Black Is The New Blue & Red
Wed, September 16, 2009 
The fans of Smallville have been begging for it, they've been anticipating it, and finally their unquenchable thirst will be quenched when season 9 of Smallville airs on the CW. Tom Welling will finally become Superman, well, not really. In fact, not Superman at all. More like a teenager who couldn't decide between the Neo or Superman costume for his Halloween dance, so he just went as both.
To me this is a disgrace to the fanbase, an insult if you will. Some fans have accepted it, believing that this is part of the progression to finally becoming the Man of Steel. So let me get this straight, it has taken 9 seasons for Clark Kent to figure out how to spray an iridescent \S/ on a black t-shirt? For some reason, I'm just not buying that. It's like paying for a night with Lois and getting Perry instead.
Could it be possible that they just can't use the classic suit? Executives have flat out said that they couldn't use the suit because of a possible conflict with a big screen version of Superman. That might be thrown out the window considering WB/DC doesn't have any immediate plans for Superman flying at your local multiplex. There are also legal issues. The short lived "Birds of Prey" television series wasn't allowed to use Batman, his likeness, or his suit. Legal documents stemming from the Superman lawsuit rulings point to the Smallville television agreement featuring the same type of language.
Love it or hate it, Smallville is about to experience a "black out".
Reader Comments (2)
My question is: will they stop calling him the red-blue blur and switch to the black blur?
I just don't know how the show could possibly end satisfactorily (which almost goes without saying at this point) without him putting on the suit for the final scene. That's how I always saw it in my mind. Of course I saw it ending by season 6 or 7 and Lex being there till the end.
I just stopped mid way through season 7. I couldn't sit through it anymore.