Wow, let's just let everyone know about our powers.

[kickarse]

lol..
"Now promise me you wont tell anyone"
"I'm good at keeping secrets"

[shirkie]

Good job, Clark. Takes you FOREVER to let Chloe know your secret, but Javier's here for 5 minutes and he gets the inside scoop? Smooth.
shirkie

[spidymich]

Is he trying to be found out?

[makogurl]

too many people know about clark now, its not good for him

[BigJoe]

yeah not liking that too much. wont tell the people that are closest to him, but he will tell a stranger.

[Luthor5339]

Had no other choice. Or any choice that I could see.

[dave73085]

Originally posted by BigJoe
yeah not liking that too much. wont tell the people that are closest to him, but he will tell a stranger.

because the stranger will never be seen or heard from again ;)

[k18]

it's no big deal. he didn't tell him he's an alien. for all the kid knows, clark is just some meteor freak.

[kickarse]

That's because they both have something in common... illegal "aliens"

[shy175223]

well, let see he told Ryan, that girl from Spliter, etc. etc.. and than were never seen again.

[k18]

Why is everyone making a big deal out of this? Nobody knows Clark is an alien. That would be the BIG scoop.

[kismet]

that's how it works in the smallville universe
all the meteor freaks he fights discover clark is different then they get killed of, sent to belle reeve and never heard from again....

[Supersonic]

lol quite ridiculous indeed.

[MidgardDragon]

Don't really see how it's ridiculous. It was either use his powers to save him, thus revealing himself, or do nothing. Clark would never do nothing.

[Tia]

Yeah I think its fine, revealing your secret or letting someone die?of course Clark would rather reveal his secret even if it was for a horrible person like lex

[monpoirier]

I think its pretty cool that he's taking the chance to be discover to save others people.

It was one of the great moment of the episode (for me) when he did that.

[wraith808]

Originally posted by Tia
Yeah I think its fine, revealing your secret or letting someone die?of course Clark would rather reveal his secret even if it was for a horrible person like lex

Somehow, I don't think he'd expose himself for Lex at this point... sort of like in L&C when Lex jumped off of his penthouse... Clark thought about it, but in the end didn't.

[SMG Pro]

Originally posted by kickarse
That's because they both have something in common... illegal "aliens"

:rotfl: :lol: :lol: :lol: :rotfl: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :lol: :lol: :rotfl: :rotfl: :lol: TITE:rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :lol: :lol:

[KryptoKnight]

Superboy is still learning but yeah, it really looks like Clark has decided to not care about his carelessness. Superman is not supposed to be like that. Hopefully, Super"boy" becomes a little more aware of his surroundings. BTW, when he used his X-Ray vision to find the bodies, did anyone ask how he was able to find those bodies? Did they? Huh?
Maybe Clark can be careless with so many dumb Smallvillians around.

[Rose etta]

I was kinda interested in this cuz it indicates to me a new phase where Clark will eventually become a super hero (in that his Will to Act over-balances his Will to Self-Protect).

It removed the 'stupid' part of the show in the past, where he's pretending the jerkiest lies to everyone, or else knocking the sense out of them.

[TampaVille]

Well, it's a tough spot for the show. We want to see Clark acting more like Superman. Superman does not equal use of powers, but if Clark has a problem that his powers can resolve, if he's going to act Supermanish, he's going to solve the problem (like superspeeding Javier away). The problem is that he doesn't have an alterego or a suit to don when he wants to do that. It's been made clear that we aren't going to see the suit as a regular part of the show, so I'm willing to suspend my disbelief a little bit and accept that a few recipients of his good deeds here and there will learn a power or two.



Originally posted by wraith808
Somehow, I don't think he'd expose himself for Lex at this point... sort of like in L&C when Lex jumped off of his penthouse... Clark thought about it, but in the end didn't.

NOOO!!! That is not true at all!

He TRIED to fly up and save him! Clark would save EVEN HIS ARCHENEMY. He could not though, he was still weakened because Lex had just kept him in a kryptonite prison for hours.

By no means did Clark decide not to save Lex. Not only was he willing to expose himself to save Lex, but then in the Season 2 premier, he was incredibly remorseful that he hadn't been able to, even though it was Lex's own fault that he was so weak and couldn't fly!

Whew... sorry, L&C fan here, and Supes fan in general! Couldn't let that go uncorrected!

[wraith808]

No, he didn't. He thought about it, and was struggling with it. But he could fly. He could have caught him. But he just stayed in with the crowd.

Fool yourself if you want... he didn't want to expose himself for lex. There were a myriad of ways he could have saved him, but he didn't.

[jmf1977]

My first thought once Clark exposed himself to Javier was WTF??? At this point in the series, half way through season 6, Lana still cannot know but Javier can??? Not to mention Chloe his sidekick. I just don't understand what the writers are doing.

[98chase]

Ok, so Clark exposes himself to Javier and people have a problem. What would the alternative have been? Let him get taken away? Yeah, that would have worked.






Oh wait, then we would have people complaining that the whole episode was about saving Javier, then Clark just lets the police take him away.
D*** those lose-lose situations.

[spidymich]

I'm having a hard time seeing how SV's Clark will become the bumbling and un-Superman like Clark of any other version. I just don't want him to start wearing glasses one day and then everyone gets mind wiped or something. I think something has to happen to him, behavior wise. Maybe Lex tells him to stop messing with his projects and he "gets scared" or is "frightened" enough to leave lex alone. That would open up a possibilty for an alter-ego. Just my 2 cents.

[wraith808]

Originally posted by spidymich
I'm having a hard time seeing how SV's Clark will become the bumbling and un-Superman like Clark of any other version. I just don't want him to start wearing glasses one day and then everyone gets mind wiped or something. I think something has to happen to him, behavior wise. Maybe Lex tells him to stop messing with his projects and he "gets scared" or is "frightened" enough to leave lex alone. That would open up a possibilty for an alter-ego. Just my 2 cents.

Clark in the comics is not bumbling. Clark in L&C was not bumbling. I hate that type of Clark, which is why even though I love the Chris Reeves superman, I don't like his Clark as much, even as well as he played him. And since BR followed in CR's footsteps on that, I don't like that Clark either.

[spidymich]

Ok, wrong word choice. But you know what I mean, there has to be some distinction form Clark and Superman when the time comes.

[wraith808]

No... I wasn't criticizing your word choice. I was saying that in the comics, the only thing that differentiates them is the glasses and the hair... the same as L&C. And the fact that superman is more aloof, by necessity. But none of this bumbling to cover up... I didn't like it in the movies, and I hope they don't bring it here.

[TampaVille]

Originally posted by wraith808
No... I wasn't criticizing your word choice. I was saying that in the comics, the only thing that differentiates them is the glasses and the hair... the same as L&C. And the fact that superman is more aloof, by necessity. But none of this bumbling to cover up... I didn't like it in the movies, and I hope they don't bring it here.

Well said Wraith. I'm of the same opinion. There ARE numerous distinctions between Clark and Superman. I think the thinnest distinction was drawn in L&C, where even their demeanors were very similar. But in general, there's the hair, the glasses, their outfits (perhaps that seems obvious), and the fact that Superman tends to be more stoic than CK. The movies have clearly portrayed Superman as the 'real' person and Clark as the 'alter ego.' L&C showed Clark as the real person and Superman as the alter ego. I think SV's examination of the character can't help but consider Clark the real person, since it is Clark and his humanity that we have been viewing for 6 seasons now. When the time comes in SV, Clark will really have to create the Superman persona.

Now, the COULD go about it by having Clark basically "become" Superman, where Superman is the current Clark, and Clark creates a new Clark personality more akin to the movies... but I would not like that =).

[STFanatic]

Originally posted by kickarse
lol..
"Now promise me you wont tell anyone"
"I'm good at keeping secrets"

Where is the thought process of Clark?
"I must not tell Lana or <insert Smallville resident here> whom I have known as long as I can remember about my powers, but I am sure this kid will forever keep my secret, I have known him for what, almost 24 hours now."
"I just can't tell anyone else... Hey, is that a hitch hiker over there?" "Hey fella, watch this.."
:eek:

[shirkie]

Originally posted by wraith808
No, he didn't. He thought about it, and was struggling with it. But he could fly. He could have caught him. But he just stayed in with the crowd.

Fool yourself if you want... he didn't want to expose himself for lex. There were a myriad of ways he could have saved him, but he didn't. Darnit, no he did NOT just stand there and watch or struggle to make the decision. He was weakened, went to try to fly, and if you listen very carefully, you can hear him say "I can't..." Dude was weakened.

Oops wait what are we supposed to be talking about? Oh yeah, "Snoozeterranean." My bad. :)
shirkie

[jesustlife]

I believe that nobody would believe Clark is an alien. Just by saying it you end up in Belle Reeve.

[alienkinfolk]

Originally posted by jesustlife
I believe that nobody would believe Clark is an alien. Just by saying it you end up in Belle Reeve.

:lol:
yeah despite his inner circle of peeps he has managed to appear normal to the residents of SV.
i tend to think Clark trust children or non adults more than he trust anyone else.remember Ryan (even though he had abilities)
Clark seems to expose himself to people he doesn't have to deal with on a regular basis.

[j-kent]

Personally I think he should have given him the "little flick" in the head when the cops came and everyone turned around to see 'em come. lol

Javier: "What happened to him?"

Clark: "Uh..he got tired from all that bus driving- come on let's go!"

[Martin le Magicien]

I'm sure everyone who knows about Clarks power will form a community someday. They are enough to fill a villlage for sure...

[j-kent]

Originally posted by Martin le Magicien
I'm sure everyone who knows about Clarks power will form a community someday. They are enough to fill a villlage for sure...

aka level 33.1

[Martin le Magicien]

Originally posted by j-kent
aka level 33.1

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Then again, Lex doesn't seem to know about Clark.

"Welcome to 33.1ville, hometown of the Meteor freaks who knows Clarks secret."

We should start a membership with card and all.

[j-kent]

most definitely lol

[wraith808]

Oh... it's just that Lex hasn't asked the right question.

L: You will do everything I say.
F: Yes, master.
L: You will answer everything I ask.
F: Yes, master.
L: What is it about Clark? He just appears everywhere.
F: Master, Clark is....
L: Shut up, freak. I wasn't talking to you.
F: Yes, master.

:p

[Martin le Magicien]

I'm sure they will also have a drugstore where they sell kryptonite serum and pills.

On the label it will say :

"Kryptonite : May give you superhuman powers, and the ability to forget Clark Kent secret identity".

[maryjanewatson]

I totally agree that clark is getting careless with his powers. there were plenty of different things he could have done to get out of there, but no, he just decided to not think about it and just super-speed away.

all those years of trying to hide his powers from all of his closest friends, and this season, he will perform for just about anybody, as long as they aren't lois, lana or lex.

[smallvillefreak24]

There has been 5,000,000+ guest stars on Smallville who know Clark's secret. But they make it a big deal. Why you ask? Because they are idiots.

[wraith808]

^^ Exaggerate much? :p

[TampaVille]

It makes sense that he's less careful around strangers than he is around his friends. Even with normal secrets, it's usually much easier sharing with somebody you don't know as well. That's because to them, you're a random person. There's no judgment that comes into play; Clark doesn't have to worry about strangers looking at him differently, because they've never looked at him before.

Besides, I think everybody's missing the larger issue here. The number one gripe I hear is that Clark isn't doing enough Superman stuff. Well, for him to do Supserman stuff (without the suit), he's going to need to use his powers in front of people.

[Kryptonian-Ronin]

I assume Clark knows that, eventually, everyone will have their mind wiped.

[Ilovebeinglost]

well the head trama is getting kind of old lol

[darkkrypton81]

He is really jeopardizing his cover when he becomes Superman.

[All about Clark]

Originally posted by TampaVille
It makes sense that he's less careful around strangers than he is around his friends. Even with normal secrets, it's usually much easier sharing with somebody you don't know as well. That's because to them, you're a random person. There's no judgment that comes into play; Clark doesn't have to worry about strangers looking at him differently, because they've never looked at him before.

Besides, I think everybody's missing the larger issue here. The number one gripe I hear is that Clark isn't doing enough Superman stuff. Well, for him to do Supserman stuff (without the suit), he's going to need to use his powers in front of people.

Indeed.

Most of the people who know something about Clark are in either Belle Reve or in 33.1, and all they know is that he has powers, no one knows he's not human. And those in Belle Reve aren't going to tell authorities because they don't want to be locked up forever as crazies.

What is a mystery is that Lex hasn't learned this from his 33.1 freaks. So possibly the freaks are only sharing with other freaks. And most that have seen Clark in action don't understand how. No one has said "if you can do this, you're not human". So really the bigger part of the equation is even a mystery to the freaks.

Also it does seem as Clark saving a life gives Clark a little trust with that individual. It's not likely that Javier is going to tell someone about Clark after he was saved by Clark. Ryan felt this loyalty too, but Ryan knew much more and he is not alive anymore. As for Javier, he saw and heard enough to question Clark, but chose not to.

[Mrs.Bizzaro]

well i laughed out loud when i read the thread's title...lol indeed.

but, seriously, I agree with those of you who said that clark is being careless with trusting strangers with his supposed secret powers and thinks they won't ever tell anyone. Even if they "appear" to be as nice as Javier appeared to be.

But maybe this phase too must come. Clark is basically lonely. Chloe has Jimmy and probably doesn't spend a lot of time with Clark outside of solving mysteries with him (insert talking great dane here). And his mom is busy being a leader to spend a lot of time with him.

So maybe its out of loneliness that he's being as "careless" as he is. And perhaps that will eventually lead to Clark having to come up with the alter ego. Maybe down the line someone will betray him and he'd have to dissappear for a while eventually returning as alter ego clark kent and superman.

[Bumperjeep]

another reason why clark is a moron. he could have casually knocked him out. and then ran away.

[SheaMan]

At this point I think that Clark has decided that people knowing he has powers is no where near as important as keeping the origin and extent of his abilities secret.

Honestly I attribute it to the fact that Lionel knows. That was the one person Clark thought couldn't be trusted with the secret beyond anyone else ... and now hes one of Clark's primary allies!

Additionally - maybe the subconscious urge to fulfill Alicia's request to just go public. Just a thought.