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- WB
- May 16, 2001
- WB
- May 16, 2001
Summary Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening with his arrival in a spaceship in the midst of a meteor storm of green rocks. Clark must deal with a variety of individuals given powers by the green rocks, keep his powers a...
- WB
- May 16, 2001
- WB
- May 16, 2001
Summary Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening with his arrival in a spaceship in the midst of a meteor storm of green rocks. Clark must deal with a variety of individuals given powers by the green rocks, keep his powers a...
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10 Seasons
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Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
75
89% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
75
89% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Purists might balk, but for the rest of us, the latest retelling of the Superman tale is a brilliant blend of tradition and contemporary sensibility. Not only is it a Superman for a new generation, it's a Superman for every generation. [15 Oct 2001]
Yet another of fall's superior new dramas. Devoid of caricatures, this one is by far the best-ever TV depiction of the big fellow, framing him nicely as part of a coming-of-age story and treatise on little town America, before he moves to Metropolis and becomes Christopher Reeve. [16 Oct 2001, p.C1]
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 143 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
122 Ratings
122 Ratings
8% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
7% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 143 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
122 Ratings
122 Ratings
8% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
7% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Que decir de Smallville, una de mis series favoritas de siempre.
Disfruté como un niño de sus 10 temporadas, cada capítulo. Grande banda sonora, grandes actuaciones de Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance, etc. En general fue fantástica en mi opinión, por eso le pongo el 10 sobre 10. Mi primera crítica en la sección de TV.
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SEASON 1
Smallville roped me in. The most intriguing premise is that young Clark is only starting to grasp the enormity of his arriving on Earth a dozen years earlier. [16 Oct 2001, p.E1]
Not to quibble about issues of plausibility in a story about a boy with superhuman powers who arrives on Earth on a spaceship from an alien planet, but the star of Smallville is just too beautiful to be believed. As a geek, that is. [16 Oct 2001, p.E-3]
The idea that both Lex and Clark have a destiny, and are somewhat uncomfortable with it, is central to Smallville, and is what makes this series start so engaging. [16 Oct 2001, p.98]
An example of television getting it right. The themes -- teen angst, coming-of-age, puberty, loneliness, intimacy, connection and lack of connection to parents -- are skillfully woven into an engaging story line that reinterprets the 63-year-old mythology of Superman for a new generation...There is a major downside to Smallville -- the acting is pretty bad. [16 Oct 2001, p.1E]
This entire personification of Superman is so whiny and self-pitying that it's really an insult to the comic book mythology. [16 Oct 2001, p.C01]
Season 1 review. An engaging and inspired take on the earlier years of a teenage clark kent. Reality is, its essentially dawsons creek meets x-files for scooby doo style monster of the week adventures with occasional kisses behind the bike shed. Unexpectedly beautiful shots in some scenes with some exceptional (for the time) visual effects considering it's a tv show from 2001! Some episodes are stronger than others, but as with the x-files, the weaker episodes tend to be monster of the week ones. A must watch if you're a fan of superman material though. Would lean towards an 8/10 for season one but the monster of the week theme is too strong here!!!
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SEASON 1
The epitome of bipolar tv shows. When it is good, it is fantastic, but when its bad, its indescribably bad and unfortunately there are so many filler episodes and bad actors that it drags the show down considerably. 1st let talk about the good. Tom Welling does a good job at playing a young confused and immature Clark who is about to enter adulthood. He does not overact (often) and his relationship with Lex was well portrayed though it started to get silly towards the middle seasons. The real star of this show is Lex (Mike Rosenbaum). He is the best Lex Luthor of any show or movie I have seen despite the many plot holes in various episodes and his journey from a wishful well meaning teen to a paranoid pathological villain, at the hands of his father (also a great character in the show), was really heart breaking to watch (in a good way). The show really struggled when Lex was removed for a few seasons, that is how good he was.
But not all is good in this show. For one thing, Lana Lang is unbearably atrocious (both the actor and character). She has one facial expression and her character is very one sided and plain stupid. To make matters worse, they kept her alive through the whole series, and she remained an interest of Clark to the end despite how stupid her character is. On top of that, whenever she is around, Clark loses about 95 IQ points and becomes a complete **** making the episodes she was involved in, nearly unwatchable. They should have killed her like they did in the comics. Other horrible actors and characters include the green burrito (Oliver) and Pete who was a mopey mess in high school and became even more mopey and dopey as an adult.
I really liked Louis Lane (Erica Durance) and thought that she played the best Louis of any production to date as well. Chloe was also a good character and unlike the two rejects, Lana and Pete, she actually develops over the seasons and was a pleasure to watch.
Definitely a show worth watching overall but many episodes are horribly bad as are some of the supporting characters.
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SEASON 1
While I do not enjoy some of the plot points of the series, this is an interesting way of looking at Superman's origin. By itself, the show isn't that bad. However, when placed next to everything Superman, it ****.
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SEASON 1
Superman can't fly.....what a pity! If I remember my comic books, he started flying even as a baby and even his dog "Krypto" flew. This show is a disappointment to the entire franchise!
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