(pt3) Smallville was so successful (longest running show and as good as the movies) is because - like the best Asian (Japanese & Korean) horror-style movies, they don't reveal too much too fast / soon or by the time you're done watching it you're like "yeah, I've seen enough of this"! The best episode in the show to use as an example is Season 8 Episode... Bride; the way they barely show Doomsday at all keeps your interest peaked! *sigh*
Smallville was so successful (longest running show and as good as the movies) is because - like the best Asian (Japanese & Korean) horror-style movies, they don't reveal too much too fast / soon or by the time you're done watching it you're like "yeah, I've seen enough of this"! The best episode in the show to use as an example is Season 8 Episode... Bride; the way they barely show Doomsday at all keeps your interest peaked! *sigh*
(pt2) dons the suit, and flies out of the Fortress of Solitude. Would you have preferred THAT to Clark zipping around saving Air Force One (with Lois onboard), and then moving a frickin' planet away from smashing into Earth? I'm sure you would have "as long as we get to see him in the complete suit from head to toe" because THAT'S what Superman is all about - not saving the day / world. (sarcasm) *sigh*
@firetopman Correct me if I'm wrong (anyone), but the show Smallville IS the cinematic experience to show HOW Clark Kent becomes Superman. How could you think it's anything BUT that? Secondly, if you look at what Superman (1) did, and what Reeve said he understands that Smallville was showing (which "Clark" Tom was playing), it was the Clark before he becomes Superman. If you picked the moment in Superman (1) that that happened, it would be right after Clark / Kal-El finishes his training,
I would been happy if we could of had the non cgi close up in the full suit and for the final scene being a shirt rip with the real non cgi underneath the suit
@truecountrymusicfan I'll say this one time. I've freeze-frame observed the series finale's full-fledged Superman moments on Blu-Ray, in HD, very carefully. Just before Tom does the shirt-rip as he's loosening his tie, you can see the 'S' popping up under his white business shirt (as well as the upper piece's long-sleeve nature through the wrist-slits, so it's not a T-shirt). IF the emblem was CGI and I'm not saying it was, it was simply enhancing a 'S' that was already there, Tom did wear it...
the reason why it was cgi was cus in the beginning tom welling signed a contract to never wear a superman suit on screen. in my opinion the finale was great.
@firetopman well they couldve jus ended it with a cliffhanger with clark just recieving the suit. but instead they showed him actually becoming superman.
@XxkloudxX354 Not really, we see the colors, we see computer graphics, we see him open his shirt to reveal the "S" symbol...but what we NEVER see is him wearing the suit, head to toe, no graphics, no close-ups. As bad as the George Reeves imaging was, at least we see him in the suit, plus him flying in the suit. I'm not an avid comic reader like most superman fans, but what I KNOW to be true is that seeing an actual man in a superman suit is way more satisfying than seeing computer graphics.
@Bloggerboy1000 true but the series was not on him being superman it was about Clark on how he became the man of steel it was more like the history of superman and how he became who he is today
@Favonegrassone I gotta agree, this was dissapointing. Yes it was great that they ended the show well...he finally becomes Superman...but what we never see is HOW he becomes Superman. What we get is a really close head shot and some digital animations of the suit. Here is why the Christopher Reeve version was superior; We see him ripping open his shirt, change into the suit, then we actually SEE him wearing it and take off. Big let down with the computer graphics.
Y'all are fucking idiots if you want to see superman go see the movies smallville was not about superman it was about clark Kent and the trials he went through to become superman
I am still at a loss why WB did not spin Smallville off into the Superman reboot. A successful series with a respectable fan base and if Michael Rosebaum on board, a Lex Luthor to match the great adaption of Lex in the animated features.
@LordReserei01 All we can do is give our own opinions, the above shots are my opinion for three shots when Tom wears at least the upper half of the suit Jonathan gives him in the Fortress (while the cape is CGI), so yep.
i would have to ageree with everyone one on this, it was a very dissapointing ending, but i wasn't surprised that him wear the suit would be down to the minimum. tv shows have the habbit of being great from the first episode on but once you get to the end it all goes to..., just look at the series finale of Angel...,...,...it had the crappest ending in tv history. but what makes the ending of smallville such a drag is that the show had been building up to him becoming superman which you really
@jakmrnd I actually really enjoyed Angel's series finale and think it was the perfect way to end it, but that's another debate for another time. As for how Smallville ended, as I've said before, it didn't really bother me so much. We saw the Clark Kent/Kal-El character fully as Superman, only seeing Tom Welling the actor in just a few shots of the suit's upper half doesn't take away the enjoyment from me, it feels like a bonus.
man I love this show but the finally was a big let down after ten years of watching the show didn't get to see him actually in the suit I want MORE!!!!!!!!!
@tacomonster98 Doesn't matter I quit watching it around season 3 because of the refusal to put him in the outfit. Plus he was a pussy. I'm sick of pussy superman.
This post is spot-on. The whole idea of Smallville was to see the story of him becoming the hero we know him to be but the finale with all it's efforts did not satisfy me as a fan. The result of our time-invested decade of viewing to see superman were obscured, vague and ambiguous cheated scenes with only numerous close-ups and motion blurs. Not even a single acting scene portraying his arrival to the world.. I can go on!!!!!! Shame on them.
what season did dthis happen im just starting to watch this show in sindicate.im at dooms day legion of superheroes oliver queen and lex's death now. is the series still ongoing?
@Labcabin96 The space-soaring shot of the cape is from the Season 3 episode "Hereafter" and Season 9 "Absolute Justice" movie, that depicts Superman's final fate. The other moments where we see Clark in this full-fledged incarnation of his Superman alias include the Season 9 finale "Salvation", Season 10 200th ep "Homecoming", and the series finale's second part of "Finale". Hope that helps!
when tom opened the door at the farmhouse (i think it was there) and showed his naked torso, i was shocked at how normal he looked. i dont wanna say fat. but he was not super.
the suit shots they showed were PERFECT, end of story. far shots of superman flying in action, close up of clark with the cape and the final shot of the show with clark in the suit. AMAZING!
I think Welling would have made a really terriffict, straight up television Superman. I think Smallville droped the ball and should have done a great Smallville to Adventures of Superman show.
I though that Smallville started getting good when they were introducing other JLA characters into the mix. And the last season just had some great stuff in it. But man they were teasing the suit the whole time and what they showed was really a let down. But he was not nearly as ripped at season 10 as he was around season 5.
yeah i finaly thought i would see old tom be superman but what can you do aleast we saw him with the s at the end with the theme. i thought of a better way to end it and it would have batman wonder woman and green lantern and a real person playing darkseid and a suit made just for tom welling
It was shocking that they let us wait 10 years for that! Poor Tom never even got to play Superman just Clark! They made a HUGE error there in my humble opinion
@MrWolfman1977 Eh, he basically was doing the dual-identity thing since half a dozen eps into Season 8, it was just the Superman alias without the full-fledged tights, flights for keeps, or name.
@MrWolfman1977 Tom Welling refused to wear the suit. the only error was hirring that peice of shit in the first place. he let all the fans down cause he couldnt be seen with his underwear on the outside for even one episode..
@MrWolfman1977 yea everybody is saying it was a legal issue and they couldnt show him in the suit. but thats not true if it was a legal issue they wouldnt have shown half the stuff on that show. so im not sure who started saying that but its all over the place now.but i watched a video interveiw were tom welling said he told them he would never wear tights an they hired him anyway cause the show is about clark not superman. i guess they didnt think the show would go that long when they started
todavia no he podido verla!!espero q sea pronto y seguro esta con erica durance q es la verdadera protagonista en la historia de superman como ha sido siempre!!!!!
The smallville writers couldnt afford to have tom welling in the suit and they wud hav had to tailor the suit to fit his body, but even if they had to CGI the whole thing they cud hav at least shown full body CGI to at least give us a view of wut he wud look like, just like wut they did to ryan reynolds in green lantern.
and the suit coming from the kryptonian parent Jor El, I know Lara send him the blanket in movie but in edition 1 of adventures of superman it is jor el who hands him the suit, so great to see not only jor el but jonathan as well, Bloody amazing show and amazing finale, it was better than I expected, Tom welling great actor fantastic superman, ten years over im truly gutted, and 2 pay greater tribute 2 christover, they show him in fortress in the flashbacks & end with the music, 5/5 Truly WOW
Take bryan singers film superman return and just compare it to the Finale of smallville, Smallville has everything , Ive been a comic, Movie Tele Shows fan since before i could walk, and what gough and millar did is Large epic, legendary, the way superman should begin, the way superman should be done,Darkseid, Desaad, Green Arrow, Apokolip, they pay homage to 3 massive superman elements, Darkseid from the comic Apokolip now and the animated episode of same name, Air force 1 from the Movie 1978
@wilcoshare Clark does gradually learn flight through the series, compliments of at least a few training lessons and roughly ten easter-egg moments, he just doesn't nail it for keeps till the show's final hour. Watch the episodes "Metamorphosis", "Tempest"/"Vortex", "Rosetta", "Crusade", "Veritas", "Doomsday", "Savior", "Salvation", "Lazarus", "Supergirl", "Homecoming", and "Collateral" to see this ten year journey prior to "Finale". It's the furthest thing from a lightswitch, IMO.
i think the new superman with Henry Cavill is going to bomb out because so many people have seen Tom Welling as Superman or Clark Kent. Tom Welling looks more natural as superman or clark kent. Each time they have a superman they keep changing supermans costume! Besides they keep showing Superman as weakling with hardly any muscle definition or build on his body!
@jayryan3181 No it isn't.Cavill's been working out every day on set to keep himself massive so he can fill the suit out.Go to the IMDb M-o-S page and have a look at the pictures and you'll see.If you still don't believe, go on to the boards and see what the fans say.
@williamblair11 i agree he is ripped, but there is still sculpting and padding in the suit. if you look at some of the raw pictures on screenrant you'll see what i mean
@jayryan3181.. I swear to God.The suit is not sculpted.Ive seen every single picture.Plus seen Cavill with his top off .There's also no need for a muscle suit or sculpting with his build.The suit has patterning on it but that doesn't add a'thing to the build.Its all Cavill.
@jayryan3181 This looks like a guy who needs more muscles to play S-Man??? ..... h t t p : / /w w w . celebuzz. com / 2011-10-25 /because-hes-hot-henry- cavill -goes-shirtle ss-on- man-of-st eel-set- photos /
@SupermaN042195@williamblair11 I agree with you the man is ripped, I'm saying the suit isn't a thin suit like the Reeves or Routh suit when you take Cavill's suit off it will hold it's shape that's what I meant by sculpted. I didn't mean padded to be bigger
I so wanted to see a epic fight sequence between superman and darkseid in the final episode...maybe the new film will have more action and finally an opponent who is on a level with supermans strenght
Used to love this show. Watched every Episode some were really good when they stuck with story and not freak of the week. I think what made me stop watching was they would go weeks with no new Episode. Used to aggravate the crap out of us. Wait till end of show and no scenes for next week. Then lost track of the show and forgot where I left off.
Hate to break it to you guys but Tom NEVER wore the suit. It was CGI, a body double and close-ups with a cape comped in behind him. I'm not even sure that he was wearing the suit top when he ripped open his shirt at the end of the show because in "SUPERMAN Returns", as Clark runs down the alley to go save the space plane, when the scene was ORIGINALLY shot, Brandon Routh opened his shirt to a white undershirt and they rotoscoped the suit in later. I have a feeling that's what they did here too.
@petewkro Unless you have proof, please don't force your opinion as fact. Short of the producers saying otherwise, to the best we can see, Tom wears at least the upper half of the suit (apparently the same one Jonathan hands Clark in the Fortress) for these three shots. As for the final shirt-rip, the 'S' was not CGI. Watch carefully as Tom's about to rip the shirt, you can see the blue long-sleeve nature through the wrist-slits in his shirt and the 'S' pressing through a bit just underneath...
As much as I hate to admit it, he ripped into a tshirt, not that hard to see in HD quality if you know where to look. He never wore the suit, it was all CGI with switches to close ups of his face and a cape added in behind him. Maybe it's just me being a CG artist, but I found it easy to notice lower quality CGI shots in Lord of the Rings as well that PJ couldn't tell the difference from also.
@iGuessTV I dunno, to me, Tom was/is the live-action Superman of the 2008-2011 era from Season 8's "Prey"/"Identity" to "Finale". Hell, compliments of two proto-suits, he even wore the 'S' on his chest for the last two seasons. Just because he wasn't flying on a regular basis or being called 'Superman' by name shouldn't take away how the last two and a half years of this series essentially represented Superman's Early Years, at least that's how I feel on the matter.
I think Tom should have never play the S series. He was never + in wavering the superman suit in the 1st place.The employers of the WB should have said FU@II YOU we will get someone who is respective in wearing the man of steel suit. Put the employers were so stupid they call tom 3 time. Were there some gay producer involve here. The last episode really S ball. He should have respective his fans & had done a perter job. Attitude like that should have never take him this far.
LOL OH I LOVE IT!!!! YOu said it all!!!! I haited the end 100% Smallville should have ended the way every Superman Movie has ended. With Superman flying around the earth then into the camrea smileing at us!!!!!! I was waiting for him to fly off the roof and do it when the redits came I.......Well I will not say what I did and said LOL
Hey, Angel, don't get me wrong. I loved Smallville and I hoped for the suit, too, though I did not see the way to get 'adult' TW into it. Despite anything I hoped for the miracle and the true power of technology. I am not afraid to admit that I am disappointed. No sense to put on a brave face.
But I just remembered the shots of naked TW from early seasons (jump to the river, deleted scene). We never knew if it was him or the body double but the triangle was there!
Actually, you'd be surprised, as long as you have big arms and don't have overly fat legs, in the Routh suit (incidentally the one seen in Smallville too) anyone can look like Superman just by sucking in their gut a bit.
I used to be, not fat, but not muscly, and when I wore my replica suit to a party once people kept asking me if I was working out. Then I DID start working out, and am now pretty musclyish, like Dean Cain was, and you can't really tell the difference in the suit :)
@SuperRichi1A Congratulations on your good physique! I didn't know about the suit, makes me wonder why TW did not use its power to look better and iconic. Maybe his rear part was just too big? I am of skinny type and sometimes do want more fat in some places (esp. when it is slippery in winter). But if I were TW I would certainly keep to a diet. Or fall in love. Or use some crèmes advertised. Whatever to meet fans’ expectations. Perhaps he just didn’t care.
Seriously, that Routh suit he wore is amasing, as long you have big arms you do actually look like the Hulk. It does annoy me, actually, because I spent hours in the gym for months, then when I next wore my suit to a party again there was no evidence of it lol.
I think welling was in OK shape, but we never actually saw it. The only time was in season 3, and that was years ago. He never wore the suit for the finale, it was all CGI :(.
@SuperRichi1A And what do you think, why TW never wore a suit then? As for working out and its results which are invisibe sometimes, well, to raise your spirits I can say it is next to impossible for a woman to grow muscles (without drugs). I used to take classes in boxing with all these intense arm exercises and I did my best. So shoulders now look good and firmness of muscles can be felt by touch. But visually? Not so much. And I checked photos of the female champs in boxing - same story.
Sorry to hear that. Different in men, even the slightest bit of training can improve the look of muscles, and to get good arms it's not hard. It's getting rid of belly fat so you can actually see the muscles that causes problems. I think problem for men is not putting on fat as well as muscle.
Tom never wore the suit, apparently, because the producers didn't want to introduce Superman at the end. They said they wanted just to show "hints" at what was happening - so it was all CGI.
@SuperRichi1A Producers are dumb then. After SO many questions about the suit before season 10 they didn't see what fans wanted. Muscles,yeah, I kind of figured it worked differently for men and women while looking at my gymmates.I was the only one of my gender there. But with abs, they appear in two days in training, no problem. I quess fat goes lower in women to build this sand watch shape. Though I never noticed the difference in building abs. Arms are usually naked, not torso. Good luck!
Yeah, about the suit, that seems to be the general consensus, it was a cop out. 10 years of building up and they messed up the most crucial part. Ah well...
I am mad. At many things. Like Tom Welling being too fat to wear the suit. When he was perfect for this iconic shot he was shy and did not want it (in seasons 1-3 maybe). And now he just cannot be Superman. Thanks for the vid anyway!
@AngelicCo Yeah, right, Supermanish shape of 60s. Body standards changed a little bit since that, didn't they?
I would not mind the shape of Christopher Reeve though, seems universal. Welling looked good in early seasons but maybe not good enough for the tights. I mean look at the swimmers, Routh, Reeve's photos - broad shoulders, narrow hips. Welling's hips, backside always looked impressive, even while modelling. So I guess a classic body triangle wasn't there. And then he became too heavy.
@AngelicCo I wouldn't say he was fat, but he was definitely carrying a little more weight than he was in the earlier seasons. But I doubt thats the reason they didnt show him in the suit.
@KingpinTKO Tom is always in shape. .I mean the episodes before that he was in shape. Obviously hes going to look more defined when scenes call for him in the buff gang. No need to workout into form, if they decided
@rzhevska really he was too fat, I always thought he was in good shape for the show, wasnt that part of his contract that he had to stay in shape for the show
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(pt3) Smallville was so successful (longest running show and as good as the movies) is because - like the best Asian (Japanese & Korean) horror-style movies, they don't reveal too much too fast / soon or by the time you're done watching it you're like "yeah, I've seen enough of this"! The best episode in the show to use as an example is Season 8 Episode... Bride; the way they barely show Doomsday at all keeps your interest peaked! *sigh*
SolJustice808 1 day ago
Smallville was so successful (longest running show and as good as the movies) is because - like the best Asian (Japanese & Korean) horror-style movies, they don't reveal too much too fast / soon or by the time you're done watching it you're like "yeah, I've seen enough of this"! The best episode in the show to use as an example is Season 8 Episode... Bride; the way they barely show Doomsday at all keeps your interest peaked! *sigh*
SolJustice808 1 day ago
(pt2) dons the suit, and flies out of the Fortress of Solitude. Would you have preferred THAT to Clark zipping around saving Air Force One (with Lois onboard), and then moving a frickin' planet away from smashing into Earth? I'm sure you would have "as long as we get to see him in the complete suit from head to toe" because THAT'S what Superman is all about - not saving the day / world. (sarcasm) *sigh*
SolJustice808 6 days ago
@firetopman Correct me if I'm wrong (anyone), but the show Smallville IS the cinematic experience to show HOW Clark Kent becomes Superman. How could you think it's anything BUT that? Secondly, if you look at what Superman (1) did, and what Reeve said he understands that Smallville was showing (which "Clark" Tom was playing), it was the Clark before he becomes Superman. If you picked the moment in Superman (1) that that happened, it would be right after Clark / Kal-El finishes his training,
SolJustice808 6 days ago
I would been happy if we could of had the non cgi close up in the full suit and for the final scene being a shirt rip with the real non cgi underneath the suit
truecountrymusicfan 2 weeks ago
@truecountrymusicfan I'll say this one time. I've freeze-frame observed the series finale's full-fledged Superman moments on Blu-Ray, in HD, very carefully. Just before Tom does the shirt-rip as he's loosening his tie, you can see the 'S' popping up under his white business shirt (as well as the upper piece's long-sleeve nature through the wrist-slits, so it's not a T-shirt). IF the emblem was CGI and I'm not saying it was, it was simply enhancing a 'S' that was already there, Tom did wear it...
AngelicCo 1 week ago
I never really thought bout it but damn! 10 yrs just to c that fucker NOT wear the whole suit?... fuck :/
pawiization 2 months ago 2
0:35 that wasn't even a suit.. Look at the left side of the screen and you can see his arm. It's just a t-shirt :(
aidan50203 2 months ago
@aidan50203 I'm looking inside the sleeve-slits of that white shirt and it looks long-sleeve blue to me.
AngelicCo 2 months ago
@AngelicCo try 0:34
I don't see long sleeves.. I might be wrong though :)
aidan50203 2 months ago
the reason why it was cgi was cus in the beginning tom welling signed a contract to never wear a superman suit on screen. in my opinion the finale was great.
XxkloudxX354 2 months ago 2
@XxkloudxX354 Why?
firetopman 1 month ago
@firetopman well they couldve jus ended it with a cliffhanger with clark just recieving the suit. but instead they showed him actually becoming superman.
XxkloudxX354 1 month ago
@XxkloudxX354 Not really, we see the colors, we see computer graphics, we see him open his shirt to reveal the "S" symbol...but what we NEVER see is him wearing the suit, head to toe, no graphics, no close-ups. As bad as the George Reeves imaging was, at least we see him in the suit, plus him flying in the suit. I'm not an avid comic reader like most superman fans, but what I KNOW to be true is that seeing an actual man in a superman suit is way more satisfying than seeing computer graphics.
firetopman 1 month ago
@Bloggerboy1000 true but the series was not on him being superman it was about Clark on how he became the man of steel it was more like the history of superman and how he became who he is today
MrHero17 2 months ago
Worst finale ever.
Favonegrassone 2 months ago
@Favonegrassone You're entitled to your own thoughts, but please be courteous enough to say "in my opinion" or "from my point of view"
AngelicCo 2 months ago
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@Favonegrassone I gotta agree, this was dissapointing. Yes it was great that they ended the show well...he finally becomes Superman...but what we never see is HOW he becomes Superman. What we get is a really close head shot and some digital animations of the suit. Here is why the Christopher Reeve version was superior; We see him ripping open his shirt, change into the suit, then we actually SEE him wearing it and take off. Big let down with the computer graphics.
firetopman 1 month ago
@Favonegrassone Brb, the Sopranos want their award back for worst ever.
dinot1985 1 week ago
Y'all are fucking idiots if you want to see superman go see the movies smallville was not about superman it was about clark Kent and the trials he went through to become superman
MrHero17 2 months ago
@MrHero17 And Clark Kent is Superman. You can hardly separate the two characters especially if you make Clark a superhero (like was done in S8).
Bloggerboy1000 2 months ago
i love the theme to the song
leejee88 2 months ago
I am still at a loss why WB did not spin Smallville off into the Superman reboot. A successful series with a respectable fan base and if Michael Rosebaum on board, a Lex Luthor to match the great adaption of Lex in the animated features.
bradco6 2 months ago
- 0:07 to 0:08 (that could be anyone)
- 0:12 to 0:20 (that looks like a CGI cape to me)
- 0:23 to 0:27 (that's cleary someone else in the suit, stunt double maybe)
- 0:28 to 0:34 (that could've been just a replica/fancy dress top)
All of these shots aren't evidence of Tom wearing the suit. It would've been better to see a fully frontal body shot of him in the full-fledged suit.
LordReserei01 3 months ago
@LordReserei01 All we can do is give our own opinions, the above shots are my opinion for three shots when Tom wears at least the upper half of the suit Jonathan gives him in the Fortress (while the cape is CGI), so yep.
AngelicCo 3 months ago
@LordReserei01 no it wouldnt have been better, if wed saw him in the suit ud bn here bitching about how shitty hein the suit.
JiMMyJaM08061991 2 months ago
Your grammar and spelling has literally given me a headache.
LordReserei01 2 months ago
i would have to ageree with everyone one on this, it was a very dissapointing ending, but i wasn't surprised that him wear the suit would be down to the minimum. tv shows have the habbit of being great from the first episode on but once you get to the end it all goes to..., just look at the series finale of Angel...,...,...it had the crappest ending in tv history. but what makes the ending of smallville such a drag is that the show had been building up to him becoming superman which you really
jakmrnd 3 months ago
@jakmrnd I actually really enjoyed Angel's series finale and think it was the perfect way to end it, but that's another debate for another time. As for how Smallville ended, as I've said before, it didn't really bother me so much. We saw the Clark Kent/Kal-El character fully as Superman, only seeing Tom Welling the actor in just a few shots of the suit's upper half doesn't take away the enjoyment from me, it feels like a bonus.
AngelicCo 3 months ago
man I love this show but the finally was a big let down after ten years of watching the show didn't get to see him actually in the suit I want MORE!!!!!!!!!
doenob71 3 months ago
They haven't all the rights I think
TheJonix46 3 months ago
if anyone's complaining that they had to wait 10 years so they can see'm as Superman are morons cause that wasn't what the series was about
tacomonster98 3 months ago
@tacomonster98 Doesn't matter I quit watching it around season 3 because of the refusal to put him in the outfit. Plus he was a pussy. I'm sick of pussy superman.
michaelhpedersen 3 months ago
This post is spot-on. The whole idea of Smallville was to see the story of him becoming the hero we know him to be but the finale with all it's efforts did not satisfy me as a fan. The result of our time-invested decade of viewing to see superman were obscured, vague and ambiguous cheated scenes with only numerous close-ups and motion blurs. Not even a single acting scene portraying his arrival to the world.. I can go on!!!!!! Shame on them.
UKmayes 3 months ago
red and blue blur.... duh.... lol
jackson3rdhotmail 3 months ago
what season did dthis happen im just starting to watch this show in sindicate.im at dooms day legion of superheroes oliver queen and lex's death now. is the series still ongoing?
Labcabin96 3 months ago
@Labcabin96 The space-soaring shot of the cape is from the Season 3 episode "Hereafter" and Season 9 "Absolute Justice" movie, that depicts Superman's final fate. The other moments where we see Clark in this full-fledged incarnation of his Superman alias include the Season 9 finale "Salvation", Season 10 200th ep "Homecoming", and the series finale's second part of "Finale". Hope that helps!
AngelicCo 3 months ago
@AngelicCo I missed all this. I stopped watching it when it became Smallville 90210
MERVILLE3 3 months ago
@Labcabin96 Also, the series ended at ten seasons, finishing of flast May.
AngelicCo 3 months ago
@Labcabin96 season 10 and no...Duh!!
jakmrnd 3 months ago
when tom opened the door at the farmhouse (i think it was there) and showed his naked torso, i was shocked at how normal he looked. i dont wanna say fat. but he was not super.
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the suit shots they showed were PERFECT, end of story. far shots of superman flying in action, close up of clark with the cape and the final shot of the show with clark in the suit. AMAZING!
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I think Welling would have made a really terriffict, straight up television Superman. I think Smallville droped the ball and should have done a great Smallville to Adventures of Superman show.
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jayce79 3 months ago
I though that Smallville started getting good when they were introducing other JLA characters into the mix. And the last season just had some great stuff in it. But man they were teasing the suit the whole time and what they showed was really a let down. But he was not nearly as ripped at season 10 as he was around season 5.
bigvelvetdog 3 months ago
my brothers swore they saw him in the suit too. you got it right. you never saw him in the suit just a lil piece of blue.
ftwebster 3 months ago
@ftwebster We see him in the upper half of it for those three shots.
AngelicCo 3 months ago
yeah i finaly thought i would see old tom be superman but what can you do aleast we saw him with the s at the end with the theme. i thought of a better way to end it and it would have batman wonder woman and green lantern and a real person playing darkseid and a suit made just for tom welling
davischase1000 3 months ago
It was shocking that they let us wait 10 years for that! Poor Tom never even got to play Superman just Clark! They made a HUGE error there in my humble opinion
MrWolfman1977 3 months ago
@MrWolfman1977 Eh, he basically was doing the dual-identity thing since half a dozen eps into Season 8, it was just the Superman alias without the full-fledged tights, flights for keeps, or name.
AngelicCo 3 months ago
@MrWolfman1977 Tom Welling refused to wear the suit. the only error was hirring that peice of shit in the first place. he let all the fans down cause he couldnt be seen with his underwear on the outside for even one episode..
turok14 3 months ago
@turok14 Is that the truth dude? Shocker!
MrWolfman1977 3 months ago
@MrWolfman1977 yea everybody is saying it was a legal issue and they couldnt show him in the suit. but thats not true if it was a legal issue they wouldnt have shown half the stuff on that show. so im not sure who started saying that but its all over the place now.but i watched a video interveiw were tom welling said he told them he would never wear tights an they hired him anyway cause the show is about clark not superman. i guess they didnt think the show would go that long when they started
turok14 3 months ago
todavia no he podido verla!!espero q sea pronto y seguro esta con erica durance q es la verdadera protagonista en la historia de superman como ha sido siempre!!!!!
clarkkent867 3 months ago
Kuwait's right! Beautiful:) * love of a hero قوة الحب
az99920 3 months ago
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Brandon Routh.
MrPredOfficial 3 months ago
@MrPredOfficial It was a new CGI model apart from Routh's in Superman Returns.
AngelicCo 3 months ago
jajajaja BAD !!!
27htk 3 months ago
Smallville is about story of Clark Kent and not Superman.Wearing suit is not significant factor.
zipzap570 3 months ago
The smallville writers couldnt afford to have tom welling in the suit and they wud hav had to tailor the suit to fit his body, but even if they had to CGI the whole thing they cud hav at least shown full body CGI to at least give us a view of wut he wud look like, just like wut they did to ryan reynolds in green lantern.
DKickz1993 3 months ago
and the suit coming from the kryptonian parent Jor El, I know Lara send him the blanket in movie but in edition 1 of adventures of superman it is jor el who hands him the suit, so great to see not only jor el but jonathan as well, Bloody amazing show and amazing finale, it was better than I expected, Tom welling great actor fantastic superman, ten years over im truly gutted, and 2 pay greater tribute 2 christover, they show him in fortress in the flashbacks & end with the music, 5/5 Truly WOW
christianlennon1979 3 months ago
Take bryan singers film superman return and just compare it to the Finale of smallville, Smallville has everything , Ive been a comic, Movie Tele Shows fan since before i could walk, and what gough and millar did is Large epic, legendary, the way superman should begin, the way superman should be done,Darkseid, Desaad, Green Arrow, Apokolip, they pay homage to 3 massive superman elements, Darkseid from the comic Apokolip now and the animated episode of same name, Air force 1 from the Movie 1978
christianlennon1979 3 months ago
finally the yellow "S" is back on the cape
TightKickflip 3 months ago
i still wish we got clark first flight with remy zeros save me playing in the back ground!
graystorm2008 4 months ago
Didn't he say that If he had to wear the superman cape and tights , he wouldn't do the show?
bunnybooties 4 months ago
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Smallville never meant to Fly but they should have made him learn or try atleast.
Very sad to wait 10 years in the making and they kept us waiting all this time
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wilcoshare 4 months ago
@wilcoshare Clark does gradually learn flight through the series, compliments of at least a few training lessons and roughly ten easter-egg moments, he just doesn't nail it for keeps till the show's final hour. Watch the episodes "Metamorphosis", "Tempest"/"Vortex", "Rosetta", "Crusade", "Veritas", "Doomsday", "Savior", "Salvation", "Lazarus", "Supergirl", "Homecoming", and "Collateral" to see this ten year journey prior to "Finale". It's the furthest thing from a lightswitch, IMO.
AngelicCo 4 months ago
@AngelicCo after years of watching smallville i lost intrest on that. but thanks i will watch those episodes.
wilcoshare 4 months ago
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wilcoshare 4 months ago
@ AngelicCo i wish they would have at least show him flying off at the end like the old movies what a shame
darkonefilms 4 months ago
i think the new superman with Henry Cavill is going to bomb out because so many people have seen Tom Welling as Superman or Clark Kent. Tom Welling looks more natural as superman or clark kent. Each time they have a superman they keep changing supermans costume! Besides they keep showing Superman as weakling with hardly any muscle definition or build on his body!
wonbyjesus390 4 months ago
@wonbyjesus390 A weakling with hardly any muscle definition or build on his body???
You really haven't seem Henry Cavill in the new suit yet ,have you??
williamblair11 3 months ago
@williamblair11 the new suit is a muscle suit similar to batmans suit
jayryan3181 2 months ago
@jayryan3181 No it isn't.Cavill's been working out every day on set to keep himself massive so he can fill the suit out.Go to the IMDb M-o-S page and have a look at the pictures and you'll see.If you still don't believe, go on to the boards and see what the fans say.
williamblair11 2 months ago
@williamblair11 i agree he is ripped, but there is still sculpting and padding in the suit. if you look at some of the raw pictures on screenrant you'll see what i mean
jayryan3181 2 months ago
@jayryan3181.. I swear to God.The suit is not sculpted.Ive seen every single picture.Plus seen Cavill with his top off .There's also no need for a muscle suit or sculpting with his build.The suit has patterning on it but that doesn't add a'thing to the build.Its all Cavill.
williamblair11 2 months ago
@jayryan3181 This looks like a guy who needs more muscles to play S-Man??? ..... h t t p : / /w w w . celebuzz. com / 2011-10-25 /because-hes-hot-henry- cavill -goes-shirtle ss-on- man-of-st eel-set- photos /
williamblair11 2 months ago
@jayryan3181 Have you seen the suit? There's no space for padding and stuff, that's how built Cavill is now
SupermaN042195 2 months ago
@SupermaN042195 @williamblair11 I agree with you the man is ripped, I'm saying the suit isn't a thin suit like the Reeves or Routh suit when you take Cavill's suit off it will hold it's shape that's what I meant by sculpted. I didn't mean padded to be bigger
jayryan3181 2 months ago
@jayryan3181 Yeah, I see what you mean
SupermaN042195 2 months ago
In all fairness, Smallville isn't Superman...it's the story of how Clark built up to it.
p3nathan 4 months ago
10 years waiting for this shit..... NO SUIT
shakk3n1 4 months ago
Could've been worse. At least Clark wore the suit.
reevesdamn 4 months ago
@canadianguy0987 Well, calling him the "red/blue blur" for so long before that may have been a clue as to what to expect. ; )
theoriginaldizzyjam 4 months ago
@canadianguy0987 But at least he wore the suit in the final scene with the shirt rip...
MJPETTY7 4 months ago
@canadianguy0987 ok then.
KryptonianMan22 4 months ago
dude shut up I stand by my opinion you bitch
KryptonianMan22 4 months ago
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KryptonianMan22 4 months ago
somebody save me...
nieron80 4 months ago
I so wanted to see a epic fight sequence between superman and darkseid in the final episode...maybe the new film will have more action and finally an opponent who is on a level with supermans strenght
Rahmael 4 months ago
Used to love this show. Watched every Episode some were really good when they stuck with story and not freak of the week. I think what made me stop watching was they would go weeks with no new Episode. Used to aggravate the crap out of us. Wait till end of show and no scenes for next week. Then lost track of the show and forgot where I left off.
Gig540 4 months ago
Superman is the best so say something postive not negative
knightsmall 4 months ago
disappointing end to smallville!
Uncharted3King 4 months ago
@canadianguy0987 lol
KryptonianMan22 4 months ago
@canadianguy0987 the henry cavil suit has a fat shield
KryptonianMan22 4 months ago
@canadianguy0987 its better than the new man of steel suit
KryptonianMan22 4 months ago
Hate to break it to you guys but Tom NEVER wore the suit. It was CGI, a body double and close-ups with a cape comped in behind him. I'm not even sure that he was wearing the suit top when he ripped open his shirt at the end of the show because in "SUPERMAN Returns", as Clark runs down the alley to go save the space plane, when the scene was ORIGINALLY shot, Brandon Routh opened his shirt to a white undershirt and they rotoscoped the suit in later. I have a feeling that's what they did here too.
petewkro 4 months ago 3
@petewkro Unless you have proof, please don't force your opinion as fact. Short of the producers saying otherwise, to the best we can see, Tom wears at least the upper half of the suit (apparently the same one Jonathan hands Clark in the Fortress) for these three shots. As for the final shirt-rip, the 'S' was not CGI. Watch carefully as Tom's about to rip the shirt, you can see the blue long-sleeve nature through the wrist-slits in his shirt and the 'S' pressing through a bit just underneath...
AngelicCo 4 months ago 4
@AngelicCo
As much as I hate to admit it, he ripped into a tshirt, not that hard to see in HD quality if you know where to look. He never wore the suit, it was all CGI with switches to close ups of his face and a cape added in behind him. Maybe it's just me being a CG artist, but I found it easy to notice lower quality CGI shots in Lord of the Rings as well that PJ couldn't tell the difference from also.
LordCorDox 4 months ago
@AngelicCo I don't know. That S look pretty phony and digital to me.
Dagenspear 4 months ago
@AngelicCo
tom didn't want to wear the suit out of respect for Christopher.
he didn't want to take the place of Chris being the superman.
tom really never played superman, he played a kid from Smallville named Clark Kent.
The series showed us how Clark Became The Man Behind The "S"
The series show us how Clark Learned about he's powers and past everything he needed to know so he could be the Man Of Steel
iGuessTV 3 months ago
@iGuessTV I dunno, to me, Tom was/is the live-action Superman of the 2008-2011 era from Season 8's "Prey"/"Identity" to "Finale". Hell, compliments of two proto-suits, he even wore the 'S' on his chest for the last two seasons. Just because he wasn't flying on a regular basis or being called 'Superman' by name shouldn't take away how the last two and a half years of this series essentially represented Superman's Early Years, at least that's how I feel on the matter.
AngelicCo 3 months ago
I think Tom should have never play the S series. He was never + in wavering the superman suit in the 1st place.The employers of the WB should have said FU@II YOU we will get someone who is respective in wearing the man of steel suit. Put the employers were so stupid they call tom 3 time. Were there some gay producer involve here. The last episode really S ball. He should have respective his fans & had done a perter job. Attitude like that should have never take him this far.
universe280 4 months ago
@petewkro watch?v=mNAx7yIjSRg
SELLING SUPERMAN RETURNS SUIT
SupermanReturns71 4 months ago
@petewkro Wow, didnt know that...
zestydude87 3 months ago
@zestydude87 He's just babbling nonsense.
NatDuv121 3 months ago
Thank you for posting this. I was just in a debate with someone who insisted they showed Tom Welling wearing the suit.
This show has taught me a lesson. When I stop liking a show, I no longer stick with it to see if it will get better
jlg896 4 months ago
@jlg896 No prob!
AngelicCo 4 months ago
When I think about it...we always said we wanted to see welling in the suit but we never said like how and where is he gonna see the suit X_X
ShinjiroX117 4 months ago
I was soooo mad about the way Smallville ended!
xHsRxBaSsIsTx 4 months ago
LOL OH I LOVE IT!!!! YOu said it all!!!! I haited the end 100% Smallville should have ended the way every Superman Movie has ended. With Superman flying around the earth then into the camrea smileing at us!!!!!! I was waiting for him to fly off the roof and do it when the redits came I.......Well I will not say what I did and said LOL
dracerick 5 months ago
Hey, Angel, don't get me wrong. I loved Smallville and I hoped for the suit, too, though I did not see the way to get 'adult' TW into it. Despite anything I hoped for the miracle and the true power of technology. I am not afraid to admit that I am disappointed. No sense to put on a brave face.
But I just remembered the shots of naked TW from early seasons (jump to the river, deleted scene). We never knew if it was him or the body double but the triangle was there!
rzhevska 6 months ago
@rzhevska
Actually, you'd be surprised, as long as you have big arms and don't have overly fat legs, in the Routh suit (incidentally the one seen in Smallville too) anyone can look like Superman just by sucking in their gut a bit.
I used to be, not fat, but not muscly, and when I wore my replica suit to a party once people kept asking me if I was working out. Then I DID start working out, and am now pretty musclyish, like Dean Cain was, and you can't really tell the difference in the suit :)
SuperRichi1A 5 months ago
@SuperRichi1A Congratulations on your good physique! I didn't know about the suit, makes me wonder why TW did not use its power to look better and iconic. Maybe his rear part was just too big? I am of skinny type and sometimes do want more fat in some places (esp. when it is slippery in winter). But if I were TW I would certainly keep to a diet. Or fall in love. Or use some crèmes advertised. Whatever to meet fans’ expectations. Perhaps he just didn’t care.
rzhevska 5 months ago
@rzhevska
Hehe... thanks...
Seriously, that Routh suit he wore is amasing, as long you have big arms you do actually look like the Hulk. It does annoy me, actually, because I spent hours in the gym for months, then when I next wore my suit to a party again there was no evidence of it lol.
I think welling was in OK shape, but we never actually saw it. The only time was in season 3, and that was years ago. He never wore the suit for the finale, it was all CGI :(.
:)
SuperRichi1A 5 months ago
@SuperRichi1A And what do you think, why TW never wore a suit then? As for working out and its results which are invisibe sometimes, well, to raise your spirits I can say it is next to impossible for a woman to grow muscles (without drugs). I used to take classes in boxing with all these intense arm exercises and I did my best. So shoulders now look good and firmness of muscles can be felt by touch. But visually? Not so much. And I checked photos of the female champs in boxing - same story.
rzhevska 5 months ago
@rzhevska
Sorry to hear that. Different in men, even the slightest bit of training can improve the look of muscles, and to get good arms it's not hard. It's getting rid of belly fat so you can actually see the muscles that causes problems. I think problem for men is not putting on fat as well as muscle.
Tom never wore the suit, apparently, because the producers didn't want to introduce Superman at the end. They said they wanted just to show "hints" at what was happening - so it was all CGI.
SuperRichi1A 5 months ago
@SuperRichi1A Producers are dumb then. After SO many questions about the suit before season 10 they didn't see what fans wanted. Muscles,yeah, I kind of figured it worked differently for men and women while looking at my gymmates.I was the only one of my gender there. But with abs, they appear in two days in training, no problem. I quess fat goes lower in women to build this sand watch shape. Though I never noticed the difference in building abs. Arms are usually naked, not torso. Good luck!
rzhevska 5 months ago
@rzhevska
Thanks :)
Yeah, about the suit, that seems to be the general consensus, it was a cop out. 10 years of building up and they messed up the most crucial part. Ah well...
SuperRichi1A 5 months ago 4
I am mad. At many things. Like Tom Welling being too fat to wear the suit. When he was perfect for this iconic shot he was shy and did not want it (in seasons 1-3 maybe). And now he just cannot be Superman. Thanks for the vid anyway!
rzhevska 6 months ago
@rzhevska Too fat? That's news to me, he looked to be in excellent Superman-ish shape for the show's last few years.
AngelicCo 6 months ago 6
@AngelicCo Yeah, right, Supermanish shape of 60s. Body standards changed a little bit since that, didn't they?
I would not mind the shape of Christopher Reeve though, seems universal. Welling looked good in early seasons but maybe not good enough for the tights. I mean look at the swimmers, Routh, Reeve's photos - broad shoulders, narrow hips. Welling's hips, backside always looked impressive, even while modelling. So I guess a classic body triangle wasn't there. And then he became too heavy.
rzhevska 6 months ago
@AngelicCo I wouldn't say he was fat, but he was definitely carrying a little more weight than he was in the earlier seasons. But I doubt thats the reason they didnt show him in the suit.
KingpinTKO 4 months ago
@KingpinTKO Tom is always in shape. .I mean the episodes before that he was in shape. Obviously hes going to look more defined when scenes call for him in the buff gang. No need to workout into form, if they decided
no detailed shot of him in the suit.
kalel248 3 months ago
@rzhevska really he was too fat, I always thought he was in good shape for the show, wasnt that part of his contract that he had to stay in shape for the show
briskey28 4 months ago
@briskey28 Yes tom was really fat, of the end of the show.
universe280 4 months ago
@rzhevska he lost all his weight though i found a recent SKINNY SEXY photo of him :D
Benoit564 4 months ago