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Here are my scans of a few more magazines featuring Tom Welling and/or Smallville that, since I didn't start watching the show until S5, I missed when they first came out. Maybe some of you missed them, too, or would just have fun revisiting them now. Click for BIGGER. From the September 7, 2001 issue of Entertainment Weekly (#612/613), the Fall TV Preview edition:  From the December 21/28, 2001 issue of Entertainment Weekly (#631/632), the Best of 2001 edition, Breakouts section:  From the June 24/July 1, 2005 issue of Entertainment Weekly (#826/827), the Must List edition:   This is from an article about set design in the November 2003 issue of Architectural Digest. Smallville was the only TV show featured. Here are a couple of the gorgeous pics they included, and clickable thumbnails of the section about Smallville. I kept the pages BIG on purpose, so you could see as much detail in the pics as possible. It's interesting to compare these images to screen caps from the current season.    p1  p2  p3  p4  p5  Tags: architectural digest, entertainment weekly, scans, smallville, tom welling
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From: tariel22 |
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January 7th, 2011 10:38 pm (UTC)
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I had to think twice to remember the code to turn pics into links! It's been awhile. :)
I really do miss the look of Smallville in those early years: the sets that were rich with detail and color, the extensive time spent on location, and the spectacular stunts and special effects. I think the show still does some amazing work, especially given the double whammy of budget cuts and increasing salaries, but very little can compare to the magic they made in the beginning.
You know, I never realized what a fuss the media made over Tom during that first year. It's been interesting to see the progression as I read all these old articles and interviews in chronological order. During S1 he was on every list, and in every teen magazine "hot guy" pictorial. In S2 the snark about his reluctance to answer certain personal questions started to creep in. By S3 they were calling him elusive and reserved, and then we got that rude interview in YM Magazine. After that articles about him were mostly limited to sci-fi and foreign magazines, and the interviews were few and far between, except for the obligatory publicity he did for his films. And as we all know, he only became more reclusive as time went on.
I have to believe that Tom has had a career strategy all along. I'm sure we'll never know what his grand plan has been, but it seems to be one that has cultivated his opportunities behind the scenes, both creative and business, rather than his acting. I've entertained all kinds of theories about why he stopped taking on other projects outside of Smallville, mostly in a desperate effort to convince myself that he really will continue to act once the show is over. :)
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From: tariel22 |
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January 8th, 2011 12:04 am (UTC)
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Watching the show year after year, it's been a little like living with Tom. The changes have been so gradual I hardly noticed them, focusing on that same gorgeous smile, those same expressive eyes, but then I look back at these early pics and realize how very much he has grown up. It amazes me how even now he can look ALL man one minute, commanding, heroic and powerful, and in the next look like an adorable little boy. :) He's changed a lot over the past ten years, but at the same time he has an ageless quality about him.
I literally just sat here for a full 5 minutes just staring at the details in the set pics.
I did that, too! Those two pics I posted are my favorites. I especially appreciate the bright light the loft is bathed in for the photo, unlike the dusky shadows we're used to seeing on the show.
Don't get me started on AlMiles. ;) I will say this, though: it was mostly Al with whom I had a problem. He always seemed to make the remarks I found so disrespectful to Tom, and to the Superman mythos. I have a tendency to lump them together, but Miles aggravated me less. Still, that just could have been because he tended to talk less. :) I do remember one interview I read where Miles emphasized that Smallville is Clark's story, and that it was their responsibility as showrunners to always bring the focus back to him, and I appreciated that. It's something I think the show lost sight of as the years went on and coming up with fresh storylines became more of a challenge.
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