TV: Smallville

[Munsu]

Just read around about that... I'm not sure Smallville can do without him. They really need to find another villian to build around new arcs. What others are there in the Superman stories? Doomsday?
Also, I read a story the other day that Supergirl will be appearing next season. Any of you guys have any ideas on who'd be a good Supergirl. Let me try to hunt down the story so you guys can get a description of the character.

Edit: Well, the story seems to contain a few spoilers... so just imagine a sixteen year old chick playing the part.

[SamuraiOdin]

Just read around about that... I'm not sure Smallville can do without him. They really need to find another villian to build around new arcs. What others are there in the Superman stories? Doomsday?
Also, I read a story the other day that Supergirl will be appearing next season. Any of you guys have any ideas on who'd be a good Supergirl. Let me try to hunt down the story so you guys can get a description of the character.

Edit: Well, the story seems to contain a few spoilers... so just imagine a sixteen year old chick playing the part.

Honestly, I'd like season 7 to be the last we see of Luthor and then if they continue on to season 8 as the final season it'd be nice to see a final development into the Superman persona. Where he stops focusing on the issues that he caused/revolve around Smallville, and starts protecting the general populace. Maybe even see the introduction of flight and the costume.

If they cast a new villain though... it'd be tough to say who'd make a good one. With Luthor and Brainiac already played out, and with Doomsday being his equal at the height of his adult powers (so probably not a good match for Smallville, not to mention he's a mindless killing machine. Same reasoning against Darkseid), it'd be interesting to see him play out a confrontation with Intergang. It could also allow Smallville to open up Clark's powers into his persona of Superman (by having him realize that there are global problems/villains that he could devote himself to combating instead of sitting on the farm). Not to mention that they wouldn't have to cast one main villain, but rather could convert it to multiple characters working for Intergang, allowing the creators to spread Intergang throughout Season 8. The only other villain I could see them using (and it would have to be a REALLY toned down version) would be Mongul and the introduction of Warworld or some variation. Even then though, I think that'd be more problematic then anything else.

[iMUSTbeTHEdevil]

Crazy little fact that I just figured out. Michael Rosenbaum does the voice for the Flash on Justice League Unlimited. That is crazy I didnt know that. -dg-

[Knives122]

You didn't know that, I've known that since the first season of Jutice League.

You have much to learn young padawan.

[Assassin]

I think bizzaro would be the logical villan after lex, considering he's already been introduced and stuff. Plus it would be a good way to for clark to confront his dark side and really see the damage he could do if he's not careful.

[Munsu]

Well Supergirl has been cast: Laura Vandervoort.
You can check her out here:
http://imdb.com/name/nm0888882/ Looks nice...

[Yukimura]

I think bizzaro would be the logical villan after lex, considering he's already been introduced and stuff. Plus it would be a good way to for clark to confront his dark side and really see the damage he could do if he's not careful.

That would be nice, but Smallville tradition is for every obstacle generated during season finale to be completely resolved in the next season's premier. From Bud's link we know that Supergirl will be showing up in the opener, which seem to me like a good way to help Clark deal with Bizarro. He may not be completely eliminated, since that would take pissing on the original story to another level (though Braniac did set a precedent for this), but I strongly doubt he's going to be a threat by the end of the first ep of the season.

[Shadow Skill]

Lol, they showed that commercial tonight "New Angel with perky wings." For the cream cheese stuff.

[Zati]

Smallville Season 7 premiere date is September 27th, and we'll finally get to see the new Supergirl. And nice, it's another Canadian girl, just like Lana and Lois, heh. Lots of Canadian beauties.

Here's Laura as Supergirl :
Supergirl

[Paulyboy]

Lol Canadian women are hot, so is the new supergirl. Im gonna have to visit

[Yukimura]

She's plenty hot but she doesn't really fit the SuperGirl character. She's too mature looking, she looks like she's Clarks equal in terms of experience so either they'll write the character accurately and have her look awkwardly mature for someone that should be looking to Clark for guidance, or they'll make her his peer but really unrefined and rash, thus trampling the story a little bit more.

[Munsu]

Why should she be looking for Clark for guidance? It depends on what you're talking about experience, she should know much more about the supernatural powers than Clark does just because of the fact that she was raised in Krypton. Now, if you're talking about day to day life experiences, especially now on Earth, then yeah. I don't mind she looking "mature", plenty of poeple in real life look older than they should, nothing for me to concern myself about.

Anyways, here are some more pictures:
http://www.tv.com/smallville/show/1718/photos.html

[Yukimura]

I've forgotten much of my Superman lore but I remember that on Krypton Kryptonians didn't have any special powers...at least not naturally. Did the Kryptonians invent yellow-sun machines or something so they could artificially use the powers they'd get from being on planets with yellow suns?

[Assassin]

soo...any thoughts on the season premier?

it felt kinda...incomplete. I dunno, i guess things just wrapped up a little too nicely, in too short a time. I wanted to see a bigger battle between clark and bizzarro. Atleast something more then just an uppercut. He should've atleast flew/jumped after him after the punch and beat him down some more, or like catapult him towards the sun in midair. that would've been kool to see.

Lana being alive is no surprise...but chloe on the other hand did sneak up on me. i was fully expecting her to stay dead. Its kind of a bitter sweet scenario. on the one hand her death which seemed like a big thing in the finale is just kinda 'meh' now. but on the other hand it indicates that her power is something more then just lifesaving tears, which i thought was totally gay. Lionel is also a mystery...or rather, lionels secret savior. I wonder who it was and where they took him.

Lastly, supergirl....i like her character, she looks good as supergirl. Im curious about how she suddenly appeared though. I dont know her comic book background, but i remember seeing a supergirl movie a looong time ago (like, late 80's, early 90's) where she also appears out of the ocean or something....apparently instead of clark who came from outer space, she was from something called 'inner space'. Im not sure if thats something they just made up for the movie, or if thats from the original comics. But seeing her in the water like that was interesting. And what's the deal with that bangle/arm bracelet she was looking at. I looked sorta like the thing wonder woman wears. Well, lets see how things develop this season.

Edit: oh and this scene was totally hot.

[Yukimura]

I suspect the bracelet was a keepsake from home (Krypton), I noticed she looked somewhat depressed as she was putting it on. I remember in Superman TAS and Justice League Unlimited a recurring theme with Supergirl was that since she grew up on Krypton she missed her old lifestyle since Earth was so primitive by comparison. The bracelet may even containing some technological properties like Jor-El's S symbol thing and the ship key.

As to the Bizzaro fight it was annoying that it ended so quickly, but it kept to the Smallville tradition that all plots left hanging in the season finale of a season are completely closed up by the following season premier, which then spawns new plots that will pop up over the course of that season. Zod, the Crystal of Knowledge, the second meteor shower, they all followed this formula.

[Munsu]

Bizarro really couldn't have lasted. He was practically Clark and had he lasted it would've pretty much prevented him from becoming the reporter persona in the future and would've brought too much attention to himself and his powers.
Coming to the season, I thought that Supergirl would become a fun character and an instant ally to Clark, although bringing him a bit of trouble with his friends and the public. But from what I saw in the preview it seems that she might actually cause some real havoc, at least in the beginning. She seemed a bit cold and serious, so I wonder what's going through her mind.

[Assassin]

A few things regarding ep 3.....first, since when did lana know about clark? I mean, i know she knew, but i remember clark ever telling her anyhting himself....how did she know that he was from krypton and stuff? Did clark spill his guts out last season and i just dont remember?

Secnod, that black guy working for Lex...isn't he the same dude that played one of Zod's soldiers a few seasons back? One of the 2 kryptonians that came to earth during the second meteor shower?

Also, it turns out theres another kryptonian out there, and he's been around for some time. Wonder who he/she could be. I can't recall anyone from the original superman storyline besides superman and supergirl who survived krypton's explosion. Any ideas from the more learned DC fans?

Lastly, i gotta say im loving the Lex storyline. His inner battle between good and evil, and the implication that him being evil could be a result of clark's secretive nature, its awesome. The smallville series has given his character alot of background and depth that no other series has even touched.

[Yukimura]

I'm pretty sure the Black Kryptonian was the same actor that played D.L on Heroes. Either him or someone who looks a lot like him. His name was Nam'Ek or some variant of that if you want to look it up. The guy working for lex is a lot less bulky.

As to Lana I don't think he told her everything either, but she might have put two and two together because she she saw the two Kryptonians wreaking havoc and his powers are similar.

And an offhand gripe I had, their attempts to make fights between Clark and meteor freaks seem dangerous are starting to get pathetic. It's always Clark shows up, meteor freak uses a cool but ineffective power, kryptonite magically appears, Clark gets screwed, Clark gets saved. I guess last season messed up my expectations because his opponents actually fought him on a level enough playing field to be interesting.

[Munsu]

The guy working for Lex I'm pretty sure is the trainer of the rich crippled guy in Dark Angel.

[Assassin]

And an offhand gripe I had, their attempts to make fights between Clark and meteor freaks seem dangerous are starting to get pathetic. It's always Clark shows up, meteor freak uses a cool but ineffective power, kryptonite magically appears, Clark gets screwed, Clark gets saved. I guess last season messed up my expectations because his opponents actually fought him on a level enough playing field to be interesting.

Ya, i couldn't agree more. I hate how the kryptonite is just fucking everywhere. It wont show up during day to day activities, but soon as a fight starts, theres a shit load of kryptonite hidden just inches beneath the ground. Its about time clark started slapping around these small fries.

And on that note, i loved how kara bitch slapped that tornado chick into a wall 20 feet away.