So for those of you who don’t know I am an avid Smallville fan. And tonight was the season premire. Oh so good. I wouldnt say it is my favorite smallville episode, but it is a good one. I probably wouldn’t even put it up there with best season opener. Some cool elements were intorduced, which should make for alot of good story lines. For startes Jimmy Olsen was introduced at the daily planet, possibly a love interest for Chloe. The coolest element that was introduced was the phantom zone. This had appeared in previous episodes, but not to the extent in this episode.
All things considered I am excited about the direction that Smallville is going. I do realize that it is not following the comic, but at this point most childhood stories aren’t. I mean look at Transformers, there are atleast 3 maybe 4 different storylines, but that doesn’t make Transformers any less cool. I have no problem with writers taking and tweaking old favorites. Another perfect example of this is Batman Begins, or more specifically, The Dark Knight Retruns. The Dark Knight Returns was written years after the original, and tweaked the story line to be a little more dark. I personally like this version a lot more than the Television Version (BAAAMMMM).
That being said, I like Smallville, and I like where it is going.