Sorry that this list is a few weeks old. I didn’t get a chance to finish it before I went on vacation. I’m glad I didn’t because it allowed me to re-watch the finale. Smallville was overall a great show. I loved the idea of focusing on Clark and his journey of becoming Superman. I just wish it didn’t take so damn long! For years the CW has teased us, standing behind their rule of no tights, no flight! Now that the show is over I have some final thoughts. For 10 seasons I have had a love / hate relationship with the show. That love / hate relationship concluded with the last episode. I didn’t hate it, but I have a lot of things that just felt wrong. I also had moments that fueled my love for Superman. Finally happy I have an extra free hour each week, here are my Essential Seven Thoughts on the Finale of Smallville:
The 10th and final season of Smallville premieres tonight. While I’m excited for the new season, I am very uncertain if the producers of the show will give the fans what we have been hoping for. After 9 seasons of winey Lana’s, losing powers, and lame villains of the week we the fans need closure! To end the show properly here are the Essential Seven Things We Want To See From Smallville’s Final Season:
This is probably the worst hand cam footage I have ever seen of Comic Con footage, but it is the only way that some of us will ever see it! The footage, starts out with season 1 working its way through all the seasons of the show, with footage of the 10th and final season starting at the 5:34 mark.
“Look, in a small town in Southern IL, it’s… giant Superman statue?…” But what about Smallville, you ask? Well, if Smallville is sooo great and truly is Superman’s hometown, why don’t they have a giant Superman statue in the middle of town or even a Superman museum? Metropolis does! In 1972, to increase tourism, the citizens of Metropolis embraced the fact that the their town shared a name with Superman’s fictional city. So, they erected a giant statue of The Man of Steel next to the county courthouse and built a Superman museum to honor their hero’s past. The town’s newspaper is even called The Metropolis Planet. There is also the largest Dippin’ Dots, The Ice Cream of the Future, store, but that’s another story all together. The cool thing about Metropolis is that D. C. Comics is totally on board, declaring the town to be “Superman’s Hometown.” The town was even depicted in a few issues of the Superman Comics.
The next Smallville preview is up and it looks fantastic! I love that they are using the Golden Age look and feel for these characters. The design is great on a page, but will it work on screen? Tune in next month.
Over the past few seasons Smallville, usually pisses me off or bores me. Once in a while though a glimmer of coolness shines through. Check out the new Smallville JSA episode.
