Smallville Magazine: The Last Stand....

[dawnybee]

I saw the final issue of Smallville Magazine and I leafed through it with no intention of buying it---until I got to the last page. Who is featured on the very last page of the very last issue of Smallville Magazine? Why Ari Cohen, that’s Regan Matthews if you’re nasty, so I had to buy it.

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[tariel22]

I've always appreciated how much Erica loves Lois, and how game she is for whatever they throw at her. She's the opposite of a diva, I think. She makes an interesting point about Lois being on a journey in Smallville, too.

I love CB's analogy of Zod looking at Tess like an intelligent monkey! You can totally see that in his performance! He's intrigued by her, but underneath it all there's this unmistakable contempt and superiority. I know some people on my flist disagree, but I find his Zod quite chilling. I think he's doing a great job, and I like that he's mindful of his responsibility to do this character justice.

It cracks me up that CB calls the show "a well-oiled machine." Everyone always uses those exact same words! It gives me this vision of the entire production happening with no words spoken whatsoever, everyone just knowing instinctively what to do at all times. It must be a very relaxed set, with a minimum of chaos

Brian Peterson thought Requiem would be a fan favorite?! *is speechless*

*is still speechless*

Aaron Ashmore is the definition of decency. What a guy. How I wish they would have just let Jimmy be Jimmy, instead of Chloe's LI. AA was so awesome when he was given a chance to play the iconic aspects of that role, like in Apocalypse, Prey, and Identity. I miss THAT Jimmy, and I mourn for the friend he could have been to Clark. Today I watched the scene in Doomsday where Jimmy learns Clark's secret, and it made me cry buckets, all over again.

I never get tired of the Tom love! I don't care what disgruntled fans say, to me praise from the professionals with whom he works is the true measure of the man.

I'm very excited to hear they left Regan's fate ambiguous on purpose! I hope they bring him back. I'm always so touched to hear how much thought and feeling actors put into their roles, whether those roles are big or small. That's what saves Smallville for me. The writing may make no sense at times, and TPTB may definitely smoke crack, but the actors pour their hearts and souls into this show, and I worship them for it.

That's an interesting tidbit about SPN. Acting fascinates and mystifies me, because I have no idea how they do it. My mom put me in acting classes in elementary school at the advice of the school psychologist, because I was so painfully shy, and I took them on and off all the way through high school. But I was never any good. :) I could never let go and make myself truly vulnerable by pulling forth my inner emotions and exposing them to the world in a performance. I remain in awe of that ability, and I think Jensen has it in spades.

Thanks so much for the excerpts! It's sad that the magazine is no more. :(

[dawnybee]

I've always appreciated how much Erica loves Lois, and how game she is for whatever they throw at her. She's the opposite of a diva, I think

I don’t think I included this one, but the stunts coordinator said that Erica is wary of water so when it came time to submerge her they talked to her ahead of time and she got past her fear and did the scene.
He's intrigued by her, but underneath it all there's this unmistakable contempt and superiority.

Like Callum said, she’s still a monkey to him, intelligent or not.

I know some people on my flist disagree, but I find his Zod quite chilling. I think he's doing a great job, and I like that he's mindful of his responsibility to do this character justice.

He’s incredibly mindful, what surprised me is that he says he’s made mistakes in the characterization and that’s unheard of because the only judge is yourself and he is so careful and mindful of Zod that he even doubts his own performance sometimes. I find his Zod perfectly evil and I’m loving it. It’s the coolness and the aloofness and the barely contained fury that is so compelling. I don’t need him to be brawny, his wit and his conniving ways are his power.

It cracks me up that CB calls the show "a well-oiled machine." Everyone always uses those exact same words!

I think Serinda said it too. I’m like “Are there guest stars speaking points we don’t know about?”
It gives me this vision of the entire production happening with no words spoken whatsoever, everyone just knowing instinctively what to do at all times. It must be a very relaxed set, with a minimum of chaos

I think that’s true. I remember an interview with Kyle Gallner who said that Tom had taken time and talked to teach him the ropes on set and because Kyle had already done TV (he’s been acting since he was a wee one) I took it to mean Tom had to kinda reign him and show them how they get work done on set.
Brian Peterson thought Requiem would be a fan favorite?! *is speechless*
*is still speechless*

I just can’t believe he would’ve thought that. What in that episode could have given him that impression? Did he think fans would be happy for that end of Clark and Lana?
Aaron Ashmore is the definition of decency. What a guy.

He is. It’s sad how it all went down and you know he wants to say that it’s stupid but he’s too polite for that.

AA was so awesome when he was given a chance to play the iconic aspects of that role, like in Apocalypse, Prey, and Identity. I miss THAT Jimmy, and I mourn for the friend he could have been to Clark. Today I watched the scene in Doomsday where Jimmy learns Clark's secret, and it made me cry buckets, all over again.

Exactly. The Chloe/Jimmy relationship was pants compared to the iconic notes he struck in those episodes. That’s when I loved him the most. His working relationship with Lois was fantastic and for him to be wasted on a relationship with Chloe was ridiculous.
I never get tired of the Tom love! I don't care what disgruntled fans say, to me praise from the professionals with whom he works is the true measure of the man.

I know fans want Tom to show them love, but in his career to have staffers and crew and costars praise him goes a long way. His reputation will proceed him.

I'm very excited to hear they left Regan's fate ambiguous on purpose! I hope they bring him back.

I even made a not so subtle pitch for the return of Regan to the writers on their Twitter account. I’d love to see him and Zod in a scene together.

[dawnybee]

I'm always so touched to hear how much thought and feeling actors put into their roles, whether those roles are big or small. That's what saves Smallville for me. The writing may make no sense at times, and TPTB may definitely smoke crack, but the actors pour their hearts and souls into this show, and I worship them for it.

There have been monumental moments on SV and the writing doesn’t make me gasp with its simple perfection like HBO’s “Six Feet Under” did, but it’s the cast’s earnestness and selling it that makes it work. It couldn’t work without such capable actors.
Acting fascinates and mystifies me, because I have no idea how they do it. My mom put me in acting classes in elementary school at the advice of the school psychologist, because I was so painfully shy, and I took them on and off all the way through high school. But I was never any good. :) I could never let go and make myself truly vulnerable by pulling forth my inner emotions and exposing them to the world in a performance.

I think that’s the hard part of acting: letting yourself be open and vulnerable. I took an improv class in college because I was taking any and everything to get me closer to my degree, so I was backed into it and luckily I had a hippy-dippy professor who passed you just for showing up because I certainly couldn’t do what others were doing in that class because I am not open like that. I can’t do that in crowds and it’s a true testament of an actor of their ability to let it go and leave out all artifice whether comedy or drama. And to respect the craft that even if you’re doing a play on Broadway or a series on a little 5th network, the ability to treat it all equal and to give it your all is a testament to how much acting means to Jensen and these other actors.