Image of Tom Welling as Clark Kent, doing the "shirt rip" to reveal the Superman suit. It's as close as we ever got to him actually being Superman, and after ten years and 218 episodes; IT'S A PISS POOR ANTICLIMACTIC!! Sure"fan entitlement" can be a bad thing, but when you've invested ten years with the promise of the most delicious steak you've ever eaten, and they plop down a bologna sandwich; you're perfectly justified in going "WTF was that?!"
Image of Tom Welling as Clark Kent in Smallville Season 10, wearing a red leather jacket embossed with the Superman S over a blue shirt and blue jeans. In hindsight, it and its immediate predecessor look are compromises. You've got an actor in his 30s, nominally playing a character ten years younger, and they can't keep him nebulously young forever. So let's say "this is a step on the journey". ... Yes, I have one of those jackets.
Image of Season 9 Clark Kent, played by Tom Welling, in a long black trench coat with black T-shirt, pants, and boots. The shirt has a white Superman S. These were his emo years...
I'm seeing the movie this afternoon, but this #SupermanWeek I've revisited a fair bit of media (and avoided others!) Smallville kinda inhabits this weird middle range. A small, very nerdy thread
