Fuck off Smallville is a awesome tv series and the guy that posted this shit couldn't have made anything half as good

They'll probably return at some point in the season 11 comic or something

How about the hour-long Stride Gum Commerc...um...EPISODE!  Clark even quoted the tag-line FFS!

I totally agree! Amy Adams eating a deer? Lol!

A TV series based on a comic book that actually bears so little resemblance to it except maybe in name(s) only :( - Couldn't they have thought of a different name for it ... Littletown ??? Clark Dorset ??? Pryktonite oops lol bet the censors would have stopped that one lol ...

I personally liked the show. It's true that it didn't have the best story lines and you went from thinking Lana was perfect for Clark to then hating her and thinking Lois was perfect for Clark (which made you want to bash your head in for being so stupid, cause hello: you can't change the fundamental couple of the Superman franchise, that's like making Romeo marry Rosaline instead of Juliet). But from the list of '10 Incredibly Stupid Things Smallville Gave Us', some of those episodes are apart of my favourite Smallville episodes. I developed serious girl-crushes whenever the female cast members dressed-up (Spell, Devoted, Isis, ...) and of course any episode where Tom Welling is partly undressed is fine by me. In the end though, I only really watch 'Smallville' for the nakedness (and to see what new kind of Kryptonite they're going to invent next) and I watch 'Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman' for everything that is Superman.

For me this series ends after seven seasons. The "real" season 8 includes: Lois (Durance) gets killed and Chloe takes her name and position at the Daily Planet - and marries Clark. Lex somehow returns unharmed, or clones himself, or some damn nonsense. Martha Kent does not marry Perry White. Jimmy Olsen just goes away. Leaves no forwarding address. Later, another kid, way more likable, also a photographer, also named Jimmy Olsen, shows up and becomes a photographer at the Planet. Clark and Chloe remark on the coincidence, wonder whatever happened to the original Jimmy, and then quickly forget it. Lana Lang dies in a zeppelin accident in Taiwan. Hers is a painful, lingering death. Serious burns cover her entire body. With her dying words, she whisper-talks the following: "Bizarro... my one... true... love-..." And drops dead. Green Arrow marries Black Canary. Darkseid and Doomsday and Zod are actually interesting and tough villains. And so on.

Erica Durance is the most annoying character.Her voice is plain irritating.She looks a lot lottttt older than Tom Welling..and I'm not even talking about her laugh lines!!I wish they had chosen a better actress for Lois' part.Erica was the reason which made Clark-Lois relationship seem foolish and unreal and crappy.

I'm mainly confused as to how Smallville even randomly segues into Superman as we know it. If Lois already knows about his powers, and Clark never wears glasses, except for the time in the show where he was developing the xray vision, how the hell is she suddenly completely clueless when they're both working at the Daily Planet?

I agree, every season I was like holy crap he could dawn the cape this season. He could learn to fly, he could be everything we know him to be..... Instead we had a major Lex Luther fight grandfanally only to wind up in the eigth season going, WHAT the hell is going on? I got sick of the same old tricks. Everyone knows who clark is now they don't Lana Lang knows who Clark is now she doesn't. Then most of the actors get up and leave. Can't blame the guy who played Lex all the show did was try to play the same old story over and over again. Just like the superman movies. Except for that one with Richard Prior who wasn't even Brainiac. Only to follow the 5th intallment by none other than the same villan again. The superman series has been a bad writing fest. Then there is the ridiculous humor they throw in (The movies) Zod blowing down a city street only to see some guy on a phone talking as he gets blown away. Then in the new superman. Superman Returns. They use the same ridiculous humor on the train scene when toys scream as they fall onto the tracks. Although that story was far better than anything else. I do like smallville, but they are depicting a superman in an alternate universe. Not the Man of steel we all hoped to see.

ANYONE WHO WATCHED ''SMALLVILLE'' EXPECTING TO SEE SUPERMAN IS CLEARLY A RETARD ....PRODUCERS SAID RIGHT AWAY  THAT SHOW IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE ABOUT SUPERMAN ITS ABOUT CLARK KENT ,BOY WHO WAS ALWAYS AFRAID OF HEIGHT AND WHO FOUGHT HIS ALIEN SIDE FOR A LONG TIME ...... . ...OF COURSE THERE WAS LESS INTERESTING EPISODES SOMETIMES BUT YOU CANT PUT ALL GOOD STUFF AT ONCE WE HAD TO GO TROUGH SOME FILLERS TILL WE GOT TO TH EPIC FINALE......

Awesome List... Don't forget that memory loss can happen to anyone and then they can go about their lives the very next week. At least the show ended on an up-note... We got to see Superm... Oh wait. No we didn't.

Well i loved it - so there - all of it, would like to see it go on and on - and there are many like me!!

The spell episode has got to be one of the worst storylines ever. I hated pete as well. Isis was bad as well. but  I did enjoy the zombie episode and the eating disorder. 

I wish I could've tolerated the cheddar factor enough to watch past season 4. The show was good between 2 & 3 but after that simply became The Lana Lang Emo Show.Complete and total bollocks from there on in. A good friend of mine watched to the end and mentioned how much of an utter cop-out the finale was. Oh and don't get me started on not using Terence Stamp as Zod.

How could the writer possibly ignore either the lack of Doomsday after being built up for a year. We got maybe 30 seconds of him and Jimmy killed in the same episode - WTF?  Was the motto, "no flights, no tights, and no fights"?

But the worse...absolutely worst episode - the finale'.  We got more and a better looking Darkseid in a previous episode (Scion) then in the ending.  An entire planet is coming toward Earth - don't worry, that will take another 30 seconds to fix.  Season long arcs that f***ing die and go nowhere, that's Smallville. 

Honorary Mention: Any episode where they try to sell us on the idea of Erica Durrance as the "hot chick" on the show.  Seriously?  Ha-ha-ha-ha!  Stick her in all the bikinis you want, were we supposed to forget Allison Mack existed, that Supergirl and Tess were part of the show, and that Sarah Carter, Amy Adams, and Allison Scagliotti guest starred?

Secondary Mention:  Any episode with much of Whitney (who should have been gone by the second episode), Pete (who should have been gone after the first year), or Lana (who should have been gone after Clark got out of High School).

This list has been resurrected by Scribol. I'm sure they meant it as a compliment.

Some of the close-up scenes between Lois Land and Clark were someof the best on TV.  Talk about Chemistry!!!!

what pissed me off we waited 10 F**KING years to see him done the suit and they totally screwed us instead giving us a blurry cg wide shot that any kid in there first term at artschool could have done better with after effects

LOL what I find interesting is that you followed theseries as long as you did.  I caught acouple of the first episodes realized they sucked and stopped watching. This isjust another gleaming example of where television has gone. I rarely watch anyTV any more. It has all just become drivel in the last 30 years. You take agreat idea for a series then add poor writing and it still lasted as long as itdid, it just blows my mind.Not to mention that the producers, directors and every else along theway go along and take bad scripts and run with them.  What the hell happened! Has Hollywood and TV landboth lost all their writing talent. You mentioned the writers’ strike having animpact on the show, the fact that there was any audience in the first placemakes my head hurt. There is no depth to much of anything on television anymore. Yet people still watch it. Pick up a book even a Comic book there arestill some good writers out there only the smart ones stay away from thecamera.

I liked Prophecy more when it was called All-Star Superman.

P.S. Don't know what the heck happened with my comment! Soooooorrrryyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

Some of you may or may not be TW haters...I don't know, butI'm going to start making comments wherever it is warranted and all over theinternet, if necessary, concerning ANY negativity towards TW or Smallville. (Iinvested 10 years in Smallville, so I'm a little prejudiced.)

I agree that in the beginning TW's acting was a little lackluster. He was young and a newbie, BUT he grew into his role which, by the way,worked because Superman had to grow into his role as well.

I'm glad I took the 10 year ride. I got to see TW become thetype of actor that could convey a conversation or emotion with only a"look"...a facial expression. That is really hard to do. He couldshow pain from kryptonite and even make you feel it yourself like no other actorhas been able to portray. His show of anger or sorrow was spot on. He has asmile that is electric (megawatt) and made you want to smile back (it was infectious)and made you want more...and his ogling of Lois Lane was like no other. He madeall the women wish they could have someone, at least once in their lifetime,look at them that way. And his voice could go from soft and loving to verycommanding. Some examples of his acting skills: Kal-El on red-k, ClarkKent/Bizarro and Clark Kent/Clark Luthor (Ultraman) and when it comes to thebumbling, TW can bumble with the best of ‘em. He made you feel that there couldactually be another person playing the alter ego part that looked exactly likehim. It was crazy good. But, beyond all that he could make you feel thegoodness of Clark Kent/Superman. And as Clark he was correct. It is not thesuit that makes the man or in this case, Superman…it was his time inSmallville. Clark Kent is Superman even without the suit and this is whatSmallville showed very well.  

AND...let's face it...TW has a beautiful face. A face thatis befitting of Superman (chiseled jaw, gorgeous eyes, pouty lips, etc.). Afterall, in Superman's early origin stories it was noted that he came from a raceof people who were physically attractive. And in saying that, I would like tonote that I am NOT a teenie bopper. =) I have been a superman fan for 39 years(comics, movies, novels, fan fics, cartoons, LnC, Smallville, kryptonsite, articles,clothing, key chains, etc.) so I am not "in love" with TW (I guess I’min love with Superman...Lol), however, I do think he is extremely attractive.It's just that I; personally, think TW is the embodiment (looks, personalityand all) of what I always envisioned Superman to be like when he was younger. Ohand by the way, dreaminess/sexiness/and being a great kisser IS some of Superman’slittle known powers. *wink, wink*

Also, I respect the hard work and dedication that TW putinto Smallville (for 10 years of his life) and I felt that he was alwaysstriving to be better with each performance and that showed in his growth as anactor (by the way I also think this about the other actors on Smallville --they always brought their A-game). I also think he did have his fans in mindwhen trying to bring his best to our TV screen.    

He had to be doing something right to keep the interest ofan audience for 10 years and still have people wanting more. If he was thathorrible the show would not have lasted. He was the lead character. I don’tcare how good looking you are, if your acting sucks people will be turned offand will turn off the tube.

On another note, I’ve heard people say that TW didn’t wantto wear the suit and that he didn’t really want to be Superman. I say, “HOGWASH”!He NEVER said that. I have watched actual interviews where he said he would bewilling. Just recently he said he would be up for doing a Smallville Movie. Iheard that from his own mouth. Wouldn’t that entail him wearing the suit andbeing Superman? He could not help what TPTB (the powers that be) wanted. He didthe best with what he was given!

Also, if there was a chance he was the one that wanted CGI(I don’t think it was) instead of wearing the suit, I couldn’t blame him. Thiswas a show about Clark Kent, not Superman. We all knew that Superman would notmake an appearance until the last episode (if you didn’t realize that then…duh!!).Even though TW is very tall and a very big guy he would have had to do someserious working out for months to include diet to beef up and get cut. Who theheck would want to go through all that for one episode? With the dedication Isaw from him to Smallville I have no doubt he would have done whatever he hadto especially if he knew he would be portraying Superman on a weekly basis, buthe wasn’t.

Now, concerning Smallville writers, directors, producers, WB,CW, etc. (TPTB) -- The writers did, at times, come up with episodes and evenseasons that made me groan, but there were some episodes and seasons that wereawesome and spot on (a writer’s strike was also involved in there, which showswe shouldn’t take writers for granted either). Also, TPTB’s love affair withthe character Lana Lang “almost” lost me as a viewer. BUT, I’m glad I stuckwith it because Lois & Clark was worth the wait.

This show gave us very great looking episodes. It was likewatching mini-movies. You don’t get that with normal TV shows. They really dida lot with the budget they had. Just because they couldn’t do the big budgetfight scenes the show got blasted over and over again. I however, was verypleasantly surprised at the level of CGI and other special effects they gave uswith it being just a TV show. Just think what we could have gotten on a biggerbudget. And by the way TPTB originally said, “no flights, no tights”, but theygave us so much more. They had no idea that this show would run 10 seasons sothey had to stretch things out. If they had made him Superman in season 4 or 5the show would have ended then and I, for one, would not have wanted to missepisodes like Homecoming or special moments like Clark telling Lois his secret.Yes, it was a long time to wait, and sometimes it was downright painful, but inthe end I got what I wanted…to see Clark come to end of his Smallville journey.It was never supposed to be anything beyond that.

They also gave us something the comics have never eventouched like Smallville did….like the human emotions of a teenage Superman -- hisstruggles with relationships, wanting to be normal (like playing football, etc.like everyone else), wanting to have friends, wanting to be accepted, wantingto be loved.  Not knowing where he camefrom, why he had powers, why there was no one else like him. Having this hugeresponsibility weighing on his shoulders (to protect human life) that was onlygoing to get bigger as his role in society got bigger. Having to keep this BIGsecret from everyone…even those he was close to because of the fear of puttingthose people in danger. But, there was also a fear of rejection, fear of being turnedinto a lab rat, fear of enemies finding out his vulnerabilities. And he had hopesand dreams like wanting a permanent relationship and maybe a family and notknowing if any of that would ever be possible.

Sure TBTB went off the deep end sometimes with themythology, but on numerous occasions they added to it in wonderful ways and inthe end they did start steering the show *makes deep steering motions* backtoward the mythology we all are more familiar with. But, if you know anythingat all about Superman only a few things have remained the same. There have beenso many different storylines about Superman it can make your head spin. Why, since1938, there have been quite a few comic books about the origin of Superman thatvaried greatly in the details of his origin. I’m not going into them all, but therewere things like Lara-El’s name started out being spelled Lora-El and Kal-El’sparents wore green and yellow costumes that sometimes had capes and they lived infuturistic cities (not ice fortresses), the Kent’s didn’t find him, the Kent’sdidn’t live in Smallville, but moved there after finding him, and the Kent’swere farmers, but when they found Clark they sold the farm and bought a generalstore. Soooo, apparently not everything is written in stone, but some thingsabout Superman are and should be.

Another thing -- there were so many restrictions we weren’teven aware of and some we were…like not being able to use Batman, Wonder Woman,the name Flash, etc. that hindered the show and caused TPTB to come up with somecrazy plots to make up for it. However, I never quite understood why somepeople had problems with vampires, witches, or zombies when this is a showabout a guy that can shoot fire out of his eyes and fly. Like that’s normal.Lol!

Last, but not least, I’ve heard people bash season 10because it seemed to be all over the place...and I agree, it was. TPTB were sofocused on giving us everything, including the kitchen sink, it caused the seasonto lack focus. I know they were hoping to get MR back and didn’t know untillater on in the year if they would get him for sure so some stories hinged onthat and in trying to give us everything the season didn’t seem to have a themelike some of the other ones. BUT, they tried to do us justice by giving us somuch. I still don’t think TPTB get it though. They don’t get how picky we areabout Superman and his story. All in all though I enjoyed the end result and ifyou can look at each episode as a stand-alone it really wasn’t that bad. =)

In the Smallville universe there were a few busts, okay morethan a few, but there were also some gold nuggets…like Booster Gold nuggets. Lol.You should expect some bad eggs out of 218 episodes, BUT, you can’t explain 10years away and bash TW who did great with what he was given and there arepeople like me who are so enthralled with this character, Superman, that we arewilling to do battle beside him and support him no matter what TPTB do to him.We know in the end who he is and what he stands for….truth, justice, and theAmerican way! =)  

P.S. No need for a rebuttal. I'm over 40 so I'm pretty set inmy ways. =)

I think I'm looking at a thread that is a minority. The majority are on Kryptonsite! So...stay where you are...please!! No need to reply; I will be moving on after this post!

the funniest thing is the author knows all about the show yet it was garbage since season 2. got 'ems!

First off I have to say that this list was hilarious! And I've watched all 10 seasons and liked the show. Because it was entertaining and nothing more. The show wasn't trying to cure cancer people. Ok the bad actng was a given. It was some of the actors first major roles so they're not going to hit it out of the park on the first try. Granted with the years the acting should have improved greatly(Kristen Kruek or Kruekferatu as someone once called her and I think is priceless) but you have to remember this is a comic book based story. It's going to be emo and overly dramatic. Plus, hello!, for most of the years these people were supposed to be teenagers! The period of life when emo and dramatics are set to nuclear! I agree that there were some truly horrific episodes(Subterranean, ugh!) but you're gonna get that with every television show that has ever been produced or  will be produced. There is never going to be universal acceptance of a beloved story being told. If people want to critisize the show hey more power to them everyone has the right.But don't show hate and judgement towards people with the way that they choose to be entertained.

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It seemed like every since the introduction of that flower back in season 1 that could alter a character's personality (I think the episode was called Nichodemus or something off the top of my head), it seems like EVERY  damn character has at least been possessed by alien/ancient force/dead witch, hexed by a spell, poisoned with red kryptonite, etc. I mean goddamn I'm trying to think of how many episodes of Smallville were dedicated to "Oh insert name here, what's wrong with you, why are you acting like this", it was especially annoying in the early seasons when Clark got manipulated by the Red K and goes on his bad boy streak but when he is brought out of it at the end of the episode and tries to apologize for his previous behavior to Lana, she just saws "yeah well, it was still you in the flesh acting like that, I'm not gonna accept that you were obviously fucked up by some drug that made you act like that , and even though you forgave me whenever I get possessed or controlled into showing more cleavage and acting bitchier than normal, I'm just gonna trot away on my horse and leave you to sulk while the camera pans upward and the music changes to "alternative band of the month" mode". I mean can someone here count how many episodes were dedicated to characters behaving erratically, because it seems like half the time the characters don't act like themselves.

How about Clark BLOWING UP Zod's building? I can't think of anything worse then that?

Hey, anything that has Laura Vandervoort and Erica Durance in mid-riff baring outfits and bikinis on a regular basis can't be all bad.

On second thought, it is, I stopped watching that show after the whole witch possesion plotline.

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