The premise of Smallville--Superman as a teenager--takes up just a few pages in Superman's very first comic book appearance (in Action Comics back in 1938), but series producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar flesh out that period by portraying young Clark Kent (Tom Welling) not as the noble Superman-in-waiting, but as an average teen with some not-so-ordinary supernatural powers, including incredible strength and heat vision (Clark hasn't lifted up, up, and away as of yet). Clark's desire to fit in with his peers and make sense of his extraordinary abilities ground him in very realistic and identifiable terms for the series' primarily under-25 audience, as does his appealing and tentative romance with Kristen Kreuk as Clark's dreamgirl Lana Lang.
General Note
Smallville is based on DC comics characters developed for television by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ; Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Contains all 21 Season One episodes, which originally aired in 2001-2002, plus bonus features on 6 discs.
Superheroic special features: Pilot commentary by executive producers Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and director David Nutter ; "Metamorphosis" commentary by Gough & Millar ; interactive tour of Smallville ; pilot storyboard to screen ; pilot and "Metamorphosis" deleted scenes ; TV promo spots ; scene access.
DVD-ROM* features: Link for exclusive bonus materials.
Widescreen version. Presented in a "matted" widescreen format preserving a theatrical exhibition aspect ratio. Enhanced for widescreen TVs.
At head of title: WB presents.