Has Smallville gone on too long?

Yes it has gone on too long. They were dealing with a finite period of time, and then fans were expecting a more or less seamless fit into what is already known about Superman. I am a stickler for continuity and when he started meeting all of those wierd characters right there in little bitty ol' Smallville I was through.

I think the biggest deviation from Superman lore is the death of Clark's father. I still enjoy the show, but I now take it on face value and don't try and link it with the other Superman stories that I have been exposed to.

As much as i ove smallville, i gotta agree that the show has gone on too long. They could have at least made it a spinoff or something and changed it from what it was supposed to be (a clark kent finding his purpose in life story) to an superman show or something. At the rate they're going, they will have brought in the whole justice league and all the villans before clark even thinks of putting on a suit.

I used to be a huge fan of the show and watched it every week. Now I rarely watch the show. I think the last new episode I saw was the alternate timeline episode where Clark saw what life was like had he never left Krypton. I'll watch it from time to time but not like I used to.

But yes, I think the show should come to an end soon. As people like to say on the IMDb boards, he's all but become Superman at this point in all but name and costume. It's time to stop fooling around. It's time to officially become Superman.

I remember hearing way back when the show first started that they originally were going to go just five seasons. Obviously that didn't happen though. But I do wish they would stop dragging it out.

i totally agree with u that smallville has gone too long. currently i am on season 7 and yet clark still does not know how to fly. according to the comic, he learnt how to fly when he was a teenager. the writters have messed up with story line of superman.

I get your point. I just finished reading Smallville over Wikipedia and they're even planning for season 9 on fall. Although there are lots of things happening in the series along CK's life story, along the process, the producers decided to slowly introduce the Justice League, thats when Green Arrow and the rest of the guys started coming out. They's now planning on making it like the DC Comic Book of Superheroes. I dont know how they will end the series. But im loving it.

I agree, crispeater, that the show probably should have ended. They keep bringing in new characters and the show really isn't the same with Mom and Pop Kent gone. At this rate the show looks as though it might continue on until Clark is in his thirties.

I like watching Smallville before.
But somewhere along the way I lost interest in it.
There's no interest left in me so i think it has to stop
now. I'm sure there's a lot of people out there who will agree
with me.