Journey, what journey for 6 freaking years TPTB have been focusing on his love life with lana , and lest on his journey to becoming The World's Greatest Hero. Even now going into the 7th season, he still has fully accepted his Kryptonian Heritage or his Destiny to save his adopted home planet Earth
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln
If Clark achieved his destiny at the end of S1, there wouldn't have been a S2. Same goes for S2, and so forth. If you're watching the show just to see the end, and everything before that is Clark's mindless "love life with lana," then why not just watch the finale episode? Kinda simple, y'know?
he makes a little progress and then TPTB pushes him 5 steps backwards (and were back to the same song & dance).
I've never been a fan of the YoYo, but they mix it up enough for me that it hasn't become THAT frustrating.
IMO out of all the different incarnations of Superman (Of Clark Kent journey going from The Farmboy to The Man Of Steel) Smallville does it the worst.
LOL! How many other incarnations of Superman's journey from CK to MOS do you know?
...that have lasted 132 episodes?
...in prime time?
Just wondering. It's not like the intricacies of this period of Clark's life have been told before, especially in live action.
I prefer the very short version from all the other incarnation of Clark "Growing up in "smallville",
Why did you start watching SV? Did you expect it to "end" after the first season?
He & lana are high school sweethearts, But when his powers begin to emerge he break away from her, leaves her & his past life in smallville behind leaves home @ The age of 18, goes on a global quest around the world for 8 years.
Hmm... Well, in case you missed it the first six times, here's the official description of the show:
Returning for its seventh season, this new interpretation of the enduring Superman mythology and its classic characters blends realism and adventure into an exciting action series. Fourteen years ago, a meteor shower burst from the heavens, raining destruction on the unsuspecting citizens of Smallville, Kansas. From the ashes of tragedy, emerged Clark Kent. Struggling to come to grips with his emerging superpowers, while battling the strange events that have plagued this idyllic Midwest hamlet since the meteor shower, Clark slowly learns to embrace his destiny. SMALLVILLE chronicles Clark's journey toward becoming the Man of Steel and his relationships with girl-next-door Lana Lang, future love Lois Lane and soon-to-be arch-nemesis Lex Luthor.
you do know that's Lois Lane right ?
Duh!
You do know that
isn't Lana, right? :P
Kal, I've gone a year and a half and one bloody motion picture with Clark NOT having an intimate relationship with the woman he loves. WTF? You'd think it was a conspiracy or something LOL! It's time to bring back the love story for the LEAD character. I don't think I'm asking too much.
For all the "purists" out there, Clark's "journey" isn't to be found in specific, lightswitch moments. SV shows us his path to becoming Superman is more about WHY, not how. What should be ABUNDANTLY clear to everybody by now is that Clark isn't going to become Superman because daddy told him it was his destiny. He's not going to become a savior because an Indian legend prophesied he would. And he most certainly isn't going to be guilted into being a hero by Green Arrow, Raya, or a cousin he's never met.
HE will make the decision; it's HIS choice. His love for humanity and desire to connect with it in a way that allows him to be himself results in altruistic behavior that makes him happy and serves mankind at the same time.
Furthermore, Clark has to let Lana go, and ironically, he will need her strength and faith in him in order to do it.
as for The clark & lana bit, they almost ripped off all the classic Lois & Superman from every incarnation.
And just about every other superhero has "ripped off" Superman. So? I really don't care who copied who or why.
so I like love stories, But for smallville . I hate it They screw up the whole Clark , lana , & Lex triangle sickness me to no end. It's like a bizarre version of The Classic iconic Lois, Superman, Clark, triangle or The Lois ,lex ,Clark triangle .
LOL. Sux to be you, huh?
In all honesty, I would have stopped watching the show a LONG time ago if I loathed it as much as you make it sound.
well if they going to drag their ass with clark's journey to becoming SUPERMAN . At least now I have something else to look forward to (other than Lex Luthor) Lois Lane @ The Daily Planet as The Reporter she's destined to become.
Ah yes, the new Daily Planet scenes, where we'll see Lois and her relationship with its "hot" new editor, and the even more scintillating love triangle between Chloe, Jimmy and Kara.
All the more reason for me to look forward to the "B" stories involving these two...
And these two...