[@Lord Wraith]

Oh, absolutely. It painted Superman in a more human light. Smallville combined with JLU made me actually like Superman after believing he was just one unbeatable mess. But I can't look past the horrible writing in Smallville to say that it's a good show. Artistically, that is. The only truly good part about that show is the characterization of the main cast, most notably Lex, Lionel, Chloe and Lois, especially Lionel, who's I think to be the most fleshed out character in the whole show and one of my favorite TV characters ever.