strips away all subtleties and makes Lex into a martyr (which I think he'd hate) and Clark into a tedious bully (which he obviously doesn't want to be), and why would anyone want to watch a show about characters like that?
Perfectly said, and my point all along. If you think that rigidly and strip it down to one side is right and one side is wrong, you're going to miss out on half the show, which is missing out on half the tragedy of what's building here. I just don't see why anyone would do that to themselves as a viewer.
Very well said! This is my favorite part:
Clark and Lex both have been given depth and substance--and they've both been humanized, reduced from their prior extremes.
That's precisely where the greatness of Smallville lies, IMO. It's taken to mythic icons and made them both incredibly flawed, wounded and human.
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Date: 2004-05-23 06:00 pm (UTC)Perfectly said, and my point all along. If you think that rigidly and strip it down to one side is right and one side is wrong, you're going to miss out on half the show, which is missing out on half the tragedy of what's building here. I just don't see why anyone would do that to themselves as a viewer.
Very well said! This is my favorite part:
Clark and Lex both have been given depth and substance--and they've both been humanized, reduced from their prior extremes.
That's precisely where the greatness of Smallville lies, IMO. It's taken to mythic icons and made them both incredibly flawed, wounded and human.