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With the premiere of the final season of Smallville coming up this Friday, I thought it would be fun to take a look back. Were you watching on October 16, 2001, when the pilot first aired? If so, what did you think? And if not, what was your first episode? What made you fall in love with this wonderful, amazing, sometimes infuriating show? I didn't watch Smallville in the beginning. Back then I had a job where I worked nights, and I only watched TV on DVD, so I never even saw a commercial for the show. When I checked out the DVDs I was skeptical, afraid they had turned my beloved Superman into an angsty teen a la Dawson Leery, and there were as many bad reviews as good ones on Amazon. But during the summer after S4, I was desperate for something new to watch, so I decided to order S1. By the end of the first episode I was hooked, utterly captivated by Tom Welling, and fascinated by the relationship between Clark and Lex. I ordered S2 and S3, and blew through them in a matter of days. Then I started over, watching every episode again while I counted the days until the release of S4. And thus an obsession was born. I wasn't around in the early days of fandom, and missed a lot of the media coverage of the show. Recently I bought the November 23, 2001 issue of Entertainment Weekly ( #627), which must have been one of Tom's first magazine covers. It's interesting to read the article inside, an interview with the show's creators (there's a single quote from Tom), and see the road the series has traveled as compared to their original vision for Clark's story. I still can't quite wrap my mind around the fact that Smallville will have been on the air for a decade by the time it's done. I feel like Jeremy Piven's character in Gross Pointe Blank; I have this irresistible urge to yell out, "Ten years! Ten years!!" Here are my scans of EW. Click for BIGGER.      Tags: entertainment weekly, interview, scans, smallville
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I was a fan from the pilot. I watched for John Schneider, who I fanned at the time, but I fell in love with Tom, Michael, and the Clex right away. I remember the love I had for the show, and for the boys . . . they were my first real major slashy couple, and the first RPS couple for me, too. I remember tuning in every week because I just couldn't wait to see what happened, and then realizing what a genius of an actor Michael was and then completely falling head over heels for him. I remember it all so fondly. Smallville helped me get through the insanity of college and made me smile when I needed it most. Now, even though I don't watch anymore, I still remember all of it very fondly, and I will always have a great deal of affection for these wonderful actors who gave me so much joy as they put together a show I loved for so long every week. I will always be grateful. :)
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From: tariel22 |
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September 20th, 2010 08:42 am (UTC)
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It's so interesting to me how everyone came to Smallville, and fandom. Ryan is a wonderful episode, and Tom is so good in it (as is Ryan Kelley). I remember when I first watched it, I was stunned that it ended so tragically.
At the time I first found Smallville, pretty much the only places I went on the internet were Amazon and MapQuest. :) Then my local newspaper ran an article about TWoP, and I started visiting the Smallville boards there. I lurked there for almost two years, too shy to join in, and never visited any other site except SHoE. Finally, at the beginning of S7, I joined LJ and started writing reviews. People somehow found them, commented, and here we are.
I've always been a Tom fan first, so I look forward to following his career long after Smallville ends, and continuing to share the squee with my fellow fangirls. :) I just hope he doesn't disappear behind the camera.
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From: tariel22 |
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September 20th, 2010 10:21 am (UTC)
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Well, I didn't mean to imply that no one had seen these images before, this post was more of a trip down memory lane. I find myself very nostalgic as the premiere approaches. :) I remember your entries from my days of lurking at TWoP, although of course I didn't realize who you were when we first "met" on LJ. You were much braver than I was, I never did post much of anything on TWoP, even after I found my fandom voice here. I was one year behind you in watching the show, and two in joining fandom, but we finally ended up on the same page here on LJ, for which I'll always be thankful. I'm sorry I'm failing at commenting lately. I have three of your posts open on tabs right now, but I'm always behind. :( I thought you might like THIS. Someone edited all the Savannah/Dan scenes from 1x02 (including the cheer routine) together on YouTube, so you can watch just them over and over. :) It's awesome!
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Thanks so much for the scans! I saw the cover but I never actually saw the article. That's a keeper! I came into SV really late, in May 2007, so after 6 seasons; and like all great loves, there's the period "before" May 07, and the period "after" LOL. I was at the video store looking for a new (for me!) TV series, SV looked interesting so I rented the first disc of S1. Then I bought S1 to 5, and I watched everything until August, when I caught re-runs of S6, before the DVD was released. I was a TW fan from the first episode, and I never was a fan of anyone, except when I was 13! For me, the "great" SV period was from S1 to 5. Now it's another show, that I don't really like most of the time, but that I follow anyway because of Tom.
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