Lana's brilliant and Chloe is smarter than Clark and Kara put together

[Xanderman]

I laughed when Clark said that. I mean I understand his wanting to defend Chloe, but did he really have to insult himself to do it?:lol: That was seriously one of the dumbest things he's ever said, lol. (It's now my second favorite quote from him. My all-time favorite Clark line was back when he was blind (Whisper), and he told Chloe that her silence was deafening.:lol: classic)

And of course, as per Lex himself, we also found out in this episode that Lana Lang is not just intelligent, she's "brilliant". After years and years of annoying us to no end, who knew?:lol: (I always thought even Shelby had the goods on Lana in the brains department, but Lex's comments now have me wondering....;) :lol: )

[Mary Sullivan]

I loved when he said that. :)

[SmallvilleMan]

After years and years of annoying us to no end,

Us= Haters........Not me, just to clarify.

[kiariclois]

He's just being humble... LOL

Kryptonian intelligence supposed to surpass the Humans' (according to Superman site I went to)... but I see in SV, Kryptonians depend on human... Amusing, really...

[Shardz]

clark wil have his BDA moments and Kara, well she is a blonde. enough said.

[kiariclois]

Chloe isn't human, is she? :lol:

[Xanderman]

Originally posted by Mary Sullivan
I loved when he said that. :) Yeah me too, he really outdid himself this time. :lol:


Originally posted by SmallvilleMan
Us= Haters........Not me, just to clarify. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Lana, I just hate aspects of Lana. The annoying aspects. The ones that begin with Lana and end with Lang. :lol:


Originally posted by kiariclois
He's just being humble... LOL

Kryptonian intelligence supposed to surpass the Humans' (according to Superman site I went to)... but I see in SV, Kryptonians depend on human... Amusing, really... Didn't Clark get super-educated in the FOS or something in one episode? Or has that not happened yet...

[SmallvilleMan]

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Lana, I just hate aspects of Lana. The annoying aspects. The ones that begin with Lana and end with Lang

Don't worry, I always get it right and I did:D

[Superhuman_Devotion]

Yeah I laughed when he said that, I know he was being humble ol' Clark Kent, but I still laughed.

Isn't Superman supposed to have Super Intelligence and be able to speak a ton of languages, and after his training have knowledge of the 28 known galaxies or something like that? I thought I read that somewhere... not sure if it's true or not.

[Xanderman]

Originally posted by SmallvilleMan
Don't worry, I always get it right and I did:D Actually I've made quite a few Clana shipper videos in my day, so that must mean I don't really hate Lana (I know, you're as shocked as I am:eek: :lol: ). But I must say, it is fun to hate Lana, though... As I'm sure "actual" haters would agree.;) lol


Originally posted by Superhuman_Devotion
Yeah I laughed when he said that, I know he was being humble ol' Clark Kent, but I still laughed.

Isn't Superman supposed to have Super Intelligence and be able to speak a ton of languages, and after his training have knowledge of the 28 known galaxies or something like that? I thought I read that somewhere... not sure if it's true or not. As per the original movies, he's supposed to gain a ton of knowledge that spans galaxies in the FOS. They did something similar in a Smallville episode, but I think his "training" was cut short or something. Can't really remember.

[KEakaCK]

Clarks training was cut short in Arrival because of Chloe. Chloe interrupted Clark while his training was commencing and Jor-El blasted her with sever cold and as Chloe was freezing to death, she broke Clarks concentration and cut his training short to save Chloe.
He was supposed to go back to finish his training before sunset but he didn't and lost his powers at the end of Arrival.

[pizzaguy19]

Originally posted by Xanderman
I laughed when Clark said that. I mean I understand his wanting to defend Chloe, but did he really have to insult himself to do it?:lol: That was seriously one of the dumbest things he's ever said, lol. (It's now my second favorite quote from him. My all-time favorite Clark line was back when he was blind (Whisper), and he told Chloe that her silence was deafening.:lol: classic)

And of course, as per Lex himself, we also found out in this episode that Lana Lang is not just intelligent, she's "brilliant". After years and years of annoying us to no end, who knew?:lol: (I always thought even Shelby had the goods on Lana in the brains department, but Lex's comments now have me wondering....;) :lol: )

Ah, yea I love that quote.
brains:
........|------------X Chloe
X......|------------- Clark
........|------------X Kara

Thus, Chloe > Clark + Kara. :P Silly BDA.

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TBH, I think that was just Lex being his usual cold, calculating evil self. He doesn't really think Lana is smarter than him, he's jsut playing her. And she's too simple to realize it. ;)

[MidgardDragon]

I don't think he was insulting himself. Not everyone can be brilliantly smart. Chloe is smarter than both of them put together, even with their super-powers.

And Lana's plan was pretty brilliant, including allowing Lex to track her down so she could kill him. But yeah she definitely made herself less brilliant but accepting Lex's offer.

[xrayvision]

Chloe will never be smarter than any one of them, nevermind both. Clark is not even close to being at his potential as seen on this show. The reason he doesn't appear brilliant is because he's holding himself down by living like a human. Once he accepts that he is not a human (something he will do and be proud of before becoming Superman), then his brilliance will be seen. I have seen some great instances of brilliance from him, especially in his role in bringing down Lionel.

[MidgardDragon]

Clark has already accepted he's not human. Heck he made mention of the fact that he's not human in Bizarro, but he's also proud of who he is. If Clark totally throws off his humanity he won't be Superman, he'll be Kal-El, that programmed robot from Crusade. And yeah, Chloe's smarter than both of them in Smallville. They've never really given him super-intelligence and I'm fine with that.

[SteveS]

Let's see, what name is left out from the list of the intelligent ones on the show? There is Lana, Chloe, Kara, and Clark...oh, yeah lois isn't mentioned. For obvious reasons.

[Guidron]

Superman IS supposed to have super intelligence, but the way I see it, he'll have to complete his training at the FoS before he'll have it.

I think that in the comics the way he get's it is in the FoS.

[Poweranimals]

Superman may have a superior intelligence, but even in the comics, he relies more on his other abilities and is more emotional. While people like Batman study and discipline themselves because it's all they have.

[xrayvision]

Originally posted by MidgardDragon
If Clark totally throws off his humanity he won't be Superman, he'll be Kal-El, that programmed robot from Crusade.

I'm not saying he should totally throws away his humanity. He needs to find that happy medium. I guess this is something that will either not happen on the show or will happen very late in the series. Once he becomes Superman, he will definitely not be considering himself human, yet be acting on his love for the human race by protecting it. The thing is that even though he loves humans and hates seeing them in pain, he is prolonging that by putting off his training and acquiring the vast amount of knowledge he will have. He will need that knowledge to become Superman. So if Clark appears dumber than Chloe now, it will have to change by the end since there's no way he can do his job as DC's greatest hero and be dumber than a human who is not even a genius (Chloe, Lois, Smallville Lex, Lionel, etc).

Now I'm not saying he has to be a hacker (that's a skill, not what I consider brilliance), but he has to show his comprehension of scenarios to be greater than any human. His mind will have to process 1000's of thoughts in seconds to make the right choice and save the day. That's what I'm saying. As smart as Chloe is, she can never do that, otherwise she would be Superman (or Supergirl).

[Honey45]

I actually agree with Lex. He knows how much security he puts on his projects, and how hard it is to sneak around, especially steal something. Even though he said it would be easy to steal the clone itself because it wasn't alive, it would still be hard to sneak around security guards, cameras, and Lex himself.

As for Clark saying Chloe is smarter than him and Kara put together.. I don't know. Clark is pretty smart, but he doesn't even know how smart Kara is. I don't know why he'd say that.

[HowardFilms]

HAHAHAHA

Excuse me, HeddyH, I thought you just said Lex has good security.

[Honey45]

Originally posted by HowardFilms
HAHAHAHA

Excuse me, HeddyH, I thought you just said Lex has good security.

On his projects like 33.1 and Brianiac's ship, yeah.
On his house, no.

I'm only going to guess he didn't keep that clone in his house.

[Son of Kal-El20]

Yeah, but here's the thing. Chloe is smarter than Clark and Kara. Clark knows Chloe has a big brain. She gets so smart sometimes that Clark looks like he wants to kiss her.

[kiariclois]

Originally posted by SteveS
Let's see, what name is left out from the list of the intelligent ones on the show? There is Lana, Chloe, Kara, and Clark...oh, yeah lois isn't mentioned. For obvious reasons.


I've never seen people being more harsh


So then, Chloe interrupted Clark when he's starting his super-education... Now, I reckon the brilliant Lana will be the reason for the postponing of his education... :rotfl: Hope not... :p

[Mr.White]

There is a point of being too humble for your own good. Saying that Chloe is smarter than both and Kara and he is just proving how confused Clark is even now and how much he still has to rely on Chloe for many things when his own intelligence should be able to handle situations where the power of the brain is needed. It is a shame the show won't ,or hasn't shown, the wonders of Clark's Super intelligence (The non usage of many of Clark's other Superman like abilities on this show is really frustrating). The way he should have related to Kara about how he appreciates Chloe's help should have been said somewhat better than the way it actually came out. Saying what he said to Kara made him sound like a nitwit.

[Son of Kal-El20]

*sigh*

No matter what Clark does, he can't win.

[Xanderman]

Originally posted by KEakaCK
Clarks training was cut short in Arrival because of Chloe. Chloe interrupted Clark while his training was commencing and Jor-El blasted her with sever cold and as Chloe was freezing to death, she broke Clarks concentration and cut his training short to save Chloe.
He was supposed to go back to finish his training before sunset but he didn't and lost his powers at the end of Arrival. Thanks Tom, that's what I thought too.:cool:


Originally posted by pizzaguy19
TBH, I think that was just Lex being his usual cold, calculating evil self. He doesn't really think Lana is smarter than him, he's jsut playing her. And she's too simple to realize it. ;) Agreed.:lol: Lex is playing her like a fiddle, all he really wants from her is Clark's secrets no doubt...and maybe that's all he ever really wanted from her.... (well that, and sex :lol: )


Originally posted by MidgardDragon
I don't think he was insulting himself. Not everyone can be brilliantly smart. Chloe is smarter than both of them put together, even with their super-powers.

And Lana's plan was pretty brilliant, including allowing Lex to track her down so she could kill him. But yeah she definitely made herself less brilliant but accepting Lex's offer. Well he may not have been insulting himself (not intentionally anyway, heh), but he definitely was insulting Kara. I mean he just met the girl, why does he automatically assume she's as dumb as he is?:lol: As for the Lana thing, why is it that Smallville seems obsessed with making every single female character "strong" in basically every possible way... I mean there's girl power, and then there's girl power overload. Martha became senator, Chloe's as brainy as they come, Lois is tough and smart too, does Lana really have to be "brilliant" on top of her other qualities (beautiful/sweet/etc)? Why can't they just keep her a simple small town girl? Makes Chloe, Lois etc seem less special....Lana's got looks, brains, the whole package. So when Clark hooks up with Lois in the future, it'll be like he settled for second best. I mean the way Smallville's got things set up, Lana's the perfect woman (making Lois a consolation prize, lol).


Originally posted by SteveS
Let's see, what name is left out from the list of the intelligent ones on the show? There is Lana, Chloe, Kara, and Clark...oh, yeah lois isn't mentioned. For obvious reasons. Not a Lois lover I see, lol I don't blame you, they never really made her a very likable character.


Originally posted by HeddyH
As for Clark saying Chloe is smarter than him and Kara put together.. I don't know. Clark is pretty smart, but he doesn't even know how smart Kara is. I don't know why he'd say that. Exactly. lol


Originally posted by Mr.White
The way he should have related to Kara about how he appreciates Chloe's help should have been said somewhat better than the way it actually came out. Saying what he said to Kara made him sound like a nitwit. Lol, it definitely wasn't Clark's best moment. He should have left Kara out of the comparison and limited it only to himself.... "Chloe's a lot smarter than ME, okay?" Then Kara would say "That isn't saying much." Then Chloe would laugh, and Kara would respect her for that. Best friends forever.:cool: :lol:

[wolverine316]

I absoulutely hated that line. Since it was Clark who came up with the idea to find Kara's ship. Obviously Chloe is smart but he doesn't need to put himself down to prop her up but unfortunately in order to make SuperChloe look good, Clark has to look bad. But once Clark starts his training and understands all, Chloe will be nothing to him in the smarts dept.

[limi]

Originally posted by Guidron
Superman IS supposed to have super intelligence, but the way I see it, he'll have to complete his training at the FoS before he'll have it.

I think that in the comics the way he get's it is in the FoS.
I think you (and a few others...) are confusing intelligence with knowledge. Intelligence is your "brainy" potential, while knowledge is just what you've learned. You can be extremely intelligent but be completely ignorant about the world around you, and you have medium intelligence but vast knowledge about a lot of things.

Anyway, I think people (even Clark himself) tend to overlook Clark's brighter moments. On "Kara" Clark put 2 and 2 together when Chloe said there had been communication interruptions and guessed they're caused by the ship's alarm, and he devised the way of finding out it's exact location - by asking Kara to listen for it.
Besides, we were introduced to Clark's intelligence at the very start of the series, when Mr. and Mrs. Kent sit in the kitchen and go over their income/outcome and Clark comes in and starts calculating things for them.

About the specific line he said in the episode, I think that he was just exaggarating a bit to make a point... There's really no need to make such a big deal about that...

[kryptonaidxh]

well, I believe when you say Chloe is intelligent, also Lois is very intelligent, Lex, Lionel, Clark maybe...:rolleyes:

but ..excuseme;:lana being brilliant:confused:
:lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl: , the stupid thins that wearing a blond wig in ..China (where there´s a lot of blond girls?:rolleyes: right) she think she could hide from Lex, the big villian and one of the most intelligent persons of Smallville? that´s really comic:lol: :rotfl: :lol: :rotfl:

[umm]

They should invent a branch of the Nobel prize for the inhabitants of Smallville! I mean with them being so smart and brilliant and intelligent and basicaly every superlative known to man!

[aXem]

yeah the thing with chloe sounded funny.

I wonder how he determined how smart kara was after knowing her for 10 minutes, though,

[TheANIMAL (marcus)]

Well she did f-up trying to find Clark and not realisin she'd been in suspended animation for 18 years. Doens't a kryptonian spaceship have a clock?

[Xanderman]

Originally posted by wolverine316
Obviously Chloe is smart but he doesn't need to put himself down to prop her up but unfortunately in order to make SuperChloe look good, Clark has to look bad. And Chloe didn't speak up to defend Clark back or anything, so I guess that means she must have agreed. :lol:


Originally posted by limi
About the specific line he said in the episode, I think that he was just exaggarating a bit to make a point... There's really no need to make such a big deal about that... Oh, there's every need, dear Limi, there's every need... :lol:


Originally posted by umm
They should invent a branch of the Nobel prize for the inhabitants of Smallville! I mean with them being so smart and brilliant and intelligent and basicaly every superlative known to man! Haha I couldn't agree more. Every character on Smallville seems to be "brilliant" to some degree. They should have kept Lana more "simple" in my opinion. She's supposed to be a small town girl, his first love, someone he eventually moves on from. Not the love of his life. Smallville's made her pretty much the ultimate woman. And yet Lois is his destiny...doesn't Superman deserve the best of the best? Because that's clearly Lana.:cool: :lol:


Originally posted by aXem
I wonder how he determined how smart kara was after knowing her for 10 minutes, though, Exactly, it was a pretty brainless remark from Clark, for various reasons. That's what it made it so awesome. :lol: