tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post5539970149880214805..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Supergirl Episode 211: The Martian ChroniclesAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-69990363428047551792017-02-14T21:21:14.265-05:002017-02-14T21:21:14.265-05:00Oh, and I love Kara's POWER to the GIRLs sweat...Oh, and I love Kara's POWER to the GIRLs sweater –. I see what they did there. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-50771870037077061442017-02-14T20:27:51.217-05:002017-02-14T20:27:51.217-05:00I realise this is a CW show so yes, soap, but seri...I realise this is a CW show so yes, soap, but seriously, they have 15 minutes to stop a nuclear explosion and even if you assume the Kara/Martialex and J'onn/Megan (please don't asked me to remember where the'apostrophe goes, or how many Ns) heart-to-hearts are simulatanous, they've just wasted two minutes. Get a grip, folks! <br /><br />I did enjoy Awful Alex, but thought Wicked Winn was even better, Jeremy Jordan was terrific. And how lovely to see David Harewood properly smile. I realise I am always suggesting they write J'onn out, but I'd love him to stay in long enough to play a Brit from Birmingham (the real one!) so you guys can hear his natural accent! It'd be a hoot. <br /><br />Sharon Leal really sells the emotion, I hope she comes back soon. <br /><br />Mon El continues to be adorable, so what if she and he don't work out, they're young, they'll live. Have fun kids, the chemistry is everything that it wasn't with 'Call me James'. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-22912847590556678202017-02-11T14:28:00.216-05:002017-02-11T14:28:00.216-05:00No Guardian subplot = Best Episode since Superman ...No Guardian subplot = Best Episode since Superman left. <br /><br />That being said, this show is really getting bogged down in all it's left-leaning symbolism. First it's a (Wonder) woman President propping up illegal “alien” immigrants, then it's “alien” gun control, followed by Alex suddenly deciding she's a lesbian, and now the “WHITE Martians” are racist bad guys committing genocide. Enough already! We get it!<br /><br />Why don't they show Supergirl spending some of her time looking for her adopted father, Jeremiah, or figuring out where Cyborg Superman ran off to? Instead of letting every alien, or souped up human with a ray gun stand toe to toe with her, until her non-powered friends come to her rescue, why don't they show Kara doing something “super,” worthy of the most powerful woman on Earth? How about having her deal with a natural disaster, or an episode featuring Kara as a reporter, using her powers covertly to uncover the truth about a story? How about giving us some some stories with a little more imagination, and a LOT less soap opera? Scrimmagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-72812619044536057842017-02-09T22:10:13.868-05:002017-02-09T22:10:13.868-05:00Thanks for comments!
I loved that Vasquez was bac...Thanks for comments!<br /><br />I loved that Vasquez was back too!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-65857222630276181772017-02-08T18:26:04.904-05:002017-02-08T18:26:04.904-05:00Finish this joke, if you can : "So a Kryptoni...Finish this joke, if you can : "So a Kryptonian Woman walks into a bar, the Daxamite Bartender asks her..." It's been <br />bugging me since watching the opening of this episode. Otherwise, I'd have to agree the fight scenes and the whole<br />theme of prejudice -- between how the Whites will never sate their hate, and J'onn getting over his and accepting<br />M'gaan into his heart -- were definitely the highlights of the episode.<br /><br />Next would be Winn and Alex playing against their usual selves as the White Martians, after the guessing game of who is <br />the White. Reminds me of a game of Werewolf, with everyone rushing to accuse one another of being "it."<br /><br />Also, and I'm thankful for Supergirl.tv pointing this out, Vasquez (the DEO agent from S1) is back. Did not know that! :)<br /><br /><br />RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-32153165061960063572017-02-08T16:47:46.965-05:002017-02-08T16:47:46.965-05:00"Forgive a discursive comment, but how much m..."Forgive a discursive comment, but how much money does Fox pay Howard Stern to praise "Gotham" (a show that is about as much fun as a pistol whipping) and slag "Supergirl" week after week on his Sirius XM radio platform? He must devote five minutes a week to dumping on the show....it sure seems very deliberate to me thats all." <br /><br />It's probably a running gag, since Supergirl EP Ali Adler is a Stern fan, and she knows he's been watching the show since its inception. In reality, he loves the show (Cat Grant's quip of "Queen of All Media" is a riff off of Stern). In fact, last season, writer Derek Simon produced a photo tour of the entire Burbank set with a stand-up of Flat Ronnie. <br /><br />KET<br />KEThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797904604074311480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-12389989704331779182017-02-08T12:53:29.853-05:002017-02-08T12:53:29.853-05:00Forgive a discursive comment, but how much money d...Forgive a discursive comment, but how much money does Fox pay Howard Stern to praise "Gotham" (a show that is about as much fun as a pistol whipping) and slag "Supergirl" week after week on his Sirius XM radio platform? He must devote five minutes a week to dumping on the show....it sure seems very deliberate to me thats all.<br /><br />***<br />But I digress.<br /><br />Yeah Supergirl seems isolated this year but she goes thru bouts of isolation. Remember the season climax last year (lobbing Fort Rozz into orbit) was a very willful self sacrificing act of isolation. Kara is compelled to a chivalric life of service consequent on her own personal PTSD, she gives a lot but she also asks a lot of her friends and relations as well. For sheer Karatharsis this ep was a step in the right direction, good brawls and SG beating down whatzisname via Main Strength, which is sometimes I all ever ask of the show. Otherwise it seems like the writer's have run out of plotlines for Miss Martian and are clumsily sending her back to Mars she was probably costing too much in CGI FX anyway. Still waiting for the hunt for Jeremiah to resume and the President's doppelganger issue to be resolved or for Cat Grant to drop by for a visit....meanwhile I'll just have to satisfied with Mon El and The Guardian.....<br /><br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-35529483845596236022017-02-08T08:30:02.314-05:002017-02-08T08:30:02.314-05:00In the first two chapters, Alex complained about h...In the first two chapters, Alex complained about her sister ignoring her when her cousin was around (and even blamed Kara for their father's kidnapping, which is unfair and very low blow). Now she forgets about her sister's birthday because she is so focused on their girlfriend. How ironic.<br /><br />Agreed, they made up so I'm not really holding it against her. And Kara is admitedly pushing people away. But if they go on to leave her alone, maybe she should reconsider her plan to move to Metropolis.<br /><br />Or visiting Gotham City. I'm sure that two ladies that answer to the names of Barbara Gordon and Stephanie Brown would love making friends with her.<br /><br />I still think Mon-El will have to leave sooner or later this season. Good grief, may you imagine the shipping wars if Brainiac-5 is introduced?<br /><br />Anyway, good chapter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com