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Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

newstarshipsmell — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:23:56 PDT

I really hope Welling lacks the dignity/needs the money bad enough to don spandex this fall so I can stop watching.

newstarshipsmell

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

LicenseFarm — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:23:01 PDT

The biggest mistake Warners ever made was that they thought they could have two Superman franchises at once. The sensible thing would have been to eventually have Tom Welling become Superman in the movies, but WB was so anxious to have movies that they jumped the gun and now we have two mediocre versions thereof.

I knew it was over for Smallville halfway through the third season in the episode that Lex loses his shit and Clark has to save him in full view. When it was done I turned to my old roommate and said, "This show will never have an episode better than this one." All subsequent eps to which I've been subjected have borne out this suspicion.

I don't know how I'd make Doomsday work on the show, but if Welling wants out his "death" might be the ideal transition. They could even do a Reign of the Supermen storyline to reboot the whole series with Kon-El/Conner Kent as the second Superboy.

LicenseFarm

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Torley — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:12:26 PDT

I don't this *this* particular continuity's Clark/Superman is experienced enough to fight Doomsday, yet! Doomsday's supposed to be uber-adaptive and resilient; wonder if they're going to CG him up significantly. *Not* that it would be a bad thing, necessarily, but I can't see a man in a rocky-looking suit pull it off convincingly without some assistance.

Torley

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

markcheng — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:11:11 PDT

i really enjoy smallville. wonder how it'll do without Lex. I wish Lana left the show a long time ago tho.

markcheng

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

ithidet — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:30:47 PDT

@Plague: nope

ithidet

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

br4nd0n — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:41:48 PDT

@TheKeyMaster:

and what's so messed about this is that you're probably right!

br4nd0n

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

darcymcgee — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:03:24 PDT

@JennaW: Perfect, Jenna. Absolutely perfect.

darcymcgee

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

TheKeyMaster — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:34:10 PDT

here's a question...who's Clark gonna fight once he eventually becomes Superman??? Doomsday? Are you kidding? They're gonna totally cock this up. They're gonna put him in human form and make him a gigantic terd burger. Boooo!

TheKeyMaster

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

donkeyjote — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:05:10 PDT

Emo Prime anyone?

donkeyjote

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Spoony Bard — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:56:06 PDT

@JennaW: We can only hope. I'm so goddamn sick of this show. So were Gough and Millar, apparently.

Spoony Bard

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

JennaW, Internet Tough Girl — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:51:39 PDT

PS -- I hope the rest of the series is one episode long.

Doomsday kills Clark.

Fade to black.

JennaW, Internet Tough Girl

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Dead Air ummm Dead Air — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:51:12 PDT

@Priam: I got a hunch Smallville is a little below The Rock's career right now, oddly enough.

All of the previous wrestler guest spots were sort of synergy when Smackdown was on the CW. Now that Smackdown is leaving the network next season I'd imagine they'd get some Vin Disel rip off to play Doomsday.

Unless you're being sarcastic and I totally missed the point...

Dead Air ummm Dead Air

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

JennaW, Internet Tough Girl — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:51:11 PDT

I have so much hate for this show. It is such an appalling mediocrity--AND it's a case study in why thinking in terms of "franchise" is fatal to both creativity and quality.

JennaW, Internet Tough Girl

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Gospel X — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:48:52 PDT

Maybe they'll end the series with Doomsday slaying Superman and Luthor getting the materials together to clone the Man of Steel with aspects of his own DNA in it...

Gospel X

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Fwiffo — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:31:53 PDT

I had a passing interest in Smallville back when it was Dawson's Creek With Really Fast Running. Now it's as bad as a comic for fanwank and convoluted plotlines.

Fwiffo

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

TheAlmanac — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:29:03 PDT

I keep holding out hope for Smallville (which should've renamed itself Metropolis a long time ago), as it has a fascinating tendency to be both a good series and a bad series at the same time, but I still think having Doomsday on is a ridiculous idea...

TheAlmanac

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

MickyK — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:28:03 PDT

Smallville never really caught my attention. I'm suprised there even enough people to keep the ratings for 7 years

MickyK

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Priam — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:17:16 PDT

@Dead Air ummm Dead Air: Has the Rock done smallville yet? I would imagine they would go with a WWF wrestler or former WWF wrestler.

Priam

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

darcymcgee — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:39:27 PDT

Perhaps he hasn't run OUT of diabolical schemes, perhaps he ran INTO good taste.

darcymcgee

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:38:24 PDT

Moff: There is a homeless guy around the corner from my house that could easily pass as Doomsday.

Meredith Woerner

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Dead Air ummm Dead Air — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:32:29 PDT

@moff: He'll just be a body builder with tats. Bet on it.

Dead Air ummm Dead Air

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

dirtybacon — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:27:26 PDT

@ElijahDProphet: crap, you beat me to it!

dirtybacon

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

dirtybacon — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:27:07 PDT

I'd imagine michael will be happy just to be able to grow his hair out.

dirtybacon

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

ElijahDProphet — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:17:16 PDT

That is about the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time. Rosenbaum should have bailed from this sinking ship much sooner. Nobody will recognize him with hair after this long...

ElijahDProphet

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Log1c — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:15:14 PDT

@BadThingUS: You got that right. I watched this for whatever reason because Scrubs was on commercial, and Holy God wtf did they do! Small town superman was cool, now its just fucking weird.

Log1c

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

moff — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:59:39 PDT

I hope they change his appearance a little, or Doomsday's gonna look really out of place in Smallville. Or I guess they could just move the show to the West Village.

moff

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

BadThingUS — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:55:41 PDT

Oh, for the love of mike. Just end this damn show already!

BadThingUS

Lex Luthor Leaves Smallville, Makes Way For Two New Villains

Plague — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:53:15 PDT

I think the real question is: does anyone care?

Plague