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Smallville - The Complete Third Season |  | Actors: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III, Allison Mack
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  175 reviews
Sales Rank: 2283
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 6
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Running Time: 950 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1.6
MPN: 085393972127
ISBN: 0790796945
UPC: 085393972127
EAN: 9780790796949
ASIN: B0002Y0QV2
Theatrical Release Date: October 16, 2003
Release Date: November 16, 2004
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Product Description
The third season of the television program that focuses on the life of the young Clark Kent as he struggles to deal with his powers as well as teenage
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Truth, identity, and responsibility are the cornerstones of Smallville's exceptional third season. When viewers left Clark (Tom Welling) at the end of season 2, he was feeling his oats in Metropolis with the help of a red Kryptonite ring, but by the opening of season 3, he must return to Smallville to not only help his parents save their farm, but seek some resolution in his relationships with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) and Lex (Michael Rosenbaum), who's returned from his abandonment at the conclusion of the previous season. Lex himself must deal with some shocking revelations regarding his relationship with his sinister father Lionel (John Glover, magnetic as always), and Lana becomes involved with a new figure in town, the mysterious Adam Knight (Lost's Ian Somerholder), who may or may not be a certain caped crusader. And speaking of heroes in disguise, the season's finale introduces Kara, a young woman with powers similar to Clark's--could she in fact be his sister, known best to comic book fans as Supergirl? Season 3 is chock full of such intriguing moments, including an appearance by future Daily Planet editor Perry White (Michael McKean, the real-life husband of series star Annette O'Toole) in "Perry," helmed by Supergirl film director Jeannot Szwarc; the return of villains Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Shawn Ashmore, and Jesse Metcalfe from seasons 1 and 2 (in "Asylum"); the departure of series regular Samuel L. Jones; and a intrigue-fraught final turn by Christopher Reeve as Dr. Swann ("Legacy"). The boxed set matches the high quality of the season with some terrific extras, including commentary on three episodes by series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, along with Rosenbaum, Allison Mack (Chloe), and Glover. Gough and Millar also contribute commentary to a battery of deleted scenes, and Mack's "Chloe Chronicles" returns for another go-round. The supplemental features are rounded out by a behind-the-scenes featurette, an amusing gag reel, and an Easter egg with Rosenbaum conducting some offbeat interviews. --Paul Gaita
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 No complaints, minus a few hick ups May 2, 2010
Daniel A. Davenport (Maryville, TN)
I think there were some scratches on a few of the disks but over all was ok
 Superman comics April 22, 2010
Chickyboom
Great show....so addicting to watch, even if you have no clue about what went on in the comics.
Continues to amaze and sadden and amuse April 7, 2010
Viva (So. Cal.)
I made it through the third season on DVD and this show just continues to amaze with unpredictable twists, characters with unusual abilities, the never-quite-spoken-of bond between Lana and Clark, more great scenes of tension and conflict with the Luthor father and son, and more revelations from Jor-El about Clark and his origins and destiny.
Michael Rosenbaum is by far the strongest actor here, playing Lex, the son who wants his father's love yet also wants that father in jail or even dead for all of his bad treatment of his son and of the Kents.
Sam Jones seems relegated to sidekick status, so I am not sure if he is coming back. Eagerly awaiting the answer in season 4.
The third season of "Smallville" is the show's very best of its earlier years February 22, 2010
Gregory N. Perkins (Frankfort, KY USA)
The third season of "Smallville" captures a new tone for the show, moving more definitively into darker waters creatively than it had previously dared. The end result is so compelling that the majority of the episodes from this season are among the best in the series.
The season premiere "Exile" finds Clark on a prolonged exposure to red kryptonite and on a criminal binge in Metropolis. Tom Welling's portrayal goes beyond the expected cool bad boy cliche, and delivers a truly dangerous Clark Kent, cold and uncaring. His superpowers only enhance his criminal ability, and a shaken Metropolis police force can only watch as Clark explodes their cruisers with heat vision as their bullets bounce off of his skin. All of this brings Clark to the attention of Morgan Edge, Metropolis' top crime boss eager to secure Clark's services. Meanwhile, Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor is stranded on an island after a climactic plane crash which ended the second season. The writing for this storyline is suspenseful and razor-sharp, setting up an arc for Lex which twines through most of the season and demonstrates why the Lex Luthor of "Smallville" is the most versatile iteration of the character in any medium.
The show's other cast members receive ample opportunity to shine, particularly Kristin Kreuk's Lana Lang in an arc wherein Ms. Lang's head is turned by a young, mysterious patient at Smallville Medical Center, where Lana is recuperating from a horse trampling. Adam Knight is played very well by Ian Somerhalder, subsequently of "Lost." Allison Mack's Chloe Sullivan begins to smooth out, just barely, her quirky edges from the first and second seasons and to mature into the unique form that the character has assumed in Superman canon. Two episodes from this season which give her a spotlight are "Exile," which foreshadows a later role for her in the series in an ironic way and "Truth," in which the journalist is infected with a serum and discovers the multifaceted, sometimes cutting nature of truth. Allison Mack is also memorable in "Perry," which introduces an alcoholic Perry White to the show, played wonderfully by Michael McKean. Mr. McKean is scheduled to return to the series in the 21st episode of the current(ninth) season.
The Luthors are taking off their kid gloves, as Lex is more vocal than ever regarding his hatred for his father and the svengali Lionel smoothly lands Lex in a fictional scientific research lab called The Summerholt Institute. The storyline gives birth to arguably the best episode in the show's run. "Memoria" is a beautiful episode highlighting in different ways the pain and loss of both Lex and Clark's early life. Underlining the emotional differences between the characters, and heartbreakingly foreshadowing the failure of their friendship, the episode features telltale conversations at its conclusion between Lionel and Lex as well as Martha and Clark that reach to the core of the art of parenting.
Also featuring a characteristically solid performance by John Schneider as Johnathan Kent and an eye-catching season-ending appearance by Adrianne Palicki(the television series "Friday Night Lights"), the third season of "Smallville" marks the show's elevation into mature drama.
Smallville Rules December 28, 2009
S. Leavy (St. Petersburg FL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great show. Starts building on the characters that were developed over the first two seasons, which were a little slow and boring at times.
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