Product Description After a meteor shower bursts from the heavens, raining destruction on the unsuspecting citizens of Smallville, years pass, and the healing process leaves the town's inhabitants with scars and secrets. From the ashes of tragedy, a popular yet awkward teen attempts to decipher the meaning of his life and his clouded past. As he struggles with the transition from boyhood to adulthood, Clark finds that his strength and strange abilities set him uncomfortably apart from his peers. Soaring into its ninth season, this modern retelling of the Superman legend and its classic characters continues to blend realism, action and emotional depth to reveal a new interpretation of the enduring mythology. This season, as Metropolis's clock tower tolls our characters' darkest hour, we find Clark Kent (series star TOM WELLING) finally making his first attempts to embrace his calling as a superhero.
The developement of SupermanSeptember 9, 2010 CWarren Other reviewers have already noted the key points of the season, so I'll just address a few things. I'll preface my review by saying I've been an avid Smallville fan since about season 3. When season 3 was ongoing is when I got into smallville, and starting with season 4 I have gone to pick up the season the day it comes out. So these comments come from that background.
I love this show and always have, even in the dry spells that were not as good and people in general didn't like. I could always see what the creators were shooting for and I enjoyed the stories and took them for what they were...even if they weren't the best. I will admit they were not the best and I will be the first to admit lana needed to go earlier than she did. This season though, I must say, is my favorite season in the entirety of the show. I do also read comics and it's exciting when they bring in other comic book characters. And I love the little hints and things they do that allude to the comics or the future of the characters in the show.
And to address clark being kind of dark, this is true...but again it's his developement into Superman. He and the other superheroes are all coming into their own and this is not a biblical-true-to-the-comics view of superman. It's a more modern adaptation, and you have to go into watching the show with that in mind. They generally have kept the same large points intact. But I kind of like the darker clark...he's more serious and in a couple episodes he is leading and learning to inspire others. I think he has to find a balance between his super optimistic view of people and his dark and brooding self where he finds himself at the beginning of season 9...and this is what I love about smallville...it's the developement of the greatest comic book character. And it's an open interpretation and it's fun!
So all in all I just wanted to rate it with 5 stars, because I believe this season was amazingly handled and I love it. Of course it's all relative to each person's likes and dislikes but i personally believe this season deserves about a 9.0/10.
SUPERMAN CAN'T FLY?September 9, 2010 David Willis(Fort McCoy, FL.) Have watched all episodes from the beginning, own all of Season 6, 7, and 8 with last two in Blu Ray, and come to the conclusion that when the producers of Smallville gained rights to do the show, it was never expected to last for ten seasons. It also limits Clark Kent to Smallville, growing into his Superman identity.... but the producers are not allowed to have Smallville's Tom Welling appear as the red/blue/gold caped and flying Superman that everyone knows and loves.
NOT ALLOWED and the writers are trying to keep Smallville going with various plots that dance around different characters, trying to keep Lana in the Smallville Clark's life, with different enemies and issues including the not-the-real Jimmy Olsen being killed.
Season Ten is supposedly the last Smallville,,, disappointed in one way as the first seven seasons were fun to watch. IF DC Comics and producers of Smallville were smart.. they would allow Tom Welling continue into the complete flying full blown Superman character that everyone expects. Could be done as a major movie... or done as a two show introduction ,, really well done ... with Tom Welling dressed and acting like Superman character, with several shows using Justice League characters, Superman with Lois , etc. etc.
Movie Superman Returns didn't go anywhere. Smallville and Tom Welling, with good writing and stories could carry Superman for the next decade...
Bet season ten doesn't have Welling in red/blue Superman outfit and flying. Any takers??
Season 9 is not as good as 8, which wasn't as good as 7 which was the end of the Smallville's good stories.. hate to say it because I'm a fan and enjoy watching the show. Personally may wait till it gets cheap in Blu Ray to buy, having watched once, it's not something to invested premium dollars to buy ..
Received as ordered, on time - every time. THANKS!September 8, 2010 Me 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a gift for a family member, and although they live way out in the "sticks," the item shipped and was received on time - just in time for his Birthday :) THANKS MUCH for being on time.
smallville so farSeptember 6, 2010 lowjak74 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i am a big fan of this show a big super man fan even more and everything theyve done couldnt have seen it done any other way im not a big comic book person mom never let me collect them but what i do know is the original movies are good but the stories were nowhere compared to this show the new movie i didnt like at all but i hear that lana has her own comic so i think it was important to keep her on the show for as long as they did im anxious to get the louis and clarke mess rolling cause u know theres going to be lots of laughs and i hope they keep this show going for along time even if they have a bad season or two bc 2 many shows r getting cancelled for the reason that people who rate good shows bad bring them down so i hope it keeps going like its going so we can keep enjoying this great show bc it hs great story lines good characters and so far a good record knock on wood
Clark's Destiny is Upon UsSeptember 4, 2010 brainiac723(forest hills, ny) Smallville has developed into one of the more consistent shows on television. While other show have crashed and burned after a stellar couple seasons (i.e. Lost) Smallville is striving to end out the series with a bang. Following a stellar season 8 with a not so stellar finale, Smallville season 9 brings Clark one step closer to his destiny. Clark gets a new suit, John Corben gets introduced and the Kandor storyline and all its mysteries are laid out for the season. Season 9's strengths lie primarily in Zod's story arc, the development of Clark and Lois' relationship as well as the introduction of several DC characters in the Smallville universe. While other seasons seem to prolong Clark's destiny, season 9 is taking long strides to get there. Season 9 ends in dramatic fashion, like most of the Smallville finales) and sets up the introduction of DC's darkest villain Darkseid. Season 9 incorporates more story arcs compared to previous seasons which had more filler episodes. The end is near, and the show is making one last hurrah. Here's to a spectacular season 10.
(BTW, the deleted scenes in this package suck majorly. In the past, some of the deleted scenes made it worth watching again, but this time not soo much)
