DVD : Smallville - The Complete Sixth Season [Blu-ray]

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Rating:

- All "suped" up with nowhere to go
Another year of Smallville finds Clark still stuck on the farm.

In the start of season six we find a grown up Clark determined to pursue Jor-El's teachings within the Fortress of Solitude. With Johnathan Kent's passing and Martha Kent's run as state senator, it leaves Clark little reason to stay in Smallville. But if Clark were to leave Smallville, what's to keep the show going? More importantly, what would become of the rest of the cast? Well never fear, for the writers come up with a rather half-baked idea of rogue phantoms escaping from the Phantom Zone giving Clark yet another reason to stay in Smallville.

Now it'll sound as if I'm totally bashing the sixth season. Rest assured that that's the furthest thing from my mind. The season was well acted, well paced, and overall well played. It's just that this season saw Clark taking a backseat.

Since we know Clark won't move on until the phantom business is over with, we're instead treated to the debacle that is Lex and Lana's marriage. In between their slew of lies and deceit, we find Lana (surprise surprise) still has strong feelings for Clark. We also learn that Chloe might just be a contestant for the "wall of weird" (why it took six seasons to reveal this possibility I'll never know). Lois finally starts working for the Daily Planet. And in between all this, Clark fights some phantoms.

To help spice up the rather dullness that is Clark's life in this season, the last phantom just so happens to be a fan favorite from the Superman mythos. But much like the Clark/Zod confrontation, the villain will probably meet their demise all too quickly at the start of the seventh season.

Despite the rants, this season was entertaining. And being able to view the show in high-def is even more of a thrill. The seventh season just needs to shift that spotlight back on Clark.

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