Smallville has brought about some mixed reviews from The Gorgeous Geeks. Some episodes we found unnecessary, pure crap, entertaining, inspiring, and some even had the power of "replay". We noticed a pattern with some of our favorites: they were directed and written by the fabulous duo, Al Septien and Turi Meyer. They took the time out of their busy schedule to talk with Christina and Katrina from The Gorgeous Geeks.
Christina: How proud are you of the finale for
Smallvile?
Turi: Very proud
Al: We think it’s awesome.
Turi: We think it’s the best stuff we’ve ever done.
Katrina: I'm so excited now!
Al: It was a real honor to be asked to write the first half of the finale. Kelly (Souders) and Brian (Peterson) have always been really nice to us and good to us. We’re thrilled to be part of it, because it’s not only a historic event in terms of
Smallville, and Superman, but a historic TV event. So we’re very happy and excited.
Christina: So you don’t think the fans will be disappointed at all?
Turi: I hope not. I wasn’t disappointed. And I’m a huge fan myself. I think fans will be very pleased.
Al: Some fans are going to be disappointed. You’re gonna piss off some people no matter what. Some of the shows that we thought were some of the best shows we’ve done, it was always one or two fans that came out and were pissed off about it. And you know, it's like, what are you gonna do?
Turi: You can’t please everybody.
Al: You can’t please everybody. But I think people will be excited and happy over all.
Katrina: Now I have to ask you guys, if there was a season 11, what kind of stories would you guys have wanted to write?
Al: Wow.
Turi: That’s a hard one. A lot of stories that we wanted to write, we’ve done, in building up to the finale in season 10. I would say in a way I think
Smallville was near perfect, in a sense that, we went to 10 seasons; we had a lot of room to tell some great stories. I think a season 11 would have been problematic in some way. It’s a good wine; it finishes off right with no bad after taste.
Al: I think if we had gone to a season 11, I’m just kind of afraid, like Turi was saying; it would have been…we couldn’t make Clark Superman that was the thing. The series finishes with Clark becoming Superman. So what we would have to do is kind of tread water, waiting, figuring out, what else interrupted his growth. And I’m kind of glad that we didn’t have to do that I was talking the other day and saying we probably could have come up with another season. But the only thing is that it would have gotten frustrating. I remembered I hired a gardener once, who when he found out that I worked on
Smallville said,” Oh my God I love the show, but when the hell is he gonna fly?” And that really pissed him off that he didn’t fly, and our feelings always was, he flies when he becomes Superman. Those two things come together for Clark and you know another season without him flying would be very frustrating.
Katrina: Yeah I think our mother would explode if that would have happened.
They also talked more about what went on in the writer's room and how to break into the business. For the rest of the interview, go to http://www.thegorgeousgeeks.com/alandturinterview.html.