Peter, you just love taking pot shots at Smallville, which you admit you haven't seen in five or six years. I assure you, it's quite entertaining and not nearly as dreadful as you seem to think it is.

Wrong, I have seen it since. I've tried to watch an episode or two, even one in the last season... it's pretty damn bad.

Welp, they did in fact film it as a two parter so that's the best we'll get for the 2 hour long movie aspect so it'll make sense. I do remember that 5 or 6 years ago Peter went soft.

I understand that Smallville could be a guilty pleasure, but if you think it is good television, you're hardcore lying to yourself

That last sentence in your post sounds dirty.

Minus 2 respect for Peter's hardcore comment.

Just because you don't think its "quality television" doesn't make it a guilty pleasure.

It may not be "quality" television, and I did stop watching after season five, but, hey, I have seen episodes since then. And also from this new season. And it's ain't a guilty pleasure. I'm watching regularly again.

We appreciate and respect your taste, insight and opinion Peter, but don't slam your readers.

I agree. I really enjoyed the first 3 season (4 was mixed), since then I have watched it just because I started it and I enjoy some small moments here and there, but from a neutral perspective its pretty bad.

The writing gets iffy sometimes, but Welling's Clark is great and I love some of the overall ideas. It's funny that it is some of the big ideas that torque purist off the most. Superpowed Lana is heinous, unless she is an insect queen, then everything would be alright. LOL.

I have to confess that I actually watch smallville. But damn Peter, you're SO right about this show. It is indeed terrible!

Not only that, but I also speak as a Superman fan. I love comics Superman and seriously the only explanation they can give to this "version" is that this is from a parallel universe, because this is not freaking superman!

Supposing he actually wear the bloody cape one day, how would Lois not tell he's Clark? And also, Superman disguise isn't the bloody glasses, it's his clumsiness. The fact that you would think he would be the last guy in earth to be Superman. Tom Welling's Clark is too "Cool" of a guy for you not to link the 2 together.

Any way, I went overboard. But damn you're SO right, Peter.

i thankfully disagree with you wholeheartedly 100% - other wise i'd be missing a really fun show - & the best kent/superman since reeves.

There have been parts that are legitimately good tv, but the show is just too damn inconsistent with quality and continuity, and the acting is TERRIBLE. After 9 years playing the characters, you'd think they'd be able to pull it off. Nope. I stopped watching after the move to Friday nights, since I have better things to do (ie Stargate Universe).

I agree. Peter, we love ya, but you could always report the news without taking a crap on the product. Some people might actually be excited about this.

If you wanted the "news" on entertainment, then why in God's name are you reading a blog? You know the whole blog=opinion, I mean you DO remember don't you?

Wow you are so totally right! Now I remember! Thanks for taking a moment out of your busy life to point out my error! What a dummy I am! Oh wait. Isn't this the News section and not the Reviews section?

Just doing my job Robin, just doing my job.

my reason for watching this is that it's written by Geoff Johns. i'm curious on how the Flash and Shazam movie scripts he's working on are going. i think bill birch (shazam) said it's going awesome or something.

Yes, Birch said something like that recently.

Dear executives of moving picture media.

Please stop with the super hero thing while you are ahead. (forgetting Daredevil, Electra, Fantastic 4, Fantastic 4-2, Hulk, The Incredible Hulk, Watchmen, Superman Returns.....). The genro-movie/TV show is now Vampires....so get with the program.

And young boys are back to liking Star Wars and Lego. The only super heroes they may (MAY!) care about are: Spiderman, X-men and Batman (ONLY!!!!....none of this other crap). All the other well known super heroes are gone and people will not go see movie and watch shows with dumb no-name clowns.

Lesser, but still kinda known superheroes that only comic fan boys (which there are not a lot of anymore...just so you know) and their moms may know are also not acceptable. Flash, Green Hornet, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Shazzam, Thor, Marvel-Girl etc....are all terrible plans....stop them now.

Get with the program. Make sexy vampires that fight/love things and be prepared for the next craze...which is probably going to be ninjas again (get more TMNT and Power Ranger movies ready to go).

Love,
-Peter-

so a lesser known hero called iron man making about
erm.... $600million means that superhero movies are dead

and the dark knight becoming the second highest grossing film ever
also supports your theory

and just to prove your point futher
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant making about $13million against a 40 million budget proves vampires are profitable

Oh my god, i think this guy is a Twilight fan!!

"Flash, Green Hornet, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Shazzam, Thor, Marvel-Girl etc....are all terrible plans"

He's right. Don't kill the messenger. They will all bomb terribly. There are maybe 800,000 comic book readers in the US. And that's for the biggest titles. Most superheroes have about 5,000 readers. The 800,000 is enough to get a Daredevil-sized box office. Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Superman, and Batman have all had decades of tv shows and cartoons followed by millions of views, which is why they can grow beyond the comicbook ghetto. Movie studios have already reached the bottom of the barrell in terms of name recognition of superheroes the public gives a fig about.

Iron Man. That's the clencher. The fact that people saw Iron Man shows that, at least some, lesser comic book movies can thrive.

You just cant rely on "people wont care because they dont know the character" its a dumb argument. Like the wise Simon Pegg once said "Who cared about Indiana Jones before Raiders of the Lost Ark?" he was a brand new character and he still came out of the gate awesome.
When the character is lesser-known, you can only rely on actual craft from the movie to make it crossover.

Iron Man was a cartoon seen by far more people than ever read the comic book. All the big superhero movies first had a tv show to pave the way. Even that doesn't always help. Look at Hulk's numbers. But without the tv show, the superhero doesn't penetrate to the wider audience. Hello Ghost Rider and Spirit. Transformers has a comic book too, but nobody went to the movies because of it. They went for the tv show.

Yannick, I don't know exactly what you're disagreeing on. I wasn't saying people won't care because they don't know the character, I was saying people saw Iron Man, and by all accounts he wasn't a wildly popular hero before the movie. Hell, most of my friends call me a comic book geek, and I didn't know who Tony Stark was (granted, I'm more steeped in DC, not Marvel). So all I'm saying is that just because people DON'T know a character doesn't mean the movie will flop, which was insinuated above.

As to the Iron Man cartoon, I don't remember too many people watching that. It certainly wasn't a hot topic amongst my friends when we were younger, and I know the audience wasn't nearly large enough to match up with everybody who saw that movie.

Ghost Rider did okay in theaters (115 million domestic), but that movie sucked ass. It's problem wasn't it's obscurity, it's that the movie was God awful.

Everyone thought IRON MAN was going to be a disaster until that ComiCon trailer and then IRON MAN went through the roof. What IRONMAN, SPIDERMAN, XMEN, DARK KNIGHT have in common? Directors that loved the source material and that were intent on making a great film. I feel like many of the other movies are just attempts to cash in on the "latest thing."

The only one of the current wave of Marvel/DC movies that sounds interesting is the THOR one, b/c of Branagh at the helm and the interesting array of actors he's getting.

star wars- for fags

them's fightin words pal

I read this post (-peter-) and thought it was sarcasm?

Sounds cool. This came back from death last season I'm really enjoying this year. I'm sure Geoff Johns will do a pretty damn good work just like "Legion".

I started watching in season 6, went through the writers' strike of season 7, and am now enjoying this season as the best of all. I love the show now more than ever. Maybe it's because I missed all the Lana years that I seem to have less hang ups with the show than the old fans. The main issue on talkboards nowadays is with bitter Chloe fans who thought she would become Lois. I don't understand where that started, but that seems to be what all the buzz is about now.

Smallville is a great show.

Well i have been a fan of the series since it premiered over 9 years ago. Sure at times the show has been bad and other times it has been good. The series has changed over time with the show maturing and plots changing. With characters killed off/written off and new characters brought in. So far this season their 9th season has been pretty well. Story is going nicely, visually looks great and good character development.

I am happy that the two parter jsa episodes will be airing together. I think its a smart move for the Cw. This will surely get a big ratings boost. I cant wait to see how the episodes turn out.

I'm not sure about the ratings boost. Wouldn't it be better to have two separate shows/weeks to boost ratings rather than one big event? Doesn't sweeps last a whole month?

I watched the first season and then stopped watching it. I recently started watching this season and honesty: It's pretty awesome! It takes place in metropolis and it's darker. You should give it a try.

The series was at its peak after season 5. "SPOILER"-The episode of Jonathan's death is in the top 5 of the series. Season's 6,7, and 8 left much to be desired. Season nine so far out of ten, ten being the best, is a 5 or 6. Maybe this two hour thing could help. However, for a Friday show, it's got "good" ratings. I've always been for more more more, but this show, would be great if they brought Rosenbaum back for the last two episodes of the season and ended it with Clark becoming Superman, stoping a season 10. But for some reason, I have a strange, uncomfortable feeling that Season 10 will happen and hopefully 10 is the end. I'll always say I love this show, but they're seriously milking the cow. It's dry now. Start to walk away.

Wait a sec -- you're saying this show has had nine seasons and Clark Kent is STILL not Superman? I say this as someone who has never watched the show except for brief moments while channel surfing.

Is he in high school during all nine seasons? How old is he? When does he move to Metropolis or build his Fortress of Solitude?

He lives in Metropolis now and has the fortress of solitude built.
Hes working at the Daily Planet and has created a superhero identity that is known by the public even though Clark has yet to show his face publicly.

I think the show is massively entertaining and great fun, despite being quite dumb sometimes. The showrunners change has been a breath of fresh air for it, the show finally embraced its cheese aspects and stopped being ashamed of being superhero action adventure.

Its been freed from a half-baked "serious" vibe that had been choking the show in season 5 and 6.

Everything about it is better and it feels more like the show it shouldve always have been. Altough I cant imagine itd make new converts now.

What are you talking about? Season 5 was GREAT. Johnathan Kent's death and aftermath could make a stone cry. That was seriously great tv there.

Jonathan's death was quite an affecting moment--in fact, that is the strenght of Smallville; they create great moments. They require you to almost delete the rest of the show around and what lead up to those.

But the rest of that season is pretty forgettable. Like the interminable Lana-relationship stuff, fuzzy Brainiac plotlines.

I guess it was better than season 6 with that awful wedding storyline.

I stopped watching after season 5 also. But it seems to have gotten better, and they have been getting away from "formula" writing.

I just started watching smallville this past spring and I love it a lot!!!! I'm super excited for Geoff Johns two episode mini movie, it's gonna be great!

Smallville is an incredibly bad show. But like someone mentioned already, it has it's moments. Like the pic in the article as an example that episode and that moment shown in the pic were probably the best of the series. They really lost something cruicial to the show when they lost Michael, but the show still has random moments of decentness.. and I really expect the 2 hours of JSA to be pretty awesome, especially if they bring all the members of JLA back.

Smallville is a terrible terrible television show.

What? What are you a hanna montana fan? Smallville's one of the last decent things on telivision these days since the medium's declined into soulless bullshit, for lack of a more intelligent words yall smart folk use. I know I'm getting old when I see how kids gobble up today's garbage... well let me teach you young ones something. When I was a small fry myself back in 2002, I started watching smallville and it WAS MY LIFE I loved it as much as I loved superman the movie. Too bad things went south for the series but I knew it would happen since it always does to any show that's on for a long time but watch the first 3 seasons and call it a terrible show. That's right you can't because those first few seasons were excellent. Then it became a big pile of shit.

I'm not commenting on the quality of the show I'm just questioning why you would post a story about a tv show when your site mainly is about movie news and the post isn't even positive. Why post a negative story about a show you don't watch when it doesn't fit with your normal posts?

While I would agree Smallville has recently turned to less than high quality television, it still has some pretty great moments (the last episode was the first decent one in a while)... And was good up until season 6, so I take umbrage with the "5 or 6 years too late" comment! Seasons 1-3 were pretty great, all around. Recently, though, especially seasons 7-9... yikes (with a few glimmering moments).

The thing that has been true of Smallville is that it's capable of some great television, and then next week will do something horrendous. The writing is mind boggelingly inconsistent, and whether you keep watching or not really depends on which week you start. Cause if you start on one of the shitty weeks... Man, it's shitty. But if you see what it CAN be, you'll stick around. Especially if you're a supes fan.

just like the episode he wrote last year for smallville, these ones will rock. Geoff Johns can do no wrong.

dude come on man thats a really show man dont hate on it just cause ur not a smallville fan or superman who cares if the change stuff its business

Smallville is an awful, awful TV show and yet I still watch it religiously. There's a difference between a quality show, say Deadwood, and good television. Smallville is good television, but qualitatively? It's the pits.