Observation[]
- I think the way Bizarro feels about Chloe (annoying but useful) are revealed when he's mocking her exposition behind her back. I wonder if Tom Welling improvised that, cos it was brilliant. Marikology 04:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Interview with James Marsters in TV Guide magazine[]
I just got the latest issue of TV Guide today, and there was an interview with James Marsters. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the interview on TV Guide's website, therefore, I am not posting this as a spoiler just yet.
Q: You're back on Smallville on January 31. What's Brainiac up to this time?
A: The character has gone from trying to rule the planet to trying to survive. I'm hanging out with tramps, warming my hands over open fires. I get to eat a rat and offend Clark Kent - which I love. And I got to work with Marc McClure, who played Jimmy Olsen in the Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies, which was fabulous!
Flash0816 21:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Dayum[]
That was an episode!! Bizzana/Lazarro was AWESOME. Totally brilliant to have Bizarro be like Clark, but without trying to save the world all the time... and revealing that Lana only loves that half of Clark. I was wondering how the writers were gonna break up Lana and Clark before the show ended, but that blew me away. And it was nice that they gave Lana some dignity and let her have the choice to kill Bizarro... so even though she was selfish on some level, she was also selfless.
The "Lex becoming evil" storyline was also well executed, although not nearly as engaging to me. That said, it was really revealing how Lex killed Grant once he realized he couldn't control/protect him... it's basically the exact same reason he turned on Clark.
I dunno, I guess the episode just touched on a lot of themes from over the past seven seasons. I was really impressed.
--Kanamekun 06:45, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Lana didn't love "that half" of Clark at all. What this ep reveals - the POINT of the episode - is that Lana doesn't even KNOW Clark. She lived intimately with a person who was nothing like Clark except in his looks, his powers, and his attraction to Lana - who was his complete opposite in every other way - and she couldn't tell the difference. What does that tell you? It tells me she A) didn't know Clark at all, and B) was only attracted to him for his looks, his confident manner, and his powers/the mystery concerning him. And because he was gaga over her, of course. The past few episodes have revealed she doesn't know or care for the real Clark at all. Because Clark's real inner self is the good, heroic, self-sacrificing guy. That's the guy CHLOE knows and who she is in love with. And it's telling that Chloe figured it out when Lana didn't.
- This episode was just okay for me. I might have liked it better if I didn't go spoil the entire thing for myself the night before it aired (I was just so eager for new episodes!) As usual, Lana annoyed the living **** out of me. I really enjoyed the Lex/Lionel/Grant storyline, although it was kind of predictable that Lex would have Grant killed. It was good to see Brainiac, Bizarro had the most pathetic last words ever, and this is (hopefully) the beginning of the end for Clana. Overall, I found Gemini to be a better episode. Flash0816 19:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- I just can't believe that someone who ripped out people's hearts and barbequed people for fun was suddenly completely changed by... Lana. Marikology 04:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- I think it was women in general - maybe the combo of the emotion of love and the urges of sex? He expressed interested in Lois too and didn't kill her when she said no. Basically after he got Clark's memories, he was a very different person - although he did still want to take out Clark, so he could take over his identity. --Kanamekun 01:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Re Bizarro and Lana...[]
I realize that this all very heavy/serious discussion for what ostensibly is just an encyclopedic entry on an episode of a superhero show, but their "relationship"...
It was sexual assault, and in some places would be considered rape. In the note of their being together, I feel there should be some sort of mention of that.
It's not at all pleasant to think about, but from her POV, she consented to Clark, not Bizarro.
There is actual legal precedence for this in the real world in a case between a gentleman, his girlfriend, and the man's twin brother. In the jurisdiction they were in, it was considered criminal impersonation and sexual assault, but not rape. There is a bill introduced last year that would change such verdicts going forward.
The show never addressed this/mentioned it again, but Lana was violated by someone wearing the face of her lover. I'm not entirely on board with the note as it is stands. Re Lana and Bizarro, that wasn't sex or "making love" or whatever flowery synonym you want to use. It was a crime. Maybe I'm just overthinking it when I'm not supposed to, and I'll freely admit that my random addendum to that note re their being together was random and not as eloquent as it should have been. Grahamtracey's "what" while reverting it was definitely warranted, as it was no doubt disconcerting without any explanation.
Frankly, it's disconcerting even with an explanation.
The TLDR version, maybe I'm just being overly sensitive, but I'm not entirely comfortable with the word "sex" being used in this instance, as the connotations are far more heinous than that.
I'll leave it for others to decide whether or not any clarifies should be added, because I probably should have delicately brought it up before making any edit pertaining to the subject to begin with. If you all want to just leave it as is, I understand that. I don't want to bring the wiki down by getting too real. --Jjbittenbinders (talk) 03:45, January 27, 2020 (UTC)