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thunderclap said:I haven't watched Smallville in years, but I tuned in for the finale to see how they would wrap it up. Overall it was really weak.
thunderclap did you watch any of the last season before you tuned into the finale? Because just watching the last episode is kinda like going to the end of a book to find out "who did it". It can kinda ruin the experience.
- there was a LOT more melodrama than I remember from previous seasons. I mean come on... you have a giant flaming planet sitting in the sky yet you have time to take two minutes to stand outside a house talking about how much you've changed each other. Blah.
It didn't bother me but I do see your point. The thing is Season 10 is about Clark finding out who he is so he can become Superman, so the melodrama was always going to laid on a bit thicker than normal.
- Lex comes back only to have him mind wiped? Blah.
I think that was done for some continuity reasons. I'm not saying it worked, just saying that's why they did it. To keep the Fan Boys happy I suppose.
- All the villains were easily defeated: the trio are taken out simultaneously when Oliver shoots three arrows. Lionel is shot. Lionel is then flown through and dissipates. The planet is about crash into earth yet Superman just flies up and pushes it away. Blah.
The villains have been incidental for the whole season as this season was about Clark "finding himself". Unlike previous seasons there wasn't really a build up for a final confrontation with a villain in this season. Lionel getting shot didn't bother me too much. I mean they had 10 years of loose ends to tie up so I think they were just trying to get through them as efficiently as possible. But I think in the bid to tie everything up some of the drama may have been sacrificed as a result.
- I like how they never showed the actor in full Superman garb. Always only little glimpses, but nothing more.
That did actually bother me. I did want to see him in the suit, I didn't like the CGI Superman at all. I mean they had everything else in the show they even used the John Williams music so I don't get why we didn't see the suit.
It didn't bother me but I do see your point. The thing is Season 10 is about Clark finding out who he is so he can become Superman, so the melodrama was always going to laid on a bit thicker than normal.
- Lex comes back only to have him mind wiped? Blah.
I think that was done for some continuity reasons. I'm not saying it worked, just saying that's why they did it. To keep the Fan Boys happy I suppose.
- All the villains were easily defeated: the trio are taken out simultaneously when Oliver shoots three arrows. Lionel is shot. Lionel is then flown through and dissipates. The planet is about crash into earth yet Superman just flies up and pushes it away. Blah.
The villains have been incidental for the whole season as this season was about Clark "finding himself". Unlike previous seasons there wasn't really a build up for a final confrontation with a villain in this season. Lionel getting shot didn't bother me too much. I mean they had 10 years of loose ends to tie up so I think they were just trying to get through them as efficiently as possible. But I think in the bid to tie everything up some of the drama may have been sacrificed as a result.
- I like how they never showed the actor in full Superman garb. Always only little glimpses, but nothing more.
That did actually bother me. I did want to see him in the suit, I didn't like the CGI Superman at all. I mean they had everything else in the show they even used the John Williams music so I don't get why we didn't see the suit.
To be honestthunderclap I actually agree with most of your comments. But I don't put shows like Smallville under the same kind of scrutiny as I do for shows like The Wire or The Sopranos (not saying that you do or are) because for me Smallville is a bit of harmless fun.