Over the last year, people have been ranting and raving about our finally getting a live action superheroine that embodies feminine strength perfectly, and how Gal Godot was born to play the part. In some ways, and on a TV budget, Melissa Benoist beat her to the punch with Supergirl. Though the show has the same weaknesses as Greg Berlanti's other CW shows - it's all pretty people frequently repeating information for viewers who don't pay attention - the sheer inspirational power of what could be the definitive Supergirl wins the day. The same way Arrow borrowed liberally from Batman, Supergirl steals villains and ideas left and right from Superman (who also exists, but is a respectfully distant presence) and that makes for some interesting reinventions. The action stuff is bold and pretty well realized, the engine for creating villains (an alien prison that dropped out of the Phantom Zone) has lots of potential, and the larger theme - finding your place in the world - shared by most of the characters (though perhaps Cat Grant is supposed to be an example of the end game, she's a terrific presence). Quickly became my favorite CW show.
With Season 2, Supergirl makes some important changes, sometimes with the wave of a magic wand, like the new D.E.O. and the replacement of Max Lord with the friendlier and more complex Lena Luthor. The show's biggest lost is Cat Grant, however, who really was one of the best things about the series; she's replaced by a reimagined Snapper Carr, editor-in-chief of CatCo's newspaper. The focus of the season is on alien refugees from all over who apparently live in National City, and threats to THEM more so than FROM them, which makes the series surprisingly well-grounded in current events. Mon-El is a main character this season, a Daxamite dudebro with feelings for Kara, problematic at first, but since his story leads up to the best action episode the CW's done (the season's penultimate episode), all is forgiven. Some good development for Alex, but as she's the CW trademark 14-year-old, everything they built they kept destroying again. Sigh
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Over the last year, people have been ranting and raving about our finally getting a live action superheroine that embodies feminine strength perfectly, and how Gal Godot was born to play the part. In some ways, and on a TV budget, Melissa Benoist beat her to the punch with Supergirl. Though the show has the same weaknesses as Greg Berlanti's other CW shows - it's all pretty people frequently repeating information for viewers who don't pay attention - the sheer inspirational power of what could be the definitive Supergirl wins the day. The same way Arrow borrowed liberally from Batman, Supergirl steals villains and ideas left and right from Superman (who also exists, but is a respectfully distant presence) and that makes for some interesting reinventions. The action stuff is bold and pretty well realized, the engine for creating villains (an alien prison that dropped out of the Phantom Zone) has lots of potential, and the larger theme - finding your place in the world - shared by most of the characters (though perhaps Cat Grant is supposed to be an example of the end game, she's a terrific presence). Quickly became my favorite CW show.With Season 2, Supergirl makes some important changes, sometimes with the wave of a magic wand, like the new D.E.O. and the replacement of Max Lord with the friendlier and more complex Lena Luthor. The show's biggest lost is Cat Grant, however, who really was one of the best things about the series; she's replaced by a reimagined Snapper Carr, editor-in-chief of CatCo's newspaper. The focus of the season is on alien refugees from all over who apparently live in National City, and threats to THEM more so than FROM them, which makes the series surprisingly well-grounded in current events. Mon-El is a main character this season, a Daxamite dudebro with feelings for Kara, problematic at first, but since his story leads up to the best action episode the CW's done (the season's penultimate episode), all is forgiven. Some good development for Alex, but as she's the CW trademark 14-year-old, everything they built they kept destroying again. Sigh