I started
watching Smallville when it first came out in 2001. I followed it for awhile,
and then life and my general disinterest in television prevented me from
following the series to completion...until now. I recently ran out of other
shows to watch and decided it was time to start and finish the entire series.
I make it sound
like torture, but it really wasn't. I am a huge Superman fan, and
self-proclaimed expert, but the show is 10 seasons long, that's a bit daunting.
Not to mention that I already had my problems with the few seasons I had seen
and wasn't sure I'd like the rest. But, I figured I cannot properly complain
about a TV show until I had either seen enough to break my interest entirely,
or until I watched the whole thing and could take it in.
Let me just say
here and now that I liked it. It's a long journey, but really does a great job
of getting Clark Kent from his Smallville roots to the hero he eventually
becomes.
The first couple
of seasons are typical high-school drama, basically mixing the usual woes and
worries of a hormone-driven teenager with those of a hero in training. It’s a
little repetitive and honestly could have been done better, but thankfully, it
does get better.
Later, the scale
of things increases, the characters become more real and their struggles draw
us in. Eventually Clark becomes the character we know and love and I enjoyed
watching how these developments came to pass.
While the show
changed a few key things, it also kept many of those things intact, and while
drawing out the plot of what happens to Clark before becoming Superman can be a
bit tiring, it was also very rewarding getting to know the man behind the
steel.
If
you like Superman, super-heroes, and drama, all played out by attractive 20-something
actors and actresses, you’ll like Smallville. Give it a look, but if you’re
only mildly interested, I’d suggest watching only some of the later seasons.
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