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Date with Destiny, May 19 2004
This review is from: Smallville: The Complete Second Season (DVD)
The legendary adventures of the Teen of Steel continues with "Smallville: The Complete Second Season" Box Set. The second season of the WB hit series successfully picks up from the events of last season's stirring finale and explores further into the Superman myth. Clark Kent (Tom Welling) begins to investigate his origins and learns some stunning revelations of his true destiny on Earth. The rivalry between Lex Luther (Michael Rosenbaum) and his devious father (John Glover) heats up and the new woman in Lex's life (Emmanuelle Vaugier) could be his salvation or tragic fall. The close friendship between Lana (Kristen Kreuk) and Chloe (Allison Mack) creates certain difficulties for Clark. The second season shows significant improvements in the series' dramatic content and the relationship between the characters. The second season also avoids the repetitive "meteor freak of the week" trend, but still offers some thrilling action sequences and great visual effects. The episodes storylines appear more creative and better structured, and allow the supporting cast to have a stronger effect in the series' outcome. The "Second Season" 6-Disc Box Set is a reasonable improvement over the "First Season" Box Set. Like the previous box set, all 23 episodes are presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen format. Its picture quality isn't spectacular but is certainly well-defined. The 2.0 Dolby Digital sound is rather pleasant. Some episodes contain deleted scenes and insightful audio commentaries with producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and cast members Tom Welling, Kristen Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum. The box set also includes the engaging "The Chloe Chronicles", "Christopher Reeve: Man of Steel" and "Faster than a Speeding Bullet" featurettes, a fun gag reel and some colorful interactive menus. "The Complete Second Season" Box Set will delight fans of the hit WB series and scores a satisfying "B+".
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Tom Welling IS Superman!, July 7 2004
This review is from: Smallville: The Complete Second Season (DVD)
The second season of this show is even better than the first one! The writing and acting improved drastically, and Tom Welling's acting ability blossomed considerably in this second season. The focus on character relationships is alot better than in the first season, and there's alot of character developement. There's still a heaping helping of Kryptonite mutants for Clark to square off with, however it's not as formulatic as in the first season. Also, the best episode of the season by far is the episode "Rosetta", featuring Christopher Reeve! It was a great episode, and not only did it delve into Clark's origins, but it felt almost like a passing of the torch, from one man of steel to the next. A great season, and definately a must own DVD set for Superman fans, along with the first season. I sincerely hope that Warner Brothers chooses to use Tom Welling and the rest of the Smallville cast in a Superman movie. Smallville really does feel like it's a prequel to a Superman movie series, and it'd be a terrible shame if this vision is never realised. Christopher Reeve himself has endorsed Tom Welling as the next Superman for the silver screen, and is lobbying to get him into the new movie. Also, the performances of John Schneider, Annette O'Toole and Michael Rosenbaum are excellent as well, and it would be wonderful to see their performances carried into the new movie series.
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Smallville Season 2 another great season & a DVD set to own!, Feb 19 2004
This review is from: Smallville: The Complete Second Season (DVD)
Smallville: The Complete Second Season on DVD! Before the Legend...Before the Icon...He was a teenager growing up in Smallville. The Complete Second Season of the hit series about the life of the young man who in time would become Superman is now available. This wonderful TV show is coming to DVD in a 6-disc collector's edition with 23 episodes and with a ton of bonus features. You can also access a number of deleted scenes from episodes as well as view original pre-production storyboards and WB promotional spots, season 3 sneek peek and DVD-ROM owners can use the discs to access more features via the Smallville web site. Smallville is truly a great show and icing on the cake for those who are Superman fans. I can only hope they release "Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman" on DVD soon. Smallville The Complete Second Season 2 DVD Episode Guide 22. Vortex 23. Heat 24. Duplicity 25. Red 26. Nocturne 27. Redux 28. Lineage 29. Ryan 30. Dichotic 31. Skinwalker 32. Visage 33. Insurgence 34. Suspect 35. Rush 36. Prodigal 37. Fever 38. Rosetta 39. Visitor 40. Precipice 41. Witness 42. Accelerate 43. Calling 44. Exodus Reserve your copy today! Can't wait till this DVD set is released on May 25, 2004.
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