Okay, it’s time once again to take your best guess, this time on who’s gonna snuff it on “Smallville.”
Personally, I still think the entire concept is appalling. Jor-El decrees that for Clark to live, someone else must die? What is up with THAT? For a moment there I thought that they were saying it wasn’t Jor-El at all but, instead, General Zod, and that made tons of sense to me. But no, apparently that IS supposed to be Jor-El, and the gargantuan guilt trip they’d be laying on Clark here…I just think it’s pretty dámņëd depressing. Anyway…lessee what we’ve got:
CHLOE–1-1. Yes. She’s the most obvious, since she’s never shown up anywhere else in the Superman universe. Y’know what? Last time I dismissed something as being “too” obvious. If, as it appears in adverts, Clark is proposing to Lana in the Fortress, he’s coming clean with her. For a reporter there’s Lois, for a female who knows Clark’s ID there’s Lana. Chloe becomes superfluous. So this time I’m saying, Yeah, this is the most likely victim. But right up behind her is…
PA KENT–2-1. Second most obvious. He has a heart condition already. It would leave one parent still around. And in several versions of Superman continuity, Pa dies while Clark is still young, so it dovetails with that. For that matter…
MA KENT–5-2. It would provide a bit of a switch, thinking it’s gonna be one parent and it turns out to be another. Plus she’s been hanging out with Lionel, and that never turns out well. For that matter…
MA & PA KENT–7-2. Clark becomes an orphan. On the cusp of adulthood, that which anchors him to Smallville would evaporate, setting him up for a final season in which he readies himself to become a citizen of the world…a citizen that anyone in Smallville would still take one look at and say, “Hey, Clark, what’s with the tights?” Look for a mysterious glowing light that mindwipes everyone’s recollection of Clark’s face in the final Smallville episode, I’m thinking.
LANA LANG–10-1. Yes, she’s in current continuity, but that doesn’t mean anything. Plus if Clark proposes and she accepts, she’s toast. Which leads us to conclude that either she accepts and dies, or she says no and lives. Bottom line, I suspect the latter.
LIONEL LUTHOR–20-1. The advantage is that it spares Clark the emotional guilt trip because, really, how choked up would he be? It’d be particularly compelling if Lex is the one who kills him, and frankly, Lionel’s been boring the crap out of me for close to two seasons now (it’s not the actor’s fault; the character just seems all over the map.) On the other hand, just how “close” is Lionel to Clark?
PETE ROSS–20-1. The upside is that it doesn’t disrupt the week-to-week series, and it doesn’t put an actor out of work. The downside is that, since he’s been gone for a couple seasons, there’s zero emotional impact. Not likely.
EINSTEIN, a.k.a. Krypto–25-1. Don’t look at me like that. He’s someone close to Clark. I didn’t make up the criteria.
DOCTOR QUENTIN COSTA–40-1. Hey…it could happen.
LEX LUTHOR–Quadrillion to zero. We saw his future: He’s the President.
LOIS LANE–Quadrillion to Zero minus 5. Now for all I know the guys in the “Smallville” offices are chortling and saying, “They’ll never see THIS coming.” But I suspect we don’t see it coming because it ain’t coming. No fricking way.
Of course, let’s not forget: This is comics, or more accurately, comics-based fiction. Someone dies. Okay. But there’s nothing to say that they wouldn’t come back somehow. Here’s hoping that Clark doesn’t make the Earth turn backwards, because there’s only so many times you can pull THAT stunt.
PAD
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My friends and I have been joking for the past month that it would be Pete.
Just imagine, 44 minutes of absolute “ho-hum” boredom, and at the very end of the show, Clark gets a phonecall and finds out that Pete is dead. I would die laughing.
Since the producers have said that it would be someone whose name is in the opening credits every week, that rules out Dr. Costa, Krypto, or Pete. Lionel would be a good choice, except that the commercials have shown Clark as being upset standing at the grave. I doubt he’d be too distraught over Lionel’s death. So, regretfully, we’ll say goodbye to Chloe this week. Her death will inspire both Lois and Clark to pursue journalism as a career. And, maybe Allison Mack can get a job on Veronica Mars as Veronica’s look-alike cousin, or something. Or, maybe she can finally do that play of Peter’s that she read for before “Smallville” started.
I, for one, hope it is Lana. I think that, in this take on the legend, she has outlived her usefulness to the storyline. I really hope it is not Chloe as I love her relationship with Clark so much more since she found out who he is. Of course, it does look to me (from previews) that they are setting it up to be Lana, so I’m probably wrong. BTW, Peter, do you watch 24? I’d be interested to know your thoughts on it. It is the best show on TV, IMHO.
G-Dog
“The life of someone close to you will be exchanged for yours,” Jor-El said. But what Clark doesn’t realize is that Jor-El’s command of English is still pretty rudimentary; he doesn’t understand that certain words can have different connotations. Thus, “close to you”, in this case, doesn’t refer to emotional closeness, but geographical closeness.
In short, it’ll be some guy standing next to Clark at Burger King.
Rick
Wasn’t there was a rumor a year or so ago that if any series regular would not sign a long term contract and try to hold out for more money, they would be killed off. Maybe this is a ploy to see who will sign another contract. Whoever thinks they are getting too big for Smallville goes now.
I want it to be Lana, but I’m pretty sure Lionel and Jonathan are the ones to buy it.
Am I the only one who would love, in the middle of a special FX ladden fight scene, to see them cut away with the voice over: “Meanwhile, in Kansas City…”. And we see Pete, sitting in a mansion, sipping a latte, reading the paper with a super model in his lap. He smiles, sighes a content sigh, and then we cut back to Clark fighting a Kryptonite powered moose or something……?
What? I am the only one? Oh….sorry for the bother….
Cast my vote for Pa Kent. His death would be another reason to keep Clark in Smallville for another season.
If not Clark, could it be the death of Jor-El or the Jor-El program?
Lionel would be a good choice, except that the commercials have shown Clark as being upset standing at the grave. I doubt he’d be too distraught over Lionel’s death.
I think Clark would be upset if Lionel died so he could live. Clark would probably feel responsible.
Wouldn’t know who to bet on.
STILL boycotting every single WB show since they canceled ANGEL and then added the ol’ insult to the injury by making snarky comments during the process.
I saw something a while ago that listed the number of shows that have failed in ANGEL’s old time slot since the axe.
It was a VERY long list.
The WB sucks. Can’t wait to HEAR how they screw up
AQUAMAN (LAD)!
Isn’t Ma Kent supposed to be very important for Clark to become Superman, creating the costume that he wears?
I don’t think it’s going to be Chloe. We’veall been expecting her to buy it since day one. It’s too obvious. Tom welling was quoted as saying he thought it would be one of two characters, and was shocked to find it was neither of them. I’d have bet on Chloe or Lionel, but now, I don’t know.
I doubt it’s going to be Pete, because a recent interview with one of the producers revealed that they’ve been trying to get Sam Jones III in for a guest appearance since he left the show, but have never beenable to coordinate schedules, and now, they doubt they’re ever going to bother. Seems odd, since I met him at MegaCon last year and he said he’d love to come back, and his IMDB listing doesn’t show him as being particularly busy (a recurring role on ER, a recent guest shot on 7th Heaven, and an appearance in the current film Glory Road), but that’s the party line.
I’m going to guess Jonathan, especially since John Schneider is appearing at MegaCon this year – weird for a star of an ongoing series to be free in late February, when they should be gearing up to shoot season finales and such…
Here’s my prediction and I predicted this back in season one;
Chole dies, and it’s Lex that kills her. That puts the final nail in Clark and Lex’s friendship and sets everything up for Metropolis and Supes vs Lex.
More to the point, to honor Chole, Clark becomes an investigative reporter and returns to Metropolis. And there, the games begin.
Of course, what puts a glaring hole in an otherwise perfect theory is that Lois is already present.
LANA LANG–10-1. Yes, she’s in current continuity, but that doesn’t mean anything. Plus if Clark proposes and she accepts, she’s toast. Which leads us to conclude that either she accepts and dies, or she says no and lives. Bottom line, I suspect the latter.
LOIS LANE–Quadrillion to Zero minus 5. Now for all I know the guys in the “Smallville” offices are chortling and saying, “They’ll never see THIS coming.” But I suspect we don’t see it coming because it ain’t coming. No fricking way.
I don’t know. if “The Batman.” can skip Robin and go straight to Batgirl, Lois may be the one who’s superfluous.
My bet as to who dies: Lana
Lana has outlived her usefulness. Clark and her finally got together and now are on separate paths. Because he fears of his powers could kill her, he hasn’t been that close to her and she has been sticking around Lex more and more. In the latest ad, she is in a car with Lex when there appears to be an accident. While there isn’t a sign of Lex at the funeral, the grave area does look like the area Lana’s parents are buried at. Plus, wouldn’t it just break Clark’s heart if Lana’s last words were words of love toward Lex?
Of course, the ad and all that just could be a red herring.
About that time-travel trick from the first Superman film: just how was that supposed to work again? How exactly does making the earth spin ‘backwards’ reverse the flow of time, and making it go forward make time flow ‘correctly’ agian? If Supes had some sort of magical item/spell he used in conjunction withe the reverse spin, or some time-travel doo-dad on hand, this would have gone down better with me. As it is it was never spelled out how it was supposed to work that I recall. Even comic-book science needs SOME sort of explanation for it to work right.
Chris
KRYPTONESIA
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.smallville/msg/c2b5a27ae6e9ae4f?hl=en&
Kryptonite is so widespread in Smallville, everyone has to breath trace amounts (perhaps explaining why Clark’s powers are so limited in town, why his superspeed or superhearing doesn’t always kick in.
OR
Someone releases a massive of kryptonite in the air and exposes everyone, triggering the mutant effect and affecting the brains of the Smallvillians–except for the Kents who are held captive or out of town, whatever, explaining why they will remember Clark when the rest don’t.
A variation could be they don’t remember the last several years, so they remember Clark–as a child–but can’t remember his current more adult face. Thus explaining why Supes doesn’t need to wear a mask.
— Ken from Chicago
Ah, but you’re forgetting the dies-and-is-replaced-by-a-clone option. Lex has been replaced by a clone at least once in comics canon, so that’s quite possible for him, and even for Lois or Lana. I don’t think either of those three will die *unless* they’re replaced by a clone.
Although actually . . . The overarching purpose of this season of SV IMHO is to launch the movie “Superman Returns”. That movie is supposed to pick up more or less after the Superman II movie. For Clark in SR to be mostly emotionally focussed on Lois, perhaps *both* Chloe and Lana need to be dead or lost to him.
I hope one of them gets to survive and be Lex’s Sexy Evil Minion, because that’s a fun job. Chloe in particular deserves some sexy happiness as she helps Lex try to rule the world, bwa-ha-ha-ha.
I’m voting for a twofer–both Pa and Lionel. Their deaths and the way each boy reacts to those deaths would again play out the nice contrasts between Lex and Clark
One possible clue that points to Pa’s death–the election. I don’t see either Kent or Lex actually being a senator so the best way out is to have Kent win and then get whacked.
Lana – lex brings her back as Matrix Supergirl.
How about a double tragedy? Jonathan wins the Senate seat … only to die of a heart attack in the ensuing euphoria, leaving the way clear for Lex. Question being, are the writers mean-spirited enough to do it? I’m hoping not, but …
How about this: it is Lois (she did not show up in the Christmas episode) and Chloe decides to honor her by taking “Lois” as her pen name. I am sure they can easily give her amnesia later.
I think it will be Chloe and I hate that. She is, by far, my favorite character on the show, even more than Clark.
I can almost guarantee Lionel is safe. I think the very last episode of Smallville will see Clark and Lex take those final steps to become who we all know them to be. Clark will put on the costume and I think Lex will kill Lionel with his bare hands as the final push over the edge.
I agree with PAD. It’s Chloe. She’s not in ANY future continuity and her death would make a big impact on Clark. Plus, have you ever noticed how any character that finds about his powers either leaves (Pete) or dies (too many to mention). Of course, Lana (at least in continuity) finds out about his powers, totally freaks (which drives Clark away), but is later okay with it. She also later for Lex, too.
My vote is for Chloe. period.
Trace
BLAST.
The last sentence in the first paragraph should read.
“She also later WORKS for Lex, too.”
Trace
“How about a double tragedy? Jonathan wins the Senate seat … only to die of a heart attack in the ensuing euphoria, leaving the way clear for Lex. “
How bout Jonathon wins the Senate seat, then dies, and the governor appoints Martha into his seat. That would make some good TV.
I wondered about the “geographic solution” too. Does it have to be someone Clark cares about, or simply someone he’s standing close to?
Anyway, my guess is Lana, who will later be resurrected using Braniac and black kryptonite, or some other such method.
Count me among the “it says someone dies…doesn’t say they stay dead” camp.
I’m afraid for Chloe…in addition to being unique to the show from the comics continuity, she’s been tossing out some “signing the death certificate for the character” lines lately, like, “I’d die before I’d give up your secret.”
There is the idea that it’ll be Lois, and Chloe will assume her identity as a pen name, but the producers have been pretty adamant since the one time Chloe used Lois’ name for a byline that that won’t happen.
I’m hoping for Lana, and continuity be dámņëd. She’s been the most annoying character to me since the first episode, and she gets worse with each passing episode. Some have said that if, as it appears, Clark spills the beans to her it makes Chloe superfluous…but, it also makes Lana superfluous.
But, my money’s on Jonathan and/or Lionel. Lionel’s also a two-fer, if he’s still housing Jor-El’s consciousness.
Posted by Elf with a gun:
About that time-travel trick from the first Superman film: just how was that supposed to work again? How exactly does making the earth spin ‘backwards’ reverse the flow of time, and making it go forward make time flow ‘correctly’ agian? If Supes had some sort of magical item/spell he used in conjunction withe the reverse spin, or some time-travel doo-dad on hand, this would have gone down better with me. As it is it was never spelled out how it was supposed to work that I recall. Even comic-book science needs SOME sort of explanation for it to work right.
Fans have complained about this scene for over twenty-five years, but I personally find it easier to take if you can find it in your heart to not take it literally. Then, it’s not that Superman by spinning the Earth backward; it’s more like the spinning-the-Earth backward is a visual metaphor on the part of the movie-makers to connote time travel. (As I’m fond of pointing out, Silver Age comics used to convey time travel by showing Superman whizzing past the numbers of the passing years; are we to think that there are literally year markers posted along the timeline like temporal Burma Shave signs?)
That may not be satisfying for you, but it works for me. What’s come to bug me most about the end of that Superman movie isn’t how Superman travelled back in time. It’s that once he goes back in time, he doesn’t really do anything–at least, not anything useful, exciting, or interesting–to change history. So what’s the point?
End digression…back to Smallville speculation…
If they kill off Lana, wouldn’t this be starting the “James Bond” syndrome, where anyone who has sex, or comes close to having sex, with the star dies? Clark and Lana get it on (and who else was surprised Pa Kent was more upset over it than Martha Kent?), then she dies. Clark almost came to having sex with that blonde teleporter (and the sight of her in the wedding-night outfit still brings a warm feeling to my… heart), then she’s killed off a few episodes later. It’s a scary precedent if Lana snuffs it.
As for the person who wondered about Superman flying around the earth and reversing time, I refer you to the wonderful Seanbaby Superfriends page, mocking the old CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERFRIENDS cartoon http://www.seanbaby.com/super.htm . While all the entries are great — love Aquaman and Hawkman especially — they observe this about Superman: “Spinning around was Superman’s favorite problem solver. If he ever had a doubt as to what to do to something, or it didn’t respond to a bad speech, he’d fly around it as fast as he could. If a black hole was coming towards earth, he’d fly around it until it, you know, left into another dimension. This Spin-Around-It theory of physics was discovered by one of the animation studio’s night janitorial staff when he happened upon some scripts and then changed all the words around so they were more retarded. His groundbreaking theories, however, are backed by common phenomenon. You might have noticed how after 300 laps at the Indy 500, all the puppets in the center of the track become real boys. Or sometimes, unexplainably remain normal puppets. That’s because Spin-Around-It physics are as unpredictable as a stablehand’s forbidden passions.”
I think Jor-El is being misunderstood here. The one consistent thing about his portrayal is that he always comes off as a much bigger jerk than he really is, and people believe the worst of him.
“Someone close to you will die” is not a threat, not a punishment. It’s a prediction. Because Clark blew it and had to be brought back, there will come a time when he WOULD have been able to save someone close to him, but now CAN’T. Lots of possible reasons. Maybe he never got the chance to learn to fly, which will mean the difference. Maybe Jor-El was planning to use his power to help out later, but now no longer has the reserves left to do it. Maybe the simple fact that Clark was in the wrong place at the right time means he already missed his chance to save someone (i.e. he would have caught Pa with his meds or something).
I’d also like to point out that the gravesite scenes from the previews could easily be the Sheriff’s funeral, which Clark would definitely feel guilty over. The new death in this week’s ep could happen as the final scene, or could result in a second funeral that Clark doesn’t feel so guilty at (bookend the ep with graves, whee!). The people who put together the previews love to take scenes out of context.
I don’t follow the show anymore, but have caught the last 2 episodes. So the following comments should be taken with a grain of salt and my ignorance of many facts simply kept in mind.
Clark would be upset if one or both of the following conditions were met:
1) Lionel died as a result of Clark failing to rescue him.
2) More importantly, Jor-El made it known that he is still in Lionel’s head and gives Clark a farewell meessage. Lionel dying would potentially mean Clark losing Jor-El as well.
The “Time Travel” scene in the first Superman movie didn’t bother me quite as much as as the “Huge-Honkin’ Cellophane Logo of Death” scene in Superman II.
As for “Smallville,” I’d have to say that killing off Jonothan or Chloe at this point would be kind of anti-climactic. Pa Kent seems to have been on death’s door since season 2 or 3 and Chloe’s “death” was already done with the season 3 cliffhanger. To me if either of them bites it, it would seem a little on the “ho-hum” side.
Re: Death in the Family (so to speak)
It could be Lois, or this Lois, who may not be the one in “continuity”… I’m betting on Chloe myself. Pity, too, because she is the most likable of the series characters.
Have Lois be the one who dies.
Wait a minute
Yeah, Lois dies, Lana falls for Lex, Clark can’t take it.
Then Cloe takes the pen name of Lois Lane in honor of her cousin.
And then Cloe (the best part of the show next to lex) can have her dream come true when clark marries her. And they live happy ever after.
yep thats it
This is too easy guys. The producers of the show have never, ever read a Superman comic. They only know the character through the movies, so it will be Jonathan. This whole season has been a take on the first Superman movies. The only suprise is the second death.
Also, don’t be shocked when Lana dies as has been hyped in all the trailers recently, only to have the old time travle routine be brought back so she can be brought back causing Jonathan’s death. They have stolen the Fortress, no-powered Superman who can then make love to an earth woman, and other things from the movie, why not the lame time travel part as well.
Sorry, that was the worst part of the movie to me because if Superman could do that, then in essence he could never fail. If Jor-El can go back and change time, why not do the same for the fate of Krypton, etc.
And for the record, I agree with Peter, this Jor-El is arrogant and my feeling is deserves to be the one who dies, no one else.
Looking at the stills from the commerical, it really seems like it is Lana who dies. (The commericals also seem to show Lana accepting the ring.) However, that could just be throwing out a serious misdirection clue. I do think it will either be Lana or Jonathan, only where did they get the red SUV? The driver is in a vechile that I don’t recognize being on the show before.
Here’s my off the wall theory–Lois dies; but Chloe body switches with her. Now the old theory that Chloe becomes Lois is back.
KIP
While I’d hate to see Chloe be the one taking the dirt nap, I did have the thought that at her funeral, shouldn’t some of her Daily Planet collegues show up? Maybe Perry White and that photographer named Jim she got it on with last summer?
A couple interesting ideas:
>>”Someone close to you will die” is not a threat, not a punishment. It’s a prediction. Because Clark blew it and had to be brought back, there will come a time when he WOULD have been able to save someone close to him, but now CAN’T. Lots of possible reasons. Maybe he never got the chance to learn to fly, which will mean the difference.>>
>>It could be Lois, or this Lois, who may not be the one in “continuity”… I’m betting on Chloe myself. Pity, too, because she is the most likable of the series characters.>>
I wouldn’t want any of the characters to die. I absolutely love Lana to the point I wish it was her and not Lois the one Clark stayed with but of course that’s not how it is in the story.
I’m thinking it will be either Chloe or Pa Kent. If it is Pa Kent it will destroy the beautiful perfect family micro-heavenly world that Clark has and that has become part of the definition of Superman’s character, ever since the first “Crisis” at DC. I thought it was nice how the last two TV series have used this. I remember the pre-crisis Superman and the movie Superman was a darker character, more believable at relating with Batman because of the death of her father and her mother staying behind alone running a farm by herself, no husband and her only son gone to the big city. I like that change on Superman, his naivity and optimism in life has a root on that happy old couple that is still living together and I’m hoping so much WB not to break it in this show.
The second likely character to go will be Chloe. I didn’t use to like Chloe but she has grow on me, specially after demonstrating what a good friend and human being she is. The dialogue she had with Clark after finding out his secret in the hospital was just beautiful. I’m hoping she is not the one who dies but if they are trying to stay close to the comic book, since she is a tv series original, she could be the one. I will miss her.
Then the third choice would be Lana. If it is Lana, I bet she will be brought back and her return will be something done in an interesting way that will be slowly built through clues in a bunch of episodes and will be probably a surprise at the end of this season or the beginning of the next, or who knows maybe at the end of the next season. I love Lana but we all know important dead characters makes you crave the most for them after they have been dead for awhile and sometime add some angst, mystery, interest and expectation into the series.
“How about this: it is Lois (she did not show up in the Christmas episode) and Chloe decides to honor her by taking “Lois” as her pen name.”
Well, that was the theory I tossed out ages ago before Lois was introduced: That Chloe was the future Lois Lane, taking her cousin’s name as a byline for some reason.
“Fans have complained about this scene for over twenty-five years, but I personally find it easier to take if you can find it in your heart to not take it literally.”
I was just joking around about it. It’s flat-out impossible to take it literally. The only thing that’s keeping everyone and everything on this planet is the Earth’s rotation; if it’s slowed or stopped, we all go flying off into space, and I’m pretty sure that the planet breaks apart too.
PAD
Ya know what, I am with you that the most obvious choice is Chloe, and I think it may be, but my second choice if you thinnk they are going to throw the curve ball is Lionel. They may not be “close” but if ANYONE dies in clark’s place I promise you he’ll be riddled with guilt. Besides with that pay out and my personal belief that he is choice number 2 I won’t pass that bet up.
I don’t think it’s Lionel, because LEX is the one that has to kill Lionel to cement for himself and others that he is the rightful heir to the Luthor legacy. Unless it’s some kind of morality play where Clark arrives too late to save Lionel from Lex, and Lex gets off with a self-defense explanation or something.
In the end, it really boils down to how much connection the producers have or want with the comics in which character may be permanently written out. On the other hand, if you think about it, the things that happen in the show might wind up being mirrored by the ongoing “Infinite Crisis” storyline in the comics leading up to the movie’s release this summer. That’d be a kick in the pants if the comics retconned themselves to the show and movie (assuming it’s connected to the show) continuity, now wouldn’t it?
It’s flat-out impossible to take it literally. The only thing that’s keeping everyone and everything on this planet is the Earth’s rotation; if it’s slowed or stopped, we all go flying off into space, and I’m pretty sure that the planet breaks apart too.
Huh? You mean it’s when the playground spinner stops that the kids start feeling the centrifugal force?
I’ve reread that several times and it still sounds like you’re serious, but I have to assume you’re kidding.
50 gazillion dollars on pa kent.
Chloe seems like the obvious one, but there are good arguements for it to be Lana. Losing Lana would pave the way for a future with Lois. Still, the previews seem to be pointing to Lana too hard.
I find it slightly ironic that there will be a major death on Smallville this week and it was just announced that the WB will be no more. It will be merged with UPN to form a new network.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20060124cw01
Neil
I find this merger news encouraging Neil. (UPN + WB = CW).
I just hope that the same morons running/ruining the WB don’t have much say in the new entity. If so, they’ll banish VERONICA MARS to the boneyard– which would be an ANGEL level mistake.
The PTB might also want to take a look at “un” canceling 7TH HEAVEN– after complaining the show was getting “too expensive”. I never watched the series but after almost 10 years it is supposed to be the WB’s second highest rated effort.
Seems like a combined NETWORK would want to COMBINE the BEST (and highest rated) FARE that each has to offer.
It’ll be fun watching this train wreck.
Imagine MARVEL & DC merging!
If my limited (just kidding…I’m a geek) knowledge of the Superman legend is correct. Superman traveled in time by either flying around the earth (faster than light) clockwise to go into the future…counterclockwise to go into the past. In the movie I always thought he was just flying counter clockwise. I never thought he was actually reversing the rotation.
I’d agree with you ERBFan, but they show the Earth’s rotation slow down and go into reverse.
Anyway, about the death, please, please, please let it be Clark and end this travesty of a show.
Yes that is how they show it. I just always took it as time being rewound.
“The only thing that’s keeping everyone and everything on this planet is the Earth’s rotation; if it’s slowed or stopped, we all go flying off into space, and I’m pretty sure that the planet breaks apart too.”
Um, in case you were serious, no. Gravity is what keeps us on the planet, and that has to do with large masses distorting the space-time continuum, not rotation. Just as a quick counter-example, Martian gravity is much less than Earth gravity, despite having only a slightly longer day (i.e. slightly slower rotation speed). And given that for a long time astronomers thought Mercury didn’t revolve and always kept one face towards the Sun (turned out, as I recall, there were similar surface features such that they were looking at different parts of the planet but not realizing it), it’d seem there’s nothing intrinsic in a planet not revolving that would cause it to break apart.
Now, causing rotation to suddenly come to a stop/reverse to the same rate, yeah, that’d cause some damage. But from the rapid change, not it just not rotating.
The bit that bothers me about the “another must die” bit is that if it happened right after or during Clark’s resurrection, it’d make sense. But waiting weeks? Can’t you just grab a random life force from some traffic accident in Kansas if you really need one then?
Have to guess it’ll be someone other than Lana (my personal choice; the character’s not really worked for the last few seasons) or Pa just because they’ve been dropping so many hints about them as possibles. Hope it’s not Chloe.
I’m going to jump on the Lois dies and Chloe takes her name ship.
It’s not that I actually think it’ll happen, it’s just that my love for Allison Mack knows no bounds and I will throw my shoes at anyone who would conspire to take her off the show.
Also, where have the producers said that they wouldn’t go the route of having chloe become Lois? I hadn’t heard this before and have kinda been expecting it since Chloe first said she used her cousin’s name as a pen name.