The Official Tom Welling Thread

[The Incredible Hulk]

I'm almost embarrassed for Tom that a smacked ass ike Johnny Knoxville gets mentioned with him in that article. I mean c'mon, the guy got famous by lighting his own ass on fire......

 

[Serene]

I'm almost embarrassed for Tom that a smacked ass ike Johnny Knoxville gets mentioned with him in that article. I mean c'mon, the guy got famous by lighting his own ass on fire......

LOL! Sad, but true.

 

[avidreader]

Still a great honor for Tom. Its nice to see that he is finally getting some recognition.

 

[Serene]

Still a great honor for Tom. Its nice to see that he is finally getting some recognition.

I'm thrilled to see him win not just one, but two categories. InStyle is a very popular magazine, so it's great exposure for him.

 

[AgentPat]

Hey! What's this thread doing on the second page?

Must. Fix. Dat...

I tried to manip this cap, got frustrated with the cape, and just un-did everything. Gah! Ah vell. The "flavor" is still there.

 

[avidreader]

Hey! What's this thread doing on the second page?

Must. Fix. Dat...

Huh??

Nice pic tho., another one to save.

Dont explain I get it.

 

[AgentPat]

(I posted this msg in the wrong thread. Oopsies. This is where it belongs so I moved it.)

Here's some excerpted comments from SV producer Bob Hargrove, from the latest issue (#10) of SV Magazine. I found the article quite interesting.

"What has surprised me the most is that we have such a broad fan base. I've never seen quite the fan base that this has. No matter where I go... I go through the American/Canadian border every day and once people know what show I'm doing there's always a conversation. It's an icebreaker, and even the 'hardened' customs guys sit there and we'll talk about it. It's amazing the broad reach, the ages, male and female, from every conceivable demographic.

"There is a point of diminishing returns when you work 16-hour days and the cast is working six-day weeks. Eventually, that's going to show up on the screen and you'll suffer for it. I feel there's a way of doing things, and sometimes there are some hard choices creatively as well, for production, that have to be made in order to get it there.

"Also, because this is a show about [Clark Kent], Tom is in everything. This is difficult because we sometimes have two units to service. How do we avoid working Saturdays and working into six days? So it's a juggling act. To keep him fresh, we try to give him a break. We try to schedule it in such a way that maybe he can get up in the evening, and doesn't have to work the whole day. But if he has a day off from main unit, quite frankly, it's generally to go to second unit. He doesn't [really] get days off.

"I think Ryan was one of our absolute best [episodes.] I thought it was great, I think that is Smallville. It's a character story. Features can get away with just doing action and bad acting. People are going to go because of these great visual effects or great stunts or great action. You go to a movie, you go one time. Then it's your decision if you want to go back and see if four or five times, or buy the DVD. With episodic, you cannot do that. If the audience doesn't get emotionally involved with your characters - not your explosions, and not your visual effects and all that, which are just eye candy - you're dead. You're going to be canceled and you're going bye-bye. The moment we forget that, the show will go. And I think a show like Ryan really brings that up. That was a wonderful character piece.​

 

[Serene]

(I posted this msg in the wrong thread. Oopsies. This is where it belongs so I moved it.)

Here's some excerpted comments from SV producer Bob Hargrove, from the latest issue (#10) of SV Magazine. I found the article quite interesting.

I thought that interview was the best article in the whole magazine. I loved what he said about the Ryan episode and Features vs. TV. I couldn't agree more.

What are you doing up so late? Are you joining us night owls?

 

[avidreader]

I thought that interview was the best article in the whole magazine. I loved what he said about the Ryan episode and Features vs. TV. I couldn't agree more.

What are you doing up so late? Are you joining us night owls?

I found that article really interesting as well. I thought his comments about Smallville reaching such a broad audience were interesting and poor Tom never getting much time off.

 

[AgentPat]

What are you doing up so late? Are you joining us night owls?

Who me? Nuuuuu!!!

Actually, I had had a lengthy nap earlier last evening and lost track of the time. When I saw it was almost midnight, I bolted. I'm paying for it now (4 hours sleep sux! LOL)

Anyhoo, yeah, that article was great. The reader mail box can be heartwarming too sometimes. Did you see this one...

"Before being lured into the world of Smallville, I couldn't understand the fanatical craze that my friends were experiencing, centered around a teenage version of Superman and his bald best friend. Shortly after obtaining the first season to find out what all the fuss was about, my grandmother died. in the dark weeks of grief that followed, the plight of Clark Kent and his team of loyal friends touched my heart. The struggles that he went through became an outlet for those rare moments of escapism that I needed in order to focus on something apart from my loss. I was encouraged by the premise that heroes do exist in the world, and that we can persevere through anything as long as we have the people that we love around us.

Having not been a fan of the original tale of a courageous extra terrestrial in a red cape, I was happy to find that Clark Kent is a real flesh and blood hero with faults, insecurities, and doubts. He has bad days, but always manages to persevere in the end. ..."​

I could comment on what was written, but gosh, do I need to? That letter says so much with so little, and I think what really hits home is that SV has created a new Superman fan in somebody who never "got" the character until seeing him fleshed out on the show. So much for the "we don't need yet another origin story" debates.

 

[Zing79]

People should really try the reverse Smallville effect more often. Take all the rouge OFF Welling's cheeks/lips and he suddenly looks older and more SuperMAN like...

 

[mellyM]

People should really try the reverse Smallville effect more often. Take all the rouge OFF Welling's cheeks/lips and he suddenly looks older and more SuperMAN like...

He looks like he has the flu or something. I like his rosy cheeks

 

[AgentPat]

People should really try the reverse Smallville effect more often. Take all the rouge OFF Welling's cheeks/lips and he suddenly looks older and more SuperMAN like

Well, I definitely agree. Surprise? LOL But unfortunately, I think they'd still have to at least use cover-up on him. I've seen photos of Welling where he clearly wasn't wearing *any* make-up and he still had that naturally flushed look in his skin. The interviewer from Rolling Stone commented on that, as well as somebody who met him on Martha's Vineyard last year, I believe.

That said, people who meet Welling in person also comment on how much older he looks IRL, not to mention how big the man is, so you have a valid point, Zing. Make-up isn't just used to cover up blemishes and make actors look good on camera, it's used to make them visually appear to be the characters they portray, and unless the actors are playing themselves (Bruce Willis in Ocean's Twelve, for example), then it's the make-up folks' job to convincingly transform actors like Val Kilmer into Jim Morrison, Pierce Brosnan into James Bond, or Tom Welling into Superman.

 

[mellyM]

Well, I definitely agree. Surprise? LOL But unfortunately, I think they'd still have to at least use cover-up on him. I've seen photos of Welling where he clearly wasn't wearing *any* make-up and he still had that naturally flushed look in his skin. The interviewer from Rolling Stone commented on that, as well as somebody who met him on Martha's Vineyard last year, I believe.

That said, people who meet Welling in person also comment on how much older he looks IRL, not to mention how big the man is, so you have a valid point, Zing. Make-up isn't just used to cover up blemishes and make actors look good on camera, it's used to make them visually appear to be the characters they portray, and unless the actors are playing themselves (Bruce Willis in Ocean's Twelve, for example), then it's the make-up folks' job to convincingly transform actors like Val Kilmer into Jim Morrison, Pierce Brosnan into James Bond, or Tom Welling into Superman.

Thats funny, I thought he looked younger in person, well not younger than on the show, but younger in a different way...if that makes sense (ok maybe it doesn't) and he didn't look as massive in girth, with a beautifully tapered waist, but damn is he a tall drink of water And those cheeks and lips are flaming I think it would take tons of pancake to tame them.

 

[AgentPat]

Thats funny, I thought he looked younger in person, well not younger than on the show,

That's what people usually refer to. He looks older in person than he does on the show. I'd be shocked if folks said he didn't. They spend an awful lot of time younging him down for SV. Even HE has commented on that. LOL I think the only time he ever said he actually "enjoyed" it is when they had to make him look like he did in the first season for the forth season's ep, Facade.

and he didn't look as massive in girth, with a beautifully tapered waist, but damn is he a tall drink of water

His height is the first thing that surprises people. It's lost on TV because they're always compensating for it. Also, regular street clothes tend to camouflage a person's physique unless it's cut for a specific shape. But I can't even blame it on the clothes sometimes. He IS odd, I'll give you that. There's one scene in Transference where Clark (as Lionel) is rummaging through Clark's clothing looking for a shirt to wear. As he stands up, he faces the camera head on. Lighting, camera angle, and stance all combine to make him look rather "small." He really REALLY looks like a kid there. But in the same scene after Martha tells "Clark" to put out the fire he just ignited, he's seen in profile standing sideways as he glances out the window. The depth of his chest is remarkable. Then two episodes later (Spell), we see him head on, tied up with arms overhead in the Kent barn, and he looks like a freakin' house. And ALL of those scenes he's either shirtless or open-shirted, so it's not the clothing. The mind boggles.

And those cheeks and lips are flaming I think it would take tons of pancake to tame them.

Yup!

 

[AgentPat]

Where were we? Oh yeah...

Nighters!

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

A Tom Welling thread popped up in the SR forum, interestingly enough the thread is quite good as it shows the other side of things as well. As I said I'm up for discussing (no flame wars though, I don't work that way) as this thread so far is quite balanced imo.

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196533

Open invitation for whoever wants to join in. So far everyone is staying cool. Could it be this thread can squash the Welling-SR feud?

 

[triplet]

You really think that thread is really discussing anything? Some of the posters are, but there are some that are definitely not.

Yourself included.

 

[Serene]

Could it be this thread can squash the Welling-SR feud?

Or further incite things? Hmmm.. wonder which one you're hoping for by posting that link here?

 

[Thunder Emperor]

manip this please somone

woth this superman pose

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

Or further incite things? Hmmm.. wonder which one you're hoping for by posting that link here?

Uhhh... Let's see overly sarcastic Serene... This is the official TOM WELLING thread right? Ok. Now let's use some logic. A thread where different viewpoints without bashing that is about Tom Welling exists. MAYBE that is more useful than just having Agent Pat say some remark and everyone in the SV forum bowing to their master? Seriously when is the last time we had a good topic that people could just discuss without useless flames?

 

[Thunder Emperor]

Uhhh... Let's see overly sarcastic Serene... This is the official TOM WELLING thread right? Ok. Now let's use some logic. A thread where different viewpoints without bashing that is about Tom Welling exists. MAYBE that is more useful than just having Agent Pat say some remark and everyone in the SV forum bowing to their master? Seriously when is the last time we had a good topic that people could just discuss without useless flames?

then lets hear you other view point, with you making a nostril comment, or at least being stupid.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

then lets hear you other view point, with you making a nostril comment, or at least being stupid.

Being stupid?

Stop trolling. I made no such nostril comments in the thread or anything. You can't stand how I don't resort to your crap. Everyone is just fine without you coming in to try and start trouble. As I said if your next comment to me is name calling I am DONE with you. If you want to discuss, which includes an opinion different from yours you are welcome to as everyone but you is being level headed in that thread. Otherwise stay away.

 

[Serene]

Uhhh... Let's see overly sarcastic Serene...

Never overly.

MAYBE that is more useful than just having Agent Pat say some remark and everyone in the SV forum bowing to their master?

You really need a new schtick. You've used that one here, and in the SR forum already. No one gives a **** about your whining and inability to play well with others, Jc. Hiding behind self-pitying accusations is just pathetic. Your true intentions of posting here are so obvious. It's almost sad. Almost.

Seriously when is the last time we had a good topic that people could just discuss without useless flames?

Just about every topic here that you don't join in and ruin is a good discussion.

Which is why it's time to add yet another one of your names to the Ignore list.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

Never overly.

Debatable

You really need a new schtick. You've used that one here, and in the SR forum already. No one gives a **** about your whining and inability to play well with others, Jc. Hiding behind self-pitying accusations is just pathetic. Your true intentions of posting here are so obvious. It's almost sad. Almost.

Accusations? No. It's a fact, I discuss without flames and she throws some flames and everyone is quick to follow and join in which adds nothing to the discussion.

Just about every topic here that you don't join in and ruin is a good discussion.

A good discussion is one with only one pov? I disagree, which is what makes things more interesting. You don't have to flame to disagree ya know. Also I was referring to a thread about Tom Welling that isn't one sided either way. That's a good topic and if you would stop your made up thoughts about me, we could have a fine time discussing different perspectives.

Which is why it's time to add yet another one of your names to the Ignore list.

Up to you but you are more that welcome to talk with me if it's not just pointing out how flawed I am in every way. Discuss a topic with me instead of passing judgment for my every move, and you might find we can get a long.