» Speculation Without Spoilers: Promos & Prognostication Options

[TWoP Tennison]

Do you have non-spoilery news about the future of this show? Do you have a link to promo pics or other first-party info about the show? Do you have speculations about a future episode based on what you've seen of the past? Then this is the place to discuss them! Please do not post spoilers in here, even with tags. To know what's considered spoilery or not, please see this post.

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Compiled Info: Here's where you can find all the non-spoilery future info we know up to now, in one handy post.

This post has been edited by TWoP Tennison: Sep 4, 2008 @ 6:39 am.

[Cyb]

This goes beyond season three but it seemed like the best thread for it.

There was speculation in the spoiler thread (no spoilers, don't worry) about what the goal of the series was. Was it getting Clark to become Superman? I said I felt like the goal was to get him to leave Smallville, and not just for three months so he could be a rent boy.

But what about college? Wouldn't he leave for college?

I think since the show is called Smallville, these kids will probably end up going to college in the suddenly-appearing Smallville University or something like that. They're supposedly juniors now, I think, so they'd be going to college in the fifth season, providing the show sticks with a realistic timeline. Weren't those 90210 kids in high school for 8 years or something?

[stinaNYC]

Unless, Cyb, they drag out their senior year to cover two seasons. Personally, I'd like to see that happen. I don't want to see Clark in college. I want the last thing I see of Clark Kent to be him walking down the road out of Smallville and towards Metropolis, carring his suitcase and the weight of the world on his shoulders. No keg parties, no trig classes, and certainly NO LANA. Seriously, this show needs to end with Clark telling her his secret and then LEAVING HER BEHIND. It also needs to show Lex leaving Smallville to Metropolis but, literally, on a different path/course than Clark.

I'll stop being dramatic now.

[Cyb]

I don't want to see Clark in college.

I don't particularly want to, either, but as long as the show is successful and they can get people to sign contracts, I think they'll probably drag it out. And out and out and out. I'm already having a hard enough time believing Clark is high school age when he looks older than me.

[PhantomChic]

Seriously, this show needs to end with Clark telling her his secret and then LEAVING HER BEHIND. It also needs to show Lex leaving Smallville to Metropolis but, literally, on a different path/course than Clark.

I see no reason why Clark should EVER tell Lana his secret. She isn't mature or stable enough to handle it (particularly since it would mean her realizing that Clark's arrival coincided with, and in a way caused, her parents' deaths.

Rather, I think Clark should realize that Lana isn't someone he can safely confide in and put her behind him. If the writers need ideas, they could take a break from ripping off Buffy and borrow a plot from Charmed. Namely the first season episode where Prue casts a truth/memory spell so she can see what her boyfriend's reaction to her powers is and then have his memory wiped of the knowledge.

So basically we'd have: See Clark tell Lana the Truth. See Lana break down/go nuts. See Lana forget. See Clark brood. See Clark leave Lana PERMANENTLY. They can even tack on one lack frelling barn scene to cover that last part if they really want to.

[tropicalgeko]

They're supposedly juniors now, I think

Really? Shouldn't they be like, seniors by now? and don't quote me on it, but I'm almost sure that I read Al saying that they would most likley send the characters off to collages, some the same and some different, in the future? (i think i may also have heard the show has a planned 7 year run, or that the actors are signed for 7 years or something? if anyone knows for sure, leave me a post, im a little confused.)

This post has been edited by tropicalgeko: Jan 6, 2004 @ 1:52 am.

[Cyb]

Shouldn't they be like, seniors by now?

Well, Lana should be in about the sixth grade, but as far as I can figure out, they're juniors now. The hazing ritual in the Pilot seemed to be aimed at freshmen.

It's kind of a mess though because I don't think AlMiles really thought through the age/timeline thing. In early season 1, I thought Lana was supposed to be a sophomore and that her bday party in Craving was her Sweet Sixteen. If Lana was a freshman in the first season, and she'd been dating Whitney for a while, that would mean he was in high school while she was in junior high. Gross, gross, gross. Maybe she was a sophomore but then flunked because she spent 19 hours a day at the Talon so now she's just a junior like everyone else.

Next season, I speculate there'll be SATs and college applications. Lana will make sad eyes about how everyone will soon be abandoning her to go to college. The tractor/truck/silo on the Kent farm will explode and drain the Kents' bank account in repairs. Poor Clark can no longer afford to go to Met U and since he only goes to school for 10 minutes every other week, he can't get a scholarship. Lex tries to give him the "Hunky Farmboy Free Ride", I mean, "LexCorp Scholarship", but the Kents refuse. So Clark must attend Smallville Community College. Lana makes sad eyes about how Clark will be abandoning her by commuting 3 miles to school every day.

[dragonsflame]

Lex tries to give him the "Hunky Farmboy Free Ride", I mean, "LexCorp Scholarship", but the Kents refuse. So Clark must attend Smallville Community College. Lana makes sad eyes about how Clark will be abandoning her by commuting 3 miles to school every day.

Hee.

As far as the grade level is concerned I'm pretty sure their juniors. Like Cyb said, in the first episode both Clark and Pete were trying to make sure neither one would be the sacrificial freshman.

Seriously, this show needs to end with Clark telling her his secret and then LEAVING HER BEHIND. It also needs to show Lex leaving Smallville to Metropolis but, literally, on a different path/course than Clark.

I understand this sentiment, especially among many posters on this board, but if the show maintains basic canon with the comics then in actuality it will probably be Lana forcing Clark to leave her "for the greater good" or something. He then moves on to Metropolis and Lois while Lana eventually hooks up with Pete.

Lex on the other hand I think moves on well before the show officially ends. IMO "Shattered" was the true beginning of his descent into megalomania. It's no great mystery that Clark and he become enemies, it's just a question of how and why.

This post has been edited by dragonsflame: Jan 6, 2004 @ 11:09 am.

[mobiusklein]

hmmm, I'm a little worried. I wonder if AM's screentime is going to be shaved after the 2nd third of S3.

See, a good chunk of Chloe's screentime is with Lana. Why, I do not know, but yeah, a lot of it is. Once, they have a fight & Lana moves out, there will be a lot fewer textual reasons for them to share the screen. Since M&G refuse to cut Lana's time drastically that means there's a huge chunk of time that will be off-limits for the most part to Chloe. Also, I can't help but wonder how far away is this place Chloe & Gabe are moving to.

Also they promised that Pete would get more screentime. Guess whose share they're going to cut from . . . It's not going to be someone with the initials LL.

And lastly, I'm pretty sure that AM said she was moving back to LA. No, she's not leaving the show or anything but it speaks to me of someone who has enough time to do a couple days of shooting then go home every week. Sounds like someone whose upcoming screentime is = to that of late S2 Pete.

[tropicalgeko]

Well, Lana should be in about the sixth grade

ahaha :)

I agree Cyb, it's all quite confusing :S Also, I'm assuming that they use the American age/system as their basis for the years, and how old they should be when they are in whatever year of school. I'm in Canada, so it's screwing me right the hell up lol What's a junior in the American system? Would that be like grade...10? 11? I have no idea. I also never even thought about Whitney being older than Lana....I guess that makes sense though...Which leads me to wonder why Pete was allowed to play on the same football team as Whitney? Do they usually let them do that? lol I have nooo idea. They're still the oldest highschool students I'v ever seen....

This post has been edited by tropicalgeko: Jan 6, 2004 @ 1:57 pm.

[queenbess]

I thought it was pretty well established that Lana, Clark, Chloe, and Pete were freshmen in the first season. The scarecrow thing was a hazing ritual for freshmen. And Whitney was a senior, as evidenced by his discussion of missing graduation and joining the military in "Tempest." So, yeah, Whitney was a senior dating a freshman. It didn't happen really often at my high school, but it did happen. As for the football thing, I assume that freshmen can join the team but that they probably don't play very much, unless they're phenoms. In basketball at my high school, there was junior varsity and varsity, but I don't think football works that way. My teeny little high school didn't have a football team, so I don't know for sure.

And, tropicalgeko, you're right. If the four teens are in fact juniors now, as has been said, then that puts them in the 11th grade in America. Most people here turn 17 sometime during their junior year, although that can vary slightly from state to state.

As for how that relates to spoilers/speculations, I suppose next season will feature the kids as seniors and the next, provided that the show doesn't drag out the senior year or play the summer, will have to take them to college. Who knows?

And, yeah, Tom Welling especially looks way too old to be in high school!

This post has been edited by queenbess: Jan 6, 2004 @ 2:33 pm.

[Cyb]

So, yeah, Whitney was a senior dating a freshman. It didn't happen really often at my high school, but it did happen.

I was a freshman and dated a senior, but I was 15 and he was 16 (he was some kind of genius). But the thought of a junior dating someone in junior high is what's icky, since Whana seemed to be dating for a while by the Pilot. My parents never would have allowed me to go out with a high school kid when I was in Jr high but maybe Nell was just glad to get 13 or 14 year old Lana out of the house now and then.

[TVjunky]

Could Adam be a clone? Emily was, and she was mentally unstable (although that might have been from having Lana has a best friend), so that might explain Adam's behavior, and his possible connection to the MB.

Edited just in case this was spoilerish.

This post has been edited by TVjunky: Jan 6, 2004 @ 5:49 pm.

[queenbess]

I have thought the same thing about Adam, TVjunky. It would explain his possible mental instability, the blood platelets (Clark's, presumably), and the connection with the MB and Lex's suspicion of him.

Oops! Forgot I wasn't in the spoiler thread. Sorry!

This post has been edited by queenbess: Jan 6, 2004 @ 4:21 pm.

[tropicalgeko]

Ohh ok. Thanks queenbess. I'm still a teeny bit confused, but meh. At this point I'v almost stopped caring lol I live in Vancouver and I actually went to the highscool that they film in now, so when I saw the show, and read on here that they were supposed to be like 15 or something, all I could do was assume that someone had made some sort of mistake, since I don't remember anyone looking quite that...er...old when I went there lol

[Cyb]

I think some of this is wandering into spoiler territory, especially about Adam and the blood. Please edit with spoiler tags? Thanks!

I don't remember anyone looking quite that...er...old when I went there

It's a tradition that teens in teen dramas are played by people ten years too old for the part. Which is a good thing or I'd feel really dirty being a Clexer if Clark had really been played by a 15 year old.

This post has been edited by Cyb: Jan 6, 2004 @ 4:24 pm.