The Official Tom Welling for Superman Campaign Thread!!!

[KELLEL]

The blow up by that poster I just banned?

really?

I thought something was missing....

 

[AgentPat]

It is a spread in a magazine. Routh did the same thing.

Yes, and Routh's publicist and Warners paid for every one of those spreads.

It's all about exposure and building buzz/popularity, which is something Routh and SR needed at the time. SV is at the end of its run; Welling's publicist probably advised him to re-kindle his buzz. Welling is notorious for shunning publicity and staying out of the public eye - or at least attempting to. He hasn't done a spread like the one in Vogue in years, but he's using SV as a springboard. It's a smart move, IMHO. How much of that relates to JL, Superman, or any career aspirations he may or may not be shooting for is debatable. But if he wanted to detach himself from the superhero typecast, he wouldn't have agreed to a spread about superheroes, which is completely detached from whatever may be required per his CW contract. Since there are a great many people who still believe Welling has no interest in playing Superman in a future endeavor, this is indeed something to ponder.

Welling has exactly one expression; I'd describe it as "mild distress." No matter what the scene calls for--happiness, anger, sadness--Welling is always just mildly distressed.

This is a poor argument, IMHO. If you don't like him, that's fine. But saying he has only one expression is silly. The role of Clark Kent on SV requires him to act and hold himself a certain way. It's a very simplistic state of being. This has been confirmed through countless interviews and commentaries. But Welling has been given the opportunity to stretch his strait-faced Clark demeanor in out of character, non Clark-esque portrayals. His Bizarro and Red K Clark moments have been particularly memorable for fans.

I would be more than happy to post screen-capped examples, but I've found that if somebody doesn't like the actor for who he is, then "proving" a point is a waste of time. It's kind of like somebody trying to prove to me that Brandon Routh can act. Total waste of time. Know what I mean?

 

[Showtime]

Yes, and Routh's publicist and Warners paid for every one of those spreads.

It's all about exposure and building buzz/popularity, which is something Routh and SR needed at the time. SV is at the end of its run; Welling's publicist probably advised him to re-kindle his buzz. Welling is notorious for shunning publicity and staying out of the public eye - or at least attempting to. He hasn't done a spread like the one in Vogue in years, but he's using SV as a springboard. It's a smart move, IMHO. How much of that relates to JL, Superman, or any career aspirations he may or may not be shooting for is debatable. But if he wanted to detach himself from the superhero typecast, he wouldn't have agreed to a spread about superheroes, which is completely detached from whatever may be required per his CW contract. Since there are a great many people who still believe Welling has no interest in playing Superman in a future endeavor, this is indeed something to ponder.

So that is just what I said, "he is promoting himself", doesn't mean it is for JLA as you also pointed out above. I don't really think a spread that potrays a character he is now playing in a running weekly drama and will be playing in another season is necessarily connected to JLA.

 

[Olea]

Well that was interesting.

um, which blow up?

 

[Showtime]

I got rid of it.

 

[Olea]

But if he wanted to detach himself from the superhero typecast, he wouldn't have agreed to a spread about superheroes, which is completely detached from whatever may be required per his CW contract. Since there are a great many people who still believe Welling has no interest in playing Superman in a future endeavor, this is indeed something to ponder.

That's my point. He is notoriously trying to avoid any kind of publicity and protect his privacy and it has been said that he is afraid of being typecast. So why this particular spread which brings hm back to what he is supposedly not all that hot about?


Showtime, I know I'm stretching here, believe me I do, but I still have a glimmer of hope and I'm going to hold on to it till the official announcement.

 

[Showtime]

That's my point. He is notoriously trying to avoid any kind of publicity and protect his privacy and it has been said that he is afraid of being typecast. So why this particular spread which brings hm back to what he is supposedly not all that hot about?

I believe, as Pat and I have said above, it is to sell himself in general. That is just my opinion though.

I know I'm stretching here, believe me I do, but I still have a glimmer of hope and I'm going to hold on to it till the official announcement.

Nothing wrong with hope at all. Nothing.

 

[Nightwing1977]

Is it possible that the WB allowed this photo shoot to happen to test the waters?

I mean, why would TW shoot a spread like that? His modeling days are long gone, so why would he model clothes? It is not like it's an interview and those are the pics that come with it.

Welling is doing the pics like you normally see with others celebrities doing magazines. It just for the magazines & it doesn't always have to do with publicity. Routh done that as well, so it's common really.

And I doubt Welling doing the pics mean he will be Supes in JLA. He haven't put on a suit in the pics, has he? There you go then.

 

[Nightwing1977]

Edit

 

[Olea]

Some more speculating.....


Steve, (Emi's hubby) has been trying to found out what the deal is with TW and the Vogue spread. Interestingly everyone he spoke too in the WB would either change the subject or refuse to comment. As for Tom's reps, the "No comment" status still stands. Her's what he posted:

Nobody will comment on how the article came about or why it's content is what it is. In addition to this, I had come up with an odd coincidence that I questioned and again nobody will comment.

1. Recent articles concerning Megan Gale have her set to be on the "Canadian set" for Justice League soon.
2. Nobody mentions DJ Cotrona anymore as being part of JLA.
3. The most recent rumblings and a quote by fight choreographer Richard Norton that shooting will be delayed until the end of the year.
Put it together....JLA is moving to Canada (where Smallville films), nobody is cast for Superman, and filming will begin during Smallville season 8 hiatus.

Nobody. Period. I haven't found a single person I know who could have knowledge of this that will tell me anything about it. They just changed the subject or said they couldn't comment. And Welling's people still haven't changed their position either. Still no comment.
As for casting in JLA, WB sources still say that nobody is under contract at all, but the film is moving ahead this year sometime. No specific date or location given.
Richard Norton said "the end of the year" and I've heard the week after Thanksgiving as far as shooting. This puts it right at the point when Smallville would go on mid-season hiatus. If there is a Canadian set as mentioned in the articles about Gale, I'd say that's just too big of a coincidence for me to swallow.
I'm not trying to stir the pot and get people jumping out of their seats, but you have to admit it looks really suspicious.

Source: http://www.savesuperman.com/node/43

What do you think?

 

[Webhead2006]

who knows what is really going on with jla any more, i do hope that rumor of start date end of the year isnt right and we get filming starting in mid summer.

 

[Showtime]

I think this speculation and suspiscion has come up again and again related to every move Tom makes.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea it would be nice if he was doing the film since he would be better then the rumor crap actors we have heard for the film but with not alot of real news to go on we dont know where anything stands with the film.

 

[The Major]

1. Recent articles concerning Megan Gale have her set to be on the "Canadian set" for Justice League soon.

It looks more and more likely JL will be shot in Canada.

 

[Webhead2006]

Well that has been the rumored for months since first talk of the tax break issues.

 

[shadowdog]

don't get me wrong, I love Tom, seriously- I LOVE him, but I'm scared that the majority of the movie viewing population (which are not avid comicbook readers, unfortunately) wouldn't be able to seperate Tom Welling from Smallville, from Tom Welling in the JL movie.
They would be like, "Where's Chloe?" and "Where's Lana?" and "That's not Aquaman!"
People are dumb...seriously, they are dumb.

 

[Showtime]

None of this is any kind of real news. We've been hearing all these different scenarios from insiders for what seems like years.

Tom is in LA, this means he is meeting with WB.
Tom took a leave from the set of Smallville, this means he is Superman.

This has been going on for way to long.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea so true show.

 

[Showtime]

DJ Controna was barely mentioned to begin with if you guys remember. Superman was almost always left out.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

don't get me wrong, I love Tom, seriously- I LOVE him, but I'm scared that the majority of the movie viewing population (which are not avid comicbook readers, unfortunately) wouldn't be able to seperate Tom Welling from Smallville, from Tom Welling in the JL movie.
They would be like, "Where's Chloe?" and "Where's Lana?" and "That's not Aquaman!"
People are dumb...seriously, they are dumb.

Smallville isn't that big of a show. Chances are that most of the movie viewing population haven't even seen it.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea only time his name i ever really remember seeing his name was the shh cast list most of the other reports never said his name, or they just say the film includes superman, batman, wonder woman and other heroes ..... So hopefully Dj is long gone and not apart of it any more.

 

[Olea]

Smallville isn't that big of a show. Chances are that most of the movie viewing population haven't even seen it.

And with its failing popularity and ratings because of the direction and the storylines, I doubt many viewers would even want the movie to associate with what has been happening in "Smallville".

 

[Webhead2006]

actually its rating has been pretty stable and with the dvr + countings pretty much every episode this season has been 5 million viewers and it is the top rated scripted show for CW but yea not as big as the other networks and all that but it does have its followers.

 

[Olea]

actually its rating has been pretty stable and with the dvr + countings pretty much every episode this season has been 5 million viewers and it is the top rated scripted show for CW but yea not as big as the other networks and all that but it does have its followers.

That's not true. Here are the ratings for season 7, only 2 episodes (Bizzaro & CUre) were above 5million viewers final ratings, the rest barely made it to 4.5 with the SD+7 DVR ratings.

701. Bizarro:
- Live: 5.20 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 5.18 million viewers
- Live+7: 5.59 million viewers

702. Kara:
- Live: 4.17 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 4.59 million viewers
- Live+7: 5.04 million viewers

703. Fierce:
- Live: 4.36 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 4.82 million viewers
- Live+7: 5.20 million viewers

704. Cure:
- Live: 4.74 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 5.18 million viewers
- Live+7: 5.61 million viewers

705. Action:
- Live: 4.30 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 4.65 million viewers
- Live+7: 5.08 million viewers

706. Lara:
- Live: 4.03 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 4.4 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.75 million viewers

707. Wrath:
- Live: 4.28 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 4.64 million viewers
- Live+7: 5.12 million viewers

708. Blue:
- Live: 4.00 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 4.49 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.90 million viewers

709. Gemini:
- Live: 3.47 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 3.84 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.04 million viewers

710. Persona:
- Live: 3.47 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 3.82 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.34 million viewers

711. Siren:
- Live: 3.59 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 4.01 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.53 million viewers

712. Fracture:
- Live: 3.30 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 3.67 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.18 million viewers

713. Hero:
- Live: 3.43 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 3.81 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.40 million viewers

714. Traveler:
- Live: 3.15 million viewers
- Final Live+SD: 3.44 million viewers
- Live+7: 4.13 million viewers

 

[Showtime]

I am not sure I understand your point, you're saying that Tom Welling should and could be Superman, yet you're pointing out decreasing ratings on Smallville?