I am a huge Smallville fan. I don’t like Lana Lang, but then again who really does? Mrs. Scholar and I have been watching all of the Smallvilles in order, from season one to season ten.
The Smallville executives tried their hardest to cut corners with the budget. One of the ways they have done this is to show a 2 second intro shot of the current location.
For example, when the scene is at the Kent Farm, they will show the Kent’s mail box. Everytime and in almost every episode.
We just finished season 8 and the one thing I noticed was the moon. The moon is larger than life which looks pretty cool.
The only problem with the moon in Smallville? It contradicts itself. Each week the moon is full in Metropolis and not so much in Smallville.
Smallville Moons
Look how normal the moon looks over Clark Kent's barn.
Now there is a nice full moon over Metropolis.
See the man in the red cape? That is not Clark. It is Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow. Oh, and look how big that moon is!
Holy starfish Batman! If this blog post was 3D that moon would be setting in your lap!
Smallville or DC Fan?
Are you a Smallville fan? If so, share something you liked about the show. Bonus question: Who is your favorite DC Hero?
The answer is all due to the magnification properties of pollution. In the country with very little pollution except for cow methane the moon appears fairly normal. In the bustling heart of Metropolis the exhaust fumes of millions of cars creates the impression of a huge moon when in fact it is just light refraction as it shines through the thick smog. I think this is pausible & is definitely Myth Confirmed. Now I just need to find a way to blow up the moon in a desert to try & bust the large moon myth
Wow! That was a Scholar worthy explanation of the Smallville Moon Contradictions!
You earn yourself 88 Dummy IQ Points!
I’d like to cash in my 88 Dummy IQ points. Just send it through to my Paypal account.
What’s the current D.I.Q.P. to AUD exchange rate???
Unfortunately the exchange rate is so bad that you end up giving me 33 Dummy IQ Points for every 88 you earn
Sounds good to me!
“Sounds good?” Is somebody reading this blog post to you?
I have no idea what Tony is talking about but if he is getting points, then I am in complete agreement.
For being in complete agreement I will give you 25 Dummy IQ Points.
If you would have challenged him I would have given you 50 Dummy IQ Points.
Small what?
I’m a fan of the moon, though. One day, one day. . .
One of these days Alice!
I challenge, only because I’ve never watched Smallville. Therefore I must challenge anyone’s sanity watching it. (My sanity is WAY beyond challenge!
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Um… Batman is DC, right? Or is he AC … I mean, Marvel? Screw it, I like Iron Man the best. Anybody wearing powered body armour gets my vote. (This from a lifelong Robert Heinlein “Starship Troopers” fan.)
My wife made a joke about how Marvel should be AC.
I am pretty sure and Iron Man is DC.
You like Starship Troopers?? Now we know what kind of commenter we are dealing with.
For challenging you get 49 Dummy IQ Points. I would have given you one more point for not even mentioning it.
I have always LOVED “hard” sci-fi. (Tech heavy stuff.) “Hammer’s Slammers is a great book series – future hovertanks driven by mercenaries. Favourite RPG was Traveller – D&D in space (no magic, but million-ton starships). The more tech, the more I love it. (Babylon 5 was AWESOME, though I always preferred Sinclair to Sheridan. I could just never take Bruce Boxleitner seriously!
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Maybe I need to give the “other” sci-fi shows a chance.
There is one that comes on here in German called “Earth: Final Conflict”… I can’t stand it.
What was your take on the remake of the V?
Actually, they did remake “V”, and it flopped. “Earth: Final Conflict” was SUPPOSEDLY by Gene Rodennberry (if I recall), but I think it was one of his ideas, a concept only, that they tried to churn out after his death. They tried that with a few, most were flops.
Babylon 5 is a serial, but definitely worth the investment. The Starship Troopers movies don’t use powered armour until the 3rd installment, so they’re kinda lame. Get the Hammers Slammers books if you can – the author, David Drake, served in an armoured unit in Vietnam. He really knows his stuff!
The moon looks smaller in Smallville because it is further away, silly.
Oh. I thought it was because Smallville was small.