The premise of this series, to tell the story of a young Clark Kent who is gradually discovering his powers as he faces adversaries with powers developed from contact from the kryptonite, is both simple and innovative. Superman has always been so powerful that he is rather uninteresting as no one or thing can put him in peril. Having Clark's powers developing as the series progresses and having him needing to protect characters that he cares about on a personal level adds both suspense and drama to the story though.
I remember being really engrossed in this series when I first started watching, but I can't remember what I felt about it as it progressed. Watching reruns on Prime now, I can see why. There is a lot of padding and reruns of the same storylines in regards to the characters. The love triangle between Clark, Lana and Chloe runs for far too long. It also requires the viewer to set aside that both Lana and Chloe would have abandoned their friendship with Clark given that he let them down on a weekly basis. It would also be plainly obvious to them, and also Lex, that Clark has a penchant for turning up in the most dangerous situations and the craziest things happen around him.
One of the major problems of this series is not the feeble mindedness of the support characters though but that Clark is not a likeable character. He manages to cause an explosion that results in his mother miscarrying, but there are no real repercussions for him.
I remember being really engrossed in this series when I first started watching, but I can't remember what I felt about it as it progressed. Watching reruns on Prime now, I can see why. There is a lot of padding and reruns of the same storylines in regards to the characters. The love triangle between Clark, Lana and Chloe runs for far too long. It also requires the viewer to set aside that both Lana and Chloe would have abandoned their friendship with Clark given that he let them down on a weekly basis. It would also be plainly obvious to them, and also Lex, that Clark has a penchant for turning up in the most dangerous situations and the craziest things happen around him.
One of the major problems of this series is not the feeble mindedness of the support characters though but that Clark is not a likeable character. He manages to cause an explosion that results in his mother miscarrying, but there are no real repercussions for him.