Smallville
Summary
For aDCshow that started in the early 2000s , much ofSmallvillehas cured comparatively well , but there are still some scenes that are awkward when revisiting the series . That is n’t to say these scenes were n’t awkward for viewers at the clip too , and even sometimestheSmallvillecast themselves . Some of these foreign fit come up from elements of the show that are unique to its DC Comics - inspired premiss , while others are the type of issues that many teen show also present .
Increased audience scrutiny of media featuring young lineament sinceSmallville ’s discharge has also made revisit the series a minute more uncomfortable at times . ThoughSmallville ’s hurtle werelegal grownup at the time of filming , many of the characters in the show were meant to be teenagers . As such , some ofthe waysSmallvillechose to present its younger characters have come to be seen as inappropriateby many modernistic audiences .
The Smallville Season 11 comics did something DC Comics never could : make Parallax into a simple but even more menacing threat to the Green Lanterns .
10Jonathan Kent Gets A Little Too Forward With His Wife
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 1, Episode 15, “Nicodemus”
In the Smallville episode “ Nicodemus , ” a flower infused with Kryptonite sprays several characters with a liquid heart and soul that causes them to mislay all their inhibition . This leads to some pretty awkward scene , including one whereJonathan Kent is a bit too insistenton getting intimate with his wife Martha . The scenery does n’t go any further than this , but it still feel very uncomfortable , especially when it features two of the show ’s more wholesome characters .
When discussing the episode on theTalk Villepodcast , Smallvillestars Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum mull on how uncomfortable the tantrum was . Welling specifically shared that the scene lead on longer on set than was shown in the episode . A snippet of their conversation can be seen below :
“ Rosenbaum : Clark arrives home to Kent farm to regain his parents going at it in the kitchen … Schneider really go after it and you could see how uncomfortable Martha was . I do n’t live … I detest to use the parole it seems a little rapey
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Welling : It was uncomfortable for everyone , including me .
Rosenbaum : Did he go further ?
Welling : Oh , I imagine that was like a 12 - minute base runner that they had to blue-pencil down … that ’s the only time 12 minutes seems long – when it comes to that stuff . ”
From Welling ’s account , audience should be thankful that the subplot had to be cut down , otherwise this vista could have been even more uncomfortable than it already was in the original installment .
9Clark Discovers His X-Ray Vision By Looking Into The Girl’s Locker Room
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 1, Episode 4, “X-Ray”
Smallvilledidn’t go with Clark Kent knowing the full extent of his tycoon . Instead , the show woulddrip - feed audiences classic Superman powersthroughout its run . Usually , Clark learning a new power was a big dainty for Superman fans , but the episode “ X - Ray ” managed to make it a little more awkward . As the title incriminate , this is the installment whereClark Kent learn he has go - ray vision , and he very speedily uses it to do something virtuously deplorable .
In the installment , Clark is climb a rope ladder in gym class when he dead see through Pete Ross ’ hide . The shock of this induce Clark to strike off the rope . While lie down on the soil , he watches as Lana Lang and several other girls make their room into the locker room . Clark then sees through the wall of the locker room , watching as the young woman undress . Although the show play it as Clark not having full restraint , Clark also makes no effort to await off . This includes when Lana shed her towel , allow Clark to see her naked .
Clark never head off his eyes or even looks ashamed , instead , the view cuts out on him grinning as he continues to watch . This seems moderately out of character for Clark , who is usually very venerating in the show . experience the master character who is meant to be virtuously upstanding engaging in such a infringement of mass ’s privacy is very uncomfortable to observe .
8Alicia Baker Uses Red Kryptonite To Manipulate Clark Kent To Marry Her
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 4, Episode 11, “Unsafe”
Alicia Baker was aSmallvillecharacter originally introduced in the show ’s third season . She date Clark before forming an unhealthful attachment to him . At one point , she even tries to kill Lana out of jealousy and then gets sent to Belle Reve . However , the most uncomfortable setting featuring the case does n’t hap until she is released later in the season 4 episode “ insecure . ”
After her release , Alicia returns to Smallville and begins date Clark again . However , when things are n’t going well , Alicia decide to useRed Kryptoniteto slay his inhibitions and get him to marry her . When the Red Kryptonite is postulate forth and Clark pull in what happen , he is very worried . He even uses the word “ dose ” to describe what Alicia did , turn the subtext into an denotative account about sexual assault . While this topic is n’t inevitably off - limit for a teenager show , it is a little strange to see it pop up in a Superman show for a villain - of - the - week story .
7An Underage Lana Lang Performs A Striptease For Superman
Jonathan Kent is n’t the onlySmallvillecharacter affected by the Kryptonite flush in “ Nicodemus . ” Lana Lang also ends up getting spray by it , induce her to dump her young man and flirt openly with Clark . While this starts innocently enough , things take an ungainly turn when Lana leads Clark to the school ’s desolate pooldeck .
Once at the pool , audience are shown a scene of Lana performing a striptease for Clark before jumping into the pond . The tv camera very distinctly shows Lana in a highly sexualise manner throughout the process . However , while actor Kristin Kreuk was a sound grownup at the metre , the character ofLana is supposed to be 14during the first time of year . no matter of how old the actor is , it ’s very uncomfortable to watch the show present a 14 - year - old character in such a sexual fashion .
6Clark Uses His X-Ray Vision To Look At Lana And Chloe Naked
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 2, Episode 4, “Red”
TheSmallvilleepisode “ Red ” introduced Red Kryptonite and its effect on Clark . Unlike Green Kryptonite which makes him sick of , the ruby-red crystal cause Clark to fall behind his inhibitionsand begin act out . While some of this manifest itself in punch-drunk ways like Clark put on a leather jacket , the episode does show some more serious manifestation of this issue .
The regretful representative is a setting where Clark is hanging out with Pete and decides touse his go - light beam visual sensation to count at Lana and Chloe defenseless . He then describes detail of Chloe ’s consistency to Pete , who is outrage when he realizes what Clark is doing . While the show at least has the signified to condemn his actions this time , it is still uncomfortable to watch a young Superman engaging in intimate misconduct ask his underage admirer .
5Jodi’s Eating Disorder Turns Her Into A Literal Monster In Smallville
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 1, Episode 7, “Craving”
TheSmallvilleepisode “ Craving ” is probably best commend forguest - star Amy Adamsas the persona Jodi Melville . The instalment follows Jodi as she chance upon that exhaust vegetables grow in Kryptonite - rich soil causes her to chop-chop suffer system of weights . former to this discovery , Jodi was engaging in some disordered eat habits to lose weight and terminate being swagger at schoolhouse . Although eating disorders would be a valuable topic for a teen show to cover , Smallville , unfortunately , didn’t have the most delicate approach when speak the publication .
After lose a tidy sum of weight unit , Jodi begins involve to devour fat to survive . She does this by sucking the avoirdupois out of animals and , eventually , mass . In perhaps the worst scene of the sequence , she is seen unhinge her jaw and suck the avoirdupois out of some roadkill . This conniption and others like it depict Jodi as a monster in a way that is like a shot linked to her eat disorder . This gives the sequence the uncomfortable quality of seeming todemonize people who shin with disordered eating , even when that is very clearly not the show ’s intent .
4Jason Teague And Lana Lang Try To Hide Their Relationship Because He Works At Her High School
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 4, Episode 4, “Devoted”
One constituent ofSmallvillethat is cumbersome in retrospect is the relationship betweenJensen Ackles ’ character Jason Teagueand Lana Lang . Jason is an grownup and meets Lana when she is still 17 . The pair start date stamp almost immediately when she turns 18 , and then Jason follows her from Paris back to Smallville , where he drive a job working at her high school .
Jason and Lana continue date in secret , something Lana is dysphoric about . In a very uncomfortable scene in the episode “ Devoted , ” Lana tells Jason she wish they did n’t have to sneak around anymore . Jason insists that they keep the relationship a mystery , so he does n’t lose his job . Whilethe integral relationship in general is uncomfortable , this scene is specially awkward because it openly tell that what Jason is doing is unethical and would cause him to rightfully get fired from his chore at the schoolhouse .
3Smallville’s Justice League Lineup Suffers From The Show’s No Tights Policy
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 6, Episode 11, “Justice”
WhenSmallvillestarted , it had a very strict“no tights , no flights ” policy . For a while , this policy was universal , but over clip it seemed to only apply to Clark . The show introduced heroes like Green Arrow , Aquaman , Cyborg , and the Flash , each of whom ended up get a superhero costume . However , Clark was left without an official Superman lawsuit for a long time .
This inconsistency led to a somewhat awkward lineup for the show ’s version of the Justice League when they last forgather . In the episode “ Justice , ” there is a view where all five heroes are walking away from an explosion , and it is meant to be the first time the League is officially together . However , the import is ruined slightly by everyone being in costume , except Clark , who is just wearing a jacket . He seems awkward and out of lieu , and the conniption is mainly just a monitor of how farSmallvilledeparted from its original end .
2Smallville Football Brought To You By Old Spice
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 4, Episode 7, “Jinx”
production placement is a natural part of most television receiver show and movies , so it is n’t inherently intrusive when it shows up . Since most American streets are full of stores with their brand conspicuously displayed outside , it does n’t palpate too unusual to see some product location that blends into the setting . However , when the product placement becomes a little too overt , the interview ca n’t aid but feel a trivial 2d - hand superfluity about just how overtly it ’s done .
1Lex Luthor Takes An Unhealthy Interest In High School Lana’s Dating Life
This Scene Takes Place In Smallville Season 1, Episode 5, “Cool”
former inSmallville ’s first season , Lex Luthor makes several attempts to help Clark Kent go out with Lana Lang . While it is presented as Lex attempt to return Clark for saving his sprightliness , the fact that it fall out so often starts to feel weird . Viewers ca n’t help feeling a lilliputian awkward as they watcha 21 - year - sometime world become deep put in whom a 14 - year - old young woman is go out with .
One case of this sort of scene is in the episode “ Cool , ” where Lex demonstrate up at Lana ’s work and begins , not - so - subtly , insulting her swain , Whitney . Lex heavily implies that Lana is with the incorrect person , and later in the episode helps set up a date between her and Clark . Lex ’s disdainful interest in Lana ’s dating life seems even more awkward after watching all ofSmallvilleand knowing they terminate up becoming romantically involved later on . It starts to feel less like Lex try on to assist Clark and more like he ’s chasing a romantic competitor away from an underage girl .
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