Why so Bad..Part 1... Smallville

Whats going on? Why have some of our favorite Genre shows (excluding Vamp Diaries), been so... bad? The hype from comic-con is gone, the smell of a fresh season is quickly fading, and ratings are beginning to plummet. High time we look at a few of the reasons why these shows are struggling...


Smallville...

Oh Clark, why so serious...

After the last season of the poorly named Smallville, our favorite non-caped crusader decided he should devote his time to saving people and training. Ergo the Black Knight/Blur scheme.


Sadly this plot device was a joke before it started. For years Smallville devotees know and understand that Clark's real papa wanted him to train... we learned that in season 2 of the show. Problem? It's been 7 years! The man's been saving people and the day all that time. Surely this counts for on the job training. What more does he need to learn? The intricacies of Post Kryptonian politics? Possibly a cooking class from dear old dad? Maybe he's learning to not learn? Or perhaps he must unlearn what he has learned to learn what he hadn't learned? Nonsense he still cant fly so whats the point?

The show runners still haven't grasped the idea of interesting surviving villains, instead they use the same heavy handed approach to nearly everyone the Blur faces. They are always psychopathic, or sadly misled to thier doom. Either way... they die minutes after they appear.

'Don't worry Clark he's
only 'nearly indestructible'

Villains on 'Smallville' are simply a small speed bump in the rise of clark, and when they are a challenge (See also, Doomsday, Zor El, Titan, Phantom Zone Badies, Meteor Freaks) they essentially are there to look intimidating for a minute and then evaporate like the morning dew. How about a few roving evil guys that always seem to pop back up at the worst times? Perhaps a little proto Legion of Doom? Or is that concept to high brow for this show?

NEXT WEEK: Heroes