Smallville

G-Money

At the risk of getting flamed or moaned at by some people, any fans of this show on here?

For me it's one of my favourite shows, mainly as I'm a Superman fan. But I'm definitely in the minority among my friends by liking the show. But they all like football instead which I think is the greatest waste of time ever, so I guess we are even

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the blonde chick is the only good thing about that show imo

Mr E

Kara or Chloe?

G-Money

Just to be sure, I'll take both. I liked one of the episodes earlier in Season 7 with Kara in a red bikini. I haven't wanted to be a bathing suit/bikini that much since I used to watch Pamela Anderson in Baywatch

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

dunno who klara is, chloey is the one i'm talking about

ftw

Vokes

Mordances with the proletariat wrote: »

dunno who klara is

Mord, buddy, just skip to the 30sec mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ86XDpqrgA

T J Hooker

grandmaster wrote: »

At the risk of getting flamed or moaned at by some people, any fans of this show on here?

For me it's one of my favourite shows, mainly as I'm a Superman fan. But I'm definitely in the minority among my friends by liking the show.

Man do I get slated if I even mention Smallville!!! In fairness I missed a few episodes and am waiting to buy the full lot of series' to catch up. I think its brilliant!!!!

Doctor DooM

SofaK wrote: »

Mord, buddy, just skip to the 30sec mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ86XDpqrgA

That would be a NYOM.

I haven't seen much of Smallville but I liked the burgeoning Justice League storyline, and the growing animosity between Lex and Clark.

Bit too much teen angst for me though.

Steve_o

I like smallville, especially the more recent series that have Flash, Cyborg, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Super Girl etc... its good stuff, Also Allison Mack (Chloe) and Kristin Kreuk (Lana) are a good reason to enjoy it...

Another fan here , new series looks very good so far.

Poochie05

I'm also a fan. Thought it was jumping the shark in Season 6 but picked up again before the season ended and now S7 is great. I really enjoyed the Justice League storyline and some of the other comic book characters appearing. Also some of the nods to other versions of Superman etc, like Helen Slater appearing as Clark's mother and Dean Cain appearing as a mad scientist.

ixoy

Ah Smallville - I keep watching and often I don't know why. I want to slap Clark often for being a self-absorbed git, I want to strange Lana and murder Lois (she's so sassy!) and I weep at the awfully contrived plots it can produce. It varies over its season from the great moments (e.g. Lionel being brought to be executed a few seasons back) to the dire (Lana being a witch. Close enough to what she is but substitute a 'b' in there). Recently there's been some good elements and I wish we had more of Oliver in it (particularly as he likes to slag Clarke off for hanging around and doing nothing).

And yet I can't stop. Every time that I feel like giving up, they then go and produce a run of good episodes - S7's end run of episodes is one of the strongest runs the show's ever had. I don't hold out much hope for S8 (due to cast changes) but it still shows that the show can deliver, even if there are many troughs 'twixt the crests.

One thing though that bugs me is how the stories are structured - the main storyline always seems to end with about 8 minutes to spare and these are always boring moments spent in the Barn of Solitude with Clarke moping about his lot. C'mon use your full 40 mins!

Kiith

I have watched it since the start, but i stopped mid way through season 7. Some of it is just so god damn bad. Lana, christ, she's great looking, but i was really hoping Lex/Zod would through her off the roof last season. Might finish the season though, if as ixoy says it is quite good.

Mr E

Spot on, ixoy... I've noticed that 8-10 minutes of moping (often followed by a little twist or revelation at the end, which means you have to put up with the boring lead-up).

For a show with a reputation for brilliant season cliffhangers, I was underwhelmed by the end of Season 7.

tvnutz

Ye ixoy,spot on! I still watch and I don't know why,next season is the last so I might as well watch that. But there will be no

Lex,and of course no Lional

,2 of the good characters. I like Chloe,but other than that...you mentioned the rest fairly well.

And on a side note,Oliver will be a series regular next season,which is a good thing.

ixoy

tvnutz wrote: »

And on a side note,Oliver will be a series regular next season,which is a good thing.

Will he? That's a good thing - maybe he'll finally get Clark out of the barn and living up to his responsibilities. I think the show could have real potential if they had Clark leave Smallville, team up with the Justice League and have Chloe re-invented as Oracle or something. There's nothing keeping him there anymore.

G-Money

I thought they had jumped the shark in Season 4 for sure, it was definitely my least favourite season along with season 1. IMHO they turned it around in Season 5 but I'm still annoyed they killed off Jonathan Kent when they had the option to get rid of Lana.

I thought Season 6 was good and so has Season 7, even though the writers strike kind of threw a spanner in the works.

Season 8 I'm not sure what to expect. Everyone reckons Season 8 will be the last one and I guess it probably will be, although the boss of the network in the US hinted that it might not necessarily be the case.

There are a lot of cast changes coming up which could affect the show as well.

I know I have my own idea for how I want the show to end. The last scene should be Clark taking off from the Kent Farm and flying towards Metropolis to start his new life as Clark Kent/Superman.

Glad to see the Oliver Queen is coming back in Season 8, I like him.

Stark

Seasons 1-3: Good
Season 4: It had some good episodes but very much jumped the shark, especially in the latter half of the season. Witches, wtf?
Season 5: Appeared to be the season where they were turning themselves around, but ****ed everything up mid way through by having Clark go back in time to erase everything that the season had been building towards.
Season 6: Phantoms, yawn.
Season 7: First half was same old crap with Clark moping about the barn. Second half was a good bit of an improvement but they still need to have Clark being more like Superman and less self absorbed. The finale was also quite insulting. Precious time that should have been given to Clark and Lex's final showdown was instead given to Lana and Lois.

Season 8: Who knows? They appeared to have turned themselves around towards the end of Season 7, but they've led us to believe they were going somewhere before and have always disappointed. Half the cast is gone as well, with Michael Rosenbaum and John Glover being big losses.

Full_Circle

I thought seasons 1 - 3 were decent enough, but it was never a very compelling show. It got bogged down in too much "Dawsons Creek" territory and never really fully embraced the true spirit of Superman (you have to wonder is Clark EVER going to become the Clark in the comics?). I'd hang on each season because the cliffhanger always promised so much, but ultimately it never delivered.

From season 4 onwards I only watched it because its had that "so bad its funny" quality. The plots became incredibly predictable and the story often kept going round and round in circles (particularly concerning the relationship between Lana and Clark). Life changing events were always casually swept under the carpet so that things could return to normal for the end of the show. The dialogue is cheesy to the extreme. The acting from a lot of the cast is just plain woeful, particularly Tom Welling. I always thought that John Glover and Annette O'Toole saved the show from being a total waste (and as far as the younger cast is concerned, Allison Mack always did a great job).

Season 7 started two weeks ago on E4, but I've so far managed to avoid watching it, thank GOD.

Stark wrote: »

Half the cast is gone as well, with Michael Rosenbaum and John Glover being big losses.

This is a complete shock. One of the more entertaining things about watching this show was the father / son interplay between Lionel and Lex (even though the Lionel character was all but castrated a few seasons ago).
And I also dont see how the addition of Justin Hartley to the cast as a regular can be a positive thing as his acting was always atrocious.

Steve_o

ixoy wrote: »

Will he? That's a good thing - maybe he'll finally get Clark out of the barn and living up to his responsibilities. I think the show could have real potential if they had Clark leave Smallville, team up with the Justice League and have Chloe re-invented as Oracle or something. There's nothing keeping him there anymore.

Agreed, they might have to change the name though in that case...:D

But yeah, having him finally don the role of Superman would be cool and teaming up with the Justice league would bring the show in a nice direction... I wonder will they ever have a Bruce Wayne character in it?? .... probably not, but it would be cool.

qwertplaywert

First 2 seasons were ok, if nothing special. Season 3 was a good season. 4,5 And 6 were dreadful[stopped watched halfway through 6, just read the summerys for the rest of it]. Started watching season 7, and oh my, what a change. Its been brilliant, Lana has actually become a character worth watching, and Clark is only slighty annoying now[still annoying mind]. Only 2 eps left to watch tonight, and can't wait.That being said, the departures for the 8th season, combined with the fact the show runners are leaving doesn't inspire much confidence.

JP Liz

With Lex Luthor quietly exiting stage right, no less than Doomsday is coming to Smallville. Though the CW's official announcement dare not actually utter the big guy's alias, Sam Witwer — whom Battlestar Galactica fans may remember as Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo — will fill the role of Davis Bloome.

Doomsday, of course, is the baddie who according to canon one day will kill Superman. On Smallville, though, he'll start out as just a charismatic paramedic... though one with a deep-seeded dark side. (No, I didn't say Darkseid.)

In addition, lest Lex's affairs go untended in his absence, nubile newcomer Cassidy Freeman is also joining the 'Ville as Tess Mercer. Her name an obvious nod to "Miss Tessmacher!", this spunky gal is the acting CEO of Luthorcorp — and she boasts a cunning ruthlessness to match her mentor's.

Spazdarn

Old thread I know but I'm glad it's over. The last few seasons have been terrible

JP Liz wrote: »

With Lex Luthor quietly exiting stage right, no less than Doomsday is coming to Smallville. Though the CW's official announcement dare not actually utter the big guy's alias, Sam Witwer — whom Battlestar Galactica fans may remember as Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo — will fill the role of Davis Bloome.

Doomsday, of course, is the baddie who according to canon one day will kill Superman. On Smallville, though, he'll start out as just a charismatic paramedic... though one with a deep-seeded dark side. (No, I didn't say Darkseid.)

In addition, lest Lex's affairs go untended in his absence, nubile newcomer Cassidy Freeman is also joining the 'Ville as Tess Mercer. Her name an obvious nod to "Miss Tessmacher!", this spunky gal is the acting CEO of Luthorcorp — and she boasts a cunning ruthlessness to match her mentor's.