![]() It took most of the first season before someone finally made me watch the pilot episode. The show just looked like Dawson’s Creek with Superman. As a longtime comic reader, I didn’t jump right away. A show aimed at teens about the early life of Superman was a smart shot to take to appeal to a wide audience instead of the Wednesday New Comic Day club of dedicated fans. Outside of animation, there wasn’t a lot to compete with. Blade was a modest success but the sequel hadn't come out yet. 2000’s X-Men was still considered a bit of a fluke. Comic Book movies and shows weren’t the major franchise money machines they are today - the last couple Batman movies saw to that. Smallville was one of those shows that was just right for its era. Now in his tumultuous teen years, Clark Kent (Tom Welling) must navigate the difficulties of high school life while keeping the secret of his powers from his crush Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk), his best friend Pete (Same Jones III), the school news hound Chloe (Allison Mack), and his new friend, mega millionaire Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum). Jonathan and Martha Kent (John Schneider and Annette O’Toole) pluck the boy from the rubble and adopt him as their own. Nestled amongst the meteors was a small space capsule containing the last child survivor of a distant dying planet. In 1989 a meteor shower changed the tiny farm community of Smallville - and the world - forever.
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