TWO More Seasons of Smallville (At Least)

[Supreme Admiral]

And the longest-running superhero show ever . . . .

Wouldn't that be Power Rangers? Or actually the Japanese franchise it's based on, Super Sentai, which was already 15 years old when Power Rangers began?

Actually, Power Rangers is not coming back next year. It's the longest-running show ever, but Disney has tried to ending it since they bought the saban entertainment back in 2001. Lots of people are bad-mouth on how Disney is ruining the power rangers franchise.

Smallville, on the other hand, I couldn't believe that the cw network has decided to renewed its show for two more seasons! Another side of me wants to keep that up, but another side of me wanted to see that show canned already! So I'll be more than happy to watching two more seasons of Smallville. The storyline is so darn good, but it needs to die already!

Indeed it is! CW network must be so desperate to hold onto its show! They wouldn't letting that show died in their hands. It's time that they realised that it's time to letting that show go and move on, for love of god!

 

[Chess Piece Face]

I will watch anything Smallville. You either get it or you don't.

 

[Christopher]

Actually, Power Rangers is not coming back next year.

Yes, it is. The announcement that it would be discontinued was rescinded a couple of weeks later. According to Bandai, an 18th season is in development.

It's the longest-running show ever, but Disney has tried to ending it since they bought the saban entertainment back in 2001. Lots of people are bad-mouth on how Disney is ruining the power rangers franchise.

Well, the current season (RPM) is by far the best one ever. However, the showrunner responsible for that, Eddie Guzelian, was fired by Disney after 18 episodes, reportedly due to his inability to stay within the budget. On the positive side, though, his replacement is Judd Lynn, the showrunner responsible for the best seasons of PR prior to the current one (from Turbo through Time Force, basically).

Smallville, on the other hand, I couldn't believe that the cw network has decided to renewed its show for two more seasons!

One more time: The CW has not renewed it for two more seasons. It has renewed it for only one more season. They signed Tom Welling for two more seasons just in case, as a way of keeping their options open. Actor contracts and series renewals are two separate things. You can sign an actor to a seven-year contract and still get your show cancelled after 13 episodes. There's zero correlation there.

 

[Supreme Admiral]

Actually, Power Rangers is not coming back next year.

Yes, it is. The announcement that it would be discontinued was rescinded a couple of weeks later. According to Bandai, an 18th season is in development.

It's the longest-running show ever, but Disney has tried to ending it since they bought the saban entertainment back in 2001. Lots of people are bad-mouth on how Disney is ruining the power rangers franchise.

Well, the current season (RPM) is by far the best one ever. However, the showrunner responsible for that, Eddie Guzelian, was fired by Disney after 18 episodes, reportedly due to his inability to stay within the budget. On the positive side, though, his replacement is Judd Lynn, the showrunner responsible for the best seasons of PR prior to the current one (from Turbo through Time Force, basically).

Smallville, on the other hand, I couldn't believe that the cw network has decided to renewed its show for two more seasons!

One more time: The CW has not renewed it for two more seasons. It has renewed it for only one more season. They signed Tom Welling for two more seasons just in case, as a way of keeping their options open. Actor contracts and series renewals are two separate things. You can sign an actor to a seven-year contract and still get your show cancelled after 13 episodes. There's zero correlation there.

I don't know who am I trusting to. But Bandai email that has make Disney very angry, they do have final says, bandai don't. But an 18th season is in development? I don't know what else to believe, we'll have to wait and see what happened next.

According to Rangercrew forum, Eddie Guzelian has nearly over-budget the RPM season this year. That's why Disney fired him in the first place. Hopefully, Judd Lynn, can bring with BIG bang that I can enjoyed more. It does feels power rangers at long last.

Oh, thanks for telling me that. I thought that the cw has renewed it for two more seasons, but one final season. That is, I can live with that.

 

[Christopher]

Oh, thanks for telling me that. I thought that the cw has renewed it for two more seasons, but one final season. That is, I can live with that.

We don't know if it's the final season. What we know is that it's been renewed for one more season for now. Whether it gets another season beyond that is something we won't know until a year from now. These decisions are made one year at a time.

 

[StarTrek1701]

They moved it to Fridays. The show is done. I think Welling should salvage what good will he has left with the fans by wearing some glasses and getting the freakin' suit! What does he have lose?

Smallville survived the Friday Night timeslot once, it will again.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

I will watch anything Smallville. You either get it or you don't.

We get it. We just don't want it.

 

[Greg Cox]

No offense to fans of the show, but I really hope it gets canned.

why? it's not like you're being forced to watch it. what do you care? there's a lot of csi and law & order left for you.

Exactly. I don't watch MEDIUM or the STARGATE shows, but I'm not rooting for them to be cancelled.

 

[Rowan Sjet]

They moved it to Fridays. The show is done. I think Welling should salvage what good will he has left with the fans by wearing some glasses and getting the freakin' suit! What does he have lose?

Smallville survived the Friday Night timeslot once, it will again.

It's never been on Fridays.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_(TV_series)#Broadcasting

 

[nx1701g]

They moved it to Fridays. The show is done. I think Welling should salvage what good will he has left with the fans by wearing some glasses and getting the freakin' suit! What does he have lose?

Smallville survived the Friday Night timeslot once, it will again.

It's never been on Fridays.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_(TV_series)#Broadcasting

I was about to say I don't recall it being on on Fridays before. I remember Wednesdays (it was opposite Enterprise) and then Thursdays. It also aired as reruns on Sundays on CW.

 

[Praetor]

I will watch anything Smallville. You either get it or you don't.

We get it. We just don't want it.

This.

No offense to fans of the show, but I really hope it gets canned.

why? it's not like you're being forced to watch it. what do you care? there's a lot of csi and law & order left for you.

Exactly. I don't watch MEDIUM or the STARGATE shows, but I'm not rooting for them to be cancelled.

Yeah, I apologize for presenting it that way.

It's not so much that I'm rooting for it to be cancelled, it's more like I'm annoyed that he's, what, 24 now, and not yet wearing the suit and it's still called "Smallville." I actually watched and enjoyed the first three seasons, but by the time Lois was there, they lost me. I was interested in learning why Clark grows up to feel the need to become Superman, not seeing Superman stories in a Superboy setting. This may seem contradictory, but the thing that initially appealed to me was that they weren't taking a Superboy-type approach.

Plus, there's no more Lex or Lionel.

Plus, I hate the pre-mature Justice League.

And how did anyone know I like "Law and Order"?

 

[benny]

Plus, there's no more Lex or Lionel.

I don't buy Lex is actually dead. You don't kill your bad guy for six years without doing it WITH the original actor and making it a battle royale face off with the protagonist. (At least as battle royale as Smallville can get...)

Plus, I hate the pre-mature Justice League.

More like the Incompetent League...

Frankly, I don't see why CW moved Smallville in the first place. Aside from Top Model, it's their one sure thing. The only reason they move it is to "prove" it's on the downswing and cancel it.

 

[Christopher]

It's not so much that I'm rooting for it to be cancelled, it's more like I'm annoyed that he's, what, 24 now, and not yet wearing the suit and it's still called "Smallville."

Still 23 at the moment, I think, though Welling is 32. Anyway, I think that in the comics, some interpretations at least, Clark didn't actually adopt the Superman costume/identity until his upper 20s.

I actually watched and enjoyed the first three seasons, but by the time Lois was there, they lost me. I was interested in learning why Clark grows up to feel the need to become Superman, not seeing Superman stories in a Superboy setting.

Actually, that's what this past season has been all about: showing how Clark begins recognizing and embracing his heroic destiny and what motivates him to make those choices. It's an arc that the original showrunners studiously avoided for years, forcing Clark into a self-absorbed rut and resisting changes to the status quo. Now that Gough & Millar are gone, the new showrunners have been giving Clark the development he should've gotten years ago.

Plus, there's no more Lex or Lionel.

I don't buy Lex is actually dead. You don't kill your bad guy for six years without doing it WITH the original actor and making it a battle royale face off with the protagonist. (At least as battle royale as Smallville can get...)

Unless the original actor isn't interested in returning to the show and killing the character off with a stand-in is how the show adjusts to the actor's departure. It wouldn't be the first time that a main character had to be unceremoniously written out due to an actor's departure. (See Land of the Lost.)

 

[benny]

Unless the original actor isn't interested in returning to the show and killing the character off with a stand-in is how the show adjusts to the actor's departure. It wouldn't be the first time that a main character had to be unceremoniously written out due to an actor's departure. (See Land of the Lost.)

Absolutely correct. However, I could swear Michael Rosenbaum said he would come back at some point, much like Kristen Kreuk, as long as he didn't have to shave his head/chest or something along those lines.

 

[Christopher]

^Ooh, if that's his requirement, I'd just as soon he didn't return. Bald caps always look horribly fake.

 

[Othello]

^Ooh, if that's his requirement, I'd just as soon he didn't return. Bald caps always look horribly fake.

Not to mention the guy looks better without hair than with. Watch him in that cheesy horror flick Urban Legend and his hair is scarier than the movie itself!! LOL

 

[benny]

Just to reiterate...I thought I had read those were the terms of Rosenbaum coming back.

Frankly, I like him either way. He just needs to tone down the highlights and spikes a little bit, at least from this pic:

 

[roguephoenix]

i really hope this stays on for a bit longer because with cw's track record, the replacement for this is quite... cringe-wrothy. it would be another teen melodrama but without any scifi/fantasy element. OR another "reality" show. >_<

 

[Admiral_Young]

I have decided much like this past season...I will watch season nine and see how it goes but the moment an episode pisses me off (to be clear this doesn't mean disappointing, something has to happen that really throws me into a binge) I'm done. I was almost done last season but the first half was so strong that I stayed aboard to see how the Doomsday arc would resolve it's self and again was let down. I've too much emotional investment into the series now having watched since season two and seen every single episode to just drop it.