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DVD Smallville - The Complete Fourth Season
The arrival of another gorgeous young woman with the initials of LL further complicates Clark Kent's (Tom Welling) life in the fourth season of Smallville, the WB's hip and sexy reinvention of the Superman legend. In this case, it's Lois Lane (Erica Durance), a would-be college freshman who's come to the Kansas heartland to investigate the disappearance of her cousin, Chloe. What she discovers instead is a naked, amnesiac Clark Kent in a cornfield, and things take off from there. Durance doesn't appear in every episode--she was credited as a "special guest star"--but her tough spirit and crackling wit provide a great, non-romantic foil to Clark.
That's just as well, because there's plenty of romantic triangulation--or worse--going on. Clark's former love interest--and his first LL--Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk), has returned from her summer in Paris sporting a new boyfriend, Jason Teague (Jensen Ackles), as well as a mysterious tattoo that seems to have something to do with a set of Kryptonian crystals as well as Jason's sinister mom, Genevieve (Jane Seymour). Keeping his relationship with Lana a secret, Jason has signed on as Smallville High's new assistant football coach. What's surprising is that the team's new quarterback is none other than Clark, who's grown tired of hiding his super-strength, super-speed, and invulnerability and wants to be part of the team. But nothing's easy for Clark, and he goes through the prom, a marriage, and fatherhood, not necessarily in that order, as well as his secret being discovered, unknown to him, by one of his closest friends. (On the plus side, he does uncover a cool new power.)
But the key to the season is the Kryptonian crystals. They further deteriorate the relationship between the incarcerated Lionel Luthor (John Glover), and his son, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum). Lex may be Clark's best friend, but he reveals more of his dark side in a revelation about his sexual escapades and a split-personality (literally) incident. Lana's frightening dreams actually come to life in a silly Charmed-type episode. Then in the explosive season finale, the main characters are scattered and another meteor shower threatens to wipe out the town.
One of the fun things about Smallville is how producers Al Gough and Miles Millar and their team of writers acknowledge their place in a 70-year Superman mythos (even if Clark is never referred to as Superman). His DC Comics origins receive a nod with appearances by the Flash, Krypto the superdog, and the magical Mxyztplk. And the cast includes not only regular Annette O'Toole (Martha Clark), who had played Lana Lang in Superman III, but guest shots by Margot Kidder (Bridgette Porter) and Terence Stamp (the voice of Jor-El), and the late Christopher Reeve gets a brief but touching farewell in an announcement of the passing of his character, Dr. Virgil Swann.
Extras include 15 minutes with the writing team, a spotlight on Kidder, Durance, and others who have played Lois Lane, deleted scenes, and three episodes with commentary from combinations of Gough, Millar, Durance, Kreuk, Glover and others, but not Welling. --David Horiuchi
Review(s): DVD Smallville - The Complete Fourth Season
Note on Mrs. Teague
For those of you who are too young to remember Jane Seymour in anything other than Doctor Quinn- her turn as Genevieve Teague is very reminiscint of her evil turn as the psycho Kate Trask in the 1980 tv miniseries adaptation of East of Eden. I enjoyed seeing Jane as the nasty mommy dearest! Nice departure.
Overall I loved the season- was nice to have less of the freak of the week themes and we saw lots of character development. Clark coming to grips with his true destiny is what the show is all about. I felt the Lana in the middle of the crusade thing was a bit drawn out but at least she didn't cry in every episode. I am new to the show this season- started tuning in an hour before Supernatural and got hooked! Amazon has seasons 1-3 on sale cheap for x-mas - buy them for a friend and get Smallville some new viewers to keep the show going !
Most annoying Superman show ever
I've been a Superman fan all my life (which I guess is why I continue to watch this bastardization of the Superman story), but this show drives me nuts for so many reasons. Why so much magic and sorcery involving Clark, his destiny, and Kryptonian artifacts? What's the deal with all the Kryptonian artifacts around the planet since long before Clark got here (have the writers ever read any Superman before this)? Why is Clark so crazy about a woman who is so ready to assume the worst about him all the time? And possibly the biggest question of all, why does this show have so many hours of two people (mostly Clark and Lana or Chloe) staring at each other unable to speak, with faces that say "you're breaking my heart" or "I'm hurting right now?" Kristin Kreuk is cute, but Lana Lang is as annoying as they get. Her big talents seem to be looking anguished, acting mad, and being hurtful.This show is just a big soap opera that takes far too many liberties with the Superman story. That is a real shame in my opinion, and a huge disappointment. They based this show on a story that's been around in one form or another for over 60 and decided they needed to do it all differently. Superman would never have been around this long if it had been done like this before.On other fronts:Could Lois Lane be more annoying? The Lois character has always been strong-willed and driven, but she's never been so blantantly rude and obnoxious as this one. This Lois has no manners or respect for others whatsoever.What is the deal with Lana and her medieval witch ancestor? This show seems like a mix of Superman and Charmed. Ugh. The writers of this show are hopelessly devoid of real creativity. If that were not the case they could write good Superman stories, not this nonsense.
A mixed season, but still one of the most entertaining Shows out there!
Although still fun and entertaining, Season 4 was not the highlight of the series (as even the producers will tell you). The season took risks and went in different directions; some of which paid off and some of which did not.
This was a season of Ying and Yang; Good and Evil and battling both sides. I am not a fan of the supernatural. I tend to be drawn to the science fiction elements of the show. As a result, I did not like the ongoing subplot with witches. Lana came back from Paris, a bit more mature and self righteous but also far less soft than she used to be. Her new romance fizzled pretty quickly and never seemed very well thought out. Also Lionel's battle with his two sides had most fans missing the more devious side.
This season had some highlights though: Lois Lane has been a fun addition to the show even if her integration into it has been a bit rocky. Someone in Clark's life discovers his secret and their bond intensifies. The show, desperate to pull away from the darkness of season 3 (which I personally loved), added some lighter shows in the mix. For me, the more corny, funny episodes were entertaining and cute (including "Devoted" and "Spirit"). The stones plot was sort of a mixed bag, but it cumulated into a very gripping, movie-like finale. While this season had some faults, the writers did take some creative turns and it was still a good season overall.
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