Supergirl [CW] - US pace - [Spoilers]

expectationlost · 23-05-2015 4:41pm

where did they get all those uniforms from?

expectationlost · 23-05-2015 4:41pm

Kirby wrote: »

Hard not to like her. I just hope the writing is decent.

a little too much acting skitzy acting

don ramo · 23-05-2015 5:03pm

good pilot, i liked it, but their aversion to calling karas cousin superman, or jimmy calling him clark is just kinda annoying, are they just not gonna ever say superman,

its gonna be interesting to see how it plays out, with all the prisoners on the loose and karas aunt coming for her, id love to know how they plan on keeping superman away,

overall a solid looking show, but the lack of superman could lead to a bit of frustration down the road,

CastorTroy · 23-05-2015 8:36pm

Mr E wrote: »

Melissa Benoist is really likeable too. Great energy.

Reminds me of Sophie Lowe in that way, when she was in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Mormegil · 23-05-2015 8:44pm

expectationlost wrote: »

how can she afford that apartment?

Helen Slater and Dean Cain

probably left her a bit of money.

MJohnston · 24-05-2015 12:12pm

don ramo wrote: »

good pilot, i liked it, but their aversion to calling karas cousin superman, or jimmy calling him clark is just kinda annoying, are they just not gonna ever say superman,

This has always been something WB have been hesitant to allow - even in Smallville we barely got a glimpse of Superman and hardly ever heard the name. This series would be better off quickly forgetting he exists unless they genuinely plan on including him, because it'll be a constant annoyance otherwise

GerardKeating · 24-05-2015 6:24pm

don ramo wrote: »

good pilot, i liked it, but their aversion to calling karas cousin superman, or jimmy calling him clark is just kinda annoying, are they just not gonna ever say superman,

Might be a rights issue ?

mafaa · 24-05-2015 6:37pm

it should be a rights issue from the article below, it is not that important his title or name has to be mentioned since this is supergirl series

Will The ‘Supergirl’ TV Series Crossover With ‘The Flash’ & ‘Arrow’?

Considering that “Arrow” and “The Flash” have largely been forbidden from referencing Superman or Batman directly (or even mentioning Gotham City or Metropolis),

expectationlost · 24-05-2015 9:17pm

Mormegil wrote: »

Helen Slater and Dean Cain
probably left her a bit of money.

wasn't clear that they were dead

MJohnston · 24-05-2015 9:44pm

I really, really enjoyed that. They need to ditch Winn, or rewrite him immediately because he had two lines that were just plain awful - thinking she was a Lesbian and that's why she didn't want to go out with him, and the one about her looking much prettier without glasses. Get rid of those lines and he'd be okay as a character, and the rest of the pilot was super imo. Really impressed with the effects work too, the fights with lizard guy felt really practical rather than CG.

Anyone seen the Kryptonian crest that The General was wearing before? Pretty strongly hinting at Zod with the name, but the whole family thing is new as far as the comic books go afaik.

Sarn · 24-05-2015 10:05pm

I enjoyed it, a few good moments in it. It'll be interesting to see how it goes. I managed to watch Smallville from start to finish and that was pretty terrible in places. Hopefully they can avoid that with this.

expectationlost · 24-05-2015 10:09pm

MJohnston wrote: »

I really, really enjoyed that. They need to ditch Winn, or rewrite him immediately because he had two lines that were just plain awful - thinking she was a Lesbian and that's why she didn't want to go out with him, and the one about her looking much prettier without glasses. Get rid of those lines and he'd be okay as a character,

it almost like he was the gay friend

Mc Love · 28-05-2015 6:09pm

Not a bad start, hopefully it improves over the length of the series, she is a likeable and good looking supergirl.

youngblood · 28-05-2015 9:14pm

expectationlost wrote: »

it almost like he was the gay friend

Funny because when he was on Smash, he also played the straight guy who everyone initally thought was the gay one.
He's been on broadway a bit and is an excellent singer so that's his personality I think, not overtly straight/camp

MJohnston · 28-05-2015 9:19pm

I've just realised that he's got the same name as supervillain The Toyman. Maybe they're re-inventing him as an extra angry MRA?

mafaa · 10-06-2015 6:07pm

Supergirl will premiere on Oct 26, 2015

OU812 · 10-06-2015 6:59pm

That long ???

EoinMcLovin · 12-07-2015 10:59am

Peter Facinelli cast as Maxwell Lord

13-07-2015 12:53am

Watched it a few weeks back and found it pretty poor. It looked cheap and the writing was dreadful some of the dialogue and characters felt like they belonged in a mid 90s day time soap. Not sure I'll bother with this as there's so much great stuff on that even the presence of Dean Cain can't entice me

don ramo · 14-07-2015 5:42pm

cast interview with tvline, im actually really looking forward to this show, the pilot was much better than i expected, im really hoping it doesnt take a nose dive after the pilot, id say its expensive to make so it would really wanna hit the ground running, as it could be a show that could get cancelled early if it struggles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_YhYxUmDmI

and the panel from comic con

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miy8X-DUcjU

Agent Coulson · 23-07-2015 10:43pm

New trailer.

EoinMcLovin · 11-08-2015 9:37am

Red Tornado, General Sam Lane and Non (Kryptonian criminal) to appear in show

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/cbs-supergirl-to-feature-red-tornado-general-lane-more

EoinMcLovin · 02-09-2015 10:24am

Iddo Goldberg has landed the role of Dr. T.O. Morrow and will also play Red Tornado

EoinMcLovin · 19-09-2015 6:54pm

First look at Red Tornado

don ramo · 19-09-2015 10:33pm

i must say that look absolutely terrible, whoever designed that should be fired immediately,

don ramo · 20-09-2015 12:36am

veganrun · 20-09-2015 6:48pm

Is this on TV here yet?

don ramo · 20-09-2015 6:57pm

veganrun wrote: »

Is this on TV here yet?

not due to air stateside till october 26th, might start here maybe a week or two later, the pilot is bouncing about the net for a while now,

JP Liz V1 · 12-10-2015 11:14pm

CBS has cast Chris Vance in the recurring role of Non Source

JP Liz V1 · 15-10-2015 10:54pm

veganrun wrote: »

Is this on TV here yet?

Starts on Sky 1 on Thursday October 29th at 8pm

Agent Coulson · 26-10-2015 2:53pm

Starts tonight.

shinny · 27-10-2015 2:39am

Really quite enjoyed that. It's trending #2 on twitter, worldwide, at the moment.

OU812 · 27-10-2015 9:23am

Is this the same one that was on a couple of months ago

Stark · 27-10-2015 11:06am

expectationlost wrote: »

how can she afford that apartment?

Wasn't quite sure but was she sharing the apartment with her sister?

Thought it was fun, though all the "girl power" stuff was quite cringeworthy. Reminded me of the Saturday night live Black Widow sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_5KgpN38hM

Professey Chin · 27-10-2015 11:22am

Wasnt a bad start at all. Definitely gonna be a show that takes a little while to find its tone properly so I'll be sticking with it for now.

Sudden Valley · 27-10-2015 2:04pm

I'm not sure it says much about girl power or empowerment. It seems that unlike most Superman stories that she will be working for this military organisation- she was basically being bossed around and given out too by the officer and her sister. Superman, in the films or Smallville tv show, tended to work outside the government or with the military or in certain cases, but definitely not for them.

expectationlost · 27-10-2015 8:19pm

anything different from the earlier version?

bnt · 30-10-2015 6:20pm

I must not be in the target demographic, since I'd had enough after the plane. I thought it was an exercise in "box-ticking", even throwing in some signposted "diversity". I'n in favour of diversity, but it should emerge organically, not feel as forced as this. :rolleyes:

30-10-2015 6:27pm

Well they do highlight the plane thing as Supes first save too

MJohnston · 30-10-2015 6:58pm

bnt wrote: »

I must not be in the target demographic, since I'd had enough after the plane. I thought it was an exercise in "box-ticking", even throwing in some signposted "diversity". I'n in favour of diversity, but it should emerge organically, not feel as forced as this. :rolleyes:

What do you mean by diversity? Certainly they overplayed a lot of the key themes, but that's exactly what happens in most pilot episodes, especially Arrow and The Flash.

bnt · 30-10-2015 8:06pm

I mean the way they cast a "Hollywood Black Guy", straight from Central Casting, as the putative "love interest". If the producers had wanted to be genuinely daring in the casting diversity, they could have made Kara black, instead of what appears (to me) to be tokenism. I've seen a few recent shows that fall for similar clichés, so now it stands out like a sore thumb to me. Don't worry about it.

MJohnston · 30-10-2015 8:08pm

Cliche to have a black cast member? Okay then.

PirateShampoo · 30-10-2015 8:35pm

I did like the Eye Laser effects.

I think they keep mentioning her cousin as much as possible to win over Superman fans.

Nervous Wreck · 30-10-2015 10:49pm

bnt wrote: »

I mean the way they cast a "Hollywood Black Guy", straight from Central Casting, as the putative "love interest". If the producers had wanted to be genuinely daring in the casting diversity, they could have made Kara black, instead of what appears (to me) to be tokenism. I've seen a few recent shows that fall for similar clichés, so now it stands out like a sore thumb to me. Don't worry about it.

Didn't feel like tokenism at all for me. I think you're being pretty cynical.

Kirby · 31-10-2015 8:39am

Thought it was horrible. Boring, derivative, cheap and cheesy. I can't see this lasting very long.

MJohnston · 31-10-2015 8:56am

Kirby wrote: »

Thought it was horrible. Boring, derivative, cheap and cheesy. I can't see this lasting very long.

Ha, while I disagree with your review of the show, there's plenty of TV shows that are like you describe and extremely popular, so I wouldn't draw any connections about it's longevity just yet!

Stark · 31-10-2015 8:55pm

bnt wrote: »

I mean the way they cast a "Hollywood Black Guy", straight from Central Casting, as the putative "love interest". If the producers had wanted to be genuinely daring in the casting diversity, they could have made Kara black, instead of what appears (to me) to be tokenism. I've seen a few recent shows that fall for similar clichés, so now it stands out like a sore thumb to me. Don't worry about it.

But if she was black, her skin wouldn't be able to absorb as much radiation from the yellow sun and she'd only have crappy powers

expectationlost · 31-10-2015 9:34pm

bnt wrote: »

I mean the way they cast a "Hollywood Black Guy", straight from Central Casting, as the putative "love interest". If the producers had wanted to be genuinely daring in the casting diversity, they could have made Kara black, instead of what appears (to me) to be tokenism. I've seen a few recent shows that fall for similar clichés, so now it stands out like a sore thumb to me. Don't worry about it.

they've already made Sup' a girl, can't stretch it too far

brianregan09 · 01-11-2015 2:58am

I actually thought it was decent and will be definitely tuning in for the next episode they need to tone down the girl power ****e and just let her be the hero she is though,

Mr.Nice Guy · 01-11-2015 5:09pm

I thought Melisssa Benoist did a very good job and came across as endearing. I felt the rest of the show was pretty poor overall.

Very cartoonish two-dimensional villains with a family element thrown in for good measure, which is totally overdone on these types of shows (and it wasn't the only family plot twist on this show); the Jimmy Olsen cameo - and the Superman cameos in general - came across like they weren't confident enough that this could stand on its own two feet; and then you have the geeky guy who loves her, but she's not sure, but oh couldn't they possibly get together at some point...yadda yadda yadda. It's been done.

I reckon with a less than impressive lead this could have really bombed.

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