The Official Tom Welling Thread

[Michael Corleone]

Oh, relative heights between the actors changes like the wind - and whatever Welling might be wearing on his feet that day LOL. No, that's not what makes this scene somewhat unique. In fact, I don't think there were any others like it, though if there were, I bet James knows hehehe. (I'm kind of giving it away. I should shut up and let you guys figure it out.)

Yes. It's just my sig, "Agent Pat" in Kryptonian that I put on most of my SV screen caps, artwork and scans.

lol ok....thought I was going crazy for a second.

 

[triplet]

WAit! His mole.. is it usually on the other side?

Edit: It is!

Good catch!

I thought something looked weird about his face and I kept looking at his mole...

I wonder why they do that from time to time.

Is it a compositional thing or do they unknowingly break the visual plane of the scene and have to fix it in post?

 

[AgentPat]

Hee!! Well that didn't take long. Yes, the scene was flipped. When something like that is done, it's most certainly not by accident. Most of the time it's necessary for proper composition; you don't want it to look like the characters are dancing around each other off camera. I wouldn't consider this example an egregious continuity glitch - at worst, poor blocking by the director - but it did glare out at me since I know Welling's face all too well. Pretty freakin' sad, eh? LOL

 

[mellyM]

Hee!! Well that didn't take long. Yes, the scene was flipped. When something like that is done, it's most certainly not by accident. Most of the time it's necessary for proper composition; you don't want it to look like the characters are dancing around each other off camera. I wouldn't consider this example an egregious continuity glitch - at worst, poor blocking by the director - but it did glare out at me since I know Welling's face all too well. Pretty freakin' sad, eh? LOL

LOL..not sad at all..whenever they flip the film, or even a picture, his eyes look weird.

 

[jas01724]

And James, I know it won't take you more than a nano second, so HUSH! LOL

Piffle!

They do that on SV more often than even I thought, but most of the time they're lucky and the shots aren't blatantly obvious. If it weren't for that mole life would be so much easier for them - but if Tom ever has it removed I'll slap him via registered post, FYI.

This also brings up something. So many people I've spoken to think that, ignoring the mole, his face is pretty much symmetrical. It just. isn't. His jaw and mouth are very slightly lop-sided, and I'm fairly sure his left eye is a touch higher and possibly bigger than the right. Spend too long staring? Uh, nooo.....

Flipping/flopping is the number one cause of otherwise great pictures somehow looking "wrong" in a way that's difficult to put your finger on.

 

[Serene]

Hee!! Well that didn't take long.

Okay.. so where's my prize? Lunch with Tom.. Week in Hawaii with Tom? I'm not picky.

 

[mellyM]

Well James, symmetry is highly overrated
and don't forget about his adorable scar

 

[rumpuso]

Piffle! ...

His jaw and mouth are very slightly lop-sided, and I'm fairly sure his left eye is a touch higher and possibly bigger than the right. Spend too long staring? Uh, nooo.....

You honestly make me smile James!

 

[AgentPat]

Gah! So I finally get around to visiting James' site with the intentions of seeing these Toronto CBtD2 .mov clips he's got squirreled away, and they all come up File Not Found.


Argh! James!

It's been a while since I was able to pull out the ole Bonk .gif in James' honor LOL.

 

[jas01724]

Gah! So I finally get around to visiting James' site with the intentions of seeing these Toronto CBtD2 .mov clips he's got squirreled away, and they all come up File Not Found.

Drop me an email, I'll explain all. They are still there.

 

[AgentPat]

Drop me an email, I'll explain all. They are still there.

Ukay. I'll send one right after this post, but I won't be back for a few hours. We're BBQing tonight and I have to get off the computer LOL. But I'll be back later.

 

[avidreader]

Okay, I suppose I should read the whole thread, but isnt his mole usually on the right hand side of his face. Left side of screen when he's facing camera. I know in one of the season credits that it's on the left hand side of his face but, I'm confused.

 

[avidreader]

Okay, I wanted to read every post, but I would have been there for a month, so I started from May onwards, and I saw the first picture that was posted from Heat. Now I get it, but he does have his mole on the other cheek in one of the opening credit seasons.

 

[chuy]

joe the hoe likes superman

 

[saiyan jedi]

jesus

 

[mellyM]

God is more like it..I like to think of him as a God

 

[mellyM]

*just in case*

 

[AgentPat]

Avidreader, good luck trying to read *every* post in this or the other TW thread. No doubt, there's some VERY interesting stuff here, but ya best put on a huge pot of coffee before endeavoring that challenge. LOL



On an unrelated note, anybody here from France? How popular is SV there? Any clue? I just read an interesting article in Variety about the Live 8 concerts, which went out globally on more than 140 TV stations this past Saturday. In the States, it aired on VH1 and MTV, and on BBC1 in the U.K. Here's an excerpt from the article about the broadcast in France:

In France, 100,000 people attended the concert at Versailles, and 10 hours of the show plus highlights from London were aired on commercial terrestrial broadcaster M6. However, M6 cut away to three episodes of "Smallville" from 9 to 11:30 p.m. before rejoining the gigs.​

Huh? Wha? Really? Color me shocked. No, really. Wonder what's up with that? Couldn't be a ratings thing, cause the article goes on to point out...

At 5 p.m., some 1.3 million viewers were watching, a 12.4% audience share compared with M6's average in that timeslot of 11.5%. At 8, audience was up to 1.9 million, 12.5% audience share compared with 9.5% on average. But by 11:30 M6's usual 14% audience share had slipped to 9.6%.​

Odd.

Full article can be read here:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117925538
(There's no more info about the SV broadcasts though.)

 

[avidreader]

A huge pot of coffee and a couple of glasses of wine, no that would just make me blurry eyed, I should stick with the coffee. I dunno, I just think TW is so gorgeous that I couldnt read enough about him.

I would think that Smallville is extremely popular in France as they were recently awarded that Jules Verne Award for being the best TV show ever. And I have read a couple of posts from French posters over at Ksite who say that Smallville is a very high rating show over there. In fact I think they even said that it beat Lost.

 

[mellyM]

per Avid's request:

(Hint hint, if anyone has any screen caps that they can post in the picture thread I'll be real happy). His face was just so gorgeous in that scene.

 

[avidreader]

Well I posted a reply to thank you for your picture Melly, but it seems to have disappeared. Anyone know why that would happen?

Thanks for the pic tho, he looks so dreamy in that shot.

 

[AgentPat]

Well I posted a reply to thank you for your picture Melly, but it seems to have disappeared. Anyone know why that would happen?

The boards were reset a few days ago and a day's worth of posts and PM's went up in smoke, unfortunately. Bummer.

And on a semi-unrelated note, I'm laughing my arse off right now. Somebody over on The Fog IMDb boards just started a thread (no replies yet) complaining that every thread there ends up being about Tom Welling. OMG! I think I cracked a rib when I read that.

Sound familiar? HAH!!!!

 

[avidreader]

And on a semi-unrelated note, I'm laughing my arse off right now. Somebody over on The Fog IMDb boards just started a thread (no replies yet) complaining that every thread there ends up being about Tom Welling. OMG! I think I cracked a rib when I read that.

Well its great to see that our man is out there.

 

[AgentPat]

Well its great to see that our man is out there.

Well, his FANS are definitely out there. And they're quite vocal. That much is certain.

Makes me wonder how much silly bickering could have (would have?) been drowned out by ecstatic fans if...

...Oh, n'mind. Not worth raising a troll flag just to make a point.

(I'm sure our buddy Mr. Mercy might agree though.)

 

[avidreader]

Someone over at Ksite, TW picture thread, posted a great picture of CBTD2 where the family is in a boat. Tom is looking incredibly "fantastic" his presence just overpowers all of them. I would repost it here, but I dont really know how to.