SmallvilleThis is the one where Clark and Lana get together for the first time, but I remember it fondly because it showed just how fierce a character Chloe has become. Our favorite farm boy is all powerless and is forced to rely on his best friend to help save Lana and his parents from The Shield's Lemonhead and the Powder twins. Allison Mack had some great lines. Here's a good one: "I didn't realize superwhining was one of your powers." And I loved this exchange between Chloe and Clark: "So what you're saying is that now that you're human you have absolutely no useful skills. Not so much." Yup, I’m really enjoying the former Torch editor this season. I like her working with Clark and being someone who knows his deepest darkest secret. Meanwhile, ClarkLite is so chipper and non-broody without his powers. Too chipper. Too non-broody. I kinda like the angst that comes with being Kal-El. But if anyone deserves a little sunshine in his life, it’s Clark. Y
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Question: I watched about 10 minutes of a movie whose title I can't for the life of me remember. It was about a very smart albino boy who was locked in a basement and only discovered by the police when his parents die.
Answer: My money is on Powder (1995), a pop parable starring Sean Patrick Flanery as a bald, pallid teenager whose isolated upbringing leaves him painfully vulnerable when he is forced to join the ordinary world.
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