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SMALLVILLE 3.1!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
Last season’s finale, with Clark’s odd decision to slip on the krypto-jewelry, and the “cliffhanger” plane crash (sure hope Lex comes out in one piece!) left the mighty Hercules glancing at his Timex a great deal.
Will tonight’s third-season opener put things back on track?
Variety says:
Variety says:
… the show kicks off its third season with an action-packed preem that, alas, isn't among this highly underrated program's stronger outings. … there's a thin line between brilliance and absurdity, and exec producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who wrote the opener, dance dangerously close to the latter in a first hour that bites off more than even the boy of steel can chew. Lex's desert-island antics feel particularly strained, and the promising payoff that leads into the next episode -- with Jonathan Kent confronting his adopted son -- will require a deft touch to avoid similar missteps. That said, the series continues to be beautifully produced on a TV budget, with an especially nice touch involving the glowing birthmark that appears on Clark's chest as the red kryptonite assails his system ...
8 p.m. Wednesday. The WB.
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More of "evil" Lex please!
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Don't get angry because you know i'm right, morons.
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Don't get angry because you know i'm right, morons.
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I know he's not in the books, but since when is Pete in the books. If Richard E. Grant could do some slumming and slap on some faux facial hair, we could have something. "Why do you say these things to me, when you know I will kill you."
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'nuff said.
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Roland it is plainly obvioud that you are gay, chole has meat on her, and would get it hard. Lana is a stick insect that needs a couple of burgers to fatten up. Pretty yes, but not dirty which is what a man wants.
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Oct 01, 2003 9:30:55 AM CDT
Lana's eyes are attractive as hell, yet the body is a tad flimsy
by terry_1978
Now if I could only merge them into one hyper-attractive Smallville chick...Chloana, I would call her.
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is this season, at last, the one where we will see the teen of steel duck it out with the teen dark knight?? anybody knows??
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he's white. Blonde hair, blue-eyed corn-fed farmboy in the Superboy comics. He WAS the only one that knew Clark was Supes. Funny how, when they changed the race of a character that has been around for A LOT longer than the Kinpin, no-one bitched. I guess it's not as important to those who feel the need to whine. What I'm kinda digging about this series, besides casting the original Lana Lang as Ma Kent, is that they DO add nods to the comics... the old ones from the 50s and 60s... like the fact that Lex and Clark were friends back when and Pete Ross knowing Clark's secret. What I'd like to see, and I thought I would at the beginning, is Lana becoming the superheroine Insect Queen! Complete with bad Marvel Girl mask and Bee-Stinger Bustle! That'd be cool... pax
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Since it wasn't mentioned, THE LAST OF THE REAL MEN, Rutger Hauer, guests as Morgan Edge in Smallville 3.1 and 3.2.
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Oct 01, 2003 12:42:08 PM CDT
Chloe is about as hot a incontinent Shitzu that fell into an ind
by bannthisucommies
get some glasses ladies!
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Oct 01, 2003 2:33:04 PM CDT
We can all agree that both Lana and Chloe are hot in their own w
by craiggers
Lana has got great eyes, nice looking skin (due to that lotion she's always whoring no doubt) and a good body if skinny is what you like. Chloe has great hair, a wonderful smile, and a body with curves that are kickin'- something I personally like in a girl. So they are basically equal in their hotness because they both appeal to different kinds of taste. As for the show, the last season ended rather silly. Clark blowing up the ship was quite the spaz approach to the entire situation, and he makes it worse by not only running away from home, but running away with the evil red kryptonite. Lex crashing on a plane seems rather lame - about the deserted island, they should've just kept it a mystery what happened to him. It could be like a soap opera - all the characters would think he was dead, and at his funeral, he arrives. DA DA DAAA! Lionel: "Lex... what are you doing here?" Lex: "It's my own funeral dad, I believe I have a right to be here. Are you just surpised that I'm not in the coffin like I was supposed to be?" And then the verbal duel that always happens between these two would go on and on until I want to kill them both! Lex, just KILL your father already like you want to and start that spiral into evil like we all want to see. Thank you I'm done.
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In the eventual new show 'Metropolis'...How many times will Lois lose her memory? :)
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That although clarks mom was pregnant.. the message in the ship wasnt for clark, but rather for his mother who was pregnant with The Offspring of Jor-El.. who had thought that even if supe's didnt make it to earth, then the ship would knock someone up thus keeping the kryptonian race alive..
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That is all.
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I would so geekgasm all over the place.. the walls, the couch.. the stereo.. my roommate.. everyone.
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Lana<Chick From 8 Simple Rules
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But Tom Welling is soooo damn hot. And so is Kristin Kreuk. And Michael Rosenbaum. So I'm gonna keep watching. Possibly with the sound off. I swear, some of the (hotty-filled) episodes of Smallville that I've witnessed over the last 2 years should qualify for worst piece of television ever awards. The one with the girl and her killer bees...the season one finale...the episode with the biology teacher who controls people with kisses...the godawful one with the Tomb Raider lookalike who has "sexual tension" (dearlordsaveme) with Clark... i could go on and on. I won't. It's kinder that way.
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is the visuals. Damn, they get some nice looking visuals on a tv budget. And the fuckable factor of Kristen Kreuk and Tom Welling definitely helps. The stories and acting may be shit, but the images stick in your mind.
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It just sucks that they are going to continue that show by killing-off Ritter in the storylines. Isn't that kinda morbid?
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but we here in Chicago will see a delayed Smallville and Angel. I like the idea the Cubs are in the playoffs. And it would be wrong to bitch about then delaying the start of the new season, also. I'll just have to wait. Go Cubs!!! (and there is plenty od space for you anti-Cubs fan, so go to it).
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Oct 01, 2003 7:34:47 PM CDT
yeah I'm all for bringing in new characters from Superman's lore
by jvrsn2
for instance Harry Knowles as Bizzarro Clark.
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Oct 01, 2003 7:34:49 PM CDT
Maan, both are hot hot hot! And as for Pete being black...
by iamnicksaicnsn
Pete was most likely a really, really small character in the comics, and therefore that is the reason no cared what he looked like. I didn't even know he existed! As for the KINGPIN, he's a character that has been with us for years, with more of my personal experience with him in the Spider-man series. KINGPIN is a SUPER-VILLIAN, you can't change something like that. Plus his acting and dialogue were crap.
As for the girls, they are both hot, but I personally think that Chloe would be hotter if she fixed her ghastly teeth. Other than that, they tie. -
No actor is physically big enough to pull of that kind of girth naturally sans Marlon Brando, and any CGI would have been crap and met with a lot of b-i-t-c-h-i-n-g ala The Hulk. In fact if my memory serves me correctly did Daredevil(the risque superhero movie) do better at the box office then The Hulk (the spoon-fed to kids movie)?
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Kristen Kreuk is not skinny. Having met her last summer at a charity event in LA, I can tell you that Lana is working on a budonkadonk backside. That's right: Lana got back. Her system up top ain't so boomin', but at least she ain't sporting a grill full of gums like that Chloe chick. Girl be all gums and no teef. Word.
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that shot in the beginning where kal freaks out in the phone booth with the superman movie theme playing and kals chest scar glows was pretty freaking cool.
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... Nice surprises, good dialogue with some of the scenes, and very nice revelation with Jonathan, perhaps a precursor to events in the movie. Great cliffhanger, too.
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"Chloe has always been and still is hotter than Lana"
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That was a weak ass premiere. A bunch of lame stuff ending in the superdad v. superson showdown. It looks as though next week might be a step in the right direction. Chloe looks like she took a step in the dike direction with that haircut. I don't know... Hopefully this show gets better again fast or I might give up on this show. Lana's still hot.
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A mixed bag for a season opener. Much of the dialogue made me wince. However: Clowns robbing the bank - pretty cool. Clark taking bullets - ditto. Luthor on the island - awful. Almost looked like they were shooting against a backdrop. I expected Gilligan to walk by in the background. Chloe: too much rouge! Morgan Edge enlisting Clark - huh!!?! Clark Kent is invulnerable, superstrong, would take an atom bomb to stop him, could rule the world solo. But what you need is a manager! But all in all still fun to watch.
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Oo-wee, I need to open my windows and air out my living room, that episode stunk so badly. Where to begin? Lex on Gilligan's Isle? Jonathan's "Damn You All to Hell" speech in the cave? The long stretches of pointless yack between Lana and Chloe? The "Days of Our Lives" melodrama between Lionel and Lex's wife? (Oh, and looove the subtle exposition Morgan Edge gives: "I'm the biggest crime boss in Metropolis" Wow, that's not on the nose at all. Why don't you try showing instead of telling? ##### I've given this show the benefit of the doubt more than once, but at some point you have to call Bullsh*t. Why does the show with the (apparently) biggest production budget also have some of the worst writing? Well, that frees up another hour a week for me...
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I think the "precursor to events in the movie" is in reference to Pa Kents death. That was my take anyway. Pa trades his life for his sons. "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). In exchange for temporary superpowers, Jor-El gives Pa cancer or some other terminal illness. This is Pa's ultimate love gift, and final lesson of selflessness and heroism to Clark.
Also I LOVED the Lex on the island scenerio, it was hilarious, fun, and then chilling to see Lex in his Castaway/LionKing/Most Dangerous Game/Fight Club storyline. -
...and seeing that I was referring to Jonathan Kent's future heart problems.
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I was amazed, more like shocked really, at the amount of music they used in this episode. Not counting the obvious times in the club, but holy heck....almost every 5 minutes a new song of the weak (sic) was playing. I realize they showcased a few tunes other seasons, but I'm sure there were over 5 this time around. As for the episode, hate Chloe's new haircut and I know wonder if that's where my attraction was for her. An okay episode that hopefully will pay off in part two (C'mon...do the 2 hour premiere like my wife's favorite, Charmed). Lex on Island didn't bother me as it was probably a precursor to the movie (ha). The only thing that made me really wince were the effects during the "Pa Kent being zapped" scene. That really reminded me of something out of Superman 3, "Attack of the Pryor Bot".
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allright, "iamnicksaicnsn" claims that: "Pete was most likely a really, really small character in the comics, and therefore that is the reason no cared what he looked like. I didn't even know he existed!"
allright, dummy, ignoring all the golden and silverage stuff that pete was running around in, or all the John Byrne, Man of Steel, stuff. Or the Loeb/Sale stuff. Ignore all that if you want to, but Pete is currently the Vice President of the US underneath Lex Luthor's as President. That's a little bit more impressive than a fat local politician with more chins than political contacts, no? -
The season opener was still a pretty good watch, but the WB stunt of playing Smallville against Star Trek: Enterprise really . So far, ST:E's writing seems to be pretty good, and both series are now going in the right direction. Oh well, my VCR's and TiVo will be getting a workout now.
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How did the clowns get out of the bank that was surrounded by police?
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I dunno what to think of the bad clark. I mean at least he's not turning into some kinda gorilla but I think tom welling is portraying a weak BAD clark.
Reeve's job on a bad superman in superman 3 was right on, with superman drunkedly not caring about right from wrong and just doing whatever the hell he wants to do. Using his powers to do absurd things, and just not giving a fuck what it does.
In this episode we get a show of clark feeling "bad" about his actions and the red kryptonite making him just not CARE, but he still cares because when he argues with chloe, lana, or his dad, he is still showing remorse and anger and basically the same feelings he could show if he didn't have his ring on.
that was the main problem with this episode and it could have been worked better. Introducing some new master criminal who simply states "Im the most powerful crime boss in metropolis"
when lionel luthor could be so much more than what he currently is. why introduce some lame "boss" and why give clark a reason to care about money when hes robbing banks and giving cars away. Just made no sense. -
"There can be only one!" What was up with that cheese? You now have the powers of Krypton! And that skeleton in the water with the machete wound in the skull? Looks like there was a discount at the Halloween Superstore just down the street from the WB set. Still, I'll watch this season because I'm Smallville's bitch. They should move it to HBO and make it mandatory for Lana to be naked in 33% of the episodes. Chloe is an obnoxious skank.
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Oct 02, 2003 2:18:59 PM CDT
Am I the only one who caught the Jor-El revelation...
by kryptonslastson
That Clark had just passed through his first test towards his greater destiny?!? After all the bitching towards the end of last season that they made Jor El evil and that Kal El wouldn't be his pawn, this one line of dialogue actaully sets up Clark's whole hero factor. Jor El was using this as a test, the ship, the warnings, the message about ruling, to see if his son was a worthy protector of a weaker race. Its a nice out for them making Jor El benevolent even though his intentions looked initially imperial. Hats off for that little resolution, and setting up the trials to come.
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Oct 02, 2003 4:19:18 PM CDT
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !! Ha ha ha ha h
by ralph cifaretto
That was pretty good. Stupid, as usual, but entertaining. Just what I want from this show. Hope they drag out the Lex/island plot. That was my favorite.
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I'm rather enjoying him for a change. I always thought Superman was way too Boy Scoutish for me. That's why I always perferred The Punisher, Batman and Wolverine. It's just not fun if the hero is *too* goody goody.
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Besides this episode being really predictable and lame, one thing is bugging the shit out of me. This whole stupid red kryptonite ring. It's not a fricking magic ring! Just because he takes it off shouldn't make a difference. He's still holding the damn kryptonite in his hand for cryin' out loud. He should still be affected by it. Stupid obvious plot hole. The writers on this show suck.
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...both amazes and frightens me. Good job, everyone. As far as Smallville goes, I enjoy the show, but more for the Kryptonian mythology episodes than the villian-of-the-week scenarios. Superman is a great character, and this show only adds to his depth as a cultural icon.
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Oct 02, 2003 9:40:02 PM CDT
Captin Spork: good point. Maybe they're confusing Superman wit
by ralph cifaretto
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I have seen only one half of one episode of Smallville and what I saw I thought was OK. I am wondering though, Has the Lois Lane character been shown yet? If not, then once Clark gets to Metropolis, who should play Lois? Any suggestions? Is Parker Posey too old for the role? =P
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That episode kicked ass! What the fuck do you want? Okay, I should say that Smallville is the only non-animated show I watch, but still I'm objective about it. I know that it has some serious stinker episodes, and it has some fucking rockin' episodes that are the whole reason that I watch it, and the season opener falls firmly in the latter (while, ironically, last season's finale plummeted precipitously into the former category). I love watching the slow development of Clark's sense of discipline, duty, and responsibility. That's what Superman is all about! And, godammit, when he gets too big for his britches, Pa is gonna whup him into shape! I can hardly wait for next week! And to all you fanboys who critique Chloe and Lana: a) even if Chloe does look like a lesbian with her short hair (which I take issue with), what is wrong with that exactly? Do you have lesbians? Are you crazy, gay, or just stupid? Not that there;s anything wrong with being any of those things, but you should admit it to yourself and move on. b) Neither of those fine ladies would give any of you geek losers (including me, actually) the time of day, so let's not be too quick to judge, shall we? c) there is no c.
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Anyone who thinks Lana is hotter than Chloe is probably a teenager yet to break his cherry!
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I was the most skeptical person i knew when i first heard about the show. But i has eaten my hateful words with every episode. Chloe is definitely hotter than Lana. But looks aside, i don't care about her at all because i know t won't work out. with Chloe, there's a chance. Deep down I hope that Chloe takes on the pen name "Lois Lane"!!! For more awesome discussions on television, movies and music, go to www.rockithardcore.com . It is so much more personal and fun at rockithardcore!!
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Just wondering why Clark looks like he has an "8" on his chest instead of the traditional "S"? Any thoughts?
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Yeah, I'm not sure about that either... maybe the 'S' we're used to is some derivation of the Kryptonian 8 symbol. Oh yeah, and Kristin Kreuk is so much hotter than Chloe. Screw all you guys and your 'curvaceous women.' You're prolly all just trying to save face if your fat girlfriends read the boards. Besides, when one thinks of curves, someone of Queen Latifah's size usually comes to mind, not Chloe.
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fuckknuckles, i'm pretty sure tom wells is 28. He was 25 when he first got the role, so he's gotta be around that age. If the makeup people would lay off the powder, he'd look his age.
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