Stargirl WB DC [** Spoilers **]

youngblood

Stargirl is an upcoming American drama web television series created by Geoff Johns that will air on DC Universe. It is based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name created by Johns and Lee Moder. The series follows Courtney Whitmore, portrayed by Brec Bassinger, who discovers the cosmic staff and becomes the inspiration for a new generation of superheroes who become the Justice Society of America.

DC Universe ordered the series in July 2018. Bassinger was cast in September 2018, with additional castings for her family members, the Justice Society of America, and the Injustice Society through February 2019. Filming for the series began by March 2019 in the Atlanta metropolitan area in Georgia.

Stargirl is set to premiere on May 18, 2020. The series will also air the following day on The CW, as well as be available on The CW's digital platforms. Ahead of the series premiere, characters from the series were featured in the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths", establishing Stargirl as existing on a parallel Earth to the Arrowverse series.


Early reviews look promising

Mr E

Starting tomorrow....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TIqBNut468

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyzBTmEQDo

Slydice

I remember watching that review ages ago. It really sold me on needing to give the show a shot!

Mr E

This was really good. It skewed younger than other DC shows, but it was a lot of fun.

More please!

Clareman

I agree, not a bad setup to a show, I'll defintely be tuning in for a few more episodes.

Agent Coulson

Definitely fits the DC Teen Titans, Doom Patrol Universe more than the CW Universe for me though.

CastorTroy

Looking at the runtime (53 mins) I assume it'll be edited to fit CW runtime.
And then the same for Swamp Thing when they show that.

EoinMcLovin

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Definitely fits the DC Teen Titans, Doom Patrol Universe more than the CW Universe for me though.

It has been clarified during Crisis on infinite Earths that Stargirl, Teen Titans and Doom Patrol

are set on different Earths compared to Earth Prime which is home to Arrowverse shows. Stargirl is set on Earth-2, Titans is set on Earth-9, Swamp Thing is set on Earth-19 and Doom Patrol is set on Earth-21.

Putting in spoiler tags for those who have not seen Crisis on Infinite Earths

Slydice

1: Solid landing! Good effort put into this show. I liked that ending too!

Guessing

the janitor at the school is her Dad.

I like how her powers are the combo of her gymnastics and the power of the staff. The action scenes make sense with it.

CastorTroy

"Not you!" Great pep talk from a Starman

I enjoyed that though a bit confused on how the staff works. Not too familiar with it, but why does it need someone if it can control itself, though at times it seems to stop working like in the tire yard. Probably find out more.

Hope they show/say

what the Injustice Society have been at for 10 years, considering they weren't defeated.

EoinMcLovin

CastorTroy wrote: »

"Not you!" Great pep talk from a Starman

I enjoyed that though a bit confused on how the staff works. Not too familiar with it, but why does it need someone if it can control itself, though at times it seems to stop working like in the tire yard. Probably find out more.

Hope they show/say

what the Injustice Society have been at for 10 years, considering they weren't defeated.

From the looks of it, it seems that the Injustice Society went their separate ways since the Justice Society was gone . I think the teacher that told Courtney to sit at the losers table is Tigress, definitely got a bad vibe off her and the guy who owns the gym is probably Sportsmaster.

Clareman

CastorTroy wrote: »

Looking at the runtime (53 mins) I assume it'll be edited to fit CW runtime.
And then the same for Swamp Thing when they show that.

I'd say it was set as a "movie of the week" launch, they could have trimmed it easily enough to 40ish minutes but it's find at 53 as well.

iguana

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

I think the teacher that told Courtney to sit at the losers table is Tigress, definitely got a bad vibe off her

I suspect that was a misdirection. The teacher seemed 'off' but she clearly sent Courtney to sit with her soon to be young JSA-scooby-gang.

EoinMcLovin

iguana wrote: »

I suspect that was a misdirection. The teacher seemed 'off' but she clearly sent Courtney to sit with her soon to be young JSA-scooby-gang.

Checked imdb, I definitely think it was Tigress

CastorTroy

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

From the looks of it, it seems that the Injustice Society went their separate ways since the Justice Society was gone . I think the teacher that told Courtney to sit at the losers table is Tigress, definitely got a bad vibe off her and the guy who owns the gym is probably Sportsmaster.

But that's what's weird. They defeated the JSA so they could fulfill their evil masterplan of becoming teachers and trainers? I know people in both professions can be evil but think that's a bit much.
Did Grundy become a florist?

EoinMcLovin

CastorTroy wrote: »

But that's what's weird. They defeated the JSA so they could fulfill their evil masterplan of becoming teachers and trainers? I know people in both professions can be evil but think that's a bit much.
Did Grundy become a florist?

It could just be that the whole point of the Injustice Society was to defeat the JSA and with them gone their purpose was gone too.

Agent Coulson

CastorTroy wrote: »

Looking at the runtime (53 mins) I assume it'll be edited to fit CW runtime.
And then the same for Swamp Thing when they show that.

No they have the full edit there now.

is_that_so

Thought this was really silly and very enjoyable. Main lead has no acting talent whatsoever but if there this level of goofing about it doesn't matter. Good fun to start off.

CastorTroy

https://screenrant.com/stargirl-dc-universe-cw-pilot-episode-cuts-differences/

About 10 minutes cut. Going through the list it seems like a lot. Well it is a fifth of the runtime.

EoinMcLovin

CastorTroy wrote: »

https://screenrant.com/stargirl-dc-universe-cw-pilot-episode-cuts-differences/

About 10 minutes cut. Going through the list it seems like a lot. Well it is a fifth of the runtime.

So probably better off watching from DC Universe

CastorTroy

That's the plan. Haven't seen the other version available anyway.

EoinMcLovin

CastorTroy wrote: »

That's the plan. Haven't seen the other version available anyway.

Plus it's out a day before the CW

CastorTroy

2 days this week. Was out Sunday and asked on CW on Tuesday.
Seems the 2nd episode is out as well but haven't seen it anywhere

Where can this be watched?

CastorTroy

RIPPED!

Good second episode.

Should've known they would have a way to get out of Courtney's identity being known.

So looks like the InJSA weren't just sitting idle. Just no big extravagant world domination plan. More subtle.
And no to Grundy being a florist.

Effects were pretty good on STRIPE.

Think was only when Brainwave wasn't following him in the sky did it look off.

Why is it that when people get powers that may enable flight, they always jump off roofs not long after assuming their powers will work?
Especially in this.

She jumped off expecting the staff to be there, yet it couldn't move a few inches to her hand when she was trapped.

Slydice

2: Liking this. It's all new to me and, so far, feels like a decent and new origin story.

Liked the hearty scene

with her Mom. Mech Sidekick ain't bad! Definitely prefer STRIPE to Stripsey.

Then the ending.

Who's in the cage!

CastorTroy wrote: »

yet it couldn't move a few inches to her hand when she was trapped.

Good question and I don't know but a guess might be that

it has a charge that can drain and she was definitely after draining it in the battle to that point. Though.. I guess it used a bunch more to take out Brainwave

EoinMcLovin

Slydice wrote: »

Then the ending.

Who's in the cage!

In relation to who was in the

cage, it was Solomon Grundy

Plus in relation to the teacher who I thought was Tigress, I was correct as she was sitting with

Crusher in the gym with their daughter who if you watch Young Justice will know who she is even though she is not blonde here.

Sudden Valley

Enjoyed the first two episodes. I like Luke Wilson and the main actress is not too bad. I presume in the next few epsidoes they'll fresh out the rest of the characters like the other people in the school. I like that the DC uniiverse is trying different things with their universe compared with CW and Marvel Netflix series.

CastorTroy

Since the staff is alive, how long until we get the episode where it refuses to work for Courtney?

Mr E

The second episode kept up the energy and momentum of the first one. Great stuff.

expectationlost

so luke wilson just happened to bump into and marry his old friends hookup?

EoinMcLovin

expectationlost wrote: »

so luke wilson just happened to bump into and marry his old friends hookup?

Nah, too much of a coincidence, it's a red herring

Slydice

Yeah, he keeps saying Starman wasn't her Dad.

Sudden Valley

Very good third episode. The school stuff was not working at first but the bloody conclusion made up for it. The creation of the Justice Society already feels more organic than the cretion of the Justice Society in the DC movies.
Stargirl outfit does look very bad and doesnt disguise her identity at all biut Im willing to overlook that.

CastorTroy

I guess they never cast Alan Scott when they were using an Alex Ross picture for him.

That was a really good episode.

Was thinking, cool so Magician's kid is going to join them. Nope. Oh Maybe Magician will join them to get back at Icicle. Nope.

I've seen very little of the promos so look forward to seeing where it goes from here. How she recruits, I don't know. She doesn't exactly have a load of people to choose from. Of course the only people she knows will conveniently be perfect for the roles.

And yeah, wouldn't say it'll be hard to put 2 and 2 together to find the 5' 2" blonde new girl

expectationlost

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Nah, too much of a coincidence, it's a red herring

is there some memory wipe thing going on with more then one character... the other person wearing stripes?

EoinMcLovin

expectationlost wrote: »

is there some memory wipe thing going on with more then one character... the other person wearing stripes?

What other person wearing stripes? The whole Starman being her Dad is just a plot device. It's too much of a coincidence that Pat met Starmans ex wife. There will probably be a big reveal of who her father really is

expectationlost

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

What other person wearing stripes? The whole Starman being her Dad is just a plot device. It's too much of a coincidence that Pat met Starmans ex wife. There will probably be a big reveal of who her father really is

near end of ep 2...

EoinMcLovin

expectationlost wrote: »

near end of ep 2...

Flicked through last ten minutes and couldn't see another person in stripes. Was it a photo or an actual person and if so any description of what scene they are in would help

Mr E

Episode 3 was dark. Yikes.

expectationlost

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Flicked through last ten minutes and couldn't see another person in stripes. Was it a photo or an actual person and if so any description of what scene they are in would help

uh at 31 minutes blindingly obvious

EoinMcLovin

expectationlost wrote: »

uh at 31 minutes blindingly obvious

Oh Denise Zarrick, as in William Zarricks (The Magician) wife. Yeah I don't think she had a memory wipe. There is definitely something wrong with the town though.

expectationlost

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Oh Denise Zarrick, as in William Zarricks (The Magician) wife. Yeah I don't think she had a memory wipe. There is definitely something wrong with the town though.

this jumper isn't an accident

she seems to partially recognize Pat.... we'll see what happens now after ep 3

CastorTroy

I just assumed she found him attractive

EoinMcLovin

CastorTroy wrote: »

I just assumed she found him attractive

Same, didn't think anything odd from her

CastorTroy

The first time I saw her was in the bed and thought it was Molly Parker from Deadwood.

Slydice

3: Good episode. Had some real hearty moments building up the Hero origin vibe but then it got dark and glum and I kinda left it to that as the ending. Kinda something to show that becoming the Hero is gonna take time. Then that bit right at the end! Yeah that was cool and the tune!


TUNE!

expectationlost

CastorTroy wrote: »

I just assumed she found him attractive

she's wearing stripes!

iguana

I wouldn't assume it means anything but she was wearing stripes in ep 3 as well. Less obvious stripes but the t-shirt under her shirt is striped.

EoinMcLovin

Good introduction to

Wildcat

. Still think Courtney is too naive in what being a superhero involves.

CastorTroy

Think they kind of addressed that with the reaction to saying she was only doing it a week.

Courtney must've ye

lled Yolanda's name loud enough to travel down 7 storeys. Very discrete.