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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Oct 23, 2016 14:42:48 GMT -5
I always found Chloe more irritating in earlier seasons because she played "Clarks little buddy" knowing she had feelings for him and never went through with it. Then the whole shit with Jimmy and being mad at Clark made no sense since she knew what it cost him. I can't say I ever found Chloe obnoxious but she was very bland early on because Pete was fulfilling the role that Chloe inevitably would so her placement just felt forced when Pete there...luckly it all worked out there Pete left and Chloe for the most part became awesome. Super computer/Brainiac Chloe will always be funny to me because it was like showrunners thought ya know Chloe is just not smart enough so lets literally turn her into a supercomputer lol. Witch Chloe though was hot fiyahhhh! All things considered I enjoyed her character as you said she came into her own when Pete left. They missed her once she started going part time.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Oct 23, 2016 17:13:08 GMT -5
Well I'll start off by saying that Chloe Sullivan is awesome. I honestly don't understand why the character is not a bigger part of DC media in general. She was honestly the biggest DC Comics related breakout character of the mid-2000's, yet other then the Smallville tie-in comic they've done almost nothing with her.
Phil Coulson became a major player in the Marvel Comics after his movie appearances. X23 only appeared in two episodes of X-Men: Evolution, yet Marvel saw she was popular and she was all over the X-Men comics for awhile until X-Men in general lost its priority among Marvel's pecking order. But DC, continuing its proud tradition of striking while the iron is ice cold and rusted, just continues to ignore Chloe.
My favorite era of Smallville was still the high school years. It was weird and fun and genuinely felt like they were trying to do something different and unique with the Superman mythos. Chloe, Whitney, Alicia Baker, meteor freaks of the week, Lana being possessed by a witch, whatever the hell Lana's fourth seasons boyfriends name was, random Christopher Reeves appearances, Lex genuinely trying to be a good person and going insane because of it. Just love it all.
Seasons six and seven were my least favorite. They had their moments, but character development during this time just seemed to have completely stalled and the plots just seemed to be going in circles. I always said it felt like everything desperately wanted to move to the next level, but the writers and producers just kept resisting.
Seasons eight through ten were good, but as I've said before in other threads, it just didn't feel like Smallville anymore. Basically up until now the show did its own thing and it was good, then somebody came along, looked at it, and said "oh crap, we have to turn things into Superman". Then things just got awkward. The JSA episode is the perfect example of this. I know a lot of people think highly of it, and in a vacuum it was a very good episode. But man, it made no sense based on the world we were introduced to eight years earlier. This is honestly what I fear the most will happen to Gotham.
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Post by ayumidah on Oct 23, 2016 21:29:17 GMT -5
It lasted too long. Michael Rosenbaum was a fantastic Lex Luthor.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Oct 23, 2016 21:40:52 GMT -5
It was complete trash. They took the names of DC characters and locations, then pretty much created their own Stephenie Meyer fanfic series with them. Nothing remotely resembled the DCU in any capacity, with the exception of Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor who was completely wasted on such a shitty take on Superman.
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Post by Long A, Short A on Oct 23, 2016 22:56:56 GMT -5
I avoided it on purpose because I don't like Superman and I didn't want to see the teen drama version of him. I remember when the show started because I taped an episode of Gilmore Girls that aired the night Smallville premiered. They played hype bumpers each and every single commercial break. I've watched bits and pieces of the show and I've listened to discussions people had about the show.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Oct 23, 2016 23:48:08 GMT -5
I watched it when TNT played it during the mornings, DVR'd the whole series and it took me about a year to watch the whole thing. Honestly? It's not bad. For starters its Green Arrow's popularity was the reason Arrow even came to be, and in turn is basically the grandfather of The Flash, Gotham, and all these neat superhero shows across the networks. Not bad for Dawson's Creek's Superman.
I will say it stalled around Seasons 5 through 7, besides Lex and Lionel of course, it felt like it was stalling and circling because they didn't know if they wanted to still be Superboy or actually make Clark Superman. Just remember, if you haven't seen it, don't go into this show expecting Reeves Superman, or a version of Superboy, or even super actiony show like Flash or Arrow. It came on around the same time as Dawson's Creek, Charmed, Buffy, and 7th Heaven so it will definitely feel a little cheesy and dramatic with pop songs and longing looks across the room. But there was a lot of heart involved in the show and it shows.
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Post by Lazy peon on Oct 24, 2016 0:12:03 GMT -5
I tried binge watching it a few years ago but I could only make it to season 3 or 4. Soooo many episodes, and it felt pretty repetitive, using the same story beats (Clark and Lana staring at each other at the end of the episode with Lana wanting Clark to open up to her) and plot devices (how many times will someone be affected by something making them act completely weird/evil/out of character and then at the end be explained away they were just "not feeling themselves")
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Oct 24, 2016 20:34:03 GMT -5
I tried binge watching it a few years ago but I could only make it to season 3 or 4. Soooo many episodes, and it felt pretty repetitive, using the same story beats (Clark and Lana staring at each other at the end of the episode with Lana wanting Clark to open up to her) and plot devices (how many times will someone be affected by something making them act completely weird/evil/out of character and then at the end be explained away they were just "not feeling themselves") Sadly Arrow did not learn their lesson from that
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