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Smallville DVD

You won't see this in stores in the United States but you CAN order it through Videoflicks.com. The DVD includes deleted scenes, a map of Smallville, and, oh yeah, what sounds like the Smallville pilot and "Metamorphosis." The DVD also includes commentary from executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and pilot director David Nutter. What are you waiting for? Order a copy!


Superman For All Seasons
Smallville explores the story of a young Clark Kent and his place in the world on television. In the comics, this was very well illustrated in Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's "Superman For All Seasons." This has been labeled a "must read" by many fans and also listed as the favorite Superman story of recent years by many. Check it out! Jeph Loeb will be writing and producing for Smallville's second season so this might be an indicator of what's to come for next year.

NEWS POSTED JULY 31, 2002

RUMOR: More Canada-Only Smallville DVDs On The Way?
While we have heard no official confirmation, it is very likely that Warner Home Video in Canada might be doing some more 2-episode Smallville DVDs following the success of the Canada-only release of the pilot and "Metamorphosis."

Fans in the U.S. (and of course, in Canada) can, however, order the original DVD through Videoflicks.com. We'll keep you updated when/if we hear of more details. Even at 2 episodes per DVD it would still be a great treat.

NEWS POSTED JULY 29, 2002

Michael Rosenbaum Interviewed In Show Business Weekly
Show Business Weekly was able to ask Michael Rosenbaum (Lex) several questions when he attended the Wizard World Convention in Chicago earlier this month.

In the interview, Michael talks about movies, his origins into acting, and of course, his typical day on the set of Smallville. To read the complete interview, click here. Keep in mind this feature may only be up this week so it might not work in the future.

NEWS POSTED JULY 28, 2002

KryptonSite Reaches 4 Million Hits; Mentioned In Australian TV Week
The July 27-August 2 edition of the Australian TV Week (featuring Ross and Rachel of Friends on the cover) included an article mentioning KryptonSite and even including a screen grab of this very page!

The article talks about the fan following online for the show, and such sites as the WB's official site and James Scott's Tom Welling: Superstar site. Of KryptonSite, they said "There you'll find heaps of Smallville news and a great community section with a chat room and a message board. There's also a detailed 'spoiler' section for those who can't wait to see what happens next!"

In other site news, KryptonSite has finally hit the 4 million hits mark! Thanks to everyone as always who have supported the site, and if you ever have an ideas on how to make it even better, please let us know. Also, if any fans down in Australia have that TV Week and could possibly share a copy, it would be appreciated! Now when oh when will Entertainment Weekly or Wizard notice us?

NEWS POSTED JULY 22, 2002

Amazon.com Offers 2003 Smallville Calendar
While we don't have any photos of the item, it seems that Amazon.com is now offering for sale a 2003 Smallville calendar. We're assuming it's got images from the show, so if anybody orders one (you can help support KryptonSite while you're at it), let us know what you think! It's listed as "usually ships in 3 to 5 weeks," so it may be in very limited quantities.

Welling, Kreuk, & Rosenbaum Go MAD
In response to a recent MAD Magazine featuring "Smellville" on its cover, Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, and Kristin Kreuk decided to have a little bit of fun and take a photo of themselves re-enacting the cover image.

You can see one of the two photos they sent to MAD on your right. For a look at the entire MAD blurb, including another photo featuring the three with the man who plays Clark's platitude-sharing father Jonathan Kent, a.k.a. John Schneider, click here.

Thanks to Lori (aka LexLuthorGirl) for sharing!

NEWS POSTED JULY 21, 2002

2002 KryptonSite Awards: And The Winners Are...
Here at KryptonSite we set up the 2002 KryptonSite Awards is honor and recognize the cast and crew of Smallville for jobs well done.

Fans were able to vote for the past two months, and the wait is finally over. The most-voted-for subject was of course Best Actor (2,159 participated), and the least-voted-for subject was Best Director (754). So why not take a look at the folks and episodes who won this year's Awards. Thanks again to everyone who participated!

Best Actor: Michael Rosenbaum

What more can we say? The fans love their "Sexy Lexy," and it appears that Michael Rosenbaum's portayal of the character is worthy of recognition.

Of the eight actors from Smallville, and despite very strong showings for many of his cast mates, Michael went home with 43% of the vote. We don't know yet if those are just Inquisitor readers that Lex bought off. Kidding, Michael! Congratulations on the win!

Best Guest Star: John Glover

Among fans, he's the Magnificent something or other. But no one can deny that John Glover can make even the worst Smallville episodes worthwhile.

Let's hope he survives the falling pillar so we can have more Lionel next season. Glover walks away with 1,092 votes, or 55%.

One might argue that Glover is practically a regular on the series, so for those of you who were wondering who came in at #2, it was Shawn Ashmore (Eric from "Leech"), who had 17%.

Best Episode: "Nicodemus"

This one won by only ten votes, proving that fans of Kristin Kreuk's body double beat out the fans of an episode with a tornado.

Of course, the excellent writing of the episode, and great performances by the cast regulars and the guests may have also had something to do with it. And hey, any episode where Jonathan Kent listens to the theme song to The Dukes of Hazzard is okay around these parts.

The story from "Nicodemus" is credited to Greg Walker, the teleplay was by Michael Green. James Marshall directed the episode.

Best Writers: Al Gough & Miles Millar

The creators of Smallville and writers of such episodes as the pilot, "Metamorphosis," and "Tempest," Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, landed at the #1 spot with over 51% of the vote. It should come as no surprise that this dynamic duo will be back next season.

Congratulations are also in order for second-place winner Mark Verheiden ("Rogue," "X-Ray"), who received 21% of the vote.

Best Director: Greg Beeman

Greg Beeman ("Hothead," "Tempest") was picked as Best Director for the 2001-2002 season of Smallville -- most likely because the episodes showed his incredible talent at working episodes around special effects. Whether it's fiery scenes in "Hothead" or tornados in "Tempest," Beeman came through and made sure it all looked great.

Beeman had 27% of the vote, beating out James Marshall ("Nicodemus," "Crush") by only 8 votes!

The Lewis And Laura Lang Award For Best Death Scene: Lewis & Laura Lang

Who else could die and still have their daughter talking about them fifteen years later on such a constant basis that we just want to strangle her?

Fans (32% of them) thought Lewis and Laura Lang had the best demise on Smallville. Or, maybe they just voted them in with hopes that Lana will finally get over it.

Grossest Scene: Jodi And The Deer

When Bambi's mother died you wanted to cry. When Jodi eats the deer, you just want to hurl.

We'll spare you a screen capture of this scene from "Craving."

This one was another close race -- "Bugboy molting" came at a very close (only 5 votes!) second place.

Worst Episode: "Craving"

Apparently the "fat sucking vampire" thing didn't go over well with fans.

Even though "Craving" had some great moments (such as the introduction of Joe Morton as Dr. Hamilton), the meteor diet episode just wasn't happening. 496 voters, or 33%, all seemed to agree.

Best Special Effect: "Bullet Time"

The Matrix-style slow motion effect seen in many episodes like "Hourglass" and "Zero" seemed to get the best response from fans, even beating out the meteor shower!

"Bullet Time" ended up with 35% of the vote. Congratulations to the special effects crew of Smallville for a job well done.

Best Song: "Save Me" by Remy Zero

Not only was this song performed in the episode "Tempest," but Remy Zero's "Save Me" is also featured at the start of every episode of Smallville during the opening credits.

"Save Me" got 26% of the vote, beating Lifehouse's "Everything" by 38 votes.

You can order Remy Zero's CD by clicking here.

Best Line: Lex Luthor in "Leech"

Boo-- err, Victoria Hardwick's luck has run out. She tried to con Lex Luthor, but of course, it turned out that he instead ended up conning her, in a scene that brought out this line:

"You call sleeping with me business? Tsk. I hate to think what that makes you."

40% of voters picked this one, proving that it's either true that Lex gets the best lines, or people really just wanted to hear someone say something like that to the brainless Victoria. After that, Kelly Brook and her bad-Austin Powers-accent father were never seen again.

Best Superman Reference: "Stuff of Legends"

In the episode "Hug," written by Doris Egan, Lex Luthor says the following line about his future with Clark:

"Our friendship will be the stuff of legends."

Well, it'll at least be the subject of comics, movies, and slash fanfiction, as it has been for over sixty years (except for the slash part). Either way, this one took a whopping 44% of the vote.

The Whitney Fordman Award For Best Auto Mishap: Lex And Clark On The Bridge

Poor Whitney. He gets booted off the show, his car crashes every other episode, and he still doesn't even win the award that's named after him.

Rather, 40% of the fans thought Lex driving into Clark and off the bridge in the Smallville pilot got the top spot. Who's going to argue with that? Sorry, bro.

Most Underrated Character: Pete Ross

The poor guy is supposed to be Clark Kent's best friend, but you'd never know from watching the show. Clark is always much more interested in fawning over Lana or hanging out with Lex.

But we, of course, know that Pete Ross is, can be, and will so much more. Sam Jones III does a great job playing the character, and we hear the second season will bring big, good things for Pete. 46% of those who voted can't be wrong.

For a list of KSite Awards nominees, click here.

NEWS POSTED JULY 18, 2002

Smallville Gets Two Emmy Nominations
This year's Emmy Award nominees have been announced, and while sadly Smallville didn't have nominations in acting, writing, or directing categories, the show did get two nominations -- one for special effects, one for sound.

Smallville's pilot was nominated for Sound Edting for a Series. Also nominated in that cetegory were episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Enterprise, ER, and Third Watch.

The Pilot was also nominated for Special Visual Effects for a Series, up against two episodes of Enterprise and two episodes of Stargate: SG-1.

Best of luck to Smallville's sound and visual people. The Emmys should be broadcast in September, and the winners of these categories will be announced around that time.

And if you think it's all a crock, well, there's still the KryptonSite Awards (keep reading this very page for more!)

NEWS POSTED JULY 17, 2002

Allison Mack Talks Smallville
Several reporters managed to catch up with Allison Mack (Chloe) at the WB's TCA Press Tour Party on Saturday night (including us here at KryptonSite, who promptly accidentally deleted over the recording! :-( )

Among the folks who caught up with her were the Los Angeles WB station KTLA (a screen cap can be seen to your right, courtesy of the excellent Allison/Chloe resource Girl Friday). Scifi.com also managed to talk to Allison, and she offered some insight to her character and where she'd like to see Chloe go.

"I want to see them go to Metropolis," Allison said. "That's where Chloe's from, and that's Chloe's hometown, and that's ... her natural ... habitat. ... I have suggested it to them several times, so hopefully, we'll see if they listen to me." To read the rest of what Allison had to say to Scifi, click here.

Thanks to everyone who passed this news along, and to LJC at Girl Friday for the screencap.