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It's probably because of the movie that they couldn't.
So the little kid...future Speedy?
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Yeah, that's my guess. I really don't think it was Welling refusing to do it. They took it too far otherwise.
So the little kid...future Speedy?
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The bookend scenes with Chloe were very cool...Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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The only thing I was slightly disappointed with was the fact that there really was no big battle between Clark and Darkseid...Plus it would have been cool to see cameos of some of the other heroes, even if it was just on TV screens or such...Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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i'd assume Speedy
the suit? they did get distant CGI shots of it. i think it had MUCH more to do with the show's theme than licensing.Comment
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yeah, i was expecting to see more heroes but maybe the writers felt this was the Smallvile clark kent finale and not the EVERYONE finale. remember cramming 4 heroes and 3 villains in a Batman movie> that didn't go over so well.
we will see those heroes in the spin offComment
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I really don't think we're going to get a spin-off...I know everyone is hoping for one but I just think this chapter has closed for the CW...Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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I was expecting more guest appearances but... in the end I think the writers / producers did the 'show' and concept right by having this last episode be all about Clark becomming Superman.
I do like the fact that they did let Ollie suit up one last time and unleash a little Green Arrow justice.
Honestly I was really hoping to see a guest appearance from Pete. sure it would have been pointless but still it might have been nice. actually the more I think about it, Nah. They did fine just the way they did.
I was thinking about the Darkseid bit and I think they did very well by keeping him so limited. The reason being that budget limitations probably kept them from doing too much... so the little bit they did, they did well. Quality over quantity, that's what I'm trying to say.Comment
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Didn't the actor who played Pete Ross get in to some legal trouble? The producers probably wanted to steer clear of that...Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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Any screen caps of him in the suit?You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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Well, we never saw him really IN the suit. Just some quick glimpses. The closest you see him in the suit where it wasn't a CGI creation was when he came up to the Air Force One window and the camera was over his shoulder. That did look like Welling's head there. And then the final-final scene.
It could have been the producers sticking to the credo of the show, or it could have been WB's licensing arm, or Welling, or a combination. But it was more than I expected years ago. Heck I expected them to cut in the scene of Reeve swooping past the camera a few years ago when thinking of how they would end it. If they would even do that!
I too agree it looks like there will be no spin-off. No announcements coming from CW, and surely they'd want to get a new show up and running to feed off of the heat of the finale.
As for Darkseid, I remember back in the fall, some bodybuilder/wannabe actor claimed he had been cast as Darkseid. Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read on the net!
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I thought it was pretty good. Though, he was tiny, there was more Superman action than I thought there would be.
Wasn't Lionel's body possessed by Darksied? That was the Darksied/Superman battle. A slamfest might have been fun, but I kind of like when Superman finally embraced his destiny he was able to turn back the darkness fairly easily. The gold kryptonite wedding ring was a smart idea.
Great to see Ma and Pa Kent a final time. Like the fact Green Arrow actually used a bow instead of a crossbow to take out Darksied's minions. Didn't really care for the Lex-enstein plot point, but Tess' mindwipe cleared up a lot of things for where the story is supposed to go if the series continued.
it was cool for Rosenbaum to appear, though. He and Schnieder and John Glover as Lionel carried the series early on to me.
The Chloe bookends were great as was the final scene with Clark revealing the shield.
It was a nice way to wrap up the series.
Smallville had run its course, but I was thinking, next fall will be the first time in a long time that Superman (other than possible guest roles in Young Justice or Brave and the Bold) won't have new stories on the tube in one form or the other.
Based on research gathered from Wikipedia (I know its not a great source), you have to go back to 1987 not to have new Superman material in one form or the other on TV.
2011-2001 Smallville
2004-01 Justice League/ JL Unlimited cartoon
2000-96 Superman: The Animated Series
1997-1993 Lois and Clark
1992-1988 Superboy
1988 Superman Ruby Spears cartoon
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1973-1986 Super Friends (of course there weren't new episodes all those years, but many of them there were )
1966-70 New Adventures of Superman filmation cartoon
1952-1958 Adventures of Superman (this show was in syndication almost since it ended)
That's a lot of Superman.Last edited by madmarva; May 14, '11, 1:18 AM.Comment
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As a Smallville finale it was great. Nice ending. Getting the suit from JK, the music, Air Force one, JO, PW, GA in uniform. It all felt right. A full on shot of the Clark in the suit would have been cool.
Makes me want a series for sure. Having 20 adventures of Superman a year instead of one every few years would be heaven.
A few follow up TV movies would be good. Legion of Doom, President Luthor.Better late than never.....Comment
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