Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

May 2011

  • Clark first started to interact with the DC Universe since the 4th season with the episode Run when he meets future Kid Flash Bart Allen. That was when Clark learns that there are others like him and when the producers decide to bring in other DC Universe characters. In addition to Clark’s journey towards becoming… Read more

  • Smallville has its share of good and bad episodes, but I will only pick out the episodes that were more about Clark’s journey than anything else including his relationships with the women in his life. These episodes embody what the show is really about – Clark’s journey towards becoming Superman. 1) Pilot – The first… Read more

  • The Smallville finale aired on May 13 and re-aired for an encore on May 19. The producers said it was a stand-alone and they were right that it was and it works that way. However, when putting the final with the rest of the final season and the series, it felt like one big lightswitch.… Read more

  • Today the pro wrestling is in mourning when pro wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage has passed away at the age of 58 due to a car accident that stemmed from his heart attack. His vehicle collided with the tree and his new wife, Barbara, was with him. Randy Savage was just celebrating the one-year anniversary… Read more

  • With the finale aired and show is now complete, this marks the end of an era for me as I look forward to watching other shows. I am the same age as Tom Welling as Smallville was my #1 favorite show first and foremost and I’ve spent 10 years of my life watching  it. For… Read more

  • Smallville was a Superman show about Clark Kent before he became Superman and was developed by producers and writers, Al Gough and Miles Millar. They had a vision and a challenge to make Superman accessible to the 21st Century and one of their solutions was the rule of No Tights, No Flights until the end.… Read more

  • After the last two episodes that focused on Megatron’s return, Shadowzone deals with Starscream trying to use the Dark Energon shard to revive SkyQuake, whom we haven’t seen since Masters and Students. As the Autobots and Starscream square off, Miko gets Jack and Raf in trouble by following them secretly just so that Miko wants… Read more

  • When Tom Welling first announced that the 10th season would be the final season last year, this would give the producers and writers enough time to plan out the season where Clark transforms into Superman. The first four episodes had the right idea as they were building up to Homecoming, the show’s 200th episode. Instead… Read more

  • The highly-anticipated finale was written by Al Septien, Turi Meyer, Brian Peterson, and Kelly Souders. This was the final wrap-up to Clark’s journey and his transformation into Superman at the same time getting caught between letting go of his past and living in the future. With all this going on, the Apokolips was coming towards… Read more

  • We are here in the season finale of the first season of Nikita with an episode that wraps up all storylines at the same time create new ones for a second season. Nikita was thought dead when she was shot by Alex and was revived by some toxin. Amanda did the same thing to Alex… Read more