Smallville - Final Season 10

...10 years and they never called him Superman

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Chole calls him "Superman" just as she's finishing up the bedtime story to her son

Still not sure why we got long-distance shots of Clark in the suit...was it because they didnt trust how it would look on screen with a television budget? Was it not to take anything away from a theatrical Superman experiance? In either case, the way they handled it bettered the character because showing the SCOPE of what he can do, be it saving Air Force One or moving a planet, is better than showing off his fashion for ten minutes, they chose to showcase his power, not his suit.

Blade Dancer said:

Sooo. She's basically outing her best friend's identity as a superhero to her impressionable and problably not very discreet child? Good job! :thumbs:

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I think it's a nice reminder that Superman was very public with his origins in the Donner movies, and probably would have told everything to Lois in this series as he did in the movies...just omitting his true identity and other small details.

MaskedShuuyu said:

So, they just ignored the Legion of Doom and all the other heroes round the world then? What was the point of the episode before then?

I smirked when Luthorcorp sign broke and it spelt out Lexcorp.

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The LOD shot was a nice bit of fan-wank and wink to the fans like a lot of shots were. It was ment to establish that they were in the smallville universe.

Skyknight said:

Still not sure why we got long-distance shots of Clark in the suit...was it because they didnt trust how it would look on screen with a television budget? Was it not to take anything away from a theatrical Superman experiance? In either case, the way they handled it bettered the character because showing the SCOPE of what he can do, be it saving Air Force One or moving a planet, is better than showing off his fashion for ten minutes, they chose to showcase his power, not his suit.

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From what I read, the superman returns suit was tailor made for Brandon Routh & the producers didn't want to spend the time/money creating a new suit that would only get 5mins of screen time & have to be in mostly CGI shots anyway.

I didn't mind when he actually put on the suit and how they shot it. It conveyed what it needed to. He went from being a hero that hid his idenity (The Blur) to the hero that all other heroes look up to (Superman).

That finale was... terrible. Then again I haven't watched the show in 5 years so I had no emotional investment in what was happening. But that was... terrible.

Ok I finally got time to watch the whole finale. Like many of you guys here, I enjoyed it and also was disappointed in it too. This whole show was about Clark Kent and his journey to becoming the superhero we know him to be today. As much as I wanted to see Clark Kent in the full Superman suit, I am asking for too much. What they gave us in the finale which was CGI shots of Superman instead, I can live with it. We got the flight, the "tights", and Superman before the show ended so I'm happy with that.

I'm glad that most of the cast members from the past all returned except for Lana. Her character has a lot of haters though but I feel that she didn't have to be in this episode. Feels kinda out of place anyways. So Aaron Ashmore get's to play the fake Jimmy and the real Jimmy? I guess that works. Glad to have him back for that cameo appearance. I did like Johnathan Kent's appearance here though. He was basically a spirit and his presence felt powerful. To have him hand Clark the suit was fitting as well.

Having Lex Luthor back was awesome. He only appeared in a few scenes and its like he didn't miss a beat after being gone since Season 7. The bald cap looks great on him and sometimes it doesn't even look weird at certain angles. For him to kill Tess and "saving" her was shocking but it fits into the character of Lex. He always believes that he is doing the right thing when he is not. That last shot of the Luthorcorp sign was great too.

I'm glad the alternate universe Lionel Luthor was used here too. The evil version of him is a great character and the way how he was trying to use Tess was evil. He made me kinda hate him and that's a good thing. When Darkseid took over him, Lionel looked wicked.

The bad things about this finale was the use of Darkseid and his minions. I'm sad that Granny Goddess and the other villains were destroyed with arrows from the Green Arrow. I thought that was weak and would've loved to see some certain kind of battle. But I'm sure budget restrictions played a role in that. I also think Darkseid wasn't utitlized that well either. The only power he seems to have is use people's dark side and takes over them. I'm sure he's more than that in the comics but the way the show used him, I wanted more. Another thing I didn't like was the wedding storyline that took up the whole first hour. It ended up not happening either which was a waste of time. They could've used that for other things but what's done is done.

In all, the 10 year ride of Smallville was fun and I loved it. It went through it's downsides and its upsides. I would say that it had more upsides to me. To hear the John Williams song was just icing in the cake in the end. I will miss this show and I wonder what show will the CW create next.

Aside from Lana, they also didn't bring back Pete... But who cares... :laugh:

Well, they could have filmed something from his jail cell.

Very disappointing ending. Lois said "give the hero's a chance" not "give the blur" .

I want my two hours back.

Hate away pal, it was a great finale.

Skyknight said:

Hate away pal, it was a great finale.

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Same. Might not be perfect, but definitely better than most finales I've seen.