Will Zod be rushed?

[vyperman7]

I am curious if anyone else is worried about the pacing of the episode. It has already been made public that all the events of Vessel will have to be resolved BY THE END of Zod. The average length of an episode is 40-42 minutes.

So knowing everything we do about the episode :

Clark escaping from the PZ/having to defeat Zod
The events surrounding Lod/Lana
Martha/Lois in the plane
Chloe/Lionel's safety
The intro of Jimmy Olsen

That is a lot to fit into one episode. What happened in Vessel is really calling for a multi-episode arc, and unfortunately it will all be over by the end of the episode. I am really worried about the overall pacing of the episode.

Anybody else feel the same?

[red-K glory]

Yes, that is something that came to my mind as well.
The only way to find out how the episode turns out is by watching it tonight.

[vyperman7]

Actually this is a topic designed for speculation in my opinion. It isn't based on whether or not the episode will be good or not. But on the fact that everything has to be wrapped by the end of the episode. With the amount of stuff they have to cover, there is a legitimate danger of the episode being rushed.

[Lightning Flash]

It will be rushed... a lot to do in little time.

[superhippie2000]

i think parts will be rushed. most of the people will probably be resolved in the 4 minute teaser. what happens with martha and lois will end right away where they wont spend much more time flying they are probably where they are at and chloe will probably be out of the riot quickly. i think the first half will probably focus more on clark and zod and lana. clark in the zone will probably last 10 minutes and zod and lanas interaction will last for 10 minutes and they will have 3 minute parts with martha lois chloe and lionel. then the second half clark probably spends 15 minutes or so fighting with zod with 2 minute shots of chloe and martha inbetween and the way zod is stopped probably happens in the next five minutes and the last ten minutes will probably be clark making sure everyone is ok and looks for chloe.

[biggkoz]

Im thinking this episode will be rushed. They shouldve had it a 2 parter cuz next week will be like nothing has happend haha.

[vyperman7]

Originally posted by biggkoz
Im thinking this episode will be rushed. They shouldve had it a 2 parter cuz next week will be like nothing has happend haha.

That is one of the things that drives me crazy about the show. Even when you have something as big as Zod coming, it doesn't warrant anything past one episode into the new season. Ideally it should have gone over 3-5 episodes because with Metropolis and the rest of the world in chaos, along with Clark trapped, it is way too fast for it to be all done by the end of the episode. Hell Clark should be trapped in the PZ for at least an episode.

What is frustrating about it, is that look at how long other Kryptonians have been held prisoner in the PZ, and Clark manages to get out in the span of one episode? Especially when he is surrounded by Kryptonians that were put away by his father.

[Lexgirl33]

I definatly think the episode will be rushed. Why can't there be a2 parter like previous seasons? It just makes for a lack of real explination in the episode.

[warriorrenegade]

Originally posted by vyperman7
That is one of the things that drives me crazy about the show. Even when you have something as big as Zod coming, it doesn't warrant anything past one episode into the new season. Ideally it should have gone over 3-5 episodes because with Metropolis and the rest of the world in chaos, along with Clark trapped, it is way too fast for it to be all done by the end of the episode. Hell Clark should be trapped in the PZ for at least an episode.

What is frustrating about it, is that look at how long other Kryptonians have been held prisoner in the PZ, and Clark manages to get out in the span of one episode? Especially when he is surrounded by Kryptonians that were put away by his father.

Yes exactly not enough " To Be Continues". Why not have them? In my opinion they would help keep viewers interested in next weeks episode. Instead of it being like " Ok that was neat, I'll check back in a few weeks to see where things are" Thats what my brother does. I remember him watching the S5 premier and not coming back on until "Exposed" <wonder why? I Asked him why he said " I already saw what I wanted to see (FOS), didn't feel the need to keep watching ". If they TPTB were not to quick to rush and cut episodes down and leaving the cliffhangers for finales they'd be able to keep viewers episode to episode.

[Ares]

They always rush things . So Yeah Zod will be gone in awhile so they can have stupid FOTW instead.. Cuz everybody just loves them :-/ .

[chlarkfan333]

Yeah, it will be rushed like the typical season premiere episodes of SV usually are. I get the feeling that there will be a little something for everyone but that as a whole it will leave many feeling unsatisfied.

[myankskent]

Yeah, I'm not expecting this episode to be good. Yes, it will probably be rushed, but I expect it to be predictable with Lex getting a memory wipe and Lana thinking that Lex wasn't himself at the end of the episode and also the fact that we probably won't see a very creative way for Clark to get out of the phantom zone. This season will really start in episode 2 in my mind.

[TrevorH]

"I am really worried about the overall pacing of the episode" I don't really think you should be worried about it. They are not going to sow you indepth stories about all of them on the very first episode. We have seen on season premiers since season one even you get a sneak peak sort of teaser episode to start to season off and keep you coming back for more as I am sure you already know. The spolier images and trailers about showed it all so dont be angry if you only get alot of clark/zod/lex/lana action for atleast 30mins of the entire opening episode, second episode things start to open up more.

[elway]

It was a allright concept for gettin Zod on SV, but dissposing him in under an hour well thats just plain bad writing. Why waste allmost all of last season to wrap it up in an hour. C'mon S3 got a 2 part begining. And Zod who they spent most of the season teasing us with gets an hour. Slap in the face of the character Zod. Hey but i'll be watching tho. CAN'T WAIT

[myankskent]

Originally posted by elway
It was a allright concept for gettin Zod on SV, but dissposing him in under an hour well thats just plain bad writing. Why waste allmost all of last season to wrap it up in an hour. C'mon S3 got a 2 part begining. And Zod who they spent most of the season teasing us with gets an hour. Slap in the face of the character Zod. Hey but i'll be watching tho. CAN'T WAIT

I understand why they are doing it in an hour. The second half of season 5 was terrible, I think the writers even know it. This Zod storyline just wasn't executed properly and the writers probably want to stage their grand fight between him and Clark and be done with it and move on to something else.

[EricN68]

I would like to see tighter 3-4 episode arcs, where you can dig a little deeper, than one long but drawn out arc. I'm hoping that's what we're going to start seeing with the Green Arrow arc -- nothing that lasts the whole season, but it does take a few episodes to explore and resolve.

Also I think a couple of major things will be left unresolved in tonight's episode that will ripple through the season and pop up again from time to time.

But yeah, I would have loved one whole episode devoted to just the phantom zone. There are so many possibilities -- there could be recordings/reflections/images of what happened on Krypton in its final days, the criminals there would have many stories to tell, etc.

[Best Episode - 321]

Originally posted by vyperman7
The average length of an episode is 40-42 minutes.

It will probably be shorter than that. Normal premieres spend the first 2 - 3 minutes filling the viewers in on the previous season. We're looking at 36-39 minutes to deal with what happened in Vessel.

It will be rushed. Its unfortunate The CW cut budget, this could of made a great 3 part story-arc to start the season.

[charmedchick]

I totally feel the same way. They are going to be rushing this episode.. They have alot to do. But they are introducing jimmy in the first episode? i think that there will be way to much going on.

if they do it will be at the very end of the episode.. maybe when he says hes line. " they grow em big in smallville" Clark probably gives one of them infamous deer in the headlight looks and fade to dark.

i know that was a little off topic. but i just stating they do have alot going on in this episode. so yeah this ep will be rushed...

[Timester]

We all learned well with "Reckoning" (actually, I learned with "Gone"). Of course it will be rushed. They could very well strech the "Zod plot" to 6 episodes max. But this is Smallville afterall...

[sstray72]

I'm pretty sure that it's guaranteed that the episode will be rushed since there is a lot to be resolved in less than an hour. :\

[mansuper]

You have to think of it like the second half of a movie. if you combine "Vessel," and "Zod," you have a feature length film.

[SmallvilleFan2001]

It's definitely pacing like "Reckoning"

[biggkoz]

Yes it was rushed.