Smallville, a.k.a. "Is He Superman Yet?"

Ah, Smallville. One of my favorite shows on TV at the moment. I've been powering through a re-watching of Smallville season 8 lately. It's definitely better the second time around than I perceived it to be when I first saw it last year, but it is still very flawed. Even so, I still love the show very dearly.

Clark is slowly but surely evolving into Superman, though I still hate that every time he takes one step forward, he seems to take two more steps backward. Grr... Oh well.

The idea of Doomsday having a human identity was a very intriguing idea, and exciting, since it hasn't ever been done before. (Doomsday is the creature that was known for killing Superman in the comics back in the 90s. Well actually, they beat each other to death, but still, it was a really big deal.) However, the idea was completely horrible in its execution. I hated Davis Bloom, and Sam Witwer playing him certainly didn't help. And the final battle between Clark and Doomsday was really REALLY weak. Oh well. He's not Superman yet, so I guess they couldn't really have a TRUE battle yet.

Lana returned for five episodes, since she had left to play Chun-Li in the Street Fighter movie earlier that season, so she couldn't film the post-strike episodes of season 7. Therefore, she finished out her season 7 contract with those 5 episodes in season 8. They were... well, definitely the low point of the season.

But enough about the bad... Clark established his identity of "The Red-Blue Blur" in this season. He's become a symbol to the people of Metropolis! And Green Arrow was a main cast member, and Justin Hartley is an awesome actor. So that was exciting.

Season 9 has, by far, been one of my favorite seasons so far. Ma Kent and Perry White just returned last week, the season has been full of guest stars from the DC universe, and Smallville's world has just expanded as a whole all together. I can't wait to see what's in store for us in season 10 next year!

The Smallville-watching is going on hiatus while I'm in Florida (I'm going to miss the season 9 finale on Friday! Oh well...), but it shall pick back up next week. :)