Ok I have heard the rumors about the cancelation of smallville!! What are they thinking!!!???? We cannot allow this to happen. We havent even seen the costume yet! So please support the show and lets keep it running!
Thanks
Joel
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What is going on w/ smallville fans? There are either a bunch of devoted fans, or no fans at all! Although I happen to be drifting in the later category, whats going on?! I feel like the show has lost it. I used to be completely, over-the-top, head over heels for this show!
Then what? Its like the show is dragging on w/o a real purpose happening, I feel like the same thing is happening in EVERY episode: Clark has to save someone, puts a friends life in danger, then either they get hurt till the next episode, or he saves them and has to ask himself how he can further "fullfill his destiny". Ya know what im saying. WHERES THE SUPERMAN!? He needs to just become the guy already!
Its been like 9 seasons! Lets face it, we need the hero now! hes gotta be like 24 in the show already! Wasnt he already a hero? And chloe, shes gotta go. I mean, shes my all time FAVORITE character, but really? Shes not a part of the Superman story! THEY ARE DRIFTING!!! Does anyone agree with me?
*for those of you that may find me wrong, its a blog, so dont get angry!
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Voting is open to all Smallville fans- vote for the best and worst of Smallville season 7.
Nominees and categories chosen by Operation Save Clark Kent members.
Voting to go through July 31, 2008 to close after Comic Con.
Vote now for your favorite and most hated moments of Smallville season 7!
With Season 7 behind us (and I'm almost done with finals!), I thought it would be fun to rank my top 5 favorite moments from the season and my top ten favorite moments from the series.
Top Five Favorite moments from Season 7
5) The introduction of the Black Canary
4) Clark's confrontations with Bizzaro
3) Clark's final fight with Brainiac
2) Jimmy's try at being a secret agent
1) Lex's arrival at the fortress
Top ten favorite Smallville moments of all time
10) Clark saving Santa Claus
9) Clark's first meeting with Bart
8) Clark's first meeting with Lois
7) When the cheerleaders put kryptonite in the punch and Chloe becomes Clark's personal cheerleader
6) Chloe and Clark being transported to the fortress for the first time
5) The entire episode "Noir"
4) The introduction of Oliver Queen
3) The Martian Manhunter saving Clark in his own mind
2) The first meeting between Clark and Dr. Swan
1) Clark catching the car with one hand followed by Chloe kissing Clark at the end of Season 5
The list is always subject to change and debate, but those were some of the moments that have come to mind.
As of right now, I've been thinking about how Smallville is going to introduce the character Doomsday. Doomsday is meant to kill Clark; I hope he doesn't kill him and then Chloe has to save him with her powers because that might kill Chloe (since it seems that she is left weaker and weaker every time she uses her powers)! Anyhow, if we are getting villains from outer space, I've said it before and I'll say it again, we need to see some of the characters from the Legion of Superheroes or some additional Justice Leaguers!
How I'd Intro this beast
[Clark, Lois, & Chloe board a plane from London (where Ollie’s League was operating) to Washington D.C at night.] Clark: [Checks his pocket & feels his octagonal disk, then nervously says] Where do we sit? Chloe: [Smiles at Clark and grabs his hand] Right here by the window between me and Lois. Clark: [Quickly sits down and buckles up] Lois: Relax Clark, we have barf bags and mints. Besides, man has been flying long before your parent’s first hot all-nighter together. Clark: [Shakes head] Thanks for the imagery Lois. As if I needed another reason to be sick. Chloe & Lois: [Laugh] [Plane takes off into the night and flies through the storm heads] Pilot: [Over intercom in a kind voice] This is the pilot, we might experience some slight turbulence. Just try to relax and we’ll get through this in no time at all. Clark: [Sneers] Right. Chloe: [Notices Clark grabbing the arm rest too tightly and so grabs his hand and smiles to try to be reassuring] We’ll be alright Clark, we’re together here. [A red flash pierces through the plane just two seats ahead of the trio. Then flames and a bang] Clark: [Sees the front section of the plane, only two seats ahead, fall away. To himself] Oh no. Trio: [Their seat belts fail as their plane section barrel rolls downward. They‘re pinned on the floor of the plane, slowly being sucked out.] Clark: [Grabs into the plane and reaches out, his hand is between Lois and Chloe. He hesitates.] Chloe: [Looks into Clarks and sees fear, looks at Lois and who looks back at Chloe. She lets go.] Lois: CHLOE! Clark: [In shock, looks at where Chloe was and then at where Lois is] LOIS! Lois, Grab my hand. Focus, Lois don’t let go. Lois: [Looks at Clark and grabs his hand] Clark: [Pulls Lois towards himself and holds her in his arm. Makes his way crawling to some remaining intact seats and buckles Lois in. He‘s then slammed into a window and with his forearms and legs barely stays in the plane. He sees a middle-aged woman and reaches out for her.] HANG ON! Woman: MY DAUGHTER! SAVE MY DAUGHTER! [She points above Clarks head] Clark: [Reaches for the girl, but she’s sucked out just before he grabs her hand. He tries to reach for the woman but she slips and is gone too. Gasps. To himself] No. [He looks away and sees a humanoid creature fly through the plane and then the tail section falls away. He‘s sucked out and tumbles for a little while through the air and lands on the front section of the plane and climbs inside.] [Lightning slightly illuminates the creature as it slashes at the helpless victims] Clark: [Can see its glowing red eyes, then hit’s the creature with intense heat vision.] Doomsday: [Is knocked out of the plane, flies back in, slashes Clark’s chest twice, then stomps Clark’s face through the plane.] Clark: [Falling] Oh God, help me. Jor-El: [Through the octagonal disk] Be calm my son, close your eyes and listen carefully. I am here. Clark: [Tries slowing his breathing down to relax, but can’t.] Jor-El: Relax your arms and legs, feel the air, you are safe. Now open your eyes, focus on my voice, and forget all the other noise. Find the planes most populated section. Clark: [Slight sobbing] What about Chloe and Lois? Jor-El: I know this hard, but the answer is simple: save as many as you can. Don’t focus on individuals now. What section of the plane has more people in it Kal-El? Clark: [Uses telescopic and X-ray vision] I see two sections. The tail section has three children in it… alive. The other has 10 adults alive. Jor-El: The loss of those children is sad, but those adults have a purpose too. Focus on those 10 adults Kal-El, not the plane but the people. I know you are hurting, but you must reach out to them! Clark: [Sobbing] I can’t, Pete could’ve…but I can’t. My chest hurts and I can’t feel my face. Jor-El: Don’t focus on the pain, it‘s only temporary. Don’t give up Kal-El, have faith, look beyond your pain, and focus on those people. Rescue them! I know you can do it, this is why you’re here Kal-El. Clark: [In pain, begins to fly to the mangled plane section] Jor-El: You’re almost there Kal-El. I am very proud of you my son. Clark: [Grasps the middle of the plane section and holds it above his head. It cracks down the middle, but he’s holding it together. He looks down.] [Booms!! Splashes!! Different parts of the plane pound into the Atlantic Ocean. An aircraft carrier comes and Clark lowers his plane fragment onto it slowly, then he superspeeds into the plane.] Clark: [Uses laser/heat vision to burn off exposed wiring and melt insulation over it. Then his focused freeze breath cools things down and put out some flames. He’s fast so to everyone it was instantaneous. ] Lois?! [Sees her head bleeding, X-ray vision reveals no broken bones but there is some internal bleeding.] [Medics arrive, Clark’s wounds are healing but his nose is broken. The medics fix that and carefully move Lois.] General Lane: [With binoculars looks on. He notices Lois on a stretcher and Clark beside her.] The sky is clear now open up on that [...]! Captain: It’s long gone sir. [In the next scene, General Lane and Clark talk about what happened in private. The General tries to sooth Clark and eventually says “what a flight huh son?” Clark replies, “it was my first.” Clark learns that the reason an aircraft carrier was near by was because they were patrolling the area for that beast. Three or four other planes have gone down in the area recently, military and civilian. Covered up so the military could respond to the threat without that threat knowing it. Clark is upset about them being used as bait like that, Clark then reminds the General of Chloe‘s death. The General talks about a town in England during WWII that was sacrificed to protect the fact that the Allies had broken the Nazi codes, if the town was rescued from the bombing then the Nazis would’ve known their code was compromised. General Lane reveals they now have footage of the beast and of a shadowy figure dropping the plane section they were in. The General tells Clark that he knows he saved the day, he recalls the incident between Clark and his men when Chloe was missing. “Only an extraordinary man can take on two of my people,” he says. He reassures Clark by saying, “I didn’t get this job because I dropped the names of every good guy I knew, I keep secrets on daily basis even from my daughter and I would ask that you do the same about this operation. Even from Lois. Our relationship is strained enough.” Clark agrees and says he should’ve saved more. The General tells him, “never let guilt or regret over come you, learn from your mistakes and try to do better next time. We all mess up sometimes Clark. Ah hell when I first joined I was a major screw-up, however I learned best from my mistakes. I forgot a lot of what I was taught by academy instructors, but not the lessons I learned from my own mistakes.” Clark replies, “you sound like my father.” He realizes Jor-El just dropped out at some point and looks for the disk but can’t find it. Just then a doctor brings news that Lois is awake. General Lane and Clark go see Lois and then see the footage of the attack. A clip shows the disk falling through the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.]
It's the weekend, so that means its time to think over the most recent new episode of Smallville. This most recent episode left me with kind of mixed feelings; there are a couple plots in the season (and this episode in particular) that i didn't like and others that i found to be pretty cool.
Starting with the parts I liked, it was fun to see Jimmy figuring out the cave paintings about the legend of Clark's destiny. I just thought this was kinda cool because I'm watching seasons 2 and 3 on dvd for the first time, and since Jimmy Olsen is new to the show and since I am kind of a new regular viewer to the show, I thought that was cool. Plus, Chloe was able to save Clark thanks to the cave paintings and I like how Chloe is becoming a part-time super-hero with Oliver (she is like a new take on the Barbara Gordon "Oracle" character in the comics).
I also liked Chloe saving Clark with the use of a jet, but thats because it would be rad if they ended up together in the end.
The idea of Lex having the potential to control Clark I don’t like; this is a weird plot device. Instead Veritas/Jor-El could have just hidden clues to the whereabouts of the fortress and i think the story would have been just as exciting (but without making Clark seem like a Kryptonian cyborg (although that would be crazy!! haha)). I also don't like the idea that Clark needs to kill Lex; I would imagine that they could continue to be rivals throughout the future. Plus, continuity in the show seems to be an issue (in watching seasons 3 and 4, it looks like the Luthors don't really know the Swans or the Teagues) and I wish the show would find a way to reconcile this, but when a show goes on for 100+ episodes, I see how this could happen.
Oh, and what happened to Kara?? Hopefully we will find out in the finale!
In looking forward to next week, the scenes with Lex in the fortress next week look pretty intense, and it reminds me of similar scenes in the movies.
Thats all for now, I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
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718 Apocalypse- a Superman Fan's Alternate Reality on Smallville
Review includes screencaps and video clips from the episode.
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Composer Mark Snow works in tandem with producer Ken Horton to create the underscore for the show. As Mark Snow summarizes his job, "I get a locked picture on a videotape which syncs up with all my gear in the studio. I write the music, finish it up, mix it up, send it through the airwaves on the internet, and the music editor puts it in. They call up usually and say, 'Thank you, well done.' Sometimes they call and say, 'Thank you, no so well done – can you change this or that?' I say 'Sure,' make the changes and send it back." More specifically, Snow creates his music on the spot, as he watches the picture, and then tweaks his performance upon reviewing the recordings from his initial play. Most episodes feature their own soundtrack, comprised of one or more songs by musical bands. Jennifer Pyken and Madonna Wade-Reed of Daisy Music work on finding these songs for the show's soundtrack. Pyken and Wade-Reed's choices are then discussed by the producers, who decide which songs they want and organize the process of securing the licensing rights to the songs. Although Snow admits that it initially seemed odd to combine the two musical sounds on a "typical action-adventure" television show, he admits that "the producers seem to like the contrast of the modern songs and the traditional, orchestral approach to the score".
The main theme to Smallville is not a score composed by Snow, who is used to composing the opening themes as well, like he did for The X-Files , but the single " Save Me " by Remy Zero . Since the show's premier, two soundtrack albums have been released. On February 25 , 2003 , Smallville: The Talon Mix was released featuring a selected group of artists that licensed their music to the show. Following that release, on November 8 , 2005 , Smallville: The Metropolis Mix was released featuring another select group of artists.
