DVD : Smallville - The Complete Sixth Season

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Rating:

- Great Series!!
Smallville - The Complete Sixth Season

I Only Started To Watch This Wonderful Series This Year And Was Hooked From The Start, I Love The Series And Can`t Wait For Season 7 To Be Released On Dvd.

Rating:

- Smallville Season 6
Everything happens in this season: Phantom Zone villains on the loose, creating a series long retelling of the movie Superman II (or an adaptation of the 1980s 4 issue DC comics mini-series "Phantom Zone."
As I said in my review for The Batman Season 5, this season of Smallville introduces the Justice League as semi-regular supporting characters, adding one-off guest stars from previous seasons (Cyborg, The Flash, Aquaman) to newcomers Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter.
See Lana Lang's plotlines intertwine closely with Lex Luthor's.
This is the best of Smallville so far, and the closest we've come to a live action Justice League series.
Buy "The Batman" season 5 as well, to compare the Justice League intro plotlines.

Rating:

- A must have for fans
If you are a fan of Smallville, this one is a must have. This season introduces many new characters and several jests implying the JLA.

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- Smallville season 6 is a great season!
Smallville season 6 is a great season! This season is great because introduces DC comic book characters like Green Arrow (Justin Hartley) and the Justice League! Smallville Season 6 is the first season that aired on the newly formed CW network for 2006-2007 season. My favorite episode this season is Crimson. Lois Lane (Erica Durance) is down on love, and gyspewoman gives her lipstick filled with Red Kryptonite. Lois Lane kisses Clark Kent (Tom Weilling)and he is effected with red Krytonite as well. There some other Smallville episodes that are good as well. Lyda Carter plays Cloe's Mother. Lana Lang marries Lex Luthor but their marriage does not last. Lana finds out Clark Secret.Also Bizzaro is introduced in the season finale. This is the first season without Jonathan Kent(John Schneider)because his character died in the 100th episode of Smallville. Martha Kent(Annette O Toole)leaves the show at the end of the season. Highly Recommended!

Rating:

- Too Soapy, Too Whiny
The preceding (fifth) season of Smallville accomplished two main tasks: setting up the Lex/Lana relationship and moving the show in a more action & sci-fi direction. One plotline succeeded, the other failed. Let's start with what went right in Smallville's Sixth Season, then end with why it became downright difficult to watch at some times:

-As Clark pursues escaped Kryptonian prisoners (a key season-long arc), his action-packed battles with the villians are sights to behold.
-The formation of the "junior" Justice League, bringing back favorites from seasons past and introducing a new hero who proved to be a "bullseye".
-A completely new aspect of Chloe Sullivan's character is revealed towards the end of the season.
-More "wink-wink" nods to the Superman cannon, including a certain bow-tie clad camera man and an episode that precludes a potential Clark/Lois relationship.
-The continued descent of Lex into pure evil, whether through flashbacks to his youth or his "33.1" secret projects.
-As usually, the season premiere and finale are both visually and creatively stunning. Much like the end of season five, the final scene will have you anxiously awaiting the Season Seven DVD's to be released.

However, despite those positive factors, the Sixth Season is severely lacking in some key areas:

-First, the Clark/Lana relationship is streched beyond the realm of good writing, where its "on-again, off-again" nature is apparent in nearly every episode. One week they may be together, while the next week they won't even speak to each other. This writing faux pas also hindered what could have been a dynamite Lex/Lana relationship. Even when genuine Clark/Lana moments are attempted towards the end of the season, they lack any emotional punch, as that relationship has been used again and again.
-Another problem with this season (as with the previous two) is the character of Lois Lane. If there ever was any doubt that Lois is on the show for her sex appeal only, this season put those doubts to rest. Whereas Lois should be used to hint at her ultimate relationship with Clark, so is all too often just "eye candy".
-Finally, the writers/producers spend way too much time on the concept of Clark's negative impact on the world (what I like to call "Clark whining"). Multiple times this season Clark is seen lamenting the very fact that he was ever sent to Earth...not a "Superman-esque" attitude whatsoever. I appreciated that a young Clark may grapple with those issues, but it seemed to be a much over-used dramatic technique.

To conclude, the Sixth Season of Smallville did not measure up to its past. Though doing a decent job of advancing the Superman "mythology", this season emotionally bankrupted most of the show's important relationships, thus providing little to no "tearjerker" moments that had been such a part of earlier seasons.

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