Well Jimmy is certainly important because he is a big part of Clark's Superman life. I could care less about Chloe, Oliver, or any Justice League character. I think it would be good having a set of villians such as Intergang.
I think it's important to start catering to the comic fans because we have been ignored for too long. And the comic fans I'm talking about are Superman comic fans, not JLA fans or fans of other DC comic heroes. Superman fans have been getting the shaft. The mythos that Smallville was building for itself, which I loved more than anything else about the show, is now desecrated with all the incomprehensible plotholes & retcons.
What attracted me and many other fans (from reading posts in these forums) to the show was the mythos and the Clark-Lex dynamic. They messed up on both. They made the Clark-Lex friendship all about Lana in season 5. We hardly saw any of it in season 4.
I do want Clark & Lois related plots next season, but I also want Jimmy and a good set of villians. Intergang is perfect because it would allow for continuously good episode plots unlike Doomsday, who only has so much you can do with him until the big fight. I want to see Jimmy become the legendary photographer he becomes. More importantly, I want Clark to become the reporter he becomes. It's atrocious how he has been shown involved in writing articles since the first season and is the one who hasn't written anything for the longest time.
I want Clark immediately to get a reporter job in season 9. Not a copyboy/errandboy or everything but a reporter's job that he has now. I don't want him to become Lois' doormat & get into Perry's team due to cronyism. If they can't respect Clark Kent & decently develop him, then they had no business continuing this show after season 3, because Clark hasn't done anything progress-worthy since then. I like that this season he has kicked up his heroic deeds, but it stinks because we don't even see him due to the budget. All we mostly get is that superspeed sound effect and a person is saved.
I'm still hoping that Clark gets fired next season and works on his own at the Metropolis Journal. Clark is not supposed to go out & investigate things with Lois. He and Lois are supposed to go on their own with Superman (or in this case the Blur) helping her out when she gets in trouble. Having the 2 go out like that to do their job is as annoying as having Lana accompany him as a hero in Requiem (well maybe not that bad, but still pretty bad). The traditional way it's done is they get an assignment where each checks out various aspects of the investigation. If they work together, this is how I want it.
Also in every form of Superman, Clark Kent was already an established reporter before working with Lois. It's obvious he isn't going to get the opportunities to get started as a reporter while working with her. Once he's developed, then yes. But not now. If Clark works for the Metropolis Journal after what happens to him at the end of this season, then he can get those chances and he & Perry White can build their repertoire so we can visually see how & why Perry is hired back at the Planet and how Clark gets his legendary job. Because it wouldn't make a lick of sense having Clark work with Lois, who has written many front page articles & is already established. That's like having an entry level employee work with an employee who already has many achievements on their resume.
It would be very Clark Kent like to leave the Daily Planet now & go to the Journal because he would have to know that he doesn't deserve the job he has and Jonathan taught him not to accept things given to him without merit. So I would rather see him climb the ranks of reporting throughout the next season and cross paths every now & then with Lois while working on a story. It would make things very interesting seeing a rivalry across the 2 newspapers and headlines. It would bring out the best of Lois & Clark. And having Jimmy as a freelance photographer who could work for either paper before being hired back by the Planet would work out nicely & give him a lot of exposure.
Having Lois & Clark work for different papers would also allow them to talk about non-business related matters when they meet outside their jobs. I have no doubt that this would be a win-win scenario for everyone. It would give Clark an actual mentor for his career, and we know how great Clark & Perry White interacted in that 1 episode.
I think it's important to start catering to the comic fans because we have been ignored for too long. And the comic fans I'm talking about are Superman comic fans, not JLA fans or fans of other DC comic heroes. Superman fans have been getting the shaft. The mythos that Smallville was building for itself, which I loved more than anything else about the show, is now desecrated with all the incomprehensible plotholes & retcons.
What attracted me and many other fans (from reading posts in these forums) to the show was the mythos and the Clark-Lex dynamic. They messed up on both. They made the Clark-Lex friendship all about Lana in season 5. We hardly saw any of it in season 4.
I do want Clark & Lois related plots next season, but I also want Jimmy and a good set of villians. Intergang is perfect because it would allow for continuously good episode plots unlike Doomsday, who only has so much you can do with him until the big fight. I want to see Jimmy become the legendary photographer he becomes. More importantly, I want Clark to become the reporter he becomes. It's atrocious how he has been shown involved in writing articles since the first season and is the one who hasn't written anything for the longest time.
I want Clark immediately to get a reporter job in season 9. Not a copyboy/errandboy or everything but a reporter's job that he has now. I don't want him to become Lois' doormat & get into Perry's team due to cronyism. If they can't respect Clark Kent & decently develop him, then they had no business continuing this show after season 3, because Clark hasn't done anything progress-worthy since then. I like that this season he has kicked up his heroic deeds, but it stinks because we don't even see him due to the budget. All we mostly get is that superspeed sound effect and a person is saved.
I'm still hoping that Clark gets fired next season and works on his own at the Metropolis Journal. Clark is not supposed to go out & investigate things with Lois. He and Lois are supposed to go on their own with Superman (or in this case the Blur) helping her out when she gets in trouble. Having the 2 go out like that to do their job is as annoying as having Lana accompany him as a hero in Requiem (well maybe not that bad, but still pretty bad). The traditional way it's done is they get an assignment where each checks out various aspects of the investigation. If they work together, this is how I want it.
Also in every form of Superman, Clark Kent was already an established reporter before working with Lois. It's obvious he isn't going to get the opportunities to get started as a reporter while working with her. Once he's developed, then yes. But not now. If Clark works for the Metropolis Journal after what happens to him at the end of this season, then he can get those chances and he & Perry White can build their repertoire so we can visually see how & why Perry is hired back at the Planet and how Clark gets his legendary job. Because it wouldn't make a lick of sense having Clark work with Lois, who has written many front page articles & is already established. That's like having an entry level employee work with an employee who already has many achievements on their resume.
It would be very Clark Kent like to leave the Daily Planet now & go to the Journal because he would have to know that he doesn't deserve the job he has and Jonathan taught him not to accept things given to him without merit. So I would rather see him climb the ranks of reporting throughout the next season and cross paths every now & then with Lois while working on a story. It would make things very interesting seeing a rivalry across the 2 newspapers and headlines. It would bring out the best of Lois & Clark. And having Jimmy as a freelance photographer who could work for either paper before being hired back by the Planet would work out nicely & give him a lot of exposure.
Having Lois & Clark work for different papers would also allow them to talk about non-business related matters when they meet outside their jobs. I have no doubt that this would be a win-win scenario for everyone. It would give Clark an actual mentor for his career, and we know how great Clark & Perry White interacted in that 1 episode.
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