First off, I have to make clear that I do not watch Smallville very regularly, in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a full season of the show. Back in the say, I was a faithful fan of Lois & Clark but never really got into Smallville. This is odd for me because I am a HUGE DC Comics/Superman fan but, well, the show is entering its 9th season and I fear I’m too far behind to catch up. That said, I keep my eye on the show because I love modern retellings of the Superman story. Brian Austin Green, who starred on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles before it got canceled, is coming to Smallville in the upcoming 9th season and will portray the villainous cyborg Metallo … here is our first look:
He was killed by a robotic assassin in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles last spring, and now Brian Austin Green is coming back to TV as a different kind of cyborg. In a two-episode arc on Smallville (beginning with the September 25 season premiere), Green plays John Corben, a new Daily Planet reporter who becomes the comic-book villain Metallo. In the aftermath of an accident, Corben is mysteriously outfitted with a heart made of kryptonite. Executive producer Kelly Souders won’t reveal the identity of his Frankenstein-esque savoir, but says Corben is turned into “a rough version of Metallo, a first attempt at the technology, and eventually he’ll get sleeker.” So might we see him again? “Well of course—it’s Smallville,” she says with a laugh. “We’re actually throwing some ideas around right now in the hopes that we might be able to bring him back for another episode.”
You might think that Metallo looks a lot like Iron Man, particularly because of the chest battery pack but it should be made clear that Metallo was created as a Superman villain by DC Comics in 1959 and Marvel Comics/Stan Lee created Iron Man in 1963. But, I digress … it’s great that Brian Austin Green will be back on TV this coming season even if he is appearing on Smallville for only a 2 episode story arc. See, every time I check in with Smallville to see what they’re up to I get inspired to watch the show. Mebbe the appearance of BAG will be the trick to get me to tune in more faithfully.
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He looks awesome!
I can’t wait for season 9 to begin!
BAG looks great as Metallo. The comic-con trailer has me so excited for the new season, it looks fantastic. I hope we get a promo pic of Zod(Callum Blue) very soon!
this guy will alwasy be david silver to me. i dont care how many muscles or kryptonite hearts he has going on.
p.a.s.s.
Trent’s right about Metallo being around before Iron Man, but the Smallville Metallo look is still totally inspired by the Iron Man movies. In the comics, he NEVER looked like that — he was a cyborg with a kryptonite hard actually inside of him…
@spencer — Some incarnations of Metallo have used the exposed kryptonite heart look http://img214.imageshack.us/im.....ingmr4.jpg but, yes, I think the Smallville version is Iron Man inspired ;)
I can’t wait!!
i wish he was on for more then 2 episodes.
IDK Jack about comic books or characters… what I do know is that BAG looks HOT and that is why I just might watch this show… or very least DVR it and watch the hot scenes! : )
If anyone has yet to see season 8 of Smallville but would like to catch up before tuning in to season 9, the CW put together a recap trailer of season 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtVUAxju6B8
and here is the Comic-Con trailer for season 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acf0V3QljmY the season 9 trailer begins around 2:15( sorry this is the best quality I could find) but I recommend watching the entire thing because it’s pretty cool. September 25th can’t get here soon enough!
Why is this show still on?
Smallville limps along these days. The finale for season 8 was utter rubbish :(
You should be happy that you don’t watch this dumb show more. It SUCKS! BAG(boy) looks really bad. Kind of like an Alien face hugger swallowed a lightbulb and died on his chest. You KNOW that they are going to be putting him in a tight shirt, so how is he going to hide that monstrosity in that?