Superman 2009: I haven’t been watching the Smallville TV program in the last several years. Recently I spied a copy of the complete sixth season DVDs of Smallville on the shelf of my public library. I snatched it up and checked it out and over the course of several weeks got caught up with the latest doings of Clark, Lana, Chloe, Lex. Martha, Lionel and Lois. Later I got the 7th season (which is somewhat better than the sixth season).
The Good: The characters are still very engaging and personable. Clark is still wonderfully square. Lana is still beautiful but whiney (Kristin Kreuk was miscast for the role). Made-for-TV Chloe is still perky and fun. Lois is starting her ascension as Superman’s true love. Supergirl debuts with the well cast Laura Vandervoort and Jimmy Olsen is introduced as a very likable character. We have an African-American Martian Manhunter and Black Canary makes her appearance. This season we see Green Arrow and a sort of Justice League or is it more of a Teen Titans (with Aquaman, a Flash character and several others)? There are some nice special effects.
The Bad: Did I miss sometimes in the first Smallville episodes? This program has degenerated rank soap opera. One of the producers admitted this by saying Smallville is a soap opera with a little superhero stuff tossed in rather than a superhero story with a little soap opera tossed in. Lana and Lex are bedded and they wed, but she almost backs out at the last minute. However, Lionel threatens to kill Clark if she doesn’t go through with it. Lana is found with child but she finds out later it was a false pregnancy. There is other sexual hanky panky going on (no abstinence message here). Everyone is lying to one another-constantly. At one time Superman was a role model character. Lionel is a master manipulator who maneuvers everyone in the show including his own son and the recently widowed Martha Kent. Lex is a deceitful and dangerous sociopath with several different personalities.
The Ugly: The Bizarro Superman reaches into Martian Manhunters torso and pulls out his spleen(or is it his liver?). One villain carves up Lex’s chest with a knive (later Clark gets the same treatment). Lex kills his father Lionel by pushing him out of a window of the Luthercorp building. Smallville is probably on its last legs—a victim of sheer goofiness, poor stories and disrespectful handling of characters. David Porta has said it correctly. The writing on this program is terrible. It is very formula ridden. The first 31-32 minutes has the main story and the last 9-10 minutes is devoted to wrapping up details and setting the stage for the next episode. What started out as a fun program several years ago has deteriorated into a hopeless mishmash of utter nonsense.
The Good: The characters are still very engaging and personable. Clark is still wonderfully square. Lana is still beautiful but whiney (Kristin Kreuk was miscast for the role). Made-for-TV Chloe is still perky and fun. Lois is starting her ascension as Superman’s true love. Supergirl debuts with the well cast Laura Vandervoort and Jimmy Olsen is introduced as a very likable character. We have an African-American Martian Manhunter and Black Canary makes her appearance. This season we see Green Arrow and a sort of Justice League or is it more of a Teen Titans (with Aquaman, a Flash character and several others)? There are some nice special effects.
The Bad: Did I miss sometimes in the first Smallville episodes? This program has degenerated rank soap opera. One of the producers admitted this by saying Smallville is a soap opera with a little superhero stuff tossed in rather than a superhero story with a little soap opera tossed in. Lana and Lex are bedded and they wed, but she almost backs out at the last minute. However, Lionel threatens to kill Clark if she doesn’t go through with it. Lana is found with child but she finds out later it was a false pregnancy. There is other sexual hanky panky going on (no abstinence message here). Everyone is lying to one another-constantly. At one time Superman was a role model character. Lionel is a master manipulator who maneuvers everyone in the show including his own son and the recently widowed Martha Kent. Lex is a deceitful and dangerous sociopath with several different personalities.
The Ugly: The Bizarro Superman reaches into Martian Manhunters torso and pulls out his spleen(or is it his liver?). One villain carves up Lex’s chest with a knive (later Clark gets the same treatment). Lex kills his father Lionel by pushing him out of a window of the Luthercorp building. Smallville is probably on its last legs—a victim of sheer goofiness, poor stories and disrespectful handling of characters. David Porta has said it correctly. The writing on this program is terrible. It is very formula ridden. The first 31-32 minutes has the main story and the last 9-10 minutes is devoted to wrapping up details and setting the stage for the next episode. What started out as a fun program several years ago has deteriorated into a hopeless mishmash of utter nonsense.
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