Smallville: The Final Season

So,it’s a given that “Smallville” ended it’s run in 2011 and 6+ years later writing this isn’t likely to offer any ground breaking insights. But, what the heck…I began as a casual viewer the first couple seasons catching episodes when convenient. Having grown up with the old George Reeves black & white TV program in the early 60’s and reading the occasional comic book, I like many find the Kryptonian visitor an appealing character. The premise of “Smallville” taking a deep dive into the formative years of Clark Kent and how he developed into Superman is an engaging one. A charismatic cast of young, attractive actors to bring it all to life proved to be a recipe for success as 10 seasons certainly proves. Unfortunately about midway through the 2nd season deployments, a couple moves, and cutting the cord to cable “Smallville” dropped off my radar. Still, there was enough substance to make me wonder how it all ended so recently decided to just cut to the chase and watch the 10th and final season. Skipping season 3 through 9 didn’t really impair my enjoyment of watching the tenth. Lana was gone but like many I didn’t miss her whining. Lex and Lionel Luthor pretty much gone (apart from some alternate dimensional cross visiting). Pete, also no longer with us and I’m not clear what became of him but OK. I’ve never watched “Arrow” but seeing him in action as a regular explains why he got his own show in 2012 and it’s still in production; Justin Hartley is a convincing playboy/hero in his own right. Chloe is still with us and while not a favorite of mine she fulfills a stabilizing role amongst the heroes (yep, there’s more than just ‘The Man of Steel” and Green Arrow); mediates between Lois and Clark and runs The Watchtower too. Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman, recently in ‘Longmire”) was new to me after such a long break with the show. Apparently she’s an illegitimate daughter of Lionel Luthor who’s now running much of the Luthorcorps empire along with Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) while trying to help the heroes all the while adjusting to her recent discovery of her heritage. Erica Durance as Lois Lane is perfect. Pretty, spunky, smart (did I mention pretty?) she is probably my favorite in this role or a close tie with Teri Hatcher from “Lois & Clark”. Previous on screen versions of Lois were not very convincing (Margot Kidder- annoying and not all that attractive; Kate Bosworth- blonde, lacked the vitality one expects of the gregarious Lois). Too often made the damsel in distress Durance makes the most of it anyway and fits the part of a worthy girlfriend to a superhero without being constantly needy. Tom Welling sure looks the part of Superman and does a good job with the material he’s given. No doubt it would be a challenge to accept the magnitude of such powers and decide how best to use them. Unfortunately the writers and showrunners have opted to have Clark Kent wallowing in angst and self-doubt seemingly forever. 10 years in and this guy still lacks self confidence and resolve; honestly it’s hard to believe. When the series debuted show creators vowed “no tights, no flights” and that made sense; young Clark had to earn his stripes as it were and part of the appeal of the series was watching how he got there. However, you’re telling me after stringing the audience along all these years we have to wait until the last episode to finally see him in the iconic Superman suit…why? The whole “The Blur” persona Clark adopts is just dumb by this point except for the fact that they still won’t let him fly. His cousin Supergirl can fly but Clark (other than once in an alternative universe) can’t do it. He must have asbestos shoes with all that ‘super speed’ running around. Finally, making Kryptonite in it’s various forms (green, red, blue, etc.) so damn ubiquitous that nearly everybody’s got some meteor rock in their pocket gets old. Clark’s got powers but they’re so often neutralized by some evil doer who just happens to have some “K” on them that really this Superman’s more a “Man of Pudding” than of steel. Maybe he should just relocate where the meteor didn’t land and fight crime from there? There’s a lot of romance going on which seems excessive. We’ve got Chloe and Oliver, then there’s Lois and Clark engaged and getting married, there’s Tess and Emil, maybe and Aquaman and Mera, and I forget who else. Of course Lois dated Oliver, and she date Aquaman, and others- the girl got around is all I’m saying. All of this leads to lots of goo-goo eyed gazes and lengthy soliloquies about who loves who and not a whole lot of crime fighting. Clearly the production team was trying to keep the female demographic engaged. The finale provides the closure that long time fans deserved having Clark Kent put on the suit and become Superman. After saving the earth from the ‘Apokolips’ and now finally flying we see Clark back at the Daily Planet in his lame disguise. There’s another emergency and now bumbling Clark heads to the roof, tosses aside his glasses and runs to the camera ripping open his shirt exposing the iconic “S” on his suit accompanied by the majestic John Williams Superman theme from the old “Superman the Movie” and that's the final shot. If you’re a fan, it doesn’t get any better than that. Glad I took the time to reconnect and see the how it wrapped up.

Good family show

Clark has a dagger made from blue kryptonite in him and Lois pulls it out and throws it away where Clark heals after seeing is death in a dream given by his Kryptonian father. Clark faces a clone version of Lex where he has to save Lois in Smallville and the people of Metropolis and he finds out that he can go faster than he ever did before. Lois leaves Clark for a job in Africa because she does not want to hurt him. Clark gets a visit from Jonathan Kent and they talk about what is coming and Jonathan gives him encouragement that he will prevail. Chloe uses the Fate helmet and gives herself as a trade for Oliver. Carter goes to Africa to keep a eye on Lois as a favor to Clark and talks her to come back because Clark needs her. Clark meets Brainiac 5 who shows Clark that he needs to let go of his guilt to move forward using the Legion ring because Brainiac 5 is from the future. Tess finds a Lex clone and brings him home to love him and name him Alexander. Clark tells Lois his secret and they grow in their relationship and he realizes that Lois saved him by removing the dagger from him. Clark finds himself in a parallel universe when he uses a mirror box and changes places with another Clark and sees what it would be like in an upside down world where he is a Luthor and Lionel is still alive and Lois does not love him but is with Oliver. Clark gets displaced again when the other Clark uses the mirror box and sends Clark to his world and Jonathan Kent tries to kill him until Clark convinces him that he is not the same Clark. Carter gives his life to save Lois and at the funeral all the people are rendered unconscious. Chloe comes back and every is freed from virtual reality where they could lose their powers when she plugs in to get them out. Clark is the only one who has a hard time believing that he is in the real world and has to find his trust in Chloe again before it is too late. Clark learns that he has to disguise himself to be able to save people in the spotlight so Clark becomes the disguise. Clark and Oliver get sent to the Phantom Zone and find Zod there in his body where he makes Clark and Oliver fight but Clark is able to use that as a distraction to get Zod's crystal to escape the zone. Lois gets a chance to have Clark's power when Jor-El gives her powers so she can understand what Clark goes through. The final episode has Chloe reading the Smallville story to her son. Lois and Clark are getting ready for the wedding and read each others vows which is them the strength to go through with the wedding but just when Lois is putting the ring on Clark, Chloe notices that it is made from gold kryptonite which would take away all of Clark's powers forever and knocks it out of Lois' hand. Oliver turns on Clark but he is able to bring him back from the darkness. Clark sees his father again and he gives Clark the suit and Clark finally learns how to fly. Clark goes to the top of the Daily Planet and changes into the suit and in the background the Superman theme plays. This is a great addition to the Smallville collection.

これで最後かと思うと残念です。1-10迄だいたいみましたが　アメリカらしい　いい作品だと思います

飽くまでも、このドラマはスーパーマンではなく、それまでの過程のドラマゆえに、ラストでクラークがスーツを初めて着る場面がオールCGという事で、アメリカではブーイングもあったそうだが、監督が言うように、スーツ姿は遠目でも、サービスショットであり、スーツ姿は観る人達のイメージに委ねる、という考え方には賛成だ。10年間ものロングラン達成は記念すべきもので、賞賛に値する。次回はスーパーガールのセカンドシーズンにて、スーパーマンと再会出来るようだ。

英語の字幕で大切なところだけ辞書を引きながら試聴しました。ストーリーはクライマックスへ…。

吹替えを販売してほしいです 出たら絶対買います 作品には☆5 作品が出ないことには☆1です

ついにファイナルシーズンです！　本当にもう終わるの？普通に再生出来て良かった！見れました！　お値段も安いので大満足ですが、プラスチックケースに注意しないと壊れやすいですｗ　ケースを開けるときに壊れやすいですｗ　主役は太り気味でオッサンですが、ほかのキャラクターは筋肉質でも細くて綺麗、そして芸達者なので感心してしまいます。芸のレベルが高い！ﾌｧｯｼｮﾝも素敵だし砂漠で撮影したり、セットやロケにお金がかかっている感じがします。　ライオネルも登場します！