Smallville back for 8th season, without Lex or Lana
I’m a big Smallville fan. However, I will freely admit the last few seasons haven’t been as awesome as previous ones. This season in particular has lacked something, I’m not sure what exactly, but I do know the introduction of Kara Kent as the eventual Supergirl has sort of sucked. The actors on Smallville aren’t spectacular aside from Michael Rosenbaum, Tom Welling and John Glover who plays Lionel Luthor.
I also think the show was great last year with the introduction of Green Arrow and his buddies, including the Flash, but they’ve gone away from that this year and the fact that a lot of it has been focused on Lana Lang has been a detriment. I’ve been a major proponent of her being killed off immediately because she’s gone way past the point of annoying. I think the character’s development over the years is just awful, going from upstanding, good girl, to outright evil genius at times…it was just unrealistic.
And now that I’ve said that, maybe there is good news for me coming up shortly. It’s been reported that Rosenbaum, who plays Lex, will not return next year, but now I’m hearing that Kristin Kreuk will also be absent in season eight. They supposedly are open to guest appearances, but they will no longer be regular cast members.
I’ve heard some rumors of a big event happening in the final five episodes this season, which returns on March 13th, so perhaps that will have some bearing on the Lex and Lana situation.
The real curiosity with this news is how the series will go on without Lex Luthor. I think getting rid of Lana will be fine, because we all know that Clark eventually falls in love with Lois Lane, who has been on the show for a few seasons now. Granted, the chemistry between the two doesn’t seem great to me, but maybe that can change.
I’m hoping these last few episodes in season 7 will be redeem the year for me, and the preview playing right now on the official Smallville site shows some pretty interesting things.
Pete is back? That would be awesome!
Smallville is still the CW’s top rated show with a 3.86 rating, only a tiny drop from last year’s 3.98, so it’s no wonder they want to keep it going.
But for me…I think it’s getting close to the time it needs to end, or they need to move it out of the town of Smallville forever. I’m ready for him to finally learn to fly and become the hero he’s supposed to. Enough with saving your friends, your destiny awaits you out in the world.
So what do you guys think? What will season 8 be like without Lana and Lex?
I know one of you out there might even have more inside info on all this, so do speak up! *grin*
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