James Harvey
01-17-2002, 10:40 AM
WB entertainment president Jordan Levin told reporters at the Winter Press Tour of the Television Critics' Association that while they are happy with Smallville's performance, one thing will be changing in the show's future.
"What you're going to start to see is some smaller, sort of mini-arcs over the course of three or four episodes, where we do get away from some of the formulaic storytelling structure that we sort of getting ourselves boxed into," Levin explained, saying that the "Kryptonite villain of the week" formula was becoming a little too predictable. He also revealed that the show will be "building up its mythology" -- as past shows like The X-Files and Buffy have over time -- by building up the popular Lex Luthor, played by Michael Rosenbaum.
The show will begin to focus more on Lex's studies into uncovering Clark's secrets. Clark will also start learning more about his powers and how to keep them in check.
Levin assured that despite the possibility of some continuing plots on the show, each episode will still remain self-contained. "We don't want to turn it into a serialized show," he said. "We do want to retain a closed-ended format, but we want to extend our mythology."
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"What you're going to start to see is some smaller, sort of mini-arcs over the course of three or four episodes, where we do get away from some of the formulaic storytelling structure that we sort of getting ourselves boxed into," Levin explained, saying that the "Kryptonite villain of the week" formula was becoming a little too predictable. He also revealed that the show will be "building up its mythology" -- as past shows like The X-Files and Buffy have over time -- by building up the popular Lex Luthor, played by Michael Rosenbaum.
The show will begin to focus more on Lex's studies into uncovering Clark's secrets. Clark will also start learning more about his powers and how to keep them in check.
Levin assured that despite the possibility of some continuing plots on the show, each episode will still remain self-contained. "We don't want to turn it into a serialized show," he said. "We do want to retain a closed-ended format, but we want to extend our mythology."
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