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   From: billbick@optonline.net   
      
   "William December Starr"  wrote in message   
   news:cj5fsr$stk$1@panix2.panix.com...   
   > In article ,   
   > "Pam or C. Wayne Owens"  said:   
   >   
   > > As I remember Red had an different effect (One piece would make you   
   > > a giant, another would turn you into a turtle, the next would make   
   > > you do everything backwards, etc.)  But each piece could only work   
   > > on each Kryptonian once (Although it would have the same effect on   
   > > another kryptonican.  So if Superman needed a giant Supergirl, he   
   > > could expose her to the chuck that did that to him and get the same   
   > > result.)   
   >   
   > What Red Kryptonite was basically was the Desperate Writer's Best   
   > Friend.  If a deadline was coming up and you couldn't come up with   
   > anything else for a story, you could just pull a random "Superman   
   > gets physically and/or mentally changed into X for twenty-four hours;   
   > wacky hijinks ensue" piece of RK out of your butt and buy yourself   
   > another month to come up with a real idea.   
      
   As opposed to the first couple of seasons of Smallville when the writers   
   would just pull a random "Somebody gets physically and/or mentally changed   
   into X for twenty-four hours; wacky hijinks ensue" piece of :meteor rock out   
   of their butts and buy themselves another week to come up with a real idea?   
      
   Bill Bickel   
   http://www.comicsidontunderstand.com   
   http://www.missing-kids.us   
      
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