Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, the creators and executive producers of Smallville, have announced their resignation and so will not be involved in season 8. Mania.com posted their open letter in which they thank everyone involved in Smallville and talk about how proud they are of the show.
What makes this good news? Other shows' fans might be concerned when the show's creators step down, but in Smallville's case, this is exactly what the fans have been wishing for. Millar and Gough deserve credit for rethinking Clark Kent's teenage years and creating an intelligent, well-written series that explored Clark's discovery of who he is and his journey to become Superman. But that all went down the drain after season 3.
Season 3 is perhaps the most compelling year for Smallville, but it carried darker themes and story arcs, so Millar and Gough promised an upbeat season 4. That promise translated to shallow plots and even worse uses of Kryptonite (Kryptonite Gatorade and plastic surgery??). Clark and Lana continued their off and on relationship and three years later, that pairing is still central to the show (and now we have Kryptonite-laced gum). Season 5 hinted at a move to Clark and Lois, but then Lana faked her death and moved onto the Kent farm (do I smell soap opera?), and here were are back in season 1 with Clark trying to make a relationship with Lana work. The series has become repetitive and tiresome, hindering most of its characters' development.
But now Millar and Gough are gone, and hopefully that means their Lana-centered arcs are gone too. The best thing for Smallville now is someone to step in who knows the Superman mythos well and can morph Smallville's stagnant Clark Kent into America's most iconic superhero.
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