TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

James Simms In regards to the show "Smallville" it was a case of having a show off to a good start then as time passes the show slowly loses it's potentials by jumping the shark more than a few times where it just gone downhill all the way up to the final season, aleast to my prospective.If I recall the premise of the show suppose to involve a teenage Clark Kent discovering his powers and where he's is really from while in the process dealing with typical & not-so-typical issues/troubles through out his teen years as he slowly start his journey to become the future hero that he will be destined to be along with the trials that he has to endure on the way.On a personal note I watch the show from the start of season 1 all the way to the end of season 7 and there's good reasons why I stop watching before the last three seasons came along.I'll start with some good parts of the show... Clark discover/develops a new power in almost every season. Clark & Lex started off as friends before becoming future enemies. Clark slowly discovering/learning his Kryptonian heritage. Clarks learns to be a hero and uses his powers for good before taking on the mantle.Now here are some bad parts of the show (One's the made me stop watching)... The villain of the week routine, in a Superman origin show. Kryptonite effects people differently and gives them different powers depending on how the were exposed. Supporting characters frequently gets victimize by the villain of the week (While civilians also get killed by them). Too many Homages to films that were release around the time of the show's run (And a few films that came years before then) such as "The Fast and the Furious", "Hocus Pocus", "Face Off", "Twilight", "Saw", "The Bourne Identity" and even "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (In a Superman origin show). Meeting Justice League members before taking on the mantle (Bruce Wayne/Batman NOT being one of them). Meeting famous rogues gallery also before taking on the mantle. Clark already being Superman minus the costume. Jor-El (Aleast his A.I. anyways) being portray as somewhat antagonistic. Lois presented as a punching bag in a number of episodes. Clark & Lois engage before Clark toke on the mantle. Some plot moments from episodes are left unresolved. Almost every episode is center on action/suspense rather than the story (Probably just for the sake of gaining interest).I think this pretty much covers everything I feel towards "Smallville" and while I do acknowledge as well as appreciate what the show is trying to be and what it did to open the door for future DC based shows I believe that it should have stick to it's original premises through out it's run rather than going beyond that not to mention alter the Superman mythos from what was originally viewed or known for. Which was something that "Smallville" definitely blow it for me.While I don't recommended it to any hardcore Superman fans/DC Comics fans but they are still feel free to experience it themselves but just to see it as a somewhat of an else-world version of the Superman mythos rather than a unique interpretation of it.

Ross Tanner This show will go down in history as a one of a kind show. Not because of how well it told the story of young Clark Kent learning to become Superman, or it's great story lines which were very good in my opinion, but because it set the standard for other shows that proceeded it including Arrow, the flash, super girl and so forth. While it is not the best superhero show in the world and does have it flaws (Particularly with character and outcome, it does have shinning moments. Enough for me to give it a 10.

Paul Kelly Under the guise of an origin story of the most iconic & powerful hero in Comics; this tale of a pre-pubescent teen built like a tank & filled with angst hiding a secret that he tells everyone except his lifelong crush Lana Lang absolutely destroys the mythos of the character and ultimately, any respect I could possibly have for him.I never read any of the source material before or after watching this show so my impression of these characters are based entirely on their representation in it; Superman is supposed to represent "Truth, Justice and the American Way" (...at least, I think he is) but most of what we see is him lying to absolutely everyone around him over and over again while kind-of-but-not-really executing people with powers whenever they try to hurt the people he spends his time lying to.The biggest victim is Lana Lang - I had no idea the "American Way" of Dating involved psychologically torturing your long-time-crush by consistently lying to her (even way after she's already told you she can tell you're a liar) and letting her go while stalking her at the same time, getting into the middle of all of her attempts to build a normal life... to the point where she's driven into the arms of (conceivably) the worst person on the face of the planet.Top this with the fact he slept with her and proposed to her and NEVER told her the biggest secret he has: he was passively responsible for the death of her parents, which haunted her until she met him and he started psychologically torturing her soo much she never had time to think about them anymore.He loses his powers and basically sprints into bed with her then completely abandons her the moment he gets them back - and he NEVER tells her the entire truth!! She ends up finding out after other aliens come searching for "Kal-El" and she slowly starts piecing the story together, but it's never stated whether she figures out his connection to her parents death or just remains oblivious to it forever.After like 6 seasons she finally figures it all out, begins a relationship and becomes happy... only to be filled with Kryptonite (literally) and 'Put on a Bus' forever!! Then Mr. "I make the most noble decisions every time" instantly falls in love with some other chick, Lois!It's a lot like Romeo & Juliet... Romeo was totally in love with some other girl before he met Juliet and completely destroyed her life in like 3 days.Watching 'Smallville' as a kid absolutely made me want to be a better and more benevolent person... better than Clark Kent is anyway; I really did enjoy watching it for that "wow, what a hero!" feeling but if I spent any time thinking about it I always came up with better ways for him to deal with the situations he was in that involved less deception and manipulation.He's just a filthy liar, trying to protect himself from the thoughts in his head... even if the public reacted badly to his 'immigrant' status - what the hell could they do? Just don't tell them about the whole Kryptonite thing and you're golden!I will say some positive stuff about it soon, but I wanna complain about how shows are put on DVD... after like half a season I was soo sick of that damn theme song playing over and over every 40 minutes that I started skipping the opening scenes: fast forwarding until the theme song ended. I truly do believe that a DVD should open with the theme playing over the menu, you hit play and the episodes play - a title card pops up with credits instead of the opening sequence and all closing credits for every episode on the disc are played in a big list at the end of each disc (or in a menu). I'm just gonna skip it otherwise and I'll never know who was responsible for making it, ever.Also, no-one ever really did any schoolwork; they just went to a building called 'school' occasionally.I did love the chemistry between Clark, Lana, Pete & Chloe plus the Kent Family was really well established as a solid support network for a pathological liar to grow up in. The episodes with Christopher Reeve were standouts in my opinion as well as the ones where Red Kryptonite was used and Superman stopped lying to everyone for twenty minutes.A lot of people liked Lex Luthors portrayal in this series but I think the standout was his Father, Lionel, who remained intellectually consistent until his demise... Lex was sometimes quoting "The Art of War" and sometimes acting like a five year old who was just realizing that Teddy Bears represent something much more dangerous.I have watched the entire series like 3 times but I'd only recommend that someone else watch it once...

Mark Harris Excellent use of music, some surprisingly good acting. Beautiful sets, at least within the budget constraints. So what's wrong? How about the worst writing ever, at least in prime-time. OMG, bad bad writing. Brain-damaging bad writing... I kept watching because I was invested in the actors. I enjoyed the use of music. I got into Lifehouse because of this show. I bought the two Smallville albums. John Schneider, Allison Mack, John "The Magnificent Bastard" Glover, Micheal Rosenbaum, all deserved so much more. Kristen Kreuk, so beautiful. And many more. Really a terrific cast. All spoiled by horrific brain-dead writing. And this after avoiding the whole "You seriously couldn't tell Clark Kent and Superman are the same person?" mess. The premise of the show was "no flights, no tights" which worked well and saved a lot of money. The show is watchable if you just want to have fun and avoid questions at all costs. You also have to skip Season 4 or watch it separately if you value your sanity. That's OK, events in that season are never referred to again anyway. Not even a shower scene like in "Dallas"! That's asking too much of Millar and Gough, who are the real villains of the piece...