I haven't actually seen it, but I recently heard it described as being more like Buffy the vampire Slayer but with Superman than a show about Superman. Or something like that. So maybe that's part of it.
Smallville is early 2000s comfy kino, and has very similar vibes to the Raimi trilogy. I don’t know if it’s the warm tones, the music, the acting, the script, but Raimi trilogy and Smallville are PEAK early 2000s warm comfy cozy feels, completely unbeatable
didn't think about it until now, but spider-man would've been perfect for a CW-esque show. drama, romance, all that stuff is a lot of the reason people love spider-man, it would've made for a great CW show.
I refused to watch it as a kid because I thought it was dumb to have a Superman show that didn't have him as Superboy or already Superman.
Looking back I didn't miss much besides Lex being cool.
>Looking back I didn't miss much besides Lex being cool.
Gunn owes letting Rosenbaum play Lex again in Superman Legacy and actually giving him Lex shit to do.
Comic fans hated it because of its teen drama angle and the differences from comic faithfulness.
The modern Tumblr derived fanbases hadn't full come into being yet, the previous generation of fandom stuff was slightly older at the time and centered more around Buffy.
And that one actress joining a MLM sex cult and using the role as a method of recruitment has given it a black mark in the modern day.
I've been rewatching alongside the Tom Welling/Michael Rosenbaum podcast and the show is fun. I just hope I keep up the enthusiasm in the later seasons, since I originally dropped the show near the end of S5 I moved house and the new place didn't have any TV reception.
>the previous generation of fandom stuff was slightly older at the time and centered more around Buffy.
I only got into Smallville because BTVS and Angel were pretty meh that year (resurrected emo Buffy and baby daddy Angel/'evil' Wesley plots). I remember having to ask around for recordings of the first couple of episodes so I could catch up on the show.
It just felt like a neverending case of blue balls, they kept doing all these "Superman" stories but he's still just Clark and it's still set in Smallville, it started stretching the concept beyond credibility when they basically have the "Justice League" but they're all teenagers in hoodies.
You're overselling it. It has next to no impact on anything, very few people seem to remember it has ever been a thing. In other words, it was a typical CW series.
KINO
Why do people hate anything really? Because they can
Why do people hate people so much?
Came out pre avengers when capeshit was for kids and autists
capeshit was always for autists. Nothing has changed. Dc and Marvel need to be wiped from the face of the planet including their shit fans.
Your little b***h ass needs pipe down and shut up.
why does (she) have a troony man chin?
who the frick do you think post-avengers capeshit is for?
incels
avengers made it acceptable for normies to see capshit
They turned all their characters into jokes,
I liked it. it was my evening show after my favorite mexican telenovela ended.
I never watched it. Ironically, my sister for being against capeshit was into it at the time
she was the target audience. it was a teen sex and relationships drama created to prime females for the upcoming capeshit era.
S O M E B O D Y
ONCE TOLD ME
S A V E
It made Zatanna a rapist
Was Clark hot?
>But what about the plo-
If he was hot then that's all that matters
most of the main characters were
because as solid as it was, it also was the progenitor of how shit the CW comic book stuff would be.
SOVLVILLE
I haven't actually seen it, but I recently heard it described as being more like Buffy the vampire Slayer but with Superman than a show about Superman. Or something like that. So maybe that's part of it.
It was sincere.
small dick ville
Smallville is early 2000s comfy kino, and has very similar vibes to the Raimi trilogy. I don’t know if it’s the warm tones, the music, the acting, the script, but Raimi trilogy and Smallville are PEAK early 2000s warm comfy cozy feels, completely unbeatable
Based
holy frick
didn't think about it until now, but spider-man would've been perfect for a CW-esque show. drama, romance, all that stuff is a lot of the reason people love spider-man, it would've made for a great CW show.
reminder what modern capeshit took from us
interesting that they used bart
And then they fricked
Snyder ruined this scene by having Superman fly when they raced at the end of Justice League. They're supposed to both run.
That was Whedon.
I binged watched the shit out of this show at random. Love it. It has a charm that is missing from the future CW shows.
I refused to watch it as a kid because I thought it was dumb to have a Superman show that didn't have him as Superboy or already Superman.
Looking back I didn't miss much besides Lex being cool.
>Looking back I didn't miss much besides Lex being cool.
Gunn owes letting Rosenbaum play Lex again in Superman Legacy and actually giving him Lex shit to do.
Comic fans hated it because of its teen drama angle and the differences from comic faithfulness.
The modern Tumblr derived fanbases hadn't full come into being yet, the previous generation of fandom stuff was slightly older at the time and centered more around Buffy.
And that one actress joining a MLM sex cult and using the role as a method of recruitment has given it a black mark in the modern day.
I've been rewatching alongside the Tom Welling/Michael Rosenbaum podcast and the show is fun. I just hope I keep up the enthusiasm in the later seasons, since I originally dropped the show near the end of S5 I moved house and the new place didn't have any TV reception.
>the previous generation of fandom stuff was slightly older at the time and centered more around Buffy.
I only got into Smallville because BTVS and Angel were pretty meh that year (resurrected emo Buffy and baby daddy Angel/'evil' Wesley plots). I remember having to ask around for recordings of the first couple of episodes so I could catch up on the show.
It just felt like a neverending case of blue balls, they kept doing all these "Superman" stories but he's still just Clark and it's still set in Smallville, it started stretching the concept beyond credibility when they basically have the "Justice League" but they're all teenagers in hoodies.
I dropped it after getting tired of the blueballing. Clark never flew and never became Superman.
He flew multiple times, including in the first season. It was always directly linked to his self-confidence
>Clark will become Superman for real just two more weeks
>constantly killing off villains in early seasons
>cool a superman show
>its teen drama
no idea
>Superman is a teenager
>Didn't expect drama
Come on now.
Kino
Lana was around for way too long
Clark was a doormat who never dis anything on his own, everyone else had to coach him to act. Through 10 yeats.
Plus the eps always ended 10 minutes too esarly and had to pad the redt of the episode with meaningless shit
hey I know that show it plays the sing pain from jimmy eat world in the prison and this fat girl eats a whole deer.
Slightly chubby, feathered hair Chloe was the best Chloe.
Shame she joined a sex cult.
man she did not age well
It was a soap opera with the budget of buffy
You're overselling it. It has next to no impact on anything, very few people seem to remember it has ever been a thing. In other words, it was a typical CW series.