As an old fan who has rediscovered Smallville this year I can only say that this season has been great. I can't believe how they've managed to complete the turnover from teenage angst BS to real Superman mythos. That IS Lois Lane. That IS Clark Kent/Superman. I'm on board, the cast looks amazing and should graduate to the next feature film whenever that hits.
I just wanna say, for all the crap Welling got from the haters about "besmirching the Superman franchise" and "refusing to wear the tights for fear of typecasting", I think it's rather telling that the Supermanliest season happens to be the season Tom is an executive producer. I'm just sayin'.
Tom and SV are mentioned in the comments, so I think this is an appropriate thread for it.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/11/25/superman_franchise_on_the_rocks/
This is exactly what I was talking about in my popcultureshock article. It pissed me off so much that WB execs are the ones bemoaning the fact that making a modern Superman flick is "tricky." Um, SV's been doing it on a weekly basis for the last decade! Heck, I say give Peterson/Souders (with an assist by Geoff Johns) the keys to the movie franchise.
I'm not sure I'm ready to hand over the reins of a movie project to Peterson/Souders, but I do wish SV, and Tom Welling would get a little more credit for how many years, and how many hours they have been keeping the franchise alive.
It's remarkable for ANY television show to last as long as SV has, let alone one about a comic superhero.