Smallville debuted at a time in my life where I needed Superman. I know this sounds, well, whatever, but fuck off, it's true.
Living alone in a tiny studio, had LITERALLY no money, struggling with a lot of personal demons, it's safe to say that I was at a person nadir, but on the rise. This would have been in 2000. Now, I was on the move up, and any growth I've had has NOTHING to do with Smallville, but that show hit at a memorable time for me.
It gave me something to look forward to, to plan some time around. I made sure that I was going to be in front of the tv every week to watch the adventures of a young Clark Kent. I needed structure in all kinds of things, still do, and this was a small piece of the puzzle. As an aside, my need for structure is one of the reasons I resist getting TIVO. If there is something that is so important for me to see, I should be able to either reorganize, reprioritize or simply live with missing it.
I have been passionate about this show over the years and tonight I just finished the final ep of last seasons DVD's. I'm so torn about this show. It has been sooooo good to the fanboys and girls of the world, treated us with a ton of respect and wink and nods over the years. The production values have stayed pretty consistent and the performances have only gotten better. However, it's time to go.
It's cliche' to say "go out on top" because really, when do you know when "top" is? The opportunity for this show to mature was missed a few seasons ago. They waited too long to transform it into "Metropolis", I'm sure for branding identification reasons, and now they're stuck in adolescence and I see no way out.
It's like the Use Your Illusion of TV shows. Every few episodes there is an AWESOME ep, but then the next one is just mediocre or poor. However, if you were to shrink it down (don't do the double album GNR) and get to the point they're at today, two seasons ago, it would have been amazing! As it is, we're dragging on way too long. End it already and I think this season seems to be the final one.
So long Smallville, I'm literally missing you already.
MotD: Murder on the Orient Express
No, this isn't a movie about Fil's cock killing people. 70's adaptation of the Christie Poirot novel of the same name. All star cast from the Seventies as well! Tony Perkins! Sean Connery! Michael York! Albert Finney! Lauren Bacall! Sir John Gielgud! That one guy from a TON of movies! Good flick, not recommended simply because there's a LOT to get into here, and with 12 people for Poirot to investigate for the murder (SPOILER ALERT: There is a murder on the train, which is named the Orient Express, hope that didn't ruin it for you.) most of the meat of it is him just interviewing people and asking them questions, then aha! I'm sure the book reads better, but the movie seemed like it had so many suspects to identify that it just ran out of time to tell a good story.
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