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Summary: Just released in Australia - it's great!
Review: The DVD of Smallville has just been released in Australia and I bought my copy yesterday. I was up until 1am watching it. It was well worth the purchase price. Not only do you get the pilot and the 1st episode, but the extra content is great. I especially enjoyed the deleted scenes and the commentary by the producer and directors. The only thing really missing was that there were no interviews with the cast and no out-takes. Maybe they'll be included in Volume 2 ???? Over-all however, if you are a fan of the show, it's a must buy!
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Summary: Smallville, Series
Review: The show gives those who were once small chrildren but older now. This is a view of a story about the MAN OF STEEL a town hero. It takes those who knew little about the boy and his child hood. Smallville a story of Clark Kent know to us as Superman, in his child hood years. For those who were once kids but now adults, who followed the Man of Steel this is a treat. Movie after Movie and show to show this gives us a look at the boy who is learning to grow and control what he learns about himself. Fans know what he can do but never did we know how he learned of it or how to wield it. This gives us the chance to see it in an evolution state. From those who are young to us older fans we all will enjoy the new story of Superman.The best thing is how he grows in the show with each episode, filled of dilemmas among those the chance to experience his new powers. There is so much mystery still to reveal to the true fans keeping us hanging on for the next show. No new series will take you where this one will for those who watch the show or the few who just tune in. No words can express the show entirely. For fans I leave this weather you tune in now or have been there since the beginning, no other words to speak besides WATCH in AMAZEMENT.
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Summary: Before he was Superman....
Review: I was very skeptical when I heard that The WB network was coming out with a show called Smallville,mostly because I grew up with Chirstopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman and Gene Hackman as Lex Luther.Well,I wasn't skeptical anymore after watching the last three epsoides of season one.All the actors play their roles so well that the characters they play are so believable.I really enjoyed the fact that the actress who played Lana Lang in the film Superman 3,Annette O'Toole plays Clark's mother.With great plotlines and believable charactors,Smallville is one of my favourite shows on the WB,the other one being Dawson's Creek.The city where I live,Langley BC is just a minute away from where they film Smallville called Cloverdale.A really fun and entertaining show,I recommend any fans of Superman watch Smallville,you won't be dissapointed
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Summary: Teenager Superman
Review: I really love this series. In each episode, we discover how the meteorites rain affected to the habitants of Smallville, while we see on the whole series the relationship between Lex Luthor, Lana Lang and, of course, Clark Kent. Clark will discover slowly his powers while he learns that, as a man said once, "with great power comes great responsability". Sincerely, I can't wait to see this series on DVD.
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Summary: Absolutely in love!
Review: I have completely fallen in love with this show. I bought the DVD the second I found out about its existence. So what if I had already taped the entire season from television? The commentary and extra footage on the DVD were definitely worth it. This is a must-have for anyone who even remotely likes the legends of Superman, or has enjoyed an episode of Smallville.
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Summary: Smallville Reveiw
Review: Whe I first heard about the show I was slightly skepitical that they could make a good story line out of this. I was right. They didn't create a good story line. they made a great storyline. My Tuesday nights have definatly become more fun. The show has been amazing. The acting and writing has been super. Michael, Tom, and Kristen are perfect. Chole and Pete really make the show. John Glover was made to play Lionel Luthor. And the special affects are awesome. Nothing is every small in Smallville. They even make the feak of the week thing cool. I would definatly recommend this dvd to anyone who even slightly likes Superman.
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Summary: Great Series! (but a shame about the theme song)
Review: I was mighty skeptical when I first heard about Smallville. Mainly, I was disappointed that Warner Bros. Television decided to go with this instead of the proposed Bruce Wayne series about his world travels before returning to Gotham to become Batman. Aside from that, it looked like (as one of my friends dubbed it) "Dawson's Krypton." To further complicate things, I discovered that Lex Luthor was to be one of the main characters. Basically, it seemed like it would never work. Boy, was I wrong. I began watching the series in the summer, right after the season finale, when WB started rerunning episodes. I was immediately hooked. (I preordered the Canadian import DVD of the first two episodes right after it was announced.) What struck me immediately about the series was its attention to character development. While the series is mainly episodic, there are usually several subplots that continue from week to week that advances the characters' relationships to one another. The ongoing story of Clark and Lana is especially poignant and heartbreaking due to the fact those who are familiar with Superman lore understand that, even if the two of them get together, their romance won't last. (Thankfully, Tom Welling and Kristen Kreuk have wonderful chemistry and are fully capable actors.) The main plots are the show's weakest points. I would imagine it's difficult to come up with a way for Clark Kent to be a superhero from week to week, thus they gave themselves an equivalent to Buffy's hellmouth, the kryptonite rocks. The villains can get fairly ridiculous, such as the bugboy in the second episode (included on the DVD). Fortunately, the writers understand how to turn this into a strength. Rather than focusing entirely on the villain, we get to see how the villain or the situation he/she/it causes affects the characters. (A good example comes later in the series when Clark's powers transfer to another boy and he gets to live a normal life for a short period of time.) As to my iffiness about the inclusion of Luthor, once again, my initial reaction was completely off-base. The makers of the show have managed to make Lex Luthor the most interesting character in the series, thanks in no small part to the outstanding performance of Michael Rosenbaum. I've never seen the character given such depth in a non-comics medium and it is absolutely a breath of fresh air. Watching his transition from hero to anti-hero [to villain?] will be fascinating (providing it happens in the course of the series). Of course this review wouldn't be complete without mentioning the terrific work of John Schneider and Annette O'Toole as Clark's adoptive parents. It is important to understand why Clark decides to use his powers to help those in need. The Kents are honest, hard-working people who have instilled Clark with a strong sense of right and wrong, and Schneider and O'Toole pull it off brilliantly. As the title of my review suggests, I only have one major misgiving about the show, and that's the use of Remy Zero's "Save Me" as the theme song. I normally like watching the opening credits of shows, but since I don't care for the song, I usually fast forward through this one. It's a shame, since Mark Snow composed a great theme for it. (It can be found on the DVD's menu screen and during the end credits.) I hope WBHV decides to start releasing entire seasons on DVD here in the U.S. soon. I'm certain this is a series that will get better over time. (The addition of Jeph Loeb to the writing staff points to this. To those unfamiliar with the name, check out his and Tim Sale's Superman For All Seasons.)
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Summary: FYI
Review: The Smallville DVD has already been released in Canada. The disc contains the first two episodes, along with deleted scenes and commentary. Now if only they'd release a soundtrack album...
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I love this show! I'm addicted to it! Michael Rosenbaum is so great in it!
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Summary: And The Comic gods Looked Down, and Lo!, It was Good
Review: Surprise, surprise. Blithely ignoring the protests of fanboys and the head-shaking of nay-sayers, the WB's Superman series "Smallville" turns out to be quite watchable. More than that; even GOOD. Interesting characters, top-notch acting and some lucky breaks for the network as far as casting goes made the series a smash that continues to garner impressive ratings. In the first "Smallville" DVD we are presented with the Pilot episode in wonderful widescreen, along with some commentary from the producers and director. The Pilot episode, rather blandly titled "Premeire", sets up the story for us nicely, if not particularly excitingly. Typical peaceful and idylic middle-America town Smallville is the corn capital of the US, until one fateful day when the sky suddenly starts raining meteors. Water-towers fall, cars are blown sky-high and many people are killed, including the parents of sweet four year old Lana Lang. Lionel Luthor, head of LuthorCorp, is visting his Smallville plant with his son when the meteors hit; his son survives a close call, although his hair unfortunately does not. And we must not forget the goodhearted Kents, who discover something unexpected in a still-smoldering cornfield. The action then fast forwards ten or so years later; and we get to know the people of Smallville. The Kents have named their discovery Clark (Tom Welling) and raised him as their own, although initially he does not know the truth about his origins. Clark is hopelessly in love with the orphaned Lana Lang, played by the radient Kristen Kreuk. Problems for Clark arrive in the form of the scattered meteor rocks, which make Clark extremely sick whenever they are in his vicinity. The adult Lex Luthor also lives in Smallville, and he and Clark strike up a tentative friendship. The strength of the show is definitely the casting, which is uniformly first-rate. Tom Welling as the young Clark Kent is solid, managing to convey the slight awkwardness that plagues Clark while giving him a strong moral balance. Kristin Kreuk as his love interest is lovely and exudes a wistful kindness. Allison Mack as Clark's friend Chloe is spunky and funny, and acclaimed actor John Glover is fittingly slimy as Lionel Luthor. And then there is Michael Rosenbaum. He is without a doubt the series' Ace. Rosenbaum plays Lex Luthor in the same spirit most actors play Hamlet; shrewd yet tortured, strong yet vulnerable, longing to let the good in him shine through while simultaneously fearing it a weakness. All that Rosenbaum requires is a few strong plot lines and he will make Lex the most complex and interesting character on TV today. Which brings us to the writing, the show's weak point. Not exactly bad, and sometimes actually quite good, most of the time it is lackluster. Uninteresting villians and frequent implausibilty put a damper on a great concept. The show survives on the appeal of the clean-cut Welling and the amazingly sexy Rosenbaum , but better writing could guarantee this show a gigantic following. Let's hope. All in all, a decent start to a show that is getting slowly better episode by episode. You'll catch this one from the begining if you're smart; it's going places.
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