Geek Monthly, Al Gough, and Juicy Stuff

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SOURCE: http://www.geekmonthly.com/news/2007/01/11/smallville-producer-seeks-justice/

In many episodes of the prematurely cancelled Justice League Unlimited, there were key moments when the Leaguers joined forces to fight a common enemy at the same time, demonstrating once again what they’re capable of doing. It’s the type of scene that will be brought to life next Thursday, January 18th, on Smallville.

“Justice,” which is written and directed by Steven S. DeKnight, has Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley) approach Clark Kent with a mission: to stop Lex Luthor once and for all, and to bring down his top secret operation “33.1,” which involves Krypton freaks that Lex has been secretly “acquiring” for quite some time.


Gough talks Justice

“It was definitely challenging,” executive producer Al Gough offers in an exclusive Geekmonthly.com interview. “We started early in the season and booked all of the actors so that we had them lined up.”

Those actors he’s referring to are all people who have appeared on Smallville in the past, notably Kyle Gallner as Bart Allen (a.k.a. the Flash), Lee Thompson Young as Victor Stone (“Cyborg”) and Alan Ritchson as Arthur Curry (“Aquaman” - before Hartley was cast in the role in the spin-off pilot that was widely expected to go to series).

“Then it was a matter of crafting a story that was sort of containable; that had one sequence that showed off all of the Justice Leaguers’ abilities,” he says. “It’s an important milestone for us, and thank God the episode turned out well. The worst would be to get all of these people together and end up with a crummy episode.”


More in store for the rest of the season

A few other tidbits about the season that he reveals are the fact that when Lana confesses that she still has feelings for Clark - Put that hair back in your head!!!!! - it’s the real thing. “The love triangle comes back,” he laughs. “In full force.”

Rumors of a Green Arrow spin-off are nothing more than that, although he does acknowledge that the character has added a lot to the show this season. “Each season,” Gough notes, “you’re always looking for something to give the show a shot in the arm, and I think the Green Arrow did that in spades. We couldn’t be happier with the arc and Justin’s performance.”

The season as a whole, he teases, “will culminate with a big finale that will involve 33.1, the Justice League in the form of Oliver Queen and getting the phantoms who escaped back into the Phantom Zone.”

 

[WompuM]

nooch

 

[Eddie Brock]

so Oliver WILL be back!
nice! i've noticed that episodes minus GA = crap

Static - no Oliver Queen
Subterranean - no Oliver Queen
Wither is the only exception...but i only hate that because of how they approached it, the villain could have been so much better

 

[StorminNorman]

I NEED A GREEN ARROW SERIES DAMN IT! You have one of the most interesting characters in mainstreme DC Comics finally making it into live-action form and execute it fairly well and you are not going to make an attempt to capitalize on that? That is stupid Warner Bros.

 

[Tempest19]

Sounds wicked AWESOME!!!

 

[Kebab gud]

can anyone really se the show continuing in its current form another seson?
i cant .. so the only way they can keep the smallville univerce alive is to do a spinnoff ...... enter GA!

 

[The Caped Knight]

SON OF A ***** not the damn Clana roller coaster again .

 

[Brainiac 8]

SON OF A ***** not the damn Clana roller coaster again .

It has too many fans Kal, I honestly didn't believe them when they said it was over for good. I knew it would rear it's head again.t:

 

[The Caped Knight]

It has too many fans Kal, I honestly didn't believe them when they said it was over for good. I knew it would rear it's head again.t:

CHRIST MAN, How many times are we going to see the same Bull**** over and over again .

I want to get off this Damn Roller Coaster .

 

[Tempest19]

BUT, this time- I believe- Lana will KNOW Clark's secret.... most likely "find out about his super DNA"

 

[Eddie Brock]

SON OF A ***** not the damn Clana roller coaster again .

i'm completely with you....it's pointless to beat this to death, when we know that in the end, Clois is the only way...