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Rogue (Smallville)
The first season of ''Smallville'', an American television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, began airing on October 16, 2001, on The WB, The WB television network. The series recounts the early adventures of Krypton (comics), Kryptonian Clark Kent (Smallville), Clark Kent as he adjusts to his developing superpowers in the fictional town of Smallville (comics), Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The first season comprises 21 episodes and concluded its initial airing on May 21, 2002. Regular cast members during season one include Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Eric Johnson (actor), Eric Johnson, Sam Jones III, Allison Mack, Annette O'Toole, and John Schneider (screen actor), John Schneider. The season's stories focus on List of Smallville characters#Martha Kent, Martha and List of Smallville characters#Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Kent's (O'Toole and Schneider) attempts to help their adopted son Clark (Welling) cope with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Gough
Alfred Gough ( ; born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer, writer, director, showrunner and creator. He is the developer of The WB/The CW's Superman-prequel television series ''Smallville (TV series), Smallville''. Alongside longtime writing/producing partner Miles Millar, Gough co-created other television programs like AMC (TV channel), AMC's 2015 wuxia-influenced dystopian television series ''Into the Badlands (TV series), Into the Badlands'', MTV's 2016 epic fantasy television series ''The Shannara Chronicles'' (based on ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' book trilogy by Terry Brooks) and Netflix's ''Wednesday (TV series), Wednesday'', the Tim Burton-helmed ''Addams Family'' spin-off. Among his feature film credits he wrote or produced are ''Shanghai Noon'' and its sequel ''Shanghai Knights'', ''Spider-Man 2'', ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'', ''Hannah Montana: The Movie'' and Burton's ''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice''. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kaw people, Kansa people. Its List of capitals in the United States, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its List of cities in Kansas, most populous city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan area split between Kansas and Missouri. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Plains Indians, Indigenous tribes. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the Slavery in the United States, slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-production
Post-production, also known simply as post, is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording individual program segments. The traditional first part of the post-production process, non-linear (analog) film editing, has mostly been replaced by digital or video editing software, which operates as a non-linear editing (NLE) system. The advantage of non-linear editing is the ability to edit scenes out of order, thereby making creative changes at will. This flexibility facilitates carefully shaping the film in a thoughtful, meaningful way for emotional effect. Once the production team is satisfied with the picture editing, the editing is said to be ''locked''. At this point the turnover process begins, in which the picture is prepared for lab and color finishing, and the sound is ''spotted'' and turned over to the composer and sound desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over , and the fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 47.8 percent are native speakers of nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Glover (actor)
John Glover ( born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, such as Lionel Luthor in ''Smallville'' and the voice of Riddler in the DC Animated Universe. He also played the role of Daniel Clamp in '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' (1990). Early life Glover was born in Kingston, New York, and raised in Salisbury, Maryland. His father was a television salesman. Glover attended Wicomico High School and acted at Towson University. Glover began his career at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and later studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas. Career Glover began his career in television, playing a mentally disturbed kidnapper who kidnapped Joanne, the lead character in ''Search for Tomorrow''. One of his early film performances was a role as a U.S. diplomat in '. His other roles include Alan Raimy in '' 52 Pick-Up'', Bryce Cummings in '' Scrooged'', Tony Gateworth in ', Daniel Clamp in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Luthor
Lionel Luthor is a fictional character portrayed by John Glover in the television series ''Smallville''. The character was initially a special guest in season one, and became a series regular in season two and continued until being written out of the show in season seven. The character returned to the show in season ten again in a special guest role as a parallel universe (Earth-2) version of the character. In ''Smallville'', Lionel Luthor is the father of Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum), and founder and CEO of LuthorCorp. Lex Luthor's father was first introduced in ''Superman'' comics by Jerry Siegel in 1961 and has since appeared in other Superman-related media under different names. ''Smallville'' is the first appearance in which the character has been an intricate part of a Superman adaptation. Series developers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar created Lionel Luthor for ''Smallville'' to provide an antithesis to the parenting style of Jonathan Kent ( John Schneider) and Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Luthor (Smallville)
Lex Luthor is a fictional character from the television series ''Smallville''. He features from the Pilot (Smallville), pilot episode until the Smallville (season 7), season seven finale, and has been played continuously by Michael Rosenbaum, with various actors portraying the character as a child or teen throughout the series. The character of Lex Luthor, first created for comic books by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1940 as Archenemy, nemesis of Superman, was adapted to television in 2001 by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar - this is only the third time the character has been adapted to a live action television series. The character has also appeared in various literature based on the ''Smallville'' television series, none of which directly continues from or into the television episodes. In this series, Lex Luthor is sent to Smallville, by his father Lionel Luthor, to run the local LuthorCorp fertilizer plant. After driving his car off a bridge, he is saved by Clark Kent (Small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Sullivan
Chloe Sullivan is a fictional character in the television series ''Smallville'', based on the Superman and Superboy comics published by DC Comics. Portrayed by series regular Allison Mack, Chloe was an original character created exclusively for ''Smallville'' by series developers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Other than main protagonist Clark Kent (Smallville), Clark Kent, Chloe is the only main character to last the whole duration of the show, though Mack signed on for only five episodes in the Smallville (season 10), tenth and final season.Sands, Rich. "''Smallville''s Chloe Makes Her Comic-Book Debut" ''TV Guide''; September 27, 2010; Page 10 The character has also appeared in various literature based on ''Smallville'', a web series, and was later adapted back into the original Superman comics that inspired ''Smallville''. In ''Smallville'', Chloe is Clark Kent (Smallville), Clark Kent's best friend, Lois Lane (Smallville), Lois Lane's cousin, and the editor of the high schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Of Smallville
''Smallville'' is an American television series developed by writer/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and was initially broadcast by The WB. After its fifth season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which was the second broadcaster for the show in the United States. The series features a regular cast of characters, which began with eight main characters in its first season. Since then, characters from that first season have left the series, with new main characters having been both written in and out of the series. In addition, ''Smallville'' features guest stars each week, as well as recurring guests that take part in mini story arcs that span a portion of a season. Occasionally, the recurring guest storylines will span multiple seasons. The plot follows a young Clark Kent, in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, as he journeys toward becoming Superman. Additionally, the series chronicles Lex Luthor's path to the dark side, and his metamorphosis from Clark's be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lana Lang (Smallville)
Lana Lang is a fictional character on the television series ''Smallville''. She has been a series regular since the Pilot (Smallville), pilot episode, and has been played continuously by Kristin Kreuk, with two other actresses having portrayed Lana Lang as a child and as an elderly woman. The character of Lana Lang, created for comic books by Bill Finger and John Sikela in the 1950s as a romantic interest for Superboy (Kal-El), Superboy, was adapted to television in 2001 by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The character has also appeared in various literature based on the ''Smallville'' television series, none of which directly continues from or into the television episodes. In ''Smallville'', Lana is the first main love interest for Clark Kent (Smallville), Clark Kent, though, in the first season she is dating Whitney Fordman. By season two, with Whitney's departure, Lana and Clark begin to grow closer. Clark's dishonesty over the secrets he is hiding causes their relationship to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhuman
The term superhuman refers to humans, humanoids or other beings with abilities and other qualities that exceed those naturally found in humans. These qualities may be acquired through natural ability, self-actualization or technological aids. The related concept of a super race refers to an entire category of beings with the same or varying superhuman characteristics, created from present-day human beings by deploying various means such as eugenics, euthenics, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and/or brain–computer interfacing to accelerate the process of human evolution. Throughout history, the discussion of superhuman traits and the idea of the ideal human in physical, mental, or spiritual form has influenced politics, policy, philosophy, science and various social movements, as well as featuring prominently in culture. Groups advocating the deliberate pursuit of superhuman qualities for philosophical, political, or moral reasons are sometimes referred to as superhu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
