Comments on: Capeless Superman http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: bethany http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-167070 bethany Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:05:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-167070 Oliver, I'm getting the feeling that Superman is your favourite superhero.. just a hunch... ;o) Oliver, I’m getting the feeling that Superman is your favourite superhero.. just a hunch… ;o)

]]> By: Pryme http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-166814 Pryme Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:40:30 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-166814 Smallville is an abomination: it took an extremely iconic character, stripped him of everything that made him iconic, then tried to piece it together like a child trying to fix a broken vase. Like Lucy with Charlie Brown's football, the producers would do their best on the season finale to make you feel like next season was going to be the season where you get the goods. Then next season rolls around and it's the same drawn out crap with barely developing characters and winks and nods that ranged from the subtly impressive (in the early books, Kryptonite did mutate humans) to the mind-numbingly stupid (see: Doomsday). The only thing that made Smallville remotely watchable was comparing the show to the recaps from Television Without Pity (before they sold out). It accomplished its mission (give ppl a small-screen Supes while the movie version gets its act together) so now it's time to put it to rest so we can get a fresher interpretation of the character. Smallville is an abomination: it took an extremely iconic character, stripped him of everything that made him iconic, then tried to piece it together like a child trying to fix a broken vase.

Like Lucy with Charlie Brown’s football, the producers would do their best on the season finale to make you feel like next season was going to be the season where you get the goods. Then next season rolls around and it’s the same drawn out crap with barely developing characters and winks and nods that ranged from the subtly impressive (in the early books, Kryptonite did mutate humans) to the mind-numbingly stupid (see: Doomsday).

The only thing that made Smallville remotely watchable was comparing the show to the recaps from Television Without Pity (before they sold out).

It accomplished its mission (give ppl a small-screen Supes while the movie version gets its act together) so now it’s time to put it to rest so we can get a fresher interpretation of the character.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-166708 Oliver Willis Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:53:10 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-166708 <em>Bet you hated the ever-lovin’ jeebus out of the Superman Red/Superman Blue angle from the ’90s</em> We do not speak of <a href="http://forevergeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/srsb3.jpg" rel="nofollow">such horrors</a>. Bet you hated the ever-lovin’ jeebus out of the Superman Red/Superman Blue angle from the ’90s
We do not speak of such horrors.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-166688 Duros62 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:04:26 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-166688 Come on, it's Smallville. It's gonna look like a mancandy. Come on, it’s Smallville. It’s gonna look like a mancandy.

]]> By: Matthew Hooper http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-166683 Matthew Hooper Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:00:31 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-166683 Be patient. Let's see what it actually looks like. Be patient. Let’s see what it actually looks like.

]]> By: Randy Brown http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-166668 Randy Brown Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:34:55 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-166668 Bet you hated the ever-lovin' jeebus out of the Superman Red/Superman Blue angle from the '90s. Bet you hated the ever-lovin’ jeebus out of the Superman Red/Superman Blue angle from the ’90s.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-166642 SaveFarris Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:56:28 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-166642 Smallville was fine back in the day, but it's long outgrown it's original mission (Superman before he was Superman). Now that Tom Welling looks more like a 40-year old than a teenager, they need to get on with it. Smallville was fine back in the day, but it’s long outgrown it’s original mission (Superman before he was Superman). Now that Tom Welling looks more like a 40-year old than a teenager, they need to get on with it.

]]> By: KC http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/28/capeless-superman/#comment-166634 KC Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:34:19 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15783#comment-166634 Didn't you watch The Incredibles? KC Didn’t you watch The Incredibles?

KC

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