SMALLVILLE {1st. Season} (DVD Review) - 30/1/08

After all the apple pie moments and the sheer wholesomeness of "Mom & Pop" and the values of White Christian Middle-Class America I really hope this series improves? Trying not to spew as I waded through this first series of 21 episodes spread across 6 discs we can only hope? It's obviously not a piss-take but it is ever so fluffy & light with some odd dark edges to it more in the background than in the forefront. Hopefully it will pan out and get a stronger tone & feel to the storylines?

The sixth disc in the set has the final episode with obligatory cliff-hanger ending (Yawn!) on it but also a slew of Special Features which really bring this first series to life.

Taking a view of the young Superman's life before he becomes Superman; Clark Kent is involved in the usual raft of teenage angst and prom dates, with a handful of special abilities he has to hide from his friends and the world. After a meteorite shower hits the town of Smallville with Kryptonite the Kent family adopt a lost young boy. In the ensuing adventures Kryptonite has adverse effects on people in a variety of strange (...and mostly dangerous) ways more likely towards evil but occasionally towards good.