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Supergirl |OT| Adventure Runs in the Family - Mondays 8/7c on CBS
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Benoist really sells it well though. That whole kitten video excuse she did felt so darn genuine she reminded me of my own friends. It was uncanny.
This show is too cheesy for me. Also I can't take any major threat seriously with Superman in this universe, as it's the same problem I have with the marvel movies. If the threat is big, why wouldn't the other heroes help?
Having other Kryptons running wild on Earth would surely draw Superman's attention. He should have been killed or been missing prior to the shows start.
Having other Kryptons running wild on Earth would surely draw Superman's attention. He should have been killed or been missing prior to the shows start.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Yeah! I heard that voice and I was like "whaaaaaaaaa"
Kara is off to a great start with that environmental disaster
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Melissa Benoist is so adorably awkward.
I just assume Cat Grant knows Kara is Supergirl and is just trolling the fuck out of her.
I just assume Cat Grant knows Kara is Supergirl and is just trolling the fuck out of her.
Discotheque
Banned
this is way too similar to the flash. would be nice to separate this more from the pack, another reason why i think gotham is just killing the rest of these shows right now for me. it's nothing like the CW stuff, structure is different.
this begins and ends exactly like an episode of Arrow or Flash would. it's..aiight. but eh, really could be a lot better. benoist is a female grant gustin. dat glee synergy.
this begins and ends exactly like an episode of Arrow or Flash would. it's..aiight. but eh, really could be a lot better. benoist is a female grant gustin. dat glee synergy.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Like Flash, this show can be a bit preachy, but there's no one with the gravitas of Wells or Papa Joe West to sell it with gravitas.
I also feel like they could do with injecting a bit of darkness into the show.
I also feel like they could do with injecting a bit of darkness into the show.
nextgeneration
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I enjoyed this one better than the premiere. The premiere was pretty bad but this one's much improved.
This would be an amazing development.
She's very good. I'm not as convinced with the sister, although a good chunk of that is the dialogue. They're pushing that relationship too hard, with no subtlety.
Discotheque
Banned
absolutely. they need to throw this bootleg zod into the bushes and get a better main villain. hopefully that maxwell lord is it or someone else.
really liked the montage though for sure, she's having a lot of fun with it.
WrenchNinja
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Hit her with your best shot
PHOENIXZERO
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Oh and yeah I don't know if it was padding or if Benoist's arms are just that jacked now but wow.
KDash31987
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Napoleonthechimp
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My first thought was Martian Manhunter, but I guess he's a cyborg?
KDash31987
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Well good to see someone is enjoying it. This episode was mostly good for the first two thirds (Flockheart starting as an assistant to Perry White aggravated me a lot) but the last third was atrocious.
Supergirl fights her aunt during her rookie debut? Her aunt starts wailing on her instead of trying to appeal to familial connection? Shitty wirefu? Closet of solitude fully equipped with low rent Russel Crow knock off? Hinting at Cyborg in such a random fashion? The plan to trap the Helgamite? The Helgamite getting knocked out by his own poison? "Your mother betrayed me for being a hero." *cringe*
I hope they don't continue making that many mistakes in the future.
Supergirl fights her aunt during her rookie debut? Her aunt starts wailing on her instead of trying to appeal to familial connection? Shitty wirefu? Closet of solitude fully equipped with low rent Russel Crow knock off? Hinting at Cyborg in such a random fashion? The plan to trap the Helgamite? The Helgamite getting knocked out by his own poison? "Your mother betrayed me for being a hero." *cringe*
I hope they don't continue making that many mistakes in the future.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I like it. Show makes me wanna watch Man Of Steel again.
Who is playing Superman ? Is this known?
Who is playing Superman ? Is this known?
the_firewithin
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How do you not melt when she smiles. Too cuteHit her with your best shot
ColdLasagna
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All in all with what they have to work with and what they are not allowed to work with the show is better than I expected.
This guy will keep watching.
This guy will keep watching.
I like it, and I think it forces writers to up their game
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Meh writing, subpar effects, and everyone's favorite aspect of the show seems to be how adorable Benoist is. I wouldn't think too much of the quality of this show.
The effects have been on the level of Flash's. What's wrong with the writing?
StarCreator
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Don't forget Agents of SHIELD, which typically resolves what you would expect to be a cliffhanger on the same episode it is introduced. It's a pacing style I've come to enjoy, though not every writer can pull it off without making it feel rushed.
I much preferred the second episode here to the pilot in that respect, and I'll be satisfied if they keep it up at this level.
Haha, I remember mentioning I saw the premiere at Comic Con, and how bad it was (and I thought it was connected to Man of Steel). Knew a lot of GAF would agree with me when they put the pitchforks away and watched it. It's a DC comics show, Benoist is an awesome Supergirl, and I really want to like it. I'm just having a hard time, mostly with the writing.
Still hoping it'll improve! I'll keep DVR'ing it and hope for the best!
Still hoping it'll improve! I'll keep DVR'ing it and hope for the best!
THAT'S who that was. Yeah I was laughing too but I couldn't remember where he was from.
RevengeOfDoh
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I wish they would stop blurring out Flockhart's face to hide her wrinkles.
Jest Chillin
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I half watched the second episode. Pretty much a by the numbers S1 Flash episode with training stuff. It's an improvement from the pacing of the first episode but still failing to grab me. The dialogue is still wonky and a lot of the ancillary cast doesn't fit well imo. General Auntie is underwhelming and doesn't come off threatening. DEO Director doesn't really fit as the detracting mentor (and the detracting is redundant with Alex Danvers). Alex is in a weird place with her sometimes capable, sometimes damsel, I love my sister but I have to criticize/detract constantly. And there's really nothing for Kara's bestie-who-has-feelings-for-her to do the vast majority of the time. He doesn't have a skillset and thus, is simply window dressing. Pretty much an extra who they can toss a few lines to during the montages.
It's not knock down drag out bad and it did improve in some places from the pilot but it still has a hill to climb in quality imo. It's very similar to how Flash started, which interestingly enough, I think points out just how lucky Flash was to get the actors for Wells and Joe West to balance out some of the clunkier dialogue.
It's not knock down drag out bad and it did improve in some places from the pilot but it still has a hill to climb in quality imo. It's very similar to how Flash started, which interestingly enough, I think points out just how lucky Flash was to get the actors for Wells and Joe West to balance out some of the clunkier dialogue.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Both those problems were directly addressed at the end of this episode, though.
Jest Chillin
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Sort of? Introducing someone else behind General Auntie and DEO Director complimenting Kara and then having his eyes flash don't do enough to make me think the issue is really handled. My problem isn't the existence of the characters or their archetypes but their presence as it comes across in execution. That's part of the reason I brought up Flash's actors for Wells and Joe West.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Probably because the rest of the show hasn't happened yet, though. You're saying those two aspects are a problem. I'm saying the show just pointed out to us that those problems probably aren't problems because they're showing us those characters aren't what you thought they were. They're not going to be what you're complaining about going forward.
It's pretty similar to how the Superman complaints seemed valid in the pilot until you got to episode 2 and you realized how they're using his presence, and why.
Now if we get to episode six and whatever arc we're being shown the beginnings of doesn't actually arc? Then that's a problem.
I thought this was better than the pilot. Hopefully that will be the trend for now.
Too true. Or Jesse L. Martin.
Too true. Or Jesse L. Martin.
Do you ever post anything positive? It seems you just pop into random threads to shit over everything.
Jest Chillin
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I realize that the rest of the show hasn't happened yet. However I'm not just going to give them the benefit of the doubt that these things are going to be fixed. They could be fixed going forward and I'm going to wait and see but I'm not going to take two minor segments of one episode as evidence that they will certainly be fixed. You never know until it happens or it doesn't.
Sure. For now though, I'm just pointing out what I see as a problem at the moment.
kittoo
Cretinously credulous
Noticed that too. I dont think its padding as you can see her thighs in the scene where she is walking awkwardly after the fight and they look like someone is gyming really hard.
I like that
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Dunno how you can't. Those two minor segments are the definition of blatant foreshadowing that the things you're noting as problems are already accounted for.
I don't disagree that they could botch the execution of it. But the specific complaints you made seem to have been already addressed before you even made them - within the text of the episode itself. That's what I'm saying. Meaning they're not so much problems as they are setup for what the characters are going to actually be.
User 479360
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I decided to give this a shot, even though I'm not as big of a superhero movie/TV show fan as everyone else seems to be. I gave Marvel's SHIELD show a shot and didn't like it, got bored of Gotham, didn't find Arrow interesting and felt that the Flash looked cheap/poorly acted.
I've watched the first episode of this so far, and saved the second. The premiere was pretty solid and I enjoyed it, so I'm looking forward to episode 2.
This show is pretty well cast, and Melissa Benoit does a good job. She's likeable, beautiful and fits well. I wish they'd kept the first outfit, haha. I like James Olson's actor, too, although Calista Flockheart will take time to get used to.
Chyler Leigh has been decent in it. I wish she'd kept the short hair though.
I've watched the first episode of this so far, and saved the second. The premiere was pretty solid and I enjoyed it, so I'm looking forward to episode 2.
This show is pretty well cast, and Melissa Benoit does a good job. She's likeable, beautiful and fits well. I wish they'd kept the first outfit, haha. I like James Olson's actor, too, although Calista Flockheart will take time to get used to.
Chyler Leigh has been decent in it. I wish she'd kept the short hair though.
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