Hi I'm Stephen Churay and I'm a Smallville junkie.
When it first came out I watched a few minutes of a show and decided it was to far from what I consider the mythos and waaay to Dawson's Creek. Last season they were going to air an episode with Christopher
Reeve. I thought, well I might watch that one episode.
Now I haven't missed the show since. I've also gone back and bought season one on DVD. THe show is an amalgam of Golden age, Superman the movie,
JB's _Man Of Steel_,along with some modern sensiblities thrown in. So, my question is, does anyone else have this addiction and if you do, The Christopher Reeve episode from season two should be part of a two hour Smallville Wednesday.

I watch it, though I missed the original Christopher Reeve episode, and being in Britain am a bit behind whats being shown in the States.

It's an enjoyable show even if it isn't exactly like any like any established version of Superman/Superboy.

It's fun as a kind of Elseworld type series. Though the only thing is of course when it gets shown on TV a lot of civilians will start accepting it as Gospel, then the trouble starts...

In it's defence I don't think it has ever claimed to be a faithful adaption. It is a bit confusing though that Ma Kent looks more like Lana Lang than Lana Lang does!

I just like freaking people out by telling them that Lana marries Pete and that Pete becomes President after Lex leaves office.

I'm watching it as they release each season on DVD. I loved season one and can't wait for may when season two is released.

Though the only thing is of course when it gets shown on TV a lot of civilians will start accepting it as Gospel, then the trouble starts...
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I love the show. Started out the same way with the Christopher Reeve episode and have not missed it since. This Wednesday is actually a new Christopher Reeve episode rather than a rerun, from what I heard.

I am just curious what trouble could start, though?

I am curious about one thing, though. With all the literary, iconic, mythic, and even real characters that have had multiple stories/movies/comics/tv show/etc made of them, does anyone think that the general population is used to some creative indulgences and changes that happens each time there is a new story/movie/comic/tv show/etc made? If the general population can accept it with stories of Eliott Ness, Ronald Reagan, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Romeo or Richard III, then why shouldn't they be able to accept it with Superman and the rest? Maybe we aren't giving "civilians" (I don't know exactly why, but that term has started to bother me for some reason) the credit that they deserve?

What do you think?

I thought Smallville was going to be crap at first. It seemed like a 90210-style teen drama. I didn't like some of the changes they made. (I am such a big MOS fan.) Finally I watched an episode and now I am hooked. Like you said, it blends many different Superman elements together. I missed the whole first season, but got it on DVD. It looks amazing in the DVD widescreen format.

Another TV show I watch and want to get on DVD---

I never saw this show when it first came out. But I recently started watching The Adventures of Superman on TV Land. Last night I saw an episode called "Crime Wave". It was great! The conclusion made me cheer out loud.

"I am just curious what trouble could start, though?"

The best example I can give is the black Kingpin in the Daredevil film. (And lets not debate that again here please!) Next thing you know the Kingpin turns up black in a cartoon. (Spider-Man?)

These little inaccuracies have a way of developing a life of their own.

As I said I look on Smallville as a sort of Elseworld and don't have a problem with it, but thats not too say it's sucess may not have far reaching effects...

There is also a SMALLVILLE comic, written at least in part by the TV screenwriters.

It's my understanding all stories in the SMALLVILLE comic take place within the TV-show continuity.

While Smallville seems to be a weird hybrid of post-crisis Superman and pre-crisis Superboy comics, I still find myself enjoying it every week in much the same way I enjoyed the Bixby/Ferigno Hulk series which was quite different from the comic.

The biggest complaint I hear from people I know is the "exotic" Lana Lang. Although oddly, they didn't seem to have a problem with an "exotic" looking Superman on Lois & Clark (and I have yet to see any TV or movie version of Superman featuring a Jimmy Olsen with blonde hair & freckles).

This week is actually the rerun of the season two
episode "Rosetta". There is a Christopher Reeve episode
for season three coming but I believe it will air
April 14. The episode is going to pit Dr. Swan against
Lionel Luthor. It ought to be great. If you saw the season two episode or you watch it this Wed. notice the John Williams Superman music playing in the backround. It will bring a tear to your eye.
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I haven't missed an episode since the UK premiere of Season 1.

For me it's great and works on a couple of levels. It's got great drama, writing and production but it also has lots of pathetically anal nods to those in the know.

My wife thinks it hilarous when I go into spasms about the slightest thing.

Of course the use of John Williams' original theme had me in tears (having said that - I can't actually hear the first 8 bars of that without tearing up and feeling that I've swallowed a bowling ball).

If you're not watching it - catch the re-runs start watching do anything you can but get on the Smallville train - it kicks BTVS ass anyday. (a subject of great debate in the Cookson household!).

The best example I can give is the black Kingpin in the Daredevil film. (And lets not debate that again here please!) Next thing you know the Kingpin turns up black in a cartoon. (Spider-Man?)

These little inaccuracies have a way of developing a life of their own.
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Ok, I admit that I haven't seen the Spider-Man cartoon. But, lets say a sweeping difference comes into being in a cartoon. That happens all the time. Every time a new project developes reusing an old source, it gets modified. The general public seems to accept it and move on and it doesn't seem to hurt the property. And, even when the new project is horrid, I have never seen someone look to the original source and hate it too. Just look at Superman IV.

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I would just like to point out that if it weren't for "little inaccuracies" from outside sources creeping into the Superman mythos, we wouldn't have Jimmy Olsen, Kryptonite, and Batman/Superman teamups, among other things.

I've been watching it since the first episode, and have really enjoyed it. I'm also an advocate of having Whelling play Superman in a movie. He's starting to look the part more and more.

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I also think Tom Welling would be great to see in a Superman movie. Much better than Nicholas Cage or Ashton Kutchner (sp?). Christopher Reeve said in an interview that he thought Tom would be good too.

I think Welling would have to start chugging some creatine though. I think he would need to bulk up a bit and get a shorter hair style.

If he does it gradually, it'll look like the natrual progression from Superboy to Superman.

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