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"Smallville" Doomsday (2009)

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15 out of 21 people found the following review useful:

Too short with some quite disappointing elements but impressive visual effects, fascinating dark mythology and great character development

Author: igoatabase from France
15 May 2009

What a good way to end this season ! It wasn't perfect but overall I strongly recommend it to anyone.

The major problem was that a single episode was just not enough to properly tell all stories. Too many characters were involved and far too many things happened. So I wish Doomsday had been directed as a two parts episode. As a result many scenes were too short and ended too abruptly. An other issue was Doomsday's design because we saw more of it and I really don't like the creature's design. It almost looks like a cheap puppet. Moreover the previous episodes didn't succeed in making us believe in his strength so his fight against Clark wasn't that impressive, and its ending was even worst. However I have to admit that the visual effects were well done but I think they should better spend their money, across all episodes, instead of throwing it all in for the finale to blow us away. I'm not asking for a CG creature as well rendered as Venom in Spider-Man 3 but when I see what Impossible Pictures manages to achieve with Primeval, I think a CG Doomsday would have been better. Last but not least an other disappointment was the orb arc. I really like Tess but her scenes were just useless and I think the director should have used these precious minutes to cover the Doomsday arc deeper. As for the upcoming season elements I think using this finale episode as a beacon was disrespectful. It means they planned it all along and Smallville could have never ended with season 8. Moreover the cliffhanger is not interesting because I don't want the show to go backward.

As for the pros all performers did a great job and made scenes even more believable. I specially enjoyed Tom Welling's ones because the maturity and darkness of his character reminded me of films like The Dark Knight and Watchmen. It was also intriguing to see if he would achieve the Doomsday goal set in the previous episode. The other scenes I really liked were the ones involving Jimmy. His relationships with other characters, specially Chloe and Clark, were developed further and something very important happened to him. There were also great moments like the mythological dialog between Chloe and Davis under the stars, Jimmy's gift to Chloe… But in the end my favorite element was probably the relationship between Clark and Davis. In the previous episodes they were only presented as good and evil brothers but in this one Clark realized something very important about his own identity. I don't know if he's right or wrong to think that way but it'll be interesting to get some answers during the upcoming season.

5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

Nothing Super...

Author: Julio Saenz (jacktheraperx) from Mexico
15 May 2009

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My rage and complete lack of satisfaction for this season finale is beyond words...

But let's give it a try, shall we? Where did they went wrong? right here! only one episode to destroy an otherwise thrilling and exciting season, and yes, spoilers coming up! The entire season they sold us two things: Doomsday and Superman and we got neither! The entire season they planted the idea of a great battle between Clark and Doomsday, and when it finally came it lasted for what? 2 minutes!? yes, yes, 2 awesome minutes but we didn't even get to see Clark punching Doomsday. What's up with that!? this although not badly performed with the budget they have I feel like it could've lasted a little bit more.

I don't even want to start with the Jimmy Olsen story, I will just say if they didn't want this character in the series why put him in the first place and then give some lame excuse afterward... if you saw this episode, you'll know what I'm talking about.

And then what do they do? they shoe fit in the most uninteresting plot of the entire series... Zod. Didn't we had enough of it like 2 seasons ago? when the ratings of the series was at an all time low? Plus with this it feels like Clark is still miles away from transforming into Superman, something we all want to see.

And where the hell is Lois!?

To conclude, I'm not mad about this being a bad episode, I'm mad about this being a bad season finale, if this was previous to the finale then it would have been o.k. but to end it in such an anti-climatic fashion...

Can't wait for the next season of House M.D.

$0.02

3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:

Season Finale

Author: Philipkan from Greece
20 January 2011

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I actually liked the episode.

Sure, I agree. It could have used a little more fight between Clark and Doomsday. Then I realized that it wasn't the point of the episode. Every episode we see Clark against a "meteor freak". In my opinion, Doomsday wasn't the beast, but the man.

Davis Bloom was the one that was evil even after he was split from "Doomsday". This made Clark realize that he has to watch out for the humans as well. It was shown in the episode "Infamous" when the people started turning against him because of rumors.

All in all it was a good season because it showed the "darkness of man".

5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:

Maybe the worst episode ever

Author: yurithemaster from Netherlands
17 May 2009

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For the past few weeks I've have been anticipating this finale to bad it turned out to be one of the biggest anticlimaxes I have ever seen.

For weeks/months it was looking like we were going to get a big Clark VS Doomsday battle, so imagine my disappointment that the entire battle only took a mere 1 minute and 45 seconds.

Why did they kill Jimmy and made a lame excuse that he has a little brother who will be the 'real' jimmy.

How the hell did Zod escape from the phantom zone and why did they bring him back in the first place, stopping him twice wasn't enough?. It all makes the entire Doomsday story seems useless.

5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:

Smallville 'Doomsday' Review

Author: Elizabeth from Chicago
16 May 2009

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So this was the big Finale we've all been waiting for! This was the big fight between Doomsday and Clark Kent the ...according to Jimmy, SuperGuy!

Smallville used a fine twenty-one (21) installments to build up a dynamic relationship between Doomsday and Clark's unfulfilled destiny. Smallville also used these installments at best to develop Clark into a 'Superhero' image and to set Davis into his doomed path. Every minute spent on Smallville this season was well proficient, even though there were a few tweaks and minor adjustments needed, Smallville pulled it off, one of the reasons why this finale - didn't cut it!

****Problems I found with this Finale****

Tess, for believing that Lois had the capacity to break into her vault and escape without being detected.

The conversation between Lois and Clark on the phone was too long when compared to the fight between Clark and Doomsday and was probably even unnecessary.

The fight between Doomsday and Clark was a major let down! Everything happened in the blink of an eye, literally.

Doomsday took so many episodes to emerge and when he eventually did, his defeat only took a few seconds and was poorly executed.

Everything about Doomsday in this episode well ...really didn't cut it!

The scene between Chloe and Jimmy was too happily ever after and it was known before that it wasn't going to be all good.

The Chloe-Jimmy-Davis triangle was predictable.

****Things I liked in this Finale****

Allison Mack's acting was flawless. She has the ability to draw an audience in, even through a silly plot.

The conversation between Clark and Rokk, where they incorporated a change in future because Clark saved Chloe's live. It was mentioned in 'Legion' that Chloe wasn't in Rokk's time. It's good to know find that each action had its consequence.

The presence of a possible villain, Zod. His presence showed that Doomsday was used to divert our attention away from the real villain.

Learning about Jimmy's little brother.

Clark realizing his emotional connections are what keeps him from doing his job effectively and relinquishing all ties from everyone he knows.

Final Cut:

If this wasn't the Finale all would have been fine, but it was and it didn't give the explosion needed. I keep mentioning throughout this review, the Doomsday battle was a huge letdown, I even wondered whether or not I missed out on a few minutes of the show. One minute Doomsday is punching Clark in slow motion and the next second Clark zooms Doomsday up into an explosion. The explosion wasn't even screened!

The writers rushed this finale and the also rushed the relationship between Lois and The Red-Blue-Blur so much that I didn't even feel the connection between them. Erica Durance was way underused this season and her portrayal of Lois is beginning to lose its edge.

This doesn't mean that the next season is out for me. I just hope that Season 9 ties up Season 8's loose ends...

Elizabeth

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Two and a Half out of Five Stars

Grade D

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6 out of 10 people found the following review useful:

Smallville hits a new level… of disappointment.

Author: redk88
27 May 2009

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This is by far the biggest disappointment in Smallville history. Seriously, what the hell happened to the writers of the series? If you can't write a good story, at least write one that makes sense.

First of all, time-travelling is NEVER a good formula for a show. Once you make it possible to time-travel you lose every life-changing event/opportunity of a story. No matter what you do, no matter how bad the situation gets, no matter who dies, there will always be a possibility of changing the outcome. Don't you get it? There no sense of solidity anymore! There's a LOT of things wrong with this episode. Especially the fight between Clark and Doomsday. A whole season of foreshadowing and build-up and it leads to that? Hell, I think even the writers themselves would admit on how bad it is. But no matter what their excuses are, the writers should've known better than to make fools out of themselves, and to treat the fans and audience so disrespectfully. Why oh why most TV shows must always suck when they reach the end of their series. I guess when they thought they already have a strong fan base for their show, whatever they do afterwards don't matter. We all would just take whatever they have in store for us like dumb, mindless idiots! This episode is a joke, guys. A really bad one for that matter.

3 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

A Huge Letdown

Author: Veturbo
17 May 2009

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This 8th season began strong then very quickly bogged down to tedious, dull and rather silly episodes and situations. The only thing keeping my interest was the continuing "Doomsday" plot. I always felt that at the very least the season would end with - finally - a titanic battle between Clark and Davis that would emulate the Doomsday comic series.

Alas, it was not to be. A brief five minute conflict that was largely resolved off screen. C'mon! What a waste. The Doomsday character, what little we really got to see of him, looked rather cool for a moderately budgeted show. Why not use him to full extent and give the viewers the big showdown that seemed inevitable? I could rant on and on, but I won't. It was nice to see the irritating Jimmy finally bumped off, and I'm growing very weary of Chloe bawling in every episode. I seriously doubt this series can redeem itself with the damage done. It would take a monumental writing and production effort that I do not see forthcoming. I'll give 'em a chance with a dubious eye....

3 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

Building up to nothing

Author: moby1974 (moby1974@hotmail.com) from ENGLAND-carlisle
17 May 2009

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Total waste, yes I like the show and hearing about Doomsday been in the series got a smile on my face and like all we had to wait and wait with just small bits now and then of him in action......this was indeed building up to what I thought would be a hell of an ending to the series and yet what we got was nothing, yeah some other stuff happened but this so called unstoppable beast was put to rest faster than most of the other villains and I was shocked, yeah its a TV show and there is a budget but for an end to a series and the whole build up of "oh no Clark will be killed" well I am happy I just like the show and that I am not a huge fan because if I was I would be SO pi$$ed off.

15 out of 30 people found the following review useful:

lackluster all-over-the-place episode, makes one wonder how much lower the series can go

Author: sramv from Canada
16 May 2009

They've been dumbing down this show in so many ways for quite some time that it is not really surprising that this finale was so poorly done, and that good old Clark has regressed from having the emotional IQ of a teenager to that of a grade school child. Full of plot holes (time travel or no time travel) and poorly conceived, written, sequenced, edited and acted - it displays a real lack of empathy for its audience - if this show was a Prime Minister, the ruling party members would have their knives out, but it looks like horrible finale or no horrible finale, we're doomed to have a season nine. If I were Aaron Ashmore, I'm thinking I would not be too disappointed to be exiting about now. BTW, Jimmy Olsen has a kid brother named Jimmy Olsen who they now say is the 'real' Jimmy Olsen. oh that is a perfect example of the incredulity- and ire-inducing inanity that pervades this episode.

0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:

You've gotta be kidding me...

Author: Joe Schmo from United States
19 January 2013

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What an atrocious finale. The episode itself wasn't bad but the fact that it was the finale really pisses me off. This would probably be an 8 had it not been for the Doomsday 'fight'. They built up Davis Bloom/Doomsday so well the whole season, and right when you were expecting an epic fight in the streets of Metropolis, the fight is over and a new scene has already started. From the moment Clark first approaches Doomsday to the moment the fight is over is roughly 12 seconds. This was clearly rushed, which is a shame, because the rest of the season was so good.

As sad as Jimmy's death was, I wasn't all the moved by it at the time because my jaw was still wide open at the fact that the fight was over. And it was actually a very predictable death. Davis was passed out lying on the ground and Chloe and Jimmy were having there 'happily ever after moment'. I just had the feeling it wasn't going to end that easy. However it was nice to see jimmy use every last ounce of strength to save Chloe and kill Davis. As bad as the episode was, the ending was pretty damn cool. Clark is finally embracing his Kryptonian side and leaving all his loved ones behind. Also, we see at the very end that the orb allowed Zod to escape, the main the villain of the next season.

Overall, Season 8 was awesome but is slightly held back by this finale.

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