CBS/CW's Supergirl Series - Page 18

~~Leo656~~ · 12-03-2015, 10:46 PM

I tried to facepalm but my hands were full of fried chicken.

Ow.

You're a dick, CyberCubed.

*ToTheNines* · 12-04-2015, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Some people like short and petite girls. B cup breasts is fine, it gives her a down to earth "girl next door" vibe. Not every blonde needs to be rocking double D's and be 6 feet tall.

In fact its the way she looks, cute face, small petite frame, smaller breasts, that makes her...what do they call the word on tumblr...ah yes, "adorkable."

Lmaooooooo, yo. Just when you think you can't stand the guy for one more day, he goes and posts some gold and makes your night

The creepiness is palpable. And you know he typed that **** one handed, the other one tending to his virgin pud.

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

*Raph's Girl* · 12-04-2015, 02:23 PM

And the Amell clan is about to invade Supergirl!! Italia Ricci (most recently seen in Chasing Life) has been cast as Siobhan Smythe/Silver Banshee! Seems Siobhan starts out as a workplace rival for Kara before getting her powers. Should be interesting.

Italia is engaged to Robbie "Firestorm" Amell, cousin of Stephen "Oliver Queen/Green Arrow" Amell. I was hoping she'd join the Arrow-verse tho...ah well.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...comics-villain

*ToTheNines* · 12-04-2015, 04:34 PM

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 12-07-2015, 08:55 PM

So I may have to start watching Supergirl, because apparently...

Spoiler:

Also, the tags in this thread are the best I've ever seen!

*Jephael* · 12-07-2015, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

No one cares about your boner.

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Originally Posted by Leo656

You're a dick, CyberCubed.

*Raph's Girl* · 12-07-2015, 11:11 PM

OMG@the big reveal in tonight's ep!!

Spoiler:

*drgon78* · 12-08-2015, 05:36 AM

Yeah, I thought for sure he was going to be cyborg superman but I am happy he isn't.

*TurtleTitan97* · 12-08-2015, 08:22 PM

Spoiler:

*Jephael* · 12-09-2015, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

OMG@the big reveal in tonight's ep!!

Spoiler:

~~ABrown~~ · 12-11-2015, 10:46 AM

The revelation of Martian Manhunter has me really curious now as to why Superman isn't willing to work with the DEO.

*Raph's Girl* · 12-14-2015, 09:33 PM

Spoiler:

~~Leo656~~ · 12-15-2015, 01:29 AM

Bullet point #3 annoyed me greatly.

I'm really fed up with the fact that in-story it's now been months, apparently, since the Kryptonians and other aliens have been loose on Earth, and I get that this is Supergirl's Story but Superman exists in this universe and has done NOTHING! Like all that stuff happening at the end; after people talk about the guy so much every episode, and then you get a scene like that with Kryptonians busting sh*t up, and he's all the more conspicuous by his absence. Because whether it's "Supergirl's Story" or NOT, Superman would never just sit back and allow things like that to happen. He'd get involved. He'd NEVER let a bunch of Kryptonian and alien criminals and murderers just "hide out" for months until Kara or someone else handled it.

This show make Superman an asshole. It's lousy, lazy, poorly-handled and inexcusable. It's clear that they only thought it through as far as, "Well, we'll talk about him but never show him, that'll be fine." If they'd given it even two seconds' worth of thought, they'd realize all the holes that creates in the larger story they've laid out.

ALL they had to do, is set the series up with, "Well, he fell into a black hole or something 5 years ago and nobody's seen him since." Then you get to tell the exact same story, without Earth's Greatest Hero being too busy getting cats out of trees to even talk to his only living relative or God forbid go after a bunch of murderous Kryptonians.

You also get the suspense of "What really happened to him? Is he alive? Will he ever show up?" The way they've chosen to handle Superman in this show is AWFUL. Just send him far away so he's not a factor anymore. The fact he exists in this universe creates WAY too many problems.

Everything else was pretty good. There was that one thing about Cat not getting custody of her son Adam, that was pretty laughable, on account of women almost always get custody, especially if they're rich, and "she's too busy" wouldn't hold up if she was making so much money. The rest of the scenario they set up was good, and it was making you feel for Cat, there was just that one bit of bad writing that makes you go, "Wait, what?"

It's not a bad show, and it's getting better, but man, the writing... they gotta tighten that sh*t up. It's not quite a "poorly-written" show but it has a ton of groan-worthy moments in the writing all the same.

*TurtleTitan97* · 12-15-2015, 08:45 PM

Yeah, I agree Leo. Somehow the idea that random Kryptonian criminals have been running around Earth for years, and that Superman hasn't seemed to have done anything about it just seems wrong.

With that said, the recent episode was pretty good. It's not quite on the level Flash is, but it's steadily getting there.

~~Leo656~~ · 12-16-2015, 12:11 AM

It's like they looked at Man of Steel, and said, "Well, if that's a proactive Superman, we'll do the exact opposite thing. If Superman goes after the bad guys and knocks over a city, let's do the opposite and make him completely not care."

The whole thing would be fine if they just took him off the board completely. If Superman is completely absent from this universe, then at least 50% of the show's gigantic logic flaws disappear. And I love Superman more than air. I'd much rather we had a Superman show than a Supergirl show, but we don't, so as a general fan of the franchise I want to like this show, and it's not altogether bad. But the story this show is trying to tell doesn't work right if he's involved, or even able to potentially be involved. All of his non-action makes him look like an awful person. We, the audience, all get it: You can't use him for Stupid Business Reasons. It wouldn't be "cheating" if you just wrote yourself out of it by saying he got accidentally trapped in the Phantom Zone. At least it would explain why he can't even be bothered to stop over and give his cousin her cape instead of sending Errand Boy Olsen to do it.

It's such a wildly imbalanced show. The good is really good but the bad is atrocious, and all the bad stuff is on the writing side of things, which I find super-important.

~~ABrown~~ · 12-16-2015, 12:28 PM

I'm probably setting my hopes up a little too high on this show. I'm a huge Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan, and I had hoped that I might enjoy this show as much as I did that one. It doesn't look like that's going to happen.

*Raph's Girl* · 12-16-2015, 07:00 PM

Looks like we'll be getting more into Martian Manhunter's backstory. White Martians are a commin. Seems this time around J'onn's fear of fire is NOT genetic but due to what the White Martians did to his family. Hopefully tho this means an appearance by everyone's fave white Martian, M'gann.

http://www.newsarama.com/27218-white...supergirl.html

~~Leo656~~ · 12-16-2015, 11:46 PM

There's been like 5 different explanations for Manhunter's fear of fire. It's like I don't even care anymore, I accept that's his weakness but the "Why" behind it has never been terribly conclusive. I would care, but I can't, because any explanation they give will just get tossed in with all the others eventually.

I'unno why it's so complicated. They probably never gave it any thought when they came up with it in the first place, is why.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 12-17-2015, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

There's been like 5 different explanations for Manhunter's fear of fire. It's like I don't even care anymore, I accept that's his weakness but the "Why" behind it has never been terribly conclusive. I would care, but I can't, because any explanation they give will just get tossed in with all the others eventually.

I'unno why it's so complicated. They probably never gave it any thought when they came up with it in the first place, is why.

Wasn't it a psychic virus that caused all his people to spontaneously combust?

*Raph's Girl* · 12-17-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Wasn't it a psychic virus that caused all his people to spontaneously combust?

Originally the 2 Martian races were one and fire was how they got jiggy with it. Some other alien thought they were too powerful so he genetically altered them and instilled a fear of fire so the white and green's wouldn't blend in together anymore.

12-04-2015, 02:23 PM	#343
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	And the Amell clan is about to invade Supergirl!! Italia Ricci (most recently seen in Chasing Life) has been cast as Siobhan Smythe/Silver Banshee! Seems Siobhan starts out as a workplace rival for Kara before getting her powers. Should be interesting. Italia is engaged to Robbie "Firestorm" Amell, cousin of Stephen "Oliver Queen/Green Arrow" Amell. I was hoping she'd join the Arrow-verse tho...ah well. http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...comics-villain __________________

12-07-2015, 08:55 PM	#345
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	So I may have to start watching Supergirl, because apparently... Spoiler: Martian Manhunter is a supporting character in it! Also, the tags in this thread are the best I've ever seen! __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

12-07-2015, 11:11 PM	#347
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	OMG@the big reveal in tonight's ep!! Spoiler: Oreo Cookie sales are about to go up cuz we got Martian Manhunter in da hizous!! WOOT!!! I just love LOOOOOOOOOOOVE his look!! __________________

12-08-2015, 08:22 PM	#349
TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	Spoiler: Really not sure how to feel about it. On one hand, having Hankshaw be revealed as J'onn J'onzz was a pretty cool reveal, and the episode was great as a whole. I just kinda wish he appeared in the Arrowverse first and served as an introduction to the existence of Aliens in that universe. __________________

12-14-2015, 09:33 PM	#352
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Spoiler: 1: J'onn can't read Kryptonian minds, Clark find this hilarious apparantly. 2: Non is Kara's Uncle?!?!?!?!?! 3: All the years working at the Daily Planet and Perry never figured out Clark's secret. 8 episodes in and Cat figures out Kara is Supergirl. 4: The Earth is dooooomed??? __________________

12-03-2015, 10:46 PM	#341
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I tried to facepalm but my hands were full of fried chicken. Ow. You're a dick, CyberCubed.

12-04-2015, 04:34 PM	#344
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,375

12-08-2015, 05:36 AM	#348
drgon78 Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 2,409	Yeah, I thought for sure he was going to be cyborg superman but I am happy he isn't.

12-11-2015, 10:46 AM	#351
~~ABrown~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,831	The revelation of Martian Manhunter has me really curious now as to why Superman isn't willing to work with the DEO.

12-15-2015, 01:29 AM	#353
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Bullet point #3 annoyed me greatly. I'm really fed up with the fact that in-story it's now been months, apparently, since the Kryptonians and other aliens have been loose on Earth, and I get that this is Supergirl's Story but Superman exists in this universe and has done NOTHING! Like all that stuff happening at the end; after people talk about the guy so much every episode, and then you get a scene like that with Kryptonians busting sht up, and he's all the more conspicuous by his absence. Because whether it's "Supergirl's Story" or NOT, Superman would never just sit back and allow things like that to happen. He'd get involved. He'd NEVER let a bunch of Kryptonian and alien criminals and murderers just "hide out" for months until Kara or someone else handled it. This show make Superman an asshole. It's lousy, lazy, poorly-handled and inexcusable. It's clear that they only thought it through as far as, "Well, we'll talk about him but never show him, that'll be fine." If they'd given it even two seconds' worth of thought, they'd realize all the holes that creates in the larger story they've laid out. ALL they had to do, is set the series up with, "Well, he fell into a black hole or something 5 years ago and nobody's seen him since." Then you get to tell the exact same story, without Earth's Greatest Hero being too busy getting cats out of trees to even talk to his only living relative or God forbid go after a bunch of murderous Kryptonians. You also get the suspense of "What really happened to him? Is he alive? Will he ever show up?" The way they've chosen to handle Superman in this show is AWFUL. Just send him far away so he's not a factor anymore. The fact he exists in this universe creates WAY too many problems. Everything else was pretty good. There was that one thing about Cat not getting custody of her son Adam, that was pretty laughable, on account of women almost always get custody, especially if they're rich, and "she's too busy" wouldn't hold up if she was making so much money. The rest of the scenario they set up was good, and it was making you feel for Cat, there was just that one bit of bad writing that makes you go, "Wait, what?" It's not a bad show, and it's getting better, but man, the writing... they gotta tighten that sht up. It's not quite a "poorly-written" show but it has a ton of groan-worthy moments in the writing all the same.

12-15-2015, 08:45 PM	#354
TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	Yeah, I agree Leo. Somehow the idea that random Kryptonian criminals have been running around Earth for years, and that Superman hasn't seemed to have done anything about it just seems wrong. With that said, the recent episode was pretty good. It's not quite on the level Flash is, but it's steadily getting there. __________________

12-16-2015, 12:11 AM	#355
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	It's like they looked at Man of Steel, and said, "Well, if that's a proactive Superman, we'll do the exact opposite thing. If Superman goes after the bad guys and knocks over a city, let's do the opposite and make him completely not care." The whole thing would be fine if they just took him off the board completely. If Superman is completely absent from this universe, then at least 50% of the show's gigantic logic flaws disappear. And I love Superman more than air. I'd much rather we had a Superman show than a Supergirl show, but we don't, so as a general fan of the franchise I want to like this show, and it's not altogether bad. But the story this show is trying to tell doesn't work right if he's involved, or even able to potentially be involved. All of his non-action makes him look like an awful person. We, the audience, all get it: You can't use him for Stupid Business Reasons. It wouldn't be "cheating" if you just wrote yourself out of it by saying he got accidentally trapped in the Phantom Zone. At least it would explain why he can't even be bothered to stop over and give his cousin her cape instead of sending Errand Boy Olsen to do it. It's such a wildly imbalanced show. The good is really good but the bad is atrocious, and all the bad stuff is on the writing side of things, which I find super-important.

12-16-2015, 12:28 PM	#356
~~ABrown~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,831	I'm probably setting my hopes up a little too high on this show. I'm a huge Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan, and I had hoped that I might enjoy this show as much as I did that one. It doesn't look like that's going to happen.

12-16-2015, 07:00 PM	#357
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Looks like we'll be getting more into Martian Manhunter's backstory. White Martians are a commin. Seems this time around J'onn's fear of fire is NOT genetic but due to what the White Martians did to his family. Hopefully tho this means an appearance by everyone's fave white Martian, M'gann. http://www.newsarama.com/27218-white...supergirl.html __________________

12-16-2015, 11:46 PM	#358
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	There's been like 5 different explanations for Manhunter's fear of fire. It's like I don't even care anymore, I accept that's his weakness but the "Why" behind it has never been terribly conclusive. I would care, but I can't, because any explanation they give will just get tossed in with all the others eventually. I'unno why it's so complicated. They probably never gave it any thought when they came up with it in the first place, is why.