Smallville - The Complete First Season

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Summary: Awsome!!
Review: The best show on t.v., the best season to watch, I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: In case of insecurity, vanity, trendiness--WATCH SMALLVILLE!
Review: Ideally blinded and optimistic teenage fools, ADULTS working as writers who're manipulating you are the ones subtly dictating how insecure teenagers behave, by imposing supposedly "teenage" situations in their below-average teleplay. Like infamously humiliating WB shows, Smallville discriminately stereotypes misguided and insecure teenagers to misconceive that looks are everything, one shouldn't be independent, but always submit to "friends" for direction, affected feigns of awkward grimaces count for "deep emotions", one should longingly chase trifling high school crushes, disingenuous airs of pharisaical sensitivity count towards politeness, and dressing in tight, scandalously revealing getups which stress one's bustline and impersonate size-inadequacy-imitating economic poverty-is hip and necessary for peer acceptance!!!!

Convicting teenage brats of being the worst, superficially marketing-subservient, shallow creatures in generations, the mere, affronting blameworthiness that Smallville's unambitiously regurgitated struggles at storylines are always predictably blatant, neglectfully uninspired, yet trivially vain teenagers patronize, implicates absolute, irrecoverable degeneration in today's teens' directions!!!! How insecurely gluttonous for soullessly commercialized ideals of popularity are teenagers that they treasure such notoriously mistreated TV-populism???? ALL inferiorly created characters are transparently dull, vapid, hollow-they're Canadians!!?? Though an overused cliché, if you've seen ONE Smallville, you've seen ALL. Indicting Smallville's blatant targeting of indiscriminating teen audiences relapsing attentiveness, EACH vacuous episode develops in same, stagnant ruts. Some, term's "Freak-of-the-Week"-unmasking how unsatisfactory the writers' "creativity" is, creature's hit by the ruthlessly misused "meteor shower" at EACH episode's beginning, divulging the villain instantaneously, massacring viewer-captivating suspense!!!! Next, the inferior supporting cast (Pete, Chloe) get fretfully jealous of Clark's single-minded attention to Lana, culminating in degrading schisms between them-which Smallville's writers arrogantly presume equals deep themes. Then, one said lesser character gets imperiled by the more stagnant "Freak-of-the-Week" creature, or, where Smallville's writers' trickiness incurs, sometimes Lex plays both Clark's friend/treacherous ally because he's the only one who can aid Clark in his godlessly unimaginative "predicament" since he's involved in the affair insidiously. Clark's then commonly conflicted between what Smallville's incompetent writers misjudge as soul-searching self-examination of his superpowers contrasted with endangering friends. Defamatorily, blandly, Clark routs his "adversary"-"Freak-of-the-Week"-with foreseeable ease. Sometimes, Smallville's writers include immaterial ordeals within Clark's recycled attempts to save his friends to fabricate supposedly additional "layers" to their trite story, shortcoming still. At Smallville's dictatorially contrived episodes' end, Clark usually undeservedly reconciles with inferior cast members in infamously disingenuous stipulations planned to end the show punctually rather than plausibly-despite problems between Clark and the inferior players are always boringly consistent: jealousy, pressure keeping Clark's "secret", or neglect from Clark.

The forcibly insincere relationships between characters' SHALLOWNESS are corny, superficial, angst-filled, rehearsed. Take Clark and Lana's sexual-stress-and-repression relationship. Smallville's assumingly unqualified writers plot to incorporate implied, sexual apprehension to be something more substantial in their high-school, lightweight themes and to seductively entice lost teenagers with peer sex suggestiveness. Clark's disappointed Lana immoderate times, yet writer-misdirected Lana continues flirtatiously baiting Clark irregularly, straining to maintain friendship although Lana's allegedly frustrated by Clark's non-committals. There's disingenuous "tension" in ALL of Clark and Lana's encounters, with the humiliatingly novice actors feigning interrupted, quick looks and facial grimaces as "tension"!!! The hazardous writers plan to insinuate suggestions of sexual lustfulness between them-ILLEGAL for kid's shows!!!! Chloe, dislikeable third wheel, lecherously whores for Clark's manhood, but her role's defamed to a sniveler who's relegated mostly, being incompatible. There's Black Pete who's agonized "keeping Clark's secret" and the inconveniencing consequences like Clark getting endangered because extortionists are threatening him that incurs-which is a doubtful plot Smallville's writers abuse to falsify relevant interaction between them since Pete's already relegated to inessential hanger-on in storylines. Lex is mishandled because he displays abnormally raging interest in teenagers, like pedophiles!!!! Lex is haunted by surviving his car crash which, PREDICTABLY, stimulates him to uncover the unknown and befriend his savior Clark. Unoriginally, whenever Clark endures predicaments-kidnapping, supernatural forces, or zits-Lex provides all-sweeping help because the Luthors are a legitimate crime family. Lionel and Lex's relationship is from Jerry Springer and dysfunctional. Lionel's plotted to kill/kidnap/erase Lex's memory unrelentingly, yet Smallville's writers dictate unconvincing father/son dramas about estrangement and interoffice conflicts in management!?!? Clark's parents ARE THE vilest caricatures EVER of uninspiring TV-parents who're subordinates. Jonathan's the country-rural-hick who wears plaid/jeans and simplistically believes in hard-working values, practicing unyielding uprightness. Martha's the stereotypical housewife who misbehaves as frumpily as she looks, melodramatically "consoling" Clark whenever he encounters identity crises and fretting when something concerning afflicts her family!!!!

Smallville's last ordeal concerns its unrealistic façades. The ludicrously hallucinatory coincidences are objectionable. Chloe doesn't have a menial-style job common of teenagers, rebelliously driving a sports car nonetheless; styles herself as a "reporter", but the weight of intelligence she/Clark/Pete uncover at their constrictive school paper's disparaging; is able to infiltrate anyone's records, whether they're the meteor shower's people's, government, or old newspapers. Critically, she can do this solely by having school broadband access!!!!???? Clark's parents WILL recycle some tiresomely clichéd parable if Clark questions himself; Lex WILL be connected in shady deviousness to some of Clark's adversaries because of Lionel's criminal funding; halfway through, one of the inferior cast WILL be kidnapped; just before they're murdered, Clark WILL appear to save them after unconvincing sleuthing to "determine" their locations; Lana WILL be fabricated by Smallville's writers as the "tough babe" by exhibiting "kickboxing"; Smallville's stigmatically substanceless climaxes WILL finish five minutes before show's end!!!! Package that with what's describable only as THE GAYEST soundtrack, indicting commercialized bands "hip" with bad-taste teenagers, and Smallville is HELL ON EARTH!!!!




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Summary: Much Better Than I Had Imagined...
Review: Not to be entirely anecdotal, but I was never a fan of Superman when I was a kid. I didn't like the movies a hell of a lot, and Lois and Clark with Dean Cain, and Teri Hatcher just didn't do it for me. Of course, I was a little kid, so, what would you expect?

I got turned onto Smallville from a friend just a short time ago. All I knew about it was, it was about young teenage version of Superman, and there were "freaks" of the week, and that went against basically everything I like about primetime drama, because, I am a huge fan of season arcs... Be that as it may, this ended up to be a great show.

But this show was clever. It wasn't about Clark Kent speeding around bends showing off his alien power to save the weak. He did that every episode, but it ends up being more of a side plot in a way, because we learn more and more about our characters, and we get to watch them grow every episode. They try to make this as human as possible, while keeping the superman myths alive, which is what makes this show as successful and enjoyable as it is.

Clark Kent (Tom Welling), was dropped from the planet Krypton during a meteor shower, pretty much into the hands of Jonathan and Martha Kent (John Schneider and Annette O'Toole, respectively). During this meteor strike, a little girl is orphaned (Lana Lang, later played by the exquisite Kristin Kreuk), and a little boy is struck bald (Lex Luthor, played incredibly by Michael Rosenbaum). Aware of Clark's abilities, the Kents try to raise him as a normal human being, in spite of his abilities, attempting to keep them a secret from society, trying to avoid the notoreity from the rest of the world, which also makes for some interesting confrontations between Clark and his friends. Add to the mix, a glorified school newspaper reporter, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack), who's interest in the meteor rocks and the weird things that happen in Smallville causes her to be a great help to Clark, her best friend, and unrequited love interest. His best friend, Pete, is also there along the ride (Sam Jones III).

Clark loves Lana, but never really has the gall to do anything about it, not only because of fear, but also because of her uber popular boyfriend star quarterback, Whitney (Eric Johnson), and the wonderful kryptonite necklace she wears as a memoire to her fallen parents.

All-in-all, the main story arc pretty much of the whole series doesn't really come into full play until the final four or five episodes... Most of these are "monster of the week" variety. It is all very good TV though. I suggest all of you go out to buy this, even if you don't like superhero mythos, or even teen romance.

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Summary: Why Do Lois And Clark Fans Hate Smallville?
Review: I am a Lois and Clark fan. I am also a Smallville fan. While one would think that these things would go hand in hand,there seems to be a division among some people. There are those hard core Lois and Clark fans who feel for some reason that Smallville isn't doing the legend justice.

Both series deal with Clark Kent at different stages of his life and while they couldn't be any less similar in their presentation yet, when you piece them together in sequence (and that will take several years with Smallville), you can see the logical progession from Clark Kent as a teenager growing up to the man he'll become in Metropolis.

You can see Tom Welling morphing into Dean Cain on some level (though seeing John Schneider and Annette O'Toole as Eddie Jones and K. Callan may be a bit of a stretch), but it brings us a fresh and different looks at Clark Kent's roots...before the flights and the tights. It throws the whole Superboy thing out, which is appreciated (and staying consistent with the Lois And Clark series, where his mother makes his costume).

Clark Kent tries, in some way, to be as normal as possible under the circumstances (you know, super strength, super speed, the whole xray vision thing), but it's not easy, especially when he has to hide his "secret" from the world and deal with the trials and tribulations of being a teenager at the same time.

Season one introduces us to a much different take on his relationship with Lex Luthor (they are friends...destined to become enemies), his friend Pete Ross (who never was black in the comics) and offers insight into his feelings for Lana Lang who was, prior to Lois Lane, the big love of his life.

The color on the series is breathtaking and the stories excellent. To see the development of Clark Kent as a heroic figure just as confused by his emerging powers as anyone and the development of Lex Luthor into the maniacal villan he will one day be, we are seeing a true grassroots version of this story.

One scene in particular sums this up for me. At the end of "Crush" when everyone is at the funeral of Whitney's dad, the glances between Lana and Clark and Chloe to both set against the backdrop of the rain and the cemetery takes my breath away each time I see it. A scene where no words are spoken out loud, yet thousands resonate in the wind.

A brilliant first season which only taps the surface of what is to come down the road.

Lois and Clark fans rejoice...the legend is alive.


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Summary: Smallville: Season One DVD Review
Review: Show: The premise of Smallville is relatively simple: what was it like for Clark Kent as a teenager? This may not have taken up much space in the Superman comics, but the producers dicided to build a whole show about it. And what a show it is! Here, Clark Kent is played to perfection by Tom Welling. I am by no means a comic book fan, or a huge Superman fan for that matter, but Welling is the only person who could play Kent in this show. Rounding out the cast are Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang, Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor, Sam Jones III as Pete, Allison Mach as Chloe, Annette O'Toole as Martha Kent, John Shneider as John Kent, and John Glover as Lionel Luthor. The entire cast is excellent, especially Welling, Kreuk, Rosenbaum, Mach, and Glover. Season One has Clark Kent learning to deal with his abilities and his strong feelings for Lana Lang. Season One has many "Freak of the Week" episodes which wisely took a back seat in Season Two. The characters are nicely developed throughout the season. Episodes that particiularily stand out are the "Pilot," "Metamorphosis," "Stray," and the absolutely stunning Season Finale "Tempest." I highly recommend this show to any Superman fan, as well as anyone who likes great TV. Highly recommended! 5/5


Video: Warner Home Video brings "Smallville" to DVD in a very nice 1.78:1 Widescreen version. This is really good picture quality for a TV Show, but with the fantastic job Warner Brothers is doing with the "Friends" sets, what can you expect? In fact, the quality on the "Smallville" sets are even better! Colors are great, the picture is nice and sharp. Sometimes it can look a tad dark, but thats the way the show is shot, and is not a fault of the transfer. Very good. (4.5/5)


Audio: Every bit as good as the picture quality. While only presented in Dolby 2.0 Stereo, the sound mix here is pretty comparable to most Dolby 5.1 tracks, and in some cases, even better. The surrounds are put to nice use during the action scenes, while the rest of the mix remains pretty front-heavy. The music score, and the various pop songs used throughout the show sound very nice here. While a full Dolby 5.1 mix would have been appreciated, this mix suits the show perfectly fine. (4.5/5)


Extras: There are producer commentaries on the episodes "Pilot" and "Metamorphosis." Thses are very good commentaries, and they seem to be enjoying themselves, and obviously like the show. Other extras include deleted scenes from the "Pilot" and "Metamorphosis," an interactive tour of "Smallville," a TV Promo Spot, and DVD Rom access to Chloe's "Wall of Weird." (3/5)


Overall: An excellent show gets excellent DVD treatment. Nice audio and video quality, and some great extras to boot. Highly Recommended. (5/5)


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Summary: TOM WELLING IS GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!
Review: I love Smallville and it is my FAVOURITE SHOW. I highly recommend all the Smallville boxsets so buy them now! Living in England i haven't seen any of Season 4 yet but it looks the best yet!

To finish Tom Weling is sooooooo sexy! If only he wasn't married (and straight)! I partly watch the show just so i can see Tom Wellings gorgeous body!

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Summary: I can't believe people actually watch this show
Review: First of all, I know I have a biased opinion since I'm a huge Lois & Clark fan and have therefore been expecting a lot from this new Superman show.

There's no doubt that the actors on this show are very good looking, especially Kristin Kreuk. It's just that I find the plots of the episodes so boring and dumb. You know, the villains on Lois & Clark weren't brilliant either, but Lois and Clark carried the show with their scenes. Tom Welling doesn't do anything to make me like him. He seems so self-absorbed and unable to ever come close to the character of Clark Kent.

I might as well watch "The Bold and Beautiful" instead. Smallville seems to be on the same level.

Just my opinion.

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Summary: Clark Kent growing up into SUPERMAN
Review: OK... if you expect these series to be like the Superman movies... one thing I can say about that... don't expect it to be.
This show is about a young man starting high school who just found out that he was "special". Gaining special powers every once in a while even. He feels as if he got the weight of the world on his shoulders. Now, with all that pressure on him, and still growing up in High School... I'm sure he'll be a little bit edgy at times, though I don't find him to be that at all. He's a teenager. So what, he's "special"... he still has a right to at least act like a teenager. He's trying so hard to just fit in, and he'll go through any lengths just to keep his secret, well... a secret.

Grant it, I never read the comics, but maybe it's for the best. All comics stray from the movies they become to be. Get over it. Not everything stays the same.

Watch the show, and get hooked, as I did. The show is probably one of my favorite TV shows, but then again, I dont really watch much TV. I just turn it on for Smallvile, then an hour later, go back to whatever I was doing. It's a great show. It has new ideas in every episode, and very enjoyable to watch as well. Special effects, humor, action, and drama fomr time to time... all things a great show needs to have.

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Summary: Smallville, confusers!
Review: Smallville, is a well shown show.
with charectars that almost look real and really good.
the smallville is the start of super-man, and Launna is who?
i know louis, but Launna?
how is Lex Luthour, clark's friend?
he should be a enemy!
this show is exciting, but very...confusing.

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Summary: Such a disappointment
Review: Having been a big fan of all things Superman for nearly 40 years, I was thrilled at the prospect of a new Superman show, even if it was about his life before he moved to Metropolis and became Superman. But this show was such a disappointment on so many levels. Where to begin? Well, in no particular order:

- It strays too much from the Superman story. All that supernatural stuff in the cave is contrary to what we've known about Superman ever since he was created, and Kryptonite has never affected people from Earth in any way, but on this show it felt like every week there was a new psycho super villian resulting from Kryptonite exposure. Clark's character in Smallville is inconsistent with the Clark we've known for the past 60 years.

- It's too negative. Superman/Clark Kent has always been a positive, upbeat, easy-going person. His parents are good people. In Smallville Clark is frustrated, angry, confused, and at odds with his friends half the time. What's fun about that? His dad is childish, petty, and mean in his treatment of Lex Luthor, as if he doesn't have the maturity to be civil to Lex just because he doesn't like Lionel. What a jerk. How much better it would have been and truer to Jonathan's character for him to be extra nice to Lex because his father. Apparently the writers of Smallville just love writing petty, mean-spirited characters, because this show abounds with them.

- There's the severe lack of creativity. Too many Kryptonite bad guys. Too many misunderstandings between Clark and his friends (how creative does a writer have to be to write about high school kids being jerks becaue they got their feelings hurt over a misunderstanding?). Too much time spent pining for Lana. Too little variety in general in the story lines.

I have three kids, all in their teens when the first season of this show started, and not one of them liked it. I tried to like it, but I gave up watching toward the end of the second season. It just wasn't fun to watch. I think the problem with Smallville is that the writers didn't really make it a show about Superman as a teenager. They made it a show about an unhappy teenager with super powers and threw in some elements of the Superman story, along with other stuff which is not at all a part of the Superman story. Bummer.