Supergirl show. So, how was it?

[RedDeadFred]

I've only seen the preview from several months back. That alone convinced me that I'll never want to watch this show.

Agents of Shield, Arrow, and Flash all have some pretty cringy dialogue/acting at times, but the previews for Super Girl were too painful for me to get through.

 

[FPLOON]

My mom saw it and she wasn't that impressed... I could have watched it with her, but I was too busy watching Gotham because not only was I already invested in that series, but because they share the same [live] timeslot where I'm from... Then again, if my DVR is correct, I could catch the third episode since not only is it coming on after Gotham, but also the show I'm currently watching at that time (Minority Report) isn't going to have a new episode for another week or so...

Other than that, I'm sure this show will get a second season faster than Constantine's cancellation, so the writers/directors of this show have all the time in the world to improve before The Flash ends up going through a portal into Supergirl's turf, for example...

 

[sanquin]

Yeah, I'm not American. The Netherlands sound cool though.
These are just my experiences being a "tomboy" my entire life. Hell, I mean, it's even a huge issue in games that women can't talk on them without getting `OMG GIRL`. Which, while very cringe-worthy, is unfortunately still a thing.

I always picture a hormonal teen or an awkward adult that never grew past his puberty when I see people going 'omg, a girl!' in games. ^^;; I guess I'm glad I live in the Netherlands then, as I'm not exactly a macho man myself.

 

[laggyteabag]

Meh. It needs time to really get into the swing of things, but right now, I am finding it quite hard to sit there and watch it without fiddling about with other things.

Will probably keep on watching it, but mostly as background audio, for the time being anyway.

 

[laggyteabag]

As far as her being sent to protect Kal-El, I think it was more of a "you're a child old enough to dress yourself and speak complete sentences, while he's an infant pooping himself" kind of protection expected of her.

So then she's now older than him right? I mean if she was already a teenager when he was an infant, she should be middle aged, instead of a 20's girl who is likely portrayed as younger than Superman. This just seems incredibly flawed storytelling to me, with huge, Goatsee level of gaping plotholes.

The whole thing is that when she was sent after Superman, she got stuck in some kind of black hole thing where time didn't pass for her, and by the time she got out, Superman had already been on earth for like, 20 years or so, so when she landed, she was still a young teenager, and he was around 20-25.

 

[EyeReaper]

Me and a buddy watched the first episode yesterday. He has kept up to date with all of these live action supershow zeitgeist, I have watched about twenty seconds of one episode of daredevil. We both agreed that it really wasn't worth the time to watch episode two.

I mean, c'mon. You have to try to make a skinhead alien with an explosive nuclear battleaxe lame, but they fucking pulled it off woth the first line from his mouth. Honestly the best scene was when Bitchy McTooBossy (I think that was her name) told Kara right the fuck off over the "Oh its so demeaning to be named girl." I think this entire episode can be summed up with these quotes

Totally not Nick Fury: She isn't strong enough to fight him.

Strong independent perfect womyn: Why, because she's a girl?

Which I'm pretty surprised wasn't followed up with this:

 

[Treeberry]

Eh. It was quite naff really. It could have been good. It definitely did the whole 'Lol, did you think I/she couldn't do {x} because I'm a giiiiiiiiirl?'. The characters act like idiot teens and the choreography was poor. The Lifetime movie style music really grated on me too.

The whole 'my gender doesn't matter thing' doesn't work if it's spoken aloud or made too obvious. Especially if the central protagonist has superhero powers. I don't know the original source material but I dislike how Kara is supposed to be older and yet acts like she's still a thirteen year old as well as the whole 'age frozen in space' thing. Blech.

As far as empowerment goes, my opinion is that 'empowered' characters are subtle*. There's better and more mature stuff out there but maybe it'll get less cringeworthy (I've only seen the pilot).

*Maybe 'subtle' isn't the right word. I'm not sure how to phrase it.

Honestly the best scene was when Bitchy McTooBossy (I think that was her name) told Kara right the fuck off over the "Oh its so demeaning to be named girl."

I liked that part too. I'm going to call boss lady AU Ally McBeal though.

EDIT: The second episode seems better and the boss lady definitely has a few pearls of wisdom anyway.