I saw a couple of random episodes of Smallville one time on leave and thought it was the dumbest thing ever. Then one deployment, one of my people brought three seasons and I saw them in order. Once I convinced myself that it was its own thing (and to forget about what I 'knew' from movies and cartoons) I fell in love with the series. I'm currently on Season 8 for the third time
Just broke my personal record for number of consecutive days without dying!