Arrival (501)

[GateWorld]

SMALLVILLE SEASON FIVE ARRIVAL EPISODE NUMBER - 501 Clark finally embraces his future with the creation of the Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic, and returns to Smallville to find that a pair of Kryptonian villains have arrived and are searching for him. VISIT THE EPISODE GUIDE >>

[Jeffer]

GREAT START i loved that ep the Fortress of Solitude looked AWESOME when do you think he will get his powers back and a GREAT new enaemy

[Eoin]

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<FONT SIZE=1>EPISODE NUMBER - 501</FONT>
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A pair of Kryptonian evildoers arrive looking for Clark. Making matters worse, the Teen of Steel's heroics are restricted by Jor-El, who says he must return to the Arctic -- and the newly-formed Fortress of Solitude -- by day's end or "the consequences will be grave." <I>(TVGuide.com)</I>

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WTF
is anyone else having this prob?

[Jeffer]

Yes it looks the same to me they just haven't finished the code yet most of the ep Threads look this way when first open them

[Osiris-RA]

^ I am.

An awesome episode - except for the problem of it totally clashing with Alias! WTF?!?!? I Had to flash back and forth missing all the cool points of each show! Alias should either go back to wednesday, scootch up to 9 on Thursday, or Smallville should come on 8 on Monday! I don't want this competition between these two shows which I love!

Back on topic, a few nitpicks. Wouldn't Chloe be a human icicle in the middle of the arctic? I nearly froze to death just crossing the street from a hill that was across from my house! She'd be wheezing, nose crimson, fingers and toes frozen, throbbing and numb, heart racing, there's no way she'd make it what, 2 blocks, unproperly dressed in the snow all the way to the Fortress of Solitude. Secondly, I don't care how frazzled Lana is, what's she think she's going to do, hobble all the way to the police station? Lol. Thirdly, I know they're changing things a bit but weren't there three Kryptonian outcasts? They could have kept that... and fourthly, Clarks done it again. Oy, losing his powers, what a twonk. Well, I'm sure he'll bumble into getting them back one way or another.

It was more action-full than Alias - though Alias's beginning did rock. And the ending too (which I missed cause I was flashing it back to Smallville. )

[Jeffer]

They were put in a prison on Krypton and in the movies when Clark put a nuke into space it broke the mirror but I think this season will be like the movie they are in because he had his powers taken away in that movie too. It was his choice just like it was in this ep

Did you guys know that his mom in the show is Lana from the movies?

and the can't move it to mondays at 8 cause thats when SGA is on in Canada

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

Good episode. Boy I can't wait for the rest of the season. One of the best of the series. And sweet visual Effects.

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

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<FONT SIZE=1>EPISODE NUMBER - 501</FONT>
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A pair of Kryptonian evildoers arrive looking for Clark. Making matters worse, the Teen of Steel's heroics are restricted by Jor-El, who says he must return to the Arctic -- and the newly-formed Fortress of Solitude -- by day's end or "the consequences will be grave." <I>(TVGuide.com)</I>

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WTF
is anyone else having this prob?

I guess the update really screwed it up. And yes I'm having the same problem.

[Darren]

It's a software hack that needs to be redone for the vB upgrade. It'll all be fixed -- please keep the thread on topic.

[TheObiJuan]

SPOILERS may apply







The krypton chic said, "Kal-el would not bleed" to the krypton black guy in front of Lex. There must be a reason for such an obvious utterance other than the obvious. In a clip I saw lex punch clark and he bled from his mouth. This probably makes Lex believe that Clark surely is not Kal-el.

Another thing, how did chloe remember that clark had powers if the guy in the last season erased her memory?

[Jeffer]

It was put back by that mashine just like Lana's was

[MarshAngel]

^ I am.

An awesome episode - except for the problem of it totally clashing with Alias! WTF?!?!? I Had to flash back and forth missing all the cool points of each show! Alias should either go back to wednesday, scootch up to 9 on Thursday, or Smallville should come on 8 on Monday! I don't want this competition between these two shows which I love!

Back on topic, a few nitpicks. Wouldn't Chloe be a human icicle in the middle of the arctic? I nearly froze to death just crossing the street from a hill that was across from my house! She'd be wheezing, nose crimson, fingers and toes frozen, throbbing and numb, heart racing, there's no way she'd make it what, 2 blocks, unproperly dressed in the snow all the way to the Fortress of Solitude. Secondly, I don't care how frazzled Lana is, what's she think she's going to do, hobble all the way to the police station? Lol. Thirdly, I know they're changing things a bit but weren't there three Kryptonian outcasts? They could have kept that... and fourthly, Clarks done it again. Oy, losing his powers, what a twonk. Well, I'm sure he'll bumble into getting them back one way or another.

It was more action-full than Alias - though Alias's beginning did rock. And the ending too (which I missed cause I was flashing it back to Smallville. )

Yes I missed most of Smallville because of the conflict. I had to pick one (Alias) eventually for sanity's sake but I am so pissed about that. I hate the scheduling!!
I was wondering the same thing about the Chloesicle when I saw her in the fortress... I missed everything before that. Missed most of everything actually

Wasn't Lana's leg broken last season? She couldn't move it and she dragged herself along the ground. Why was she hopping around this episode?

[veneticuss]

I actually expected a lot more. It was quite boring for me. ie they could have made a fight between the kryptonians, but no, they just send them to other planet../

[TheWarrior]

This episode was ok, not outstanding as I had expected.

I loved the opening scenes between the police and the two Krypton aliens. I wonder if Lana will wonder if they are related to Isobel, due to Lana noticing the tattoo on the back of the woman.

The Fortress Of Solitude was great, great SFX, and it was good that they bought it into the series now, it's like they are planning ahead to include everything that we've seen in the movies etc.

Another good example is the two Krypton aliens, we see them later in Superman II, I believe, so it was good to see how they ended up in space and in that square shape device. Shame they had to change the number of people that came down, unless James Masters character will also end up in the square.

Like "veneticuss", I expected a bigger fight between Clark and the two aliens.

Overall it was an Ok episode, but it wasn't want I expected.

[Xenan]

Not a bad ep. I also was expecting more of a fight between Clark and the deciples of Zod.

When I have the choice between all the knowkedge of the universe and being able to fly on one side and Lana on the other side, I would chose the first option