EDITORIAL: The Smallville Generation

EDITORIAL: The Smallville Generation

There are a population of people who grew up with Clark Kent. Smallville premiered in October of 2001, one month into my first year of High School. It also happened to be Clark Kent’s first year of high school, along with Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan, and Pete Ross.

Editorial Opinion
By Graz - Sep 25, 2012 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Smallville

There are a population of people who grew up with Clark Kent. Smallville premiered in October of 2001, one month into my first year of High School. It also happened to be Clark Kent’s first year of high school, along with Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan, and Pete Ross. We were introduced to Lex Luthor. Fans of Superman knew how the outcome of these characters lives would end up (save for a great addition to the Superman mythos in Chloe). But the characters did not. And at the start of High School neither did we. We lost friends and gained friends and became the person we are today. We journeyed through our lives as we enjoyed watching Clark Kent journey through his. And what a journey it was. It was an abstract idea at the time to have a show starting with Superman’s beginning. It had never been done before and the majority of people most likely did not know of his history. But Alfred Gough and Miles Millar created a show where you cared about the characters and its place in the mythology. They did this by using so many characters from the comics and introducing them to the general population. Characters that comic fans thought would never be brought to life were- from the likes of Green Arrow, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter to Braniac, Doomsday and Darkseid. Though not all storylines stuck to the comics, they were interesting and kept the audience captivated. A show does not last for 10 seasons if it isn’t great. DC made something great out of an idea that was unsure, especially after the failed Birds of Prey. And that is why I am anticipating Arrow. Oliver Queen is about the Smallville Generations age and now we can journey through this period with that character. It’s a different time than 11 years ago and the show seems to adjust to that. Several characters from the comics have also been confirmed to be on the show already. It looks as if the creators are trying to build off of the successes of Smallville. Here’s to hoping they do.

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marvel72
marvel72 - 9/25/2012, 9:13 AM
sorry too me smallville was crap at best.

-crap acting
-crap writing
-crap directing
-crap effects
-crap looking villains
-crap fight scenes
-crap final season,ten minutes of superman in the final episode
-romance,guess what was crap

look if you liked it fairplay to you,whatever floats your boat,all i got out of it was i could see fit young ladies each week & have a good laugh.
AC1
AC1 - 9/25/2012, 9:47 AM
Actually, things don't have to be great in order to last ten seasons. There just has to be an audience who enjoys watching utter shit for that amount of time. Smallville was a good concept, but ended up being one of the worst things ever associated with the Superman Mythos. The only things the show actually got right were Lois and Lex, and they even managed to [frick] Lex up by the end.

I didn't care about the characters one bit, for the most part they were all annoying little twerps who deserved to be smacked across the head with a Superman graphic novel (or in Clark's case, a Superman graphic novel made of Kryptonite), just to show them how wrong they were getting the characters.

And Darkseid was not 'brought to life', he had a total of 30 seconds of screentime as a puff of smoke, then he possessed Lionel Luthor for a further 2 minutes before Clark flew right through him and killed him.

Smallville was not a thing of greatness, on the contrary, it was a bucket full of anti-climaxes thrown together in order to try to appeal to the teenage masses who don't know a thing about proper storytelling and are only concerned with teen-angst.

And finally, this is not News, so it shouldn't be in the News section, and you should seriously think about fleshing this out a bit more or it might get deleted for not containing enough content. This comment is bigger than your article. Sorry.
AC1
AC1 - 9/25/2012, 9:49 AM
And yeah, I know different people are entitled to like different things, so if you liked it then good on you, but for you to write such a small article assuming the success of a series that most of the fans actually didn't like, you need to expect some criticism.
Grayson7954
Grayson7954 - 9/25/2012, 9:58 AM
smallville sucked ass. Not even remotely a comicbook show in the slightest. horrible portrayal of pretty much every comic character
Tony93
Tony93 - 9/25/2012, 10:00 AM
If only micheal rosenbaum stood for the complete 10 seasons.. if only the originals writers stayed.. if only he wore the damn suit!!!!!!!
I waited so long for that!!!!
but I still liked smallville :) :/
Graz
Graz - 9/25/2012, 10:01 AM
Well yea, I expect a lot of criticism. I just mainly wanted to get involved with the site and that was the first thing that popped in my head. Maybe because Arrow is premiering soon. To each his/her own.
Tony93
Tony93 - 9/25/2012, 10:01 AM
the last episode was lame.
total ripoff of what I wanted.. :/ So I did enjoyed smallville.. but ill always have a cringe in my stomach remembering some of it :/
dezdigi
dezdigi - 9/25/2012, 10:13 AM
I hope Arrow is nothing like Smallville!
Darklypse
Darklypse - 9/25/2012, 11:01 AM
Hated Smallville. I'm also tired of all these idiots go "waaaah we hate Henry Canvill! WAAAAAAAAH! WE WANT TOM WELLING! Waaaaaaah!". Piss off.

I recently saw a "Clark vs. Darkseid" clip. Tom's acting was [frick]ing atrocious. Not to mention Darkseid sounded mentally retarded, nowhere near as good as Ironside. Quite embarrassing when an animated show intended for children does waaaay better, even if their Darkseid is slightly underpowered.
Darklypse
Darklypse - 9/25/2012, 11:05 AM
Also, in no way were these characters brought to life, especially Darkseid. It was an utter disgrace. The Animated Universe was far superior.
calin88
calin88 - 9/25/2012, 11:12 AM
Some people need to chill about this. Not every CBM or TV Show about a comic character will be perfect or 100% faithful to the comics. The people who make them have to think about the audience, of witch the majority are not into comics. Smallville was OK, not great, but not bad. It had a TV budget and it worked pretty well. Think about the good stuff in it: Lex, The Kents, Lois, Zod, Kara, Lionel etc plus we got to see so many characters on screen, not the best performances, but I don't think we will see : Hawk-man, DR Faith, Earth 2, Methalo, etc Overall it was an OK show,can't wait for Arrow
ThunderKat
ThunderKat - 9/25/2012, 6:51 PM
This is a comment, not an article or editorial. Furthermore, "Birds of Prey" premiered during "Smallville"'s second season.
What was the point of your paragraph?
Emjeed
Emjeed - 9/25/2012, 7:37 PM
Smallville.. Season 1-5. Perfect. Its should have ended when he found the fortress. Would have been the best ending to the series. But they had to keep going. Screw up Clark Kent's education, Shit all over Lois Lanes's reputation by having her sleep with the editor to get her job at the daily planet and Ruin whole purpose of Clark Kent being a secret identity. Don't even get me started on them over glorifying that stupid "chloe" character who should have stayed dead after season 4. Smh.. I digress..
lokibane2012
lokibane2012 - 9/26/2012, 1:18 AM
I knew exactly what I was getting into when I checked out Smallville. A story of Clark Kent, not Superman. And it was still garbage.

Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage,
Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage,
Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage


The only thing they got right was Luthor.
Darklypse
Darklypse - 9/27/2012, 2:17 PM
From what I've observed, they seemed to have screwed up a lot of villains too. Doomsday in human form (not to mention looking like shit), Brainiac, human form, Deatheater Darkseid that sounds retarded. Oh, and, and those things that are suppose to be Aquaman, the Flash and Cyborg. Christ, don't get me started on that.
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