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Author Topic: [Smallville] Love the outfits, hate the soap  (Read 268 times)

Ian Absentia

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[Smallville] Love the outfits, hate the soap
« on: January 16, 2009, 01:43:46 PM »
Last night I was watching one of the few episodes of Smallville I've ever seen.  Frankly, I don't much enjoy the show -- all of that post-teen, posturing, soap-opera-ish horseshit bores me to tears and irritates my bowels.  However, I really like the sensibilities of the costumes.  The general themes of the characters' classic costumes are all there, but cast in terms of sensible, contemporary clothing.  Superman wear jeans, a bright blue t-shirt, and a bright red windbreaker; Aquaman wears an orange rashguard over green swim trunks; the Flash wears a bright red t-shirt with a simple lightning bolt on it; the Green Arrow wears a green jacket.  Recognisable and cool.  Last night's episode featured the original three of the Legion of Superheroes.  Cosmic Boy had a black jacket with four round metal disks around the collar, Lightning Lad had a blue jacket with two small lightning bolts on the collar, and Saturn Girl wore a red jacket over a white t-shirt with a Saturn-shaped appliqué.

This reminds me of Matt Wagner's Mage comic, where legendary heroes all wore simple, contemporary clothes that featured some iconic symbol of the ancient hero they represented.  I have to wonder if the producers of Smallville had this in mind when designing the costumes.

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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 02:00:45 PM »
I, for one, had no idea Aquaman or any of the others had ever appeared in Smallville. Then again I've seen at most four or five complete episodes.
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 02:52:27 PM »
I got lucky and found out about these things ahead of time, otherwise I'd never watch the show.  Last night's ep with the LSH was a simple stroke of luck.

Generally, I think the show sucks.  Love the outfits, though.

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