Stuff like that I find disappointing. And he is still supposed to be "evil" regardless? From what?
They never managed to make Lex believably "evil" at ALL, not even back in S1/S2. Back then, they didn't even manage to make his actions "evil", even though they thought they were doing it; the result IMO was that Clark (by reacting to Lex the way he did) seemed hypocritical, judgemental and suspicious towards Lex alone - though nobody else - without reason, cruel, unforgiving and basically a right bastard.
Of course, they never meant to do anyrthing like this. They just never could write characterization that worked. What the series did have - the amazing chemistry between Clark and Lex, the fantastically nuanced and multi-layered, conflicted and struggling Lex, the magnificent bastard Lionel - that all came from the actors.
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They never managed to make Lex believably "evil" at ALL, not even back in S1/S2. Back then, they didn't even manage to make his actions "evil", even though they thought they were doing it; the result IMO was that Clark (by reacting to Lex the way he did) seemed hypocritical, judgemental and suspicious towards Lex alone - though nobody else - without reason, cruel, unforgiving and basically a right bastard.
Of course, they never meant to do anyrthing like this. They just never could write characterization that worked. What the series did have - the amazing chemistry between Clark and Lex, the fantastically nuanced and multi-layered, conflicted and struggling Lex, the magnificent bastard Lionel - that all came from the actors.