Back in October 2005, during the 5th Season of
Smallville, an episode called "Aqua" aired with Clark meeting "AC," a guy who could do stupendous things in the water. "AC" was, of course, Arthur Curry, better known in DC Comics circles as Aquaman. The episode was popular, and within a few months the producers of
Smallville put together a pilot for a show best known at the time as
Mercy Reef. It starred a different actor playing a different version of Arthur "AC" Curry (in that he apparently had a different background and experiences than the character met on
Smallville).
The pilot, later renamed
Aquaman, did not get on the air, and so the actor - Justin Hartley - ended up on
Smallville, in a recurring role as Oliver Queen, a.k.a. "Green Arrow." Funnily enough,
Smallville's Green Arrow would eventually meet and team up with
Smallville's Aquaman (and other DC comics characters) in the sixth-season episode "Justice." Hartley's Green Arrow, at the very least, will be back on the show later this season...and we may see the rest of the "Justice" team as well. We'll certainly catch up on what they've been doing, at the very least.
The
Aquaman (or
Mercy Reef) show didn't make it to the tube, but the pilot episode was sold on iTunes, and became extremely popular there. So Best Buy and Warner Home Video have worked together to get that pilot put onto DVD. It's available starting yesterday, in Best Buy stores. You'll find it in specially marked season sets of
Smallville (and you won't see it stuck to the back; it's literally inside the slipcover box). This hour-long pilot stars Hartley, Lou Diamond Phillips (
La Bamba, Young Guns), Ving Rhames (
Pulp Fiction, the
Mission: Impossible films), Adrianne Palicki (
Friday Night Lights), Denise Quiñones (
Smallville, Smallville: The Vengeance Chronicles) and Rick Peters (Matt Parkman's former police pal on
Heroes).
This week Best Buy has
Smallville season sets 1-5 on sale for just $14.99 each, and so it's an easy decision to make if you have a hole in your collection (or know a friend who won't mind an open copy as a Christmas gift). Remember to look for the special sticker so you know it's in there. Below we've got a look at the sleeve and dics, a couple of screen shots, and a look at the sticker itself that marks the sets which contain this disc. We thank all the readers who wrote in about this, starting yesterday..there are way too many of you to name!
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