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As its in its final season, is getting pretty close to its finale and was mentioned in the Man of Steel thread I figured Smallville could use its own thread.

 

Oh and im sure Shorty will mention/threaten this but use spoiler tags.

 

Did anyone see the latest episode then?

 

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I've only just seen ep17. Been enjoyable.

 

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I bought the box set of 1-9 at xmas, but I'm still trundling through, only just started season 3 recently! So I will be avoiding this thread due to potential spoiler nature, but I wanted to post to say how excellent I find Smallville to be(I've seen beyond Season 3, but it's always bitty). In fact, whilst at work on friday night I spent like 3 hours shredding paper and watching Smallville, proper nursing!

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Smallville get very unfairly treated by the majoirty of comic book fans. Yeah, it's been frustrating at times but it's a show that's managed to survive on network television for 10 years and it's about all things superhero related, in my view that should be a plus for any fan of anything to do with superheroes. The Superman film series would probably still have been in development hell if it hadn't been for Smallville being on the air, keeping the interest up. The acting isn't ever going to win any Emmy's but it's no Cape either. Considering the budget they have to work on, the FX has been brilliant over the years, certainly nothing better on show on TV.

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I've only just seen ep17. Been enjoyable.

 

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Yeah just to reinforce, I'm really against spoilers, especially on a show I've been watching for the last 9 years! (When it first appeared on Channel 4, it was a year behind the US and I have since bridged the gap). Please continue to use tags :)

 

The show has had more weak moments than strong, but I still have really fond memories of it and love many things about it. Saved up the last three episodes to watch all at once and really glad I did. Especially loved the latest episode, with a certain couple of characters being handled, I think, exceptionally well

 

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Slightly off tangent, but has anyone seen the Aquaman pilot that was done after the success of the Season 5 episode of Smallville, Aqua?

 

It's got Justin Hartley (who plays Green Arrow on Smallville) playing Aquaman, . It's also got Adrianne Palicki who is about to play Wonder Woman.

 

 

I thought it was pretty good, but obviously it didn't get picked up.

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Slightly off tangent, but has anyone seen the Aquaman pilot that was done after the success of the Season 5 episode of Smallville, Aqua?

 

It's got Justin Hartley (who plays Green Arrow on Smallville) playing Aquaman, . It's also got Adrianne Palicki who is about to play Wonder Woman.

 

 

I thought it was pretty good, but obviously it didn't get picked up.

 

I watched some of it but got a bit bored. Im glad they liked Justin Hartley enough though to give him Green Arrow in Smallville, I think thats been a great character. Its a shame he isnt as good as his original stint back in season 6 but his speech in the Homecoming episode this season was awesome.

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Smallville is ace, i have always loved it! And watched Ep 18 yesterday.

 

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Cmaaan, not even hints :heh: it doesn't take much effort to figure out who you're talking about there.

 

Regarding this, though:

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Cmaaan, not even hints :heh: it doesn't take much effort to figure out who you're talking about there.

 

Regarding this, though:Yes. Definitely. I thought he did really well, especially when talking to Kord.

 

I have tried to edit it slightly to make it less 'obvious' haha.

 

And yeah Milkshake and Bathroom spring to mind!! ;)

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Smallville get very unfairly treated by the majoirty of comic book fans. Yeah, it's been frustrating at times but it's a show that's managed to survive on network television for 10 years and it's about all things superhero related, in my view that should be a plus for any fan of anything to do with superheroes. The Superman film series would probably still have been in development hell if it hadn't been for Smallville being on the air, keeping the interest up. The acting isn't ever going to win any Emmy's but it's no Cape either. Considering the budget they have to work on, the FX has been brilliant over, certainly not better on show on TV.

 

I've never been a DC fan, or even much of a Superman fan. I think I ended up liking Smallville cos it got rid of the ridiculous invincibility of Superman, and went very much for the Spider-Manish teenager-just-trying-to-live-his-life-whilst-also-being-a-super-powered-being sort of vibe.

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One thing that has really bothered me about Smallville for the last 2-3 years has been the sets. That same damn street, that same damn back alley. Years ago when they had 7mil viewers an episode and a big budget straight from WB, they used to film on location in Vancouver and that Metropolis looked fantastic. These days it's all the same painfully obvious sets, constantly returning to places for no reason just because they couldn't budget in another location for the scene. They also have very few extras and very little natural light/outdoor scenes or set pieces.

 

Occasionally this mold is broken, like that episode recently where Clark lost his powers to Blue K out at that village of sacrificial crazies. Or that great scene at the beginning of the season, out in the fields of the farm. However, it doesn't change the fact that every time they end up on that same street corner, I roll my eyes and the illusion is broken again.

 

I guess part of me hoped they had scrimped and saved for the last half-dozen episodes - and that they would look really good. Perhaps I will keep hold of that hope for the finale :heh:

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Yeah that can pull you out of scenes when you notice things like that. Thankfully I think a while ago I just accepted that as a problem of tv shows where the budget is spent elsewhere and I dont really think about it anymore.

 

I really cant wait for the finale though. They need to pull out all the stops for it. One thing Smallville did used to do well was epic season finales, better than most other shows I watch. The past few havent been the best theyve done but I really hope the last ever episode brings everything it can and maybe even shows the people making the new movie what it could be.


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