Ah, Smallville, how we will miss thee

So last week was the series finale of Smallville. I was kind of disappointed. The whole Darkseid storyline wrap up felt very deus-ex-machina. And couldn't they have given a closeup of Welling, head to toe, in the Superman duds? Yet I was still crying at the end, 'cause I'm a big old sap, and it was neat to finally see him become Superman.

I wonder if there'll ever be another show with such shameless exploitation of such a variety of hot guys? Maybe 90210, if it lasts longer. It's amazing that Smallville wasn't a Spelling show, since Charmed was neck-and-neck in that department.

The cast has inspired many a wallpaper here. In fact, the launch of this blog (two years ago yesterday) was of one of them. So I thought I'd do an homage. Also fear not, I'll be doing more wallpapers in the future of guys from the show, since it's a goldmine (no, not that kind) that's far from being exhausted. Thank you, WB/CW, for keeping it on for 10 years. Yep, the stories got crappier as the series continued, but the guys, oh, the guys...

So here are a few, in alphabetical order:

Jensen Ackles (Jason Teague)


Chris Carmack (Geoff Johns)


Justin Hartley (Green Arrow)


James Marsters (Brainiac)


Jesse Metcalfe (Van McNulty)


Cory Monteith (Frat Cowboy)


Alan Ritchson (Aquaman)


Kyle Schmid (Sebastian Kane)


Michael Shanks (Hawkman)


Ian Somerhalder (Adam Knight)


Tom Welling (Clark Kent)


Paul Wesley (Lucas Luthor)


Kevin Zegers (Seth Nelson)

WoW - Wallpaper of the Week

Kyle Schmid


David "Wolfman" Williams


Marcus Schenkenberg

I never heard of Kyle Schmid (26 tomorrow) until I saw Blood Ties. All his prior work was outside my normal areas of interest. Admittedly, he did The Covenant, but I never saw that. Yeah, I know, I know. But his other stuff? I mean, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? Anyway, on Blood Ties he played a vampire who I would be willing to have sink his fangs into me. I was so disappointed to hear it didn't get picked up; it had interesting potential. He did do a guest spot on Smallville, and it looks like he's got several projects in the works. So here's hoping we continue seeing more of Kyle.

Btw, what is it with guys named Kyle, that they usually look like this? Though there are exceptions.

Talk about outside my normal interest areas! That describes David "Wolfman" Williams (24 on Wednesday). I think I saw pictures of him on a blog somewhere; I wish I could remember which one. Whoever it was, thank you! Aussie footballers (rugby players, for those of us stateside) have started to cross my radar, what with photos from Dieux du Stade and, in Williams case, Gods of Football all over the 'net. Seeing prior pictures of him, the beard is a turnoff, to me at least. Now that he's shaved, though, yow! Check this video (at home, it's NSFW) to see why.

Yes, I did quite a few Marcus Schenkenberg wallpapers. What with him being a model, there's lots of great photos available as source material. Like here, for example. Do I hear any complaints? Going once, going twice... didn't think so. Oh, and he'll be 42 on Wednesday.