I've certainly done more than my fair share of poking fun at Smallville, most recently for the Hawkman outfit that looked like an elaborate Halloween costume (I stand by my assertion that it looks out of place in the Smallville universe, but remain open to the reader suggestion that's intentional). But I'm going to shut up now, because the CW just released the above teaser for the JSA "movie" event, and darned if it's not awesome. I didn't see Stargirl or Hawkman, who are confirmed, but there's a quick look at Dr. Fate and two guys we didn't know would be appearing -- Green Lantern and the Golden Age Sandman (assumably the Green Lantern is Alan Scott). Sure, it's only a 20 second teaser, and by no means indicative of the two episodes, but it looks really fucking cool, and I very much want to acknowledge that.
While we're on the subject, who wants a live-blog of these two episodes on January 29th? I haven't watched Smallville since the episode where Clark discovered there was a secret drift racing league in his tiny midwestern town, but I figure you guys could school me as we went along. Let me know in the comments.
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Bigguyinblack said:
Smallville jumped the shark long ago but who says the live blogs have to involve good TV? I say go for it.
Robby DC said:
Dude, live blog!
Oh and that "secret drift racing league" episode really pissed me off too. I believe Pete almost kills a guy or something. Did you hear the actor that played Pete Ross was involved in some major Hollywood drug bust?
Chris Sanders said:
YES Please.
ThatCostumeGirl said:
I want to like these special Smallville events, but I've been burned too many times to keep playing with the fire. I hope you like it.
Arsenal said:
I have hope in the JSA episodes so I would be up for the live blog.
And if it is bad we can mock it
demoncat said:
go for the live blog for at least small ville has not sunk to heroes level and interesting to see a hint of green latern since it was stated by some execs that the ep would not include flash or green latern. guess they got the okay for green latern. too bad they could not also figure out how to do the spectre
Josh said:
Wait... check out the last 5 seconds... is Clark Kent sporting a 9 o'clock shadow? Holy bearded Superman! It's the man of stubble!
hmmm on a related note, Superman probably never cut himself while shaving. He probably goes crazy with a razor to his face every morning, not "being careful not to cut ourself" like us mere mortals do.
Aphthakid replied to Josh:
RE:Super-stubble.
I don't know if it's canon anymore, but it used to be that sissors and razors actually broke trying to cut Superman's hair. He shaved and trimmed by bouncing his heat vision off a mirror and burning it off!
Josh replied to Aphthakid:
wait... his heat vision bounces off mirrors? then why don't villains just wear a sequinned suit? one refelcted heat vision blast would reflect with enough rays to demolish a building.
Aphthakid replied to Josh:
The problem is that Supes tends to use his heat vision more for personal grooming than for combat. His usual routine when confronting a problem is 1) Talk to it about getting with truth, justice and the global socialist way 2) Hit it with the force of 10,000 suns exploding, momentarily unleashing Higgs bosons which allow the victim to smash through buildings without being hurt 3) Throw a car at it 4) Heat vision 5) Freezy breath 6) Leave planet, let someone else deal with it
Friginator said:
I'm pretty sure all of the cool stuff was in that 20 second trailer. The rest is white people staring at each other dramatically for two hours.
Findinminium replied to Friginator:
That's the CW in a nutshell.
davesnothereman said:
you people are a bunch of grouches. that looked great. i've only ever seen one episode of smallville, the one with the legion, because i'm a legion mark, but that wasn't embarrassing. i don't see why this would be. can't wait (actually it's one of my top 5 reasons to live at the moment, but that just shows how pathetic my life has become.)
Nicnac replied to davesnothereman:
I can beat that. I haven't seen a single episode of Smallville. I dunno, it just never looked good to me.
Geoff replied to davesnothereman:
Well, it's safe to say that your experience is attributable to this little thing known as 'small sample size.' Not every Smallville episode is written by Geoff Johns; the normal writing makes Twilight look like a work of genius.
Zombies8myBalls said:
I finally started watching Smallville this season and I already like it better than Heroes, yeah do the live blog.
TrapJaw said:
I'm an on-again, off-again, Smallville viewer. Some episodes are gold and the rest, meh.
That being said, I'm hopefully of this J.S.A. thing and I'll definitely be tuning in. You do a live blog, I'll definitely be there, too.
Skirkster said:
ABSOLUTELY I WILL TAKE THE LIVE-BLOGS PLEASE
Wow. This makes me want to start watching this show again, surprisingly.
Brian said:
anyone able to make any of those people out in that painting? I see Hawkman and maybe Hawkgirl.
Drunken Fist said:
I don't like Smallville, yet I will be watching this.
Jared said:
I think I posted this on a previous anti-Smallville article, but ever since the original showrunners left (end of season 7) the show has actually been kinda... good. Sure, it's still a bit hit and miss, but there's been a lot more 'hit' and a lot less 'miss' than in previous seasons.
Improvements:
- The actors who played Lex and Lana have both left the show (and good riddance too),
- they gave Clark a job at the Daily Planet (meaning the show is now 95% set in Metropolis),
- made Clark develop a bit of a superhero persona (not the 'Superman' persona, but it's a start),
- made Lois more like the Lois from the comics,
- and seem to have Lois and Clark heading into relationship territory.
You guys need to give the show a second chance. It's grown up a lot. Though I wish Tom Welling would let them give him a proper Superman costume and/or make him fly.
Hang on... Michael Rosenbaum was the best actor on the show by miles after they got rid of John Glover. Sure, losing Kristen Kreuk was about four seasons overdue, but Rosenbaum leaving killed the show deader than it already was.
At least we got the AWESOME Justice League episode with Rosenbaum playing Flash being possessed by Lex Luthor done first. For a show known for inside jokes, that's the best of the bunch.
Jared replied to Geoff:
Rosenbaum may have been the best actor, but the character of Lex had become a joke. His departure helped them move the show into new territory.
sal said:
is clark flying around? or is still running to everything?
Jared replied to sal:
Still running. Apparently it's in Tom Welling's contract - no flight, no tights. Though with that said, his character has been getting increasingly frustrated at his inability to fly (seeing as other Kryptonians have no problem flying) so it wouldn't surprise me if he flies before the end of the season. In fact, it looks like he's practicing when he leaps off the statue of liberty in the above video.
innercityrobot said:
I've seen a couple of episodes this season after having stopped watching years ago and you know what? It's pretty fun. Cheesy, but fun.
Unlike Heroes, which is cheesy and soul-destroyingly bad.
I agree with Jared, the show is genuinely fun now that the original showrunners are gone. It's practically a brand new show.
longbowhunter said:
Yeah,I too have been off and on with Smallville through the years,but the last two seasons have been...not terrible. Its at least consistantly watchable,unlike HEROES. I would love to live-blog with you all during the JSA episode.
Wes Grogan said:
My guesses from left to right on the painting.. some I'm more sure of than others.
Starman, Hourman, Atom, Sandman, ???, Flash, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Dr. Fate, Dr. Midnight, ???, ???, ???, Commander Steel.
Hard to make out the other four due to the Youtube blurriness.
Also, looks like it might be an Alex Ross painting, which would make since, considering he's done a lot of JSA covers.
Aaaaaand, I'm a JSA dork. Heh.
Coconut Monkey replied to Wes Grogan:
Far left is The Star Spangled Kid.
Far right is Mr. Terrific.
Wes Grogan replied to Coconut Monkey:
Ah, you are most right, I stand corrected. Many thanks!
Geoff said:
I'm actually kind of looking forward to this now - I think it's that the constraints of TV mean that a lot of the things that have bugged me about Johns' writing in the past couple of years are glossed over. Hell, might even do a quickie review for it on the website, especially as I just got done writing about the All-Star Squadron and will be doing more WWII-related stuff later this week.
Chew Chew said:
Looks better than Superman Returns...
FuryOfFirestorm said:
Are you sure it's Jan 29th? I saw the preview at the end of the Nov 20th episode (which rocked), and it said Jan 22nd at the end.
Bingo said:
This is sooooo cool. I'm in!
Kevin said:
Sandman and Dr. Fate looked great. Hope the rest of the episode doesn't suck.
Asat said:
I've never watched a single episode, nor wanted to, but this I might tune in for. Hell, I didn't watch the first couple seasons of Farscape or BSG and wound up liking them a lot more than shows I was on board from day one.
N3RD said:
I've just started watching Smallville recently and am about in the middle of season 3 now so I won't be watching this particular episode for quite a while but its specials like it that made me excited enough to start watching the show now. As far as Hawkman goes if memory serves his suit is essentially traditional Thanagarian armor so it at least sort of makes sense that they stuck with it. No different really than a time displaced Centurion showing up in his full armor for battle or something similar. I'm still not convinced its the right call for the show but I think they could play it right.
Ron said:
COOL! Thanks for posting -- I haven't seen Smallville in a while either, but how can one resist Dr. Fate, Sandman and Green Lantern on television?
Lt. said:
I just want Dr. Hamilton to become Ruin already. I love Alessandro Juliani and want to see him play a bad guy.
Enigma_2099 said:
PUT CLARK IN HIS COSTUME, and there goes part of my argument against this show.
Psudohuman said:
Could that be Wildcat (Ted Grant) sparing with Oliver at 0:10? Please say it's so. Fate looks awesome. The show has improved much since Lana and Lex has left. I'm surprised to say that the character of Tess has become one of my favorite but I'm a little let down by Zod. I'm not sure the casting was correct on that one even though I think Callum Blue is a great actor. It could just be the way Zod has been written. My guess on the picture. Star Spangled Kid, Wildcat, Atom, Sandman, Damage ???, Flash, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Dr. Fate, Dr. Midnight, Hourman, Specter ???, Citizen Steel or lady liberty???, Mr. Terrific.
bradbury said:
"Chew Chew said:
Looks better than Superman Returns..."
...a bad yeast infection looks better than Superman Returns.
Anonymous said:
Isn't Sandman a Spider-Man villian??
