tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post2785256922774293389..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Supergirl Episode 308: Crisis On Earth X Part OneAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-8229371681096894462017-11-30T13:36:22.172-05:002017-11-30T13:36:22.172-05:00Considering the ways in which the TV continuity di...Considering the ways in which the TV continuity diverges from the comics, I don't see why the young server can't be XS <b>AND</b> Dawn Allen.marksweeneyjrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798312028718544923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-48687761335963323122017-11-30T00:12:11.846-05:002017-11-30T00:12:11.846-05:00Question: Do we know WHY Evil Kara's heart wa...Question: Do we know WHY Evil Kara's heart was failing? They said something about “overexposure” to yellow sunlight, but THAT doesn't make any sense at all. A yellow sun should only make her stronger over time. It's certainly never been an issue for Kal-El. Is this something that Supergirl should be concerned about in the future? Hmm...<br /><br />When she took off the completely unnecessary mask, Overgirl was very sexy! Maybe it was just her darker lipstick, the skirtless uniform, or just her “REALLY Bad Girl” attitude, but she was smokin' HAWT! Kudos to Melissa Benoist for her ability to differentiate between two identical, but very different characters. Even Overgirl's voice was different, with perhaps a hint of a German accent. Good stuff.<br /><br />I thought Alex's completely unexpected ONS with Sarah was fun, as were a lot of the little vignettes, like Felicity's envy of Kara's ability to “sleep-fly.” That DID look super comfortable! I didn't particularly care for the romance between The Ray and Captain Cold. It just seemed a bit TOO contrived to me. I mean, a “Gay Ray” named Ray??? Isn't that a little TOO “on the nose?” The death of Victor Garber's character was a downer, but unfortunately, it also exposed the dramatic limitations of the actor playing the other half of Firestorm, Jax. He wasn't very convincing, simply because he's a TERRIBLE actor. Watching him try (and fail) to emote, I kept wondering how he ever got this gig in the first place. Fortunately, he's the exception to the rule. <br /><br />It was great fun watching this huge, and talented cast mix and mingle in ways we seldom get to see. Kara singing beautifully, hungover Alex making the Walk of Shame, General Winn, heroic Killer Frost, dead Guardian, Iris and Felicity kicking Nazi butt, and on, and on, and on! Now THAT'S what I call entertainment!Scrimmagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-16282508642272697882017-11-29T23:59:03.444-05:002017-11-29T23:59:03.444-05:00I enjoyed this episode, and the entire four-show c...I enjoyed this episode, and the entire four-show crossover. It was like a live action version of a “giant-sized wedding issue” in the comics, that would INEVITABLY turn into a super-sized brawl featuring a “cast of thousands.” <br /><br />To quote my favorite character in the whole x-over, Heatwave...<br /><br />“Best.....Wedding.....EVER!”<br /><br />That guy had some KILLER one liners! I've always been a fan of Dominic Purcell, and the girl who plays Felicity, even though I quit watching Arrow after S2, and never could get into Legends at all. Ironically, my biggest complaint about those shows is that I find the large number of “heroes” on them to be unwieldy, diluting the development of the individual characters down to predictable clichés and plot twists. Of course, since a bunch of good guys needs a bunch of bad guys to fight, the action scenes in both Arrow and Legends too often degenerate into repetitive, often bloodless battles with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of nameless, faceless ninjas; fights that take up half the show, and never resolve anything.<br /><br />While I admit there's still a lot of that sort of thing going on in “Crisis On Earth X,” in this case, those extended battles made sense because this time around, the Heroes were LITERALLY going against an ARMY! Unfortunately, they also seemed to be operating under the Rules of War, because the body count on BOTH sides was extraordinarily high (especially for an early evening, network time slot) throughout the crossover. <br /><br />The Nazis' victims were mostly helpless civilians, including the poor Minister, who was just trying to officiate a wedding, but what REALLY stunned me was the way the Heroes were mowing down the bad guys left and right, showing no mercy, and taking NO prisoners! There was one shocking scene (shown twice, from two different angles), where Alex, in close combat with a Nazi, spun around and shot her disarmed opponent in the head at point blank range. Whoa! <br /><br />Meanwhile, Green Arrow was putting shafts through Nazi heads and chests as quickly as he could notch another arrow, while White Canary, and some of the other, less familiar Legends, were busy spraying automatic weapons fire in the general direction of anybody wearing black. I haven't seen this kind of gratuitous, graphic violence on a network TV show since “The A-Team” was canceled, but viewing it in the context of the storyline, it worked! <br /><br />Fortunately, Supergirl did not use lethal force against the Nazis like she did a few episodes ago, when she disintegrated five White Martians without batting an eye. Instead, she confined herself mostly to battling her Evil Twin to a standstill, until Overgirl's failing health decided the ultimate victor in EXPLOSIVE fashion.<br /><br />The double wedding at the end was a sweet, and unexpected surprise. It wrapped things up in a nice little bow (and Arrow).<br /><br />I'm going to have to watch this all again, to see if I can pick up on some things I may have missed the first time around, but my first impression was that this was a VERY successful, and well done crossover! I think the fact that it was spread out over four hours was the key, because it allowed the writers time to include the kinds of character interactions we like to see in these things, without detracting from all the action. This is going to be hard to top!<br /><br />Scrimmagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-26452830139968526682017-11-29T23:58:23.462-05:002017-11-29T23:58:23.462-05:00I’m glad you mentioned it was XS, I had guessed it...I’m glad you mentioned it was XS, I had guessed it was one of the Tornado Twins.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073633046318015768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-4670944337797841602017-11-29T22:13:47.645-05:002017-11-29T22:13:47.645-05:00Oh yes Alex seemingly shot dozens of Waffen SS Gua...Oh yes Alex seemingly shot dozens of Waffen SS Guards in the head at close range...<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-11933280065096248942017-11-29T21:19:42.871-05:002017-11-29T21:19:42.871-05:00Thanks for comments.
Some great moments for Kara(s...Thanks for comments.<br />Some great moments for Kara(s) are coming up.<br />I think Alex’s drinking has been mentioned so prominently in episodes that we must be nearing a reckoning.<br />One thing about this crossover was the gun violence. Alex and Sara shoot lots of Nazis!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-54291120383392836442017-11-29T12:42:26.712-05:002017-11-29T12:42:26.712-05:00I doubt DC would ever permit Berlanti et al access...I doubt DC would ever permit Berlanti et al access to the COIE's storyline, I'm sure they'd prefer to hold onto it for a blockbuster theatrical feature (which will no doubt heavily traffick in Supergirl's Death and expulsion from human memory....).<br />My big takeaway from this ep is weirdly paradoxical, Kara seems to be in complete blissful denial about her sister's obvious hollow leg, its a emotional trail she refuses to follow.<br />Geez I repeat myself but Benoist has a nice set of pipes, when all this is over she can easily segue to Broadway and play "Reno Sweeney" in "Anything Goes". <br />I enjoyed the crossover immensely, regardless of its plotholes and contrivances it had a robust "Lookit what we can do on teevee" quality...it also 'rekindled" a perverse desire on my part to see Supergirl team up with Heatwave they'd be the oddest couple on TV no question.<br /><br />JF<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-83288753004584578992017-11-29T10:57:50.890-05:002017-11-29T10:57:50.890-05:00Thanks for posting Anj, and I can understand the d...Thanks for posting Anj, and I can understand the difficulty of choosing how to break down the rest of the episodes,<br />especially since there's so many great Supergirl, Supergirl/Overgirl, and Supergirl / Alex moments throughout! And<br />let me also say compared to last year's crossover, the better balance of Supergirl moments throughout the 4 episodes,<br />and the higher count of interteam personal moments was MUCH appreciated -- my highlights are the Alex and White <br />Canary bits, Heatwave being his usual pig / jerk self to everyone else, and the pedicure scene between the women of <br />Team Flash, Team Arrow and Team Supergirl; the "superstrong nails" comment was just icing on the cake!<br /><br />Also cracked me up to no end Supergirl's pre-wedding superheroing was taking out a Dominator by herself, and the quip<br />of "you guys are so last year!" PRICELESS!!<br /><br />But the supersonic clap takedown of Overgirl and the Earth-X invasion force BY FAR had to be the most EPIC scene of <br />this episode!<br /><br />Kudos also to the Kara / Barry 1:1 during the rehersal dinner -- I noted how Barry was the only one Kara told the full<br />Mon-El story to which was a nice touch, and I do hope in the future Kara will be able to mentor Barry in some way, just <br />as a nice turnabout fairplay -- as well as the secret injoke between the two to have Kara sing at Barry's wedding.<br />I can't think of a higher compliment Barry can pay to Kara to be a direct part of his ceremony!<br /><br />Thanks for pointing out some of the historicals / easter eggs... I'd especially wondered about the server girl and Barry<br />as it seemed like an unnecessary bit.<br /><br />To comment a bit further on the whole Alex x White Canary bit, I'm lining my pants for the inevitable yay/nay shippers<br />on this -- I don't follow LOT that much, but the sense I get is White Canary doesn't feel much emotionally, and is <br />portrayed as "the loose, promiscuous one," especially with people of the same sex. That being said, having watched<br />the other 3 epsisodes of the crossover, there is a nice wrapup given to the two, and a nice way for both of them to<br />move forward character-wise.<br /><br />> Can you imagine if next year's crossover is Crisis on Infinite Earths??<br /><br />QUICK! Someone send that idea to TPTB... minus the death of Supergirl, of course.<br /><br /><br />RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-35102160646954201922017-11-29T08:37:02.390-05:002017-11-29T08:37:02.390-05:00P.D.: I'm sorry for the off-topic, but this is...P.D.: I'm sorry for the off-topic, but this is important:<br /><br />Super Sons Annual. Streaky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-22352932101441458382017-11-29T08:31:53.250-05:002017-11-29T08:31:53.250-05:00Very entertaining. It's funny to see fans sayi...Very entertaining. It's funny to see fans saying this is how you make a "Justice League".<br /><br />"Can you imagine if next year's crossover is Crisis on Infinite Earths??"<br /><br />... I'd rather not. Unless Kara fights the Anti-Monitor and survives. I don't want them to kill Supergirl or rehashing the "Death of Superman".<br /><br />Regarding the young girl, I guess it may be Dawn Allen, but I'm inclined to think she's XS. If so, the casting was perfect.<br /><br />But if she is Barry's descendant, where's her brother/cousin? Why didn't she warn Barry against the Earth-X's invaders? Fear to muchup the timestream? There's a Legion in Earth-1? Or she's also a reality-traveller?<br /><br />"The priest (played by William Katt!!)"<br /><br />I watched that show when I was a child! This takes me back.<br /><br />And the SG/OG battle was real good. Funny how people asks if Superman has done the Super Clap before. It's been done by him, his cousin, Superboy-Prime...<br /><br />"In the end, I may review the remaining three parts all in one giant post."<br /><br />I think it may be the best option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com