To be honest with you Orin as much as I love SV and I do think it is a good show SV was created and always was an intern fix for the WB till they could get a Superman movie off the ground and nothing proved that more when Superman Returns was coming out. The WB was ready to pull the show because of the movie had it not been for Singer stepping it they would have done so. I mean look at the true story on how SV came to be I mean first they were going to do Gotham (SV but Batman style) then they got the script treatment for Batman vs Superman and Gotham got killed for that movie. Then Batman vs Superman was killed because they wanted three solo movies for the heroes before they did Batman vs Superman. Batman was able to get off the ground faster then Superman so instead of not doing anything with Superman they revisited the idea of a script from Gotham that involved him meeting a young Clark Kent. From there SV was born. But from the start it was always in danger of being pulled because of the movies. So SV staying on the air has nothing to do with the fans but the grace of Singer. Most SV fans bash him and say all this stuff about him but if not for him SV would have ended after season 5. The producers of SV even admitted this. The reason being the WB doesn't want two live versions of their products running around.
I am not saying it would have gone off if Superman Returns had done better I am saying they told them to wrap it up either way during the end of season 4. They made it clear to them season 5 would have been their last because they finally had their movie. As I have said before SV was always looked upon and still is as the quick fix to everything. Which is why when the movie was starting to get off the ground during McG's run you saw it have an impact on the show. I am not saying it is not a good show because it is a great show what I am saying is SV from day one was created as a quick fix till they could get a movie. Singer changed that when he said to them they could keep SV on the air because he is doing a Superman movie while they are doing a story about a young Clark Kent.
Oh I am sorry no I agree the fans play a part in it and why it is on the air but what I was trying to say was no matter how big the fan support is the WB looked at that show as a quick fix. I mean during season 4 (the hight of SV viewing) they were ready to pull the plug on the show. They have been since the McG project the problem was McG's Superman was never able to get off the ground.
t: They would be a perfect cast for a Kingdom Come movie, except 4 people I casted are dead now.
I had an idea to cast a DC superhero movie using only actors from a specific era. Like if they made a JLA movie in the early 60's, at the beginning of the Silver Age, here's my cast (which would include Newman as Hal):Hey guys, I had an idea. What if you could pick any actors and actresses from ANY generation to make your perfect DC super hero movie who would it be? Here's mine for example;
Paul Newman-Hal Jordan/GL (around the 60s/late 70s)
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