I almost didnt watch it at all, even though i had the time and opportunity. The ninth season comprises 21 episodes and concluded its initial airing on may 14, 2010, marking the fourth season to air. Tom welling refused to do the original smallville finale cbr. The comic book series began six months after clark kent became superman, and a number of adventures and disasters followed. We jumped onto this idea that at the end of the show, the idea is that clark becomes superman and hes out there, and we. Finale, part 2 is the twentysecond episode in the tenth season of smallville, and the two hundredeighteenth and final episode. With tom welling, erica durance, cassidy freeman, justin hartley. Finale which aired on may, 2011 followed by a reairing on may 19. Cws veteran smallville had a solid though not spectacular end of its 10year run last night. The series finale succeeded in delivering the moments we wanted to see. Why i found the series finale of smallville to be so. Dc comics cancelled the series after nineteen issues at the end of the olympus story arc, with the rest of the seasoneleven story continuing as miniseries under the season eleven banner. The biggest problem with the finale was that it did feel very much disjointed, with producers scrambling to include as much footage in as possible in order to make the story work.
The end of an epic journey nick mchatton at may 14, 2011 7. However, nearly a decade later, smallville still leaves a lot of unanswered questions in regards to story and characters. The series follows the adventures of the young clark kent tom welling in the fictional town of smallville, kansas, before he becomes superman. Well we all waited 10 years for this and here it is the ending of smallville as clark shows hes the hero we need him to be. Tom welling reveals why he never wore superman suit. Before that show got up and running a lot of fans know her best as tess from the long running cw series smallville, and she did a guest star run on another popular cw show the vampire diaries. The flash returns to this week with its first new episode in over a month, thanks in part to the coronavirus pandemic which shut down production on the cws popular arrowverse series. Is arrows series finale really the end for oliver queen. Ever since the smallville series finale, welling has kept his mouth shut since it ended. People are going to fall out of their chairs when they see what happens in the end. Unfortunately, because the loss of lionel was needed to bring back lex, the father and son reunion that fans were waiting for never happened. Smallville season 10 finale clark becomes superman.
Some fans might have been disappointed with the finale, but welling said hes confident that it was the ending smallville deserved. Smallville s tom welling breaks silence on series finale. Tom welling reveals why smallvilles clark kent didnt. I wouldnt be surprised if there are people who know that the series finale of smallville marks the end of the shows 10th season but who didnt know the show was still on the air during its ninth season, or its eighth, or earlier than that. On march 11, 2015, dc comics ended the smallville season eleven with story arc continuity, which serves as the finale of the television franchise. Smallville season 10 finale clark becomes superman ebayneatstuff777. In the end it did just enough to leave me feeling mostly satisfied. Published by dc comics, smallville season 11 kept the continuity of the show and picked up where smallville left off. Instead, they were replaced with the everglowing color of red.
The flash star confirms which episode will be season 6. By the closing minutes of the empire series finale, titled home is on the way, two characters had died, and cookie taraji p. In the series finale, tess mercer cassidy freeman learns that the planet apokolips is coming to destroy humanity, and that oliver queen justin hartley is under the possession of darkseid. Its not often one gets to witness a series finale as epic as that of smallville.
While i havent loved every episode i loved the series finale and i have loved the series as a whole. Because of the establishment of no flight, no tights during the shows run. As the smallville series finale made its turn to the final hour, so did the themes. Get more scoop on the smallville series finale in mega buzz 3. It did what no other live action comic book based property has ever done in any way in the history of the superhero medium. Smallville producers talk series finale and favorite. The series pilot of smallville did that job very, very well. Why did the smallville finale not show tom welling wearing. But ill miss you even more because you didnt get a proper series finale. Id say, to some extent, the finale was a microcosm to the whole series. The events of smallville season 11 have always been considered to be incanon with the show.
Tonight, the cw will air the final episode of arrow. While managing to cater to every major smallville cast members. She was reading to him a smallville comic, the story of how clark kent became superman. Good on finale for finding a compelling way to give john schneider always one of the best things about prim0years smallville a role to play in the end. Keep it locked to mtv splash page for more smallville coverage throughout the day and after the finale. Why superman really didnt suit up in smallvilles finale. The comic book series lasted from 2012 to 20, before being replaced by various miniseries that ended in 2015. Though the tv series had come to an end, smallville continued in another format.
At the end, we saw a bow and arrow before flashing to the daily planet one last time. The ninth season of smallville, an american television series, began airing on september 25, 2009. The actor did return for the series finale, and he revealed why he decided to do that in his empire interview as well. The ratings understandably dropped quite a bit but the network still renewed the show for a 10th season.
I am also thankful that the series had the opportunity to properly end itself instead of drag out any longer. My wife isnt a smallville fan in any way shape or form. I think soon as they introduced lois in season 4 they should have. Have your say smallville series finale to feature wedding smallville exec talks series finale smallville star teases series. The cws smallville ended its run in 2011 after 10 seasons, but some fans are still miffed that we didnt get to see clark kent make his full transition into superman during the episode. Last season, the cw network moved smallville from its usual thursday night timeslot to fridays. Season 10, imo, was the best season of smallville as a whole. The story of clark kent culminates in this twohour series finale as clark takes the last step to becoming the man of steel. Smallville will truly be missed and i take solace knowing. Smallvilles tom welling breaks silence on series finale suitup.
The smallville series finale airs tonight at 8 pm eastern on the cw. Tom welling refused to do the original series finale for smallville smallville burst on to the scene in 2001 as a bold reimagining of the origins of superman, showing the adventures of young clark kent as he slowly transitions from being a young man with superpowers until he becomes, well, you know, superman. See kryptonsites original gallery for the smallville finale here, and find yourself transported back to 2011. Clark and lois both reconsider their wedding plans, unaware that darkseid and his prophets plan to disrupt the ceremony. Surely, there will be some lingering questions, but i feel that so many characters and elements from the shows past returned in this postcrisis environment, and each and every one was given a lot of time, thought, and love. Warner bros owns dc comics but theres a stipulation somewhere in all the legalities that says the superman costume cant be worn on smallville unless a large sum is paid.
The smallville finales most super secrets are finally revealed. But now, in an interview with entertainment weekly, the og superhero tv star finally revealed his thoughts on why the series never showed him wearing the superman suit, even towards the endat least, not entirely. The series recounts the early adventures of kryptonian clark kent as he adjusts to life in the fictional town of smallville, kansas, during the years before he becomes superman. Tess1 is kidnapped by lionel2 in the hopes to revive lex1, oliver1 battles the prophets, and jonathan1 helps clark to embrace. I liked the ending of the series, because its like, yes. John schneiders return was much appreciated and we got to see. Smallville did continue in a series of season 11 comics. The arrowverse on the cw is poised to lose the show that started it all by the end of the 20192020 tv season. The twohour series finale of the young superman series drew 3.
Viewers always knew the cws smallville series would end with clark kent. Yet, at the close of a show, the series finale has an even more important job. It is also the second half of the fulllength movie smallville. I didnt watch the series finale of smallville until last night. To that end, i spoke with cannon and stephens about the rob baileydirected finale, how they got to this end after five seasons and whether it was part of the original plan. The ratings understandably dropped quite a bit but. Unfortunately, because the loss of lionel was needed to bring back lex, the father and son. Take, for example, the fight scene with lucious and damon transitioning quickly over to the big movie premiere at the end of the finale. Lois and clark are finally together married like in the comics. We got to see the end of clarks 10 year journey towards becoming superman. What happened to tom wellings superman after smallville ended. I guess they crammed what they could into the 2 episode finale, but it just wasnt quite enough to push it into the 7910 bracket.
The finale was bookended by chloe reading a story to her son seven years into the future. One things for sure the cast and crew of smallville really out did themselves in this last and final episode of the decadelong series. Why did it take the finale for clark kent to fly and wear. Toward the end of the series, lois and clark return. The shows original creators, alfred gough and miles millar, left after season seven, along with most of the remaining members of the original supporting. Here is our list of 10 questions we still have almost a decade after the finale. With lionel luthor sacrificing himself to save lex luthor, the return that smallville fans have been waiting for arrived.
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