Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season

Genre : DVD ( DVD )
Release : 2009/08/25
Price : $21.49

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Who would have predicted that the departure of series creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough would have given Smallville a surge of super-strength in its eighth season? Give a good part of the credit to saying out with the old--series veterans Michael Rosenbaum (Lex) and Kristin Kreuk (Lana), whose dreary romantic coupling dragged down previous seasons--and in with the new. The new include entirely fresh faces Cassidy Freeman as LutherCorp heir apparent Tess Mercer and Sam Witwer as paramedic Davis Bloome, and experienced players getting increased face time, such as Justin Hartley's Green Arrow joining the opening credits and Erica Durance receiving much more exposure than in season 7. In particular, with Lana having said goodbye, Lois (Durance) and Clark (Tom Welling) are given ample time to start building the relationship we know is inevitable, and their clumsy fumblings are the highlight of the season (their fake engagement is particularly funny). Chloe (Allison Mack) and Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) grow closer, but the brooding danger of Davis reveals something much worse than a mere lovers' triangle. Clark starts to embrace his destiny by protecting Metropolis at invisible super-speed, earning him the groan-worthy nickname of "The Red-Blue Blur," and comic-book characters making their series debuts are the geek-favorite group the Legion of Super-Heroes (Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad) and Dr. Emil Hamilton (Alessandro Juliani of Battlestar Galactica). The season sags when Durance is absent for stretches, and the season finale isn't nearly what it could have been, but it was still more than enough to rescue the series from what seemed to be the brink of cancellation and head strong into its ninth season. --David Horiuchi

My wife and I are big fans of Smallville ((or I should say were originally)). We started watching the show from the first air date, and really enjoyed it till about season 4. The story arc at that time made it apparent the then creative minds in control had no interest in taking Clark/Kal-el down the path of superman. Well, when they lost creative control and the new vanguard stepped in with the later part of season 7, we started watching and due to personal schedules missed most of season 8, we missed some great material. Thus, we ordered Season 8 and were blown away with the direction that they went with the stories, the drawn out and tired story arc of farm boy Kent was finally matured ((I mean how long can a mid 20's character still act like a teenager?)) and the road to being 'Clark Kent aka Superman' was taken. Though he is still going by the blur in the end of this season and into season 9, you can so feel now like never before that the 'Man of Steele' is coming to a fruition. This season is the beginning of more entertaining writing and special effects. If you loved the first 3 seasons, you will more than likely love this season and the next one.

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This is one of the best shows I've seen since 1949 ............ when we got our first TV(RCA) ........ An original/new depiction of the superman saga and it gets better every year ............ the only problem: it has to end after ONLY! ten seasons ......... congratulations to the actors, creators, producers, writers and everyone associated with the show.

absolutely love this show!!!! thanks to amazon.com, I can now own it and watch whenever I need my "smallville fix". :) thanks!!

So far I've purchased all seasons of Smallville. Most every episode is full of cliffhanger, nail-biting, shivering affects. Except for season 8 & 9, I've watched every episode twice and starting on # 3.