Green: Weakens and eventually kills super-powered Kryptonians.
Red: Makes weird things happen to super-powered Kryptonians. Each piece can only effect a given Kryptonian once, and its effects only last (except for rare but inevitable exceptions) for 24 hours. And a piece that turns one Kryptonian into a giant will turn any Kryptonian into a giant as well.
Blue: Bizarro Kryptonite. Has the same effect on Bizarros that Green does on super-powered Kryptonians.
Gold: Strips super-powered Kryptonians of their powers, permanently.
White: Kills all vegetation, Kryptonian or otherwise.
Jewel: Residents of the Phantom Zone (which does not look like a cross between a window and a mirror) can use Jewel Kryptonite to focus thir psychic eminations and affect things in our world.
Pink: Heh. Appeared in the last story arc of Peter David's Supergirl series. Use your imagination.
There is no Black or Silver or Purple or Magenta Kryptonite, people.
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After Lex's wife tried to kill him and he was stranded on that remote island, didn't he find a necklace with the Wonder Woman symbol on it?
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Even as a kid I considered the various colors of kryptonite as cheap plot devices thunk up by writers who were out of ideas...
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I thought last night's episode was pretty well done. I liked the interaction with Clark and Braniac (though I'm curious how an alien AI entity got a job working as a history professor at a university in a couple months. Probably shouldn't scratch the surface too deeply on that one, though.) and Clark with AC. I like that Clark is taking his responsibility more fully- it's more global.
Next week has me worried, though. It's threatens to be like Spell, last year.
It's sad when you have to treat a show like an unfaithful spouse- you get suspicious and prepare for the worst at the slightest hint that things are not going to go the way you want them.
But so far, I have been happy with this season.
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I just get the idea that a show I thought would be driven by character development and the fascinating moral and ethical choices superheroes have to make instead prefers to settle for the "hey, wouldn't it be cool if we made Lana a mermaid this time?" direction.
That said, it looks as if James Marsters' character is taking over the cool, multi-level dialogue that used to be Lex's arena.
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yeah, that is true. The character interaction was/is the best (and I still enjoy watching Clark and his parents, Lex, Chloe and even Lois (though their banter is getting old.) But it does seem like they are following the "hey, wouldn't it be cool if...?" Witches, and now vampires? That's why next week will probably suck.
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quote:Originally posted by Chris Bridges: It's the "coming next week" bit that bothered me. Lana's a vampire? That look sto be just the sort of hideous show that drives me crazy, but it's got James Marsters! With hreat lines! Agh!
You tihnk that's bad? Well, get this. There's going to be a character in the episode called Buffy.
I'm not kidding.
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quote:Originally posted by IanO: yeah, that is true. The character interaction was/is the best (and I still enjoy watching Clark and his parents, Lex, Chloe and even Lois (though their banter is getting old.) But it does seem like they are following the "hey, wouldn't it be cool if...?" Witches, and now vampires? That's why next week will probably suck.
I think the entire vampire ep is solely for Marsters to be able to say, "There's no such thing as vampires".
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If that is the case, then I am sorely disappointed. That kind of fan-boy nod should not be dictating the entire plot of an episode. Maybe a line where it fits. But not the creation of the entire storyline.
Sort of like the lame House of Wax episode that seemed a WB tie in to the movie. Pathetic.
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Well, I looked through the whole thread, and I can only conclude that you're either waiting for the show to stop insulting us or for Mashiach. Which may actually happen at the same time.
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I just watched my second episode ever of Smallville last night. Well, actually I only watched the second half. I watched it for one reason only, to see if James Marsters was a good actor when playing a part other than Spike. I satisfied myself on two counts:
1. James Marsters is a very good actor, he made me want to start watching every week, even though the 28 minutes that he wasn't in were excruciatingly horrible. So he's not just really hot. 2. James Marsters is really hot even when he's not playing Spike. My god that man has an amazing facial structure!
So, I guess I'll be watching next week as well. We'll see how long the James Marsters love outweighs the really bad writing and acting hate.
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quote: There is no Black or Silver or Purple or Magenta Kryptonite, people.
Except for in the Superfriends animated series, where the animators would occasionally mis-color what was supposed to be green, red, or blue kryptonite.
quote:Well, I looked through the whole thread, and I can only conclude that you're either waiting for the show to stop insulting us or for Mashiach. Which may actually happen at the same time.
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I will not watch this show. Not even if James Marsters has an accent. And bleach blond hair. And an unhealty adversity to the sun. I draw the line at fangs, though.
Despite the horribly stupid title, I really liked the Lexmas episode. Probably because, well, lots and lots of Lex Luthor. There was the near-required sappy Santa Claus moment, pretty mediocre, they didn't really seem to reach for real, powerful emotion.
But I think this is Lex's real decision to become, well, a villain. He's made other decisions that were villainous, but there was expediency, or gray areas, or he was wrangling with his father and so had to play dirty just to survive. But this time, he's made a decision to play *really* dirty solely for power. The kind of decision he makes at the end of this episode is one you could expect Lex Luthor of the comics to make.
But as they almost always do with Lex Luthor, they do a good job of making him complicated. He does it for love, really, and the avoidance of pain.
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