Just so you know.

[roxy]

I don't like Lana.
I'm not too crazy about Pete either, except in fic.

Comments

[ferdalump.livejournal.com]

Sigh. I just don't know what to say about all of this. I thought I was allowed to not like Lana Lang without being see as a hate monger along the likes of Hitler.

Where is SVMaria? I need some sanity.

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

You are not alone in your hatred. I can't stand Lana, though there were a few times I found myself almost liking Pete. Hell, at least he was (eventually) smart enough to get out of Smallville.

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

T-shirts with "I Survived Lana."

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

See, I don't hate her, I dislike her, but I wouldn't call it hate. I'm just tired of folks telling me what's racist or not. Fuck, I'm 53 years old. I know what fucking racism is.

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

Most of the people on my flist don't care for Lana. And, despite a few eps where we got a glimpse of how awesome Lana could be if the writers weren't such chowderheads, I've never liked her either.

However, unlike the person who started this clusterfuck, I understand the distinction between the character of Lana Lang and the actress who plays her. And I don't think that referring to a *totally fictional character* as "squirrel-face" or "hamster" makes me eligible for membership in the KKK.

It would be really nice if certain people could refrain from hurling insults at everyone who happens to disagree with them.

[miss-saigon.livejournal.com]

I'm so out of touch with SV fandom, is there race wank about Lana now?

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if they mean because we don't like her it makes us racist, or because we refer to her as a rodent. See, I think hamsters are kinda cute, but mostly annoying. That's why I call her Hamsterina. I didn't even know the chick was Asian, if I had, it would have made her more interesting, and they really should have written it into the show.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

yeah, and that might all have been different if she was a better actress. Pete had his moments, but on the whole, fanfic is for fixing....

[tasabian.livejournal.com]

Roxy, Pete is very hot when you write him!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

And, despite a few eps where we got a glimpse of how awesome Lana could be if the writers weren't such chowderheads, I've never liked her either.

honestly, first I disliked her because she was there. I'll admit all I wanted to see was Clark and Lex. Then, the actress underwhelmed me with her ability to wring any juice totally from any scene she was in. Then, they decided she wasn't cool enough, and suddenly she was super Lana, who could do anything. It wasn't until this season that she's improved a lot in acting and rarely makes THE HAMSTER FACE, which is why I call her that.

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

When the show first started, I was expecting Lana to be like the Lana Lang I remembered from the comics -- Clark's one-time high school crush, who he loved from afar and who never gave him the time of day. I certainly never expected her to take over the damn show! A lot of my resentment of her probably stems from that.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

yes. Some people think that calling her a squirrel relates in some way to her being Asian, they think that for some people disliking her isn't because she's a terribly written character, and the actress isn't that skilled, it's because she's an Asian woman. I never made that connection, and I dislike someone telling me I'm racist when they have no idea what I've personally experienced in terms of racism.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Ah, *thank* you! See, you don't necessarily have to like a character to write them favorably. Pete could have been so great, if they'd actually had more eps where he and Clark were really buddies, or if they provided Pete with a real life. He should have been the second most important character--had more conflict with Lex, had a good relationship with Lana, you know?

I watch few eps with Whit for that reason--I don't really care for him on Smallville, but I love him in fic. :)

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think the less you know about Smallville canon, the happier you'd be with the characters on the show. I think most of the problem lies in the fact that KK doesn't project likability. If she'd been a warmer character, I doubt people would resent her as much as they do.

I can top that!

[kantayra.livejournal.com]

I dislike the character of Lana. She's hella badly written. That said, I don't mind KK and think she's gorgeous.

The character of Pete could have been all right, if the actor who played him hadn't sucked to high heaven. I cringed through all his scenes because they pretty much could have had a stagehand come on and read those lines and they would have sounded less wooden. Every time I think I don't hate Pete, I go back and see an episode from one of the earlier seasons and remember how unbearable the actor is.

Also:

I think both Chloe and Lionel should have died several seasons back, for plot reasons.

Tom Welling still ain't a great actor. And he still looks like a JCPenney mannequin to me.

Michael Rosenbaum's acting hasn't been too hot of late, either. I can't tell if he just can't act evil or he's just phoning it in.

However, none of the bad acting on the show held a candle to the actor who played Jonathan Kent. o.O Martha Kent really went sour her last season too, like she'd inherited the 'suck' mantle or something. Also, she wore waaaaaaaaaaay too much make-up. It made her look like a corpse.

Oh, and I think the actress who plays Supergirl is the ugliest female cast member by a significant margin. The dude who played Aquaman was the ugliest male. I think I'm racist against blonds.

I can't come up with any shallow complaints against Lois or Jimmy, though. Clearly, I fail. :(

[kantayra.livejournal.com]

All those times I said that Kristen Bell looks like a drowned rat, I was actually being racist! Against, er, white, blonde people... I really do think I have a problem.

[mercymydarling.livejournal.com]

I would totes start watching again if Lana would die, that would be AWESOME.

Also, Pete was cool! Before they made him the Official Product Pimper. Poor Pete. *pets him*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

It hurts when you feel you're being discriminated against--true or not. I don't think anyone on my friend's list dislikes Lana because she's of Asian descent for God's sake--if they do, they need to be the fuck off my list.

[cinderella81.livejournal.com]

I can't stand the way they write Lana ... if they wrote her better than I might like her ... but there's also the fact that she makes those faces ... and then she's Hamsterina!!!

Re: I can top that!

[(Anonymous)]

Ooooch, I'll just ignore the terrible thing you said about my beloved Thomas, though I have to admit Michael did seem a little less than interested in some eps--though not lately, I feel. He's a *very* good actor in my opinion. People always say that John and Mikey are the real actors on the show, but it's true--they are the best. In my opinion, of course. I also thought that Pete wasn't too bad, and when he got a chance, he acted his little butt off. When he got the chance.

Acting wise KK is passable--barely--but it's true, she's a beautiful woman, and it's more apparent in different photo shoots and in candids than it is in the show.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree. At least she's lightening up on the faces--lately she's been a lot less Hamstery.

Re: I can top that!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

geez....that was me fer cryin' out ;oud. stupid lj.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Really--poor Pete!

[xinsidemyskinx.livejournal.com]

ROxxxxxxxxxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyyy i keep e-mail you and i'm not sure if you're getting them **pouts**

[xinsidemyskinx.livejournal.com]

Personally I can't take Lana Lang, not only is she badly written. But she whines a lot, and her presence seems to possess the ability to force those around to become whinier.

In every scene she either over acts or under acts, she sucks the life out of every episode she’s in, forcing it to become yet another instalment of the ever running LANA SHOW.

My main problem with Lana is that she’s such a one dimensional Barbie-like type character. She’s constantly being reinvented, and you can usually tell who she’s going to be for an episode by the clothes she wearing and the way hr hair is done….