First Look at Brian Austin Green as Metallo (http://www.superherohype.com/news/supermannews.php?id=8621)
Brian Austin Green looks so different now. Anyway, I like the look. Could be cool.
Different, but for an earlier first experiment, it works.
My main criteria is, is it immediately recognizable as the original character? Yep.
Actually , generally I like "Smallville's" take on characters ( certainly tends to be better than current DCU IMO) just considerate a seriously alternate history but Clark really really ought to actually be Superman by now IMO.
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/08/20/smallville-season-9-promo/
Smallville SAVIOR Preview - Lois & Metallo - FULL CLIP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-KFE7ayOH4)
Looks good but I liked Brian as Derek Connor. Metallo, I don't know.
First Look at Hawkman in Smallville (http://www.superherohype.com/news/supermannews.php?id=8832)
Umm... its kinda looks ok? :mellow:
The wings look fake, and it's way too obvious that he's on a wire, but the costume's surprisingly faithful to the comics. I'm also pleased that they're sticking to the JSA as the older, formerly established hero team.
While I love the fact that they are staying comic faithful....in that pic it looks sorta' terrible. I'd like to see a better image before I pass judgment though.
I'm sure there will be some CGI involved.
Quote from: BentonGrey on November 16, 2009, 07:56:02 PM
While I love the fact that they are staying comic faithful....in that pic it looks sorta' terrible. I'd like to see a better image before I pass judgment though.
agreed. They shouldn't have even let that shot out of the studio
Smallville movie: Absolute Justice teaser (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC04SRAFydc)
:spoiler:
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sn4tl5nkPu0/SwdSiH4LCCI/AAAAAAAAAPA/iox5l-J3rPk/s1600/JSA.bmp)
:thumbup:
I think that was really lame of this show to get so excruciatingly terrible that I, a dedicated fan, had to completely give up on it halfway through the "lana R a witch!" season and then have a JSA movie which looks cool that I can't watch because I'm 4 and a half seasons behind. Did the show really get as better as it looks?
Quote from: BWPS on November 21, 2009, 03:56:39 PM
I think that was really lame of this show to get so excruciatingly terrible that I, a dedicated fan, had to completely give up on it halfway through the "lana R a witch!" season and then have a JSA movie which looks cool that I can't watch because I'm 4 and a half seasons behind. Did the show really get as better as it looks?
nope. as usual with smallville, there is one episode out of three that is worth watching, we still have to deal whith uninteresting side-plot. the "green arrow lose faith in him" just ended and it was excruciatingly long. the actors are still not that good (only zod is cool this season), the writing didn't really improve in 9 year so no surprise here.
by the way, if you're missing the cool episode because you're afraid you won't get what the rest is about -> read season description on wikipedia/any other website you like and then watch the good episode, it's really not complicated (you can sumarize a season in two-three sentence, they just dilute the story in a lot of episode where nothing happen) and the few that are worth watching are really worth watching
this season we had the metallo episode and...yep that was it, but now we have the JSA specialcoming so that will make 3 episode worth watching out of 12 if i'm correct (so 1 out of 4, not a bad ratio so far).
i should really do "Smallville: The Only Worth-Watching Edition" with edited episode (cut every last bit of filler dialogue and lame sub-plot...)
If you like old school reference, season 8 had a Legion of Superhero episode, and it was pretty enjoyable too.
btw don't go "if you don't like it don't watch it" on me, i'm a fan since episode one and haven't missed any episode since, but that doesn't mean that i think the show is good.
Quote from: Trelau on November 21, 2009, 04:44:38 PM
Quote from: BWPS on November 21, 2009, 03:56:39 PM
I think that was really lame of this show to get so excruciatingly terrible that I, a dedicated fan, had to completely give up on it halfway through the "lana R a witch!" season and then have a JSA movie which looks cool that I can't watch because I'm 4 and a half seasons behind. Did the show really get as better as it looks?
nope. as usual with smallville, there is one episode out of three that is worth watching, we still have to deal whith uninteresting side-plot. the "green arrow lose faith in him" just ended and it was excruciatingly long. the actors are still not that good (only zod is cool this season), the writing didn't really improve in 9 year so no surprise here.
by the way, if you're missing the cool episode because you're afraid you won't get what the rest is about -> read season description on wikipedia/any other website you like and then watch the good episode, it's really not complicated (you can sumarize a season in two-three sentence, they just dilute the story in a lot of episode where nothing happen) and the few that are worth watching are really worth watching
this season we had the metallo episode and...yep that was it, but now we have the JSA specialcoming so that will make 3 episode worth watching out of 12 if i'm correct (so 1 out of 4, not a bad ratio so far).
i should really do "Smallville: The Only Worth-Watching Edition" with edited episode (cut every last bit of filler dialogue and lame sub-plot...)
If you like old school reference, season 8 had a Legion of Superhero episode, and it was pretty enjoyable too.
btw don't go "if you don't like it don't watch it" on me, i'm a fan since episode one and haven't missed any episode since, but that doesn't mean that i think the show is good.
SANDMAN!
-Runs around house squealing a like a little girl!-
SANDMAN! SANDMAN! SANDMAN! SANDMAN! SANDMAN! SANDMAN! SANDMAN!
-Passes out!-
RTT
Why does my GL look more realistic than theirs?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=641974050&ref=search&sid=641974050.321918017..1
Quote from: Shogunn2517 on November 24, 2009, 03:40:22 AM
Why does my GL look more realistic than theirs?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=641974050&ref=search&sid=641974050.321918017..1
Looks like Alan Scott's ring to me. What do you mean?
RTT
Quote from: Trelau on November 21, 2009, 04:44:38 PM
.... i'm a fan since episode one and haven't missed any episode since, but that doesn't mean that i think the show is good.
Oooooooooooooooooooo Kayyyyyyyyyyyyyy :blink:
Quote from: House Quake on November 24, 2009, 12:13:06 PM
Quote from: Trelau on November 21, 2009, 04:44:38 PM
.... i'm a fan since episode one and haven't missed any episode since, but that doesn't mean that i think the show is good.
Oooooooooooooooooooo Kayyyyyyyyyyyyyy :blink:
i guess i should explain a little :P
every season of smallville has some highlight point, some moment worth watching for the superman fan i am. And if i have to sit through 22 boring episode just to see one that is interesting, i'll do it.
For example last episode (lois flashback to her trip to the futur) there was exactly one momet that i found cool: when big bad guy said to lois "your Blur is dead" we had a shot of Clark's shirt whith the superman shield hang to a pole, exactly in the same manner as the superman cape was hanging in "The death of superman". Boom, 40 minute of a uninteresting episode forgotten, just because they did
one thing right. But i still think that there are too many "filler" episode, side-plot not well handled and bad acting.
So there you have it, i don't like this show but i'll be damn if i miss one episode. :cool:
I know exactly what you mean Trelau. It's like sitting through a terrible movie just because some actor you like is in it or Samuel L. Jackson says frell. The first 8 seasons are selling for 9.99 each for the next 3 hours on amazon and I'm kinda torn. I wouldn't buy all of them but I'd rather get the first seasons first but I'm more interested in seeing the more recent seasons. I'll probably just end up passing.
Some new pics from the "Absolute Justice" movie. I like it. Fairly faithful translations of the characters.
Whee Hawkman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Stargirl (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/11/27/smallville-doctor-fate-stargirl-hawkman/)
what other JSA characters are there going to be? i know sandman is in it too. hope wildcats in the mix.he's such a simple likable character.oh yeah, remember seeing the green ring also.
That's pretty cool. Dr. Fate has one of the sweetest costumes ever. Helmets look plastic, but w/e.
CW Posts New Smallville/JSA Teaser on their Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=102433776450850)
anybody know the date for the smallville/jsa 2 hr. special? dont want to miss it. is this a stand alone movie or is it part of the season? hope it goes to dvd.
I appreciate staying true to the comic and all....but...honestly....this stuff looks worse than homemade costumes at a comic convention.
Quote from: herodad1 on January 17, 2010, 02:39:02 PM
anybody know the date for the smallville/jsa 2 hr. special? dont want to miss it. is this a stand alone movie or is it part of the season? hope it goes to dvd.
February 5, 2 hour episode. It's being advertised as a movie but it is a regular episode of the show.
thanks pod!
anybody know who exactly's going to be in this movie? it mentions hawkman,dr fate, and stargirl.thats it,but ive seen clips/images of alan scott/GL and sandman. are they in it also? hope so.
My understanding is that we'll see flashbacks of the original team, so whether all of them will be present day or not has yet to be determined.
SMALLVILLE Absolute Justice PROMO! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATt_jYt3_AY)
I can't wait. :banghead:
Source link (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/19/smallville-annette-otoole-returns-as-martha/)
QuoteProducers are still working out the exact timing of Martha's reappearance, but a Smallville insider tells me it'll most likely fall during May sweeps. That same source hints that the mother-son reunion will be rocked by an "unexpected surprise" or two. O'Toole last appeared in season 6 when Martha moved to Washington to become a U.S. senator.
Also here are some spoilers of Pam Grier as Amanda Waller (http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/the-big-tease-scoop-on-lost-24-and-more/)
(http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/smallville9/S09E11-warrior20.jpg)(http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/smallville9/S09E11-warrior25.jpg)
(http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/smallville9/S09E11-warrior19.jpg)
God I love Erica Durance...perfect Lois IMO. :D
Dr. Fate/Hawkman/Stargirl in action. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NszgRJ-kE_c)
Pic of Waller and Dr. Fate
:spoiler:
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(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1258/83729199.png)
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/398/11244690.png)
ok, ive bought the first 6 seasons of smallville and due to cost and weird work hours ive totally lost track of seasons 7 & 8. how is martian manhunter portraid in this series. power wise and why is he holding guns in this picture of him getting blasted by dr fate?
They haven't been too explicit power wise so far, but here's what we know so far--
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He's been show to turn invisible, attack by phasing through an opponent too invulnerable for Clark to even hurt, apparently shape shift, use telepathy to enter Clark's mind to help fight a telepathic parasite, and is very much vulnerable to fire. He doesn't seem to have much in the way of invulnerability, as an alien possessing a little kid rather easily reached his chest and plucked out his heart, but can survive extreme damage such as that--he actually walked and flew around for some time with a gaping hole in his chest from that particular incident without showing any real effects. He also has some sort of regeneration, although not in Earth's atmosphere. He's shown using a gun because he lost all his powers when he flew Clark into the sun to restore him from near death. MM is currently working as a police detective and informant for the super heroes.
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Yeah J'onn J'onzz was too cool for school when he was introduced in the series, especially in the ways he helped Clark defeat all the Zoners (escapees from The Phantom Zone)
I'm a huge fan of Bart(Impulse), and Oliver queen as well :thumbup:
Screenshots of the Complete Absolute Justice Trailer
:spoiler:
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(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9249/70090584.png)
Complete Absolute Justice Trailer (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/28/smallville-absolute-justice-trailer/)
2 one minute clips.
Clip 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-VZ5DNjSM)
Clip 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVGQglVxgUY)
A little reminder tonight, 1 1/2 hrs to go. :thumbup:
Quote from: Midnite on February 05, 2010, 11:21:31 PM
A little reminder tonight, 1 1/2 hrs to go. :thumbup:
Unless your tv is down due to the DC snowstorm >.<
Quote from: Tomato on February 06, 2010, 12:06:00 AM
Quote from: Midnite on February 05, 2010, 11:21:31 PM
A little reminder tonight, 1 1/2 hrs to go. :thumbup:
Unless your tv is down due to the DC snowstorm >.<
Yup.. same here. Thankfully a friend of mine is recording it on DVD and coming over later tonight.
- CQ
NM, back up. we checked the dish, it was covered with snow
Quote from: Tomato on February 06, 2010, 12:58:53 AM
NM, back up. we checked the dish, it was covered with snow
Same here.. a little work with a broom and ours was fixed too. Gotta keep reminding myself about checking the dish before I begin to panic.. heh..
- CQ
:spoiler:
J'onn J'onzz true form.
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Wow, really loved this two hour special. Lots of great scenes.
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Really loved Dr. Fate's vision of Superman's flapping cape. Come on Tom put on the damn costume already.
Quote from: Midnite on February 06, 2010, 08:30:57 AM
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J'onn J'onzz true form.
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(http://i45.tinypic.com/nf2rzk.gif)
Is it just me.... or does anyone else think they used Glitch Girls Egyptian FX pack? ;)
Somehow my original reply disappeared, for no apparent reason. Computers.
Anyhow, I thought it was quite well done and while I thought of it as an independent story, the addition of Amanda Waller and Checkmate could have interesting implications for the overall plot of the show as well as some interesting hints toward the end, namely
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The some kind of apocalyptic event is coming for which Amanda needs both generations of heroes. Somehow I get the feeling this might be more than just Zod and his minions.
Also loved all the nods toward the comics and am very glad that
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MM has his powers back. This ep also establishes that superspeed is among his powers. The fx for intangibility were pretty well done too.
This was an awesome episode all around. Something like this should really be made as a real DC superhero movie...
For all that I loved about the show, two things buggered me to no end. And one of them something I am surprised that RT didn't hark on.
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Why kill off Wesley Dodd? Couldn't there have been some other scenes with him as Sandman?
the other...
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Hawkman reminded me a great deal of Chris Benoit with the beard and hairstyle. Plus the way they had him talking. The voice and all. Very surreal and a bit disturbing. I doubt it was intentional but whoah! For those who don't know Chris Benoit was the WWE wrestler who killed his family and himself. He lived here in Atlanta but was originally from Canada. I looked it up and both the actor (Michael Shanks) and Chris Benoit were both from Canada. Shanks is from Vancouver and Benoit was born in Quebec but was billed from Calgary.
and one thing I am pondering
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Will we be seeing more from these other heroes? The way Amanda Waller was talking, these heroes are going to be in future episodes. This means we will at least be seeing Alan Scott and Jay Garrick. I wouldn't be surprised to see to some other DC Heroes too that have not been seen on the show.
I quite liked this, and other than one thing they really didn't mess with continuity in a way that got on my nerves too badly.
The one thing:
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Squishing Sylvester Pemberton and Ted Knight together got on my nerves. I can see why they did it, but I don't think it would've been that much more difficult to have the Knights included.
I thought Hawkman was letter perfect, Stargirl was very good, and Doctor Fate was ok, though I didn't really care for what they did to poor Kent Nelson.
As for the ending
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Am I the only one who thought Waller was talking about Apokolips? Certainly, Darkseid would require an impressive number of heroes and/or villians to defeat him.
Short review: If Smallville was more like THIS every week, rather than the "Whiny Clark and his lame friends" show, I'd go back to watching it on a regular basis.
i liked the episode but the ice guy was a lame villian for a team of heroes.dunno, guess he was ok. my gripe is dr fate being killed. with his power he could have sensed the ice cube and zapped him.he cant sense his own fate but he can everyone elses.bring in wildcat!
Quote from: herodad1 on February 07, 2010, 02:37:06 PM
i liked the episode but the ice guy was a lame villian for a team of heroes.dunno, guess he was ok. my gripe is dr fate being killed. with his power he could have sensed the ice cube and zapped him.he cant sense his own fate but he can everyone elses.bring in wildcat!
I agree that this ice guy was very lame. He shouldn't have been a problem for the guys he was fighting. Sandman should have been able to take him out himself. Fate getting killed made as much sense as MM still looking human after he lost his powers awhile back. I guess he kept shapeshifting and lost everything else. :rolleyes:
ahoy captain! :D
QuoteI guess he kept shapeshifting and lost everything else. rolleyes
Didn't bother me. I figured he just got locked into the shape he was currently in, which was his human look.
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on February 07, 2010, 12:50:39 AM
And one of them something I am surprised that RT didn't hark on.
First,
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because he is deceased in the comics.
Second, the story was about 1st generation characters passing the torch to next generation characters -
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death is expected.
Third, just SEEING Sandman done so well, for as brief as it was, was enough for me. Fourth, there is always Sandy as Sandman II.
Finally, I'm hoping the ratings were so through the roof --- we see more of the JSA and dare I say it --- I want a spin off.... NOW!
Only watched Smallville once before, the Krypto episode. I found it amusing, decent and not insulting --- unlike I expected. However I've read so much about it, I just was never interested to stick with it. I wouldn't mind see more of it, if the quality keeps up with this episode.
I have a few complaints, but honestly... they're so minor, I just didn't care. This is something I thought I'd NEVER see. Seeing these characters in LIVE ACTION done so well... I just enjoyed myself all the way through it. So much, yet so little... definitely made me want more. I hope CW delivers.
RTT
It looks like the ratings were nearly twice normal for Smallville on Friday, and Smallville is already their highest rated Friday show ever, I believe. It's still pretty small ratings compared to some of the shows, but very, very good for CW.
I would get too exited with the rating...they made a pretty agressive marketign campaign for that episode (preview video, preview photo, interview everywhere on the web...)
it was their biggest episode so far, maybe just behind the serie's premiere.
so the real questions are:
_will the rating still be slightly up next week? (meaning: did they gain new audience)
_were advertiser willing to pay more for the commercial break of this episode?
_if yes, does this increase in incomes cover the costs of the marketing campaign?
_does the good performance of this week allow for a permanent increase in their commercial break value?
but money's talk aside, that very well might be the beast smallville episode ever done.
there is minor complaint of course (weak villain, not enough time to see star spangled kid and sandman in action before they were killed, the wings of hawkman,etc) et some bigger one (not flash, no green lantern, no wildcat...they even mention hourman without showing him...i know too much character would have been impossible, but still) but the episode has a really good story, some descent acting performance (am i the only one who thinks the guest star were better than the regular cast? dr fate and martian manhunter are so more believable/enjoyable than boring-one-expression clark and i-get-it-you're-a-b*tch lois) and a real respect for the original material. They already did it with the Legion episode, but i think this one is even better (but twice longer too, so probably easier too make it work as a real story)
I do have one question: were was the league? the all point of the episode was that they only assemble in time of crisis instead of learning to live with each other. I was actually expecting aquaman, canary and even zatanna to show up, to have the league battle ice-guy and loose because not enough practice/organisation and have the JSA show them how it's done to finally go with a full league/JSA team up working in perfect coordination to defeat the bad guy. I know it's been done a million time in comics, but damn would have i liked to see it in live-action.... So what's the deal? Guests weren't available? Were asking for too much money? Just don't want to come back to this show? that's my only real regret with this episode, the lack of JLA to contrast with the JSA.
You actually had exactly three from each team featured in the episode. The point, repeatedly made is that both teams needed a reason to get together. The JLA, as Clark repeatedly says, isn't really a team yet, and the JSA has dispersed and needs to be regathered. This is just the start of both happening.
As for Zatanna, she's featured next episode.
Also note that both this and the Legion episode were written by guest comic book writer Geoff Johns. I'd say he knows the comics pretty well, having written quite a few of them.
I thought the acting was a little meh. But it's good enough for a TV.
This was a decent episode. I am so glad that
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Chloe didn't put on the Dr. Fate helmet! For a second they had reaching for the waste basket to take a hurl.
Smallville has been officially renewed for a 10th season. (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25090)
I'm really impressed the show has gone on this long, and honestly I don't find the quality has really dipped.
Quote from: Podmark on March 05, 2010, 03:21:14 AM
Smallville has been officially renewed for a 10th season. (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25090)
I'm really impressed the show has gone on this long, and honestly I don't find the quality has really dipped.
Really? Not even during the whole "Lana is a witch" nonsense back in season 3? 4?
Quote from: bredon7777 on March 05, 2010, 01:16:22 PM
Quote from: Podmark on March 05, 2010, 03:21:14 AM
Smallville has been officially renewed for a 10th season. (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25090)
I'm really impressed the show has gone on this long, and honestly I don't find the quality has really dipped.
Really? Not even during the whole "Lana is a witch" nonsense back in season 3? 4?
muahahaha (evil laugh) you don't have to go back that far to find a lame plot/episode.
I wish they'd do like with DBZ, make a new version of smallville with all the nonsense/useless scene cut out. The tenth season was pretty much a given, the show was cleary not aiming at closure for this year. let's hope it will be the last...
Quote from: bredon7777 on March 05, 2010, 01:16:22 PM
Quote from: Podmark on March 05, 2010, 03:21:14 AM
Smallville has been officially renewed for a 10th season. (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25090)
I'm really impressed the show has gone on this long, and honestly I don't find the quality has really dipped.
Really? Not even during the whole "Lana is a witch" nonsense back in season 3? 4?
That's when I completely stopped watching.
QuoteI wish they'd do like with DBZ, make a new version of smallville with all the nonsense/useless scene cut out.
DBZ without nonsense?
Quote from: bredon7777 on March 05, 2010, 01:16:22 PM
Quote from: Podmark on March 05, 2010, 03:21:14 AM
Smallville has been officially renewed for a 10th season. (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25090)
I'm really impressed the show has gone on this long, and honestly I don't find the quality has really dipped.
Really? Not even during the whole "Lana is a witch" nonsense back in season 3? 4?
lol yeah that was a low point, but I'm talking more the last few seasons. I've never considered the show to be great in any way but it's usually around the same level of quality for me on the whole.
Right now Smallville is the best rated Friday show the CW's ever had. Expect them to keep renewing the show as long as they thing they can get away with it, and then try to do a spinoff or continuation of some sort. Frankly, I wish they'd do a JSA series instead. I'd go for that.
Quote from: BWPS on March 05, 2010, 03:00:50 PM
Quote from: bredon7777 on March 05, 2010, 01:16:22 PM
Quote from: Podmark on March 05, 2010, 03:21:14 AM
Smallville has been officially renewed for a 10th season. (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25090)
I'm really impressed the show has gone on this long, and honestly I don't find the quality has really dipped.
Really? Not even during the whole "Lana is a witch" nonsense back in season 3? 4?
That's when I completely stopped watching.
QuoteI wish they'd do like with DBZ, make a new version of smallville with all the nonsense/useless scene cut out.
DBZ without nonsense?
well, less nonsense ^^ the "not in the manga" parts to be more specific. plus it no longer requires 3 episode to change a lightbulb. if you're interested, check "dbz kai", that the name of this remake. it's for the 20th anniversary of DBZ i think, remade in HD 16/9 and redubbed by the original cast...with all the filler episode cut out.
the "lana is a witch" almost killed the show for me, but it definitly got better. oh wait, wasn't there a "warrior angel" episode like two weeks ago, where
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zatanna acted like a tramp and tried to bone clark while chloe was trying to have sex with a little boy turned into a perfect man-pet?
yeah, much better indeed. i swear, seeing that just a week after the JSA episode made me yell at my screen "WHY...ARE...YOU...DOING...THAT!"
Wait a minute, are you seriously saying you didn't like the JSA episode? I can recommend a few good doctors for you.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on March 06, 2010, 05:34:35 PM
Wait a minute, are you seriously saying you didn't like the JSA episode? I can recommend a few good doctors for you.
I read Trelau's comment as meaning that, just when the series looked like it was going so well (the JSA episode), they suddenly through in a really bad episode and ruined things.
(Note- I don't currently have a working tv, so I haven't actually seen any of these episodes first hand, so I can't personally comment on them.)
Yes Alaric, that's what i meant: the work on the JSA episode was really good; they could have launch a JSA spin off if they wanted to: costume, actors, characters and plot were the best smallville had seen for this season. and they ruined everything with the next episode. they actually could have attracted and fidelize (not sure if the word exist :unsure:) new viewers: use JSA to draw attention, then for the next 2-3 weeks doing a little more effort than usual on plot and guest money to have a JSA guy make cameo apperence (stargirl really could have started a "civilian" relationship with the others) to get the new viewers hooked and THEN decrease quality of episode like expected.
But they choose the full-stop "you though the show was good? well watch THAT!" option. In a way, that very bold. Or stupid, i can't decide.
Well then punctuation is your friend. Here's what I saw--"the JSA episode made me yell at my screen. . ."
So I read that as more ridiculousness after the JSA episode already made you upset.
But you're right, it probably wasn't the best way to right after the high point of the season, if not the series.
to be fair i exactly wrote "seeing that just a week after the JSA episode made me yell at my screen" :rolleyes: emphasis added of course, but i don't see how i could have ponctuated that differently
i wouldn't go as far as saying this episode was the high point of the show though (the legion episode was pretty awesome too) or even of the season: Zod is the best actor out here for the moment, and since last week's evolution of the character we can hope for a great finale.
btw, was there no episode this week?
Quote from: Trelau on March 06, 2010, 06:44:08 PM
btw, was there no episode this week?
It's off til April I believe.
Quote from: Trelau on March 06, 2010, 06:44:08 PM
to be fair i exactly wrote "seeing that just a week after the JSA episode made me yell at my screen" :rolleyes: emphasis added of course, but i don't see how i could have ponctuated that differently
Comma before just and after episode, preventing me from reading it the way I did. As written, it could be read as "this episode came a week after my watching the JSA episode which made me yell at the screen" or "the episode which made me scream came a week after of the JSA episode". You could easily read it both ways as written, and of course I inevitably chose the wrong one, which shouldn't surprise anyone.
As much as I try to prevent myself from making posts about grammar, Cat... that's a no. Commas wouldn't go where you suggested. That's not to say he couldn't have worded it better. All it [the sentence] was missing was a noun such as the word episode to make it more lucid.
A slight re-wording would have been better, that is true.
At any case, it was basically a misunderstanding. I think we can all agree that the JSA ep was awesome and if they ever wanted a seriously good premise for a Smallville spinoff, this is it.
I love this forum so much.....I went from reading bad papers to reading this, and it just made me happy to see people actually THINKING about how they write things. Ha, thank you gentlemen.
On topic, I may have to track down the JSA episode at some point in time. I have vehemently avoided Smallville for years (approximately since it should have ended the first time), but that seems like something worth breaking that self-imposed embargo for (like Aquaman and JLA episodes years ago).
I have become a fan again of this show. I have grown bored of Smallville's version of Clark (Superman) and found myself rooting for Zod. Now that Zod has gained his powers, thanks to Clark, let the heads roll.
Smallville: The Justice Society Returns? (http://www.ksitetv.com/smallville-the-justice-society-returns/)
I'm sorry to dig up that thread, but Shortpacked! just did a comic that perfectly resume that season of Smallville
http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-11/02-the-relationshipocalypse/noflightsnotights/ (http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-11/02-the-relationshipocalypse/noflightsnotights/)
Joke aside, the Checkmate arc/villain has become more interesting than the Zod-Kandorian arc. The fact that they are suppose to stay for the 10th season clearly affected the way they handled the Zod/Clark relationship, for better or for worse (seems worse for the moment, but maybe it will be awesome after...yeah, sure)
I know i'm the only one posting here, but still:
the season finale was actually pretty good. Some character development, a great intro, an almost-return from the JLA/JSA, and a very comicbook-esque fight to the death in the end.
That one i might rewatch (it's not as good as the Legion or JSA episode, but for a season finale it's better than the doomsday one)
I liked it too but
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I really doubt that Zod would make such a stupid mistake, when he whispered to Clark that he killed Faora and their unborn child. Did he forget that the Kandorians all have super hearing? Also Clark holding his own (after the blue Kryptonite exposure) against Krypton's legendary soldier? I don't think so.
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Remember Zod just got these powers. He's not used to them yet, he's used to being powerless, so the superhearing thing never occurred to him.
Also, Clark's had to fight against opponents of equal strength several times before, so he's had some experience. Zod is also a legendary general, not necessarily an especially brilliant soldier. He's doubtless had better training, but Clark has experience on his side.
EDIT: You know, I forgot all about Jor-El's extensive training all this season. Clark probably has the advantage in the training factor as well.
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I think the beginning was almost worth watching for the entire episode. We get a glimpse of two years in the future and we see Lois being Lois, we see(hear) that Jimmy Olsen is a photographer at the Daily Planet(not going to go as far as say resurrected) and more importantly, we see (reflected) the symbolic costume. Though I really didn't much care for the entire Kandorian arch, I liked the progression of the season. We're given characters and plots from the Universe and introduced into this universe, Checkmate, Zod, JSA, Waller and Lord. And of course Clark being Superman("the blur"(they really could have come up with a better name(something much more heroic))). I just wish he flies already damnit. Bring on the effin tights. The whole "No flights, no tights and no Lana" rule should have been left when Smallville was just in Smallville. Now it's a completely different show than it was nine years ago. Only two original cast members left and we know this is like Survivor or Highlander and there can be only one... and we know who that is. At least if we're going on to at least another year(and we see no more than two more) give us a treat by the end of the show. I'm just curious what could next season bring? Undoubtedly, Lex has to return... somehow. Likely won't see Bruce Wayne/Batman, but that would be a good treat. Callum Blue is signed for another year.Maybe the return of another villain. Bizarro, Brianiac or someone alien?
And does anyone know who that old lady was that was sewing outside of Tess Mercer's hospital room?
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Olsen's funeral revealed that in the Smallville universe there are 2 Jimmy Olsens. The one who appeared in earlier seasons was Henry James Olsen. As revealed at the funeral, he has a younger brother who is apparently the Jimmy Olsen of the comic books and the one that will be working at the Planet.
My guess for next season:
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Apokolips. The old woman sewing outside Tess's room is Granny Goodness, maybe recruiting Tess as a Fury. And the non-Kandorians that Ollie faced could be Parademons.
Oh right next season...but wait
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wasn't there an announcement that Zod would be in season 10 too? we even though that they wouldn't conclude the Kandorian arc this year because of this...Weird, i'd have to check this
Who would've expected this series to last so long?!?!?! And still be worth watching?!?!
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The show down between Zod and Clark was awesome. I wish the show down between Peter and Syler was have that good on Heroes. I'm tied of the "The Blur" too. It's time for them to give us what we've waited 10 years for, Superman! I was expecting to see the cape inside that box and I probably would have jumped up and ran a few laps around my living room if it was shown to be there.
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The whole suit was in that box. We saw it reflected in Clark's eyes when he opened it.
I knew that I just wanted to see more than what they showed.
Next season has been announced to be the last.
it's the last season but its going out in style
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdOpwV4eCqA
costume and cape ?
Thanks for posting this. I missed that part of the ep, although I heard that Clark got the costume and cape somehow.
If the last episode ends any other way than with him donning the costume and flying over the city, I'm going to scream.
Um.... isn't Dr. Fate's costume supposed to be a Robe?
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WoW just finished season 9 & the last episode was Epic - I was wondering how Clark was going to deal with Zod - I was a little worried when I thought he was going to teleport himself with the Kryptonians away from Earth but, then Zod pulled out that Blue Kryptonite & attacked Clark which made him & Clark lose there powers - They dueled for a bit & then Clark let Zod stab him with the Blue Krypt - He fell over the side of the building with it in his gut & Zod got teleported away - Final sceen is Clark having the victory but falling to his death - Good stuff :blink:
Yeah that is interesting. :)
Might want to put that in spoiler tags, electro.
The whole thread is named spoilers :blink:
A good point.