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In Reply to: Smallville can be fun posted by late on May 30, 2002 at 17:48:27:
O.K. I admit I didn't give it a fair shake. I watched only one episode (about a girl who was made a queen bee by being stung alot) and I was very disappointed. My wife said, "What did you expect? It's a TEEN show." Boy, did she peg that one!Not anywhere near the standard set by "Buffy".
And Lex Luthor was too much of a nebbish. The girls were kind of cute, though. I expected more.
Ted
The "Queen Bee" episode you referenced was perhaps the weakest of the entire series to date (sorry Ted, your bad luck). Generally, the writing and acting on Smallville is first rate and the characters portrayed with an unusual level of depth for a TV series; that should appeal to adults every bit as much as the teen demographic.If you decide to give the series another chance, be sure to watch the Lex Luthor character; far from being nebbish in most episodes, the character is actually quite complex and believeable. Note: If young Anakin Skywalker (i.e., the future Darth Vader) had been written with this level of complexity the Star Wars films would be much richer and more involving.
As written for Smallville, the Lex Luthor character is a young man trying to prove to himself and to his father that he can be a better man (i.e., more compassionate and successful) than his father, who is a totally amoral and ruthless businessman. As viewers and comic fans know Lex will eventually become one of Superman's greatest foes, but what the series does is demonstrate how he becomes that way. The ironic twist is that Lex is the most interesting and likeable character in the cast, far more complex than any other character in the show, including Clark Kent/Superboy.
I urge you to watch two or three more episodes of Smallville before writing it off as a silly teen oriented series. If you like the wit and complexity of "Buffy", as my wife and I do, then the dramatic complexity of "Smallville" should grow on you over several episodes. Believe me, there are plenty of mediocre angst-driven teen oriented TV series and so-called reality programs that I wouldn't waste my time on, but Smallville is cut from different cloth!
AuPh
The way you describe it is what I had heard before. That's why I turned it on, and also why I was disappointed. Nice to know it was an aberration.Thanks,
Ted
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