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May 17, 2025, 08:43:15 PM  | Smallville: Pilot (2001/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia
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Stars:
Tom Welling as Clark Kent/ Kal-El
Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum as Alexander Joseph 'Lex' Luthor
Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman
Sam Jones III as Pete Ross
Plot:Smallville. Tom Welling plays Clark Kent, the adolescent whose hoped-for romance with Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) is frustrated by the kryptonite in her necklace. Michael Rosenbaum is Clark's self-proclaimed steadfast friend Lex Luthor. Inside the idyllic community of Smallville, the intertwined destinies of these three begin to take shape while an imminent danger emerges: a high-school prank has spawned a vengeful villain who has acquired super powers of his own.
Awards:
Won:
| Saturn (2001) | Best Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum) | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2002) | TV - Choice Breakout Star, Male (Tom Welling) |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Actor (Tom Welling) | |
| Saturn (2003) | Best Actor - Television Series (Tom Welling) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Actress (Kristin Kreuk) | |
| Saturn (2003) | Best Actress - Television Series (Kristin Kreuk) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Best Network Television Series | |
| Saturn (2002) | Best Network Television Series | |
| Saturn (2003) | Best Network Television Series | |
| Saturn (2003) | Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (John Glover) | |
| Saturn (2003) | Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (Michael Rosenbaum) | |
| Saturn (2002) | Best Television Actor (Tom Welling) | |
| Saturn (2002) | Best Television Actress (Kristin Kreuk) | |
| Saturn (2002) | Best Television Supporting Actor (John Glover) | |
| Saturn (2002) | Best Television Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Female (Kristin Kreuk) | |
| Saturn (2001) | Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Male (Michael Rosenbaum) | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2003) | Choice TV - Drama/Action Adventure | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2003) | Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure (Tom Welling) | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2003) | Choice TV Actress - Drama/Action Adventure (Kristin Kreuk) | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2003) | Choice TV Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum) | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2002) | TV - Choice Actor, Drama (Tom Welling) | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2002) | TV - Choice Drama/Action Adventure | |
| Teen Choice Awards (2002) | TV - Choice Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum) |
Extras:
- Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Interactive Map of Smallville Storyboard to Screen
- Scene Access
- Trailers
My Thoughts:
This pilot movie presentation is cut together from the first two Smallville episodes. Especially the first half is a good introduction. Sadly the second half is a typical freak of the week story, for which the first season was known for.Rating:
(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 6th, 2012)
Member's Reviews
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword, a review by Antares
(1964) 69/100 - After about forty minutes into this film, I started to worry that this would be the first real turkey in the series. But when the fireworks start... literally, the fireworks... figuratively, begin! The story focuses on two rival yakuza gangs who are vying for control of a river passage service. But the twist in this film is that one gang is considered fair and honest, while the other is evil. Ichi is staying with the good gang because the daughter of the boss, rescued him earlier in the story, when he is wounded by a ronin who turns out to be the boss' prodigal son. When the fireworks festival begins, the rival gang crosses the river to slaughter the good gang and take the river concession. But Ichi, who has been evicted from the boss' house because he's considered a wanted man, returns too late to save the good gang. He ventures across the river to exact his revenge upon the rival clan. What ensues is the best action scene of the series so far. The rival boss is named Yasugoro, and he sets his men against Ichi. The swordplay sequence takes place in a long hallway, intermittently lit by candles. Each time a few men lunge at Ichi, he dispatches them with a quick stroke of his cane sword, while also slicing a couple of the candles in half. As the tops of the lit candles fall to the floor, darkness plunges into that section of the hallway, and Ichi has tipped the scales in his favor. The action repeats itself a few times, until Ichi comes to the end of the hall and boss Yasugoro quivering against the wall, basked in the last bit of light from the sole remaining candle on the wall. Ichi slices the final candle, but instead of letting it fall to the floor, he balances the lit top on the end of sword as he toys with Yasugoro. A well crafted and exciting scene which rivals anything I've ever watched in other chanbara films. If you can make it through the tepidness of the first forty minutes or so, it's worth a watch just for this final scene.
What the color coding means...
Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is
(From Antares' Short Summations on March 29th, 2014)
Member's TV Reviews
Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom
 | Oh My Goddess!: OVA Series (1993/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia
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Plot:Oh My Goddess!
.01 Moonlight and Cherry Blossoms (1993-02-21)
Writer: Fujishima Kousuke (Original Material By), Hasegawa Naoko (Screenwriter)
Director: Gooda Hiroaki
Cast: Inoue Kikuko (Belldandy (voice)), Kikuchi Masami (Keiichi (voice)), Fuchizaki Yuriko (Megumi (voice)), Yanada Kiyoyuki (Tamiya (voice)), Futamata Kazunari (Ootaki (voice))
This is the first anime adaption of the manga. And I did enjoyed it. I also have read the manga (it is still running after over 20 years).
This series has only five episodes. And a movie sequel. The first three episodes introduce the characters and is fairly close to the manga. The next two episodes is an original story not from the manga.
Rating:
(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 17th, 2012)