Interesting Gough/Millar factoid: their careers took off out of USC with a spec script called "Mango" about a cop with animal allergies having to partner with an orangutan named - wait for it - Mango. (And, yes, it's in Wikipedia BUT I have a copy of MANGO from that time bc I am ex-Hollywood and old AF)
Here's some Justice trivia for you. In the episode that introduced Aquaman, Arthur suggested he and Clark should start a Junior Lifeguard Association. Clark says he's not ready to be part of the JLA yet.
The Arrow costume from this show was so bad. I watched the full show in 2014, having seen bits as a kid on TV, and I couldn't take him seriously with his fucking sunnies on
I still love Smallville. One thing about the show show that is often overlooked, is Lex Luthor's portrayal, and his character development. His decent into madness, is almost as good as walter White's.
To this day, I still look fondly back at Smallville. I've seen the entire series 3 times over now, and have embraced their story choices and design choices, which weren't great. I was 13 when this aired, so I was completely blind to the company details behind certain choices, like, why Impulse, "when's Batman?", "why didn't Martian Munhunter join them?" he first appeared 3 episodes ago, and "why Cyborg, why isn't he with the Titans?" Finding most of those answers years later proved that this show was a miracle with those restrictions. ( Cyborg being yhere seemed like a Geoff Johns idea, it's why he was promoted to founding member in so many incarnations now. Also, Michael Rosenbalm, the best on screen Lex)
I honestly think the first 3 seasons were good; not any individual episode necessarily, but as a whole, the first 3 seasons hold up well enough. But then the show was successful, they kept going instead of wrapping up the story in 4 seasons, so they just spun their wheels for, what, 5 more seasons? I think the 4th season actually had a lot of fun episodes, but the 5th season really started to show the cracks. What they SHOULD have done was lift the "no tights, no flights" restriction once the show got picked up for more and more seasons. I think the problems with the show are largely a result of keeping those restrictions that could've worked for 4 seasons or so, but not 8. (Or however many it was; I think 8 but I'm not going to look it up.) I mean, there were other problems, of course, but for its time, it was fine except for stubbornly sticking to the original conceit despite doubling the show's length.
I look at all the CW stuff and it just makes me sad. Can you even imagine how awesome Smallville could be now? If it had something more than a $10 budget?
That idea about a "chill" speedster is really on point. It makes a lot of sense that someone so powerful would have a carefree outlook, not worrying about anything they encounter, and it leaves room for you to amp up the pressure if things get "serious" too.
Isnt quicksilver in days of future past that? When wolverine and Charles turn up to his house he is playing games, eating and lounging on his chair cause he knows even if they came to catch him they never could. He only agrees to help break out magneto cause it's something new
If you actually watch the show, the women are just as badass and equal to the men and they do have a woman on the team…a few, actually, as the show moves forward. Each gender on the show treats each other equally. You wanna see some great fight scenes? As the characters get established and the storyline moves forward, the women throw down in this show…each of them do and they are some of the best female fight scenes I’ve seen on tv. It’s one of the few examples where this is the case in tv/cinema.
Justin Credible would then go on to team up with Justin Hartley, Justin Theroux, Justin Long, and Justin Timberlake to form the Justin League. Directed by Justin Lin.
But then when they put him in the latest CW crossover, he just says he gave up his powers... again. Totally betrays the whole point of Smallville. I prefer the "Season 11" comic series.
@@brandontrammel4581 I don't remember that progression, but that's really cool if true. I'd much rather prefer to believe he was just hiding it or something, but the Crisis episode gave no indication he still had his powers.
I have a big... BIG... BIIIIGGGGG... muscles!!! HAHAHA!!! What did you think I was going for? That's so DIRTY of you! GAGAGAGA!!! I am the funniest TH-camr ever! Maybe that's the reason why I have TWO (!!!) HOT (!) GIRLFRIENDS. Thanks for being alive, dear mqr
@@aimeemorgan8473 dont mind him. He's an attention seeking moron. I've seen him around, he just tries to be an edgy youtuber, and fails miserably. I mean, when a Deadpool thinks your "comedy" is too stupid, you know you suck at it.
@@AxxLAfriku if you have to say you're the best youtuber ever, guess what you aren't? By the way, your mom and grandmothers corpses don't count as girlfriends.
Well that kind of depends on who's writing him. He's been a hyperactive catch-phrase spewing 90s kid, an adventure-loving thrill seeker, a laid back hero, and a cringy millennial at different points of time.
I like to imagine that Smallville and Gotham take place in a shared universe where all the interesting stuff happened before any of the big name heroes existed.
I still watch & love Smallville to this day. Christopher Reeves really liked the show and loved what they did with it too. He really liked Tom Welling in the role. I know Tom never wanted to wear the costume, but he could have totally rocked it man. I remember being slightly disappointed in the finale after the first watch, but I've come to appreciate this show. It really was the only super hero show on TV for a long time. Superman has always been my favorite, i grew up with this take on the character, so I'll always be a little biased and nostalgic torwards it. I'll look over the flaws. Rosenbaum is still the best Lex! I'd love to see them both appear on screen again together. Flashpoint would be a cool place for that to happen haha!
It's the disrespect and lack of commitment to the comics, that's truly galling. Brian Singer is another prime example of someone who disregarded the color and joy of the comic characters, to the point of telling the X-Men actors not to bring the comics on set.
Smallville was fire back then. Grew up with the series and still love it. Sure there were some lame episodes here and there. But still it was really fun and the journey and character development was far better than any other similar show ive seen. Smallville will always be the og.
Remember in s1 when clark fought the iconic superman villian evil football coach with fire powers who later blows himself up with his own fire lmao. When the show started out it was pretty terrible ngl but it found it's footing later
@@ItsOver9000Productions nah smallvilles lex has the most depth, the episode fracture says it all that shit is full of metaphors and is all around so good
Wait originally they conceived Arrow as a Batman TV series! Does that mean they only ever want to make a Batman TV series and couldn’t because reasons? 😂
The entire history of live action DC tv shows is people really want to make a Batman series, but can’t, so they make a different one. Except Arrow. They just made a Batman series anyway, but changed Bruce Wayne’s name to “Oliver Queen.”
@@moses9647 I dont think he forgot, i think he realizes that a comic book Batman would clean out TV show Gotham in a long weekend and have nothing to do for the rest of his life.
@@doomstadt2371 that's shows in everything he's done in DC. Hopefully the new batman will do well enough that people will forget about the Snyder batman and WB will hopefully get their head out of their asses and give Henry cavill a solo superman film with a competent writer and director
I served the band who made the song once, decades ago, at the Tinton Falls NJ Applebees. If I recall they were a cool table and tipped well. Disclaimer: This was over a decade ago and this is what I remember.
Every week Clark would rip open a door and there would be Kryptonite behind it. In the vein of stumbling into it in this episode. You’d think a guy would get wise to that...
@@alucardtepes8402 it probably sucks worse than modern CW shows, but back when I was 12 it was appointment television, my whole family would sit down to watch it.
@@alucardtepes8402 oh wow, am I that old? Okay, back in the day you had to watch things at a certain time when they aired, we could record things off the TV but it wasn't easy or convenient. When people really loved a show they would make sure they set aside the time to watch it each week so as not to miss an episode.
@@CourtneyCoulson Ohhhhh I understand what you mean now. I thought you meant as in literal appointment television. My mistake. Yeah, I know what you mean. Also that does feel so long ago because I never watched that much tv to begin with but now my tv consumption is non-existent. It's just so boring now. Even the amazing shows people won't shut up about have some really glaring flaws.
I remember seeing this episode and at the end when the League are leaving, Chloe says "Wow Clark, you have some amazing friends" and Clark just says "yeah". I was screaming at the screen "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY 'YEAH, SUPER'"
i thought the authorities confused bdsm with sex slaves and masters with sex slavery which is trafficking prisoners into prostitution. the members were free to leave at any time and were having sex of their own free will, it was bdsm bondage and sado masochism a form of kinky sex, and some woman wanted to make money by selling a book and saying that she was a prisoner when she was not.
5:02 looking back at it now, I'm pretty sure his neo-esque suit was meant to be their interpretation of his black solar suit, considering the fact that he fought Doomsday in the season before just like in the comics.
Lana was a prime example of the writers not knowing what to do with the love interest character once they burned out the initial romantic tension around season 3.
Lol I was so amazed back in the day when cyborg was running through the corridor and just bodychecks the guy in slow motion with a shockwave going through the air
Lois dresses up in a Wonder Woman costume in an episode, and I'm fairly certain they even say that's who she's dressed as. That just complicates the lore even more, with costumes and characters.
You should definitely cover absolute Justice from Smallville. Not only its the best arc of the series but also it gives similar vibes to the current arrowverse.
I really really wish they would have used Mason’s audio of “SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAAAAVE ME” from one of the first episodes of WP before they had a theme song.
I spent all 10 years of Smallville's run watching alongside my father, so the series holds a special place for me. Also, please do the Justice Society episode.
I watched smallville first time in 2016 after watchin Arrowverse ,I still think Smallville is still the best superhero DC show ever made. Acting ,Script ,Music ,even the 10 year old graphics everything blend superbly in one show
I grew up watching this, would even record it and watch it with the homie the next day after school. But yeah Smallville will always be in my heart lol.
Yes it was super cheesy at times but I still love the series. It's just so comfy. Erica Durance and Michael Rosenbaum are the best Lois and Lex of all imo.
Comfy , cozy and oddly relaxing. I don't know if it's the show itself or that most of us have our nostalgia glasses on where we remember days that we had less worries. But then again i faintly remember the show watching it on tv when i was young in the late 2010s, so maybe the show has these comfy vibes on its own because of the small town setting. Wow i started rumbling again nostalgia can be a bitch sometimes. Cheers
@@redhairedshanks5845 I actually think that a lot of the comfyness comes from the fact that alot of the show is set during the day. Compared to stuff like the modern CW DC shows that mostly seem to be at night. Plus the way they lit the show gave everything this soap opera-esc glow that just makes it feel warm.
@@Sulufy yeah it also has this sunset orange sometimes that is also present in my childhood favourite movies the Spider-Man sam raimi trilogy. I don't know if you get what i mean but it's this orange warm colour present idk if it was the cameras or some filter.
* Alan Ritchson played Raphael and yes I know about the Alison Mack sex cult
But have you heard that Alison Mack was in a sex cult?
I actually tweeted Mason asking if he would ever sing the Smallville theme tune again, then I read about that 😬😬😬
Alison Mack is Mephisto.
Interesting Gough/Millar factoid: their careers took off out of USC with a spec script called "Mango" about a cop with animal allergies having to partner with an orangutan named - wait for it - Mango. (And, yes, it's in Wikipedia BUT I have a copy of MANGO from that time bc I am ex-Hollywood and old AF)
About... DAAAAM time guys.
Here's some Justice trivia for you. In the episode that introduced Aquaman, Arthur suggested he and Clark should start a Junior Lifeguard Association. Clark says he's not ready to be part of the JLA yet.
I thought this line might get a mention and I vividly remember seeing it
Nice 👏🏽
Bart Allen also talks about starting “a club or a league or something” before he tells Clark he is leaving Smallville.
@@thomasraines1396 oh yeah. This is the clip of it th-cam.com/video/4bZGWhjMpqw/w-d-xo.html
As a kid I used to love Smallville, and I still really like Micheal Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor and Justin hartley as Oliver Queen
I was too old for it. It really soured me on CW- like hero shows like Arrow, The Flash and Titans
Same.
The Arrow costume from this show was so bad. I watched the full show in 2014, having seen bits as a kid on TV, and I couldn't take him seriously with his fucking sunnies on
This was after I'd started watching Arrow, so I may have been comparing it to season 1 arrow's costume.
I still love Smallville. One thing about the show show that is often overlooked, is Lex Luthor's portrayal, and his character development. His decent into madness, is almost as good as walter White's.
I love how "2002" is wholly represented by the music video for Complicated.
To this day, I still look fondly back at Smallville. I've seen the entire series 3 times over now, and have embraced their story choices and design choices, which weren't great. I was 13 when this aired, so I was completely blind to the company details behind certain choices, like, why Impulse, "when's Batman?", "why didn't Martian Munhunter join them?" he first appeared 3 episodes ago, and "why Cyborg, why isn't he with the Titans?" Finding most of those answers years later proved that this show was a miracle with those restrictions.
( Cyborg being yhere seemed like a Geoff Johns idea, it's why he was promoted to founding member in so many incarnations now. Also, Michael Rosenbalm, the best on screen Lex)
I honestly think the first 3 seasons were good; not any individual episode necessarily, but as a whole, the first 3 seasons hold up well enough. But then the show was successful, they kept going instead of wrapping up the story in 4 seasons, so they just spun their wheels for, what, 5 more seasons?
I think the 4th season actually had a lot of fun episodes, but the 5th season really started to show the cracks. What they SHOULD have done was lift the "no tights, no flights" restriction once the show got picked up for more and more seasons. I think the problems with the show are largely a result of keeping those restrictions that could've worked for 4 seasons or so, but not 8. (Or however many it was; I think 8 but I'm not going to look it up.)
I mean, there were other problems, of course, but for its time, it was fine except for stubbornly sticking to the original conceit despite doubling the show's length.
I look at all the CW stuff and it just makes me sad. Can you even imagine how awesome Smallville could be now? If it had something more than a $10 budget?
Love the show, it was the only thing I watched from middle school through most of college.
I'm right there with you, brother. I love this show. No irony.
@Latest Obsession yeah it was, and you can tell when that fell apart because his storyline all of a sudden turned to _shit._
Goddamn the smallville opener is a blast of nostalgia
Best opening song ever
SOMEBODY SAAAAAAVEEE MEEEEEE!
I got the shivers..
also, theme song of the weekly planet
Notifications: Mr Sunday Movies uploaded: Smallville’s Justice League.
My Head: Somebody Saaaaaaaaaave me!
Theme song!
DON'T CARE, HOWWW YOU DO ITTT
I'VE BEEN SINGING THAT LINE TO MYSELF THE ENTIRE MORNING. SOMEBODY SAAAAVE ME.
FAITH OF THE HEART!
Whoops, wrong one.
That idea about a "chill" speedster is really on point. It makes a lot of sense that someone so powerful would have a carefree outlook, not worrying about anything they encounter, and it leaves room for you to amp up the pressure if things get "serious" too.
Or that they'd be bored out of their tiny minds, since every millisecond feels like minutes or more.
Isnt quicksilver in days of future past that? When wolverine and Charles turn up to his house he is playing games, eating and lounging on his chair cause he knows even if they came to catch him they never could. He only agrees to help break out magneto cause it's something new
@@Niall487 - but hes still kind of a jerk to them when they show up. He doesnt have a chill personality, its more pompus / over-confident
I think Wally West could fit that "chill" speedster thing.
@@allenmurallo3730 Silver Age Barry too!
Aquaman has the greatest line in Smallville history - "Wet and Ready, Bro"
I just got to this a few weeks ago on my rewatch and yep lmaoooo
I actually found a clip of that. th-cam.com/video/4bZGWhjMpqw/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like something a stepsister would say
@@gregoryboatswain1605💀
That's what you wanna hear.
"Are there going to be any girls on our team?"
"Nah. It's Just Us Bros."
JUSTICE BROS
justice bros before hoes
If you actually watch the show, the women are just as badass and equal to the men and they do have a woman on the team…a few, actually, as the show moves forward.
Each gender on the show treats each other equally.
You wanna see some great fight scenes? As the characters get established and the storyline moves forward, the women throw down in this show…each of them do and they are some of the best female fight scenes I’ve seen on tv. It’s one of the few examples where this is the case in tv/cinema.
@@heatherdale5571 okay. But in all fairness, this show never had good action, let alone the best female fight scenes in tv.
This episode's suits feel like everyone forgot their Halloween costume and just threw shit together.
They look like custom AU versions designed by a young teenager.
@@kevinm5940 This is exactly what a "Prototype cosplay" looked like based on my teenage closet. Mine at least was visibly nightwing.
They look like those superhero hoodies you see at Hot Topic or a comic book store.
feels more like cosplayers cosplaying as other cosplayers.
They all look like something out of Party City or some thrift shop.
Michael Rosenbaum gave the best live action Lex Luthor ever.
He was honestly the only thing that made me comeback and watch it again and again. Season 8 onwards just went downhill so fast after he left
He was really one of the only good things about that show. His Lex Luthor was the most complex character of the bunch.
@@anthonyanguiano5348 Yes exactly. In many ways I felt sorry for Lex and that Clark was contributing to his downward spiral.
@@chrisxx5583 That and his obsession with Lana is why I’m not really a fan of this Clark Kent.
I agree with that. I loved his portrayal of Lex.
Trivia: this episode was originally intended to be named Justin, and to feature a cameo from Justin Credible
This episode gave me everything I ever wanted and I'll never give that back
Sounds like a character from Kim Possible
Justin Credible would then go on to team up with Justin Hartley, Justin Theroux, Justin Long, and Justin Timberlake to form the Justin League. Directed by Justin Lin.
+Esquilax From ECW? Whyyyy?
Bring X-Pac and Albert to reunite The X Factor
Literally the legacy of smallville to me is "man tom welling is really good in things and still looks like superman he should be in more things"
But then when they put him in the latest CW crossover, he just says he gave up his powers... again. Totally betrays the whole point of Smallville. I prefer the "Season 11" comic series.
@@James.B.Russell he was immune to kryptonite, he has more power but prefer to hide it.
@@haroldnecmann7040 I wish that were true.
@@James.B.Russell that's not at all not necessarily true. Over the series, Clark got more and more immune to kryptonite. Smallville Clark was op.
@@brandontrammel4581 I don't remember that progression, but that's really cool if true. I'd much rather prefer to believe he was just hiding it or something, but the Crisis episode gave no indication he still had his powers.
"They should call him Green Crossbow." That implies his name is currently Green Bow.
Green Bolt. Makes the joke confusing.
Green Just-a-Regular-Bow
GOTEM we gotem.
It would be Green Bolt/Dart
Who knew that Chloe would wind up being the biggest villain of the series...
she WAS a meteor freak. it was foreshadowed.
I was shocked when I found out. It reads like something that someone made up
@@AdamBlack no ,dude, the actor. Look it up.
The explosion scene just screams _"Power Rangers for people who claim they were over Power Rangers"_
Who would claim that, Dino fury slaps
@@damnrapunzel8130 time force slaps too ngl
Dino Thunder slaps as well
@@jamesrwc4738 Time Force and RPM are probably top 2 Power Rangers seasons
@@damnrapunzel8130 SPD had the best theme song and best mentor ever in Anubis Cruger.
*T H E M E S O N G*
🎶 *Somebody SAAAAAAVE ME!* 🎶
I just want Ben to know how much I appreciated the Jenny Nicholson refrence
I love how Ben just edited in the interview with the introduction card "Alan Ritchson, Raphael" just as James said "he played Leonardo."
This episode was everything... when we had not yet had any actual live action team ups.
I have a big... BIG... BIIIIGGGGG... muscles!!! HAHAHA!!! What did you think I was going for? That's so DIRTY of you! GAGAGAGA!!! I am the funniest TH-camr ever! Maybe that's the reason why I have TWO (!!!) HOT (!) GIRLFRIENDS. Thanks for being alive, dear mqr
@@AxxLAfriku what
@@aimeemorgan8473 dont mind him. He's an attention seeking moron. I've seen him around, he just tries to be an edgy youtuber, and fails miserably. I mean, when a Deadpool thinks your "comedy" is too stupid, you know you suck at it.
@@AxxLAfriku if you have to say you're the best youtuber ever, guess what you aren't? By the way, your mom and grandmothers corpses don't count as girlfriends.
@@dudepool7530 bully
As a kid seeing the members show up in their episodes, then finally as a team was the most hype thing at the time
"I want a speedster character who's really laid back."
So... you want Sonic the Hedgehog?
Well that kind of depends on who's writing him. He's been a hyperactive catch-phrase spewing 90s kid, an adventure-loving thrill seeker, a laid back hero, and a cringy millennial at different points of time.
I want to like this comment but. 69 nice.
The lead actor is the most 2004 looking guy I’ve ever seen
what are u 12 lmao
@@KillJoy323 I was in 2004 lmao
He still looks good tho!
Smallville was a strange fever dream that I love wholeheartedly.
If you don’t cover Absolute Justice I will snap my couch in half with my totally real super strength.
True justice is ordering a glass of Just Ice instead of water.
Maybe true justice is the friends we made on the way
I like to imagine that Smallville and Gotham take place in a shared universe where all the interesting stuff happened before any of the big name heroes existed.
I still watch & love Smallville to this day. Christopher Reeves really liked the show and loved what they did with it too. He really liked Tom Welling in the role. I know Tom never wanted to wear the costume, but he could have totally rocked it man. I remember being slightly disappointed in the finale after the first watch, but I've come to appreciate this show. It really was the only super hero show on TV for a long time. Superman has always been my favorite, i grew up with this take on the character, so I'll always be a little biased and nostalgic torwards it. I'll look over the flaws. Rosenbaum is still the best Lex! I'd love to see them both appear on screen again together. Flashpoint would be a cool place for that to happen haha!
The no tights thing is a perfect reflection of our irony-poisoned 90s and early 2000s...
It's the disrespect and lack of commitment to the comics, that's truly galling. Brian Singer is another prime example of someone who disregarded the color and joy of the comic characters, to the point of telling the X-Men actors not to bring the comics on set.
@@li-limandragon9287 Hugh Jackman on set: *casually reading all Wolverine issues on set*
@@li-limandragon9287 but then, Snyder has the same level of disrespect for the comics, but is applauded by some. So there is some level of disconnect
@Latest Obsession His Superman is "true to the comics?" Ah yes, the dark and brooding murderous Superman that we all know so well from the comics
@@samtrotter7177 Wasn't he originally aggressive and did kills? Injustice also use this concept of villainous, murderous Superman.
The pitch: "Dawson's Creek or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but with a Superman who isn't Superman. YET! (the entire series through)"
Essentially but so iconic.
Smallville was fire back then. Grew up with the series and still love it. Sure there were some lame episodes here and there. But still it was really fun and the journey and character development was far better than any other similar show ive seen. Smallville will always be the og.
Remember in s1 when clark fought the iconic superman villian evil football coach with fire powers who later blows himself up with his own fire lmao. When the show started out it was pretty terrible ngl but it found it's footing later
Thoughts on Gotham though?
@@reillyjamessullivan6940 I ended up liking Gotham alot surprisingly
@@bobsandwich3431 Very well done, especially adding a lot more to Jim Gordon's character.
I don't even like many comic book shows but I've always loved Superman and I think Smallville is still the best comic book show.
Grant Gustin‘s flash is pretty laid back, he still cracks jokes but over the seasons he got more mature because of the stuff he’s been through
Omg the episode where lex is split into two characters and finds out about clarks secret abilities is the best episode of the series
As a fan of Smallville. I'd love for you to cover Absolute Justice
Same
Maybe I'm dumb but I love the costume design in this series. Yes it looks cheap but I just love how cheesy they look
I loved them
I actually prefer Ollie's suit in Smallville rather than the usual tacticool shit they used in Arrow.
@@shinyanakagawa8241 it is so much more fun in Smallville and makes sense given his personality
You call your self dumb for liking something dont do that
DC's absolutely BEST version of Lex Luthor resides in THIS show.
DCAU has entered the chat
100% pure fact
*Giancarlo Esposito wants to know your location*
@@ItsOver9000Productions nah smallvilles lex has the most depth, the episode fracture says it all that shit is full of metaphors and is all around so good
@@enoo9003 Sorry gotta disagree, Clancy brings real sophistication to Lex, he’s closest we have to the comics.
Man this show helped me get through a lot back in my middle school days.
And mine through my high school days
Smallville is still the best modern characterization of Clark and Lex
Wait originally they conceived Arrow as a Batman TV series! Does that mean they only ever want to make a Batman TV series and couldn’t because reasons? 😂
The entire history of live action DC tv shows is people really want to make a Batman series, but can’t, so they make a different one. Except Arrow. They just made a Batman series anyway, but changed Bruce Wayne’s name to “Oliver Queen.”
explains why every Batman related live action show doesn't actually have him in it, Birds of Prey, Gotham, Batwoman, probably another I'm forgetting
Yup. Still happens today lol All Snyder wanted to do was make a Batman movie, and they gave him Mos, BvS, and JL.
@@moses9647 I dont think he forgot, i think he realizes that a comic book Batman would clean out TV show Gotham in a long weekend and have nothing to do for the rest of his life.
@@doomstadt2371 that's shows in everything he's done in DC. Hopefully the new batman will do well enough that people will forget about the Snyder batman and WB will hopefully get their head out of their asses and give Henry cavill a solo superman film with a competent writer and director
I had to perform the theme song at school so this gives me serious PTSD
I served the band who made the song once, decades ago, at the Tinton Falls NJ Applebees. If I recall they were a cool table and tipped well. Disclaimer: This was over a decade ago and this is what I remember.
You had to perform... the Smallville theme?
@@casualnerdjason6678 yeah it was rough
Why
@@patricksammon6238 Christ knows
Still glad Tom came back 8 years later to close of his Superman story in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
He. Still. Didn't. Put. On. The. Fucking. Suit. It's all I wanted.
@@li-limandragon9287
No, but dude had one of the best Superman v Luther moments in Live Action we've had.
@@namegoeshere5220 Yeah Jon Cryer is great, but Tom still didn’t put on the goddamn suit.
Holy shit Ben with the Bionicle footage what a legend
And my boi Pohatu, too. PO-KORO REPRESENT!
Came to the comments looking for someone else saying it
Every week Clark would rip open a door and there would be Kryptonite behind it. In the vein of stumbling into it in this episode. You’d think a guy would get wise to that...
sometimes I wonder how clark isn't having a kryptonite seizure every time he steps out of his barn.
Whenever I see anything about SmallVille i got severe nostalgia
The era where they wanted to profit from superhero IPs without having the balls to actually show the superheroes in costumes.
How was the actual show? Did you like it? Is it good or a massive disappointment?
@@alucardtepes8402 it probably sucks worse than modern CW shows, but back when I was 12 it was appointment television, my whole family would sit down to watch it.
@@CourtneyCoulson Appointment television?
@@alucardtepes8402 oh wow, am I that old? Okay, back in the day you had to watch things at a certain time when they aired, we could record things off the TV but it wasn't easy or convenient. When people really loved a show they would make sure they set aside the time to watch it each week so as not to miss an episode.
@@CourtneyCoulson Ohhhhh I understand what you mean now. I thought you meant as in literal appointment television. My mistake. Yeah, I know what you mean. Also that does feel so long ago because I never watched that much tv to begin with but now my tv consumption is non-existent. It's just so boring now. Even the amazing shows people won't shut up about have some really glaring flaws.
I just want to give my gratitude to whoever keeps putting Bionicle references in these things. It's only appreciated by people of my specific age.
Mah man Pohatu getting exposure
@@anthonyvillanueva5226 Nobody doesn't like Pohatu, but Kopaka is the MVP.
As long as it's not maskposting perverts making bonk references, I'm happy
I remember seeing this episode and at the end when the League are leaving, Chloe says "Wow Clark, you have some amazing friends" and Clark just says "yeah". I was screaming at the screen "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY 'YEAH, SUPER'"
i think they didnt do it on purpose
I’m always down for more Smallville. You should watch every season premiere and finale and then do a video on that.
It's hard liking the costumes in smallville after seeing the arrowverse costumes and the other dc shows costumes.
True, but the Dr. Fate costume in this show looks pretty good.
@Giovanni Messe s5 & 8 were good
@Giovanni Messe arrow went to shit the moment he stopped killing
@Giovanni Messe True
I remember being SO hyped for this episode. And that 'slo-mo as they walked away from an explosion' shot is *chef's kiss*
You didn't even mention the fun fact that the chick that played Chloe went to jail for being one of the leaders of a sex cult
If your gonna go to jail for something, being a sex cultist is definitely a feather in your cap.
Yeah that whole thing was so messed up
Was it the Jahanis or something like that?
i thought the authorities confused bdsm with sex slaves and masters with sex slavery which is trafficking prisoners into prostitution. the members were free to leave at any time and were having sex of their own free will, it was bdsm bondage and sado masochism a form of kinky sex, and some woman wanted to make money by selling a book and saying that she was a prisoner when she was not.
@@futuramayeah you thought wrong. (According to said victims)
They have finally come full circle. Back to their roots of SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAVE MEEEEE!
5:02 looking back at it now, I'm pretty sure his neo-esque suit was meant to be their interpretation of his black solar suit, considering the fact that he fought Doomsday in the season before just like in the comics.
I reckon Absolute Justice is a pretty good one. I'd love to see you guys come back to do more Smallville.
Anybody else lip screaming when the Smallville theme blasts for that split second?
You should do the JSA episode its a good set up for the lore of the smallville universe
Best summary of Smallville's run:
"I waited ten years to see a guy everyone knows can fly, fly." - Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory.
ugh, Big Bang Theory
@@TheRockerX insert laugh track
Just another example of BBT and their faux fanboy bullshit.
@@EviIM0nk3y B A Z O O K A
Yes, please cover Absolute Justice! It's one of my favourite Smallville episodes and a beautiful love letter to the Justice Society.
it was a better justice league movie/tv episode than justice league of america.
Lana fakes her own murder in season 6 and literally goes oh just kidding and comes back to existence in season 7 without anyone caring
Pity Chole got so popular since her actress is a crazy cultist.
Man I hated lana in the show, I was so glad when they introduced lois, erica durance is definitely my favorite incarnation so far.
Yup, lana just shows up for a bit in season 8 as well and clamjams lois. Then she gets injected with superpower and kryptonite and just leaves.
Lana was a prime example of the writers not knowing what to do with the love interest character once they burned out the initial romantic tension around season 3.
Yeah, that was a strange time in the show
Lol I was so amazed back in the day when cyborg was running through the corridor and just bodychecks the guy in slow motion with a shockwave going through the air
I wonder what Lee Thompson would have been if he were still alive? He was a really good actor
I really lament the loss of a talent like Lee Thompson. He was an early childhood hero of mine from his Famous Jett Jackson days.
I thought Lee Thompson was great as Cyborg and great in general, and I've often wished he had been chosen for the roll of Pete Ross.
The first few seasons are really great. No better live action Lex till date
"SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE MEEEE" said most of the female cast after they met Allison Mack.
Lois dresses up in a Wonder Woman costume in an episode, and I'm fairly certain they even say that's who she's dressed as. That just complicates the lore even more, with costumes and characters.
I loved Smallville growing up
Still got a crush on young Tom Welling
You should definitely cover absolute Justice from Smallville. Not only its the best arc of the series but also it gives similar vibes to the current arrowverse.
it was great. Practically a movie.
Blimey, so happy you're covering the TRUE Justice League from the hit TV show "Maclunkeyville: Superman's Young and Super in This One"
Maybe the real Maclunky was the justice we leagued along the ville
I haven't seen this series in years. I recall it being pretty good but I'll have to rewatch it.
MORE SMALLVILLE PLEASE! Do the Justice Society of America and maybe even an episode on the last episode or two of the series! Pretty please?
Just wanted to say I’m only 4:00 minutes in and the editing is already genuinely funny. Good job Ben!
Sat down from work to have lunch and saw you posted this. Perfect timing you beautiful man.
This show was phenomenal, grew up with it and will always love it
RIP to the Famous Jett Jackson. Sad the show got no mention.
I loved Smallville so much, corny moments and all, it’s just fun. So please, please do the JSA episode.
I really really wish they would have used Mason’s audio of “SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAAAAVE ME” from one of the first episodes of WP before they had a theme song.
The FIRST!
Back when this came out this was all we had...
... And we loved it.
I speak for reality itself when I say, yes review Absolute Justice. Rock kicking video optional.
I love the idea of a speedster wearing a hood. Sooo aerodynamic!
Thank god they are colour coded. I legit couldn't tell aquaman guy and Oliver apart
Definitely cover Absolute Justice.... their Doctor Fate was.... not bad? Pretty fun? Let's go Maso!
Superman with no mention of bad bloke Brando? Smallville with no mention of terrible person Allison Mack?
Are you guys going soft?
I'll always thank this show for introducing me to Sam Witwer
I spent all 10 years of Smallville's run watching alongside my father, so the series holds a special place for me.
Also, please do the Justice Society episode.
The show started a month after I was born and my dad would hold me while watching it, so I quite literally grew up with this show
I watched smallville first time in 2016 after watchin Arrowverse ,I still think Smallville is still the best superhero DC show ever made. Acting ,Script ,Music ,even the 10 year old graphics everything blend superbly in one show
I've never been this early!
SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAAAAVE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Oh my god, the bionicle clip from those little cds that came in the tubes.
Work, I should be at work? What, surely not whilst this is on?
What awesome timing. I’m rewatching Smallville right now also
Silver Age Barry's your guy for a speedster who's really laid back
You guys in the Red Letter Media format was nice for the second it existed haha
"A speedster who's really laid back..." So, Usain Bolt, then?
Ha! Nice!
Surprised Allison Mack’s craziness wasn’t mentioned
Cuz it’s not important, a show like this shouldn’t have to be dragged down by real world stuff
@@ninjanibba4259 Still hard to look at Chloe the same way now.
@@li-limandragon9287 separation my guy
Separate
@@ninjanibba4259 Thing is though I didn’t like Smallville that much anyway.
Literally the catalyst of the podcast. This series' iconic opening song, and talking about Batman v Superman.
I grew up watching this, would even record it and watch it with the homie the next day after school. But yeah Smallville will always be in my heart lol.
You should do Batman Returns when The Batman comes out, same villains.
Yes it was super cheesy at times but I still love the series. It's just so comfy. Erica Durance and Michael Rosenbaum are the best Lois and Lex of all imo.
"Comfy" is a great word to describe Smallville, I just realized that now. Nice!
Comfy , cozy and oddly relaxing. I don't know if it's the show itself or that most of us have our nostalgia glasses on where we remember days that we had less worries. But then again i faintly remember the show watching it on tv when i was young in the late 2010s, so maybe the show has these comfy vibes on its own because of the small town setting. Wow i started rumbling again nostalgia can be a bitch sometimes. Cheers
@@redhairedshanks5845 I actually think that a lot of the comfyness comes from the fact that alot of the show is set during the day. Compared to stuff like the modern CW DC shows that mostly seem to be at night. Plus the way they lit the show gave everything this soap opera-esc glow that just makes it feel warm.
@@Sulufy Nah Margot Kidder is the definitive Lois and Clancy Brown from the DCAU is the best version of Lex (most comic accurate too).
@@Sulufy yeah it also has this sunset orange sometimes that is also present in my childhood favourite movies the Spider-Man sam raimi trilogy. I don't know if you get what i mean but it's this orange warm colour present idk if it was the cameras or some filter.
Say what you will but smallville at least did a great job with hawkman. Loved his character
The new Superman and Lois show feels like a proper more mature continuation of Smallville and I like it.
it does!
A Bionicle clip? Awesome! Can't believe how some small reference to Bionicle makes me so happy!