Before Clark Kent came down with a meteor shower on Smallville, Max Evans and company crashed into the New Mexico desert on Roswell. Both shows garnered high enough ratings in the first year to be labeled a Break Out Hit for the WB, and the similarities don’t end there. It’s clear enough that both shows share the same theme – teenage alien(s) tries desperately to fit in with … [Read more...] about Smallville: Potato, Potahto
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Smallville: Instructions for Misuse
The thing about watching Smallville is, in the Great Big Scheme of Things, we know how the story ends. Therefore, the fun is all in the getting there. Why does Clark one day decide to create Superman? Why does Lex end up an evil criminal mastermind? As usual, I’m really just interested in the Lex portion of the equation. He’s trying so hard, at the age of 21, to forge his own … [Read more...] about Smallville: Instructions for Misuse
Smallville: And So It Begins
The first two episodes of Smallville’s second season are like night and day, two hours of television joined together by little more than a cast of characters and a title sequence. “Vortex” serves as part two of last-season’s cliffhanger, “Tempest.” When the closing credits started to roll on the Smallville crew last May, Clark had plunged into a tornado to save Lana, Chloe was … [Read more...] about Smallville: And So It Begins
Smallville: Angry Lex is Good Lex
A recent conversation between myself and my husband: Me: I daresay the Smallville season finale was better than the Angel finale, the X-Files series finale and Episode II. Brad: Sadly, it’s true. I’m actually not sad at all that the Smallville season one ender, “Tempest” (changed abruptly from “The Storm” when, I imagine, the WB promotional staff realized there had been a … [Read more...] about Smallville: Angry Lex is Good Lex
Smallville: With Friends Like Lex…
This morning at an airport newsstand I picked up a copy of Movieline with Sarah Michelle Gellar on the cover. It was more habit than anything because I care even less about SMG than her now-crappy show. While flipping through the pages, though, something familiar caught my eyes. Without hesitation, I plunked down $3.99. It’s the first thing I’ve purchased because of Michael … [Read more...] about Smallville: With Friends Like Lex…