Small Screen Review: Supergirl

 

supergirlI frequently admit that I’m a sucker for superheroes. I love comic books, I love superhero movies, cartoons, and television shows. In fact, I consider myself fortunate as we seem to be in something of a golden age of superheroes on screen. Marvel has pretty much owned the big screen so far, coming up with at least one or two hits a year (though every year there are a couple of sour notes for them as well it seems). DC Comics, however, has quickly overtaken the small screen with good to great offerings like Arrow, Flash, Gotham, Constantine (now cancelled, cuss mah luck), and now, Supergirl.

If you’re going to do a comic book pilot right, I believe from now on I’m going to point people to Supergirl. Though it stumbles a bit like many pilots seem to, it never falters at all and even gets a couple great notes that if you’re a particular enthusiastic viewer will make you stand up and cheer.

The first great thing: Supergirl doesn’t drag you through the origin story. Oh, it’s there, but it doesn’t take up a lot of time. In fact, this is a full season television show, and they spent far less time on her origin story than the time spent on Superman’s origin in Man of Steel. Mostly because they assume you know Superman’s origin story and, seriously, who doesn’t? Superman is one of the most recognizable characters on the planet (and not just The Daily Planet). Even if you are vaguely interested, you know his story. So Supergirl has that advantage. And then they go, “I’m his cousin. I was sent to protect him, but I got waylaid and arrived later.” Tada! There’s her backstory. To the writers I say “Thank you.” Overwrought origins can bore the audience away from the screen.

That’s where our story begins. Now, we get to see just how she decides to become Supergirl. Our heroine begins as her alter ego mild-mannered Kara Danvers — played by Melissa Benoist. (Side note: the subtitles on the screen spelled “Kara” at least three different ways). Kara works for the newspaper of National City (because DC is terrible at naming cities). Apparently taking notes from Clark Kent, her disguise consists of a pair of glasses and pulling her hair back. She’s grown and is seeking a normal life after her initial purpose for coming to Earth was taken from her.

That’s the second great thing: a good theme and motivation. Supergirl is sent to Earth for the purpose of protecting Kal-El, but — thanks to events beyond anyone’s control — Superman is grown and already a hero by the time she arrives on Earth. She’s not needed to protect him at all. Her human life is, well … disappointing. Her boss is impossible (Calista Flockhart plays Cat Grant doing her best J. Jonah Jameson impersonation) and her dating life is a drag (super-hearing can be a bummer when you get to overhear your date ditching you). Kara is adrift, knowing she could be doing more, but not what it should be.

Then, there’s the answer! An airplane is going down. Kara’s adoptive sister is on that plane. Realizing that, Kara then and there decides that she has the ability to help and should help. Good thing her date left, because it’s time for some super action!

There’s the third great thing: Super action! Supergirl is related to Superman and, as we should expect, she does Super-things. She flies! She has super-strength! At one point, she uses the patented Kryptonian heat vision and it’s awesome. Even though the script pretty much broadcasts, “Hey, she’s going to use heat vision!” and it’s still awesome. Because that’s what a Super-anything should do (including Streaky the Supercat or Comet the Superhorse – not that I’m advocating shows for them). In the pilot alone, Supergirl saves a crashing airliner, fights crime, demonstrates invulnerability, and gets into two melees with a supervillain. The pilot doesn’t drag things along. They let Supergirl be super.

There are stumbling moments. Many of the characters are caricatures (see the aforementioned Cat Grant for starters). I can be forgiving there. It’s a comic book show after all. I believe we’ll see how the characters develop over the course of the show. A couple times, the show tries to dwell on Girl Power and that can be a turn off for me. Then again, I’m not a girl, so I reserve judgment there. Superman and “my cousin” gets named dropped a lot, but he’s apparently too busy to see his cousin that much. He’s probably out punching Lex Luthor or something. This may be more a matter of DC Comics in general than the writing. So far, DC hasn’t put their triumvirate of awesome on the small screen. Batman only appears in larval stage in “Gotham.” Superman and Wonder Woman have yet to appear.

The fourth great thing: you can totally watch this with your kids. We live in a time when to “improve” things, people keep trying to make things darker than they were before. They tried that with the Spider-Man reboot and have been keeping Superman on the darker side. It’s a breath of fresh air that Supergirl remains light and fun. Supergirl/Kara Danvers has energy and when she’s fighting evil she’s doing it with a smile. There’s comic book violence, but nothing at all is over-the-top. One character dies in the pilot, and it’s not nearly as graphic as it could have been, unlike some offerings have been as of late (I’m looking at you, Daredevil and Gotham). I mean, this is a comic book show. You should be able to watch it with the family. There’s not many comic book shows I can say, “See this with your kids” and that’s sad. Even Arrow, where the violence isn’t as bad, still can bring up awkward questions such as “Daddy, what’s Oliver doing with that woman?”

A few more notes: I do like Mehcad Brooks as James “Jimmy” Olsen. Yes, that Jimmy Olsen. Superman sends him to National City specifically to help Supergirl. Olsen has been Superman’s buddy for a while, so he projects confidence while still showing admiration for the super hero. On the other hand, I’m not sure why David Harewood has been cast as Hank Henshaw. It’s not that he does a bad job. It’s that for reasons I won’t spoil, in the comic books Hank Henshaw is almost a dead ringer for Superman. Well, most likely Henshaw is going in a somewhat different direction in this show.

Though Marvel ties all visual media into the same continuity, DC has decided to keep the television and movie continuities separate. I think this is a good decision. Some are not thrilled with Zack Snyder’s direction on the big screen, but the small screen shows have been doing well. I’m not sure how they will tie this in to Arrow and Flash, if at all. Those two shows are on CW, whereas CBS is airing Supergirl. Gotham isn’t a problem as it takes place in the past. Granted, Supergirl may take place in the near future, as her pod crash lands on Earth after Superman has been around, and then there’s five to ten years before she becomes Supergirl. That’s all speculation and really, unimportant.

Finally, I am not sure how often I can watch the show. CBS is very jealous of its streaming. It doesn’t release any of its current seasons on Hulu+, and I don’t even see a lot of current shows of theirs on Netflix. They have their own streaming service, but I can’t really see paying for yet another streaming service just for Supergirl. And of course, having a baby means I’m not always able to watch it when it airs. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I watched something when it actually aired.

The pilot has been great. Here’s hoping that they continue in the same vein. I’m giving the Supergirl pilot four stars and I recommend it to just about anyone. I reserve any more stars to see where this show is going.

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  1. Whiskey Sam Inactive
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    I was going to skip it but decided to watch it, and I’m glad I did.  Very enjoyable pilot.  There is something appealing about Benoist, and Brooks is charismatic.

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  2. Yudansha Member
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    @Yudansha

    I too, am a huge fan of all things superhero with a particular affection for Kryptonians.  I thoroughly enjoyed the pilot.  I thought Cat Grant was sort of modeled  after Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.  Given the financial limitations of TV’s per-episode budget I thought they did a great job.  I’ll certainly continue to watch.

    I can’t agree with you, however, about any of the DC-U’s other TV shows.  The Flash and Green Arrow have, for my entire comic reading life, been my least favorite inhabitants of the DC-U.  Yes, even worse than (gasp) Aquaman!  I have often thought that the choice of these two super non-entities as the lone TV superheroes, was meant to sabotage the whole idea of superheroes on TV.  It’s like a wine connoisseur being told of these great vintages available to taste only to arrive,  and find it’s a glass full of Boone’s Farm. Even as a superhero fanboy, I’ll never waste a single minute of my valuable time watching those two shows.  Gotham I just don’t get.  What can this show possibly be but watching a very angry kid learn martial arts.  Meh.

    Supergirl on the other hand has made those other three sins… I mean shows… forgivable.

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  3. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
    C. U. Douglas
    @CUDouglas

    I suspect DC was cagey about their initial tv offerings. It’s like they went, “We really want to try this new-fangled television thing, but we don’t want to commit our most popular characters. Here, um … take this guy.” And thus Arrow was born. Arrow is somewhat popular based on America’s love of Parkour and archery. Arrow suffers from a lack of great recognizable villainry. Before the show, if you asked, “Who’s the Green Arrow’s great archnemeses?” the reply would be, “Who’s the Green Arrow?” Arrow took one comic book archnemesis and has stolen several from other characters, mostly Batman. Still, I think it’s going well. I enjoy it.

    The Flash is a more mainstream character, but again, not a member of DC’s triumvirate. The Flash has what the Green Arrow hasn’t, a sizable rogue’s gallery. The creators have capitalized on that and I approve of seeing Captain Cold and Grodd. So far, other than an Arrow crossover, they have avoided using Captain bleepin’ Boomerang. But he’s in the DC-tv-U now and I dread him returning to fight Flash. Seriously, it’s a guy who fights Flash with the power of boomerang throwing.

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  4. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
    C. U. Douglas
    @CUDouglas

    I like Gotham but I prefer to think of it as Jim Gordon’s story and not Bruce Wayne’s. Bruce is indeed a major character, but the real protagonists and motivators of the story line are Jim Gordon and Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, albeit the latter as an Anti-Villain. A lot of the show is name dropping future Batman adversaries or allies. However, I reiterate, Gotham is Jim Gordon’s story. We see Bruce because he’ll be Batman eventually, but Gordon is our guy. Also, Sean Pertwee is my new favorite Alfred. It helps that actor is the son of one of the original Doctors from Doctor Who. Huzzah!

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  5. Misthiocracy Member
    Misthiocracy
    @Misthiocracy

    Supergirl has a great origin story but not much else. For the tv show they had to steal way too many characters from Superman’s orbit (Cat Grant, Jimmy Olson) in order to build enough of a story to sustain the audience’s attention.

    I mean, the biggest thing she ever did in the comics was getting erased from existence during the Crisis On Infinite Earths. That’s hardly an achievement.

    4572363-sg-29-2(Her recent stint as a Red Lantern was, I admit, pretty cool. Maybe the tv show will go with this storyline at some point, and not hold back.)

    As such, my prediction is that the show will start strong but decline into derivative silliness. Kinda the opposite of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which started poorly but picked up in the second season.

    Of course, I could be wrong. They could, instead, create new characters and situations that are so strong that they become adopted into the mainstream comics continuity.

    It’s not unprecedented. Harley Quinn and the current version of Mister Freeze were created for the Batman cartoon and were subsequently incorporated into the mainstream DC continuity. Agent Phil Coulson was created for the M.C.U. and then adopted into the mainstream Marvel continuity.

    Heck, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) was invented for the 1960s tv show, and she’s since gone on to be an integral part of the DC mythology (mostly by being brutalized by The Joker, but hey you gotta start somewhere).

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  6. Misthiocracy Member
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    @Misthiocracy

    C. U. Douglas:I like Gotham but I prefer to think of it as Jim Gordon’s story and not Bruce Wayne’s.

    Indeed, the biggest mistake they’ve made has been to give Bruce WAY too much attention.

    He should have been sent away to, and been expelled from, a succession of boarding schools, only to be seen on the show occasionally to remind Gordon of his promise.

    But then, if they’d done that they would have had fewer excuses to make use of Sean Pertwee’s excellent portrayal of Alfred.

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  7. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
    C. U. Douglas
    @CUDouglas

    Seriously, if they changed it to “The Alfred Show” I would not complain.

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  8. Misthiocracy Member
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    @Misthiocracy

    C. U. Douglas: Arrow took one comic book archnemesis and has stolen several from other characters, mostly Batman.

    Kevin Smith wrote a pretty great run on the Green Arrow comic book. One issue featured Batman giving Ollie the gears for being such a copycat.

    “Arrow-car? Arrow-cave? Dear god, man, have you ever had an original idea?”

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  9. Tom Meyer, Ed. Member
    Tom Meyer, Ed.
    @tommeyer

    C. U. Douglas: Even Arrow, where the violence isn’t as bad, still can bring up awkward questions: “Daddy, what’s Oliver doing with that woman?”

    There’s a moment in season two when Oliver and Sara are over to dinner with Laurel and the rest of the family. At one moment, I turned to my wife and, imitating Oliver, said “This is so awkward for me; I’ve only slept with half the Lances at this table.”

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  10. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
    C. U. Douglas
    @CUDouglas

    If there’s one thing that will kill the show, it’ll be that lack of villains. Like I noted, Arrow has sort of cheated by stealing villains from Batman. At least Arrow has the advantage of being a non-powered vigilante. That means he can believably go toe-to-toe against human opponents without either side seeming to overpower the other. Supergirl doesn’t have that advantage. Her normal human opponents are going to need an oomph to get them over that hill.

    A lot of the Flash’s villains in the comic are oddly all normal: Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Captain (bleepin’) Boomerang, etc. The tv show has given some powers, but Cold has remained unpowered and goes toe-to-toe with the Flash using his wits and his Cold Gun. Actually, he’s one of my favorite villains in the show.

    Unfortunately for Supergirl, she hasn’t any ready-made such villains like that. Word on the street is that she’s stealing the Toyman from Superman (hey, he’s not got his own tv show yet, he’s not using his villains), but really we can only do that so much before the show just becomes “Almost Superman”. At the end of the pilot, however, it seems like the writers are trying to set up a story arc this season using villains unique to the show. So this could work.

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  11. Misthiocracy Member
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    C. U. Douglas:

    Unfortunately for Supergirl, she hasn’t any ready-made such villains like that. Word on the street is that she’s stealing the Toyman from Superman (hey, he’s not got his own tv show yet, he’s not using his villains), but really we can only do that so much before the show just becomes “Almost Superman”. At the end of the pilot, however, it seems like the writers are trying to set up a story arc this season using villains unique to the show. So this could work.

    It won’t be that hard to pick and choose from Superman’s lesser-known opponents. I mean, you just know that Toyman will be making an appearance. Ditto for Solomon Grundy, Metallo, Vandal Savage, and Parasite.

    Their only restriction is probably that they have to stay away from Supes villains that are being saved for the Justice League movies. i.e. Lex, Brainiac, Doomsday, and Darkseid.

    Furthermore, I’d say the odds are better than 50/50 they’ll do a Bizarro episode, making Bizarro female of course.

    I’d also bet that the odds are approaching 100% that they’ll do an episode pitting Kara against Faora/Ursa.

    When it comes to allies, they can also bring in plenty of options from the DC stable. Wanna bet that Kara meets the René Montoya version of The Question at some point? Huntress? Barbara Gordon? Donna Troy?

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  12. Misthiocracy Member
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    C. U. Douglas: A lot of the Flash’s villains in the comic are oddly all normal: Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Captain (bleepin’) Boomerang, etc. The tv show has given some powers, but Cold has remained unpowered and goes toe-to-toe with the Flash using his wits and his Cold Gun. Actually, he’s one of my favorite villains in the show.

    In the comics he’s become a member of the Justice League.

    Makes sense. Mr. Freeze makes a better villain anyways.

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  13. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
    C. U. Douglas
    @CUDouglas

    Misthiocracy:

    C. U. Douglas: A lot of the Flash’s villains in the comic are oddly all normal: Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Captain (bleepin’) Boomerang, etc. The tv show has given some powers, but Cold has remained unpowered and goes toe-to-toe with the Flash using his wits and his Cold Gun. Actually, he’s one of my favorite villains in the show.

    In the comics he’s become a member of the Justice League.

    Makes sense. Mr. Freeze makes a better villain anyways.

    Word on the street is that he’s getting a spinoff where he’s the hero, so there you go …

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  14. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
    C. U. Douglas
    @CUDouglas

    On more thematic topics on this pilot:

    As she’s a Superheroine, I expect the girl power to be used. Thinking about it now a couple days later, so far I like a couple a moments that spring to mind …

    First: There’s the inevitable “Choose your outfit” scene for the new superhero. This one isn’t too bad taking a few minutes. I mean, heck, it took the Green Arrow four seasons to get his super suit. Anyways, Kara first models a rather skimpy outfit, and quickly rejects it in favor of something less revealing. The outfit she picks is familiar to those who have seen any comics (and even more conservative than print versions). It sends a good message to me: our strength is not in exhibitionism.

    Second: Kara Danvers picks up the paper and finds her boss has named her alter ego, “Supergirl”. Furious Kara confronts Cat Grant. How dare she call her just a girl! Grant proceeds to give Danvers a verbal dressing down. She’s a girl and accomplished all this. What have you accomplished? Granted, she stays true to caricature adding a little “your job is on the line with this question” tag. However, the message is a good one. Labels are not your strength. What is important is what you do.

    Good messages for anyone, really.

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  15. Tim H. Inactive
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    I’m glad to hear your encouraging review.  I liked the preview and have been looking forward to this.  But we’ve made a short-term move and decided not to bring our TV—we’re trying out just using a big computer screen and using the streaming services.  We’ve already got Netflix and Amazon Prime, so to watch current TV, we subscribed to Hulu.

    It’s not exactly a replacement for a television, in my mind.

    Hulu doesn’t carry CBS, as you noted, and I can’t watch anything that’s live (like last night’s debate).  We’ve suspended our satellite service for the duration of the move, so our DVR won’t record this show, and since we’re stretched on the budget, I don’t want to add any more monthly bills like a CBS-specific subscription.  (Even if this would be cheaper than the satellite we’ve turned off.)

    So it looks like I’ll miss half the season, unfortunately.  I hope I’ll be able to catch up on it some day.  It really frustrates me, because I don’t understand why a TV station wouldn’t just stream the broadcast as it airs, with all of the commercials.  Maybe they’re counting on cable providers to pay the bulk of their bills these days.

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  16. Larry3435 Inactive
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    C.U., I want to applaud one thing you said – about origin stories.  Comic book movies spend waaay too much time on that stuff.  After the first three Spiderman movies, we get a reboot, and where does it go?  Back to the radioactive spider bite.  Hey, we get it.  He was bitten by a spider.  He was bitten by a spider for absolutely no reason whatsoever other than Stan Lee needed an explanation for his powers, no matter how lame that explanation might be.  And don’t even get me started on how “gamma radiation” could turn Dr. Banner into the Hulk.  Couldn’t they have just stumbled across a stash of Dr. Jekyll’s formula?  It’s the same story, after all.

    This, by the way, is one reason I adore the X-Men.  They don’t have an origin story.  They were just born that way.  Good for them.

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  17. Misthiocracy Member
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    C. U. Douglas:

    Misthiocracy:

    C. U. Douglas: A lot of the Flash’s villains in the comic are oddly all normal: Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Captain (bleepin’) Boomerang, etc. The tv show has given some powers, but Cold has remained unpowered and goes toe-to-toe with the Flash using his wits and his Cold Gun. Actually, he’s one of my favorite villains in the show.

    In the comics he’s become a member of the Justice League.

    Makes sense. Mr. Freeze makes a better villain anyways.

    Word on the street is that he’s getting a spinoff where he’s the hero, so there you go …

    “Legends Of Tomorrow”. A superhero team that includes Captain Cold and The Atom.

    (Why are so many comic book characters “captains”. Ok, Captain America was a military officer. That makes sense. But what army gave Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Captain Marvel, and Captain Caveman their rank?!)

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  18. Misthiocracy Member
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    @Misthiocracy

    Larry3435: C.U., I want to applaud one thing you said – about origin stories.  Comic book movies spend waaay too much time on that stuff.  After the first three Spiderman movies, we get a reboot, and where does it go?  Back to the radioactive spider bite.  Hey, we get it.  He was bitten by a spider.

    Marvel is promising to skip the origin story when they introduce Spidey to the MCU. In Captain America: Civil War, he’ll be an already-established vigilante/hero.

    Presumably, he’ll reveal his secret identity to the world, as per the Civil War comic book.

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  19. Misthiocracy Member
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    C. U. Douglas:On more thematic topics on this pilot:

    As she’s a Superheroine, I expect the girl power to be used. Thinking about it now a couple days later, so far I like a couple a moments that spring to mind …

    I’d love to see a cross-corporate team-up between Supergirl and Squirrel-Girl.

    ;-)

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  20. Misthiocracy Member
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    C. U. Douglas: First: There’s the inevitable “Choose your outfit” scene for the new superhero. This one isn’t too bad taking a few minutes. I mean, heck, it took the Green Arrow four seasons to get his super suit. Anyways, Kara first models a rather skimpy outfit, and quickly rejects it in favor of something less revealing.

    Were any of the options the Power Girl uniform?

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  21. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
    C. U. Douglas
    @CUDouglas

    Misthiocracy:

    C. U. Douglas:

    Misthiocracy:

    C. U. Douglas: A lot of the Flash’s villains in the comic are oddly all normal: Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Captain (bleepin’) Boomerang, etc. The tv show has given some powers, but Cold has remained unpowered and goes toe-to-toe with the Flash using his wits and his Cold Gun. Actually, he’s one of my favorite villains in the show.

    In the comics he’s become a member of the Justice League.

    Makes sense. Mr. Freeze makes a better villain anyways.

    Word on the street is that he’s getting a spinoff where he’s the hero, so there you go …

    “Legends Of Tomorrow”. A superhero team that includes Captain Cold and The Atom.

    (Why are so many comic book characters “captains”. Ok, Captain America was a military officer. That makes sense. But what army gave Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Captain Marvel, and Captain Caveman their rank?!)

    Don’t forget Major Disaster …

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  22. Owen Findy Inactive
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    Watch CBS shows either via the phone app or on their website.

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  23. Misthiocracy Member
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    C. U. Douglas:

    Misthiocracy:
    (Why are so many comic book characters “captains”. Ok, Captain America was a military officer. That makes sense. But what army gave Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Captain Marvel, and Captain Caveman their rank?!)

    Don’t forget Major Disaster …

    Marvel also has Major Victory, but he exists in the 30th Century of an alternate timeline, so he might not count.

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  24. Misthiocracy Member
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    Owen Findy:Watch CBS shows either via the phone app or on their website.

    Or install Popcorn Time on your computer, if your scruples allow piracy.

    Arrrr…

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  25. C. U. Douglas Coolidge
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    @CUDouglas

    Owen Findy:Watch CBS shows either via the phone app or on their website.

    Some of their shows are put behind their paywall, however. “Supergirl” is one such show.

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  26. Owen Findy Inactive
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    C. U. Douglas: Some of their shows are put behind their paywall, however. “Supergirl” is one such show.

    Only for a week.

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  27. Lady Jane Grey Inactive
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    @LadyJaneGrey

    The schedule posted on the landing page for cbs.com for Saturday, October 31st, seems to indicate that the Supergirl pilot will be rebroadcast at 8:00 PM. YMMV.

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  28. captainpower Inactive
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    Just saw pilot free on Amazon instant watch.

    Totally underwhelmed.

    Way too much naivety and poor scenario building.

    Disclosing her secret identity to the first person she meets.

    Not discussing her decision to be a superhero with her wiser universally respected cousin? Seriously?

    “Up up and away” after getting a cape but for no real reason, with a scene cutaway to erase the awkwardness of needing to change on a rooftop.

    A good line here or there (her sister asking her boss how she got her job), but it’s not enough to make up for it.

    None of the steel of the man of steel.

    I GUESS the discussion of feminism could’ve been worse. I would’ve preferred if it hadn’t been brought up at all.

    Oh, also her best friend assumes she is a lesbian because she isn’t into him. “Typical male” steroetype box: checked.

    I’m glad I didn’t pay money for this.

    [edit]

    a good quote from another thread (comment #12):

    The odd thing about Supergirl is that the less it talks about her being female the more feminist it is.

    h/t Henry Castaigne

    The rest of his comment reminded me about the other part of it. “Be true to yourself.” is the moral code left behind for her by her Kryptonian parents.

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