Why did Lana smash the mirror? [Archive] - KSiteTV Television & Movie Forums

redraven

11-08-2007, 08:20 PM

Originally posted by luvinChlark
But then she seemed ok with it at the talon? very confusing. I'd say that was unnessary throwing. Also why throw a picture of urself?:lol:

Because Lana realizes now that she's not the girl next door anymore. :\ And maybe she thinks that if she was, Clark would trust her more when she had his powers.

At least that's what I got from it.

WELLINGWIFE#2

11-08-2007, 08:21 PM

It made her looked fat

theotherJane

11-08-2007, 08:23 PM

Originally posted by luvinChlark
Also why throw a picture of urself?:lol:

Because she is not that sweet, innocent girl anymore.

Clana4Life

11-08-2007, 08:23 PM

Yeah, the fact that she was okay with Chloe at the Talon makes it all very confusing. I didn't realize she threw the picture. I thought the picture was on the dresser and was knocked down by whatever she threw at the mirror. I guess she realized that she was no longer the girl in the picture. Funny how Clark still had that picture hanging around. He really loves Lana Lang. He keeps pictures of her from high school in his room? Was that his room? Or are pictures of her all over the house?

redraven

11-08-2007, 08:26 PM

Originally posted by WELLINGWIFE#2
It made her looked fat

:confused: ...What?

Twitch

11-08-2007, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by theotherJane
She was upset that Clark didn't trust her with the powers and told Chloe to watch out for her.
Yep, and it seems he had good reasons not to trust her with his powers. Saying that power corrupts in her case is an understatement.

LKent113

11-08-2007, 08:29 PM

She is alittle unstable, there is no doubt about that. I think she has been trying to keep to much to herself and that was more in frustration than anger, but I would say she was upset, I don't think it was all because of what she overheard though.

harryandginnyfanatic

11-08-2007, 08:30 PM

Uh oh. Another seven years of bad luck. :lol:

Coyote

11-08-2007, 08:43 PM

She is conflicted between the idealized person she tries to present herself as to Clark and her real self that she sees in the mirror.

AndiGirl

11-08-2007, 08:43 PM

She was throwing a fit like a five year old....basically? She overheard something she didn't like...and broke the mirror.

ClanaDestinyObsession

11-08-2007, 08:47 PM

okay partially it wasn't her fault! ...remember they said it happened one other time and the guy went totally psycho!! so.....yeaaah

AndiGirl

11-08-2007, 09:08 PM

Yea...power hungry. I dont think that means everyone goes psycho. It just depends who gets the powers. The guy who got them before was a geek....and he wanted to be noticed. Lana wanted revenge. I dont think getting the powers makes you go crazy at all....she chose to.

STFanatic

11-08-2007, 09:14 PM

I confess it would be hard not to go somewhat wacky if I had the powers, it would be so darn hard not to want to appear on Jay Leno just to show off.
If I could juggle Cadillacs, or bench press a factory, I don't know if I could hold back.
I don't think I would go around crunching heads, but it is hard to say for sure.

litew8

11-08-2007, 09:38 PM

Originally posted by WELLINGWIFE#2
It made her looked fat :rotfl:

I think because she's a pissed off clone!
muuhahahaaa

Bruce Knight

11-08-2007, 09:41 PM

kryptonite roid rage!!!

the guy who got clarks powers before had the same problem

insp henderson

11-08-2007, 09:58 PM

Originally posted by paolinki25
She was pissed cause I think she's beginning to see Clark trusts Chloe more than her now, and that pisses her off. When people's lives don't revolve around her, Lana gets upset.

Originally posted by luvinChlark
But then she seemed ok with it at the talon? very confusing. I'd say that was unnessary throwing. Also why throw a picture of urself?:lol:

They did the super hearing effect.

Clark and Lana live together, they should trust each other more than anyone else. It was natural for her to be upset, and infected by green krypto, she let her anger out on an object. By the time she got to the talon, she had cooled off.

Mello Penelo

11-08-2007, 09:59 PM

HULK SMASH!

KryptoKnight

11-08-2007, 10:16 PM

I thought it was an accident. She just forgot her strength.

Brizzle

11-08-2007, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by WELLINGWIFE#2
It made her looked fat

:rotfl: good one wellingwife

Mello Penelo

11-08-2007, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by KryptoKnight
I thought it was an accident. She just forgot her strength.

You don't need super strength to throw a pointed object at a mirror to break it. I do that after every episode of Smallville. :rotfl:

litew8

11-08-2007, 10:22 PM

^ haha

KryptoKnight

11-08-2007, 10:24 PM

LOL

insp henderson

11-08-2007, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by Mello Penelo
You don't need super strength to throw a pointed object at a mirror to break it. I do that after every episode of Smallville. :rotfl:

why watch?

chantal

11-08-2007, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by luvinChlark
[B]But then she seemed ok with it at the talon? very confusing. [B]

She wasn't "OK with it at the Talon," she was in lying/cover up mode again. She didn't want Chloe to know that Lana knew Chloe was guarding/observing. She didn't want either Chloe or Clark to know that she was super-eavesdropping.

I also think she was already thinking about what she was going to do with her powers, that is, going after Lex. And she was pissed off that she would have Chloe tagging around after her, interfering in her plans. At the Talon she was just lulling Chloe's suspicions so she could ditch her.

litew8

11-08-2007, 10:33 PM

Originally posted by insp henderson
why watch? A good stress releiver?

Originally posted by chantal
She wasn't "OK with it at the Talon," she was in lying/coverup mode again. She didn't want Chloe to know that Lana knew Chloe was guarding/observing. She didn't want either Chloe or Clark to know that she was super-eavesdropping. Didn't Lana just come right out and tell Chloe that she was listening in to her (Chloe's) and Clark's conversation with her super hearing?

Billy Jor-El

11-08-2007, 10:40 PM

In looking in the mirror she saw herself for who she's become, and while we may find Evil Lana sexy, she hates herself for not being the sweet girl in the photograph anymore.

That or she still thinks she's a vampire from "Thirst"

Bela: "I....dislike mirrors.......Van Helsing will explain." 1931 and it still rocks ;)

supergirl28

11-08-2007, 11:00 PM

i agree with theotherJane. Lana was mad that her boyfriend didnt trust her. she broke Clarks mirrior, that is his room but rearranged it b/c of his girl. sorry getting way off topic. Lana shoulnt be the one mad, she's also keeping the truth from clark.

niki

11-08-2007, 11:04 PM

I thought it was a pretty good metaphor/analogy type thing. She 'shattered' her image as the girl next door that Clark fell in love with ... especially looking at the picture of her and her prize-winning horse right next to the shattered mirror. Shows how so much has changed -- particularly with these newly-gained superpowers -- and that she's not the same Lana anymore.

Too bad she's going to have 7 years of bad luck now, hehe. :lol:

mistaguitarmasta

11-08-2007, 11:40 PM

i think you guys have it all wrong...i think she just hadn't adjusted to her new strength yet and accidentally broke the mirror....at least thats how it looked to me. yeah, its true anyone can break a mirror, but she wasn't fully in control of her abilities at that point, so it's possible she misjudged. sorry, i know how important it is to some of you to prove that lana is evil :-P

litew8

11-08-2007, 11:54 PM

Maybe it was a metaphor -

Not shattering the image of the girl next door (as mentioned above), but rather - She shattered the mirror of her self revealing that SHE is the one that is shattered (inside). After shattering the mirror, she looked at a picture of herself when she wasn't broken and successful (blue ribbon winner).

hightower6969

11-09-2007, 01:47 AM

lana smashed the mirror because clark didn't trust her with the powers she had and wanted chloe to look after her. The mirror she looked at was broken but the piece she looked at wasn't broken inside per se, but there were grains of shattered glass around the pix with the horse, meaning she is different than what she was back then. You guys need to get your facts straight. I took replayed the episode and saw the whole thing and only a couple of people got it correct.

ginnyfan

11-09-2007, 01:50 AM

I don't know why she broke the mirror but it sure was creepy. Maybe she couldn't stand to look at her own duplicitous face.

Demne

11-09-2007, 01:52 AM

You all are silly. You look for things that are not there.

She heard Chloe and Clark talking about watching her, she got frustrated.. she was tossing an object just like she was frustrated and because she had super strength it went faster than she expected and broke the mirror. Simple as that.. there is nothing else to find in it, no metephor.. no anger issues.. was an accident. I am sure you all have tossed something a little to hard and it broke.. same thing here. Although I do agree with her seeing the picture and seeing what she used to be.. the fun loving girl who loved to ride horses.

maryjanewatson

11-09-2007, 02:12 AM

Super-PMS.

vikingjedi

11-09-2007, 02:17 AM

Originally posted by Billy Jor-El
In looking in the mirror she saw herself for who she's become, and while we may find Evil Lana sexy, she hates herself for not being the sweet girl in the photograph anymore.

That or she still thinks she's a vampire from "Thirst"

Bela: "I....dislike mirrors.......Van Helsing will explain." 1931 and it still rocks ;)

Great answer

The picture represents the past where she was happy and complete

The mirror represents the present where she is shattered and lost

hightower6969

11-09-2007, 02:26 AM

I guess demne and a I are the only ones correct. You guys need to replay the scene again.

litew8

11-09-2007, 02:43 AM

Originally posted by Demne
the fun loving girl who loved to ride horses. Well, she was ridding a horse at the begining of the show.

Originally posted by Demne
she got frustrated.. she was tossing an object just like she was frustrated and because she had super strength it went faster than she expected and broke the mirror. Simple as that.. When was the last time you ever saw Lana throw something because she was frustrated? Hint: Never.

DestinyAw8s

11-09-2007, 05:03 AM

If frustration caused Lana to abitrarily toss whatever at the mirror, the fact that it did shatter should have given her pause. She should have recognized in that moment that she could seriously hurt somebody, unintentionally or otherwise. At the very least, she should have thought, "Oh sh**, I'd better be careful!". But did she? Apparently, not. She proceeded to punch Lois (who, as far as I know, has never done anything to deserve such treatment) and could have caused real damage. And then smirk about it. I hope Lois (in normal mode) kicks Lana's sorry butt to the moon.

jimmyolsenblues

11-09-2007, 06:35 AM

why did Lana smash the mirror in the beginning

This is foreshadowing, without answering it directly, the answer is in the spoilers.
Please everyone don't post spoilers in the current episode area.

petewillreturn

11-09-2007, 08:36 AM

It told her she wasn’t the fairest of them all.

Mello Penelo

11-09-2007, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by petewillreturn
It told her she wasn’t the fairest of them all.

:eek: OMG... :rotfl: :rotfl:

Clana4Life

11-09-2007, 12:10 PM

JimmyOlsenBlues, I'm confused about your post. Why did you say it was a spoiler? Lana smashed a mirror in the current episode of "Wrath." How is that a spoiler since it has already occurred in a current episode?

litew8

11-09-2007, 12:14 PM

^ Because it is in the form of a question. Why did Lana .... I think it leans more towards Speculation, but that's just my opinion. I'm prob. wrong.

Clana4Life

11-09-2007, 12:26 PM

People ask questions about current episodes all of the time. Most of the posts concerning this episode ask one question or another.

litew8

11-09-2007, 12:29 PM

^
Then I'm wrong.

- - -
oh wait, Jimmy said the answer to this thread's question is in the spoilers. He didn't want to mention what it was (directly).

Clana4Life

11-09-2007, 12:31 PM

Hopefully JimmyOlsenBlues will come in again and explain what he meant. He might have meant that the answer to my question was in the spoiler section. I checked the spoilers and couldn't find anything related to Lana smashing a mirror.

last man of krypton

11-09-2007, 05:01 PM

Originally posted by Twitch
Yep, and it seems he had good reasons not to trust her with his powers. Saying that power corrupts in her case is an understatement.

Totally. I was thinking, "you've just proved his point!".

Billy Jor-El

11-09-2007, 06:26 PM

I just watched the ep again, and she smashed it as she overheard (via super ears - and, uh, why was it necessary for Lana to brush her hair from her ear as she was listening in? She's hearing it through many walls....we get the point of super hearing already!!) Clark tell Chloe to watch out for her. Lana was probably jealous of the trust that Clark has for Chloe, something the 2 of them never have, nor never will share. And the picture of her with the horse and blue ribbon only drives home the point of the (false) image the BDA keeps of her on his pedestal.

Clana4Life

11-09-2007, 06:39 PM

Clark wasn't asking Chloe to watch Lana because he didn't trust her. He was asking her to protect and watch out for her. Trust wasn't an issue at that point. It's the same thing he did in Reckoning. He asked Chloe to watch out and protect Lana. He makes Chloe Lana's personal bodyguard, but I don't think the issue was a trust issue.

Billy Jor-El

11-09-2007, 06:42 PM

I'm not saying it was a trust issue between Clark and Lana, I'm saying that perhaps Lana feels Clark is closer to, and trusts Chloe more than her; he confides in her in ways that he never did to her, that's what makes her angry (along with some really pissed off hormones :) )

Clana4Life

11-09-2007, 06:47 PM

I don't that clark confides more in chloe. clark chose to tell lana about is secret. chloe found out via alicia. clark never confided that info to chloe, but to pete. it was only after chloe learned about clark's powers that he started confiding things to her. as you can see, he's really confiding in lana know - telling her about his mom and the DNA and the blue crystal. he told lana before anyone else. i'm not even sure that he's told anyone else.

Billy Jor-El

11-09-2007, 06:52 PM

True, though I still see Clark as being infinitely more comfortable with Chloe than Lana, but I'm obsessed, too :)

Clana4Life

11-09-2007, 08:25 PM

LOL, Billy Jor-El. Are you a Chlark fan?

kentfamily

11-10-2007, 01:07 AM

I think she threw the mirror because when Lana heard Clark say to Chloe," Please keep an eye on Lana for me", Chloe's reply was, " Dont worry, I wont let her out of my sight".

I think that brought back memories of some sort while she was married to Lex. I think she was angered by the fact that she had to be watched. Then she calmed down when she saw her picture of when she was a teenager, a happier time.

Its kind of the show's way, of telling us, that Lana's inbalance of the mind is building up. I guess.

I think Lex had kept her holed up in the mansion and never letting her out of his sight, so to speak. Remember when , Lana came to Chloe when she had just moved in with Lex? Lana had said something about feeling overcrowded? and Chloe had said something like, is it Lex that is keeping you from seing your friends something like that.

I think I am babbling, what was the question again? :confused:

litew8

11-10-2007, 02:24 AM

^
Nah, it all makes sense. :)

The last paragraph, I remember Lana going to Chloe voicing concern about moving in with Lex. I think it was right after she moved in and found cameras were in her bedroom.

chantal

11-10-2007, 02:33 AM

Originally posted by Clana4Life
Hopefully JimmyOlsenBlues will come in again and explain what he meant. He might have meant that the answer to my question was in the spoiler section. I checked the spoilers and couldn't find anything related to Lana smashing a mirror.

The only connection I could see in spoilers, and it's a leap, is the title of episode 12, which I won't name, but is sort of a definition of "smash."

litew8

11-10-2007, 02:48 AM

^ hmm
Like you (prior), I didn't make any connection either.
Maybe he was pulling our legs.
I'll go check out what you noticed.

Billy Jor-El

11-10-2007, 07:53 AM

Originally posted by Clana4Life
LOL, Billy Jor-El. Are you a Chlark fan?

Who, me? Whatever gave you that idea? :D

Actually, I don't want Clark to have Chloe...because I WANT HER!!!! :)

curiosity

11-10-2007, 08:15 AM

Originally posted by redraven
Because Lana realizes now that she's not the girl next door anymore. :\ And maybe she thinks that if she was, Clark would trust her more when she had his powers.

At least that's what I got from it.

I think it was a representation that she isn't who she used to be, that person was shattered, just like the broken glass in both the picture frame and the mirror. I think she was trying to pretend she was still that person to Clark, but when she overheard him, she realizes he doesn't see her the same either, so she threw the photo. So basically I agree.

Ania

11-10-2007, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by kentfamily

Its kind of the show's way, of telling us, that Lana's inbalance of the mind is building up. I guess.
Yeah, she's going to crash soon and go mad like the meteor freaks.

Honey45

11-10-2007, 11:30 AM

I think it was because Clark didn't trust her, and he was talking to Chloe about babysitting her behind her back.

kentfamily

11-10-2007, 03:26 PM

I just dont understand why Lana never had anyone she can go and vent her problems to.
In a way, her becoming psycho on us can also be that she always needed someone for her to turn to. I mean people need to vent problems and to solve whatever issues are at hand.

I always thought Chloe was a friend she can go to, but, it seems Lana really trusted Chloe all this time.

Lana is still that lonely person she was when she was a girl. Becoming evil was the only way she knew how to survive while being married and living with Lex Luthor. Then there was Lionel who was also manipulating her from the other end. The girl was being pulled from two different directions, no wonder she is suffering from a mild case of paranoia schiophrania , and maybe develop dual personalities.

clana4everfan2

11-10-2007, 04:35 PM

The mirror was a symbol of how Lana had changed on the inside even though she may look like the same old Lana on the outside. Lana's obsession of seeking revenge on Lex due to all the hurt and her pain and hurt he caused her will be her down fall. And now Clark will begin too see if she continues on her quest. Lana has become a female version of Lex in some ways which sucks because he is obsessed with the Kryptonians. I still like Lana and it only makes her character that more interesting and complex. Only because both will realize what they are searching for or need they won't be able to get from their relationship. :(

sirconical

11-10-2007, 06:07 PM

Originally posted by AndiGirl
Yea...power hungry. I dont think that means everyone goes psycho. It just depends who gets the powers. The guy who got them before was a geek....and he wanted to be noticed. Lana wanted revenge. I dont think getting the powers makes you go crazy at all....she chose to. I agree. I'm sick of the demented logic all the characters seem to latch onto about how Meteor freaks, and people who get powers just become psychos because they've got power. It's like living in a world of people who don't quite understand how that world works.

Originally posted by KryptoKnight
I thought it was an accident. She just forgot her strength. Yeah, usually a photo is a bit too much for her to throw?

Originally posted by Demne
She heard Chloe and Clark talking about watching her, she got frustrated.. she was tossing an object just like she was frustrated and because she had super strength it went faster than she expected and broke the mirror. Simple as that.. there is nothing else to find in it, no metephor.. no anger issues.. was an accident. I am sure you all have tossed something a little to hard and it broke.. same thing here. Although I do agree with her seeing the picture and seeing what she used to be.. the fun loving girl who loved to ride horses. Sorry, but that was just a photo in a frame. How weak do you have to be to not be able to throw it 4 feet into a mirror? She didn't look surprised that the mirror broke either.

Originally posted by litew8
Well, she was ridding a horse at the begining of the show. TW wasn't. I couldn't help wonder why.
Lots of far away shots, and shots of the horses feet.

Billy Jor-El

11-10-2007, 06:16 PM

I tell ya, though, the one thing I agree with Lana about is her first reaction at her powers, "......this is SOOOO COOL!!!"

BDA wants to be "normal" (whatever that is), I'd dig having those abilities ;)

free_emily

11-10-2007, 06:26 PM

I took it as an indication of conflicted identity. She's takes an old picture of herself and uses it to smash her current image displayed in the mirror. Is she the old, innocent, idealized Lana? The new, vengeful, self destructive Lana? In destroying both images, it would seem that her true desire is to be neither.

smallvillerocks45

11-10-2007, 09:13 PM

Lana didn't hear the whole conversation, she just heard the part about Clark asking Chloe to keep an eye on Lana...so she got angry. As far as she was concerned, the powers were a "gift", and because she's such a big girl she doesn't need a baby sitter.

To me, it just looked like a mini temper tantrum. I hope this whole ordeal has opened Lana's eyes and cleared her head. In an ideal tv world (that involves superheroes), I want the Clana break up due to the realization that Clark has a higher and more meaningful calling, not due to the fact that his girlfriend is a lying sociopath. Is that too much to ask?