I believe that Rosenbaum was, and always will be perhaps the best Lex Luthor on any movie/TV show

Michael Rosenbaum and John Glover were hands down the best parts of the show. Both fantastic actors and their scenes together were always standouts.

Smallville established the superspeed depiction of "you move so fast everything becomes slow". To save on budget, they had everybody stay still while making Clark normal speed, creating the illusion of superspeed. The idea would later go on to be used for Quicksilver, Flash, etc. But the idea was first developed and executed here in Smallville. You can love or hate Smallville. But the fact is that Smallville pioneered a lot of superhero ideas that are beloved today.

Not entirely sure if it was the _Smallville_ pilot or not, but I remember a line I really liked from a young Clark Kent, when asked what sort of career he was considering. He wasn't sure, but clarified, "As long as it doesn't involve me wearing a suit or doing a lot of flying..."

I LOVED Smallville. Great show

Seriously tho this show still holds up even in 2023

Fun fact: both Tom and Michael have stated that it was Clark's fault that Lex turned to evil. By hiding his powers from Lex (while revealing them to seemingly EVERYONE ELSE in Smallville), Clark set in motion everything that eventually led to Lex's downturn. In the beginning Lex genuinely wanted to be friends with Clark and would have been his biggest cheerleader and support while Clark was learning to control his powers, but by hiding them, Lex became obsessed with discovering the truth of everything around Clark.

The theme song will forever be ICONIC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Somebody saaaaaaave me❤

I remember how mad I was that Justin Hartley never got an Spin-off and CW didn´t cast him as Green Arrow. For me Hartleys GA still is my favourite Live Action Version.

Getting the original actors back to voice for a new animated series sounds like a great idea as all of the actors are already grounded in their characters and can play-off each other, even though it is animated and voice acting. I wish them success!

Best depiction of lex luthor. I would love to see Micheal Rosanbaum play this character in anything.

Grew up watching this show, some grade A nostalgia right there...absolutely loved it

Shout out to Michael and Tom's podcast Talkville.They watch and review every episode and even bring on other cast members to tell stories.

In the beginning, it was Clark and Lana. Tom and Kristin's phenomenal chemistry gave life to the show. That prom episode with mostly Lifehouse songs in the background was just perfect. Then the evolution of the characters of Clark and Lex. The show did suffer a bit transitioning from Lana to Lois but we have to give credit to Erika as well. She did well in the last 3 seasons and made her claim as the lead female of the show.

The intro was a classic

My favorite tv show of all time

This will forever be among my favorite tv shows. I absolutely love this take on the Superman mythos and Welling's portrayal of the man of steel.

This was my favorite show during the 2000s

This show was the start of a new superhero era in TV-format. I'll still to this day remember the themesong to be a real banger aswell!

When this show was first announced I thought it would be a train wreck (what's interesting about young Clark growing up in boring small town Kansas?). But I gave it a chance anyway and I'm glad I did. Such an underrated show that deserves more love.

My favorite show early 2000s. Even went to Vancouver to check out Lexcorp. And my bro ran into Kristen Kreuk and a coffee shop. Loved Smallville.

This was a pretty good show back then

I personally think Tom is the second best live action version of Clark with Christopher Reeves being the greatest

Smallville was one of the best portrayal of Superman coming of age

There will always be people who can't grasp the concept that costumed characters don't equal campy storytelling. How the costumes are depicted and how well the story and characters are written are more important than what clothing is worn. There is a similar group who refuse to watch animated movies and series, for very similar reasons. They seem unable to grasp the concept that the worth of the story is in the story...not its trappings.

And the fans get to re-live all the details on Michael Rosenbaums podcast “Talkville” the actors on this show are the best! I can’t believe how much of their life they dedicated to this series and how much happiness they still bring to their fans. Smallville is the best

Ever since I first saw Smallville 17 years ago I felt Tom Welling gave a strong young Christopher Reeves/Superman look Not that he looked like young Christopher Reeves but because Christopher Reeves is what I think of when I think of a live action Superman, I could believe that Tom Welling was what a potential young Superman could look like.

As an adult watching this show, I really enjoyed it very much! ❤😊 I miss it.

love the smallville plot twist of how underrated character chloe sullivan/alison mack turned out to be the real life lex luthor level super villain with her nxivm cult that roped in kristin kreuk and other cast members and really put her brand on the genre❤‍🔥

Clark & Lana is the relstionship we all dreamed to have in high school and our early 20's. but Blark & Lois is the relationship we all yearn to have for our adult lives lol especially their cameo on Crisis, seeing them in their 40's, it was very awesome, not everyone has that same luck

Best Superman of alllllll time. No one can tell me otherwise. Period.

Great show🎉

Loved this show when i was younger it was great

Somebody saaaaavvvve meeee!!! 🎶

The cast was stacked asf, best Lex & Lionel Luthor, best Clark Kent, best Kent Ma & Pa

Best series

That was great Now I need to know about this animated show

favorite show of all time lovee the podcast!

Loved this show

Yes, it was a good time when Smallville aired. After September 11 people needed hope and this show embodied that. It was really the first four seasons as it became less about Smaville after that, but many of those early episodes were great.

This was an amazing show

Best Superman Show/Movie of all time!!!!!! And the respect they paid to Christopher Reeves... So good!!! Tom Welling 💯💯💯 Michael Rosenbaum💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Smallville was just great... a bit dragged out but great.

It was my favorite show. I watched every episode.

I'm finishing the Smallville series.... I didn't expect Superboy to be manipulated by women who criticize him and he apologizes (mainly Chloe and Lois)...the great unknown heroine in this series was SUPERCHLOE (I'm not a big reader of comics , but this heroine I did not know).

I will Kickstart that animated series!

Smallville is my favorite of all time,the best ever show💚💚💙🧡💛

I always remember having a huge crush on Supergirl in this

SOMEBAEDDYYY SAAAAAAAAAAAVE MEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I don't think any other superhero show will go 10 seasons like this

I watch this till s5 i love every bit of it. Just dont have enough time to watch all of them

I heard Tom Welling would have been the first TV actor to go from playing “Superman” on the small screen to the movies that they were considering Tom Welling playing Superman on the big screen but cause he never wanted to wear the tights it stopped that direction, at that time he was perfect ! Was tall had the Superman look and body build and can act when given the right script Tom Welling as Superman on the big screen would have been great to see and a Moment in history in TV and film for the superhero genre

This show was great and the music was spot on

I would totally watch the animated show. This was and still is one of my all time favorite shows. Ironically was watching smallville and misplaced my remote and watched the first episode of Supernatural my other top favorite show. One thing missed was Jensen was actually originally going to be Clark till they found Tom. I love how he still got a role AND that Jensen got Tom to be in his prequel show. Just shows how tight the cast is with each other.

They couldn't have been more wrong about the suit but it's funny that other characters got their rights and "flights"....very grounded lol

Laura vandervoort was so pretty... 😍😍😍😍

I would love to see a Smallville cartoon! DO IT!

great show but, with the contractual limitations set on it the later seasons became more entertaining for what was changed/wrong on the show

Looper: "Untold" truth of Smallville All the Smallville fans: 😑😑

Smallville will always have a special spot to me. I still remember waiting for Smallville to be aired on the TV every week with my siblings.

I was only 3 when smallville first came out and I Superman was my favorite superhero and with my parents watching the show with me I saw the show in it’s entirety, I do remember when the Superman return movie came out and it wasn’t Tom I wasn’t happy as a kid. It would of been nice to see Tom on the big screen as Superman even if it was only once

i hope they gonna make smallville animated series soon because i was rewatching this show because tom's birthday is april 26th and mine is april 25th i'm 21 now

I hope Smallville the animated series happens soon

The Superman suit and cape, besides spider man is the most recognized super heroe out fit there is. And I’m glad Snyder didn’t abandon it. But I get it why they wanted to put a different spin on Smallville.

No info on Lana? She carried that show as the stand-in Lois for half the run. She should have been mentioned. At the least, honorably mentioned.

Best Clerk Kent !

I loved Smallville so much.

Id love to see a live action smallville movie. Even though they damn near covered every character from the comics canon, id just love a 2 hours movie, stellar script, big budget special fx of welling and rosenbaum as superman and lex.

l remember being made rude when my brother wants to watch another channel when smallville was on...l loved and still love the show to this day

I grew up with Dean Cain as my superman until Tom came along

That opening no flight no tights was not the choice of the pitchers, it was DC and WB that didn’t want a tv Superman or superboy while they were trying to get a new Superman movie in theaters they didn’t want to confuse fans

10:10 well, we already know who's not going to be there for sure 😂

Really explains why I never liked smallville. Got bored after a few episodes when I realized I went to watch a show about super heroes and got some drama show instead.

I love how they left Chloe out of it

I really enjoyed Smallville, Lex Luther, Lionel Luther, Martha Kent and Lois Lane were all acted to perfection. Clark Kent was also done very well. I still watch it all the way through every few years or so. I think it's only rival, on the big or small screen, is the newer Superman and Lois show, which is also excellent.

bring smallville back

One of the best superhero series ever!

I would love an animated Smallville

Incidentally when I saw a young version of Tom Welling in one comedy movie like that where he was an elder sibling to a lot of siblings, I just said to myself 'this guy looks like Christopher Reeve. Back then I didn't even know his name. This was way before Smallville. I think he was apt for the role.

One of clever things that the creators of Smallville did was that they created a relationship between Clark's development as a human and his development as a Kryptonian. I liked the fact that Clark Kent could not fly until he became the Superman: he had too much (raw) humanity in him to be able to defy gravity.

I fundamentally deny that the appearance in the Arrowverse crossover is in the same universe as the show because time and time again Clark saw what happens in a world where he has given up his powers and it’s not good. There’s no way that’s the same world, not unless his watch is blue kryptonite

i would´ve loved a show about green arrow with hartley. or more about lex and lionel with rosenbaum and glover. loved the show. i went into it with next to no knowledge about the characters

In season 6 I do believe? Clark goes into a mental award. And that screwed up the whole entire series for me.

A Smallville animated series Yes Please

That's why I never think of him as a superman, hes the BLUR.

Turns out Lex wasn't so evil, Chloe on the other hand...

7:34 than a youtube tv ad💀💀💀

5:02 - I just want to point out the fact that Lex is not a supervillain. He is just a villain. He isn't super. He's a good damn villain, but not super. Remember what Batfleck said:'' Men are brave.'' So it means men can also be evil without bein super.

Since there is already a new animated Superman show about to start (My Adventures with Superman), I can't really how DC would greenlight two animated Superman shows at once.

I’m bias I spent like 8-10 years watching Tom Wellings Superman and I still think his was the best

It was a great show

He was basically the flash with super strength

Why is this titled “The Untold Truth of Smallville” this all common knowledge especially if you have watched the show and listen to Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Wellings Talkville Podcast.

To me they made a superman show but everybody working on the show was shamed of the show i can guarantee if they went back and did it over they would embrace Superman more

My favorite Tv Show of ALL TIME!! Second to none. Even to Game of Thrones

i was hyped when they teased the "Justice League" team-up. Too bad it didnt come to fruition. But still, i loved Smallville.

Tom Welling looked a lot like Elijah Wood. I would say near identical facial structure. I watched the show all the well though. Its a legend.

Smallville was amazing series. Yes, it had it's faults in certain areas, but it overall had the best versions of Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow and Lana Lang. Tom showed such an amazing amount of hope, strength, honor and integrity as Clark, Michael showed great cunning, deceptiveness, yet caring and longing for family/friendship in Lex. Laura had a great fierceness, sassiness, strength, had great bonding moments with Clark as well as protecting him, teaching him to fly. Justin Hartley had a great sense of humor and wise crackingness to Oliver that worked well for his version on Smallville.

While there are many noteworthy aspects of Smallville and a number of others that certainly deserve praise, Smallville’s “fresh” take on Clark Kent turned stale rather quick. Clark’s constant obsession over Lana got old by the end of season 2. The writers’ refusal to give Clark someone else to focus on or something else to do became the albatross around this show’s neck in the end. It dragged the show down so much that it marred even it’s most praiseworthy aspects. Don’t even get me started on Tom Welling’s refusal to don the Superman suit for even just one episode. Despite the fact he got to tell Clark’s story for 10 seasons, far longer than anyone had expected. After such a long wait, fans deserved that pay-off. We never got it.

I would watch the small ville animated series so hard. I wonder what type of animation they would use if it get green lit.