I’m fine with using it in multiple incarnations as a nod because it’s a beautiful score, but I’m glad it wasn’t used in the DCEU Superman movies because it would have given the movies training wheels that they didn’t need.
I remember balling like a little bitch when I first saw this. I invested 10 yrs of my life watching the show, so to see it end the way it did was so satisfying
From interviews with the writers and producers of the show they said that was always the plan. “We wouldn’t see the S until the very end” the show was very much about clark on his personal journey towards becoming superman. So it was always there, just gotta cue up the fantastic john williams score and throw in a life threatening situation that looks like a job for superman. Thats whats so disappointing when people say superman movie can’t be done right, or call him lame, or he’s unrelatable. Superman isn’t about how hard the guy can punch it’s the joy sparked by anticipation, it’s the excitment, the heroic acts the amazing feats. When the chips are down and all hope is lost and things look bleakest all you need is to hear that superman rumble kick in. (Honorable mention also goes to the Superman animated theme and the adventures of lois & clark theme)
Not just paying homage to the Christopher Reeves' Superman movies with the John Williams score, but they even threw in the streaming credits like in the movies, awesome!
What a breathtaking ending to 10 years of magic...I cried, so wish the show could have continued but what a perfect goodbye, Clark was finally living his destiny, with the woman he loved!
They actually aren't. They didn't finish the ceremony. All they did was read their vows. No "I dos", no rings, no signatures on marriage certificates, and no officiator officially announcing them as husband and wife
Crisis had already filmed and had started early post production, Tom Welling having just gotten time off from work, and because Crisis had already stated that they only needed 1 mysterious Kryptonian it meant Toms Clark wasn't needed as they had already gotten Brandons Clark, then add in the fact that Cryers Lex was on a mission to kill every Superman in the multiverse, they needed a way to keep Toms Clark alive without Cryers Lex killing him during the subplot, so depowering Clark for the crisis cameo was the best result, it means if CW do another crossover they bosses of Arrowverse can call Tom back and give his Clark his powers back Sometimes thinking short term helps the long term in TV shows and movies
I miss those Smallville days soooo much! I still can’t believe it’s been 8 years already! When it ended I just sat there & stared at the TV for like 10 minutes! 😢😢😢😢
Bruhh I did the exact same thing!! 😒 I didn't want it to end I wanted to see more of Tom in the suit and takin flight at least one more season ! Season 11
@@59771006 which i would rather because he really embraced the whole super farm boy very well and made the character his own and not down a whole list of other supermans
@@silver2therescue1 Awful show!!! they devalued Superman and diluted him, to incorporate other marketable trademark names!!! It’s shame!! the Superman character has been manipulated so much/so badly that the qualities which made him special now no longer exist!! he’s now more of a Mighty Mouse or rocket man!!! … this show is incomparable to Smallvillle certainly in regards to traditional Superman cannon, however I respect you’re opinion 😊
These brings a lot of nostalgia.. the iconic theme song and everything in it.. its just sad that smallville didn’t continue with Tom and Erica as superman... got a lot of goosebumps watching this scenes!!!
Yeeeeeah that goes way back to the comics before George. Source material. Nerd shit for comic book readers like myself that don't only watch the shows. Comics came first, shows later.
Perry said it on the radio series but John Hamilton on the George Reeves tv series definitely made it his own and I think what most people will always remember. Plus it was a nice touch having Olsen call Lois "Miss Lane"
And that's how "SMALLVILLE" ended. After ten seasons and 217 episodes, SUPERMAN was revealed to the world. The Man of Steel appears out of nowhere, to begin fighting for Truth, Justice, and The American Way ay!
@@InsertTheCoin1997 cringe maybe. But how is it propaganda showing pride about a person's country. Seems that that nowadays American patriotism is a taboo and looked down upon.
This was one of the most epic and iconic scenes ever and probably my favourite series finale. Also, Tom Welling will always be the best Clark Kent and Michael Rosenbaum will always be the best Lex Luthor.
Welling doesn't want to wear Superman' suit, he was the one who said he shouldn't wear it during the finale, that's the reason of why we never see in a full shot with a real costume, only as CGI. Honestly, it's better that he doesn't appear as Superman in the Arrowverse.
I know. Christoper Reeve made 2 special guest appearances on Smallville as Dr. Virgil Swann. It would‘ve been good to see him appear in the series finale.
I was 10 when this show ended. I grew up watching reruns with my dad. He was taken to see the first Superman movie for his 10th birthday, so it was only fitting we watched the end of Smallville together. I can still remember the look on his face when he hears the classic theme, how 10 years had built to this moment, and when he ripped off the shirt and the credits rolled, he said “He’s superman now, he’s out there, saving the day.” Thanks dad, you’re my superman.
I forgot they never actually had Tom Welling fly in the suit.. I had this manufactured memory of him actually flying off in it at the end of the series. Maybe in this year's Crisis crossover they will actually let him fly in costume.
@@MooniGaming The show had a no flights/no tights rule. Only real objection from Welling is that for a long time he felt that he played Clark Kent and not Supes. Has to change in Crisis though
Love this ending! It gets me pumped up. As great as an ending this was it really caught me by surprise. I always thought it would have been the old flying into space and smiling at the camera like the films. Besides that we still got to see how a boy who grew up in a little town called SMALLVILLE became a SUPERMAN.
You can only imagine how hard it was for them to get the Superman theme for the ending. Even though it is still Warner Brothers it was no walk in the park. They had to negotiate months in advance to cut through the red tape for the rights. So soooo glad they were able to get it! The most epic music to go with the end of a truly epic series! Ten seasons! It still blows me away.
The John Williams score gave me goosebumps the first time I saw this on TV. It truly is the definitive song for Superman. I hope James Gunn brings it back for Superman Legacy. 🤞
Nien Nunb I'm still waiting for Tom Welling to show up on Supergirl. I'm still mad Tom Welling didn't actually put on the suit. I love Henry Cavill's Superman, but seriously! Tom Welling SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUPERMAN! You know, people bitch and moan about Ben Affleck's casting as Batman, and sometimes I feel the same about the lack of Welling as Superman. I love Henry Cavill as Superman, don't misunderstand me about that. In terms of actual on screen live action Superman in the suit, he's #1 to me and super hot. But for 5 years I wanted Tom Welling to become Superman, and they cheated us with the finale, and I didn't get what I wanted
Honestly CW, make full use of the whole Multiverse concept and have a Smallville crossover, it would be so awesome to see Tom Welling in a proper suit teaming up with the Flash, maybe even Supergirl (would be awkward for them though)
One of my favorite details here is Lois’ reaction to Clark needing to be a few minutes late to be late to their wedding because he has to go do Superman stuff. She’s not annoyed, she’s not worried, she’s not in any way behaving as though this is a sacrifice - on the contrary, she looks like she’s LOVING IT. Clark spends so much of this show worrying about being accepted for who he is, and seeing Lois be so clearly ALL IN is really heartwarming.
1:06 this did it for me, remembering how Christopher Reed’s Clark was like, along with the John Williams superman theme and the (upper) costume reveal. It was perfect.
I personally suspect that he folds it up his back real quick. You don't wanna be sitting on that thing without the ability to adjust it, so it makes more sense that way.
Harry Potter actually that’s not dude..the one on display is the fortress is the Superman returns suit ..but they made a different one for him to wear ..but only true smallville fans would know that
What I love about this is that at this point, Clark has already faced Doomsday, Darkseid, Zod, and basically joined the Justice League, and now has to deal with something relatively more minor for Superman. And yet it’s no less epic since it’s at the core of the character.
Took me 20 years to finish watching the entire series... Finished it yesterday. Some seasons were not good and took forever to get through them, ending was worth it.
I'm in my late forties and got choked up and goosebumps just from the music. Happened when I was binge watching it on a whim years after Smallville ended, and Christopher Reeve guest starred on it. I heard a snippet of the old theme during that, and cut onions.
Mine are Reeve, Welling and Cavill but when it comes to Superman it's a tie between Reeve and Cavill then Welling. Lois Lane's it's Margot Kidder, Erica Durance, Teri Hatcher and Amy Adams.
This was always Clark/Superman's *origin* story, how he *became* _Superman_ ~ As soon as he was our favourite hero in blue, the origin story is over, and it just becomes the _Superman_ stories we all know & love! This ending was perfect! However, if you really need more of _this_ Clark Kent as _Superman_ then there are the official (and canon) graphic novels, that continued the story for a while… And of course there's the scene in the huge _Arrowverse_ crossover event, *Crisis On Infinite Earths* in which we see that, after all the events from the graphic novels, Clark eventually gave up his powers, hung up his cape, stopped being _Superman_ & settled into life on the farm, with Lois & their two daughters.
I remember when I first saw it on t.v. before I bought the entire series later on that year. I was crying tears of joy when they had John Williams's legendary theme and I still do
Man back then they really knew how to make super heroes look freaking heroic as fuck with that background with the sunlight hitting the building making it look golden.They did this with the spiderman movies poster as well back then.Man I wish that style showed up more
When people realize that the camera man is Jimmy and the boy who had clarks powers in the beginning like they used ashmore three times as a kid and a Boyfriend and now camera guy.
Gotta agree. I remember watching that whole final season and seeing that last scene. Just a perfect ending. It signaled to a new beginning. A fresh start. And to have the John Williams score at the end was icing on the cake.
I loved Smallville, and the final episode was good especially in the end. Although I was hoping to have a better view of Clark dressed as Superman. I hope Tom Welling will make an appearance on Arrow and TheFlash. Would be AWESOME.
Hey guys if you read there were rumors going around about Tom Welling returning as Superman in the flash series, but there will be an appearance of superman in supergirl series maybe in the season finale or season 2, it will most likely be Tim Welling because he is working with Cbs
