I actually have no problem with the show still being called Smallville. The show is an origin story so the title isnt just about the location but the theme as well. It still fits.

The whole show is a mess. Trying to do a comic book tie-in all the time when there are major non-comic-book characters is asking for two kinds of fans to like it: me and slashymovereviews, versus y'all geeks. Pick one, people, because otherwise you are losing both.

Could we bring back Lana one more time and then spend an hour killing her gruesomely? That's the only ep I'd tune in for.

I agree with all the points, because they need to move the show forward, instead of letting it stagnate.

Mis-quoting the wrong superhero universe here, but seriously, "This show needs an enema."

There's a really great spinoff dying to be born out of SMALLVILLE featuring the Justice league. I say they use next season (which will hopefully be it's last) to set that up.

Oh dear lord. They're bring it BACK?! Just let it die already it's awful. Nothing to save it....well unless they kill Lois and have Chloe take her name..then I might forgive...maybe

I stopped watching last season but gave it another try this season and its been really good and at times great.

I agree that the Lana and fake Lex stuff was terrible but most of this season has been strong. The Legion episode was fantastic and there doing a decent job with Doomsday, I'm glad its coming back for another season.

I was hoping for a costume change a while back in the vain of Kon el. But with his relationship with Oliver I don't see it as a stretch for Queen Industries to develop a suit that has some sort of lead skin so he can fight crime unhindered. But that might be asking a bit much I guess.
Oh and bring in the Green Lantern Corp and the choosing of the first GL for earth. That could lead to a good story arc.

dear god is right,why oh why must they keep this crappy show on the air.SV became a hit because it was something different and thats the only reason i start watching it.now it's becoming something that my parents/greandparents once went WOW over... NO THANKS

I haven't watch this show in years. It still on? Wow.

My thoughts exactly.

RE: Chloe becoming Lois.

There's another reason this needs to happen: Lois is one spectacularly bad writer. I freeze-framed the front-page story she wrote in this week's ep, and dear holy lord ... it is worse than bad. It has exclamation points, for Chrissakes (Cub reporter Clark Kent ... is actually an alien from the planet Krypton!"). I could go on, but I frankly figured the OMG and triple question marks and LOLZ must have just been off-screen, because that's the level of writing we're talking about here.

Please, Chloe, when you take over her body, either stay or leave behind your writing skills.

Which, come to think of it ... can they do a body-switching thing with Chloe and the writers for the show, too?

I think the show's biggest conceptual hurdle at this stage is getting Clark into Superman's costume without falling back on D.C. Comics' conventional mass myopia that makes everyone in the Metropolis universe unable to see that Reporter Kent and the Man Of Steel share the exact same face (minus the glasses).

My non-canonical work-around for this problem would be to have the Fortress provide Clark with a final gift, something that I would characterize as the traditional soldier's uniform of the Kryptonian military forces. This uniform, being from Krypton (or at least being manufactured by the fortress from Kryptonian matter from the original crystal that came from Krypton), shares the same indestructibility under a yellow sun as Clark himself. The uniform would just happen to look like Superman's traditional costume (the mythos behind these Krypto soldier outfits would explain that a soldier's "house symbol" would traditionally be worn as a large crest on the front of the uniform, hence the "S" for Clark's House of El ancestry).

Moreover, this costume would have a sophisticated camoflague system that could be used to give Superman a different "public face" when wearing the uniform. That way people who know Clark could speak directly with Superman and not see any resemblence. From an optical standpoint, the change in Welling's appearance could be done with makeup (and he should probably use a different, more authoritative vocal inflection pattern while in costume).

Yes, this idea may seem heretical to comic-book traditionalists, but the notion of having Smallville's characters (outside of the Clark Kent big secret club) remain oblivious to the resemblance between Clark Kent and Superman because of a costume change, dropped forelock and removal of eyeware is farcical.

For what it's worth...

Nice try, but by totally wasting John Glover, Michael Rosenbaum, Anita O'Toole, et al, they've already "fixed" this show ... in the same way my vet "fixed" my cat.

Im pretty tired of chloe before she was the friend secretly crushing on clark trying to find meteor freaks then she found out he was a meteor freak then she became one then she thought she was invincible and etc really i hope they kill chloe this season shes kinda boring me now she cant turn into anything else

I've enjoyed the show for 7.5 seasons, thanks to a boyhood obsession with the character. For all of SV's flaws, it still represents Superman as an individual of muscle and heart. That's a hero in my book. And I'm cheering for the writers to move the stories in the "right" directions...
First, and most important, they've got to get glasses on Clark and tights on his alterego. That's a tough one because the show has created a universe in which outlandish costumes don't fit and too many people already know Clark without specs. Fixing those premises might take a paradigm shift as large as the Go-Back-In-Time ring that Clark destroyed a few episodes ago. [Maybe not the best idea, but it does preclude the writers using a cheap trick more than once.]
Second, they've got to get rid of Chloe. A shame. I do like the character, but she's in the way of the Clark-Lois relationship and she's unnecessarily encumbering the Jimmy Olsen character, too. I vote for a merciful, i.e. still alive, still smiling, goodbye from the storylines. And a Thank You to Allison Mack who's done so well all these years.
Third, get Lois back in the show. She's been hovering around the edge, batting her eyes at "Smallville" and, well, there's so much more she could be doing. The romance should only develop slowly while the crew - Olsen, Lane & Kent/Superman - battle the more than adequate villians the show has developed.
Fourth, Get Clark in the air!! Enough with the Running-Real-Fast stuff. It's a wonder he hasn't trampled someone!
Good things: I like the way the show takes itself seriously enough to keep from becoming the camp comedy of Lois & Clark or the Chris Reeve franchise. [Or worse, the George Reeves show of the 50's.] The comics were serious and worked; I'm surprised the writers of old didn't have similar faith in their material.
Michael Rosenbaum deserves a lot of credit for developing the best Lex Luthor I've seen. The writers deserve plenty, too. What a great angle, making Clark & Lex boyhood friends. I was sorry to see Michael leave the show, but it's true, Lex isn't the only villain in the Smallville universe & an occasional return is more than sufficient at this point. Lex the Bad Guy is fully established [unlike Clark the Good Guy] and we'll know what to expect when he does return. [Nobody really thinks he's dead, do they?]
More: I like the way Doomsday has been introduced, though the apocalypse his appearance wrought in the comics might be a bit much for a Superman not yet in uniform.
And Tom Welling does a more than servicable job as Clark. At this point, he's worn the personage longer that George, certainly more than Chris. It still looks good on him.
I wish this show the best for as long as they can keep from Jumping the Shark. [No, I don't think they have yet.] I'll watch Season 9. And I hope my vote helps move them in the above directions.