This Week On SHoE - What is it that makes someone a true Smallville fan? Is it the Superman mythos? The relationships? The journey? Or the destiny? Steve picks apart seven years of the show and tells you why tunes in each week and how he views the fans and their stories on how they became fans.

Running Time: 40:19;
Podcast Record Date: September 12th, 2008

Steve was dead on about smallville getting people to like superman. If it werent for this show I never would have read last son or birthright or even the all star series.

I wasn't a big Superman fan outside of the movies. I always thought he didn't have much depth until Smallville. So I can say that Smallville truly made me a Superman fan.

I was a really big fan of the Superman movies ever since I was a little kid. I can't count the number of times I watched it. So I came to "Smallville" already being a Superman fan (although that would just be from the movies and from "Lois and Clark"). I think what really hooked me on "Smallville" was Lex Luthor and Michael Rosenbaum and the friendship between Clark and Lex. It had this great inevitable tragedy to it that I really enjoyed watching play out.

Great job on the episode, Steve! I came into the show as a lifelong Superman fan and from just watching the pilot I was hooked. Not only was it one of the coolest Superman things I had seen on film but I was amazed at the quality of the show. All the characters were portrayed in interesting ways so that even though I knew the mythology I saw this story as if for the first time.
I have never been bothered by the changes made for the show as I see it as an Elseworlds type time line, but I love it when they give us the Superman moments that give us a peek into what is to come.
I have had a lot of friends, much like you, who have come to like the show after I lent them the pilot. Some of them even started reading the comics as well.
Thanks for the episode and I am looking forward to you and Derek busting out the 100th episode and the start of a new season which promises to be filled with the iconic Superman moments that fans have been waiting for.

Cheers!