Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

October 2007

  • After last weekend of the repeat of the two-part premiere, we come to a new episode this weekend with the debuts of several Legion characters – Karate Kid and Nemesis Kid. Both of them joined the Legion in different ways with Nemesis Kid joining through Legion auditions and Karate Kid through Superman’s influence. This was… Read more

  • This week’s episode was a gimmicky, tribute episode to the fans of both Superman and Smallville who voiced their opinions through forums and blogs. The reason it was gimmicky because it was about a film crew shooting a superhero movie in Smallville based on the comic book Warrior Angel. There were a lot of parallels… Read more

  • This episode focuses on Chloe’s desire to get rid of her meteor-freak powers and her relationship with Jimmy Olsen. Chloe has been written consistently until now as she brushes off Clark, who finds out why she has been investigating Dr. Curtis Knox. Of all people, Chloe should have understood and appreciated Clark more in keeping… Read more

  • I’ve missed last weekend’s episode, Timber Wolf, because I overslept but I had the fortune to watch the latest episode, Chained Lightning, which focuses on Lightning Lad. We now know the real reason for the sibling rivalry between Lightning Lad and his brother, Mekt – their younger sister, Ayla, who was thought dead when all… Read more

  • This episode is reminscent of the second episode of the first season as they were trying to regain the things from the earlier seasons that made the show great. We have Kara battling her first meteor freaks, who happened to be weather vixens, as they compete in a beauty pageant contest.   The scenes between… Read more

  • TV Guide has posted their question-and-answer interview with Smallville producer, Al Gough, and some of the answers have excited me, while others have disturbed me.   -Clark’s journey revolves around Kara – I have no problem with Kara as long as she serve her cousin’s needs in his journey to become Superman, but not the… Read more

  • The second part of the season premiere fully introduces Clark’s Kryptonian cousin, Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl. She was trapped in suspended animation and was revived by the river dam incident, where she saved Lex from his watery grave in the season premiere. They introduced her in a big way where she knocks out Lois and… Read more