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30 Day Meme → Day 4
May. 23rd, 2010 07:15 pmDay 04 → Your favorite show ever.
Smallville. The show that existed before I even knew about fandoms and the crazyness that can exist in it. It took my love for comic books and created an iteration/universe of its own with great characters that didn't have to rely on the Superman presence to be entertaining. It made me really care for an original character like the spunky Chloe that became the best friend Pete didn't turn into, a set of parents in the Kents that in every other version were closer to an elderly age and made you want them to be your parents, it made a Lex Luthor you could care for and then want to see him turn evil. There were missteps: Pete, the agonizingly on-again/off-again Clana relationship (which I think was a result of S5 probably being their estimated end, getting a S6 so breaking them up and then with wrapping things up with S7 bringing them back together a final time).
That said, I never thought it would go 10 seasons, but every fall it was there like clockwork and I was there with it. I see S1-5 as the Golden Age of Smallville, S6 it wavered/adjusting to its continuing, S7 was the wrapup & S8-10 is the next iteration with Metropolis/Clark & Lois. It's the only show that I own every season set and have seen every episode. I grew up literally with this show and I doubt I'll ever feel the way I did for this show ever again. I worry about S10, with AM probably having an arc similar to Kristin in S8, and that the budget will stay the same which probably means the cast won't be growing (something I think it needs badly). I miss Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, John Glover, John Schneider, and as S10 happens I'll miss Allison Mack. But I'll keep watching because I loved this show and I'll see it to the end.
Smallville. The show that existed before I even knew about fandoms and the crazyness that can exist in it. It took my love for comic books and created an iteration/universe of its own with great characters that didn't have to rely on the Superman presence to be entertaining. It made me really care for an original character like the spunky Chloe that became the best friend Pete didn't turn into, a set of parents in the Kents that in every other version were closer to an elderly age and made you want them to be your parents, it made a Lex Luthor you could care for and then want to see him turn evil. There were missteps: Pete, the agonizingly on-again/off-again Clana relationship (which I think was a result of S5 probably being their estimated end, getting a S6 so breaking them up and then with wrapping things up with S7 bringing them back together a final time).
That said, I never thought it would go 10 seasons, but every fall it was there like clockwork and I was there with it. I see S1-5 as the Golden Age of Smallville, S6 it wavered/adjusting to its continuing, S7 was the wrapup & S8-10 is the next iteration with Metropolis/Clark & Lois. It's the only show that I own every season set and have seen every episode. I grew up literally with this show and I doubt I'll ever feel the way I did for this show ever again. I worry about S10, with AM probably having an arc similar to Kristin in S8, and that the budget will stay the same which probably means the cast won't be growing (something I think it needs badly). I miss Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, John Glover, John Schneider, and as S10 happens I'll miss Allison Mack. But I'll keep watching because I loved this show and I'll see it to the end.