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DVD Smallville - The Complete Third Season
Truth, identity, and responsibility are the cornerstones of Smallville's exceptional third season. When viewers left Clark (Tom Welling) at the end of season 2, he was feeling his oats in Metropolis with the help of a red Kryptonite ring, but by the opening of season 3, he must return to Smallville to not only help his parents save their farm, but seek some resolution in his relationships with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) and Lex (Michael Rosenbaum), who's returned from his abandonment at the conclusion of the previous season. Lex himself must deal with some shocking revelations regarding his relationship with his sinister father Lionel (John Glover, magnetic as always), and Lana becomes involved with a new figure in town, the mysterious Adam Knight (Lost's Ian Somerholder), who may or may not be a certain caped crusader. And speaking of heroes in disguise, the season's finale introduces Kara, a young woman with powers similar to Clark's--could she in fact be his sister, known best to comic book fans as Supergirl? Season 3 is chock full of such intriguing moments, including an appearance by future Daily Planet editor Perry White (Michael McKean, the real-life husband of series star Annette O'Toole) in "Perry," helmed by Supergirl film director Jeannot Szwarc; the return of villains Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Shawn Ashmore, and Jesse Metcalfe from seasons 1 and 2 (in "Asylum"); the departure of series regular Samuel L. Jones; and a intrigue-fraught final turn by Christopher Reeve as Dr. Swann ("Legacy").
The boxed set matches the high quality of the season with some terrific extras, including commentary on three episodes by series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, along with Rosenbaum, Allison Mack (Chloe), and Glover. Gough and Millar also contribute commentary to a battery of deleted scenes, and Mack's "Chloe Chronicles" returns for another go-round. The supplemental features are rounded out by a behind-the-scenes featurette, an amusing gag reel, and an Easter egg with Rosenbaum conducting some offbeat interviews. --Paul Gaita
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Fathers & Sons
The quaint town of Smallville, Kansas is anything but ordinary in "Smallville: The Complete Third Season". After a kryptonite-induced romp in Metropolis, young Clark Kent (Tom Welling) returns to Smallville but new revelations involving his biological father Jor-El (voiced by Terrance Stamp) will direct him closer to his true destiny on Earth. The ongoing rivalry between Lex Luthor (Michael Rosembaum) and his father Lionel (John Glover) heats up as both Lex and Chloe (Allison Mack) pay high prices for investigating Lionel Luthor's crooked dealings. Lana (Kristen Kreuk) falls for a mysterious stranger (Ian Somerhalder) who's hiding something dangerous about his past. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, "Smallville" is the successful live-action comic book series that follows the adventures of a teenage Clark Kent during the years before he becomes Superman. The third season features some stirring episodes, an entertaining season-long storyline, cool visual effects and guest stars like Rutger Hauer, Michael McKean, Jesse Metcalfe and Christopher Reeve in his final acting role.
If you already own the previous box sets, then feel free to pick up your copy of "Smallville: The Complete Third Season" at your local video store. All 22 episodes are presented in their original 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen format. The 6-disc box set has a great picture quality with fine sharpness and bright colors. Its lively 2.0 Dolby Digital sound definitely surpassed my expectations. Its supplemental extras consist of a fun gag reel, seven shorts of "The Chloe Chronicles", several deleted scenes, the 22-minute "Producing Smallville" featurette and three in-depth episode commentaries by the show's cast and creators. Overall, "Smallville: The Complete Third Season" scores a "B".
Growing pains
This is a quite good season plot-wise. My fav ep is RELIC but there are several good ones, esp. the cliffhanger. The only problem I have is the Clark/Lana angst every single episode. It's so thick you could cut it with an angst-cutting device and after 3 or 4 eps of exactly the same goo-goo eyed expression, it gets tedious, esp. since nothing ever comes of it. That's probably why Relic was such a relief. Even past-life romance was better than none at all.
Smallville expanding
With the third season of Smallville, things really seemed to be hitting their stride. Characters were put into some bad situations which, when gotten out of, had consequences that were far reaching. This was the darkness season for all the main characters-Lana, Pete, Chloe, Lex and especially Clark, where they all had to face some morally ambiguous sides of themselves and their friends and somehow find a way to move beyond the bad to find the good. Unfortunately this also meant the continuation of the does he/doesn't she follies of Lana and Clark as they continued to do their respective relationship dances around each other, the root of which lays Clark's unwillingness to share his secret with her. But once you get past this bit of redundant unpleasantvilleness, you can enjoy the many things going on this season. First we get to see gangsta Clark on red kryptonite over a period of months. Then we learn of Lex's fate after the airplane crash--this is the beginning of a truly unsettling storyline. We learn about these stones of power that will have a prominent role in the fourth season. There are many many highlights this season: Lex's shock treatment in "Asylum" was one of the creepier moments of the season; "Perry"-Michael McKean's performance of the future Daily Planet editor in chief was priceless; "Hereafter"-that moment when Jordan glimpses Clark's future; "Truth"-there is one truly chilling moment in the otherwise lighthearted episode when Chloe confronts Lionel about some important information; "Crisis"-may be Smallville's version of the Dead Zone, but I've always been partial to the episodes that philosophize about free will versus fate; and the season closer, "Covenant" which hits the ground running, just gets better from there and ends on one of the most glorious cliff-hangers. The special features on the set continue to be above average. The Chloe chronicles continue in comic book format.
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