B.A.G cast as Metallo for Smallville season 9

[Christopher]

When Metallo appeared on Lois & Clark they didn't go for the whole Terminator look for the character.

Exactly my point. He had a robotic body but he still looked human on the outside. The comics and cartoons tend to have Corben start out looking human but then get half or all of his skin torn away to reveal the robot within, but the idea behind the character is that by default, when he's undamaged, he looks human.

He was just Scott Valentine with a sneer. Funny thing is Scott Valentine was a client of my company and I had an interaction with him a few years ago. Decided to drop my professionalism and ask if he was that Scott Valentine and he admitted, grudgingly that he was. We kinda had a laugh about it. He was speaking to me from home and told me that his son and Dean Caine's son were friends and Cain's son was actually at his house at that moment. I had me a good geek moment. I mean there I was talking to fucking Metallo while the son of Superman was somewhere in the vicinity.

Wasn't he the voice of the Phantom in the Phantom 2040 animated series?

 

[bigdaddy]

I figured if they did spin off Smallville it'd probably be a Green Arrow series.

There are several ways they can do a spinoff. However maybe they will do a Justice League type show with a main superhero and a few guest stars show up time to time. BAG could be a main badguy for the show.

 

[Christopher]

My preference for a Smallville spinoff would be a police drama centered on J'onn J'onnz. Phil Morris deserves his own series.

A JL series could work too, but ideally if it could center on Chloe and the Watchtower somehow. Or else -- take bigdaddy's idea of centering it on a main superhero, and make Wonder Woman that hero. The arcane licensing rules surrounding Wonder Woman preclude her from appearing in any show or film where she isn't in a leading role, which I think has hurt the character's exposure and popularity. If she were the central character in a JL series, there'd be no problem. And a well-cast Wonder Woman would be preferable as a series lead to this version of Green Arrow, who's not really all that interesting and who's now too morally compromised.

 

[Captain Craig]

I'm wondering if Metallo will be an underlying baddie over the season, or two(cause Welling signed for 2 more), like Braniac. At the minimum a seasonal baddie like Doomsday.

 

[Broccoli]

My preference for a Smallville spinoff would be a police drama centered on J'onn J'onnz. Phil Morris deserves his own series.

A JL series could work too, but ideally if it could center on Chloe and the Watchtower somehow. Or else -- take bigdaddy's idea of centering it on a main superhero, and make Wonder Woman that hero. The arcane licensing rules surrounding Wonder Woman preclude her from appearing in any show or film where she isn't in a leading role, which I think has hurt the character's exposure and popularity. If she were the central character in a JL series, there'd be no problem. And a well-cast Wonder Woman would be preferable as a series lead to this version of Green Arrow, who's not really all that interesting and who's now too morally compromised.

Doesn't Joel Silver hold the rights to a live action Wonder Woman movie which is causing her exclusion from other adaptions at the moment (not to different from the "Bat Embargo")?

 

[Christopher]

^That can't be right, because there was a direct-to-DVD animated Wonder Woman movie that came out only three and a half months ago.

 

[Broccoli]

^That can't be right, because there was a direct-to-DVD animated Wonder Woman movie that came out only three and a half months ago.

Oh, that's right. Perhaps it is just in relation to Live Action stuff. The reason I said that is because a few years back, the producers of Smallville were interviewed and were asked if Wonder Woman would be on the show. Their response was along the lines of "Go ask Joel Silver" indicating that they wanted to, but were being road blocked and that Silver was in some sort of control when it came to Wonder Woman.

 

[Samurai8472]

I figured if they did spin off Smallville it'd probably be a Green Arrow series.

I don't think Hartley could stand another pilot not getting picked up

 

[Aragorn]

^ George Clooney was the king of unaired pilots and he turned out okay.

Maybe one day Hartley will become a big name and Smallville and that movie he made for The Asylum will be roles he never speaks about.

 

[Admiral_Young]

The Aquaman pilot was pretty good...I thought that series had potential despite having that Smallville formula to it. I would have liked to seen the Supergirl series that had been rumored, they could still do it since the end of the episode that Laura did they mentioned she was taking off to try and find Kandor...seems a bit weird it would be on Earth. Perhaps J'onn is helping her...taking Christopher's idea I could see J'onn being a mentor to Kara on her journey taking into his experience with Kryptonians. This thread really belongs in the Summer hiatus thread oh well...

 

[nx1701g]

When Metallo appeared on Lois & Clark they didn't go for the whole Terminator look for the character.

In the Post-Crisis, Metallo did take on a LOT of looks from the Terminator .

First Post Crisis Appearance

Reminds me of the T-900 Series.

 

[nx1701g]

Yahoo TV Article: BAG Deserves Better

 

[zephramc]

Very cool. Looking forward to Smallville this year. I hope BAG brings the same intensity to Smallville that he did to T:SCC and hopefully the writers put his talents to good use.

 

[Trubinator]

I probably won't watch the show 'cause it's crap, but I was very satisfied with his performance in T:TSCC. He essentially turned a boring show into something watchable, at least for me. He deserves to remain employed.

 

[Christopher]

^Actually Smallville really increased in quality this past season, with the departure of the original showrunners. Although I think two of last season's four showrunners are now gone, so who knows if the next season will be as good?

 

[Broccoli]

^ I have to agree. I was very burnt out with the show by the end of season 7, and when I heard the direction they were taking with season 8, I was groaning. However, I was wildly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have to say the quality dipped a bit with the Lana episodes, but the season was very strong overall. I look forward to next year.

 

[Admiral_Young]

The complaint about last season was that the first half was excellent but then when Lana made her four or five episode final guest appearences the quality dropped because the writers focused on "Giving her a proper send off" and then things dropped considerably in the second half due to the failure to execute the Doomsday arc IMO. Overall though the season was a slight improvement over season seven...I still think they're milking this show for everything they got!

 

[Broccoli]

^ Well, yeah. At this point, they are. However, the show really felt like a different show last season, imo (save for the Lana episodes). Hopefully, the producers realize what worked and what didn't, so they can improve on what they started.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Yeah...the infusion of new blood and having Justin Hartley around semi-regularly (I see on mania today that TV guide was reporting CW execs are indeed considering a Green Arrow spin off) I would be all for it if they stop this Dark Ollie nonsense.

 

[Hermiod]

^ George Clooney was the king of unaired pilots and he turned out okay.

Maybe one day Hartley will become a big name and Smallville and that movie he made for The Asylum will be roles he never speaks about.

You really aren't comparing George Clooney with identikit pretty boy Hartley are you ?