I LOVE this show. i own seasons 1 through 9 on DVD and i am currently watching the newest episodes on television. I first watched this show about a year ago , before which i was never really a big fan of superman.I'd seen all the 4 movies and loved them all (well the first two anyway), but i was always a bigger fan of the batman movies, but i wanted to try something new, and WOW do i regret not being part of this years ago!
Im pretty sure you all know the story - bad guy comes to town , Clark saves the day , all is good. But i think i can safely say that its the stories between the characters and there relationships that grips you to this show. For instance - for the first season Chloe loves Clark, Clark loves Lana , Lana loves Whitney........... you get the idea.
As each season goes by the relationships twist and turn in unexpected places and we meet new characters , like Kara (Supergirl) Lois Lane, General ZOD, Jimmy Olsen, Oliver Queen and more. The acting is some of the best I've ever seen in a TV show, and Tom welling as "the man of steel" is perfect! if they ever decide to make another superman movie again , i would love for them to use the characters off smallville. I am sure many will agree that Erika Durance's portrayal of Lois Lane is the best of the character by anyone, hands down and The same can be said about Micheal Rossenbaum's Lex Luthor - what a fantastic actor and character.
I think the only 2 bad things about this show are; the pacing and the departure of Micheal rossenbaum in the later series. The reason the pacing is soo dam annoying is because they drag out certain characters relationships, even when we have seen them together before and break up before . this is mostly the Clark and Lana relationship which has got to be the most complicated relationship in the whole world; They fall in love , break up , get back together, he tells her he cant be with her, then he decides to tell her about his powers, then he has to go back in time to stop himself from doing that, then he doesn't end up getting back with her, then she marries Lex Luthor, then she gets back with clark, then she leaves Smallville, then she comes back with superpowers and gets back with Clark, then she absorbs kryptonite and has to leave him for good so she moves out of Smallville again!!! Phew! that pretty god dam intense , but it seams to last forever, its like they can never decide what to do , its just annoying. They better not do the same thing with Lois and Clark in the new ones or ill be pretty annoyed. Like i mentioned earlier the other bad thing was Micheal Rossenbaum leaving the show. I got to come out and say it because every smallville fan probably agrees that its no where near as good without Lex Luthor. i mean he's the main villain in the superman franchise for Christ sake, so by killing him off in Smallville, how can they end the series with Lex being the main bad guy. I just hope Rossenbaum comes back for the last few episodes of season 10!
One thing you might be wondering is "does Clark put on the superman costume?" , simple and short - no.........well .... not yet anyway. i think it would be such a big insult to the fans who have spent nearly a decade watching this show, if they don't put Clark in the superman costume by the end of the series. seriously i cannot remember how many times they have teased us about the idea. I think in last episode of season 9 when we see the "S" from the costume reflecting into his eyes as he openes a box left by his mother.
This show also has a nostalgic feeling to it. They use Annette O'toole (who played Lana Land in superman 3) AS Martha Kent, Terence Stamp ( who played General Zod in superman 2) plays Jor-El , Cristopher Reeve plays doctor Virgil Swan and we have cameos from Dean cain ( superman in " the adventures of Lois and Clark") and many other familiar faces, and its brilliant it makes you remember the old superman movies and shows.
But all in all, there's a reason why its in the Guinness book of records for longest running TV show, because its fantastic in more or less every aspect. if you can tolerate slow story lines and pacing then this show you will love!!!
By Scott Dewhurst
Im pretty sure you all know the story - bad guy comes to town , Clark saves the day , all is good. But i think i can safely say that its the stories between the characters and there relationships that grips you to this show. For instance - for the first season Chloe loves Clark, Clark loves Lana , Lana loves Whitney........... you get the idea.
As each season goes by the relationships twist and turn in unexpected places and we meet new characters , like Kara (Supergirl) Lois Lane, General ZOD, Jimmy Olsen, Oliver Queen and more. The acting is some of the best I've ever seen in a TV show, and Tom welling as "the man of steel" is perfect! if they ever decide to make another superman movie again , i would love for them to use the characters off smallville. I am sure many will agree that Erika Durance's portrayal of Lois Lane is the best of the character by anyone, hands down and The same can be said about Micheal Rossenbaum's Lex Luthor - what a fantastic actor and character.
I think the only 2 bad things about this show are; the pacing and the departure of Micheal rossenbaum in the later series. The reason the pacing is soo dam annoying is because they drag out certain characters relationships, even when we have seen them together before and break up before . this is mostly the Clark and Lana relationship which has got to be the most complicated relationship in the whole world; They fall in love , break up , get back together, he tells her he cant be with her, then he decides to tell her about his powers, then he has to go back in time to stop himself from doing that, then he doesn't end up getting back with her, then she marries Lex Luthor, then she gets back with clark, then she leaves Smallville, then she comes back with superpowers and gets back with Clark, then she absorbs kryptonite and has to leave him for good so she moves out of Smallville again!!! Phew! that pretty god dam intense , but it seams to last forever, its like they can never decide what to do , its just annoying. They better not do the same thing with Lois and Clark in the new ones or ill be pretty annoyed. Like i mentioned earlier the other bad thing was Micheal Rossenbaum leaving the show. I got to come out and say it because every smallville fan probably agrees that its no where near as good without Lex Luthor. i mean he's the main villain in the superman franchise for Christ sake, so by killing him off in Smallville, how can they end the series with Lex being the main bad guy. I just hope Rossenbaum comes back for the last few episodes of season 10!
One thing you might be wondering is "does Clark put on the superman costume?" , simple and short - no.........well .... not yet anyway. i think it would be such a big insult to the fans who have spent nearly a decade watching this show, if they don't put Clark in the superman costume by the end of the series. seriously i cannot remember how many times they have teased us about the idea. I think in last episode of season 9 when we see the "S" from the costume reflecting into his eyes as he openes a box left by his mother.
This show also has a nostalgic feeling to it. They use Annette O'toole (who played Lana Land in superman 3) AS Martha Kent, Terence Stamp ( who played General Zod in superman 2) plays Jor-El , Cristopher Reeve plays doctor Virgil Swan and we have cameos from Dean cain ( superman in " the adventures of Lois and Clark") and many other familiar faces, and its brilliant it makes you remember the old superman movies and shows.
But all in all, there's a reason why its in the Guinness book of records for longest running TV show, because its fantastic in more or less every aspect. if you can tolerate slow story lines and pacing then this show you will love!!!
By Scott Dewhurst