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An awe-inspiring mixture of action, adventure, thrills, romance
and teen drama, “Smallville” – for those that
haven’t seen it – tells the story of young Clark
Kent (Tom Welling), in his days before trying on the red and
Blue tights.
This is long before he met Lois, years before he got the
job at The Daily Planet and having Richard Pryor play computer
tricks with a bank isn’t even a meagre contemplation
at this point.
In Season 2 of the effervescent series, Clark and unremitting
love interest Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) have just survived
the terrible tornado that rocked their small Kansas town.
He’s still ogling over her, but he’s got bigger
fish to fry – for example the ‘villain of the week’
– and some discoveries to make about his background and
why all of a sudden he’s inherited heat vision.
On par with the first season – though understandably,
not as fresh – “Smallville : Season 2” is still
a lot of fun. It might get a bit cyclic if you watch it all
in one sitting, but an episode now and there, and it plays
all the more deliciously.
Transfer-wise, this one looks great. Not only is the Dolby
2.0 surprisingly okay, but it’s in Widescreen, which
does it all the more justice. Should pretty much ‘Fly’
off the shelves.
DVD Extras
We get about the same here as the first season. There are
two episodes with commentaries (“Red” and “Rosetta”),
and both are quite insightful. There’s also a few featurettes
(one on guest-star Christopher Reeve, sfx et al), a feature
called ‘The Chloe Chronicles’ in which Allison Mack’s
character takes us through a video investigation of all the
bizarre things that have happened in their town, a deleted
scene, blooper reel and some DVD-ROM content.
Conclusion: Movie 75% Extras 70%
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