Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Krypto, the crime fighting Super Dog!!!
Krypto, the Superdog, chronicles the comedic canine adventures of Metropolis' day-saving superdog from Planet Krypton. Krypto jettisons to Earth after traveling across the galaxies as a test-pilot puppy aboard a malfunctioning rocket ship built by Superman's father. Landing astray on unfamiliar terrain, the fully-grown Krypto swiftly seeks out companionship on Earth and flips over Kevin Whitney, a young boy who too longs for friendship. With an amazing array of super hero powers, ranging from heat vision to super strength to flying, Krypto partners with best pal Kevin to fight evil forces that threaten the safety and well-being of the people and animals of Metropolis.
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KRYPTO

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Clark Kent`s teenage years...
Before the legend and icon...there was a teenager named Clark Kent. Clark doesn't wear glasses, there's no suit and he can't fly.Stuck between the boy he thought he was and the man he is destined to become. hoping someday, he'll master his abilities and understand his true purpose. Over 10 years ago, a meteor shower rained from the heavens, raining flaming meteors of destruction on the unsuspecting citizens of Smallville, Kansas. The years have left the town of Smallville with scars and secrets. From the tragedy, Clark Kent has grown into an awkward teen. While being different always brings its challenges, Clark's life from boyhood to manhood has been complicated and difficult. He must struggle to gain control of his emerging superpowers - and his weakness of kryptonite - while battling the strange things that have infected Smallville since the meteor shower._______written by:Mitchell Roberts
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Smallville:Clark Takes Flight

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Smallville show stars
Tom Welling - Clark Kent/Kal-El of Krypton
Kristin Kreuk - Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum - Alexander ('Lex') Joseph Luthor
Allison Mack - Chloe Sullivan
Annette O'Toole - Martha Kent
John Schneider - Jonathan Kent
Eric Johnson - Whitney Fordman (Season 1)
Samuel L. Jones - 'Pete' Ross (Seasons 1-3)
John Glover - Lionel Luthor (Recurring Season 1, Regular Season 2+)
Jensen Ackles - Jason Teague (Season 4+)

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Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening with his arrival in a spaceship in the midst of a meteor storm of green rocks. Clark must deal with a variety of individuals given powers by the green rocks, keep his powers a secret, cope with his friendship with a young Lex Luthor, and balance the two girls in his life, Chloe and Lana. The show also shows us how Lex Luthor develops from a friend of Clark's and kinda-okay guy to (presumably) the villain who will plague Superman in his later years.

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"Lana Lang":Kristen Kreuk

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"Clark Kent":Tom Welling

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"Lex Luthor":Micheal Rosenbaum

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Here are some really cool things I bet you never notied while watching the show!!!
_________________Season One
{Pilot}

There is a blooper when you look at the Langs tombstone. For Mrs. Lang it read 1959-1959, but in another scene it reads 1959-1989.

Despite the fact the opening caption before the meteor shower says "1989", the vast majority of the cars in Smallville (including the one the Langs are at when they get squished) appear to be vintage 1950's.

When Clark is running past the bus, Chloe comments that she hears something odd on the roof of the bus. In the next shot we still see Clark running toward school, so what was on the roof?



Metamorphosis
Clark's hair goes from long to short and back to long as Clark, Pete and Chloe talk about Greg's tree fort.


{Craving}

The letter Lex receives from Dr. Vargas is sent from "Metropolis, KA". There is no postal code "KA" - if they meant Kansas, it should be "KS".



In the scene near the beginning, in the school corridor where Jodi is with Pete and Chloe, her thick green drink gets knocked down her front. Yet in the very next scene, set back at her home, we see her wearing exactly the same clothes, which are perfectly clean. Surely there would have been a stain (and it's not much later, so she could'nt have had time to wash her clothes).

{Hug}

So if Clark is vulnerable to kryptonite, shouldn't he be more vulnerable to the kryptonite-based mind control powers of the two salesmen, rather than immune? He's never been immune to people with krypto-powers before - why is he in this episode? He seems to have a pretty much normal brain, and his superpowers in all of his comic book appearances have never involved a resistance to mind control and telepathy. So why can't he be affected here?


{Zero}

How does Clark get to Metropolis so fast? He doesn't have a car so presumably he ran really fast with superspeed. You'd think that might raise Lex's suspicions sometime down the road, however. (Maybe he took his dad's orange car - ha, ha)

So how did Lex and the cop Phelan manage to cover-up Lex's involvement the shooting incident, when pretty much everyone in the club could have seen Lex, if not during the shooting then afterward when he stood around waiting for Phelan or whoever.

Lex tells the Club Zero security guy to go to his secure apartment in the city and hands him a set of keys. He neglects, however, to tell the guy where it is and the guy heads out immediately when Clark shows up.

{Nicodemus}

So Lex the multi-millionaire had to check out The Nicodemus Diary from the library? Good thing - otherwise Chloe couldn't have made the connection if he'd paid the $6.95 and just bought it at a local bookstore.

Lex talks about flying in the best doctors from Metropolis. As we've seen in previous episodes and at the end of this one, Metropolis isn't really that far away - flying them in seems like overkill even for Lex.

{Stray}

When Clark tears open the back of the garbage truck to save the boy, you'd think the driver would notice and say something!

Once again Clark super-speeds to Lex's rescue over a great distance (see "Zero") with no indication that he used a vehicle or anything. In fact, Lex was dropped off a considerable distance away from where he last saw Clark. Granted, Lex has just been drop-kicked out of a moving car so he's probably not at his best, but you'd think he'd kind of wonder about how Clark gets to the scenes of the crimes so quick.

Ma Kent hits the kid at what looks like 30-40 miles per hour, knocking him over the hood and onto the ground. And yet he only has "superficial cuts and bruises."

So Jonathan does chores on the farm, then drives into town with the kid, just to get coffee so he can bring it back out to the house? Either Martha Kent has never mastered the art of making coffee, or it's a plot contrivance to give the kid another scene with Lana - most likely the latter.

Is an earning report ("Luthercorp Plant Posts Profit") really front-page headline news for a small-town paper, especially when it's just a plant and not a company?

The package of Twizzlers that Chloe finds looks odd...unless you're in Canada instead of Kansas. They package them that way in Canada, but never in the U.S.

The timing is a little unclear, but apparently Social Services was supposed to show up "an hour later" after the kid's step-mom did. Then she takes off with the kid, and her husband steals the limo. Then Clark arrives. Then Lex arrives with the dad as the driver. Then Clark figures out the woman wasn't with Social Services. So...whatever happened to the real Social Service worker? Shouldn't he or she have been there by now? And how did the two crooks know when Social Services was supposed to show up so they could get their earlier and grab the kid?

Why doesn't Lex tell Clark something...useful when Clark runs up? All he says is the kid is gone and that Clark should "get some help". He doesn't say who has the kid, or the license plate of the limo (Lex seems to have about five different vanity plates), or anything that Clark could tell the police if he did go for help. All Lex tells Clark is which way the limo went, which wouldn't be much help to the police by the time Clark got to them unless the highway doesn't have any turnoff roads.

{Reaper}

Clark recognizes his mom's skeleton?? As soon as he sees her in the garage with his x-ray vision, he calls out her name.

Lana says that Tyler "seemed nice" after he almost kills Martha Kent. At that point in the episode she's never met him as far as we ever find out.

Whitney says that he's never been out at the graveyard with Lana. Lana doesn't contradict him, although Tina-as-Whitney was out there with her in "X-Ray." So is the knowledge of krypto-mutants, or at least shapechanger Tina, common knowledge?

Chloe has pictures of Tyler's corpse from the autopsy. Ummm, when did they take them? We saw most of it, and the coroner didn't take any pictures or seem to have a camera nearby.

Chloe says that the combination of kryptonite and painkillers turned him into a walking corpse. Umm, what painkillers? Tyler died when he fell out the window: who the heck gave him painkillers?

When Clark is in the Kitchen talking to Martha. His Shirt is made out of the same fabric as the curtains. Maybe Martha had some left over material from the curtain and decide to make Clark a shirt.

Near the end of the episode where Lex is talking to Jonhathan. After they finish talking Lex walk down the stair in a weird way (very unLex like) and if you watch carefully you see his mouth is open.

{Drone}

Doesn't Sasha have any parents? Her shack blows up, less than 50 feet from the house. And Clark just hauls her right off to the hospital or wherever surviving krypto-mutants get taken to.

{Done}

Doesn't Sasha have any parents? Her shack blows up, less than 50 feet from the house. And Clark just hauls her right off to the hospital or wherever surviving krypto-mutants get taken to.

Paul clads his poster/computer image in a very Superman-like costume.

{Crush}

The Daily Planet takes high-school interns? ...yeah, right. You're lucky to get in as a college intern with any kind of big-city newspaper.

Clark says that the fax came in at 4:43 p.m. the day before. We say that scene earlier, and it was just before the bell rang and students started coming out of the classrooms. At 4:43 in a Kansas high school?

{Obscura}

Why does Clark wear work gloves when he's by himself pitching hay? Is he worried about slivers and calluses?

{Tempest}

In the earlier episode "Stray" the local newspaper ran a headline saying that the Lexcorp plant posted a profit. In this episode Lionel shows up and says he's closing the plant because it isn't making a profit. Granted, Lionel is presumably lying about the profit-thing to get Lex back, but no one in Smallville seems to notice the discrepancy. And what do the shareholders and the board of LexCorp think of Lionel closing off a plant that has publicly announced a profit?

In the Smallville Ledger headline, in the subhead they misspell "Cited" as "Sited" (i.e., "Management Problems Sited")

When Lex meets with the employees to engineer the buyout, he says some people thought he was promoted over better people, and he got the job because of nepotism. Umm, he did, didn't he? Lying to these guys doesn't seem like a good idea to convince them he's sincere.

Nobody in the Clark household seems too concerned that they just lost their truck to an explosion. How many do they have?

Doesn't Lex have any security? Lionel just comes strolling in without any warning, and later Nixon just wanders in and steals the spaceship key.

Does anyone believe every single person, not only the committee but the teachers and chaperone, would leave the decorated gymnasium completely empty?


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_____Clark Kent


Tom Welling (Clark Kent)

Tom Welling was born on April 24, 1977 in New York. He went to high school at Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan, where he graduated in 1995.

Tom did some modeling for the Louisa Modeling agency and then got his first big break, playing "Rob the karate instructor" in several episodes of CBS's Judging Amy during the 2000-2001 season. He also has made appearances on UPN's Special Unit 2 and FOX's Undeclared.

According to the WB's website, Tom currently resides in Los Angeles. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, playing basketball with friends, and running.

Previous Credits: (Television) Judging Amy, Special Unit 2, Undeclared

Clark Kent

* Twelve years ago, a meteor shower streaked across the sky... the Kents went to their field to check it out, and they found a strange metallic craft that has crash-landed into a smoking crater. A three year old boy crawled out.

* The Kents told friends that Clark was the child of Martha's sister who had passed away and left the child in their care. Jonathan went to Metropolis to have a fake birth certificate made.

* When Clark's powers began to develop, the Kents told him he was adopted and that he had to keep his special powers a secret. To keep from revealing himself, Clark went towards academics rather than sports.

* Clark has a major thing for Lana Lang, and worships her from afar. Once she even made him pass out. This is actually because she has a necklace that contains a piece of a certain green rock (Kryptonite).

* Clark will be played by newcomer Tom Welling, who has appeared on some episodes of "Judging Amy."

* This time around Clark will have no costume, so no secret identity -- and, surprise....no glasses.

Clubs: Philosophy, Astronomy, Key Club, Computer

Recent Achievements: Rebuilt Dad's classic 1952 John Deere tractor; 4-H State Fair Red Ribbon--Geology (45 Rocks)

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_____Lana Lang


Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang)

Kristin Kreuk was born on December 30, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was "discovered" during her senior year of high school, when she was chosen for the role of Laurel in the CBC series Edgemont.

Kristin still resides in Vancouver, and in addition to appearing regularly on Smallville, she will still be continuing her role on Edgemont. She enjoys reading, travel, and spending time with her friends and family.

Previous Credits: (Television) Edgemont

Upcoming/Current Credits: (Movies) Snow White, (Television) Edgemont

Lana Lang

* Lana is 16 years old.

* She's an orphan like Clark, but she wards off her loneliness by being outgoing and popular.

* Lana's parents were killed by a meteorite that came crashing from space. In memory of them, Lana wears a piece of the meteorite in a necklace.

* She was raised in Smallville by her Aunt Nell.

* Lana dates Smallville's heartthrob/high school quarterback, Whitney Fordman.

* Lex's flashy car and big house impress Lana, as he represents the danger and mystery that have always been missing from her small town life.

* Lana's Aunt Nell used to date Jonathan Kent.

Athletics: Cheerleader, Equestrian

Recent Achievements: Volunteers at Smallville Nursing Home; cheerleading squad took first place at summer camp; 4-H State Fair Red Ribbon - Horsemanship 14-18

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_____Lex Luthor


Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor)

Michael Rosenbaum was born on July 11, 1972 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, and raised in Indiana. He first got the acting bug doing high school plays and then did productions at Western Kentucky University. He first got widespread notice as one of the "Amsterdam Kids" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Michael enjoys ice hockey, and yes, he did shave his head for the role of Lex Luthor. He has also been keeping quite busy -- in addition to appearing as Lex in Smallville, Michael is doing several movies, he is the lead voice in The Zeta Project and will be providing the voice of Wally West/The Flash in the upcoming Justice League animated series.

Previous Credits: (Movies) Urban Legend, Sweet November, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, (Television) Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, The Tom Show, (Voice) Batman Beyond, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Upcoming/Current Credits: (Movies) Rave MacBeth, Poolhall Junkies, Sorority Boys, G-S.P.O.T., (Voice) The Zeta Project, Justice League

Lex Luthor

* Lex is 21 years old.

* Lex has thick red hair until an accident at age 9. After that his father, Lionel Luthor, could not look at him the same way again.

* Lex was teased & ridiculed for his baldness while he attended the best boarding schools money could buy. He soon learned to fight back and he was kicked out of several of the schools.

* Lex graduated from Metropolis University at the top of his class. Afterward he assumed he would take a place next to his father at Luthor Corp... an assumption not shared by his father, who sends him to Smallville to turn a struggling fertilizer plant around. Lex's father tells him that if he can, he will be brought back to Metropolis to assume the Luthor Corp crown. Lex knows his father is playing games with him -- and vows to build his own empire and bring his father down.

* There is no sign in the "Smallville" pilot that Lex Luthor is evil, which could mean the character will be written as someone that the viewers will actually like.

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_____Jonathan Kent


Jonathan Schneider (Jonathan Kent)

John Schneider was born in 1954 in Snailville, Georgia, or so the legend goes. When John auditioned for the role of "Bo Duke" on the popular TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, the producers were looking for a 24-year-old from the South. At the time, John (born in 1960) was only 18 years old and hailed from Mt. Kisco, New York. John's ruse worked, however; and he got the role of the blond Duke cousin, a role that made him famous.

After The Dukes John launched a very successful country music career. He still sings in concerts, such as at the Memorial Day Concert at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. this year. John also was the co-founder of the Children's Miracle Network which holds telethons every year to help children's hospitals. He's also a strong supporter of family-oriented programming.

You can visit his official website at http://www.johnschneider.com.

Previous Credits: (Television) The Dukes of Hazzard, Touched By An Angel, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Heaven Help Us, Grand Slam, Relic Hunter, Diagnosis Murder, (Movies) Snow Day, Michael Landon: The Father I Knew, Night of the Twisters, The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!, The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood, Christmas Comes To Willow Creek, (Voice) The Dukes

Upcoming/Current Credits: (Voice) The Mummy: The Animated Series

The Kents (Jonathan and Martha)

* The Kents will play a larger role with the series than in previous incarnations, especially since they are the only ones who are in on Clark's secret. As the show begins they are unsure whether or not to tell Clark the truth about where he came from.

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_____Martha Kent


Annette O'Toole (Martha Kent)

Annette O'Toole is no stranger to Superman fans. In 1983 she played the role of "Lana Lang" in Superman III. A big Superman fan, Annette came into the part of Martha to replace Cynthia Ettinger, who played her in the Smallville pilot.

Annette was born in 1954 in Houston, Texas, and began acting at a very young age doing guest appearances in shows like My Three Sons, The Partridge Family, and The Virginian. Her first major movie role was in the film 48 Hours playing the girlfriend of Nick Nolte's character. The Cat People and Superman III came soon after. She had recurring roles in Nash Bridges and appeared on the USA Network series The Huntress during the 2000-2001 season. She has also done many theater productions.

Annette is married to Lenny actor Michael McKean.

Previous Credits: (Television) The Huntress, Frasier, Boy Meets World, My Three Sons, The Virginian, The Partridge Family, The Rookies, Police Woman, S.W.A.T., Barnaby Jones, The Outer Limits, Nash Bridges, Law & Order, (Movies) Stand By Your Man, The Cat People, 48 Hours, Superman III, Copacabana, The Kennedys of Massachusetts, The Christmas Box, My Brother's Keeper, Here on Earth

Upcoming/Current Credits: (Movies) Temptation

The Kents (Jonathan and Martha)

* The Kents will play a larger role with the series than in previous incarnations, especially since they are the only ones who are in on Clark's secret. As the show begins they are unsure whether or not to tell Clark the truth about where he came from.

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_____Chloe Sullivan


Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan)

Allison Mack was born on July 29 in Germany and moved to Southern California at the age of 2. Her acting career began at age 4 with some commercials and print advertising. At 7, she began studying at The Young Actors Space in Los Angeles, where she currently attends classes in improvisation and scene study.

Allison has accumulated many credits in movies and television in the years since. She's guest starred on TV programs like 7th Heaven and Providence. An episode of the short-lived series Kate Brasher in early 2001 featured Allison prominently. She's also been in many movies, like Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves and Camp Nowhere; and she's been a regular in a few TV programs, most recently The Opposite Sex in the summer of 2001. She also appeared in the 2001 TV-movie My Horrible Year. Allison can also be seen in an upcoming episode of the Kids WB! series The Nightmare Room.

An accomplished singer and dancer, Allison lives with her family in Los Angeles. She enjoys reading, going to movies and plays, and spending time with her friends and family.

Previous Credits: (Television) 7th Heaven, Providence, Kate Brasher, Opposite Sex, Hiller and Diller, (Movies) Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, Police Academy 6, I Know My First Name Is Steven, My Horrible Year

Upcoming/Current Credits: (Television) The Nightmare Room

Chloe Sullivan

* Chloe is a friend of Lana and Clark's who is from Metropolis. Her father runs the fertilizer plant which is owned by the Luthors.

* Chloe may have a surprise connection to another character from the "Smallville" universe.

Clubs: Editor, The Torch writer, Writer, The Smallville High Yearbook Committee, Young Authors' Club, Journalism, Computer

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_____Pete Ross


Sam Jones III (Pete Ross)

Sam Jones grew up in Boston, Mass., where he acted in local commercials. He then spent a summer with a friend in Los Angeles and decided to pursue a career in acting. Soon after he graduated high school, Sam relocated and it seems he's been acting ever since.

Sam is playing the lead role in a film called Zigzag, playing an autistic young man. He has also done a film called Snipes which has been shown at the Toronto Film Festival but has not yet had a wide release. Sam will also be appearing in an upcoming episode of The Nightmare Room on the Kids WB.

Previous Credits: C.S.I., NYPD Blue, (Movies) Snipes

Upcoming/Current Credits: (Television) The Nightmare Room, (Movies) Snipes, Zigzag

Pete Ross

* Pete is another friend of Clark's. He and Chloe like to make bets on how late or clumsy Clark is.

Athletics: Varsity Football

Clubs: Journalism, Key Club, Torch Photographer

Recent Achievements: Participated in high school state academic decathlon

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_____Lionel Luthor


John Glover (Lionel Luthor)

A veteran actor of theater, film, and television, Glover won a Tony award in 1995 for his performances in the play "Love! Valor! Compassion!" and has been Emmy-nominated five times.

His impressive resume also includes such box office hits as "Payback" with Mel Gibson, Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" "Robocop 2" and ""Love! Valour! Compassion!" Glover lit up the small screen as well with Emmy-nominated turns in the series "Frazier," "LA Law" and "Crime & Punishment."

Glover has played more despicable (and believable) villains than any other actor in the business. His portrayals include villains such as the pornographer-blackmailer in "52 Pick-Up," the mad scientist Dr. Jason Woodrue in "Batman & Robin," a manic TV executive in "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" and a drunken murderer in "Masquerade." Taking his villainous streak to the extreme, Glover portrayed Satan in "Brimstone."

Glover's role in "Smallville" marks his third association with a role linked to DC Comics--first as the Riddler in "Batman: The Animated Series" (1992), then as Dr. Jason Woodrue in "Batman & Robin" (1997) and now as Lionel Luthor in "Smallville."

Glover splits his time between Maryland (where he was born), Los Angeles and Vancouver. Striving to increase the awareness for the disease as well as raise much-needed funds for a cure, John dedicates his time to the Alzheimer's Association. He also funds a scholarship for actors at his alma mater, Towson University, and returns to teach classes in his free time.

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