"Smallville" Apocalypse (2008)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Tom Welling

Writers:

Jerry Siegel (characters) &
Joe Shuster (characters) ...
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TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

1 May 2008 (Season 7, Episode 18)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Clark is shown by Jor-El what life on Earth would have been like, had he not sent him there instead of facing the doom of his fellow Kryptonians.

Plot Keywords:

One Man Army | Shipper | One Word Title | Wet Jeans | Good Versus Evil

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang (credit only)
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen
Laura Vandervoort	...	Kara
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor (credit only)
James Marsters	...	Milton Fine
Terence Stamp	...	Jor-El (voice)
Camille Mitchell	...	Nancy Adams
Brett Dier	...	Clark Kent
Carlo Marks	...	Chloe's Fiance

Directed by
Tom Welling

Writing credits
Jerry Siegel		(characters) &
Joe Shuster		(characters)
Alfred Gough		(creator) &
Miles Millar		(creator)
Al Septien		(writer) &
Turi Meyer		(writer)

Produced by
Joe Davola	....	executive producer
Tom Flores	....	co-producer
Alfred Gough	....	executive producer
Holly Harold	....	co-producer
Ken Horton	....	executive producer
John Litvack	....	co-executive producer
Rob Maier	....	producer
Jae Marchant	....	producer
James Marshall	....	executive producer
Turi Meyer	....	co-producer
Miles Millar	....	executive producer
Brian Wayne Peterson	....	executive producer (as Brian Peterson)
Brian Robbins	....	executive producer
Tim Scanlan	....	supervising producer
Al Septien	....	co-producer
Todd Slavkin	....	executive producer
Kelly Souders	....	executive producer
Darren Swimmer	....	executive producer
Michael Tollin	....	executive producer (as Mike Tollin)
David Willson	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Snow

Cinematography by
Glen Winter		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ron Spang

Production Design by
James Philpott

Set Decoration by
Andrea French

Costume Design by
Melanie Williams

Makeup Department
Natalie Cosco	....	key makeup artist
Christine O'Connor	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Scott Graham	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Morgan Beggs	....	first assistant director
Mark Bunting	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Tom Hunt	....	construction coordinator
Kristina Lyne	....	graphic designer
Aleya Naiman	....	property master
Daniel Scarcello	....	head sculptor

Sound Department
Casey J. Crabtree	....	foley artist
Michael Crabtree	....	foley artist
Jessica A. Dickson	....	dialogue editor
Robert Hanchar	....	sound mixer
Dan Hiland	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael E. Lawshe	....	supervising sound editor
Gary D. Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Michael Walls	....	special effects supervisor (as Mike Walls)

Visual Effects by
Geeta Basantani	....	lead compositor
Geeta Basantani	....	matte painter
Darren Borrowman	....	visual effects coordinator
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects supervisor: Entity FX
Glenn Curry	....	digital effects artist: EntityFX
Charlyn Go	....	vfx coordinator: Entity FX
Rizza Go	....	visual effects coordinator/producer: Entity FX
Junji Hirano	....	visual effects artist
Nathan Ilejay	....	I/O coordinator: Entity FX
Brenda Ilic	....	visual effects producer: Entity FX North
Aaron N. Leichter	....	I/O coordinator: Entity FX
Andrew Lema	....	digital effects artist
Jack Noriaki Matsumoto	....	lead 3D artist: EntityFX
Steve J. McLeod	....	digital effects artist
Emily Sage	....	visual effects production assistant

Stunts
Crystal Dalman	....	stunt double
Jacob Rupp	....	stunt coordinator
Chris Webb	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
James M. Jackson	....	rigging electrician
Chris McMullin	....	steadicam operator: "b" camera
John O'Neill	....	key grip
Randal Platt	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Deedee Bradley	....	casting: Los Angeles
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: Vancouver
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting: Vancouver
Tiffany Mak	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marco Daxton	....	costume supervisor
Aieisha Li	....	costume set supervisor: 2nd unit

Editorial Department
Kerry Michael Tym	....	assistant editor (as Kerry Tym)

Music Department
Louis Febre	....	composer: score
Chris McGeary	....	music editor
Madonna Wade-Reed	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Winica Dewangga	....	office production assistant
Caroline Dries	....	story editor
Nathan Larsen	....	production assistant
Troy Rudolph	....	assistant: Michael Rosenbaum
Winona Sim	....	playback coordinator

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alfred Gough		creator
Miles Millar		creator

Art Direction by
James Philpott
Mark Soparlo
Sandi Tanaka

Set Decoration by
Erik Gerlund

Costume Design by
Cynthia Ann Summers		(as Cynthia Summers)

Makeup Department
Anji Bemben	....	key hair stylist
Kathleen P. Campbell	....	hair stylist
Joel Echallier	....	makeup applicator
Joel Echallier	....	makeup effects supervisor
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist
Lisa Love	....	makeup artist
Lisa Love	....	makeup supervisor
Harlow MacFarlane	....	special makeup effects artist
Ryan Nicholson	....	special makeup effects artist
M. Brando Pero	....	hair stylist
Jessica Rain	....	hair stylist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup effects designer
Barbara J. Wozniak	....	assistant hair stylist
Vince Yoshida	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karin Behrenz	....	trainee assistant director
Warren Hanna	....	first assistant director: second unit
Warren Hanna	....	second assistant director
Debra Herst	....	second assistant director (season 5)
Brad Jubenville	....	second assistant director (as Brad Jubenvill)
Douglas Mitchell	....	second assistant director: second unit
Wayne Rose	....	second unit director
Tanya Tagman	....	trainee assistant director (as Tanya Tagmann)
Paul Turner	....	daily assistant director
Paul Turner	....	first assistant director: second unit
Richard Worden	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
John Alvarez	....	assistant art director
Peter Bodnarus	....	art department assistant/model builder
Tim Dagley	....	on-set dresser
Jennifer Donaldson	....	set designer
Dustin Farrell	....	assistant art director
Phil Gough	....	property master
Mark Howes	....	lead set dresser
Denise Hutniak	....	on-set dresser (2002) (2003)
Terry Joseph	....	assistant set decorator
James Minchau	....	props
Tiara Motem	....	property buyer
Kimberley Regent	....	property master
Ric Walkington	....	assistant property master
Loree Wershler	....	graphic designer
Loree Wershler	....	illustrator
Ling Yang	....	storyboard artist
Gary Young	....	sculptor

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Charles Bruce	....	sound effects editor
Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves	....	dialogue editor
Jeremy J. Gordon	....	adr editor
Jeremy J. Gordon	....	sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Dave Griffiths	....	boom operator
David M. Horton	....	sound effects editor
Eric C. Hosmer	....	sound effects editor
Carolyn Motyer	....	boom operator: second unit
John Motyer	....	sound mixer: second unit
Rory O'Neill	....	sound assistant: day call
David Raines	....	adr recordist
Gary D. Rodgers	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary D. Rogers)
Graham Timmer	....	day call sound assistant
Lisa K. Wolf	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Chris Bignell	....	on set supervisor
Dan Cervin	....	special effects first assistant
Gary Heidrick	....	special effects assistant
Ian Korver	....	special effects assistant
James Kozier	....	special effects supervisor (season 1)
Tim Storvick	....	special effects coordinator (season 1)
Joel Whist	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Simon Ager	....	digital compositing artist
Brian Bell	....	digital artist
Dan Blank	....	digital compositor
Neill Blomkamp	....	3D animator
Joseph Brattesani	....	digital compositor
Nathan Brunskill	....	tape operator
Michael Carter	....	digital compositing artist
Trevor Cawood	....	lead 3D animator
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital compositor: EntityFX
Rick Cortes	....	digital fixes and clean-up
Dominic Daigle	....	digital artist
John Decker	....	CG supervisor: R!OT Pictures
Chris Doll	....	digital compositing artist
Eyal Erez	....	senior effects animator
Larry Ewing	....	visual effects producer: View Studios
Ben Funk	....	digital compositing artist
Don Greenberg	....	digital compositing artist
Jay Grunfeld	....	digital compositor
John H. Han	....	CG supervisor: EntityFX
John H. Han	....	lead 3D artist: EntityFX
John H. Han	....	lead compositor: EntityFX
John H. Han	....	visual effects on-set supervisor: EntityFX
Marlan Harris	....	digital artist
William Higgins	....	compositor: EntityFX
Yoshiko Hirata	....	compositor: EntityFX
Simon Holden	....	digital compositor
Eli Jarra	....	compositor: EntityFX
Michael Kaelin	....	digital compositor
Sara Lee	....	visual effects
Kymber Lim	....	visual effects producer: EntityFX
John Mitchell	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Kenneth Nakada	....	senior matte painter: R!OT Pictures
Rik Panero	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Rik Panero	....	data I/O manager
Brian Petras	....	compositor: EntityFX
Tricia Pifer	....	visual effects coordinator: EntityFX (as Tricia Hefferman)
Paul Patrick Quinn	....	visual effects producer
Madhava Reddy	....	roto artist
Diego Riestra	....	match move artist
Gregory S. Scribner	....	digital artist
Andrea Shear	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Rick Shick	....	digital compositor: compositing and rotoscoping
Terry Shigemitsu	....	lead animator: EntityFX
Trent Smith	....	digital producer: EntityFX
Mark Spatny	....	visual effects producer/supervisor: Modern VideoFilm
Christopher Stewart	....	3D animator
Cory Strassburger	....	digital artist: View Studio
Takashi Takeoka	....	digital compositor
Adrian Van Der Park	....	3D animator
Grant Viklund	....	digital artist
Jeff West	....	storyboards
Jeff Zaman	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Mark Aisbett	....	stunt double
Fraser Aitcheson	....	stunt actor
Nick Allen	....	stunt double: Kyle Gallner
Charles Andre	....	stunts
James Bamford	....	stunt double
Barb Bartos	....	stunt double: Martha Kent
Chad Bellamy	....	stunt double
Byron Briscoe	....	stunts
Gavin Buhr	....	stunt orderly
Sylvain Cameron	....	stunt double: Lex
Yves Cameron	....	stunt football player #5
Kirk Caouette	....	utility stunts
Raymond Chan	....	stunt double
Morris Chapdelaine	....	stunt double
Colby Chartrand	....	stunt double
Mike Ching	....	stunt actor
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunt double: Allison Mack
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt double
Mike Dopud	....	stunt football player #6
Jim Dunn	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jim Dunn	....	stunt double
Marny Eng	....	stunt double: Kristin Kreuk
Kylie Furneaux	....	stunt double
Corry Glass	....	stunt double
Alex Green	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Alex Green	....	stunt driver
Brian Ho	....	stunt double
Dave Hospes	....	stunt double
Gaston Howard	....	assistant stunt coordinator (2 episodes)
Gaston Howard	....	stunts (2 episodes)
Kim Howey	....	stunt double
David Jacox	....	stunt football player #4
Trevor Jones	....	stunt double: Joe Morton
G. Peter King	....	stunts
Ken Kirzinger	....	stunt football player #3
Jon Kralt	....	stunts
Don Lew	....	stunt double: Principal Kwan
Brad Loree	....	stunt deputy
J.J. Makaro	....	stunt coordinator: pilot episode
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunt double
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts
Scott Nicholson	....	stunts (seasons 1 & 2)
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunt double
Ron Otis	....	stunts
Rick Pearce	....	stunt double: Coach Walt
Fred Perron	....	stunt double
Darryl Quon	....	stunts
Dan Rizzuto	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunt double: Michael Rosenbaum
Ron Robinson	....	stunt double: Earl
Justin Sain	....	stunt double: Sean
Jeff Sanca	....	utility stunts
Chad Sayn	....	stunts
Christopher Sayor	....	stunt coordinator
Trish Schill	....	stunt double: Martha Kent
John Schneider	....	stunt driver
Sharon Simms	....	stunt double
Andrew Simpson	....	stunt double
Heath Stevenson	....	stunt double: Jonathan Kent
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double
Angela Uyeda	....	stunt double
Angela Uyeda	....	stunts
Mike Vézina	....	stunt football player #2
Clay Virtue	....	stunts (season 5)
Marshall Virtue	....	stunt double: Whitney

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Borland	....	gaffer: second unit
Bruce Borland	....	rigging gaffer
Rob Bruce	....	camera operator
John Carron	....	playback operator
Bradley S. Creasser	....	camera operator (as Brad Creasser)
Jack Cruikshank	....	grip
Rusty Deluce	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Geoffrey James Dixon	....	electrician
Cameron Drinkle	....	video playback operator
Rod Frew	....	electrician
David Goyer	....	generator operator
David Gray	....	still photographer
Aaron Haesler	....	camera trainee (season 5)
Junichi Hosoi	....	Steadicam operator
Junichi Hosoi	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Dale H. Jahraus	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit (season 5)
Scott Kozak	....	best boy grip: second unit
Ross Long	....	key rigging grip
Noah Richoz	....	digital video assist operator (2001)
Gary Stamford	....	lamp operator (season 2)
Matthew Tichenor	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Max Torroba	....	playback operator

Casting Department
Doreen Ferreira	....	co-extras casting associate
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting
Marty Manifold	....	extras casting assistant (seasons 1-2)
Edward D. Rea	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lynne Maureen Curtis	....	wardrobe supervisor
Shane Deschamps	....	costume set supervisor
Steve Oben	....	set costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Jessica E. Newman	....	post-production assistant (2009)
Jim Towne	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Cedric Lemoyne	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Ernie Mannix	....	music editor
Gregory Slay	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Cinjun Tate	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Shelby Tate	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Theory of a Dead Man	....	music performers: "Invisible Man"
Jeffrey Cain Thompson	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory" (as Jeffrey Cain)

Other crew
Anton Agerbo	....	production assistant (season 4)
John K. Alexander	....	assistant location manager
Ron Blecker	....	technical advisor
Jaap Broeker	....	stand-in: John Schneider and Tom Welling
Ken Brooker	....	assistant location manager
Mike Browne	....	production assistant
Nate Campbell	....	stand-in: Tom Welling
Dan Carr	....	assistant location manager
Morris Chapdelaine	....	stand-in
Simon Chin	....	extras wrangler
Rupert Cole	....	assistant to writer
Kendra Crowther	....	executive assistant
Michele Cummins	....	production assistant
Richard Cummins	....	stunt car mechanic
Richard Cummins	....	stunt car preparation: Dodge Charger
Ian Doig	....	animal trainer
Byron Drinkle	....	playback coordinator (2002-2004)
Dana Dubé	....	animal trainer
Rick Dugdale	....	assistant location manager (season 2-3)
Angeline Duran	....	assistant: Mike Tollin
Brad Erickson	....	trainee assistant location manager (season 5)
Maggie Evans	....	co-production coordinator
Abraham Fraser	....	location manager
Simon Hall	....	video synchronization operator
Debbie Heimowitz	....	writing intern
Danny Ho	....	video & computer playback supervisor
Jared Howitt	....	second assistant production coordinator
Sharon Ingram	....	production coordinator
Nathane Jackson	....	body double: Tom Welling
Bonnie Judd	....	animal coordinator
Bonnie Judd	....	animal trainer
Kaleena Kiff	....	assistant to producer
Marian Koprada	....	production assistant
Kurt A. Langenhahn	....	script coordinator (as Kurt Langenhahn)
David Langtry	....	computer playback operator
Tom J. Lawson	....	production assistant
Lukasz Madziag	....	production assistant
Marty Manifold	....	trainee assistant location manager
Sheri Mayervich	....	assistant location manager
Sian McArthur	....	production assistant
Michelle McKay	....	assistant to co-executive producer
W. Robert Millar	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Len Murach	....	location manager
Christina Ollson	....	production assistant (seasons 3-4)
Darren Robertson	....	playback coordinator
Lisa Rose	....	publicist (2003)
Andrew Simpson	....	animal coordinator
Julie Slater	....	trainee location manager
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Emily Thierry-Gray	....	production assistant
James Thompson	....	assistant location manager (seasons 3-4)
Daniel Thomsen	....	assistant to writer
Ross Woo	....	office production assistant

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Trivia:

Kara uses the alias Linda Danvers. In the comics, Supergirl merged with a dying Linda Danvers, and gained a human soul.

Quotes:

Brainiac: You will not keep me from the task I was programmed for.
Clark Kent: Zod is still alive.
Brainiac: And trapped...in the Phantom Zone. With the humans gone, I will use Kara to release him through her Fortress.
Clark Kent: She'll never go along with it.
Brainiac: It didn't look like she had much fight left in her. But she'll heal. She's healthy. So is Lex Luthor...the vessel. Together, they will repopulate the planet, and Krypton will rise again.

Movie Connections:

References Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Soundtrack:

Fetish

Time Travel is Risky Writing

Clark Kent sees what the world would be like without him in a milestone of an episode, the 150th of "Smallville." Clark realizes that a lot of grief and sorrow has come through him. He is reluctant to go back in time to Krypton to save Kara, and himself, because of the bad that in his mind is all his fault. Because of this (constant) self-evaluation, he wishes he had never been born. Jor-El shows him how incorrect Clark is in making that wish.

Once he sees how much danger the world would be under without him, Clark decides to return back in time to Krypton.

While an interesting episode in a 'It's A Wonderful Life' sort of format, it's unfortunate to see Clark still blaming himself for everything that has gone wrong with events near him. However, after emerging from the alternate reality, at least he realizes how much good he has brought to the world, and how much worse it could be without him. However, scenes from Krypton at the end of the episode tamper with the previous episodes of the show and the very basis of the myth. Basically, the writers' decision to go with a back-in-time conflict infringes upon previous established and epic facts that will leave you loving or hating this episode. Fortunately, a lot of their fans liked it.

Nods to the classic Lois and Clark relationship from the Superman story and the Smallville Lois and Clark's future are touched on in the alternate reality, which is a welcome story.