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hey baby smallville ilove you somuch is the black kittycat

I want to know If you would help me to get the smallvile season7 on the dvd Please let me know?

hey clark kent you dont love me black kitty cat

I started watching the show in the third season. I now own all the season DVDs and never miss an episode. I congratulate the entire cast on a job well done. And, I have really have enjoyed watching the progress that everyone on the show has made. (On a side note, I hope the battle between Lex and Clark does not end. It can't if the story stays at all true to the myth. And, that's what I'm waiting for ;-)

enough is enough the battle between lex and clark got to stop.

Hi i just want to say that the group is doing a very good job and keep it up.My boyfriend is a very big fan of smallville.Every Thrusday night is his night.It will be nice if you people write me back to say thanks.Angin keep up the good work ,and i will be happy to write you lovaly pepole at any time.

there you all go again. turning aother post (and a plea for peace for heavens sake!) into a Chloe vs. Lana vs. Lois war. I swear, this is getting OLD. Christ, didn't TPTB say that Smallville was BEFORE he became superman!!!??? His journey TO BECOMING Superman!!!???? what's wrong with you people!! GIVE IT A REST!!!!!!! who the f-ing cares what side you on!! There's no need to be bashing on other ppls likes! If you want to be blaming someone for the bad protrail of your least-liked character, blame it on TPTB! Don't be putting all your issues with them on the character(s) themself(ves).

Enough of my anger rant. I'm off to a more peacefull place. You people that are bashing on hated characters disgust me.

I Love Smallville, I have watched since the beginning. Although I really would like for Clark to tell Lana his secret. That would be the best thing. I think that you are doing a wounderful job with the show.I have NEVER missed a Episode. and NEVER will.

I started to Smallville only last yeae when I saw Reckoning. I went out and purchased all the Dvds. I am surprised they are so well done. It was the chemistry between Clark and Lana and the rivalry between Clark and Lex that sold the show to me. I have never been drawn into a TV program like this before. Great casting and good writing.

I have just started watching smallville this year. I have watched seasons 1,2,3 and all of 6 so far and i am still watching 4.. These shows are great and they need to keep coming..the stuff with lana, lex, and clark is what is keeping people watching. Clark and Lana were the best together that ive seen so far. Its a great show and i hope there are many more seasons to follow!!

I don't think you should take Smallville off the air but you should take Lana off of Smallville and bring Justin Hartly on Smallville more often be cause he is one of the hottest guys ever besides Clark Kent!!!!!!!!!!!

Cw get this straight me and other fans are sick of Lana come on and get her off she is the reason there is no action in the story of the making of a superhero ironic huh? no its just bad producing, however the fight with Kane was a good episode keep up with stuff like that and Smallville might get better recognition from its viewers!!!!!!!!!!!!! got it ? o k thank you for listening

It is pathetic how some people write long treatise about a character they are living and breathing through. The producers undoubtedly regret putting Chloe in the losing end of a love triangle. Leave it to the Internet to bring out all the losers who overidentified with a character who loses out.

I want to get know If you are intersating that you can get the smallville sseason 6 on boxset for me on My birthday Please and thank you very much?

Really, reducung Clark and Lex, the two great enemies of the comic world, to bitching over a pathetic excuse for a love interest like Lana is shameful. It reduces what could have been a wonderful show about Clark growing up to nothing more than Clark and LanaRmeant2B nonsense. They are not meant to be and Clark is supposed to be growing up and getting over what has always been an inexplicable fixation on this selfish girl with whom he shares no interest I could ever see. It's true every character but Chloe has gone backwards and now behave worse than they did when they WERE young teenagers. This is not the growth we were supposed to get this season at long last.

I remain astounded and outraged that anyone found Lana and Clark's behavior sweet or romantic in the episode Promise; everyone was out of character and while self-centered Lana Lang was her usual, I-want-all-the-attention-self, she was not being forced into a marriage and she shouldn't suddenly have been treated like she was. It's totally her fault that she slept with and got pregnant by Lex in the first place and it was wrong to abruptly depict her as the noble girl who sacrifices for Clark when she has previously been nothing but hateful and cruel to him. Lana has made it clear through her repeated nasty diatribes at Clark that she wanted Lex and not Clark. How can anyone not be bothered when suddenly everything is reversed from where this season was headed from Zod onward after the wonderful last season ending of Vessel, and Clark is not only back to wanting this awful girl but willing to behave with a copmplete lack of morality with her? This is not what heroes should do and neither Clark nor Lana have any idea what real love is or they wouldn't act as this way. The hero is being ruined by his obsession over Lana, a girl who has made her bed and deserves to pay the price for sleeping in it. Lana doesn't need to be saved and Clark should be praying for forgiveness for screwing up becasue of his fixation on her.

As for this blog, it covers a lot and yes, it makes a point of saying what a wonderful actress is Allison Mack who portrays Chloe. It's past time she was recognized for the fine work she does and frankly, while I have nothing against Kristen Kreuk, I couldn't care less how much Neutragena she sells. I care about the job these people do on Smallville and Ms, Kreuk has done the best she could when stuck with portraying an unsympathetic character who is borderline psychotic and all too often made the center of the universe when the story is supposed to be about Clark and Lex. I can only see that by turning Smallville into the kind of ridiculous angst fest that has ruined it and Promise was the worst ep ever for this crap, the real story remains untold.

As for calling Lois, "Nois or EDLois, it isn't a disrespect to the actress though I don't care for her at all and think her character is the worst Lois Lane ever, it's a marker of disgust because this character isn't what the real Lois should be. To claim her Lois was the sassy reporter in Combat is ludicrous and anyone who paid close attention to that ep beyond watching Lois in tight red leather, would have seen a girl who is so bad at reporting she can't even lie up a story for a tabloid without begging her cousin, the real reporter in the family, for help and, when denied, STOLE trash from her own cousin to get it. That is not what Iconic Lois Lane is all about and if anything, that ep showed once again why so many people consider Chloe to still be there real Lois of this show. There's a lot in Chloe that reminds me of Lois Lane from the comics and other media. and most importantly, she does what Lois Lane always does, she's a real reporter at the greatest newspaper in the Smallville/DC universe. That is the true marker of Lois Lane and we don't see it Erica Durance's character nor are there any signs whatsoever that she will ever be more than she is now ans that is pitifully little. I go for the girl who has the inner strength and talent and determination and "Lois" lacks those essential qualities and at this point, it's too late to make her the real Lois in any believable way. doesn't have any of those things.

Clark, despite his many failings, is still magnificently portrayed by Tom Welling, the best Clark ever. He does a fantastic job despite the awful scripts he sometimes gets and I think he doesn't get the credit for making this show fly depsite its shortcomings. But the writers need to step up make Clark Kent actually grow up and be a man at last and finally call Lana out on the awful things she's done to him, and everyone else over the years. And while he's at it, he really ought to man up and admit to his real feelings for Chloe and not let her back away because he's "afraid" to mess up their relationship. The good relationships are those you share with your best friend and that's Chloe, the real Lois of this show. If the writers intend to stick with this nonsense of Clark being with everyone else, even girls who try to drug and kill him, because he's afraid of messing up his close relationship with Chloe, that's the worst cowardice of all. Chloe and Clark support each other through everything and Chloe is his anchor; and that describes his relationship with the real Lois Lane perfectly. It's way past time we we saw that realized. Dump this stupid Lana nonsense and get rid of the fake Lois and bring us the real hero we were supposed to get. The CW and the producers and writers of Smallville ow us.

I read on Ksite and SDK blog that in the season final episode
Chloe save Lois with green tears and die. Also Lana die.
It's not a season final but a Smallville final. If the season 6 is the last, the mytho is respected. Clark and Lois are alone.The CW kill Lana and Chloe for Lois. I hope Smallville don't finish like this. It would be a pathetic and an insult for Chloe and Lana Fan.
It's possible that season 6 would be the last season of Chloe and Lana.

I also believe that the dramatic epsodes involving, Lex, Lana, Clark and even sometimes Chloe not only hold the intrest of the viewers already hooked on the show but others who arent into the whole superhero special powers type thing for example my mother who cant sit in front of a TV for more then 5 min without huffing and puffing over a man with superpowers from another planet, or 2 brothers that fight ghosts and gobblins etc... During the whole Lex Lana Clark dramatics I find that she asks questions and pays closer attention and weather she believes it or not, she enjoys the show now and I think those are the best episodes.

No offense to you or your mother but the back story of Superman *is* a story of a guy with superpowers and the man who will become his biggest nemesis. To have the animosity between two icons that have been around for decades be because of a woman (and a vapid, two-timing, selfish, bitchy woman, at that) is doing a disservice to both characters. This isn't a soap opera where the characters can be made to look stupid, foolish, immature, shallow and whipped. This is the future Superman and Lex Luthor, criminal mastermind. Their differences should be based on differences in ideologies not on some self-involved twit.

This is an excerpt of what I hope Lex Luthor and Clark Kent will discuss in "Nemesis" (credit ratman on TWoP):

Lex: Clark, what happened to us?
Clark: What do you mean?
Lex: We used to be friends, Clark. Good friends. I used to even think of you as the brother I never had.
Clark: You have a brother, Lex.
Lex: Who, Lucas? Lucas is just my father's son. No, I had hoped that you could be the one who saw me as something else, who saw me for who I really am.
Clark: Lex, after the things you've done -
Lex: [offended] What have I done, Clark? Tell me!
Clark: What you did to Arthur Curry, and Victor Stone. And hiring those meteor freaks to kidnap my parents and Lana -
Lex: I had nothing to do with any of those situations.
Clark: Do you expect me to believe you?
Lex: You used to believe me.
Clark: I don't think I can any more. Not after everything.
Lex: [angry] And what about you, then?
Clark: What about me?
Lex: Oh, come on, Clark. Every single unexplained thing that's happened in Smallville since the accident on the bridge - the meteor freaks, the caves, the crystals, the aliens - all of it seems to connect to you somehow, every time. Why is that, Clark?
Clark: Smallville is my home. I'm just doing what I can to help the people that I care about.
Lex: Do you expect me to believe you?
Clark: Yes, I do. I'm not the one -
Lex: [interrupting] Then I expect you to believe me, too. I'm just like you, Clark, I'm just trying to do what I can to help, but my vision is bigger - I'm trying to defend this country, the people of the world, from the threats that they face. Everything I've done has been entirely justified.
Clark: The ends don't justify the means, Lex.
Lex: That's just the refuge of those who don't have the means.
Clark: That sounds like something your father would say. Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Lex: And that sounds like something your father would say.
[uncomfortable pause]
Clark: You can't keep doing these kinds of things, Lex. People have the right to know what's going on.
Lex: And who's going to tell them, Clark? Your friend who's permanently affixed to the Daily Planet? Or perhaps her cousin could put it next to her column on the discovery of the Metropolis sasquatch.
Clark: Maybe I will.
Lex: You? [laughing] Clark Kent, investigative reporter? Face it, Clark, the people don't want to know. They don't care, as long as they can trust in the people who can keep them safe at night.
Clark: [angry] That's not true. The truth matters. Justice matters. People have a right to those things, Lex. And people are going to find out about what LuthorCorp has been doing - you can't keep things secret forever, Lex.
Lex: Neither can you, Clark. Neither can you.

When all is said and done, Lana Lang is just the girl who gets left behind.

I don't care about non Lana fans!!!! WE LOVE CLANA!!!!!!

I think for myself that is, that the best episodes of this season so far have been the one's involving Clark and Lex's battle over Lana. As you said, this is a defining season for smallville and that battle over Lana could define the rivalry that would become "Superman v Lex Luthor" weather that be in your plans or not, thats just how it's shapping up and I enjoy every second of it. I also believe that the dramatic epsodes involving, Lex, Lana, Clark and even sometimes Chloe not only hold the intrest of the viewers already hooked on the show but others who arent into the whole superhero special powers type thing for example my mother who cant sit in front of a TV for more then 5 min without huffing and puffing over a man with superpowers from another planet, or 2 brothers that fight ghosts and gobblins etc... During the whole Lex Lana Clark dramatics I find that she asks questions and pays closer attention and weather she believes it or not, she enjoys the show now and I think those are the best episodes

Claire could be one person, a fake person, or an amalgamation of a group of people. In any event, ABC would not hire an employee; farm out a blog to a group of people to
badmouth any one of their actresses on Ugly Betty. NBC wouldn’t pay someone to badmouth The Office and CBS wouldn’t do this to the Survivor. Smallville is one of the few legitimate shows in CW’s sea of lowbrow smorgasbord of wrestling and reality TV wasteland. CW would actually pay an employee to badmouth an actress of their one and only hit show. If management is that dumb they deserve what they get and this site is dumbest of the dumb. If a site is managed like this at ABC, CBS or NBC, the Director of Operations or Marketing would be out the door pronto!!

ROFLMAO! Chris. Great post.

One thing though. I thought Chuck Norris was the only person that can cure cancer.

I agree with the Maggie comment.
It's one of the best comment I saw in all the CW
blogs. You created a fantastic character (Chloe) and now she is the favorite character of the show.Don't destroy Chloe (freak)for Clana. The show is Smallville not Lanaville.We want to see the futur Superman with the futur AMLois.

This site has consistently offended Kristin Kreuk’s fans. Kreuk has a huge following. Next to Tom Welling, she is the second most searched person on Google. She is the longest spokesperson Neutrogena has ever employed. When she introduced Neutrogena in Germany and France, the products tripled in sales. Her contract alone with Neutrogena speaks to her force in the market place. Kreuk is one of the reasons that Smallville lasted as long as it has and it is probably the only show on CW that is bringing in the big bucks. So who the hell does Claire think she is trashing Kristin Kreuk on an official CW website. Get rid of Claire; better yet, off with Claire’s head and the rest of her body from this site. CW has got to be the dumbest network in history of television to hire an employee to attack one of their biggest stars in the network’s biggest and only hit.

You forgot to mention that her farts smell like roses, her smile cures cancer, wildflowers spring from her footsteps, and angels weep because they’ll never be as pretty as she.

Seriously, people, give it a bloody rest. She’s a very pretty actress (whom, I would wager, none of us know personally) who turns in a marginal performance on a television show that at its best attains the level of a teen soap opera, not the second coming of the virgin Mary.

No actor/actress should inspire this much passion. It’s not healthy.

I think this blog is pretty fair and recognizes not only that Allison Mack is the most tallented young actress on the show, and why not since she's been in the business longer, but her character is written to be like Lois Lane. Sadly, the producers have chosen to shove a character down our throats who is nothing like any Lois Lane I've ever seen and is the worst ever in Superman history. Under the guise of changing the character and saying she'll grow, they forgot two important facts: one, that a character must always still be recognizable as that character or you might as well name them Gladiola and second, that if there's already a character who is pretty much just like the iconic Lois Lane then naturally, most viewers see that character (Chloe) as Lois Lane and have no use for the sham that is "Lois."

As for Lana, it is abhorent that they make Smallville into Lanaville and have the nerve to make CLark an obsessed idiot over a self-centered, manipulative girl like Lana and further to have the nerve to turn Clark and Lex into enemies over this pathetic unpleasant character. It makes the future Superman pathetic and immoral to portray him, as he was in Promise, making out with another man's bride before her wedding to the man who is the father of her child and to have every character do a 180 to suddenly try to shove poor Lana, forced to marry a monster and someone must save her! which was totally not at all what we've seen all year. Lana is a nasty piece of work in the comics and is not any better on Smallville. TO make her the center of the show is wrong, wrong, wrong and an insult to the Superman legend just as it is wrong to show us Clark at twenty acting like a moonstruck teenager of fourteen.

We want to see Clark grow up and confront Lana for all her many, many wrongs like snooping and lying and backstabbing, not given a pass because she's pretty. That is NOT what this show is supposed to be about. WE want to see truth and justice prevail, the hero chose the one girl who treats him with respect and supports him no matter what, and other girls given the cold shoulder. After six years of this other crap, it's way past time we get it. Clark should be grown up now and not be pulling the teen angst crap anymore.

It's no insult to the actors to call the producers and writers on their crap after travesties like Promise and Crimson. We have a right to see the show Al Gough promised us years ago and we're not getting it. This is an heroic tale and we want to see the hero be heroic and chose the right lady. If that is Chloe because the producers have no idea what Lois Lane should be and have tried to palm off a ridiculous caricature of Lois who's all mean spirited attitude and nothing like the real icon should be then that's just too bad.

Why would the producers think we want to see Chloe show Lois how it's done then watch as Lois gets her dream job and the man she has always loved while she gets shuffled off? What kind of a tale would that be and why on Earth do the producers and the network think anyone would want to watch it? Names mean nothing compared to achievment and character and dressing up an actress in skintight leather does not Lois Lane make.

Viv wrote:
They recently posted a complimentary blog about Kristin Kreuk's documentary project and guess what? Only THREE people responded to it. (And I'm one of them and while I like KK, I'm definitely no Lana fan.)
http://weblogs.wgntv.com/network/cwsource/2007/03/mr_and_kk_venture_outside_of_s_1.html#comments

So why was this post completely ignored by the people currently calling for Claire's head? Because it wasn't about CLANA? A true fan of KK would be interested in her non-SV projects as well.

That's because this project was introduced almost a month after it was mentioned here. And KK websites and several boards where she is discussed already talked about this in detail. So why comment on it here?

I'm a Clana fan but I'm a Kristin Kreuk fan first. And I don't like this blog because of their bias. The blog is officially CW, not a fan site. If it was a fansite I could care less whether they trash someone or not. But if you run an official site you have to put your bias aside and DO YOUR JOB. Where was the post about Kristin's movie Partition when it opened? While the movie itself didn't always get the best critiques in almost 90% of the reviews Kristin was applauded for her performance. So where was that on the blog? Nowhere.

Wouldn't that have been a good opportunity to make Kristin CW star of the week? Just wondering. Hell if I remember it correctly even Shelby the freaking dog had it's own blog post.

I think that it's admirable that KK's fans are coming to her defense. But really, discussions in the past have been about the character of Lana Lang not the actress. In fact, this blog has never written an article against KK. Just because recognition is given to another actor does not automatically imply a dis of KK.

Just as there are viewers who see Lana as loving, self-sacrificing, honest, kind, and sweet, there are others that see her as spoiled, whiny, passive/agressive, entitled, and self-involved. Neither view, however, has anything to do with the actress playing a part.

I'm sure there are articles that are not flattering to KK, but, hey, that's the nature of the business. Some people are fans others are not but every person is entitled to their opinion.

Ok this is getting ridiculous. When has Claire ever trashed KK in on this blog? Just because she put up a post of someone who wants Lana off the show and doesn't like KK's acting means she is bashing KK as well. What the hell!

The positive blogs that deal with KK hardly get attention but when she posts something that trashes KK because she wants to know your opinion of what SOMEONE ELSE wrote about her thats when ppl come. Give me a break.

The "OFF WITH CLAIRE'S HEAD" comments are getting really out of hand.

Claire and the others that post on this blog. I have no problems with you guys stating your problems with the characters on the show. I have no problem that you all state your opinions. You admint you biases but you don't let them cloud you judgement like some fans do.

I for one appreciate the honesty.

Kreuk may be an excellent spokesperson for Neutrogena; however, the highest rated episode of Smallville this year, "Justice", was entirely Lana-free. Viewers can admire the actress, while being completely bored with her character.

Also, I fail to see how writing insulting posts to the blog-runners is likely to increase positive representation of an actor or a character on this site.

This site has consistently offended Kristin Kreuk’s fans. Kreuk has a huge following. Next to Tom Welling, she is the second most searched person on Google. She is the longest spokesperson Neutrogena has ever employed. When she introduced Neutrogena in Germany and France, the products tripled in sales. Her contract alone with Neutrogena speaks to her force in the market place. Kreuk is one of the reasons that Smallville lasted as long as it has and it is probably the only show on CW that is bringing in the big bucks. So who the hell does Claire think she is trashing Kristin Kreuk on an official CW website. Get rid of Claire; better yet, off with Claire’s head and the rest of her body from this site. CW has got to be the dumbest network in history of television to hire an employee to attack one of their biggest stars in the network’s biggest and only hit.

Viv wrote:
They recently posted a complimentary blog about Kristin Kreuk's documentary project and guess what? Only THREE people responded to it. (And I'm one of them and while I like KK, I'm definitely no Lana fan.)
http://weblogs.wgntv.com/network/cwsource/2007/03/mr_and_kk_venture_outside_of_s_1.html#comments

So why was this post completely ignored by the people currently calling for Claire's head? Because it wasn't about CLANA? A true fan of KK would be interested in her non-SV projects as well.

Dear Viv,
I know about Kristin documentary and others many interviews of her but i saw it in others sites because here i always to see hate about lana, so i don't have why to get in here. You would post here if this site bashed your favorite character? I don't think so.
I understand you because how you said you don't like lana so this site is perfect for you. It's really interesting how this news about kk was posted after the trash article "Off with Lana's Head". Was posted because lana's fans to wrote emails for CW talking about the garbage that CW Source is? Why they doesn't bashed others character? This not about clak and lana is about CW Source to consider all smallville's fans.

Someone who knows how to read the $$$ dollar sign in a finance spread sheet should read the posted articles about Smallville on the CW Source site.

Rule Number 1: You do not pay an employee to put down a star of your one and only profitable show on CW. You do not find the most unflattering article about a star and then ask your viewers to post negative comments about her.

Rule Number 2: You do not continuously tick off the fans of the shows by pitting one group against another, especially when the target populations are teenagers who do enough of that in the schoolyards and locker rooms.

Rule Number 3: You hire people who can write better than a 3rd grader and who have a tad of common sense about how marketing is connected to corporate profit.

Rule Number 4: Smallville is one the few hit shows on CW. Smallville DVDs are best sellers. Smallville is the lead-in for Supernatural who depends on the success of Smallville to survive.

Rule Number 5: You do not employ a pinhead to write snide and snaky things about the actors, actresses or the characters they play.

I simply cannot believe there are utterly stupid people up and down the hierarchy of CW management who are so oblivious that they have no oversight and no supervision of this site and have permitted this site to do as much damage as they have to their number one show on their network.

You know what, screw Chlark! I gladly give up that on going piece of friendship garbage that it has become. And even if I were still part of the foolishly faithful, I'd still gladly give it up, and would prefer that the show be cancelled rather than have to witness the absoulute trash that is CLANA. So sick, sick, SICK of this stupidly written love affair. The more they try to make it Epic, the more laughable it is. The only thing more laughable is that the future Man of Steel (at supposedly 20 yrs of age)could be such a whinney cry baby.

A year and half ago, I would have been so sad at the thought of it even being considered for Cancellation. Now? Nothing would please me more than to see it taken off the air. Then I could really say SCREW THE SHIPPERS & THESE DAMN WARS.

Cris wrote:

"You said that post news about Kristin? When? I never seen one news or good comments about Kristin here."

They recently posted a complimentary blog about Kristin Kreuk's documentary project and guess what? Only THREE people responded to it. (And I'm one of them and while I like KK, I'm definitely no Lana fan.)
http://weblogs.wgntv.com/network/cwsource/2007/03/mr_and_kk_venture_outside_of_s_1.html#comments

So why was this post completely ignored by the people currently calling for Claire's head? Because it wasn't about CLANA? A true fan of KK would be interested in her non-SV projects as well.

I'd like to echo everything Tzigone has said.

*sigh* EDLois, Nois are terms that have no bearings nor should be used when talking about Lois Lane in SV fandom. Why do we have to say EDLois or Nois.... oh yeah to insult Durance riiight. Because someone could be confused as to who Lois Lane is played by on Smallville.

I think you are confusing the character with the actress. When "Lois" is referred to as EDLois or Nois it is not to dis the actress. The actress is fine with what she is given. The character however is so far removed from iconic Lois Lane that it's really difficult to call her Lois.

A "Lois" that mooches off the Kents (who are having financial problems), that has her father inform her that she's flunked her last year of high school, that gets into MetU because of Lex, that gets kicked out of MetU for drinking and other stuff, that gets jobs that she is unqualified for handed to her, that finds her "calling" because of a barn door (after experiencing the weirdness that is Smallville for 2 years), that works at a tabloid rag and thinks nothing of lying to sell more papers, that needs her cousin's skills to research an article, and finally that steals a story from her cousin is not in any way shape or form iconic Lois Lane. She is "Lois", EDLois or Nois. Jmho.

In defense of the CW Source I'd like to draw your attention to a positive article about KK and MR:

http://weblogs.wgntv.com/network/cwsource/2007/03/mr_and_kk_venture_outside_of_s_1.html#comments. Note that the article got 3 comments total.

Interesting, don't you think?

Come on, You said that post news about Kristin? When? I never seen one news or good comments about Kristin here. I'm brazilian Kristin's fan and i think CW Source should to respect all smallville's fans. It's really sad what the CW Source to became.

WE WANT CLANA BACK!!!! THAT'S ALL. :)

Claire,

I am a huge fan of Smallville since the beginning of the show.

My favorite actors are: Tom Welling, Erica Durance, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Justin Hartley, John Glover, John Schneider and Annette O'Toole.

About season 6, I'm quite happy about it because Clark realizes he has a destiny, but he seems really so lonely. Hopefully, Lois is here! She spices the show and Justin Hartley's arriving in the series has been a very good idea (and I hope he'll be back for season 7).
I also enjoyed the Justice episode, great idea, nice to see again Bart, AC and Cyborg. Hope too they'll be coming back for next season and that Martian Manhunter will be back too and will join the league.

But what makes me sick is the Lexana and Clana relationships. The first one is more than wierd(lex is a very bad liar) and the second one is annoying! About other wierd relationship: Mionel, I understand the fact that Martha have to be happy, but Lionel is very bizarre, ok, she's his weakness, but I always think that dark Lionel is preparing something!

Why no Jonathan cameo in season 6?

Please, more Clois, more Lolie, more martian manhunter, more bart and above all more Green Arrow!

But to sum up the things, season 6 rocks!

I'd be happy if the show was cancelled entirely so there would be no more bloody shipper wars. I'm sick to death of the whole who's in love with who garbage. The show's a bloody soap, it's gone about 2 years past it's freshness date. The only 'Superman' plotlines there've been lately are guest stars by wrestlers who get to beat the crap out of Clark Kent while other people are barfing about relationships. It's become just another bloody teen drama about sex. Maybe post-teen by about 10 years. Boring. I don't care who anybody wants to sleep with or why. I've heard the next season if there is one will be the last one for Smallville. I hope the show makes an effort to end on a non relationship focussed note. I'd like to see Oliver and the Justice League in their own series. That'd be a lot more interesting than Smallville.

In my opinion Claire should be fired, terminated, escorted out of the CW premise. If Claire is really her name, she is being such a hypocrite. It was Claire who invited the viewers to trash Kristin Kreuk. It was Claire who combed through thousands of internet material to find an article attacking Kristin Kreuk and ask posters to do likewise on CW Source ...something about Off with Lana's Head. Now Claire is asking for peace. Can you say hypocrite? How about vulture? How inept is CW to employ Claire on an official website?

This is the site that rummaged through thousands of printed material to find a hatchet job about Kristin Kruek and post an article " OFF WITH LANA:S HEAD." No wonder CW is a 6th rate network. It has really stupid people running the Marketing Department. An official site of CW would employ people to put-down a star of their one and only top rated show. Is it stupidity or embarrassement that management is now posting such a tranparent attempt to cover up just how incompetent and inept the people who are running this site really are and have no place being employed by CW.

*bows down* THANK YOU!

My favourite character on SV is Lex; my favourite actor is Michael Rosenbaum.

So am I going to get bent out of shape because Claire singled out John Glover and Allison Mack for praise? No. The CW bloggers have a right to their opinion, just like I have a right to mine.

My opinion: I hate all the Martyred!Lana melodrama. She's the most victimized character on TV and is treated like this thing to be passed around between the guys. It's gross and boring and an insult to Kristin Kreuk (who is a good actress.) Since the show is unwilling to present Lana as anything but a victim and an object, I want Lana to be written off for S7 so there can be more focus on Clark and Lex's respective journies, Lois's progress into journalism and Chloe's exploration of her new powers (whatever they turn out to be.)

I think everyone, including the people writing these blogs, is allowed to have a preference. If they prefer one actor/character/ship, that's fine. As long as they don't let those preferences blind them to what's actually on the show. I occasionally do, though I try not to.

I am dying to see the end of Clana. It's so old and has been retread so many times.

I want Chlois. I admit it freely. The character called Lois Lane on this show does not resemble the iconic Lois Lane to me. She lacks the most essential qualities: ambition, determination, brilliance, hard-working, and journalistic integrity. I think Chloe has all those in spades.

I'd love to see Lana go back to where she was early season 5. She was at her best then, I think. She was working on something alone, and eschewing help and it was great. She was shown as being just as responsible fore the demise of the Clana relationship as Clark. Now, let her stand without a guy, let her be more than a love interest. And let her be fallible and flawed and quit telling us she's perfect every week whilst showing her endorse 33.1 or sneak around and spy on the people who offer to help her.

Martha - kill the Mionel (the man is a monster, has tried to kill his child, was willing to let her child die, etc) because it makes her look bad. Give her something interesting to do. Or move the show to Metropolis and don't use her as much. I like AOT, but use her well, or dont use her.

Smallville's Lois Lane is not Lois Lane to me. Doesn't mean I don't like her. I liked her fine in seasons 4 and 5. She was great in "Tomb" I liked her in "Arrival." She's best when she's standing up for the people she cares about - the Kents, Chloe. Not when she's lying in her articles, begging for a handout, working at a rag, and stealing stories from her cousin.

Lionel - make him deliciously evil and make Lex kill him for power or something. We can wait until next season for that if you like, though.

Lex needs to be evil, yes. I'm not too disappointed with how that's gone so far. But he also needs to be powerful and strong. Not begging, not ever. We're way past that. We need to see him outdoing the MB. We don't need to see him all mushy about Lana and acting desperate. Can't wait to see him kill Lionel.

Chloe - I know a lot of people wanted to see her in a romantic relationship - I wasn't especially one of them. Chimmy does not work. It seems like she's an adult and he's a kid. His possessiveness and need for reassurance are annoying. I like the actor in other things. I like Jimmy pretty well when he's not with Chloe. But when he's with her he just seems clingy a little pathetic. Let them be friends, but not lovers, okay? Also, I want to see Chloe work more. I miss it. Time for another story in the DP - one not about parking meters. Chloe is first and foremost a journalist, and I like to see her working and investigating for stories more. Hopefully soon with 33.1 and hopefully "Progeny" will have some good stuff with her. I hope she doesn't end up with major powers.

Clark - Clark is the most important character on the show. Let's see him be Supermanly. Track down Zoners more. Not mope over Lana. Try to protect her from Lex - absolutely. But let the romantic relationship go. He needs to realize they just aren't suited and that he's in love with an image in his mind and not the real her. And I'm dying to see him trying to take down more 33.1 stuff. He and Lex are supposed to become the most fantastic enemies. Let them. And let it be over ideals and actions - that one wants to rule the world and the other wants to save it - and not over a girl.

Also, AI Jor-El is blackmailing, threatening, lying, brainwashing murderer and I don't think Clark needs to accept training from him.

*sigh* EDLois, Nois are terms that have no bearings nor should be used when talking about Lois Lane in SV fandom. Why do we have to say EDLois or Nois.... oh yeah to insult Durance riiight. Because someone could be confused as to who Lois Lane is played by on Smallville. Heck how about TWClark, or KKLana....? No then all the little diggs and underhandedness is going to run a muck. And to blame a site like DI is ridiculous. Let's not start pointing fingers now unless you're willing to point one at yourself.

And when this blog actually talks about something more than how great AM is and how horrible KK and Durance is I'll be shocked. I thought blogs welcomed all fans. I never thought they would be a breeding ground for people to bash actors and characters.

And hate to break it to ya but CHloisers it's comments like this....

"Posted by: Jen | March 29, 2007 03:13 PM

I hope Smallville continues for atleast a couple more seasons. I have an idea for all of you Ercia D. haters. Eventually CHloe will make her mark in journalism . She will be a great big star, but because Lois saved her life and lost hers in a tragic accident, Chloe takes on the name Lois Lane for the Daily Planet and the much anticipated romance between Chloe and Clark will take place. As much as I like Lana, Clark and Chloe have much better chemistry. I am not a writer and don't really want to be one, but the story line makes alot sense to me."

That stick in my mind when Durance fans call ya'll crazy :)

First - Clana needs to completely go away because Clark HAS TO move on, they both HAVE TO move on.
Second - Lana needs to stop being put on a pedestal - stop with the *very one must love Lana and Lana is always the victom and Lana is never called out on her s#!t.*
Third - Focus on more Superman mythos and less on Superman(?) love life.
Fourth - Chloe and Jimmy need to be done. I like Jimmy on the show, not as Chloe's bfried because Chloe's being "written down" to his level - they are not in the same league; enough already.
Fifth - Lex and Clark need a better reason for their split than Lana - stop making this show about Lana
Sixth - EDLois...well, stop with the lightswitches - the opportunities to develope her passed (hence the lightswitches, right?)
Seventh - For the CW - PLEASE STOP ASSUMING *YOU* KNOW WHAT THE FAN BASE WANTS AND PLEASE STOP ASSUMING THAT THE REASON THE *MAJORITY OF FEMALES* WATCHING, WANT TO SEE THE ROMANCE AND RELATIONSHIP ANGST. Great, you got good female demos on Promis - Justice and Freak were the highest overall (right?) and those episodes were not focused on Lana or romance angst.

In my opinion Claire should be fired, terminated, escorted out of the CW premise. If Claire is really her name, she is being such a hypocrite. It was Claire who invited the viewers to trash Kristin Kreuk. It was Claire who combed through thousands of internet material to find an article attacking Kristin Kreuk and ask posters to do likewise on CW Source ...something about Off with Lana's Head. Now Claire is asking for peace. Can you say hypocrite? How about vulture? How inept is CW to employ Claire on an official website?

This is the site that rummaged through thousands of printed material to find a hatchet job about Kristin Kruek and post an article " OFF WITH LANA:S HEAD." No wonder CW is a 6th rate network. It has really stupid people running the Marketing Department. An official site of CW would employ people to put-down a star of their one and only top rated show. Is it stupidity or embarrassement that management is now posting such a tranparent attempt to cover up just how incompetent and inept the people who are running this site really are and have no place being employed by CW.

CW management should hire a new group of people to run this site. Right now it has 3rd rate, 5th grade writers who have made it a habit to stir up BS. CW should do a better job of promoting their most top rated show than to hire dumb hacks to post unflattering comments about the characters of Lana and Lois and the actresses who played them week after week. Whoever manages this site should be fired ASAP!!!!

So much for peace. I wonder what will happen the next time you say something positive about Allison Mack? Or if indeed you will after this reaction to your plea for peace.

I watch SV for Clark. But I stopped posting in blog quite sometime ago because this blog doesn't care how well Clark Kent is written wrt to his future Iconic self and how is he progressing towards his destiny. Its good to see you accept that this a biased blog. One more link less to look for about SV.

Wow. Yes. I see it all so clearly now.

It is so horrible and awful to honestly critique a show you love. How could you do something so heartless and insulting, you evil blogger you?

RichardAK: I disagree that hoping for the success of one female character is tantamount to hoping for the failure of the others. It's not like the Daily Planet employs just one reporter, or like Clark can have just one female confidante.

Shipping as I see it is a separate issue and success of a character is not defined by who they end up with, but fulfillment of their characteristic aims and desires. That might involve hooking up with Clark, but I doubt that in any case it's limited to that.

I find it very ironic that a letter from the CW source requests peace when the contents of the plea itself will fuel the war!

Bias is an understatement in the writing of many articles here! The very essence of this letter already shows a bias against the pairing of Clark/Lana.

The statement of Allison Mack's greatness of acting while NOT mentioning Erica's or Kristin's is also a obvious BIAS. As a fan of Kristin Kreuk..I see her equal in talent if not moreso. I'm sure the fans of Erica Durance feel the same. However, we are NOT writing in a supposedly nuetral site..haha. That would make even the casual reader laugh that knows NONE of the characters.

Calling for peace yet making atagonistic remarks against certain aspects of a show that MANY love...is rather pointless. Now isnt' it?

3 weeks without smallville? = (

CARYN WROTE:
''What I think is that there are certain fan groups who cant handle what is basically, people having opinions that aren't shared by them. People have a right to post their opinions - it's when people (from DI especially) feel the need to cut down other fans that it becomes a battle ground. I actually stopped visiting here because I couldn't post my honest to goodness feelings about an episode *without* being attacked by other people.''

I had to laugh, reading this. I dont know if you intended to sound so hypocritical, but let me assure you, you did. You are singling out Lois fans at DI? For not being able to stand other's opinions? I'm a poster there, and firstly, I'd like to recommend all the lurkers who read our comments there, be more thorough. You'll notice that many of us, inspite of our 'shipper preferences, do have nice things to say about the other characters as well sometimes. It's not a battlefield of absolute hate over there, the way it is at some other sites. Despite the fact that ours is a shipper site, we are sill individuals who post there, and several of us happen to have nice things to say about different characters, besides Clark and Lois. And if you actually bother to lurk more carefully, you'll notice there is NO ACTOR BASHING allowed, something I'm very proud of, as a DI member,and something I fail to see on other sites, where even actor bashing is rampant. Our mods infact even chastize us when they feel we veer off topic, talkig about other ships or characters too much, so that it extends to too much negativity. Again, something which is missing on other sites.

And secondly, even if what you are claiming is true, that we at DI are some sort of rigid fans who refuse to accept other's opinions...well, I'd suggest you go at take a look at a couple of sites, one of them being TWoP. Where you will find the most hateful kind of comments by mostly Chloe/Chlark fans, who refuse to acknowledge that there could be anything greater than their own preferred character/ship. And even go so far as to believe that their opinions are the only sane ones, whereas the rest are just crazy.

I'm sorry to say, but there is an unfortunate case of fandom hate on SEVERAL sites on the 'net, where SV is concerned. Please dont malign DI in your inaccurate assumption of what the posting mentality there is like. Everyone should really take a long, hard look at their own sites of preference, and see just HOW much hate and generalizations prevail there, before pointing fingers towards others.

SUPERMAN FAN WROTE:
''Claire, you do seem to "recognize" Allison Mack's "tremendous amount of acting talent" but the problem is, that is the only thing that you seem to recognize when it comes to Smallville's females.

You must know by now that Kristin/Erica enjoy tremendous support and love among Smallville fans too. So while you recognize Allison's talents and give her fans a treat, wouldn't it be great if Kristin/Erica fans also occasionally see something great written about Lana/Lois on this blog?

Instead, when we visit this page, we find "Lana: Off with her head", we find cross examination of the heels of Lois's boots, we find fan videos being made fun of.

Lois fans enjoyed Combat a lot where Lois was shown as the sassy reporter everyone knows she will become. We loved the fact that she picked up something Chloe was clueless about, but it seems like "Chloe's trash" worried you more than Lois's figuring out the location of the club. Not to mention "Lois becoming Vixen" remark that was again unneeded.

I am sure if Chloe picked up something Lois missed, you surely would point that out, but in Lois's case, you don't seem to be willing to give her credit.

You are a fan of Smallville too, and you might think that Chloe/Allison is better than the other females but as a moderator of this forum, you are way above any average fans like us. So I really hope that next time, we Lois fans, or those who are Lana fans, we'll get to see our favorite stars/characters praised too, and one or two good things written about them too, even if occasionally.''

I SAY: Completey agree.

Hi, everyone, it's me again. You guys can e-mail us at cwsource@gmail.com. We welcome your comments there as well as here.

Cheers!

Dear Claire,

Responding to your letter:

CLAIRE WROTE:
''Just kidding! We do care. We do try to give each Smallville star some attention, because we do like them all. For example, we named Erica Durance, Annette O'Toole and Tom Welling CW Stars of the Week. We also try to share Michael Rosenbaum news when we have some. We also bring attention to , Kristin Kreuk's outside projects when we get wind of them.''

I SAY: And we appreciated that. Lois fans, Erica Durance fans wrote in droves to the ED Star of the Week blog, thanking you for putting it up and letting us thank Erica and appeciate her for bringing to life one of our favourite characters. But if you recall, even that was overrun by some of the same Chloe fans who post here, using that blog as an opportunity to bash Lois, and hype up Chloe. Eve though the blog’s topic had NOTHING to do with Chloe whatsoever. And the really telling part abut this was that just a few weeks later you posted an Allison Mack appreciation topic. And how different that blog was. No Lois fan was petty enough to go onto that topic just to create trouble and talk about Lois, and put Chloe down. It was recognized that it should just be a place where fans of Allison Mack could come and appreciate her. No instigation, no bashing. A complete contrast to what some Chloe fans did in the ED Star of the Week blog. But I digress.

CLAIRE WROTE:
''Do we have biases? Perhaps. We do recognize Allison Mack's tremendous amount of acting talent. We also lurve John Glover and his complicated alter ego, Lionel Luthor. The truth is, we do have thoughts, and we're not afraid to share them. We also do post other writers' opinions and let you express yours as well. That's what we think makes this blog so fun. It's the source for opinions as well as news.''

I SAY: My point of contention, and one that is shared by some other fans, that we have been trying to express, though is that an official CW network blog, which is supposed to be reflective and representative of your network, should be NEUTRAL. In all aspects. There really should not be biases of the kind you portray so often, that inevitably lead to fan unrest. Unnecessary fan unrest. Fans squabbling amongst themselves takes place in these blogs all the time. And some of the time they have nothing to do with your comments, and are just part and parcel of the same Lois vs. Chloe vs. Lana ‘’warfare’’ that you tend to find around here. But other times, these squabbles are a direct result of your comments. Comments which ideally should always remain on the neutral side, and not reflect overt bias, for you must realize that yours is an official blog that fans of all characters and ‘ships feel (should feel) they have the liberty to come and express their views. But when there is continous praise of one character, and slander, completely unfair slander towards the other characters, then you’re basically going out of your way to create a hostile environment. Fans co-existing in this kind of scenario becomes very difficult. These thoughts, that you openly admit you are not afraid of having, when you air them on a CW run blog, the whole thing just seems off. You say this blog is for opinions. You should no doubt be seeing opinions yes, ofcourse. I completely agree. But seek FAN’s pinions. Create a healthy platform where fans can come and air their views. Don’t reflect poorly, or unfairly on your network, and misrepresent them by stating your own biased opinions. As for news, that’s always welcome and appreciated. Please, continue providing it, and we the fans will continue appreciating it. And you mention the actors, where bias is concerned. But this is a completely irrelevant rebuttal, because no-one objects to recognizing the actor’s talent. Be it Kristin Kreuk, Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance, Allison Mack, John Glover, or Anette O Toole. What we are saddened by, is your need to continually put Lois Lanes character down. This has nothing to do with the actors. I love reading about the cast. All of them. Though I would imagine the CW would appreciate its blog recognizing ALL of the cast’s ‘’tremendous amount of acting talent.’’ And not just one.

CLAIRE WROTE:
''If we only posted positive or good bits about everyone, then others would accuse of being soft. And frankly, it just wouldn't be as interesting, would it?''

I SAY: Certainly, Not. But think about it, how interesting is it also, when you continually praise to the skies one female character, while sparing no opportunity, sometimes going out of your way to put down another? May I remind you of some of the topics of your blogs where you have done this. ‘The Xmas/new years gifts for SV charavcters’. Less than flattering topics of book recommendations for both Lois and Lana’s characters, showing disdain. And then another, which was about the episode ‘Justice.’ Where you implied and wondered in mock horror how many men Lois might go through. Implying something quite deregatory towards her character, whom you know has only had one relationship on the show, in all her 3 seasons, and 2 brief dates. How is this being at all fair? And then one oo mock a FAN’s Clois video. And you mention not always printing good and positive things about characters, so it stays ‘’interesting.’’ But then why the preferential treatment towards Chloe? Where has there ever been any critique, even remotely mild on Chloe’s character?
Claire, I appreciate that you took the time out to respond to some of the complaints by some Lois fans. However, I for one, am still far from satisfied. And again, I ask, as I did in another blog, how can you be contacted? Is there a CWsource email address? So that we too, can feed you some positive Erica Durance information, if and so it should materialize, or keep you up to date about spoilers etc for ALL the characters, INCLUDING Lois. Or are you available to information only from a select group of fans/viewers/readers?

Now, for the interesting part of your blog, one that I do appreciate!

CLAIRE WROTE:
''Let's move onto more urgent matters. Another thing we've been pondering is how this season will end. So, Lana and Lex are married. Clearly their union is already in the crapper. Clark's emerging as a superhero but clearly still has some issues of his own too. Meanwhile, Chloe may have special powers of her own.
The question we have is the following: What's the point? We know this is a defining season for Smallville, but do we want it to be defined by Lex and Clark's battle over Lana? Or will it all turn out to be something deeper? Something more? We definitely hope for the latter.''

I SAY: Cant really be sure how the season will end, but Lex, Lana and Clark seem to be in turmoil right now, that’s for sure. Hopefully Clark will be able to put all things aside when the time comes for him to step up and be hero. Lex and Lana are in for messy times too, and Lex especially has some nefarious plans ahead it seems. Chloe’s meteor power is likely to be revealed soon as well, which I’m curious about. And going off some spoilers, Lois seems to be plying a major part in the last 3 episodes too, so that’s good. Hopefully everything will come together by the end of the season and we’ll see more on 33.1 and the Justice League too.

Thankyou for reading, Claire and Sarah,

Sincerely,

Dissapointed, but hopeful Lois fan.

All i have to say is that i recently started watching smallville and i now watch the new ones and the old ones...keep them coming

Plea for peace? Please...
All I want to say is Kristin Kreuk owns the acting ground. (MY personal opinion of course)

Someone hand her an emmy!!!

Also seeing some positive things about her and her character, would be a refreshing change. (I dont think the WB ever dissed her..)

with kind regards

There is NEVER going to be peace, not when it comes to the Lana vs. Chloe vs. Lois war. It's just not going to happen, and frankly, this blog in general doesn't help things. You say that it's all about the characters, which is true, this is a blog based on a television show, but that ridiculous article posted a few weeks back about Lana Lang also bashed Kristin Kreuk. It's one thing if that article solely focused on Lana Lang, but it didn't. That's the problem that I have, so basically that entire "plea" was completely pointless.

I hope Smallville continues for atleast a couple more seasons. I have an idea for all of you Ercia D. haters. Eventually CHloe will make her mark in journalism . She will be a great big star, but because Lois saved her life and lost hers in a tragic accident, Chloe takes on the name Lois Lane for the Daily Planet and the much anticipated romance between Chloe and Clark will take place. As much as I like Lana, Clark and Chloe have much better chemistry. I am not a writer and don't really want to be one, but the story line makes alot sense to me.

Nice post Claire.

I mean I have no problem with Erica D., I have a problem with her Lois. Nothing against the woman playing Lois, in fact i am indifferent to her.

Chloe on the other hand is the way I view Lois Lanes, and as a superman fan since i was 4/5 and a Lois Lane fan..I naturally have a preference for Chloe. And Allison Mack? she is quite lovely, reaches out to her fans and is very generous.

have you seen the news at allisonmackonline.com? she is doing a weekly blog for us! :D

Lillie: If Smallville's writers were competent they wouldn't have to ship Chloe out to explore Lois as a reporter and Lana as a friend to Clark. If they characterised Chloe and Lana consistently they could provide Clark with different kinds of advice and alternative viewpoints. It could also be used to develop their own friendship realistically instead of introducing more arbitrary tension, which is what I'm afraid they're going to do, and which doesn't make either character look good.

In Chloe and Lois I think the writers intended to show a contrast between the way they go about reporting. They didn't devote enough screentime to this idea and I don't think it was executed well. What they should have done is shown a friendly rivalry between Chloe and Lois instead of more arbitrary and unresolved tension and still had them team up like they have in the past as an exploration of their journalistic strengths and weaknesses.

Al Gough hinted that Clark couldn't start his own journey towards journalism because depicting three people in their paths towards print reporting would be boring. I disagree with him. Good writing could easily posit Chloe as an intern at the Daily Planet, Lois at the Inquisitor and Clark freelancing and use it as an opportunity to explore three different styles of reporting and the relationships between these three characters. There are many ways of becoming a reporter, and no one way is necessarily 'better' than another - what the show should be doing is showing how the characters' experiences now affect the kinds of reporters and the people they become in the future. With dynamic storylines they could do that and really, it's time for the show to move forward.

As for the blog, I think it could be more even-handed, but I also think that what goes on in the comments is the real travesty.

Claire,

Kudos for actually addressing this issue :)
I usually take this to the message boards where it belongs, but since you've opened it up, I'll just say that I think it has become an increasingly bad problem amongst SV fans.
Do I know how it started? Do I know who is doing it?
Do I know how to stop it?
My answer would be no to all of those questions.

However, it is been my experience that there are all sorts of biases and critical behaviors on each side of fans.
I, myself, am a huge Chloe Sullivan fan and even like that silly Chlois theory, like a more evil and darker Lana, and happen to think ED's Lois is a joke and not worth the show's efforts, but I definitely don't feel the need to put anyone down for thinking otherwise.

I appreciate this blog for highlighting Allison Mack, who most often gets left out of promotion for the show and is passed over a lot of the time, even though, she has made SV fun and tolerable to watch for many who find her Chloe a female character on the show worth cheering for.

Blogs are supposed to be outlets for your feelings and I certainly don't mind you having whatever biases you do (I forgive you for posting ED's picture on the entry discussing AM's TVGuide interview because, hey, we all make mistakes, right?)...as long as I can comment and let you know about mine :)

As a Lois fan for the past 30 years, having grown up listening to my grandmother talk about how influential ILL and those like her influence many women's lives I'm PROUD you hold a higher standard for the legend and what one would expect such a woman to be.

She went from the youngest Daily Planet writer, to award winning (LnC had her as a multi Kerth award winner - a Pulitzer equivalent) reporter - Clark partner and Superman's equal - any child/woman can look up to and strive to be this person, no matter their age.

Bravo for expecting more. From Clark (Lana moping isn't what we want), from Lex (more evil, less emoLex/Lana obsession) and from the Lois Lane (If Chlois, break a huge story and get out of the basement and if EDLois to get her act together and TRY to at least not disgrace the icon more than she already has - she isn't the icon anymore in my eyes but at least stop the dishonor from going further - as is MY own child will never know how much ILL affect the generations before her until she can understand that Smallville EDLois is a perversion and not worthy of such honor that ILL of the all other incarnations hold in our family).

Thank you for standing up for the Icons, keep it up.

It's really sad if this is a defining season of Smallville. Clark Kent will mope of Lana Lang and be out heroed by Green Arrow. Lex Luthor will be outclassed by his father and be sloppy with all his hired thugs. And "Lois Lane" will steal/use her cousin for all her stories.

Geeze, I hope that's not where this story is headed. The set up earlier in the season to have Clark and Chloe team up to take down 33.1, all while Lana joined in with Lex's involvement in it, was very very cool.

Instead of pushing ahead, getting Clark in the DP, getting Lex some political power, getting Chloe a promotion, getting Lana in the LuthorCorp door like the comics, we're back tracking or focusing on characters that are not doing as interesting things. And ratings fall because of it.

What Smallville needs is to stop trying to spin off characters and shows (Aquaman, Green Arrow, Justice League) and concentrate on telling the best, organic story about the best hero that they can.

Apparently if the blog calls any character out (and especially if that character happens to be "Lois") then it makes it OK to attack anyone who posts.

Frankly I find it refreshing that the blog will take a potshot at any character who is currently insulting to the audience by acting wildly out of character or just being dumb. Unfortunately, it seems like to some even having an opinion is enough to attack anyone [someone else mentioned EW, and after a few of those blow ups is it any surprise that they pretty much dropped covering the show after having their writers insulted?]

As for what the show can do? Go back to Clark and Lex, and their support teams in Chloe and Lana. Explore those criss-crossing friendships/relationships more as well as their characters, their family dynamics, their histories, et all. Build off their past six years of growth.

Everything else should organically feed from th at. Beyond those four one could probably loose the whole rest of the cast and it wouldn't do too much to the show. Loosing any one of those four would be hugely detrimental -- which is why so many are upset with the first half of the season where most of the main four were MIA.

First of all, the reason that fans of Lana, Lois, and Chloë do not get along is that the writers of the show have set things up that way. Lana-fans want Lana to remain the object of Clark's love, which means they don't want Clark to ever fall in love with Chloë or Lois, and they also want Lana to gain Clark's trust and become his confidante, which of course means replacing Chloë, his current confidante. Lois-fans are rooting for Lois to become successful as a reporter and to become Clark's love and sidekick, the way she is in the comics and movies, etc., all of which means they are rooting for Lois to get everything Chloë has been striving for since the pilot, and for Lois to supplant Lana as the object of Clark's love. And Chloë fans are rooting for her to remain Clark's sidekick and confidante, and for her to continue on her way to success at the Planet, and for her to eventually to gain Clark's romantic love, which means that Lana and Lois would not be able to attain those things. In short, the writers have given these three characters competing and mutually exclusive dreams or destinies. To root for the success of one is to root for the failure of the other two; that is a logically inescapable truth.

Inevitably, then, any forum in which these three groups of fans meet to discuss the show will be consumed by intense arguments. And human nature being what it is, there will always be people whose idea of effective argument is to gratuitously and personally insult their opponents. You could, I suppose, publish strict rules of decorum and block any posts which violate those rules, but, almost inevitably, you would be accused of being biased in blocking the posts of those groups of fans whom you supposedly disfavor, while being more permissive with the fans with whom you are in sympathy. Also, those people who feel that the only effective way they can argue is to call their opponents losers or crazy will surely feel that they are being unfairly excluded and discriminated against for no reason. That may not be worth the extra work.

Lastly, as to the issue of whether you have a bias, so what? Are you not supposed to express your honest opinions, just because there are fans who won't agree and who have trouble with the fact that anyone, much less someone in a semi-official position, doesn't agree with them? That's not exactly going to give you a lot of interesting things to say, is it? At least this way, people care about what you have to say. Start trying to please everyone, and not only will you not please anyone, but you will also bore everyone, which is worse. So keep doing what you've been doing: call 'em like you see 'em. Not everyone will like you for that, and, in fact, not everyone will even respect you for that, but everyone whose respect you should want will respect you for that, and that's probably the best you can hope for.

I'm sorry, and perhaps this is fueling the fire, but I do not believe that it is only DI fans who put down others for their opinions. I'm a DI member, but I do not come on here to put down other's opinions. Do I agree with all of them? No. Do I agree with all DI fans opinions? No.

Please do not group only a particular group for not accepting other's opinions. It's fans on both sides who do this - I feel equally.

I have always tried to be neutral as I like all of the characters.If anything, I would like to see the development of ALL the characters. I think this is an overall lack of development for the characters. Many of them are reverting back and I don't see a progression forward to maturity. Lex and Clark need to both grow up and mature. As for the females of the shows: they ALL have faults. Most of which is because of the way they are written.

What I want to see: mature development on all of their parts. Not have their decisions be based on their romantic feelings for one and another. I want to see Clark build on what will become Superman's core values. I want to see him train and him grow up. And it would be great if he doesn't have a romantic relationship with any of the women! I want to see him become Superman and not Super Brooder. I want Lex to become more evil and not because of a woman. Basically, I want it to be about the men and not how much a woman controls his destiny. The men created their own destiny and far as i know from the comics it wasn't due to the women in their lives (perhaps, other then their mothers).

You became a battleground because you insist on bashing Lois whenever you have the chance. It's one thing to appreciate an actress' talent, it's another to consistently trash a character - especially one as significant to the mythos as Lois Lane.

Why not just further ruin both Lex and Clark's status by just NAMING the show Lanaville? At least there would be honesty in advertising!

No, it should never have Clark and Lex fight so much about her but I have no more hope for the show and you might as well go all the way in ruining this show because it's obvious that she's the priority.

Also making Chloe a freak when it's Lana who is exhibit the weird power of making everybody either worship her or want to kill her is just plain wrong. But it's obviously par for the course so I really shouldn't be surprised.

Even if you improved, don't expect a huge surge in ratings, just try to keep the rest of the people from bailing out on a show that has continually disappointed people wanting the basics from a TV show like stable characterization, continuity and honoring its premise aka the ruination of Clark and Lex's friendship not two fools fighting over a lying hypocrital hootchie.

So sad that you actually admit you're biased. Maybe they should hire someone who's not then. Every blog I see has some diss towards Lois that just fills the Chloisers fuel. I haven't seen one positive thing said about Lois yet, and I think it sucks. Even this blog thread is filling up with people dissing Lois and this so-called Lexana vs. Chlark whatever, whatever. Sorry but I didn't see that coming at at all... and to be honest, you act like Lois not being apart of that makes her expendable on the show, but I'd rather keep her out of the melodrama and focus on journalism, as she has been. People need to stop comparing SVs Lois to the ILL who is like what, 10 yrs older and has been doing journalism for a lot lomger.. whatever again, get over it. I think I'm just gonna post elsewhere until whoever hired blog owners to run this thing, can hire someone less biased and make it enjoyable for all fans.

I am looking forward to more of the awesome Lois and Clark moments we had in Zod, Reunion, Rage, Hydro & Crimson so far. The Lois spoilers are also very interesting for the episodes Noir and Phantom, not to mention Prototype that is a Lois centered episode itself.

At least you have come out in open to declare that you guys are biased and there is nothing positive to be expected from this blog!

If you think bashing actors is interesting then well, best of luck with your bashing and bickering! Let's see how many fans you win for Allison by insulting other actors.

I wonder why CW management chooses to continually ignore this sick bias & hate spread by this blog!

"Do we have biases? Perhaps. We do recognize Allison Mack's tremendous amount of acting talent."

"If we only posted positive or good bits about everyone, then others would accuse of being soft. And frankly, it just wouldn't be as interesting, would it?"

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Well, at least you have admitted your bias. So this blog has finally clarified that positive stuff will only be written about Allison and Kristin/Erica will be singled out for all the bashing and bickering, because obviously, they have zero talents and their fans should be punished for loving them by putting negative and insulting remarks about them!!

What a shame! A blog that is set up to promote CW's shows clearly tells the fans of CW's most powerful stars to get out because "We have nothing postive for you and yes, we are biased"

Way to go CW!!!

I didn't respond on the Chloe freak storyline in my first post so here it goes:

I'm indifferent about this storyline. On one hand it's obviously one HUGE ASS RETCON that may be used to get Chloe out of the way to make room for Lois as the reporter and Lana as the confidant, and on the other hand.... you know what I'm just not seeing anything good coming out of this at all. So lets just say I think the whole freak plotline is really really bad. If this storyline is just a way to move Chloe out of the picture I and many many fans would be pissed. I'm trying not to be so pessimistic about this but I just can't see any good coming from this. Well... the only good that does come from this is that the freak storyline should make her want to expose 33.1 even more than she already does and it kills the whole Chloe will go crazy thing. That's about it. I'm tryin to stay optimistic about this and the rest of the season but being optimistic this season has just made me even more pissed off when TPTB decided to turn the season into "Days of Our Clexana".

BTW, am I the only one recognizing a pattern with Smallville. It's like the odd seasons are the best ones and the even ones are just crappy. If this is the case I can only hope S7 is the last and it will be as great as the other odd numbered seasons.

Claire, you do seem to "recognize" Allison Mack's "tremendous amount of acting talent" but the problem is, that is the only thing that you seem to recognize when it comes to Smallville's females.

You must know by now that Kristin/Erica enjoy tremendous support and love among Smallville fans too. So while you recognize Allison's talents and give her fans a treat, wouldn't it be great if Kristin/Erica fans also occasionally see something great written about Lana/Lois on this blog?

Instead, when we visit this page, we find "Lana: Off with her head", we find cross examination of the heels of Lois's boots, we find fan videos being made fun of.

Lois fans enjoyed Combat a lot where Lois was shown as the sassy reporter everyone knows she will become. We loved the fact that she picked up something Chloe was clueless about, but it seems like "Chloe's trash" worried you more than Lois's figuring out the location of the club. Not to mention "Lois becoming Vixen" remark that was again unneeded.

I am sure if Chloe picked up something Lois missed, you surely would point that out, but in Lois's case, you don't seem to be willing to give her credit.

You are a fan of Smallville too, and you might think that Chloe/Allison is better than the other females but as a moderator of this forum, you are way above any average fans like us. So I really hope that next time, we Lois fans, or those who are Lana fans, we'll get to see our favorite stars/characters praised too, and one or two good things written about them too, even if occasionally.

Smallville is a great show, and despite its flaws, it is one of the most entertaining shows on TV. I love the characters of Clark, Lois and Lex and I watch this show to see them become the icons we have loved for years. I hope this blog becomes a place of healthy discussions about these icons and other favorite characters instead of "My girl was better than yours"

..and you guys (moderators) can play a role in making this blog a favorite fan hub if you treat all characters/actors equally because in the end of the day we all have to accept the fact that all Smallville girls have huge fan followings and our bickering won't belittle any of them..

Beautifully stated, Claire!

I am sick of Clark and Lex fighting over Lana; it diminishes both guys and turns Lana into an object (and she's written pretty passively to begin with! Not fun for poor KK to play.)

Here's hoping the show will move past the love triangle nonsense SOON.

I'm glad that you do stick to your opinions and don't let the fan wars influence you.

I really find the sudden change in direction for the season depressing. It started out so well -Clark was accepting his destiny with the help of Oliver, Lex was working on 33.1 and allowing himself to cross more moral lines, and Lana was growing as a character, starting to show the dark side of her personality that has always been hinted at.

The show seemed to be setting up a season that focused on the growth of the characters and interesting plotlines in the Justice League, the Zoners (enemies that could really pose a challenge to Clark), and Lex's meteor freaks in 33.1.

Even the relationsips in the show seemed to be interesting. The Lex/Lana dynamic was great, and it was so much fun to see them playing each other while still having an obvious connection and devotion to each other. The relationship allowed Lana to become a stronger character and gave her a chance to become more than just Clark's desire. It also maintained Lex as a 3D character: balancing his increasing darkness with a final attempt to find the love that he has always craved and the hope of escaping his lonely fate.

The Clark/Chloe friendship was a great foil as well to the Lex/Lana pairing. The setup original seemed to be aimed at pitting the two pairs against each other - and wouldn't that have been fun?

I would have loved to have seen how these stories could have played out. Instead, we have only a few episodes left and the Zoners and 33.1 storylines have been pushed to the background. The great dynamic between Lex/Lana and the growth that the characters had achieved were suddenly demolished as a boring triangle between Clark, Lana, and Lex suddenly became the focus of the show.

This triangle has done a disservice to all three characters. Clark is back to pining for Lana and his progress toward Superman has not only been halted but actually regressed. Suddenly, his decisions regarding Lana in Reckoning and Hypnotic mean nothing as he ignores them and decides to tell her his secret not because he thinks he can trust her but because he's afraid of losing her forever(a behavior we have seen Clark do in the past). He decides to pursue a man's pregnant fiance on her wedding day - a very un-Superman thing to do.

Lana suddenly decides to run back to Clark, erasing all the strength that she has gained since their breakup, and throwing her back into the role of damsel in distress. This decision to abruptly leave Lex at the altar with nothing more than a note makes her the two-timing and selfish individual that so many Lana-haters have always seen her as (I have actually grown to love her character in recent seasons, but this characterization is destroying the progress she has made and her potential to be a truly good character).

And Lex is reduced from the wonderfully layered and magnificent villain that he was becoming to a lovesick and rather pathetic individual who is being played a fool by the woman he loves (and inexplicably doing something shady to her for no apparent reason in this baby plot that is more annoying than intriguing).

The meteor freak storyline with Chloe seemed to come so out of left field that I can't help but wonder if the show is running out of ideas.

This season has gone from what could have been one of the greatest seasons to a soap opera where Superman and Lex Luthor are reduced to fighting over a girl. I really hope that Smallville can recover from this recent mess and once again try to be the great show it can be. To do this, it needs to once again let Lex and Clark be the main characters. It has to drop this triangle mess and not go back to the Clana relationship again. It has to let the characters, all the characters, progress. It has to go back to focusing on the sci-fi and adventure parts of the show and drop the soap opera plots. I just hope that it's not too late.

What I think we need to see?

I think we need to see Clark tell Lana the secret and more than that we NEED to see Clark realizing that knowing someone takes more than just trust when it comes to him. That he shouldn't be an exception to the rule or something that someone is willing to ignore. Lana needs to be shown as the girl he grows out of; not in a mean or nasty way even just as something that was never *meant* to be.

Lana needs to own up to her own mistakes - Lana is on board with 33.1 as shown earlier in the season and it fits her character. Show her getting down and dirty with LuthorCorp; Promise showed that she's completely a Luthor and she needs to own up to her name.

I want to see Chloe rise up more in the Planet. We've seen some, and it's understandably on the background while they even out the emotional/business growth of Clark and Chloe - but more stories about the DP. More Chlark + Jimmy in the DP stories too.

Lex, Lex, Lex. MORE Lex! That's simple. And not sloppy Lex - but cold, efficient, calculating Lex from Freak. Let Lex kill his father - it's getting to the point where it NEEDS to happen. Let Lex be all villiany -- that's when he shines.

Basically do what they did in s5 and in s3 and in s1 and all the other really great epiosdes of the series -- strip the story down to being about the Core Four characters. The show NEEDS all four of them but it can't be stuck in the same old rut. Bringing on new characters is okay but they have to serve the Core Four (see Jimmy, see Pete, see Whitney) not take over (see Oliver, see "Lois.")

If anything the issues with Season 6 is trying to make it into a show that it's not - it's not the Green Arrow show. It's not the Erica Durance show. It's not the show that can repeat the same old hamsterwheel time and time again. Refocus about the growth and stories of the four characters, about Clark and Lex, and their partners in Chloe and Lana respectively, and the show will get back to it's normal AMAZING self.

But it *really* needs to happen before the finale. Otherwise people who stopped watching just aren't going to come back.

I agree with your call for peace...will you get it?..well, i can only hope....

and you are not alone...everywhere is apparently a Chloe vs Lois vs Lana vs whoever battle ground....

on to other things...as for this season.....i have to agree with a previous poster: do TPTB think their viewers are stupid?? really...do you guys not realize how OBVIOUS the rewrites were?...i guess since they figured out they would have another season, it was regression time for everyone....dont even get me started about Promise....

perhaps the first half of the season was defining, but recently...well...not so much...but i will say that the next run of episodes look amazing..so hopefully t will make up for it. I understand that if they make Clark mature or whatever, too quickly, maybe the show will end...so how do you regress a super being? Emotionally. And that is what they have done since Labryinth. Look, I have nothing against Clark being in a relationship, or wanting one...it is part of what makes him human, but seeing the whiny boy that was portrayed in Promise is NOT what we need to see! And regardless of "ship" i dont want to see him whine and moan like that about Lana, Lois or Chloe....

now, onto the Clark/Lex animosity: there is so much more potential for that animosity to develop besides "hey, i got your girl". I know that in the past, great wars have been won and lost over women...but come on!....there must be other things fueling the fire between them!..i hope they show more of this in season 7 and get off the triangles.

Now, I love KK and have no problems with Lana..the poor girl, i suppose because she is the 'lead' female in the show, she is subjected to these horrible storylines...hope they fix that too.

so yes..i do love this show and i hope that the Clex animosity will be full blown and better next season

What I think is that there are certain fan groups who cant handle what is basically, people having opinions that aren't shared by them. People have a right to post their opinions - it's when people (from DI especially) feel the need to cut down other fans that it becomes a battle ground. I actually stopped visiting here because I couldn't post my honest to goodness feelings about an episode *without* being attacked by other people.

A support group? How about a set of conduct rules or a registration; it's the same reason why the CW boards aren't accurate representations of their shows because anyone wanting a clam dialogue can't post there at all -- anyone who disagrees will rip them to shreads.

Anyway as someone who was also looking forward to evil Lexana vs. good Chlark, with Jimmy tossed in on the Chlark team, with Oliver as the morally grey middle man who only *right before the end* is reveal to be the sneaky, morally grey GA, S6 has felt like a LOT of potiental and not ton of follow through.

I'm still excited about Lynda Carter. I'm still excited about Clex in the caves. I'm trying to be excited on the finale. But it's hard to get or stay excited when the network, the websites, the show - basically everyone but Entertainment Weekly - treats one's favorite elements of the show with disdain and it's fans as second class citizens.

First, I’d like to echo Clarkfan’s statement about the blog not backing down from the things you post about.

As to this season’s end, I would fervently hope for a return of the Clark who faced Zod in the beginning of the season and not the return of the 15 year old hung up on a girl, yet again with no thought of progressing past her. Seriously, six seasons of Clark not progressing past Lana means there is no point. Currently, this is what the show is telling me – Clark will forever stagnate and worse still, Lex Luthor, Villian and Superman take their final steps into their iconic roles ...because they fought over a girl? Seriously? I can’t believe they show would reduce these two to petty school yard boys fighting over Lana?

If this show is to undo the nonsense since Labrynith, I would like Clark to be mature enough to move past Lana. I’m am tired of watching the same show year after year where hints of Superman are quickly squished because Clana reappears for no reason whatsoever. I’m here for the Superman and Lex Luthor story, not a contest over who loves Lana more.

Chloe as a meteor-freak is a blatant attempt to remove her from Clark’s side and 33.1. I am tired of plot twists out of nowhere because the writers have no better way to do it. After 20 something years of not showing any powers, Chloe suddenly develops powers at a when she’s about ready to break 33.1? What better way to remove her from Clark’s side in order to make room for EDLois. I have no desire to see EDLois get handed everything we've seen Chloe work so hard for. That's not a journey I'm interested in seeing.

And btw, why isn’t Lana a Krypto!Freak as well? She wore a necklace for years…but here I can only assume, she’s Lana. As Promise showed, the writers will do whatever they need to - at the cost of every other character, including Clark - in order to ensure that she is forever the Martyr of this show, untainted by the touch of Kryptonite. It's frustrating and tiresome especially since at Lex's side, she seemed marginally more interesting.

Currently, I am only hanging out for Progeny and Nemesis. I have no desire to watch a show undo a character like Chloe in order to make way for EDLois, or see Clark and Lex Luthor come undone because of a girl. I really would like to think that Superman and Lex Luthor were better than that.

Lanaville needs to end. Smallville needs to return.

I would like to echo pretty much everything ClarkFan said. Along with Lillie, I too was looking forward to the Chlark vs. Lexana showdown. Labyrinth was the perfect setup, then it's like the characters went to Bizzaro World.

I also cannot believe what they've done to Lois. Suddenly discovering a love of journalism because of a flying barn door? Begging Chloe for a story? Taking something from Chloe's wastebasket after earlier giving her crap about not stealing her stories? None of that is the Lois Lane I've loved for years and I desperately wish they would write her out because she really serves no purpose here.

If the writers insist on using Lana strictly as a love interest/wedge, she should go too. And it makes no sense that suddenly Chloe becomes a meteor freak when Lana was wearing a meteor rock for years.

I watch Smallville because I like watching stories about heroes. If I wanted a soap, I'd watch one. I don't know what caused the sudden shift in direction, all I know is that it was a disastrous move. And if they screw up Chloe, the character I've been identifying with, I'm out of here.

Here’s what I want:

I want Clark to wake up and realize that his destiny is more than being married to Lana and staying on the farm. I want him to move on and embrace a more proactive hero role. Maybe go on patrol every now and again, and for TPTB to show him doing this instead of merely alluding to it.

I want him to be more intelligent. To investigate things on his own, maybe to see about getting a post at his college paper or an internship in the Smallville paper.

I want Lana to go. Maybe to Wichita to visit the long departed Pete Ross.

Alternatively, find a purpose for her to be on the show without throwing her into another god awful, angst-filled love triangle. Maybe start setting her up so that she’s like a sister to Clark. And for Zod’s sake, give the poor girl a defined personality beyond damsel in distress and poor little victim.

Lex really needs to stop his own self-pitying routine. He is Lex flipping Luthor. He should be the charismatic, confident young tycoon that the public loves. He should ooze charm and yet view others privately with contempt. Most of all, Lex Luthor should not be obsessing over a young farm girl so easily manipulated into loving him. And he most certainly should not tolerate being second best in anyone’s heart.

His 33.1 storyline is a good one. Let him run with that.

Let him finally start hiring some competent loyal minions. Maybe see if DC will let you have Hope and Mercy. God knows the guy’s been shot and knocked unconscious enough times that he should be looking for better bodyguards.

And lastly, let Lex in on the big Secret. It’s been six years and he’s been beaten to the punch by everyone from Pete to Lana. Really, given the simple way Lana found out, you’d think the world’s greatest criminal mastermind might actually be able to catch Clark in the act.

This is a defining season for Smallville? Oh Dear, thats a tad depressing. I've felt that this has been one of the most disjointed, incoherent, inconsistant seasons the show has ever had. And worst of all, somewhere along the way, someone forgot it was supposed to be about Clark Kent, with a large side of Lex Luthor. Instead, it went from GreenArrowVille, to LexanaVille, to ClexanaVille. IMO, all 3 were poor creative choices.

Justin Hartley was a good guest star, and did a great job, but the showrunners were so anxious to spotlight him, they sort of forgot about Clark. Bad move. And so much effort had been put into his storyline, when he left he created a vacuum.

The Lexana relationship could've been interesting, if it had been allowed to develop in all its dysfunctional, dark, twisted glory. Instead, Lex was turned into a total wuss for Lana, and Lana's personality changed from episode to episode. This should never have been about love, but about mutual dependence and their combined resentments towards Clark.

Clark started out the season, seemingly ready to move on from Lana, ready to move forward towards his destiny, and with a real purpose. Finding the 'zoners, and doing what needed to be done to get rid of them. Then, all of a sudden, he's jerked back into the Clexana crap like he was on a bungee cord, and everything else seems to take a backseat to Lana. How is this a good thing for our young Clark Kent?

I think all the female characters on the show have their pro's and con's, and I think its natural for each to develop a healthy fanbase. I really see no reason each can't be served well on the show without it turning into a pissing contest, on screen, or on the 'net.

But in the end, this show is nothing if it doesn't serve the character of Clark Kent well. Nothing at all.

Cosign everything Clarkfan said. Summed up everything I feel about this season.

This is Smallville's Last Season!?!?!?

I truly appreciate your thoughts on Smallville. And I am glad to see that all the bickering hasn't made you back down.

We know this is a defining season for Smallville, but do we want it to be defined by Lex and Clark's battle over Lana? Or will it all turn out to be something deeper? Something more? We definitely hope for the latter.

This season started with a bang. Zod! Clark acting like a hero, taking responsibility for the mess created by Zod and looking for the Zoners, getting to know GA and teaming up with nascent JL in "Justice". He even let go of his Lana-obsession in favor of proactively tracking down the Zoners and thinking of his training with Jor-El.

I truly liked where TPTB were going with Lex and Lana. It made sense that they'd grow closer. After the events of "Commencement" and the countless meteor freaks that have stalked/tried to kill Lana, it was natural for Lana to want to work with Lex to figure out the spaceship. Lex shared her curiosity, her need for the truth, and her fear/hatred of aliens and meteor freaks. They conspired together about Fine's ship and about the black box. Lana supported Lex in his quest to understand the effects of the meteor rocks (going so far as to say she'd understand Lex's possible need to experiment on meteor freaks) and his need to defend Earth from further alien invasions. Even when she was dating Clark, she kept her work with Lex secret. When Clark and Lana's relationship failed, Lana found comfort with Lex. Again, it made sense. Lex has always treated her well and continued to do so throughout their relationship.

"Labyrinth" imo marked the return of an immature, whiny, selfish, Lana-obsessed, passive Clark. Clark is thrown into an alternate reality where Lana is downright creepy and encourages him to get a lobotomy, his mom is married to Lionel, Clark is responsible for Lex's accident and both Chloe and Clark are considered mentally unstable. Clark fights his way out of the dream world and comes to the illogical conclusion that he still loves Lana! Lana in the meantime suddenly discovers she has feelings for Clark (although from "Hypnotic" on she treated Clark like crap) and becomes inexplicably distant and cold to Lex although, to Lex's credit, he continues to be patient and treats Lana well.

In "Promise" every single character acted irrationally. Chloe and Martha encourage Clark to fight for a pregnant Lana on her wedding day contrary to common decency and their previous advice. Clark forgets all his reasons for not confiding in Lana, tries to tell Lana his secret to stop the wedding, and is ready to propose to a pregnant Lana (on her wedding day!). Lana after being shown to truly love Lex, decides (after years of begging/hassling Clark to open up to her) that she just has to find out Clark's secret. She endangers her "best friend" in the process and, once she has the info she's after, suddenly forgives Clark for not trusting and lying to her and is ready to run away with him leaving Lex at the altar. Lex, after consistently being shown to genuinely love Lana, is suddenly behind some strange experiment on Lana.

In answer to your question, no this season should not be defined by Lex and Clark's battle over Lana. Especially after the first part of the season was obviously heading in a completely different direction. Do the writers/producers/network execs really think the audience is that stupid? They had every single character do a 180. Clark is back to Lana-obsessing, having forgotten the Zoners, his training, and his (very valid) reasons for not telling Lana his secret. Lana is somehow blameless and trapped in a loveless marriage to protect Clark. Lex is evil and experimenting on Lana. Chloe is meteor infected with a latent still to-be-determined power. "Lois" is a reporter after a barn door lands beside her. This is undeniably the worst Smallville season (even taking into account S4's Lanabelle arc).

Re. Chloe meteor infected status - If Chloe is meteor infected, then so is Lana Lang. Lana was at ground zero for both meteor showers and wore a meteor rock necklace for years.

I also want to add that if Chloe's meteor infection is a lame attempt by TPTB to remove her from the DP and as Clark's confidante/best friend, I will sadly no longer be watching Smallville. Chloe is the most consistently and best written female character on Smallville. The Clark/Chloe relationship is the sweetest, most realistically portrayed couple on the show. Seeing as how both Clark and Lex's destinies now depend on Lana, Chloe and the Clark/Chloe relationship are the reasons I'm still interested in this show.

First of all, let me say that I do not want to be bbq'ed by Lana fans for saying this. For your information, I like Lana.

I find that Lana doesn't seem to have a character of her own. She seems to take on the personality of those she dates. With Clark and [oh dear, I can't remember the blondes name..sorry!], she was the girl next door, popular cheerleader. With Jason, she was mysterious. And with Lex, she is ceniving, sneaky, 'misunderstood, etc. I think the writers need to give her her own character.

However, I also beleive the writers need to stop focusing on Lana. Smallville is about Clark... and Lex. It always has been and always wil be. Incorperating others into episodes is perfect but stop focusing on them. I am tired of Clark's infatuation with Lana. It is old and getting frustrating.

Adding the other superheroes has been a great part of the show. Justice was amazing and I wish Clark could interact with them more. The Oliver/Lex hate thing is great and the odd friendship between Oliver and Clark works well too. I hope the end of the season is strong, powerful and not Lana centric.

Ok first things first, I for one have no problem with you guys expressing your opinion on how the characters are protrayed on the show. If Chloe did somethin dumb you'll write it, same goes for Lana and Lois.
I may be biased at times about Chloe because she is my favorite character but Chloe fans recognize when she does something dumb and we say it. I'm pretty sure the same goes for Lana and Lois fans.

The main problem with the ppl turning these blogs into an all out war is because they continue to generalize an ENTIRE fan base a diss the ppl who love a particular character. And its mainly the Chloe/Chlark fans. I don't see y ppl can't express their opinions without getting their heads snap off for it. 1 person can say that Lois was a waste in an episode and here comes all the Chloe fans hate Lois because she's more successful blah blah blah. Chloe fans are crazy and came up with a stupid theory just so Chloe can be with Clark. Yadda yadda yadda. When it's not like that at all.

If someone,from whatever fan base, wants to reply to a certain statement then by all means do it. But do it in a respectable manner and don't put the words of 1 fan into the mouths of all the others.

Now on to the other stuff.

I have no idea what I want out of this finale but I do know that I don't want Lana and Clark romantic relationship rekindled.

As for what was the point in this season, it's obvious that it was all about the triangles. Mainly the Clark/Lana/Lex triangle.

I was really really hoping for some Lexana vs. Chlark this season and it was obvious that it was the direction TPTB were going. The line were already drawn with Lex and Clark and they finally drew the lines with Lana and Chloe, someone even made a throwed ass video that contrasts the relationship between Chlark and Lexana.

Then all of a sudden...REWRITES!!!! But whatever can't change it now.

I'm hoping the same thing that you guys are hoping to come out the finale regarding Lex and Clark. Because their rift goes beyond Lana. And in the episode "Nemesis" when they are trap in a cave I'm hoping they will acknowledge the real reason y their friendship ended.

I sure pray it's something more than Lana, but I'm beginning to lose hope. It seems Smallville is turning into Lanaville more and more with each new episode. We fans who have watched from the beginning, who were promised that Smallville would be about the Clark-Lex friendship, have been disappointed over and over again with AlMiles's completely unfounded obsession with Kristin Kreuk/Lana. Unfortunately not all of us worship at the altar of KK/Lana. It seems that Lana (the most insipid, bland character ever) is now much more important than Lex, and is ready to surpass Clark. WTF?! SAD SAD SAD. :(

I have the greatest idea on Smallville's final season. It would blow your mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Since the story already is a success in my book. With my idea, it's perfect to be plugged into the rest of the story.