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Latest News
Byline
-- Webmaster,
Our Universe, October 27, 2006
***
Back to Bad! *** :-(
Smallville
came back with an awful episode last night! For the sordid truth check out
KalElFan's
comments in the Zodana Blog section.
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October 22, 2006 Update
Byline
-- Webmaster,
Our Universe, October 22, 2006
***
News Flash! *** :-)
Smallville had a
pretty good episode on Thursday! For more on that check out
KalElFan's
comments in the Zodana Blog section.
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October 18, 2006 Update
Byline
-- Webmaster,
Our Universe, October 18, 2006 (revised October 22)
If
you're completely new to the site feel free to check out our somewhat
dated Welcome
Section below and
then return here for the latest and more recent updates. Also check
out the Smallville
Twist music video via the YouTube links in the borders of this site.
 | YouTube
Purge |
There's
been another YouTube purge at Warner Bros. request, as described in
the October 18 update of the YouTube
and Copyright Page.
Parts 1 and 2 are still up, along with the original Smallville Twist music
video and the season 6 Promo.
| Smallville's
Ratings Woes |
As
of this writing, three episodes of Smallville season 6 have aired and
the ratings news is bad. Average viewership has declined 18.7% and
more than one million viewers. See the Ratings
Analysis Page at
picontinuum.org for more, including two charts at the bottom of that
page.
That
ratings page also has some analysis and recommendations on what
Smallville should do now to turn things around. We highly
recommend it for Powers That Be types! Maybe even heed it this
time! It's no fun watching the show go down the tubes, and it's
not like we can bring in Hiro from Heroes to make a face, go back and
save the day. :-) It's up to you Powers That Be guys and gals to
make it happen!
| Ask
Zodana |
Check
out the October 18 blog here.
| Sign
On! |
This
is where we ask you to Sign On before we sign off. As we said at the end of our Welcome message... Count yourself among those who support the Smallville
Twist on the story by filling out the form on the Sign
On! page.
Even if you're not yet a supporter, feel free to use that page to leave
feedback on the site or videos. Thanks.
| The
Future of This Site |
Apologies
for the long delays in updating the page, but it's really been a
reflection of what the Smallville Powers That Be chose to serve up, and
even more so promote, for season 6. Support for Chlark and the
Smallville Twist on the story is and remains significant and indeed the
key to the turnaround of the show. However, until they see that
and also start to communicate it there's really not much more to say.
The
Powers That Be seem to have another window here to save the show, as
described on that Ratings
Analysis Page,
but there's still very little indication they'll take it. Devoted
to Smallville and
AMO
both cite an ew.com
piece in the last
24 hours that mentioned Chlois and favored it. The comments to
that blog are endless and mostly supportive, and online Chlark/Chloe
supporters continue to be out in full force elsewhere. Perhaps the
ratings failure of the season 6 strategy will also be a catalyst for
change and the recognition it's urgently needed. But until it
happens or there are developments that point to that, updates to this
site will probably continue to be sporadic. Eventually the entire
site may be folded back into another one, an Internet Time Capsule of
sorts as we've called it, to a great opportunity lost. In the
meantime let's hope for the best!
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September 3, 2006 Update
Byline
-- Webmaster,
Our Universe, September 3, 2006
| The
Smallville Twist Files |
This
is the episode-like treatment of the Smallville Twist that we've just
uploaded to YouTube. It's less than 45 minutes, split into 15
parts averaging just under three minutes each (excluding the URL to this
site at the end of each segment).
The
Smallville Twist
section of our site has more detail and the YouTube links. [Note:
the links are also now in the left and right border areas, highlighted
in the 2nd and 3rd boxes.]
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August 20, 2006 Update
Byline
-- Webmaster,
Our Universe, August 20, 2006
| New
Smallville Season 6 Promo on the CW |
Click
here or on the
links in the border areas to take a look at the first promo from The CW
that features new Smallville Season 6 footage.
It's about 30 seconds long, has been very well received, and Chloe and
Chlark are front and center towards the end of it. That's a
YouTube link as are the other video ones on this site.
| Some
Other Chlark Videos |
YouTube
users have also uploaded other Chlark clips or videos over the last few
months that we've only recently discovered. We haven't looked at
all of them (some can be sappy -- different strokes!) but here are a few
we think are quite good especially for anyone new to the show or who
may have only seen a bit of it.
The
Chlark Elevator Scene From Episode 4-09
(54s)
That
Face-Chlark (2m
21s)
The
Chlark Jersey Scene From Episode 4-04
(1m 24s)
We
think the second one, That
Face-Chlark, is
better than The
Smallville Twist
and the other two are good introductions to Chlark. Anyone new to
Smallville might want to take a look at the Smallville
Season 6 Promo
first, then the above and then The
Smallville Twist.
| Zodana
Blog |
We
launched this on August 16 and there are three blogs up so far. The
Index is Here.
The shtick is that the blogmaster, Zodana, is a character merger of (i)
Zod, possessed by Lex, and (ii) Lana. They got zapped on the
rooftop there at the end of 5-22 "Vessel", by a Jor-El
lightning bolt. They (yes, they refer to themselves in the plural)
are evil dominant -- well, not too evil but they do root for the Cylons
in BSG! I guess that makes them pretty evil. Zodana
won't always be writing the blogs but they might comment on them.
Their section is where we'll channel all the critical stuff that's been
floating around Smallville cyberspace lately, while trying to keep the
focus positive on the rest of the site. So if you have a rant on
Smallville -- hopefully good humor fodder -- click
here to e-mail the bad hybrid Zodana.
(Don't forget to fill out the subject line or it might get lost as
spam.)
Webmaster
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Welcome
to SMALLVILLE-TWIST.ORG
Byline
-- Webmaster,
Our Universe, August 4, 2006
If
you've found your way to this web site, chances are good you either (i) already watch the
Smallville TV series; or (ii) recently heard about or saw the Smallville Twist
Music Video described in the next section. If you don't fall into either
category it's okay. There's a
start-from-scratch element to other material on the site that you can
read later. For now, we suggest you start here on this page.
| The
Smallville Twist |
The
Smallville Twist is a non-profit song and video produced by your
webmaster. It's in the nature of commentary and possibly other fair use
exemptions, but attempts have been or will be made to obtain permission
from the four sources of copyright material that were used. If the
song and video generate publicity for the show, or if Warner Bros.
Television or The CW (which produces and airs Smallville respectively)
otherwise decide to make use of it, we'd suggest any proceeds go to
charity. For example, if it got radio or video play any normal
fees could be paid to Christopher Reeve's foundation.
The
Smallville Twist music video has been tested on several existing and lapsed
Smallville viewers, as well as those who have rarely if ever seen the
show. We believe it's effective in conveying the nature of the
twist, advocating that the show follow through with it, and generating
interest in and discussion of it among those who don't regularly watch
the show. After viewing it we welcome your comments via email to
your Webmaster
or via the Sign
On! page on this
site. The Smallville Twist can currently be
found on YouTube using the link in the left border or just
click here.
| The
Twist Described |
The
Chlois File
describes the twist and the case for it in significant detail, but
another way of looking at it is that it consists of three main parts:
(i) The Professional Case; (ii) The Romance Case; and (iii) The Name
Issue. The Professional Case is really the most obvious and least
controversial. Chloe Sullivan is the only Daily Planet reporter
character in Smallville. She's only 19 or 20, and she's already
had a front page byline there. This is
consistent with the premise of Smallville, where everything is condensed
and/or happens earlier. Lex is there, Metropolis is just over
yonder, and the Fortress and Brainiac and Zod show up before Clark
leaves his teens. Chloe Sullivan being a new twist version of Lois
Lane would just be another extension of that. The
second part, The Romance Case, is somewhat more contentious but the vast
majority of Smallville viewers have at least some affinity for
Clark-Chloe or "Chlark". In fact 70%+ rate it 7/10 or higher and over 50% rate it
9/10 or 10/10, i.e. are clamoring for it. The left border of this
site has a link to a FAQ-style
page on the carefully conducted survey that revealed this.
The
third element of the twist is The Name Issue, and it's by far
the most misunderstood and controversial. People think that the twist requires some sort of permanent name change for Chloe. It
doesn't, but in fact she's already handed in a story (in season 3)
using the pseudonym Lois Lane. If Smallville follows through with
the twist, the Lois Lane character, Chloe's cousin who was introduced in season
4, would have a different destiny and Chloe might or might not adopt the
pen name again.
You
may also want to take a look at the Chloisers
Speak! page to
get an idea of the widespread popularity of the twist online.
Offline, the terms "Chlois" and "Chloiser" are
unknown, but almost any viewer will have some sense that Chloe Sullivan
is very Lois-like. In fact so much so that if she isn't Smallville's
version of
the Lois Lane character, then she'll effectively become the Ultimate
Contrivance rather than the Ultimate Romance Destiny of Clark Kent aka
Superman.
| Sign
On! |
Count
yourself among those who support the Smallville Twist on the story by
filling out the form on the Sign
On! page.
Even if you're not yet a supporter, feel free to use that page to leave
feedback on the site or videos. Also spread the word, especially
to new and lapsed viewers, about Smallville Season 6 on the new CW (U.S.
premiere date, September 28), and The
Smallville Twist.
Thanks!
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