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meimichi ([personal profile] meimichi) wrote2007-05-04 06:50 pm
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My portfolio is back from the printer. No major mishaps happened. The pages weren't cut quite as close to the edge as I'd like, but that's hardly a disaster.

In celebration: PICSPAM. I think this was probably the prettiest episode of SV, ever. Oh, and I want to marry Jimmy Olsen once Chloe's done with him.

(And I totally took about fifty caps of that Chlark bit. You know, the one that lasted like seven seconds? I HAVE NO SHAME.)




They were more cute than usual this episode, I think.


SWEETEST THING EVER?


PRETTY. ...okay, I can't do that on this picspam, or I will not shut up ever.




LOVE the lighting here.


And here. I thought AM looked absolutely stunning; the hair wasn't bad but her makeup just was ON in this episode.


FAAAAACE!!!


Oh my god I loved this so much. What a complete and total dork.




AND THE LOOK ON CHLOE'S FACE.




I kind of did not get this. "Movies, or people?" Was it just supposed to be an anvil for the rest of the episode? Because I did not get why the comment...


...merited a kiss?






RUN, CHLOE, RUN. IT MAKES THE BANGS BLOW OUT OF YOUR FACE!


Quick thinking!


...I just cap these things out of reflex now.




I was nuts about this entire sequence. The director this episode was awesome for many, many reasons, but he didn't let a single scene be a "typical" SV scene in terms of cinematography. That typically static camera was MOVING!




...the dirty, wrong, Chlionel shipper in me sort of rejoices in the fact that Lionel doesn't like Chloe's boyfriend now.




I thought Lois looked incredibly classy and pretty this week.


In fact this is probably my favorite cap of Lois ever.


Okay, I know there's a lot of debate going down on this whole thing. Generally my stance on it is: I never condemn Chloe or Clark for doing the occasional unethical or illegal thing while scoobying, because they are always doing it to help someone. But I was really kinda irritated at how Lois was there (HOW DID SHE GET IN?!) and stealing evidence from the crime scene, because it seemed like it was purely to get ahead the way she was talking about getting quotes and stuff. Now, it doesn't endear Lois to me much (her cousin's best friend, who she was also bonding with at last check, gets SHOT, and she's there to CAPITALIZE ON IT?) but from a journalistic standpoint...I like at least that Lois is getting involved in something important. They've spent all year setting her up as someone with dubious ethics, but yet the stories were all meaningless anyway. I'm wondering if they're heading for a real rivalry of Lois vs Chloe, but where Lois can fight her way ahead because she's willing to do whatever it takes, questionable or not, for the story...and Chloe is ahead because she's more talented and experienced and has connections, BUT when it comes down to being a good friend vs the story, friendship always wins every time. This is kinda the only way I see this storyline really working on a long-term basis.

But they would have to give Lois a real storyline and stick with it, and she would need a storyline that didn't center around who she's sleeping with and her breasts. I'm not holding my breath.


Moving on...IS THAT A LOVE TRIANGLE I SEE THERE?




First instance of PRETTY PERSON LOOKING DOWN this episode. Pay attention, there's LOTS.




I squealed SO LOUDLY at this and I don't even know why.






(PPLD!)


HAHAHAHA


JIMMY'S FAAAAAAAAACE!!!!


I'm really sad we won't get to see this play out for real someday. :( Tom Welling NAILED it.






I LOVED THIS SHOT.


And Aaron Ashmore has the prettiest eyes of anyone on this show. They're even pretty in black-and-white when we're missing out on the pretty blueness!


OH SO NOIR.


OH SO AWESOME.






AHHHH I LOVED THE TYPOGRAPHY ON THAT.






GUH.




I MEAN REALLY. GUH.






JG was probably the best suited for this out of anyone, he's so theatrical on a regular basis that this didn't make him skip a beat! I was trying to figure out why he looked FREAKY in this sequence, though, and realized he shaved the beard for the noir stuff. IT IS SO UNATTRACTIVE. Luckily I know how totally fine he's gonna be lookin' in subsequent episodes, so it's all good!




PPLD! Lois looked really pretty here. I loved her hair!








MR was so hot in this episode I could not believe it.


Though he's sadly way behind TW in this one. GAAAAAAH!




BUT HE DID KEEP TRYING TO COMPETE REALLY.


I...I...is this supposed to be the garage? *cracks up* DID THEY THINK WE WOULDN'T NOTICE?!!!!!


But I don't care because, hi. That is Lex's patented SEX LOOK. I don't remember the last time we saw that. Maybe "Bound."






I think they have chemistry and I could dig it if we had to sit through this in the real world, but considering the most awesome thing Lex has pretty much EVER DONE was call Lois a muffin-peddling college dropout, I don't think I would respect him for it.


Oh so sneaky, Jimmy.


The purposefully crappy special effects in this sequence KILLED ME.


And I love the reflection on the car hood! (Though my favorite was when Lex put his hands in front of his face as he crashed, bwah! So cheesy! And then the hilariously unrealistic car wreckage!!)
















I really, REALLY liked this.








BWAH. "GARDENIA!" said totally like "ROSEBUD!" BRILLIANCE!


I LOVE THIS SHOT. THE LIGHTS. AHHHH.






HEY GUYS. CHECK OUT WHO'S BREATHING THE SAME AIR?!!


No. Not them.


THEM.


OH YEAH. (I am so, so going to hell. But this consoled me SO MUCH since I hadn't caught it on the first watch, and it quelled my bitterness over Lana and Lois both getting Lionel storylines while Chloe isn't getting any love at allll.)


HOLY SHIT.


I. I. DAMN.


YEAH. I DON'T EVEN MIND IT. THOSE TWO CAN MAKE OUT WHENEVER AS LONG AS TOM WELLING'S ARMS ARE IN CLEAR VIEW.


I REPEAT, DAMN.




I loved her hat!






WHY CAN'T WE LIVE IN THIS NOIR AU FOREVER?


I WANT THIS CLARK TO STAY. HE SHOWS OFF HIS ARMS AND SHOOTS LANA DEAD!




Best. Anvil. Ever.














I loved that he'd learned to pick locks for her, hee!






Oh, and for all the talk of OMG JIMMY NOT RESPECTING CHLOE'S COOLNESS, his grin during this scene pretty much read as, "My girlfriend's gonna kick your ass, and it is going to be SO COOL TO WATCH."






Two things. One: AM is always incredbily good at making fight sequences realistic, and AA was excellent here too. It was seriously intense! Two: OMG CHECK OUT JIMMY'S HIGH TOPS I THINK I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE NOW?!!!!!




FAVORITE THING EVER. And the coolest special effect sequence I can remember seeing on this show in a while!




...I'm not gonna lie.


...I took about 450 caps of this episode...


...and...


...like 60 of them...


...were just...


...of this...


...ten-second...


...sequence. GOD THEY MAKE ME SO HAPPY IT'S RIDICULOUS. OTP.




This was SO pretty.






I aww'ed at this.


AND THEN SHRIEKED MY HEAD OFF AT THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!!!!!






OTP OTP OTP OTP OTP OTP OTP OTP. HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I LOVE THEM LATELY?? BECAUSE I DO.


Oh, and I just thought AM looked SO PRETTY here.


Best. Thing. Ever? That Lionel has his minion turn on the light for him! Bwah!!




Really, ED looked so much nicer this episode. I like.


(PPLD!!!)


This was fun, and it was nice seeing Lionel back into the groove of threatening someone properly again. But I think I still prefer Lana threatening him last week, because nothing will ever beat his reaction to her threatening his sex life.


And then he disses her on his way out. Oh, Lionel. HOW I LOVE THEE. Though Lex still has you soundly beat, because no Lois diss will ever beat the muffin-peddling college dropout insult. It was a thing of beauty.


CHLOE LOOKED SO PRETTY HERE!!!


AND THE HAIR? IT WAS PRETTY ROCKIN' FOR THE BANGS!






AHHHH. MORE PRETTY PERSON LOOKING DOWN!


Really, Clark is just so PATHETIC here. I swear, Clark. DOES LANA REALLY MEAN THAT MUCH TO YOU? I WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED THAT IN A MILLION YEARS. YOU JUST KEEP YOUR FEELINGS FOR HER UNDER WRAPS SO COMPLETELY, IT'S ALL SO SUBTLE. I'M SURE CHLOE'S NEVER EVEN HEARD YOU MENTION IT AND HAS NO IDEA ABOUT LANA'S IMPORTANCE! God, shut the fuck up, Clark.


I do like that Chloe can lie to everyone, and she can do it pretty flawlessly even if she doesn't like to...but Clark, she can't lie to.






I SORT OF LOVE THIS SHOT. PRETTY COLORS!


I wish they would use this setting more often in daylight, the colors here are always so enjoyable to watch.


Chloe has a new car, but that's still totally not the one she was driving at the beginning of "Progeny." I like that it's small and cute like her old one, BUT I MISS THE OLD ONE A LOT.


Wow.


DID THE SCRIPT SUPERVISOR FUCK UP ON THIS DAY. And apparently Lana's bullet wound switched sides too. SIGH.


BUT HERE'S JIMMY LOOKING DOWN TO MAKE UP FOR IT


Ahaha Chloe is so cute.


YOU GUYS. I THINK JIMMY OLSEN MIGHT WANT US TO BUY VIDEO IPODS! SHOULD WE HEED HIS SIREN CALL? (I kid, they didn't even say "iPod" out loud. I'm sure that took restraint.)




THIS WAS SO CUTE.








Yeah, I think that might be the prettiest SV kiss in the history of the show.


And props to AM and AA, because usually their kissing looked way awkward in past episodes, but this is just cute and PRETTY.


(I think, anyway. I mean, not FAVORITE kiss on the show by any means CHLARK IN VESSEL DUH but prettiest? Yeah. Though I am a big fan of the Lana/Whitney final kiss in "Tempest," with the wind whipping around them and all. And the Lexana kiss in "Vessel" was also pretty.)






I do still have a fair amount to do, schoolwork-wise. I need to spend all weekend finishing my type project, for one. But I am so relieved that my portfolio's printed. YAY. I'M ALMOST DONE.

[identity profile] ener.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
I DVRed this ep from the HDTV channel, so when I was watching it I was seriously swept away. Episodes this pretty + HD = LOVE! I was amazed at everyone, ED in particular, and GOD TW NEEDS TO TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF MORE. I miss when the episodes revolved around the "sexual tension" of Lana and Clark and their half naked bodies.

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously! I usually download the 350M HD rip since it's usually out first and I'm impatient, but this week it was so pretty I got the 700M HD version, and freaked out because SO PRETTY, and with the 700M rip I could, like...see the pretty right down to everyone's PORES.

I KNOW. I'm trying to remember the last time we had totally shameless shirtless Clark fanservice: we had "Crimson" as the ONE TIME he took his shirt off all year, but it was only for a few seconds and you could barely see him! I miss the days of shallowness, when it seemed like it only took a fairly strong wind to rip Clark's shirt off. SIGH.

[identity profile] chiri-chan.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
I <3 your reviews and spams. For reaaaal.

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! Thank you! I love yours, I hope life eases up on you soon so you can write them up! :)

[identity profile] chiri-chan.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Awwh. I just did Nemesis rather on the fly. Kept getting distracted by all the pretty. I fear the same will happen I watch Noir and FINALLY see the catch ZOMG. (My mom walks in and talks over it. GRR!)

So your picspams are EXTRA loved this week. :)

[identity profile] khushiyan.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 09:08 am (UTC)(link)


I think this ep would have rocked more if there was some Chlex. Not that I've seen it. I'm purely relying on your caps for info, since pictures are so much prettier than words. Meh. I have to live vicariously. ^_^

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's kind of a shame since an AU ep is pretty much their last ditch shot at a real Chlex kiss, and we missed it. Oh well.

[identity profile] frelling-tralk.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome picspam!

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] mojotastic.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Everything is so PREEEETTTTTYYYYYYY!!!! *dies*

Honestly though. That's three episodes in a row where they were good. I loved the Noir universe. Everything was so pretty and TW's ARMS! I am still dying as I look at the caps. When I was watching intitally I was like "Ewww Clan---O_O...nevermind" Hee! The shallow always wins.

Also, you totally put into words what I couldn't about Lois before. I was so annoyed by her swiping evidence from a crime scene (which, because of her, landed itself right back into the Magnificent Bastard's bastardly hands) but I kept thinking "would I have been upset if Chloe/Clark did it?" But I finally understand what the difference is. When Chloe and Clark do grey things like that, it's because they're trying to save someone or like...aliens are invading the planet or some shit. When Lois steals some crime scene stuff (off of the near-murder investigation of someone she's kinda friends with to boot. Lois should get humanitarian of the year) it's all about herself. She wasn't trying to help get anything solved and she didn't care. She just wanted the exculsive story to make herself look better.

I could totally see the Lois/Chloe dynamic going down like that, with Lois besting Chloe just because she has zero morals and is only out for number one...but that makes me so sad that that's gonna be Lois Lane. Oh show. Why do you hurt me like this?

Also? I loved all the nearly-Chlionelish scenes. Lionel doesn't approve of Jimmy! Hee! And Lionel in the background when Chloe comes up at the bar. THE SAME AIIIIRRR!!

The Chlark catch was like....the best moment all season. I have so much love for this episode. And I loved the Chimmy kiss at the end. So pretty!!

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
People were hating on this episode hardcore. I decided that meant they weren't shallow enough, and shouldn't be watching SV in the first place!

I'm still trying to figure out how the fuck Lois got into the BUILDING. Chloe said it was completely sealed off, and yet the DP was letting press from the Inquisitor to get quotes for a crime on their turf? RIIIIGHT.

I don't even want to try to like Lois anymore. Her stealing out of Chloe's trash bin in "Combat" was the last straw. And that's really sad because over the span of six long years, I never stopped trying to like Lana.

I swear my heart skipped like three beats during the Chlark catch. SO CUTE. And I loved the Chimmy kiss too!! SO PRETTY. People should kiss behind the Talon more often, because, COLORS!

[identity profile] mojotastic.livejournal.com 2007-05-07 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
I just...does not compute. One of the many things I don't understand about SV fandom is: Why you gotta hate on the good episodes? (Maybe Lionel will rap about that in "Dolla Billz in Ma Hair") I mean, they come around so rarely, you think fandom could appreciate them more. It was a Noir episode in black and white with pretty 1940s sets and costumes! What is there not to like? CLARK SHOT LANA IN THE BACK!

Oh fandom.

I know, how the hell did she get in? Seriously? And the more I think about her stealing the evidence from a crime scene, thus kinda ensuring that Lana was screwed forevaaaaa, the sadder I am that they want us to believe that this is THE Lois Lane.

I think I'm way past giving on on trying to like Lois. I really, really tried valiantly in S4. But by the end of the season everytime her scenes came on I had a little bit of a twitch. And she's just gotten progressively worse.

What really sad is that I hate Lois WAY more than I ever hated Lana. In fact, this season and last season I even liked Lana at certain parts (the parts where she was evvviiiill!) but I haven't liked Lois since....Devoted.

I just think they should just line up all the characters and have a massive orgy out back of the Talon. Think of the pretty!

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-08 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Clark shooting Lana in the back was so awesome that I don't think I've even fully absorbed it yet. I mean. CLARK. SHOT LANA. AND THEN SAID GETTING INVOLVED WITH HER WAS A MISTAKE. That's like...what's better than Christmas?

I'm still trying to figure out who shot Lana: neither Lex nor Lionel knew what was going on. Did she just shoot herself with Lex's gun to make it look like it was his doing? Because yeah, if Lois hadn't stolen the evidence and it had been found, I bet the police would have gotten ALL up in Lex's business and found out the gun was his. That's actually a really smart plan (sort of, I guess, if I had been Lana I would have figured out a variation on it where I wasn't ACTUALLY SHOT, more like conveniently knocked unconscious with one of Lex's cufflinks left at the scene beside my broken body), and it leads nicely into the finale.

Yeah, if only Lois had just LEFT at "Devoted." I think that was the last time I enjoyed her too. No, wait, I loved her last scene with Chloe in "Pariah," they did such a great job with that scene, and the two of them really felt like family. But I don't think we've seen that kind, understanding part of Lois since. And now when people yammer about secrets to her, she doesn't listen, she just calls them retards. *buries head in hands* I mean, she has had the occasional talk with Clark since, but I just don't buy into scenes when she tells him that...what was it? That Lana is a broken-down used car that gives crappy mileage, but someday, if he's really lucky and plays his cards right, he might get to drive a FORD FUSION! COOL BUTTONS AND BREATH MINT HOLDER AND ALL! BUT ONLY AFTER EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE ENTIRE JUSTICE LEAGUE GETS TO DRIVE IT FIRST.

...I hate Lois. A lot.

I APPROVE OF THIS ORGY IDEA. A LOT.

[identity profile] mojotastic.livejournal.com 2007-05-09 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
I actually laughed out loud while reading this comment! Man, hating on Lois is so fun.

Honestly, if Lois hadn't stolen crime scene evidence, I'm sure the police would be up in Lex's grill like *yesterday* when they saw what was on that zip drive. Because you know it couldn't have been well hidden or encoded or anything if LOIS could get at it. I mean, Lois' idea of research is dumpster diving in Chloe's trash can.

Devoted was the last time that I enjoyed Lois all the way through an episode. Occasionally, I'll like a scene here or there (like the Pariah scene) but mostly it's just pure hate. And most of it probably stems from that fact that I have always loved Lois Lane since I was a little girl, and always wanted to be *like* LL (espically TH's LL) and Nois is just ruining her.

I don't even try to figure out why Lana would have the gun or who shot her. Because SV will never try to figure it out, so I figure I shouldn't bother losing braincells. :P

Oh man. The Bike > Harley conversation is one of the stupidest on SV that I've ever heard.

BUT ONLY AFTER EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE ENTIRE JUSTICE LEAGUE GETS TO DRIVE IT FIRST.

I love you like alot! HEEE!

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-09 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
When was the last time we saw Lex encode his flash drives at all? The one Chloe stole in "Progeny" didn't have security on it either. And now even Lana can get into his laptop.

God, I know. I still miss Teri Hatcher Lois. I might try downloading S1 of LnC before I leave school, because I haven't seen it since I was little. And I want to relive the awesome memories of episodes like...when Lois found out Clark was Superman, but then they went back in time so she had to forget it again, so she wrote like...a post-it note to herself in the past. I think I was in sixth grade and I remember being like, "NOOOOOO!" when Clark found the note first and destroyed it. (That was some quality soap opera there. Not quite on the FAKE BABY level, though.)

I swear, we all know AlMiles will never be able to wrest away the rights to Wonder Woman from DC because of the movie, but if they ever did, I have no doubt that the episode would involve Lois and Diana having a lesbian stripper fling. And possibly a Zoolander-style walk-off where they compete to see who looks better in star-spangled bikini bottoms. BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS IN THE JUSTICE LEAGUE, THEN LOIS HAS TO MAKE OUT WITH THEM. IT IS A RULE.

[identity profile] nelliewu.livejournal.com 2007-05-08 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
someone mentioned your picspam on my flist and i decided to look at even more pretty, pretty caps of Noir. and i'm so glad i did :D this picspam was awesome! i keep scrolling back and forth to look some more *lol*

[identity profile] nyonyo.livejournal.com 2007-05-09 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Hee, thanks! It's always nice to hear that people like to see picspams (then I can justify the hours of work that I put into them!) *g*