Smallville

tvnutz

Average at best episode tbh,as 100th episodes go,this was far from great.

Vokes

This was the hundreth?!? I guess that means it can go into syndication now..

TonyD79

I dont know how after Lana has witnessed Lex covering up the teagues death for her, spaceship and the whole elements fiasco from last season and Arrival...can she still seem to trust him. Perhaps Clarke should concentrate on exposing Lex than worrying about his own secrets this season.

100 episode was good excellent in moments.

tvnutz-- Average at best episode tbh,as 100th episodes go,this was far from great.

How can you still watch this show then? what are your favourite shows then??

tvnutz

What do you mean,how can I still watch the show? What kind of stupid question is that? Just because I thought the 100th episode wasn't as good as it should be,I should stop watching? Every TV show is going to have bad episodes,and if I stopped watching after seeing a bad one,then Id never follow a tv show to the end.

Favourite shows? Why is that important to this conversation?

Mr E

I thought it was a pretty good episode. I thought the timetravel thing was a bit of a copout, and would have preferred it if

Lana

stayed dead....

The Mad Hatter

It's quite a good show - not quite a classic, there are many better than it - but I'm just curious as to how they're going to end it. I mean, Clark Kent can't be in high school indefinitely. Think it would be neat if they spun off to do a proper Superman series when this one is finished.

Nietzschean

well in the new series he's in college

The music at the end was beautiful, it made it even sadder!

I completely agree, twas class, but very sad...must say i enjoyed that epsiode(ended up watching it again today)

TonyD79

Tvnuts contribution to this thread:

tvnutz What do you mean,how can I still watch the show? What kind of stupid question is that

so many things bug me about smallville that i find it hard for it to be a favourite show of mine,even though I do enjoy it at times. I could list a lot of stuff off,but I don't have time at the moment

smallville is not bad,but not great. There is a lot of dodgy writing and acting

John Glover and MR are the only 2 decent actors,but out of the whole cast there are only 2! The whole cast of Buffy were far far better than anyone on smallville. and spike is far better than Prof. Fine.

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how was tonights the best ever? fairly average to be honest.

as for buffy's writing,have to say it was one of the best written shows in years,that would be my opinion.

smallville is an entertaing show at times,but average overall.

So you love to watch shows which are average and the acting bad?

I asked you why do you watch this show as average and bad acting aint on view here

Vokes

I have to agree with everything tvnutz said.

The writing is dodgy.

Most of the acting is bad.

Still find the show entertaining though

Stark

Saw Reckoning myself and it was very average. Such a disappointment. What I especially hated was

Major character finds out Clark's secret. Dues ex machina causes their memory to be wiped, keeping his secret safe for another day. That's pretty much the course of an average Smallville episode. Reckoning was hyped for months as the episode where Clark comes completely clean to Lana, no more "thecrets and lieths". This was what I was looking forward to, more than Pa Kent biting the bullet. But they made a total cop-out of it. Personally I feel they've let fans down badly

.

Stark

Martha Kent: "A heart can only beat so many times in a lifetime Clark. Jonathan used his too much over the years". - Wow, don't anyone look to Martha Kent for sports science advice.

Clark: "Look Lana, watch me shoot fire from my eyes. Ever see this trick before? Go on, think back.".

Clark: "Not only can I crush coal to diamond with my bare hands, I can also exquisitely cut and shape it with my bare hands into something an expert jeweller would be proud of. I have the powers of supergay, Lana".

As an aside, DC are thinking of introducing Chloe Sullivan to the comic books

tvnutz

TonyD79 wrote:

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So you love to watch shows which are average and the acting bad?

I asked you why do you watch this show as average and bad acting aint on view here

Nice of you to quote me on what I have said,yet it still is a stupid question you posed. I have never said I "love" this show as you just claimed,I have never said I hated this show,I have seasons 1 and 2 on dvd. I have said that compared to other shows,smallville is average at best,and the 100th episode was far from amazing.

I agree with SofaKing,it can be entertaining,thats it. Kind of like some action movies. Sometimes you like to watch a braindead action movie just for some mild entertainment. Sure there are lots of better written and acted movies that are intelligent and witty,but as I said,the odd time you just want to watch a good old action movie.

Smallville is like that...shows I watch,like The Wire,Lost,Carnivale,Third Watch,Veronica Mars,Family guy,Everybody Hates Chris,ER,Without a Trace,Cold Case,(enough examples for you?) are far better. But hey,thats my opinion,I wasn't aware I was supposed to stop watching a show altogether just because I don't think its as good as the majority of the shows I watch.

IMO,Seasons 1 and 2 where good,3 and 4 were terrible,and 5 has been pretty entertaining so far,I just thought the 100th episode could have been a lot better.

That ok with you?

Superdub2

tvnutz wrote:

Average at best episode tbh,as 100th episodes go,this was far from great.

while i dont agree with a lot of your opinions, i agree 100% with this. I was actually disgusted with the episode. after the trailer they let out this was a copout, the trailer was almost a lie!

and to TonyD79: While i love smallville and have seen every episode more than once and its my favourite show of all time i can still agree with many of TV nutz's observations even if i dont acknowledge it! So he has got some valid points

Anybody can watch a show they dont love and dont even like that much, and judging by his username and his posts he seems to a big tv fan who watches almost every show which would qualify him, in my opinion, to be the typical type of character to watch a show he didnt really like, and thats not an insult.

The Mad Hatter wrote:

It's quite a good show - not quite a classic, there are many better than it - but I'm just curious as to how they're going to end it. I mean, Clark Kent can't be in high school indefinitely. Think it would be neat if they spun off to do a proper Superman series when this one is finished.

He is not in high school now,so maybe you dont pay that much attentiion to the show at all, and maybe youre opinion isnt that well informed then! he is in college

Stark

As for the Superman thing, I remember hearing "Metropolis" rumours before, but apparently Tom Welling only wants to play Clark Kent, not Superman.

Btw, reckoning

Tom Welling confirmed in an interview that Clark actually flew rather than superjumped at the start of the episode.

TonyD79

Posted by Superdub2

Anybody can watch a show they dont love and dont even like that much, and judging by his username and his posts he seems to a big tv fan who watches almost every show which would qualify him, in my opinion, to be the typical type of character to watch a show he didnt really like, and thats not an insult

sounds nuts?:o

Earthhorse

Was that Aquaman in Monday's episode?

Had to laugh at the JLA gag! And I finally saw why they hired the Lois Lane actress too.

Stark

Yeah, that was Aquaman. Pity they picked such a rubbish actor for the episode. "Yo Bro, uh uh uh" etc. All I think of was how he made Tom Welling look Emmy-nominee worthy by comparison.

They're planning an Aquaman spin-off of Smallville. Different actor but it still sounds pretty dull. They're going to have the Bermuda triangle creating mutant kids, so it'll be Smallville's "freak of the week" all over again.

Vokes

Earthhorse wrote:

And I finally saw why they hired the Lois Lane actress too.

Agreed

Superdub2

Stark wrote:

Yeah, that was Aquaman. Pity they picked such a rubbish actor for the episode. "Yo Bro, uh uh uh" etc. All I think of was how he made Tom Welling look Emmy-nominee worthy by comparison.

They were his lines, wat was he ment to say?
now im not saying he is a good or bad actor bcuz ive seen one episode of him acting but you cant knock a guy just cuz you think his character was lame!

People are way too quick to judge......

TonyD79 wrote:

Posted by Superdub2



sounds nuts?:o

not that much, people watch things they dont like that much all the time in my experience, maybe he just has too much time on his hands or spends too much time watchin tv

tvnutz

Superdub2 wrote:

Anybody can watch a show they dont love and dont even like that much, and judging by his username and his posts he seems to a big tv fan who watches almost every show which would qualify him, in my opinion, to be the typical type of character to watch a show he didnt really like, and thats not an insult.

Yes,I watch a lot of tv,as the name suggest. And yes I do sometimes watch shows that I think are average at best. I don't watch shows I dislike,I don't see the point. As for smallville,I used to really enjoy it,I have seasons 1 and 2 on dvd,but the last few years havn't been great and compared to other shows I like,I don't think its as good.

Stark

I thought Season 3 was very good myself, but by then the "Freak of the week" thing had well and truly run its course meaning some episodes were intolerable. It did have some standout episodes though.

Superdub2

i agree they cud do with some more imagination, but they need the FOTW's to enable clark to use his powers as often as he does

tvnutz

I think the FOW storylines are hard done by these days. People seem to look back and think they were annoying because they over did them. Yes,they were over done,but when it started off,a lot of the FOW episodes in seasons 1 and 2 were quite good.

Stark

That's what I thought too and I agree with Superdub2 that they acted well as the catalyst for Clark's development. I still think they ran their course come Season 3 though. I think that was the main reason for the perceived quality difference between Season 2 and Season 3 imo. I thought the non-FOW eps in the 3rd season were pretty excellent.

OFDM

Stark wrote:

Not only can I crush coal to diamond with my bare hands, I can also exquisitely cut and shape it with my bare hands into something an expert jeweller would be proud of. I have the powers of supergay, Lana".

That was ripped directly from Superman 2. As was the

losing his powers earlier in the season

.

Stark wrote:

Btw, reckoning

Tom Welling confirmed in an interview that Clark actually flew rather than superjumped at the start of the episode.

Then why isn't he

able to fly in the next episode??

Stark

OFDM wrote:

Then why isn't he

able to fly in the next episode??

I'll ask Tom again when we're making pillow talk tonight.

BigMama5000

so class i flick between it and the o.c on monday

Superdub2

My second favourite episode of the season, it was quality, and tom showed some good acting! also, i wonder what the deal with Professor Fine is???

monkeyfudge

Superdub2 wrote:

My second favourite episode of the season, it was quality, and tom showed some good acting! also, i wonder what the deal with Professor Fine is???

I really wish they hadn't revealed his identity before the series began and let you gradually work it out.

He is actually a key character in Superman mythos... it will be interesting to see what direction they take the character in for Smallville. I personally love the way he's depicted in the Superman and Justice League cartoons.

lostexpectation

where did spike-guy get that accent from?

I just remember its the same accent he use to use when trying to pretend not to be a vampire but buffys cousin from out of town in front of the Reilly.

Wheres that accent supposed to be from and where is Spike from in RL?

J.R.HARTLEY

OFDM wrote:

That was ripped directly from Superman 2.[/spoiler]

dude the terrible coal to diamond gag is from superman III, and is for Lana portrayed by actress Annette O'Toole currently playing ma kent in smallville,

i have to say i loved the episode where tom wopat appeared as pa kents old buddy and the drove around in the charger. man after last years crapfest it was great for WB to give the good old boys an airing in the general (almost) again, just shy of a yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and waylon, wading in with, "now most folks around smallville don't know about clark here's special powers...."

tvnutz

lostexpectation wrote:

where did spike-guy get that accent from?

I just remember its the same accent he use to use when trying to pretend not to be a vampire but buffys cousin from out of town in front of the Reilly.

Wheres that accent supposed to be from and where is Spike from in RL?

that is his accent. he was putting on the british one in Buffy and Angel.

lostexpectation

tvnutz wrote:

that is his accent. he was putting on the british one in Buffy and Angel.

well obvoiusly but is it really that thick? I don't think I've even seen him being interviewed.

tvnutz

ye i think thats pretty much it

sixpack's little hat

Does anyone know what season network 2 will be showing tonight? Seem like ages since it was on last on rte.

norbert64

sixpack's little hat wrote:

Does anyone know what season network 2 will be showing tonight? Seem like ages since it was on last on rte.

tis season 4

Earthhorse

Thought last night's episode was the best I've seen in a long time. I think the show should focus more on horror type episodes. They seem to do them very well.

monkeyfudge

Earthhorse wrote:

Thought last night's episode was the best I've seen in a long time. I think the show should focus more on horror type episodes. They seem to do them very well.

I didn't think it was all that great. Although Alison Mack did a very good job of playing another character, she really seemed very different.

Lana was being a bit of a bitch though... Has she forgotten how no one believed her when she saw an alien space ship and how she was routinely posessed by the spirit of a witch....? oh.. but when Chloe sees a ghost and gets posessed she must be crazy and needs to be locked up.

And is the US politcal system that messed up that the wife of a senator can take over his job when he dies? That just seems flawed on so many levels.

Earthhorse

Yeah, I didn't get that either, I assumed she'd have to run again if she wanted the position, I don't really know.

There were plot holes in the episode alright, I don't think the back story of the girl was fully revealed - instead we just got the gist of it - but for straight out entertainment, no bull****, freak of the week, back to basics goodness this episode was refreshing.

Dapos

Zod is Coming!!!

valor

CAn someone fill me in on who the hell Zod is? I didnt watch any of this program before Season 5 so its quite hard to follow..

J.R.HARTLEY

valor wrote:

CAn someone fill me in on who the hell Zod is? I didnt watch any of this program before Season 5 so its quite hard to follow..

Zod was a krypton terrorist exiled by Jor'El before the planet blew up.
it's in the begining of superman movies and features heavily in superman 2, i believe he was a general who tried to lead a coup on krypton hence the exile

valor

Right cheers

tvnutz

Ye it doesn't really matter if you have only started watching this season because he has never been mentioned until this season. You have to be up on the Superman mythology,well kind of anyway. I'm not really,but I have seen the movies which helps a bit,he was in Superman 2 played by Terance Stamp,who actually does the voice of Jor-El in Smallville.