Current mood:

curious

My own theory...
...about last night's episode.



I might be stating the obvious here, but I wanted to voice my own thoughts about the scene in which Clark read off all the names on Bart's IDs. I felt this scene was the director/writers' way of not only paying homage to the many incarnations of The Flash, but also letting the comic-fan audience know that the Smallville Flash is a unique character that combines elements from all the comic characters into a single, new character that best fits into the Smallville universe. Much like they've changed Clark quite a bit to fit their own interpretation of the Superman mythos, they changed the Flash, too.

I don't think he's "really" Impulse, and I think the pick-up line to Chloe was meant to be just a pick up line, in the context of the scene, put there as an in-joke for the comic-fan audience. I don't think the character is actually supposed to be from the future in the Smallville universe.

Did anyone else read those scenes this way?

For the record, I *adored* the Smallville's Flash, and really enjoyed last night's episode quite a bit. :-) In general, I really love the show's interpretations of the comic characters. I also thought the special effects were especially good.