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[Dina Lerret]

On 10/11/05, Laura Ingalls Huntley <lhuntley at fandm.edu> wrote:

> I first started watching toward the end of the third season, so I'm
> fairly new to the show as well.  It's like a drug, isn't it?  You know

Ah, season three got me hooked too.  Seems to be the consensus it's
the best season... and then season four happened like a bad train
wreck =:-o starting with Lana Lang being possessed by an 18th century
witch--I didn't need that to prove Harry Potter could whoop Superman's
ass.   Jumping the shark to put it mildly.  The current season five
has to work doubly hard to make up for the poor previous season and
it's had a so-so showing so far.  I liked parts of S5 so far, while
other parts made me cringe.

Let me go back to S3, among the best were Shattered, Asylum, and
Memoria, which all dealt with an emotionally traumatized Lex Luthor. 
Shattered was the clincher for me when Rosenbaum portrayed Lex as
having a complete emotional/mental breakdown from his father drugging
him and his tears when he saw Clark Kent display his superhuman
powers.  While Memoria, who didn't think the scene sad with a young
Lex Luthor at his elaborate birthday party... and no one came and
you're seeing this young boy crying alone.  He has everything money
can buy but friendship.


> you shouldn't, but you just can't help it.  Lemme tell you, though, I'm
> not even a slasher, and I'm *still* indescribably disgusted with the
> direction the show has taken in the new season -- and there have only
> been two episodes so far!  That photograph prison thingy was just

Are you talking about the scene where Clark and Chloe are trying to
find the 'super sekrit' lab and 'oh look, it must be this blank
portion of the blueprints'?  LOL!  One of those moments where you feel
massive quantities of brain cells dying off.


> beyond pale, IMO.  And the great t00by sex scene . . . *cringes*  But I

The Clark Kent Loses His Virginity scene wasn't as bad as seeing Clark
and Lana all happy-happy joy-joy in the fields toward the beginning
portion.  Though, E! Soup did mock the loss of virginity scene with
their own 'rendition' using an old B&W film clip of a man being shot
out of a canon and a voiceover of 'Yipee'.  But not as funny as the
segment before about Nicholas Cage naming his new son, Kal-El
(seriously), and saying Cage wasn't the only one who thought their
child could fly {cuts to a shot of Michael Jackson holding a baby out
the window}.  Add five more and they could have their own Justice
League.


> shall probably continue to watch.  I need my fix.

IMHO, Lex Luthor saves the day... or series in this case. 
Unfortunately, TPTB then decided it was a good idea for Lex to develop
an infatuation with Lana Lang.  However, in S5's Mortal, they still
confirm Lex obsesses over Clark--more than Harry obsesses over Draco
(hey, I liked HBP).


> Also . . . he's just a strangely compelling actor.

Not bad for a skinny Jewish boy. {g}  Seriously, he's done some
fascinating work, including what some may consider 'odd' roles.  As
much as folk may lack enthusiasm for S5, last week's episode where
Clark kept punching Lex and yelling for Lex to hit back, and when Lex
finally does and sees Clark bleed, Rosenbaum's Lex expression had
*layers* of emotion that just unfolded onscreen.


> likes him, which never happens.  I've never seen the notorious
> "Sorority Boys", but I think I may rent it just because I'm interested
> to know if Rosenbaum's as brilliant in other roles as he is as Lex.

Rent it!  I rented it via Netflix and later bought a copy--albeit,
previously viewed/used--because I loved the movie... okay, I'm
enamored with MR in drag. :-D  In Sorority Boys, he's the 'blonde'
gal, and in Sweet November, he's the 'brunette' with Jason Isaacs as
his lover.  Dude, he scores with 'Lucius Malfoy' (with and without
dress). {g}

http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/

Last time I checked at work (home computer runs on Win98 and no
iTunes), the above link has the SB trailer in Quicktime format.  While
Yahoo has a lower quality streaming trailer and a few extra clips
here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=trailer&id=1807776028

Generally, the beginning and ending portion aren't that good but the
'creamy center' of Sorority Boys is funny.  Michael Rosenbaum, Harland
Williams and Heather Matarazzo (with a very loud voice) have the best
scenes.

Dina