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Thinking About Superboy …
Thanks To The 8th Season
Premiere of SMALLVILLE!!

I am – Hercules!!


The CW sent along the 8th season premiere of “Smallville.” Lex is gone but Green Arrow, Black Canary, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter are lurking about. (The Flash and Cyborg are merely referenced.) Supergirl is presumably still rotting away in the Phantom Zone. Tom Welling now wears eyeglasses in the opening credits. Alison Mack is now second-billed, and Chloe’s got new super-powers, newer even than her healing ability. Sam Witwer, who I think plays Doomsday, is in the opening credits but he’s not in the episode.

Not much of the show seems to take place in Smallville anymore, but I suppose that’s okay because “Smallville” is also Lois Lane’s nickname for Clark Kent.

The Legion of Super-Heroes is expected to turn up later in the season, so that’ll be cool.

The show has new runners, but I can’t say 8.1 evidences much of a shift in quality. It's starting to resemble more than anything the second season of "Heroes"; there are many characters, and a lot happens, but it's not terribly engaging and fairly contrived. Lois disguises herself as a French maid in the first act, so I suppose the series may have grown a bit goofier. I forgot how much I hated the "Smallville" versions of Justice League costumes.

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hey smallville
by deanbarry
Sep 18th, 2008
02:39:33 AM
All Star Supes
by Bubba Gillman
Sep 18th, 2008
02:48:13 AM
Herc
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
02:50:16 AM
SUPERNATURAL!!! TONIGHT!!! WATCH IT!!!
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
02:53:07 AM
Mr. Zeddemore, NO WAY JL was the best of S6.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
02:55:20 AM
Shermdawg
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:02:32 AM
Mack, just like Rosenbaum will have...
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:03:04 AM
"It's good TV, even when it's mediocre."
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:05:28 AM
Shermdawg
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:07:23 AM
Oh, btw, did ya hear? DWAYNE JOHNSON IS SUPERMAN.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:08:06 AM
"I've seen worse TV than SV get lauded here."
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:10:20 AM
Shermdawg
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:10:42 AM
Shermdawg
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:12:10 AM
It was a rhetorical question Zed. ;)
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:13:43 AM
Shermdawg
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:15:18 AM
Caviar thieves?!?
by Horace Cox
Sep 18th, 2008
03:15:25 AM
I forget
by SUPERJIM
Sep 18th, 2008
03:15:44 AM
Supernatural
by David Cloverfield
Sep 18th, 2008
03:17:26 AM
In Episode 2...
by wampa_one
Sep 18th, 2008
03:18:16 AM
SUPERJIM
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:20:32 AM
smallville guilty pleasure
by Mr_X
Sep 18th, 2008
03:22:39 AM
MITCH PILEGGI GUEST STARS ON NEXT WEEK'S SUPERNATURAL!!!
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:24:09 AM
Supernatural
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:27:20 AM
Oh so you're gonna start watching that show where....
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:31:04 AM
heh
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:35:03 AM
Thanks Shermdawg
by SUPERJIM
Sep 18th, 2008
03:36:49 AM
SUPERJIM
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:38:13 AM
SUPERJIM
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:39:18 AM
Kristin Kreuk is NOT Chun-Li.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:40:22 AM
Street Fighter
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:42:12 AM
It is amazing
by SUPERJIM
Sep 18th, 2008
03:45:59 AM
Street Fighter: The Movie was fucking awesome.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:46:13 AM
Best. Monologue. Ever.
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
03:48:59 AM
WHERE IS THE SUPERNATURAL TALKBACK, HERC ?
by Toby___Wong
Sep 18th, 2008
04:12:43 AM
Supernatural
by MonkeyManReturns
Sep 18th, 2008
04:39:46 AM
I'll watch - but only with the assistance of...
by Yeti
Sep 18th, 2008
04:49:34 AM
You can really tell it's ending this year
by lord_zedd
Sep 18th, 2008
05:17:50 AM
All you had to say was...
by mighty boosh
Sep 18th, 2008
05:28:19 AM
Imagine Batman: The Early Years
by mighty boosh
Sep 18th, 2008
05:31:13 AM
Did Herc ever answer to the "Why no Supernatural talkback"
by David Cloverfield
Sep 18th, 2008
05:35:13 AM
Probably because he feels it's a Buffy ripoff.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
06:05:06 AM
Herc Thinks About Superboy...
by ElvisPresLeeHorsleyHarveyOswal dOprahWinFreeJackHorkheimer
Sep 18th, 2008
06:31:05 AM
Dreamgirl or Saturn Girl?
by NudeandAroused
Sep 18th, 2008
06:33:20 AM
"Are we ever going to see Bruce Wayne pop up on Smallville?"
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
06:36:25 AM
We Will Never See The Costume...
by Hagakure
Sep 18th, 2008
07:24:51 AM
Skinner has already been on Reaper
by chrth
Sep 18th, 2008
07:30:25 AM
DWAYNE JOHNSON IS NOT SUPERMAN
by SnowDogs
Sep 18th, 2008
07:30:51 AM
There's only one actor who could do justice to Superman
by chrth
Sep 18th, 2008
07:32:27 AM
Christian Bale as Superman
by mighty boosh
Sep 18th, 2008
07:47:13 AM
Christian Bale also as the Flash! And...
by mighty boosh
Sep 18th, 2008
07:48:58 AM
Can't stop watching...
by seanny_d
Sep 18th, 2008
07:56:47 AM
Supernatural...
by EvilMonkey01
Sep 18th, 2008
08:22:04 AM
"The Flash"? Try Impulse instead.
by SpyGuy
Sep 18th, 2008
08:24:09 AM
SpyGuy, I'm fearing the same thing about Doomsday
by Mr Slippy Fist
Sep 18th, 2008
08:31:22 AM
Doomsday
by Mr. Zeddemore
Sep 18th, 2008
08:36:09 AM
Supernatural talkback please.
by Johnny Smith
Sep 18th, 2008
08:49:32 AM
Mitch Pileggi is on F/X's *Sons of Liberty*
by lynxpro
Sep 18th, 2008
09:29:09 AM
EvilMonkey01
by David Cloverfield
Sep 18th, 2008
09:35:24 AM
McPoops
by skimn
Sep 18th, 2008
10:02:06 AM
Smallville
by Margroks
Sep 18th, 2008
10:31:08 AM
Supernatural
by superpan
Sep 18th, 2008
10:48:55 AM
Re:Sunny
by skimn
Sep 18th, 2008
10:56:33 AM
Legion of Superheroes costumes
by McGooCain
Sep 18th, 2008
11:19:55 AM
How long can they keep this up?
by rev_skarekroe
Sep 18th, 2008
11:44:57 AM
BALE kicks the crap out of WELLING
by amateurscientist
Sep 18th, 2008
12:35:49 PM
Need to have Batman
by GreatOne3
Sep 18th, 2008
12:57:11 PM
Smallville is lame
by Luscious.868
Sep 18th, 2008
12:58:58 PM
Eight Years?
by tvspace
Sep 18th, 2008
01:03:13 PM
Worst ... Lois Lane ... ever ...
by Royston Lodge
Sep 18th, 2008
01:04:58 PM
we have a KICK-ASS Supernatural talkback
by Mose Schrute
Sep 18th, 2008
01:05:55 PM
DWAYNE JOHNSON IS SUPERMAN
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
01:30:34 PM
Always Sunny In Philedelphia 4th Season premier tonight
by fiester
Sep 18th, 2008
01:33:08 PM
lynxpro, that's "SONS OF ANARCHY".
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
01:35:14 PM
"Bale beats Welling in acting chops too (duh),"
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
01:40:08 PM
One of the areas I think the creators
by veritasses
Sep 18th, 2008
01:47:10 PM
I've never seen an episode of Smallville
by Trazadone
Sep 18th, 2008
01:53:42 PM
Shermdawg
by skimn
Sep 18th, 2008
01:59:34 PM
Go Read "It's Superman!" by Tom DeHaven
by nyj_et
Sep 18th, 2008
02:10:16 PM
Trazadone
by nyj_et
Sep 18th, 2008
02:22:34 PM
man, Clark has been getting a LOT of wear and tear...
by RockLobster800
Sep 18th, 2008
02:25:05 PM
Seriously, where is the Supernatural talkback?
by Mahaloth
Sep 18th, 2008
02:28:03 PM
Sherm you brilliant lunatic, still at it, eh?
by Rickey Henderson
Sep 18th, 2008
02:37:29 PM
Rickey, you been reading my posts?
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:02:55 PM
Where's the CSI talkback?
by splungiest
Sep 18th, 2008
03:16:56 PM
Supernatural blows
by darthuser
Sep 18th, 2008
03:18:22 PM
I've got a incredible Supernatural talkback going in The Zone
by darth girlfriend
Sep 18th, 2008
03:20:05 PM
Where's The Grey's Anatomy talkback?
by whoanecron
Sep 18th, 2008
03:21:29 PM
Kristen Bell on The Late Late Show tomorrow
by Big Jim
Sep 18th, 2008
03:22:00 PM
where's the My Name Is Earl talkback?
by mach5jack
Sep 18th, 2008
03:23:55 PM
Where's the America's Got Talent talkback?
by mach5jack
Sep 18th, 2008
03:26:18 PM
Where's the Glam God with Vivica A Fox talkback?
by Lisa Bent
Sep 18th, 2008
03:30:57 PM
The big question is....
by TVguy4566
Sep 18th, 2008
03:42:06 PM
No one was clogging up the tb until you guys showed up.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:44:45 PM
I AM BATMAN!
by McGooCain
Sep 18th, 2008
03:44:51 PM
And another thing, I don't think anyone was complaining about...
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:47:15 PM
THE ZONE is for pussies who like order und efficiency
by chrth
Sep 18th, 2008
03:52:59 PM
The Zone's pretty cool.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
03:56:42 PM
Hot Green Arrow
by mysterygirlx11
Sep 18th, 2008
04:00:25 PM
Supernatural please...
by turketron
Sep 18th, 2008
04:02:18 PM
Why not just talk about Supernatural here?
by mcgowanleg
Sep 18th, 2008
04:34:06 PM
Yeah, it's true Supernatural ripped of Buffy a lot
by David Cloverfield
Sep 18th, 2008
04:43:58 PM
If there's no Supernatural talkback tonight...
by Johnny Smith
Sep 18th, 2008
04:48:22 PM
mcgowanleg
by David Cloverfield
Sep 18th, 2008
04:49:53 PM
Where's the talkback for Project Runway?
by Katie Geek
Sep 18th, 2008
04:55:19 PM
Katie Geek
by Johnny Smith
Sep 18th, 2008
05:15:06 PM
You do realize why it's not popular is because no one really kno
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
05:17:09 PM
-ws it's on.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
05:17:37 PM
Dead horse
by GeorgieBoy
Sep 18th, 2008
05:23:17 PM
The show died with Jonathan Kent.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
05:25:50 PM
Hopes for Season 8
by Jedibobster
Sep 18th, 2008
05:31:17 PM
time to let this show die
by palooka_boy
Sep 18th, 2008
05:43:47 PM
Doomsday
by jsm1978
Sep 18th, 2008
05:53:17 PM
Project Runway
by Err
Sep 18th, 2008
06:01:17 PM
Wait, last season's ender
by kdoc13
Sep 18th, 2008
06:33:03 PM
KDOC13 has a low IQ
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
07:11:00 PM
BTW
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
07:14:37 PM
"F all y'all."
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
07:21:09 PM

by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
07:23:18 PM
Indoor Plumbing is a Troll with a lower IQ and a lack of ability
by kdoc13
Sep 18th, 2008
07:28:12 PM
That should have read...
by kdoc13
Sep 18th, 2008
07:29:36 PM
well...
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
07:32:40 PM
It's always sunny in philadelphia TONIGHT!!!
by BadMrWonka
Sep 18th, 2008
07:35:48 PM
Ok, that bullet time fakeout was pretty badass!
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
07:48:56 PM
Ahahahahaha
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
07:52:08 PM
*bit
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
07:52:49 PM
SUPERNATURAL STARTS NOW EAST COASTERS!!!
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
08:00:19 PM
"Supernatural is boring sub-"Charmed" CW kiddie crap"
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 18th, 2008
08:17:23 PM
Here's the thing
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
08:29:13 PM
The last 2 minutes WAS GREAT!
by DrPain
Sep 18th, 2008
08:30:51 PM
I love how diehard fans are always the first to...
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
08:32:30 PM

by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
08:42:42 PM
and shermdawg, for the record...
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
08:43:30 PM
My bad.
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
08:47:14 PM
Indoor, I have watched every single episode
by DrPain
Sep 18th, 2008
08:50:02 PM
DrPain
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
08:54:37 PM
BAD MR WONKA
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
08:56:44 PM
NOW THAT I'VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
08:57:21 PM
Good stuff.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
09:03:14 PM
I also love how I'M being schooled on Smallville's history.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
09:09:44 PM
i've seen worse
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
09:21:12 PM
Best of the rest
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
09:33:40 PM
Gotta agree with you on all 3 points 'dawg.
by Big Jim
Sep 18th, 2008
09:37:26 PM
Well I guess Clark doesn't need a Journalism degree anyway
by BrandLoyalist
Sep 18th, 2008
09:38:54 PM
Best Episode Ever.
by jimbojones123
Sep 18th, 2008
09:41:26 PM
Erica Durance in a French maid's outfit...
by Nasty In The Pasty
Sep 18th, 2008
09:46:39 PM
So, I was just talking to my mom...
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
10:10:26 PM
QUESTION ONLY FOR REAL SMALLVILLE FANS:
by IndoorPlumbing
Sep 18th, 2008
10:18:43 PM
How do we know he didn't give him a call?
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
10:29:49 PM
I'd rather have him returning than Carrie Fisher's teeth.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
10:31:35 PM
Very good Epy of SN
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 18th, 2008
10:34:08 PM
Reaper is to Supernatural
by SamBlackChvrch21
Sep 18th, 2008
11:00:20 PM
Not quite Sam.
by Shermdawg
Sep 18th, 2008
11:32:21 PM
Charmed and Supernatural?
by BizarroJerry
Sep 18th, 2008
11:39:32 PM
Holy shit
by David Cloverfield
Sep 19th, 2008
01:49:24 AM
Comparing Supernatural to Charmed
by Toby___Wong
Sep 19th, 2008
02:24:37 AM
How could Charmed not be better than Supernatural?
by Mose Schrute
Sep 19th, 2008
02:32:39 AM
Are there any real newspapers
by wampa_one
Sep 19th, 2008
03:58:28 AM
Supernatural kicked ass.
by Imagikafan
Sep 19th, 2008
04:04:36 AM
"Btw, the new Ruby is hot. :) "
by Shermdawg
Sep 19th, 2008
04:34:41 AM
The original Ruby
by Toby___Wong
Sep 19th, 2008
04:53:47 AM
Dean: Chosen of Heaven, Sam: Chosen of Hell
by David Cloverfield
Sep 19th, 2008
06:07:25 AM
I hate that I watcxh this crappy show
by rbrog77
Sep 19th, 2008
07:13:10 AM
dam... gotta download supernatural
by turketron
Sep 19th, 2008
07:36:34 AM
Well,
by GaiustheBrave
Sep 19th, 2008
08:09:45 AM
Why is Smallville still on the air?
by Leafar the Lost
Sep 19th, 2008
08:33:34 AM
Supernatural was fantastic
by Charlie Murphy
Sep 19th, 2008
09:14:38 AM
Supernatural premiere
by Hamtaro Hentai
Sep 19th, 2008
09:16:56 AM
I was wondering
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 19th, 2008
09:32:54 AM
They made the angel creepier than the demons
by David Cloverfield
Sep 19th, 2008
09:36:00 AM
David Cloverfield
by Toby___Wong
Sep 19th, 2008
09:44:31 AM
Melvin
by Charlie Murphy
Sep 19th, 2008
09:44:59 AM
Charlie Murphy
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 19th, 2008
09:53:46 AM
re: They made the angel creepier than the demons
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 19th, 2008
09:59:49 AM
New episode has promise
by Blackguard
Sep 19th, 2008
10:10:40 AM
Sara Palin as Wonder Woman....
by rsswope
Sep 19th, 2008
10:28:13 AM
Bad Shermdawg! Naughty Shermdawg!
by chrth
Sep 19th, 2008
10:33:45 AM
Acting is so bad it's sad
by PornKing
Sep 19th, 2008
10:51:35 AM
I missed something
by jsm1978
Sep 19th, 2008
11:00:16 AM
Supernatural >>> Smallville
by Volllllume3
Sep 19th, 2008
11:07:02 AM
Re:Reaper
by skimn
Sep 19th, 2008
11:10:13 AM
Me too jsm19787
by Blackguard
Sep 19th, 2008
11:47:40 AM
an even bigger smallville nitpick, and other thoughts
by Charlie Murphy
Sep 19th, 2008
12:41:16 PM
So, who's the woman with the long dark hair working with "The Le
by Otter
Sep 19th, 2008
12:54:26 PM
"The League"...
by Otter
Sep 19th, 2008
01:00:59 PM
"The League"...
by Otter
Sep 19th, 2008
01:01:40 PM
otter
by Charlie Murphy
Sep 19th, 2008
01:05:35 PM
I must force myself to watch Smallville
by thenatureboy
Sep 19th, 2008
01:11:23 PM
Otter,
by GaiustheBrave
Sep 19th, 2008
01:17:30 PM
Oh, so it was Canary. Mine eyes doth fail me
by GaiustheBrave
Sep 19th, 2008
01:20:22 PM
SN's fallen angels
by belledame
Sep 19th, 2008
01:48:20 PM
Herc, bro, at least make any future Smallville tb's...
by Shermdawg
Sep 19th, 2008
01:57:24 PM
belledame
by Charlie Murphy
Sep 19th, 2008
02:02:42 PM
The absense of angels and God
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 19th, 2008
02:31:02 PM
err
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 19th, 2008
02:34:12 PM
belledame, most SN demons are not fallen angels
by David Cloverfield
Sep 19th, 2008
03:24:34 PM
"Lois & Clark"
by SupermanTN
Sep 19th, 2008
07:12:00 PM
Supernatural
by My Pretty Pony
Sep 19th, 2008
07:26:39 PM
Supernatural is the best show on tv
by liljuniorbrown
Sep 19th, 2008
11:41:10 PM
re: SupermanTN
by veritasses
Sep 19th, 2008
11:46:22 PM
Supernatural rocks!
by ulcer
Sep 19th, 2008
11:47:11 PM
SUPERNATURAL IS NOT A BUFFY SPIN-OFF, DAMNIT
by Toby___Wong
Sep 20th, 2008
06:38:08 AM
Actually IndoorPlumbing
by TiPPiDa
Sep 20th, 2008
07:31:47 AM
Sure is a long TB for SV to be so hated?
by The Founder
Sep 20th, 2008
07:34:02 AM
The Founder
by Shermdawg
Sep 20th, 2008
11:14:10 AM
Worst premier ever and already gearing up
by Damien Chowder
Sep 20th, 2008
07:20:24 PM
I called it first, he's an angel.
by SID 8.0
Sep 20th, 2008
08:57:13 PM
massive typo on my part...
by lynxpro
Sep 22nd, 2008
12:54:20 PM

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