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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 18:39:09 GMT
So did you enjoy Smallville ?
Personally i enjoyed it, sure it's far from the greatest show ever made or anything. But all in i enjoyed it.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 22, 2017 22:36:57 GMT
So did you enjoy Smallville ?
Personally i enjoyed it, sure it's far from the greatest show ever made or anything. But all in i enjoyed it. Yes, but I didn't watch it much (or at all) after John Schneider left (was killed-off).
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 23, 2017 16:39:23 GMT
I only watched it sporadically. I need to go back and watch the whole thing but I don't know if I'll ever have time to do that.
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Post by Jayman on Aug 24, 2017 20:04:10 GMT
That's on my list of series to watch. I think I will buy the dvd's of it. I have never watched a single episode of it. There has to be a certain amount of awesomeness to it if it lasted that long
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Post by geode on Jun 1, 2018 17:01:42 GMT
That's on my list of series to watch. I think I will buy the dvd's of it. I have never watched a single episode of it. There has to be a certain amount of awesomeness to it if it lasted that long I watched three or four episodes soon after the series started beginning with the pilot. I bought the entire series on DVD and blu-ray with the thought of getting back to it but never did until yesterday when I watched the first episode again after all these years. But I found that some episodes on the first DVD will no longer play. Bummer. But I found a used set on eBay for $3.89 with free shipping. Who knows if other discs have gone bad. I think the series was well-cast and at times well written from what I have seen so far. Good production values. I usually do not like "revisionist" attempts so this is an exception.
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Post by Jayman on Jun 1, 2018 23:06:37 GMT
That's on my list of series to watch. I think I will buy the dvd's of it. I have never watched a single episode of it. There has to be a certain amount of awesomeness to it if it lasted that long I watched three or four episodes soon after the series started beginning with the pilot. I bought the entire series on DVD and blu-ray with the thought of getting back to it but never did until yesterday when I watched the first episode again after all these years. But I found that some episodes on the first DVD will no longer play. Bummer. But I found a used set on eBay for $3.89 with free shipping. Who knows if other discs have gone bad. I think the series was well-cast and at times well written from what I have seen so far. Good production values. I usually do not like "revisionist" attempts so this is an exception. That sucks that the discs went bad on you. I thought that takes many years for that to happen so I never would've predicted that either. As usual I will probably put off watching Smallville because I have so many other shows and just started watching a few of the marvel series also.
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Post by geode on Jun 2, 2018 5:22:57 GMT
I watched three or four episodes soon after the series started beginning with the pilot. I bought the entire series on DVD and blu-ray with the thought of getting back to it but never did until yesterday when I watched the first episode again after all these years. But I found that some episodes on the first DVD will no longer play. Bummer. But I found a used set on eBay for $3.89 with free shipping. Who knows if other discs have gone bad. I think the series was well-cast and at times well written from what I have seen so far. Good production values. I usually do not like "revisionist" attempts so this is an exception. That sucks that the discs went bad on you. I thought that takes many years for that to happen so I never would've predicted that either. As usual I will probably put off watching Smallville because I have so many other shows and just started watching a few of the marvel series also. The set is 15 years old this year. In checking the other discs it appears only the first one is defective.
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Post by geode on Jul 1, 2018 11:47:09 GMT
I watched three or four episodes soon after the series started beginning with the pilot. I bought the entire series on DVD and blu-ray with the thought of getting back to it but never did until yesterday when I watched the first episode again after all these years. But I found that some episodes on the first DVD will no longer play. Bummer. But I found a used set on eBay for $3.89 with free shipping. Who knows if other discs have gone bad. I think the series was well-cast and at times well written from what I have seen so far. Good production values. I usually do not like "revisionist" attempts so this is an exception. That sucks that the discs went bad on you. I thought that takes many years for that to happen so I never would've predicted that either. As usual I will probably put off watching Smallville because I have so many other shows and just started watching a few of the marvel series also. It is worse than I thought. I have a problem with episodes in four out of five seasons. Season One: #02 disc 1 #04 disc 1 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 #15 disc 4 #16 disc 4 #20 disc 5 Season Two #4 disc 1 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 Season Three #5 disc 2 #8 disc 2 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 #16 disc 4 Disc 5 all bad #17 #18 #19 #21 disc 6 #22 disc 6 Season Four Shock, shock all six discs OK! Season Five #8 disc 2
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Post by Jayman on Jul 2, 2018 20:46:19 GMT
That sucks that the discs went bad on you. I thought that takes many years for that to happen so I never would've predicted that either. As usual I will probably put off watching Smallville because I have so many other shows and just started watching a few of the marvel series also. It is worse than I thought. I have a problem with episodes in four out of five seasons. Season One: #02 disc 1 #04 disc 1 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 #15 disc 4 #16 disc 4 #20 disc 5 Season Two #4 disc 1 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 Season Three #5 disc 2 #8 disc 2 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 #16 disc 4 Disc 5 all bad #17 #18 #19 #21 disc 6 #22 disc 6 Season Four Shock, shock all six discs OK! Season Five #8 disc 2 Oh I"m sorry to hear that. I guess there's no hope for my Stargate SG-1 dvd's which I bought over 15 years ago. Oh well. So what are you going to do, replace the discs?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 21:09:59 GMT
It is worse than I thought. I have a problem with episodes in four out of five seasons. Season One: #02 disc 1 #04 disc 1 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 #15 disc 4 #16 disc 4 #20 disc 5 Season Two #4 disc 1 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 Season Three #5 disc 2 #8 disc 2 #11 disc 3 #12 disc 3 #16 disc 4 Disc 5 all bad #17 #18 #19 #21 disc 6 #22 disc 6 Season Four Shock, shock all six discs OK! Season Five #8 disc 2 Oh I"m sorry to hear that. I guess there's no hope for my Stargate SG-1 dvd's which I bought over 15 years ago. Oh well. So what are you going to do, replace the discs? Well that depend on how much you have used them. I mean i have CDs and DVDs that are between 10 and 15 years old and they are working just fine. I mean i did need to clean some of them but after i did that they worked just as well as they did when i bought them. So there is no reason your Stargate dvds should not work if you hardly use them and they are still in there covers. But the only way to find out is to look at them and play them. I know you did not ask me but i am answering you anyway.
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Post by Jayman on Jul 2, 2018 21:14:13 GMT
Oh I"m sorry to hear that. I guess there's no hope for my Stargate SG-1 dvd's which I bought over 15 years ago. Oh well. So what are you going to do, replace the discs? Well that depend on how much you have used them. I mean i have CDs and DVDs that are between 10 and 15 years old and they are working just fine. I mean i did need to clean some of them but after i did that they worked just as well as they did when i bought them. So there is no reason your Stargate dvds should not work if you hardly use them and they are still in there covers. But the only way to find out is to look at them and play them. I know you did not ask me but i am answering you anyway. I only played them once.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 21:19:39 GMT
Well that depend on how much you have used them. I mean i have CDs and DVDs that are between 10 and 15 years old and they are working just fine. I mean i did need to clean some of them but after i did that they worked just as well as they did when i bought them. So there is no reason your Stargate dvds should not work if you hardly use them and they are still in there covers. But the only way to find out is to look at them and play them. I know you did not ask me but i am answering you anyway. I only played them once. Than it would be very strange if they don`t work fine.
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Post by Jayman on Jul 2, 2018 21:24:55 GMT
But they're in sleeves so that makes it worse
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 21:32:44 GMT
Well the only way to know is to play them.
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Post by geode on Jul 3, 2018 3:26:56 GMT
Oh I"m sorry to hear that. I guess there's no hope for my Stargate SG-1 dvd's which I bought over 15 years ago. Oh well. So what are you going to do, replace the discs? Well that depend on how much you have used them. I mean i have CDs and DVDs that are between 10 and 15 years old and they are working just fine. I mean i did need to clean some of them but after i did that they worked just as well as they did when i bought them. So there is no reason your Stargate dvds should not work if you hardly use them and they are still in there covers. But the only way to find out is to look at them and play them. I know you did not ask me but i am answering you anyway. The discs are almost all in pristine condition in terms of dirt or scratches. All in cases. Two or three of the bad ones show the obvious discoloration indicating oxidation of the recorded aluminum layer. I lost dozens of laser discs to "laser rot" back in the day, but until now I think I had lost only four DVDs, three CDs, and two blu-ray discs.
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Post by geode on Feb 7, 2019 11:06:21 GMT
I made it into the first epiosides of Season 6, which is on blu-ray. Funny thing is my Phillips player will not load them. Message claims "unknown disc" yet the player and discs are all Code A. I have had to use my Samsung player. Transfers are sharper than the DVDs from earlier seasons but have a flicker that comes and goes. Worst menu I have ever encountered with a major release.
To be honest I think this series "jumped the shark" after season 3. After that it basically has become just a sci-fi soap opera aimed at teenagers.
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Post by The Grand Inquisitor on Feb 21, 2019 11:09:00 GMT
Doesn't anyone else struggle to stick with Smallville past the first three or four seasons?
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Feb 21, 2019 11:25:53 GMT
Doesn't anyone else struggle to stick with Smallville past the first three or four seasons? I know there are many people who do struggle to stick with Smallville past the first three or four seasons. But i am not one of them.
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Post by geode on Feb 23, 2019 4:31:09 GMT
This is what I wrote on Facebook January 30th:
Watching a Smallville episode from Season 6. The first three seasons were pretty good but it got to be rougher going after that. Two major characters have departed with new ones introduced they are nowhere near as interesting. Plots with major characters being possessed by witches or turned into vampires have simply pushed credibility to the limit. Having one major character or another critically injured in the town's hospital every week has gotten "very old" in terms of imagination. Basically it has degenerated into a sci-fi soap opera. Too bad the cast is being given such tripe to work with as they deserve better. Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum and John Glover are fun to watch when given good scripts but they are almost non-existent at this point.
Production values remain excellent but I am finding now that I go weeks between episodes. Something taint right when I have to force myself to watch. But, I bought all ten seasons years ago, with the second half on blu-ray. Perhaps some of the trouble might be more "me" than the show. It is hard to motivate myself to do almost anything just now.
I never liked Green Arrow and now he has been brought in as a continuing character and love interest for Lois Lane. Jimmy Olson is a total dweeb. Lana Lang has become so irritating I grimace when she has a scene. In the first seasons I thought she was adorable.
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Post by geode on Feb 23, 2019 4:37:02 GMT
Then on Feb. 1st I wrote this on Facebook:
So...the very next sixth season episode of "Smallville" I watched, "Rage" did nothing to change my opinion that this show may have "jumped the shark" after the third season. Here we see Lois Lane after suffering what generally happens in fight scenes. She has been lofted through the air on top of a glass table. Being lofted several meters into walls, etc. happens in virtually every episode. She has a shard of glass in her back in an apartment in Metropolis and phones for an ambulance. We next see her in the Smallville Medical Clinic. I guess she fulfills the obligatory role of a major character ending up here every week, but did it make sense for the ambulance to take her here instead of a hospital in Metropolis? Oh yeah, it was a standing set. Little wonder that so many scenes take place here.
Later the putz that tossed her gets tossed by Clark through the air about 15 feet to be stopped by a wall. As usual the result is no serious injury.
Gone are the major plot arcs of Lex Luthor trying to emulate Clark and subvert his dark side, and Clark and Lex being best friends. They stopped even liking each other in the last season. No studying "nature" versus "nurture" in regards to Clark and Lex and their childhood upbringing anymore. This leaves Lex, who was easily the most interesting character, with not much of a focus. No struggles within himself, and neither really good or evil....just sort of "there"...
This was a "Thanksgiving" show from 12 years ago. But the Thanksgiving part is just a dinner scene pointlessly tacked on the end.
It was as if the writers expected it to end when Clark was still in high school, and had no idea what to do with it after graduation. The demographic the show was aimed at was probably those in high school.
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