Tonight’s episode: “Bizarro.”
It’s the seventh season premiere and let’s hope this is it for the show. Tonight the show introduces Supergirl to the cast. It should be interesting.
Seriously, this should be it for Smallville. I have loved it to varying degrees over the last six years but I think it has run it’s course. Let’s have this season lead up to Clark becoming Superman and let’s go out in a flourish! Who’s with me?!
Also, this season is it for Michael Rosenbaum, and I can’t really imagine the show without him.
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Ooo…Bizarro..sure to be Conor’s favorite episode!
The 7th is probably going to be it. Clark and Lex have more or less had their final split, I’m not sure how much longer they can hold off Clark becoming Superman, and losing one of the core actors is like amputating a limb.
My two big gripes with the show–besides the relationships–was the fact they cast actors so old in respect to their parts. The youngest is Kristin Kreuk, who was eighteen when she started. It would have been nice to have had a cast they looked the age of their characters. The other one is that I wished they actually had sustained arcs. They kept vacillating between ideas and then kept falling back on the “villain of the week” formula when figure out what to do. It’s a show that bringing me back to watch it, for most episodes, but I’ve never had a deep love of it.
Ooo…Bizarro..sure to be Conor’s favorite episode!
He’s a failed clone not an alien, I’m cool with that one.
My two big gripes with the show–besides the relationships–was the fact they cast actors so old in respect to their parts. The youngest is Kristin Kreuk, who was eighteen when she started. It would have been nice to have had a cast they looked the age of their characters.
That’s the way The CW/WB works. They want to be able to promote their actors’ sex appeal without it being creepy. Have you seen Gossip Girl? All the actors except one are 20-22 and they portraying like 15 year olds.
The other one is that I wished they actually had sustained arcs. They kept vacillating between ideas and then kept falling back on the “villain of the week” formula when figure out what to do. It’s a show that bringing me back to watch it, for most episodes, but I’ve never had a deep love of it.
Sustained arcs usually spell death for episodic television. You have to break things up with shorter arcs so that people don’t feel like if they miss an episode they shouldn’t bother continuing. Think X-Files.
I’m with you 100% Conor. Love this show. Even though it’s not always the greatest television out there, when it works it’s great and is a guilty pleasure I’m proud of.
Everything feels like this is the last season and that’s absolutely the right choice, let’s go out on a bang (plus no way it’ll work without Rosenbaum). I thought I heard that James Marsters was coming back… anyone else heard that or am I wrong?
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Exclusive! James Marsters Returning to Smallville
Just a little giddy good news to help ring in the new season of Smallville, which starts tomorrow night.
Reliable insiders tell me�and the CW confirms�that James Marsters (swoon, Buffy’s Spike) is returning for four episodes of the superseries during the new season.
We last saw Marsters’s character, Dr. Milton Fine (aka Brainiac), in Smallville’s fifth season finale.
While it’s unclear exactly how James is returning, I can tell you he’s reprising the exact same character, he’s returning to set very soon and his episodes begin airing in January. He also appears on CBS’ Without a Trace this season.
‘Tis good news, no?
Hey! Thanks Conor, great news! With this and Torchwood, should be a good year for James Marsters!
Glad you posted that as a link as the swooning over Spike worried me!
ok the episode is on. I think that was the coolest use of heat vision yet. I really hope that Supergirl isn’t stupid on here.
The episode was okay. I am eager to start the Supergirl stuff. Although what is with the wrist band? Did the writers mix up their DC super women? Get those guys some comic books.
I know Marsters was supposed to be Brainiac (not sure if he was ever called that in the show), but wouldn’t it make more sense for him to be Eradicator. I thought he started as a Kyptonian military AI. Is that right?
As far as I remember he was referred to as Brainiac once when Clark and that other girl from the phantom zone went to the fortress, but that’s the only time I can think of.
Okay, I thought he was, but I wasn’t too sure. Thanks.
I am just glad someone held Clark accountable for not being able to fly. Maybe not accountable, but at least acknowledged it. I thought that was funny.
The premiere was sooo freaking good.
From the initial scene I think they did a great job of continuing the epic feel of the better Smallville episodes; The shot of the dam and Lex’ car underwater, the river racing towards that father and son and of course the fighter scene between Bizarro and Clark.
It was one of the better Smallville season premiere, and they’ve had some great ones.
I love the way it cleaned up the immediate story and launched a whole new bunch of mysterious as well. Nothing is ever settled on this show. Smallville has always been about change. This is one show that doesn’t rest or hit the same note over and over.
And I love, love Chloe. I’m very glad she’s alive and kicking.
Now, Supergirl is interesting. That bracket is interesting. Her going directly to Lex and saving him in her Amazon garb is interesting. Her flying, not so much. I think it’s a weird effect.
It’s guessing they’re going to hint that she’s been on Paradise Island all this time. She’s been raised an Amazon and probably has no idea she’s from Krypton. At least I hope they do that, I’m a little tired of Kryptonians telling Clark he must continue his training and fulfill destiny, etc. Wasn’t this a science based culture?
In any case, it was a great start to the season.
I spent this week catching up on the last season (I got behind due to some life issues) and watched the premiere this afternoon. It was awesome!
I’ve missed Smallville and it’s great to be watching it regularly again.
Totally with you on the chills when the Williams score started creeping in.
So many favourite episodes and can’t remember them all (the curse/blessing of a long-running show with such constant high quality), but Reckoning from season 5 always sticks in my mind. I thought the death of Jonathan Kent was beautifully handled and let him leave the show with dignity.
Also, it was an important step forward for Clark to get to the next stage of becoming who he eventually will.
Part of the reason many shows cast adults (18-22year olds) in teenager roles has to do with laws regarding child actors. Basically, someone who is 18 can work a 12 hour+ day on set whereas an actual 15 year old would be subject to limitations (4 hours or something).
That was one of the best episodes ever!!!!
I won’t be watching it if they go on without Michael.
Standards must he had, lol!
I think Smallville is officially my favorite version of Superman. And I daresay that, if the show ended this year and they saw fit to continue the universe in comic form (a la Buffy season 8), I’d probably buy it.