Smallville Season Eight News

[ZariusTwo]

Kryptonsite.com has confirmed that Micheal Rosenbaum, Lex Luthor, is leaving the long-running series and will be in a limited role next season. In his place however will be two new regular characters.

-An unknown female villain (possibly Kryptonian Ursa or the Warrior Queen Maxima)

-Superman's deadliest enemy, Doomsday.

[Ninjinister]

Holy Zod, Doomsday?! Ye've got to be kidding me!

[Raph's Girl]

Kryptonsite.com has confirmed that Micheal Rosenbaum, Lex Luthor, is leaving the long-running series and will be in a limited role next season. In his place however will be two new regular characters.

-An unknown female villain (possibly Kryptonian Ursa or the Warrior Queen Maxima)

-Superman's deadliest enemy, Doomsday.

WTF?! Doomsday?! :o So he dies before he can even wear the cape and tights?!

[ZariusTwo]

The chances are that Clark "dies" at Doomsday's hands and this will lead to his "rebirth" as Superman.

[GK Punk]

That would be amazing.

[ZariusTwo]

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[Hero]

Just when I thought season 8 would be really watered down without the Luthors. This is going to be awesome!

===HERO

[Fugitoid Jones]

Man, I hope season 8 is good. This season hasn't been very good, and then when I heard Michael Rosenbaum is leaving, I was pretty sure that it would get even worse with the most interesting character leaving. But Doomsday and a female villain (please be Ursa!), maybe it'll be alright. Besides, they've got too many characters as it is, so maybe Lex in a limited role will be good. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I won't be dissapointed come fall.

[Raph's Girl]

There's now a description of season 8 characters Doomsday and Tess. Both of which will be series regulars...Should be interesting who they cast as Doomsday

The description of Doomsday reminds me of Hulk. Grrr!! Doomsday smash!!!

http://www.kryptonsite.com/season8characters.htm

DAVIS BLOOME: 26, Charming and handsome. Davis is the new bartender at the hip Metropolis lounge. Ace of Clubs, where he plays down his smoldering good looks with a self-effacing wit and down-to-earth soulfulness. Despite the ease with which Davis relates to his new friends, he carries with him the long-felt feelings of a perpetual outsider. Beneath Davis' charismatic, easy going demeanor lies a brooding sense of isolation and insecurity.. When he begins to delve into the haunting mysteries of his true origins, a darker truth begins to emerge, one of blood and serial murders, one of survival and utter destruction--one in which he is forced to confront the true evil inside of him...SERIES REGULAR.


TESS: 28, Drop Dead Gorgeous. Determined. Sexy. Vengeful. And with
amped physical strength. While Lex is away, she is in control of his estate and rules it with aggression. She's had intellect and the confidence all her life, though it's obvious she's had some training from Lex, as well. But as much as Lex has helped fortify her power, he is also her biggest weakness. She harbors an undying devotion to Lex,
claiming he saved her life a few years ago. She carries out his wishes with coercion, force, seduction and anything to get what she wants, and no one can resist her beguiling ways. Even Clark Kent. She doesn't remember anything before the day she met Lex. Once she realizes her previous life is buried below the surface, she's desperate to dig it
up...SERIES REGULAR.

[gobo]

So, Doomsday will look human? That's just effing great... :roll:

[Raph's Girl]

So, Doomsday will look human? That's just effing great... :roll:

He'll be human till he Hulks up at least.

And it seems that this week's ep was indicating that Doomsday is connected to the Kawatache myth of Naman (Superman) being killed at one point or something either by Sageeth (Lex) or something else.

[ZariusTwo]

So Superman will be beaten to death by a bartender.

Uh-Huh.

[Raph's Girl]

So Superman will be beaten to death by a bartender.

Uh-Huh.

Yep... by a bartender at a bar that Lois frequents and dragged Clark to last week since he's apperantly now 21.... :lol:

[odupianist]

You won't like Davis when he's angry, grrr

any reason for Lex leaving?

[GK Punk]

Wow. That's incredibly lame.

[Spike Spiegel]

This is why I haven't watched this show in a long while.

[JetsAndHeels]

Alison Mack may not be back either. Plus Gough and Millar have departed as well.

The show really hasn't been the same since season 3, IMO. I hated to see Pete leave, and then when they killed off Jonathan Kent it got even worse.

[Raph's Girl]

I hated to see Pete leave, and then when they killed off Jonathan Kent it got even worse.

But at least Pete returned this season...only to get stretching powers after eating Kryptonite laced gum. :lol:

Chloe can't leave. The Justice League needs her still!!

[ZariusTwo]

An exclusive scene from "Arctic",which recently premiered in Canada


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Well, they seem to have Micheal, Allyson and Kirsten's definate and plausibe departures covered

-Lex and Clark were still in the foutress when it collapsed, we know Tom is going to survive the cliffhanger, but Lex will probably be presumed dead until Rosenbaum makes a few guest apperances, likely near the finale

-Chole was arrested after awakening from a coma Brainiac placed her

-Lana awoke from her own coma and broke up with Clark via a video message

[Raph's Girl]

Mike Aussiello over at tvguide.com has confirmed that Chloe IS indeed returning for next season.

Lex and Lana will be reduced to reacurring status.

[Ninjinister]

But at least Pete returned this season...only to get stretching powers after eating Kryptonite laced gum. :lol:


He stole Jimmy's powers.

[Fugitoid Jones]

Boy, season 7's season finale stunk. Am I the only one who thought that was the weakest cliffhanger of the whole series?

[Hero]

I agree that Season 7's finale definitley was the weakest so far.

I'm also not surprised that Doomsday has been humanised. Brainiac, Mxylptlk (however its spelled) and Bizarro were all given the same treatment.

===HERO

[ZariusTwo]

Boy, season 7's season finale stunk. Am I the only one who thought that was the weakest cliffhanger of the whole series?

I've seen weaker finales. Sometimes I think the mid-season treats have more right than the ones we get. That definatly speaks true of seasons six and seven which had "Justice" and "Veritas" acing the respective finales of both seasons.

[Raph's Girl]

Looks like Green Arrow is gonna be a series regular in the final season, replacing Supergirl who's now just a reacurring. Im all up for this as long as Black Canary in her god awful eye make-up returns as well. Heck make season 8 a Justice League season...we need more of Bart Allen...

The JLA can help Clark fight Doomsday Hulk.

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0806/04/index.htm

[JetsAndHeels]

I like the Green Arrow and all, but I would rather them focus more on Clark. I mean after all, the show is supposed to be about him.

[Raph's Girl]

Aaaand Doomsday has been cast!

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0806/20/index.htm

Sam Witwer and Cassidy Freeman have been cast as series regular villains for Season 8 of Smallville, The CW announced on Thursday night.

Witwer, 30, will play Davis Bloome, "a charismatic Metropolis paramedic who -- when he isn't saving people -- is forced to confront a burgeoning darkness inside of him that just might be a harbinger of doom."

That creature likely would be the previously announced Doomsday.

Freeman will play Tess Mercer. Here's how The CW describes her character: "Handpicked by Lex Luthor to succeed him before he vanished, Tess arrives in Smallville as acting CEO of LuthorCorp. Beneath her mysterious allure lies a cunning ruthlessness to match her mentor's."

"We're thrilled that Sam and Cassidy will be joining the cast, and we have some very exciting things in store for them, their characters and Smallville fans for this season," said executive producers Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer in a joint statement. "They are both incredibly talented performers, and we cannot wait to begin to work with them."

Best known for his role as Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo on the Battlestar Galactica, Witwer is also featured in the forthcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game. His previous credits include Stephen King's The Mist and guest-starring roles on a number of series, including Dexter, Cold Case, Enterprise, Angel, Dark Angel and ER, among others.

Freeman previously appeared in the feature film Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. Her other television and motion picture credits include a guest-starring role on Cold Case, the made-for-television movie An Accidental Christmas, the independent film Shades of Gray, and shorts Clock and Razor Sharp.

So he's gone from being a bartender to a paramedic. Considering how much people get injured on that show it seems like a more logical choice. :lol:

[JetsAndHeels]

This show is a lifeless vegetable. Somebody please pull the plug.

[Raph's Girl]

This show is a lifeless vegetable. Somebody please pull the plug.

Well thankfully season 8 is the final season and hopefully this will totally be a lead into a Green Arrow or a JLA series. Green Arrow is one of my fave characters on that show other than Martian Manhunter and Jimmy.

[Jester]

Well thankfully season 8 is the final season and hopefully this will totally be a lead into a Green Arrow or a JLA series. Green Arrow is one of my fave characters on that show other than Martian Manhunter and Jimmy.
Chloe Sullivan all the way.

[ToTheNines]

or a JLA series.

They're gonna skip Superman's pre-Justice League adventures and head straight into it, or do you think it'll jump ahead a few years?

[Raph's Girl]

They're gonna skip Superman's pre-Justice League adventures and head straight into it

That's just it...the JLA has already been formed. Green Arrow is the leader of it. Clark's had adventures with each of the members and then 1 adventure with the whole group.

The current Smallville roster for the JLA is:
Green Arrow
Black Canary (who joined in season 7)
Impulse (Bart Allen's got a major crush on Chloe)
Aquaman
Cyborg
Chloe (she's Oracle)

The JLA's HQ is basicall Oliver Queen's Clocktower (which is right smack dab next to the Daily Planet and LuthorCorp)

[ToTheNines]

That's just it...the JLA has already been formed. Green Arrow is the leader of it. Clark's had adventures with each of the members and then 1 adventure with the whole group.


I mean, I know they could do it like that but it'd just be kinda weird.

[JetsAndHeels]

They're gonna skip Superman's pre-Justice League adventures and head straight into it, or do you think it'll jump ahead a few years?

They have pretty much skipped everything Superman.

[Spike Spiegel]

This show is a lifeless vegetable. Somebody please pull the plug.

To be honest, I've felt that way since the third or fourth season. All the soap opera crap with Clark and Lana, as well as Chloe "dying" really got tedious and redundant after a while. Also, I was sad to see the departures of Pete, Martha, and Jonathan...

Erica Durance wasn't a bad Lois Lane, though...:P:P:P

[JetsAndHeels]

To be honest, I've felt that way since the third or fourth season. All the soap opera crap with Clark and Lana, as well as Chloe "dying" really got tedious and redundant after a while. Also, I was sad to see the departures of Pete, Martha, and Jonathan...

Erica Durance wasn't a bad Lois Lane, though...:P:P:P


You, good sir, have summed up everything I feel about the show. I loved it for the first few years, then things got really annoying and really stupid.

I wanted Lana gone from season 4 on.
Pete leaving pissed me off. Episode 100 REALLY pissed me off. And a whole lot of other crap that just hasn't made sense.

[gobo]

They have pretty much skipped everything Superman.
And, they're not done yet. Coming next season, 'The Death of Superman' before there even is a Superman... :roll:

[Fugitoid Jones]

To me, it just seems that the show has no direction anymore. I thought the biggest missed opportunity was not having Clark go to college more than 2 episodes. Seriously, ever since he graduated high school, why hasn't he just moved to Metropolis and become Superman? I really think the writers have no idea what to do with the show anymore and are pulling sh!t out of their @sses just to keep it alive.

[Raph's Girl]

Welp it's been confirmed that Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, and Black Canary are indeed returning for season 8 along with Green Arrow. Now to wait on word if Impulse and Cyborg will return as well.

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Smallville-Justice-League/800042575

Seems tho the season opener involves the JLA and MM rescuing Clark.

Also this season,

Clark apperantly listens to Lois' advise from last season and not only applies but gets a job at the Daily Planet. Gee thanks Lois! :roll:

This season's theme is "double identities," Souders says. "It's about the Superman identity emerging as Clark Kent tries to maintain a normal life — or the appearance of a normal life." To that end, he takes a job at the "Daily Planet," right across the desk from Lois Lane (Erica Durance).

"The camaraderie as they work side-by-side that everyone loves from the DC Comics and all the Superman lore is going to come to fruition this year," Souders says. "The two of them are thrown together in some unfortunate situations for Clark. She becomes a little bit of an obstacle to him saving the world, when he's on a deadline."

[Raph's Girl]

Well. Looks like they're adding more characters!

Familiar to comic book fans is Suicide Squat member Bette San Souci (or Mrs Capt Atom) aka Plastique! She gets a new origin in the 2nd ep and befriends Chloe of all people. In this version she's a 15 year old who um..gains powers in an explosion of some sort. Chloe, for whatever reasons, asks her to move in with her. Um...weird...

Doomsday the Medic also makes his first appearance and has a scene with Chloe.

[JetsAndHeels]

This season is going to suck. I don't want it to, but I can only feel like it is going to keep getting worse.

When the producers of the show leave, that is a tell tale sign.

[ZariusTwo]

If you don't like this series, stop posting in this thread. There's people who have followed Smallville and ARE'NT as tight up the arse about the Superman mythos, they don't have to be pandered to specificly.

[JetsAndHeels]

If you don't like this series, stop posting in this thread. There's people who have followed Smallville and ARE'NT as tight up the arse about the Superman mythos, they don't have to be pandered to specificly.

Wow, what's wrong with you today? Got your period?

This show used to be a really good one. It started going downhill somewhere around late season 3/season 4. I have stuck with it because there have been some good, solid episodes...but the poor ones just seem to outnumber the good ones lately.

I support the show, and as a viewer and someone who buys the product and reads the books/comics, I am entitled to my opinion. Just get over yourself.

[Hero]

I hope the show has a good ending no matter how bad the season may be.

I've enjoyed Smallville from the beginning myself and I hope to still enjoy it till the end.

===HERO

[JetsAndHeels]

I hope the show has a good ending no matter how bad the season may be.

I'm with you on that.....this will be the last season so let's hope that the show ends on a positive note.

[Raph's Girl]

Welp. Season 8 will apperantly premier October 2nd, even tho earlier they said Sept 18th.

Also. The season will apperantly also reveal Green Arrow's origin. Like we need another version of that. Didn't they already do an animated version on the CW site???

Also:
Jimmy and Chloe MIGHT be getting married. But meanwhile poor Jimmy will have a new rival in that of Doomsday. Um...Chloe and Doomsday?? WTF?
Bette aka Plastique has a Section 33.1 connection. Oh...goody...

[JetsAndHeels]

As far as Green Arrow goes, yes they did an animated show...plus they featured it on the season 6 dvd set. It was part of the mini-series they did with Sprint mobile.

As far as that spoiler goes....all I have to say is interesting. :)

[Raph's Girl]

Announced at Comic Con:

The Legion of Super-Heroes themselves will be appearing in the 9th ep of the season!!!

Nothing on which of the LOSH will appear but I hope Brainiac 5 is among em! :D

http://www.newsarama.com/tv/080727-smallville-legion.html

The Legion of Super-Heroes is coming to Smallville, and the writer who's guiding the futuristic team in comic books will be the one introducing them to the show.

Geoff Johns, writer of next month's Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds mini-series for DC Comics, will also be writing the Legion's introduction to the Smallville television show. As announced Sunday at San Diego Comic-Con, Johns will be writing "Legion," the ninth episode in this year's season 8 of Smallville.

"I've known the Smallville writing team – Todd [Slavkin], Darren [Swimmer], Brian [Wayne Peterson] and Kelly [Souders] – for a long time," Johns told Newsarama. "I had an idea for an episode, so we all had lunch. And I pitched them the idea of bringing the Legion of Super-Heroes to Smallville. And we're off and running."

In comics, the Legion of Super-Heroes is a group of super-powered teenagers from 1,000 years in the future who are inspired by the legend of Superman. The Legion story, which saw the young heroes time-traveling back to visit a young Clark Kent, recently inspired a Warner Bros. animated TV series.

Smallville fans had already seen updated versions of several DC Comics heroes on the live-action show, including Green Arrow, who's become a regular character. Just last month, it was announced that a new "Doomsday" character, played by Battlestar Galactica alum Sam Witwer, will be added to the Smallville cast this season as a nemesis for actor Tom Welling's Clark Kent.

While the show's very human-looking Doomsday is apparently a re-interpretation of the monstrous comics character who once killed Superman, according to Johns, the Legion that appears in his Smallville episode will be the team that comic book readers recognize.

"I can't get into any specifics about the story we're telling because we’re still working on it all. But they're from the 31st Century. And it will be focusing on some obvious characters who first met Clark," Johns said. "It will be written to fit with Smallville, and I think it's going to be a really fun challenge to approach the Legion in a different way. But with me, you know you're going to see Legion rings, and they're going to be as true to the core as possible. It's going to be the Legion of Super-Heroes."

Johns, who just recently used Legion characters in a story he wrote for the Superman-centered series Action Comics with artist Gary Frank, couldn't confirm if the Legion characters he's introducing in Smallville would appear in more than one episode.

As Smallville fans may remember, this won't be the first time the name "Geoff Johns" is attached to the show. In Season 4, a super-powered, villainous football-playing character was named Geoff Johns. And as most comic book fans know, Johns shares offices with former Smallville writer and comic book creator Jeph Loeb, who was involved with the series during Seasons 2-4.

"Like I said, I've known the Smallville team for a long time. And I have to thank Jeph Loeb for introducing me to those people in the first place," Johns said. "I'm really looking forward to working on the show. It's exciting to see the Legion be part of that."

[JetsAndHeels]

I read about this yesterday, and I can honestly say if it is done right, it should be alot of fun to see all of these characters.

I am optimistic about this because the episode "Justice" in season 6 is one of my favorites. Hopefully it will flow the same with the Legion.

[Hero]

Was'nt Supergirl written out of the cartoon by joining up with The Legion of Superheroes? Perhaps Kara could end up being written out the same way since she's meant to be off the show now.

===HERO

[GK Punk]

Supergirl is being written off the show?

[Raph's Girl]

Supergirl is being written off the show?

Yeah she's being reduced to reacurring character status while Green Arrow gets full credit status.

[GK Punk]

Somehow, I'm okay with that. She's gotta be the first version of Supergirl I don't care very much about.

[Raph's Girl]

Rumour has it that Saturn Girl will be played by Gemini Award winning Canadian singer/actress Alexz Johnson according to Canadian paper The Provence. She definatly looks like Saturn Girl.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/2099725_FreightElevator_135.jpg/400px-2099725_FreightElevator_135.jpg

Now for the casting of Lightening Lad, Cosmic Boy, and whoever the big bad is (for a while the rumour was Darkseid but now they're saying...eh..no) other than Brainiac....

[Hero]

Awww Cute :)

Perhaps things will pick up a bit more when the Legion turn up. Things have felt very watered down with the show recentley. (more than usual)

===HERO

[GK Punk]

And why wasn't she Kara?

[Hero]

True.

===HERO

[thebrownranger]

Oh man, Doomsday already. I hope this is going to be epic :D

[Raph's Girl]

Next week Doomsday will be appearing in full form (the trailer doesn't show him well enough darnit!...). I still think it's a bit funny that he's the creation/son of Zod and Ursa (er um I mean Faora :roll:).

Meantime tho we got another LOSH casting! Canadian actor Ryan Kennedy(who apperantly is not famous enough to deserve a wikipedia entry...bah) has been cast as Cosmic Boy/Rokk Krinn . Checking imdb.com it seems I've seen him in several Sci-fi channel B movies (Category 6: Day of Destruction, Firestorm: The Last Stand at Yellowstone, and Ogre).

Incidentally Ogre also starred John Schneider (who proceeded to feed the poor kid to the titular Ogre...Oi) and he was also in Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness with Dean "Im Superman and Vandal Savage!" Cain. He played Dean Cain's son! So 2 connections to Smallville and the Superman mythos already in his belt.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9232/ryankennedy3fy.jpg

[Raph's Girl]

17 year old actor Calum Worthy (gods...he looks younger then that) has been cast as Lightining Lad!

The only thing I've seen him in is an ep of Stargate Atlantis. :/ Here's a pic of him:

http://www.youngartistawards.org/winners/CallumWorthy.jpg

[Hero]

The episode Bride last night was off the bloomin hook!

That Lightning Kid looks like a Weasley sibling :)

I wrote my views on Bride here:
http://herokenflatt.blogspot.com/2008/11/destroyer.html
and http://corporate-ken.livejournal.com/130043.html

[Raph's Girl]

The LOSH ep airs Jan 15th!! Looks like the villian is Fatal Five member, The Persuader and his atomic axe! But considering what happened in this week's ep Doomsday (who was very frightening!) and Brainiac (oi..poor Chloe) will be in it as well.

Comparisons:
Persuader from the ep:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0811/21/small4.jpg

And Persuader from the comics:
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/25810/513466-zxpersuader_super.jpg

And here's the LOSH. I love the lightening bolt designs on Lightning Lad's jacket:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0811/21/small3.jpg

[Ninjinister]

Last night's episode was so epic that I almost forgot all of the lame episodes.

[Raph's Girl]

Looks like Episode 17 will be featuring another person familiar to DC comics fans. This will be the first live action appearance of..... Zatana!! She will be teaming up with Green Arrow.

[GK Punk]

oh awesome, that should be cool.

[Raph's Girl]

Squee!!! Take a look at the trailer for the LOSH ep of Smallville! "We're the Legion, we come from the 31st century..."

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[Hero]

Zatana *swoon*

[GK Punk]

Every time I see Saturn Girl in tonight's ep, it irrates me that she wasn't cast as Kara. She looks perfect.

[Raph's Girl]

I totally loved the LOSH ep. Lightning Lad had the best lines!

Lightning Lad: "Where's the cape?!"
Clark: "Buh?" :lol:

"No flights, no tights, no glasses?!"

Lightning Lad was the fanboy of fanboys who complains at every single ep why he hasn't flown yet, why he doesn't wear glasses, ect

Things I found interesting:

1: They had no fraking clue who Chloe is. They knew Jimmy and Lois but not Chloe.

2: Speaking of Chloe....well yay...she didn't remember Clark's secret for like 1 whole ep! Fun! :roll:

3: Geoff Johns you sneak! A new origin for Brainiac 5?!

[Hero]

Bloomin great stuff. Not enough Pursuader but plenty of Legion and other great elements.

I don't next weeks episode will top Legion in terms of drawing factor, but I hope it is a great ep all the same.

===HERO

[Chrissie Terrapin]

I've missed so many episodes I'm not sure where I am. Lex is missing and Clark just got his powers back and the Justice league is on the roll.

I should do a marathon to keep up^_^

[Jester]

I MISSED IT! :( oh well. I'll find it some how.

[Hero]

I should do a marathon to keep up^_^

Go for it! :D

[gobo]

Just got around to watching it today, and I shouldn't be surprised that I was only minimally impressed by it. The Legion has never been one of my favorite branches of the Superman mythos, but it wasn't entirely without merit. So, Saturn Girl knows that Lana's been moonlighting as Chun-Li, eh? **** just got real. :P

[Jester]

I hope Chloe makes the history books eventually....she's my favorite Smallville character.

[Raph's Girl]

Winslow Schott/Toy Man has been cast!! He will be played by Chris Gauthier. He is known amongst sci-fi fans as Vincent, the owner of the cafe in Eureka! :o The episode will be airing Feb 5th.

[Ninjinister]

Hooray for more classic DC characters!

[Raph's Girl]

Zatana has been cast!! Playing the magical hero is Canadian (surprise!) actress Serinda Swan. I haven't seen her in anything. She's pretty tho! Check out her site to see um.. partially nude pics.... Good lord ô,0

http://www.serindaswan.com/

http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/090119/News/Todays_News_Our_Take/3_wed/090121serindaswan2.jpg

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Smallville-casting-news-1001973.aspx?rss=breakingnews

[Jester]

:o:eyemouth: Hummina hummina hummina....

[gobo]

Zatana has been cast!! Playing the magical hero is Canadian (surprise!) actress Serinda Swan. I haven't seen her in anything. She's pretty tho! Check out her site to see um.. partially nude pics.... Good lord ô,0

http://www.serindaswan.com/

http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/090119/News/Todays_News_Our_Take/3_wed/090121serindaswan2.jpg

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Smallville-casting-news-1001973.aspx?rss=breakingnews
Oh yeah. She's a hooker. ... I mean, "a looker"! That's what I said. Seriously...

[Hero]

She's fit!

Looking forward to the new episode.

===HERO

[Spike Spiegel]

http://www.serindaswan.com/

http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/090119/News/Todays_News_Our_Take/3_wed/090121serindaswan2.jpg

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Smallville-casting-news-1001973.aspx?rss=breakingnews


Great F@#$@%$g Scott, Marty! I think I just went back to the future.

[Hero]

This series continues to be interesting! :D

===HERO

[Ninjinister]

I despised this past week's episode. I got tired of Lana long ago, and we totally didn't need an entire episode devoted to her transformation into Chun Li. Next week's looks interesting, though.

[Hero]

I'm not sure I like everything I saw in the trailer for Requiem. That deformed Lex stuff was cheesy pie. Perhaps he should have stayed missing.

===HERO

[Raph's Girl]

Thursday's ep features the first appearance of Winslow Schott/Toy Man. So it should be interesting how that's done.

[Hero]

I saw pics from that. The 'aforementioned' looked rather creepy.

===HERO

[Raph's Girl]

The March 2nd issue of the TV Guide (out today!) features the first image of Live Action Zatanna who will be in Smallville on March 26th. Here's the pic. Im actually happy about her look. It's definatly WAY better than Black Canary's outfit.

http://www.kryptonsite.com/tvgzatanna.htm

[ZariusTwo]

Smallville renewed for a ninth series.

http://www.kryptonsite.com/season9ishappening.htm

[gobo]

God has forsaken us...

[Jester]

Does this mean the "No Tights, No Flights" stipulation might just go out the ole' window?

[Hero]

I'm happy.

===HERO

[Wes]

I don't know how I feel about this. After hating "Smallville" passionately for years, I actually started to like it during this last season... but not so much that I actually wanted it to stick around. I'd rather have seen it go out on a high note (or at least a higher one, since the show's still not brilliant) than run the risk of ending on a season that reminds me why I so despised the show in the first place (as if I need a reminder there).

Oh well, I can't be too upset with another year of Allie Mack, can I? ;)

[gobo]

As long as Kreuk is gone, I'll be okay with it limping along another mile... but, I'm sure that's too much to ask for. After all, she's a movie star now. :roll:

[Raph's Girl]

Does this mean the "No Tights, No Flights" stipulation might just go out the ole' window?

He MIGHT fly at the end of this season...

[Jester]

I don't know how I feel about this. After hating "Smallville" passionately for years, I actually started to like it during this last season... but not so much that I actually wanted it to stick around. I'd rather have seen it go out on a high note (or at least a higher one, since the show's still not brilliant) than run the risk of ending on a season that reminds me why I so despised the show in the first place (as if I need a reminder there).

Oh well, I can't be too upset with another year of Allie Mack, can I? ;)
Wes, have you ever explained why you disliked Smallville?

[Raph's Girl]

Screen shots of Zatanna!

http://www.kryptonsite.com/hexgallery1.htm

[Hero]

She's mighty pretty :D

===HERO

[Wes]

Wes, have you ever explained why you disliked Smallville?
I'm pretty sure it came up on SC somewhere... ah, there's a quick mention here.

http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/03-03-2008/haiku74/

But basically, the show played out like a soap opera with brain damage, most of the characters were pretty hateful, and -- for some inexplicable reason -- the main characters continued to have dealings with Lex Luthor despite knowing that he's evil. I mean, really, he's Lex flippin' Luthor!!! How does Superman let the girl he loves marry Lex flippin' Luthor?!?! How does he even permit them to date?!? Yeah, he's not Lana's keeper, but seriously. Lex flippin' Luthor.

I could go on (and on and on and on ;) ), but I really think the show was exponentially better this season just because Lex was mostly MIA.

[Hero]

Well Lex did come back for a bit, but it was done rather cheesily. This season needs to build up Mercy some more.

===HERO

[gobo]

Anyone else thoroughly disgusted with the latest episode's arrogance? Just because they couldn't afford to get Rosenbaum back, they think they can rewrite decades of Superman tradition by saying that Lex Luthor was an insignificant speck in Kal-El's destiny. Wasn't superpowering Kreuk enough blasphemy?

[Raph's Girl]

Anyone else thoroughly disgusted with the latest episode's arrogance? Just because they couldn't afford to get Rosenbaum back, they think they can rewrite decades of Superman tradition by saying that Lex Luthor was an insignificant speck in Kal-El's destiny. Wasn't superpowering Kreuk enough blasphemy?

Eh I just think that Mercy is thinking that cuz Lex is "dead" that Doomsday is Clark's destined enemy.

[ZariusTwo]

Lex hasnt really done jack all in the mythos for years. Zod's been the main antagonist ever since Geoff and Richard Donner's "Last Son" set that in motion. The most significant Lex storylines in years have all come from Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman

[Cure]

Anyone else thoroughly disgusted with the latest episode's arrogance? Just because they couldn't afford to get Rosenbaum back, they think they can rewrite decades of Superman tradition by saying that Lex Luthor was an insignificant speck in Kal-El's destiny. Wasn't superpowering Kreuk enough blasphemy?

Soooo...when are you gonna stop watching? It seems like you only have complaints about the show. And after 8 seasons, it should be clear that this isn't exactly 100% faithful to the source material.

[Wes]

Anyone else thoroughly disgusted with the latest episode's arrogance? ... Wasn't superpowering Kreuk enough blasphemy?
I thought the ep was kinda bad, but not for any of those reasons! And I dunno, I found SuperLawna to be pretty hawt. ;)

[gobo]

Soooo...when are you gonna stop watching?
Either after they stop making new eps or after I get too preoccupied to watch anymore. Neither are very likely for the immediate future, but I'll go back to my previous MO of waiting for the DVDs so I can blow through the whole series in a week or two, but far enough after the premieres that I won't feel the need to post about it. You've got a point that I'm making a bigger deal of this than it is, so...
And after 8 seasons, it should be clear that this isn't exactly 100% faithful to the source material.
True. It's just that the producers are straying too far from the source material now for the sake of their own convenience. I find that terribly disrespectful.

On the other hand, they did an impressive job of writing the character that wasn't even mentioned in the show until this season into the series' backstory. I see no plot-holes. Just overwhelming coincidence.

[Jester]

So....tonite's episode introduced Bruno Mannheim, leader of Intergang. And Clark himself said to Chloe, "After all of the "apocalypses" we've faced..." to Chloe, am I alone in thinking that next season will introduce Darkseid?
EDIT: And for all the other Chloe fans, why is it Lois and Lana can defend themselves, but our Ms. Sullivan is such a wimp?

[Hero]

I found the Stilletto thing a bit strange in how she was hyped up and by the gang when all she did was intervene in a car jacking. Still, not to complain as Lois looked smoking hot in that costume.

I think Doomsday is surfacing again next week.

===HERO