Product: Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season (2009)
Rating: 5.0
The developement of Superman
Other reviewers have already noted the key points of the season, so I'll just address a few things. I'll preface my review by saying I've been an avid Smallville fan since about season 3. When season 3 was ongoing is when I got into smallville, and starting with season 4 I have gone to pick up the season the day it comes out. So these comments come from that background.I love this show and always have, even in the dry spells that were not as good and people in general didn't like. I could always see what the creators were shooting for and I enjoyed the stories and took them for what they were...even if they weren't the best. I will admit they were not the best and I will be the first to admit lana needed to go earlier than she did. This season though, I must say, is my favorite season in the entirety of the show. I do also read comics and it's exciting when they bring in other comic book characters. And I love the little hints and things they do that allude to the comics or the future of the characters in the show.And to address clark being kind of dark, this is true...but again it's his developement into Superman. He and the other superheroes are all coming into their own and this is not a biblical-true-to-the-comics view of superman. It's a more modern adaptation, and you have to go into watching the show with that in mind. They generally have kept the same large points intact. But I kind of like the darker clark...he's more serious and in a couple episodes he is leading and learning to inspire others. I think he has to find a balance between his super optimistic view of people and his dark and brooding self where he finds himself at the beginning of season 9...and this is what I love about smallville...it's the developement of the greatest comic book character. And it's an open interpretation and it's fun!So all in all I just wanted to rate it with 5 stars, because I believe this season was amazingly handled and I love it. Of course it's all relative to each person's likes and dislikes but i personally believe this season deserves about a 9.0/10.