Product Details

• Actors: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk
• Format: NTSC, Color, Anamorphic, Widescreen, Import
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video Canada
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000067D8W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,907 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Smallville" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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33 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SOMEBODY SAVE ME!!!! Smallville on DVD!!!, May 16, 2002

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Rita Wiltsey "Jeremy Wiltsey" (Walker, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smallville (DVD)

You can only get this dvd here because its an exclusive to Canada release! You won't find it in the U.S.! This Dvd is Awesome! It features the 2 hour pilot episode and the Metamorphsis episode. Its in dolby digital 5.0 and has interacitve menus with commentary. Also features a cool Map of Smallville. The front cover of the Dvd has a shirtless Clark Kent tied up in a field with an S painted on his chest and a kryptonite necklace on! Hope this review helps!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Before the fight for truth, justice, and the American way..., May 30, 2002

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Simon (Brampton, ON) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smallville (DVD)

WB's new top-rated show, Smallville, has finally hit DVD! For those who are a bit fuzzy on the details, the show revolves around the teenage years of Clark Kent, whose destiny eventually leads him to become Superman. I'm not completely sure of the specs of the disc, but appearantly it includes the Pilot episode and the second episode (Metamorphisis), a deleted scene from the Pilot episode, an audio commentary by the producers, and an interactive map of Smallville.

Admittedly, these two early episodes don't represent the best of what Smallville has to offer. Critics who think of the show as a Buffy/Dawson's Creek clone will have plenty to pick on here: we get a homecoming dance, teen angst over the girl next door (Lana Lang, played by an amazingly beautiful Kristen Kreuk)a 'freak of the week' who can control electricity (and later another one in the 'bugboy' vein), actors way too old to be in high school, and a typical 'Buffy-esque' plot: Boy likes girl. Girl has jealous jock boyfriend. Jealous jock boyfriend strings up boy in cornfield with kryptonite draped around his neck. And yes, the ending is overly sentimental and melodramatic, but like all hollywood teen flicks, it'll still manage to break your heart.

However, the show still offers plenty of good stuff, for both newcomers and devoted Superman fans. The interaction between the characters are dead on, as is casting. The guy from the Dukes of Hazzard and Lana Lang from 'Superman III' (sorry, I can't spell their names) are perfect as Clark's parents. Tom Welling, Clark Kent, besides being a great actor, resembles previous Supermen Dean Cain and Christopher Reeve, and carries on the torch well. You'll forget about how old Welling really is five minutes into the story. Perhaps the show's riskest gamble, introducing a young Lex Luthor as Clark's big-brother/mentor, is it's biggest payoff. Michael Rosenbaum steals the show as Lex Luthor, and the show does a great job playing on the irony of his friendship with Clark.

There are also several Superman references for fans, as is the norm with each episode. Be on the lookout for Clark in a symbolic red Superman cape, and the familiar 'S' shield in the most unlikely of situations.

I highly recommend this disc. While the episodes are somewhat weak, the quality of the show has increased with almost every episode, and there's still enough goodies in here to warrant a look. Heres to hoping Smallville will be a very successful series.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is easily my favourite TV show!, May 30, 2002

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"starscroll" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smallville (DVD)

This disc containing the first 2 episodes of the series have been combined to play as a movie length episode which follows how it was played on television as a repeat. The advantages of watching this exclusive Canadian import - where the series is filmed - are the extra features and the pleasure of being able to watch it over and over without degradation. I'm interested in hearing the audio commentaries and would really like to see some outtakes or deleted scenes on the disc.

The fact that this DVD has come out so soon after the show first aired is something in itself, since the first season has only just finished airing on TV.

The cool thing about the show are the great special effects which are in ample supply in about every episode and the very likeable young cast. The first of which I had seen of 2 of it's cast members - Tom Welling (Clark Kent) and Kristen Kreuk (Lana Lang). Michael Rosenbaum is also great as Lex Luthor. The Theme song "Save Me" by Remy Zero is also a great choice for such a show as Clark ends up saving at least 1 person in each episode.

After watching this movie it will be easy to get hooked to the show. One stand-out scene in particular involves the meteor shower at the start. All-in-all I think the mix of drama, humour, special effects and the great looking cast all combine to make this show one that will appeal to all age groups.

I'll be looking forward to when they have the whole series on DVD as I'll be one of the first people to buy it...