"Smallville" Pilot (2001)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Directors:

David Nutter
Michael W. Watkins

Writers:

Joe Shuster (characters) &
Jerry Siegel (characters) ...

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

16 MÁJUS 2001 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Baby Clark (Kal-El) arrives on Earth. Teen Clark starts high school, saves Lex's life after a car accident, and finds out about his past and birth parents.

Plot Keywords:

Bullying | Crucifixion | Reference To Nietzsche | Beautiful Woman | Underwear

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Eric Johnson	...	Whitney Fordman
Sam Jones III	...	Pete Ross
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Nell Potter (as Sarah Jane Redmond)
Adrian Mcmorran	...	Jeremy Creek (as Adrian McMorran)
Jade Unterman	...	Young Lana Lang
Malkolm Alburquenque	...	Young Clark Kent
Matthew Munn	...	Young Lex Luthor
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Bill Ross

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Trivia:

Chloe hands Pete Ross a wad of cash. Most likely an in-joke from the Canadian production crew, if you look carefully, you can see a Canadian $5 bill sticking out of it.

Goofs:

Continuity: After the meteor shower, the bit of hair that Mr. Luthor finds in the cornfield changes in his hands from stretched straight to curled.

Quotes:

Jonathan Kent: Are you okay?
Clark Kent: Can I answer that in about five years?
Jonathan Kent: Yeah.
Clark Kent: Dad I'm glad you and mom are the ones that found me.
Jonathan Kent: We didn't find you, Clark, you found us.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Smallville: Eternal (#8.18)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Inside the Memories

A Great Start.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

The pilot episode of Smallville is a great start to the series and is indeed one of the best episodes of the first season. It beautifully sets up all of the characters and themes that are continually explored throughout the series.

The story is remarkably faithful to the source material whilst also putting its own spin on things with Lex Luthor being introduced at a much earlier stage of Clark Kent's life than in the comic books. This actually brings much more depth to characters that have been around for so many years, making them seem fresh, and rejuvenating the Superman mythology for a new generation.

As this is the pilot episode it is clear that Warner Brothers went all-out on the budget side of things in order to attract a keen fan base right from the start. It really shows, particularly in the scene where a meteor shower hits Smallville, and the action and special effects really sets the bar quite high for future episodes.

Very entertaining. 10/10