SMALLVILLE - New Season starts tonight 09/22/04 (MERGED)

[Klaus]

And probably eating pie or recording memos for his assistant...

Very cool idea. While we're wishing, Fox could have mentioned his former grilfriend, Clarice Sterling...

 

[Henry]

Claudio, those would be great. Too bad I'll doubt they do it. Me, I was itching for Adam to turn out to be Batman.

Subtle cameos have always upped the fun-factor of a TV series for me - too bad they can't engage in them contractually too often.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Claudio, those would be great. Too bad I'll doubt they do it. Me, I was itching for Adam to turn out to be Batman.

There's still hope. Perhaps Bruce will show up to learn corporate maneuvering from Lionel.

 

[Filby]

I don't think I'd like to see too many DC cameos on Smallville, but a few would be nice... (I'm still waiting for a preteen Jimmy Olsen )

Hal Jordan would be nice, but what about Abin Sur? He's Sector 2814's Green Lantern at the time, and in some Silver Age story I think it was told how he protected Kal-El's pod as it entered Earth's solar system. He's also an alien like Clark, so that could add some kind of dynamic to their interaction.

Even better than Abin Sur... Alan Scott? Or any Golden Ager, really. What if Clark and young Mister Allen have an encounter with Jay Garrick? I think the thing that keeps so many traditional super-heroes off the show is the fact that they wear colorful costumes, which apparently is a no-no as far as WB is concerned, but the original Flash didn't have that problem -- his uniform was just a shirt, jeans, boots, and that "Mercury" hat. And give the GA Green Lantern's costume slightly darker, earthier tones (blood red, burgundy, forest green), and suddenly it's not so gaudy anymore. Give Wildcat a leather jacket to wear with his mask and now he's not just some guy in tights. Know what I mean? Clark has to get the idea of wearing a costume to fight crime from somewhere.

And maybe, in the background, there could be hints that super-powered beings are making a comeback in the modern world, allowing for cameos from early Silver Age characters... Chloe might find a piece for the Wall of Weird regarding an alleged "Manhunter from Mars", or mutterings about "Captain Comet".

So... while I don't think a ton of guest appearances would be a good idea... a few more than we're getting now would be welcome.

 

[Morrus]

I'm probably in the minority, but I really dislike how everybody is showing up to meet Clark as a kid. Perry was bad enough; Lois is just silly. The Flash is turning up later this season, and people want Bruce Wayne to turn up. Once Clark leaves smallville in a couple of years time, he'll have met the entire DC universe in that one little town.

I mean... what are they all doing there? These are characters Clark is supposed to meet in Metropolis and elsewhere. He's going to arrive at the Daily Planet one day to apply for a job, and he'll know everyone in the building!

 

[Henry]

I mean... what are they all doing there? These are characters Clark is supposed to meet in Metropolis and elsewhere. He's going to arrive at the Daily Planet one day to apply for a job, and he'll know everyone in the building!

We'll worry about that when Metropolis appears on the WB.

I don't mind them because these heroes had to start somewhere, and also because Clark doesn't have to confine himself to Smallville the entire time. Metropolis is big enough to where perhaps twice a season, Clark could travel to Metropolis and meet a another DC luminary just passing through. Understandably, they have to get special permission any time they use a non-Superman piece of continuity, but I think it's worth it, for the fans if nothing else. Getting past the continuity issue, Cameos and hidden references are just plain fun.

Anyone else remember when Pa Kent / John Schneider was driving along in the first season in his pickup truck, listening to the Ballad of Hazzard County? I was smiling for a week every time I thought about that one.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

I mean... what are they all doing there? These are characters Clark is supposed to meet in Metropolis and elsewhere. He's going to arrive at the Daily Planet one day to apply for a job, and he'll know everyone in the building!

I understand what you mean, and I'd never expected Lois to show up in Smallville before the rumors started coming down the pipeline.

But for some reason Bruce Wayne is different to me. There's always been a special dynamic between the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel, and the ideological resonances between the two of them are fascinating. I'm not particularly dying to see the Flash show up (though I don't mind that he is,) but Bruce and Clark is something I'd definitely look forward to seeing.

Also, Bruce already has solid reason for being in Smallville. He'd be on his training journey at this point in history. All the writers have to do is place one of his teachers in Smallville. Easy, since it's just the kind of place a retiree might go to start his retirement.

 

[Fast Learner]

Am I the only one who didn't care about Lana's scenes at all? I've never warmed to her character, I guess, and her scenes with her new boyfriend were more annoying than anything else. I just wanted to get back to Kal-El and Lois. The tattoo is interesting, if a bit contrived. Of all the girls who might come across that bronze carving and get zapped, it just happned to be the girl Clark is infatuated with? Uh-huh.

I didn't find them boring at all. Notice how he suddenly appeared in her life? Then notice how he led her to that particular shrine, to that bronze. It was his suggestion that she do that particular rubbing.

There was a lot more going on in those scenes than I think you noticed.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

There was a lot more going on in those scenes than I think you noticed.

Or a lot less than you think you did. Only time will tell.

 

[Fast Learner]

Also true.

I was just pointing out that the guy wasn't just "random pretty boy," and that Lana hitting that particular shrine was more than just random chance.