The Gorgeous Geeks Smallville Finale Review

The Gorgeous Geeks Smallville Finale Review

So our abusive relationship with Smallville has come to an end. When it was good, it was amazing. When it was bad, oh it was bad! So how did it end?

Review Opinion
By gorgeousgeeks - May 14, 2011 09:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Smallville
Source: www.thegorgeousgeeks.com



So Smallville is finally over. First, I'd like to point out that going ten years is amazing. It is the longest running sci-fi series in North America, and no comic book show has ever done what Smallville has done and frankly, none will probably ever do it again.

Some of the writing was fantastic. The romance in the finale between Lois and Clark was better than a majority of chick flicks that I've seen. I was disappointed that it still took seven years for Lois and Clark to get married AFTER their ceremony, but that first hour was amazing.

But Smallville usually has issues when it comes to build up and actually delivering. The season 9 fight between Clark and Zod was very rare, and probably only happened because they both fought without super powers, which means it didn't cost a fortune per punch. But even with the budget in mind, it's pretty lame that Oliver took out Granny Goodness, Godfrey, and Desaad in one shot, especially since they have super powers. If Oliver had the Bow of Orion, that would have been a different story. But for him to just march in the room and take them out was totally anti-climactic. You are not that bad, Oliver. I also didn't like that Clark took out Darkseid by flying straight through him. They never should have touched him if they couldn't deliver him in an actual form. Then Clark pushing Apokolips away and using that to solve the darkness problem didn't quite do it for me either, but it was kind of hard to be that upset about it all when I was so giddy when he actually started flying. In the words of my mom, "The fool flew!"

Geez! This season certainly was a journey. In the premiere, he said he pushed himself harder than he ever had before and all he did was run from Smallville to Metropolis to catch the Daily Planet Globe. The finale he flies and moves a freaking planet!

I had a check list to make the finale great:
1. Clark had to fly (Which I guess happened once he came to terms that he is Kryptonian and it is freaking cool)
2. Clark had to wear the suit (I know there are complaints about all the CGI, but I was pleasantly surprised that it was more than the last two minutes of the show)
3. Lois and Clark had to get married (You can't be such a tease and not put out)

2 out of 3 ain't bad, but it certainly isn't perfect.

Lex's return was great. I'm glad he killed Tess, not because I hate her. I really like Tess, but I thought it was poetic how the Luthors just kept killing each other, almost Shakespearean. At least she got Lex back. It didn't make sense how Clark could be safe if Lex knew everything (though I'm sure he'd have backup information).

Every Oliver and Chloe scene I pretty much disliked. Oliver just hasn't been the same ever since he became a series regular and there was something particularly annoying about Chloe this season.

All and all, I'm glad that I had this show. I'm not happy about all the times that it frustrated me, but I'm glad it made it to ten years. I'm not certain what I'll do without Smallville to praise/bash every week.

But I thank the staff and everyone who made it happen.




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Spock
Spock - 5/14/2011, 2:00 PM
Ya I give it a c+ rating for Smallville ending, but u Sisters do pretty good stuff anyway. Much Love!
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 5/15/2011, 4:56 AM
it sucked, cool.
Retardo
Retardo - 5/15/2011, 5:08 AM
Grif, ur best video. Ever.
seamuskeaneart
seamuskeaneart - 5/15/2011, 5:38 AM
I really thought they were building Tess up to be Mercy, Lex's bodygaurd/chafaur.

and frankly the whole season build-up to him needing to show himself in public to inspire people and yet nothing, that was the bit that pi**ed me off the most
tracydavis001
tracydavis001 - 5/15/2011, 5:40 AM
It's what I expected from smallville I enjoyed ten years so I'm satisfied and I can't wait too see how the new movie turns out.

U two keep up the good work !!
localman
localman - 5/15/2011, 5:42 AM
Overall, the finale was disappointing due to poor writing. Too much soul searching. Too many "easy way out" plot points that could have been written better even with the budget limits.

For instance, when Lex was resurrected, why not just have him not know that Clark was Kal-El? Why do the whole "instant forgetting drug" thing. Dumb. Should have let Green Arrow use the Bow of Orion.

At least it finished the right way, with him clearly in the suit.
superman78
superman78 - 5/15/2011, 5:44 AM
I read on one of the boards yesterday that maybe Welling wasn't in good enough shape to put on the suit. I've watched clips from the finale over and over and I think this may be true. There are some scenes where he looks fatter'n hell. Cavill better be the best Supes yet or we may lose Superman on any screen, big or small, forever.
Braynsmasher
Braynsmasher - 5/15/2011, 6:03 AM
People... People... Its not as bad as many of you think. I believe people are being overly critical. You guys are forgetting about the "speed of plot". If you think about it, they really did not have an actual 2 hours, stupid ass commercials (too many of those imo). Speed of Plot covers all those things that just has to happen because no time to get it done. Like Green Arrow taking out 3 baddies with one tripple shot. Only he could make such a shot in the story. Plus wasnt the words on the bow say the power comes from within, or something like that. That tells me that he just had to believe in himself and that point he did.

I have read many valid points on these forums, but for the real nit pickers out there, please dont forget the speed of plot. Sometimes things just must happen for the story to advance.
Spidey1996
Spidey1996 - 5/15/2011, 6:31 AM
Smallville satisfied me. I felt it had a good ending. The only thing I didn't like about it was that Clark wore his suit for a little bit. Oh well, this show is still my favorite and I'll miss it greatly.
Locdogg81
Locdogg81 - 5/15/2011, 6:36 AM
I think they were saying since Oliver overcame Darkseid's influence as Orion once did, his bow became something akin to Orion's. And I'm gonna continue thinking that because otherwise it was freaking stupid!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/15/2011, 7:07 AM
Cool review!

CW should of done better.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 5/15/2011, 8:12 AM
GEEK GIRL ON THE LEFT, I WANT YOU. I LOVE THE SHOW, BUT THE FINALE..I JUST WISH HE WORE THE ENTIRE SUIT..10 YEARS AND ONLY THE SHIRT, HEAD CLOSE UPS LIKE IT WAS SOFT PORN AND THEY WERE HIDING ALL THE PRIVATE PARTS, AND TINY MINI CG SUPERMANS..PROLLY WOULD'A SPENT LESS IF WELLING SIMPLY PUT ON THE WHOLE SUIT AND THEY WIRE WORKED HIM AROUND LIKE THEY DID CHRISTOPHER REEVES, IT WAS OLD SCHOOL AND PRACTICAL BUT IT STILL WOULD HAVE DONE THE FINALE JUSTICE AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING 10 FRIGGN YEARS .....10 YEARS.......FOR A SHIRT.......REALLY? AND THERE WAS TALK THAT MAYBE HE WASN'T IN GOOD ENUFF SHAPE TO WEAR IT, BRANDON ROUTH WAS IN SHAPE AND HE STILL WORE A MUSCLE STUFFING UNDERNEATH THE COSTUME, HECK BORROW THE MOVIE COSTUME ROUTH AINT GONNA USE IT ANYMORE ANYWAY....YAKNOW ITS WORSE THAN TAKING A LITTLE KID'S ICECREAM, SHOOT HE'LL HAVE IT, GET IT TAKEN FROM HIM, CRY ABOUT IT FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES THEN GO HOME, THIS IS 10 YEARS OF ANTICIPATION..WOW...BUT I DO LOVE THE SHOW, IT HAD A GRAND RUN THAT NOT MANY SHOWS CAN DO...BUT THE FINALE..IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE LIKE "FINALLY", BUT NO SUIT JUST A SHIRT...OK I'M DONE.
DonnsTib
DonnsTib - 5/15/2011, 8:44 AM
A pretty damn good ending to the series. Considering the TV budget the effects were worthy, but for me the payoff was two things: Lois & Clark's relationship (great dialogue) and Clark accepting his destiny. I am satisified with the overall. I would have liked a different suit (I hate the Superman Returns suit) so I am glad that they showed very little of it and brightened the colors for the CGI clips. The ending wrapped it up too neatly with Superman pushing the planet away. I would haver prefered a boom tube or kryptonian worm hole device to send it away. Even a CGI of Superman vs Darkseid "We will do battle again Kryptonian" would have been satisfying. But that's all in the past. A wonderful 10 year run - thanks to all for a great show. Now Zack Snyder has the Superman fate in his hands. I have faith in Zack to do it right
ClarkFarley2012
ClarkFarley2012 - 5/15/2011, 8:52 AM
Umm, this was the worst finale I've seen to a show since Quantum Leap. They could've done way better. It's not how you start, its how you finish. Epic fail on the finale. I will give Smallville props for keeping Supes name alive though.

Instead of having all those filler episodes, they should've poured movie into the Finale.
Braynsmasher
Braynsmasher - 5/15/2011, 10:13 AM
Well its over what ya gunna do?
sal2011
sal2011 - 5/15/2011, 10:50 AM
wow, this video was annoying i got through about 7mins. but my poor ears had enough of hearing a dumb-ass, way too much laughter. if you have to try and be funny then your not, and as far as a review goes. yeah the show sucked, it has for years now. it should have ended 5yrs ago, how in hell do u call yourself "The Blur", but u wear a big ass "S" on your chest. and what the hell why is it that every character knows who the hell he really is, but yet the public in general is not supposed to know who u are when u are flying around saving people all the time. maybe they send to Earth-2, where all the people there are idiots. i remember when a guest character was something special, now they are on the show because the show is struggling so much. that you don't tune to see very one sided annoying characters. they tune to see classic characters translated to the T.V. screen. i for one am so glad that they stopped the bleeding, remember when Reeves guest stared. everybody thought that he would done the suit soon and become Supes. but as soon as that happened the series strayed further from the character. if this never supposed to be about Superman, then they should never have introduced the insignia or the powers. it really tooks 10yrs to start flying, but yet he had all his other powers by session 2, what a waste of time this turned out to be.
krooklyndodger
krooklyndodger - 5/15/2011, 11:25 AM
Wow, that review kinda sucked. I agree about how the writers handled the romance between Clark and Lois. But the barely there Man of Steel was BS! I understand the creators idea behind the "no flights, no tights" concept of the show and focusing on Clark Kent, not Superman. But they failed to present Clark as the hero who is Superman. Why couldn't they (the writers and show creators) allow fans to see Kent in full dress Superman, for they're final episode, to appease fans and give the finale more meaning and fulfillment? At Lucas gave us full dressed Vader in "Revenge of Sith" in the final minutes of that film.
Rexgabe
Rexgabe - 5/15/2011, 3:02 PM
I love it when cuties are geeks.

Good job ladies.
TheSisko
TheSisko - 5/15/2011, 3:55 PM
you call yourself geeks yet watch smallville the tinyboppers show that no real geek I know would happily watch.
jaysin420
jaysin420 - 5/15/2011, 4:14 PM
Yea Sisko, cause it's so MUCH cooler to comment on a show that you don't watch.

That finale was awesome and the only people saying otherwise are the same little girls who always hated the show.

I'm sorry you guys didn't get your big chance to see Tom Welling in tights, lol bunch of faggots.
jaysin420
jaysin420 - 5/15/2011, 4:20 PM
And to whoever mentioned the finale of Lost, you got to be kidding! That entire final season was the biggest disaster in the history of television.

But don't take my word for it, just google the phrase- "Pulling a Lost".
epitome
epitome - 5/15/2011, 7:04 PM
Funny how most of the complaints that people have around here were things I predicted a while ago and was called a troll for... One punch to take out Darkseid (and while NOT wearing the suit)?! Stupid. I was still entertained by the finale, but yeah they wasted far too many episodes not moving the plot along and had to waste precious moments tying up loose ends instead of giving us an actual battle. The resolution was exceedingly lame.
Phlegmbot
Phlegmbot - 5/15/2011, 7:26 PM
The finale made no sense. The show had been leading up to this idea that Clark would be an inspiration to people. Yeah, yeah, he was "the light" in dark times, but him becoming Superman should have led to Green Arrow, The Flash, and others adopting their personas for one good group shot at the end (otherwise, what was the point of showing Black Manta and the rest at that table a week or two ago).

And, while I liked that we got more than 2 seconds of Welling as Superman, not having even one good shot of him in the suit was ridiculous.

I actually liked the idea of Lex knowing Clark and his powers -- that tete a tete they had was incredible. But to erase his memories last minute was a cop out. He should have awoken with a spotty memory, that would've worked just fine.

Never mind that Chloe just told her 7-y-o son who Superman is. He probably texted Lex when she left the room.
Phlegmbot
Phlegmbot - 5/15/2011, 7:35 PM
P.S. The very idea that they made the entire finale self-contained was also ridiculous. I understand the need to make it so that ALL viewers can follow it, but making it self-contained was another way of saying "you've wasted your time, everyone." It certainly explains why the entire season FELT like filler.

Shame.
gorgeousgeeks
gorgeousgeeks - 5/16/2011, 1:40 AM
Thanks for all the positive words, guys. We'll keep doing what we're doing. To the haters, that's fine. Everyone has the right to their opinions and even if you could only get through 7 minutes, I appreciate the view. I wouldn't really watch a half hour review on most stuff myself, but we talk a lot and our subscribers like it and it was late, so I wasn't going to spend forever chopping a 40 min conversation into 10.

@BraynsmasherI 100% believe that if Oliver channeled the bow of Orion, then Smallville, which is a show that likes to overdo it with the glowing, should have made it apparent that Oliver was channeling Orion's power or special inner power. Instead, it was just terribly anti-climactic.

Tom Welling kind of did look thicker at the last scene on the roof, but he looked great on Jimmy Fallon. Super hot even.

For everyone super disappointed, your anticipation shouldn't have been that high. I lowered my expectations after the premiere. But there was great stuff in the finale. I just wish the Darkseid story would have been better executed. A boom tube would have been fantastic.
Ichaos
Ichaos - 5/16/2011, 2:57 AM
On Green Arrows so called taking out the 3 darkside minions with one shot. Yes it was one shot but it was 3 arrows and come on its Green Arrow. All he is good at is shooting arrows so give him that shot at least. Also they did t seem like ordinary arrows they seem to have a spark of something when shown in flight. They didnt seem to say what it was. Also on the bow orion it did say something like the power comes from within.
Facade
Facade - 5/16/2011, 5:40 AM
@gorgeousgeeks, did you ladies make it to the Motor City Comic Con? I was there Saturday. Had I known you were from MI, I would have insisted on your having a booth or done interviews from there.
nuck82
nuck82 - 5/16/2011, 7:07 AM
thank god its over, i have no idea why i watched this show, at lest i will have some epty space on my dvr now. man that last 2 hour specail was sooooo bad
gorgeousgeeks
gorgeousgeeks - 5/16/2011, 7:48 AM
@Fartypants No we didn't make it to Motor City. We were trying to get press passes, but no one ever contacted us back.
gorgeousgeeks
gorgeousgeeks - 5/16/2011, 7:48 AM
@Fartypants Are you with the convention?
Facade
Facade - 5/16/2011, 7:57 AM
@No, just a handsome geek ;) My wife and I took our 8 yr. old Saturday. I took my son 2 yrs ago and met Smallville's Pa Kent. My son was dressed as a Storm Trooper and Schiender whistled the Empire theme to him. He's a really nice guy. Would have been cool to have come across you ladies there, though! Maybe next year?!
SpokEz
SpokEz - 5/17/2011, 7:36 AM
Hallelujah!! Best even-handed critical review I've read. Most have let Smallville off the hook.

"2 out of 3 ain't bad."

Not good enough either for the signature ending on a 10 season run. But your points are valid. Most of all, it's not one of those finales that I can look forward to replaying. Ever.

Keep up the good witticisms.
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