tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post5978400685365899142..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Supergirl Show 609: Dream WeaverAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-5472278158101316782021-09-09T00:57:58.694-04:002021-09-09T00:57:58.694-04:00I know the remaining time on this show is tight, b...I know the remaining time on this show is tight, but maybe Kelly will be taking over the orphanage for super-powered kids. It'd be a great way for the modern Guardian to get a "Newsboy Legion"!Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-14618355950965993002021-09-03T11:09:56.823-04:002021-09-03T11:09:56.823-04:00To be honest, to have Supergirl fly off to Argo so...To be honest, to have Supergirl fly off to Argo so she can knock boots with Mon El (presumably, it'd be like Berlanti to intro a new love interest for Kara in the last ten minutes of the finale) and live out a depowered life making babies...is a little sexist and patriarchal, even by my highly elastic standard. I don't think MB would go for that, but who know how much leverage she has over that process at this point?<br />Running off to the future at least holds out the prospect of continuing her mission as a heroine as a Legionnaire no less...and tantalizingly, she'd out from under the shadow of her foster sister Finally:) So I'm all for that....<br />As I said, I'm all for an anti-finale where she just goes on, being Super and being Supergirl but I think the contradictory and uneven continuity of the Berlantiverse can't handle that....<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-84404105712914751482021-09-03T07:58:49.025-04:002021-09-03T07:58:49.025-04:00Good question about Kara's arc.
No signs of h...Good question about Kara's arc.<br /><br />No signs of her Phantom Zone trauma in this episode. I thought that would be her arc, having to overcome those memories. <br /><br />Whatever the arc is, it ends somewhere with Kara ... gone? This is the last season. The CW hero-verse can't have her exist on Earth and yet not be name-dropped or be part of the conversation. <br /><br />So does she end up on Argo? In the future? And how does her arc put her there?Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-84329061684366408182021-09-02T21:53:12.583-04:002021-09-02T21:53:12.583-04:00"The Owl of Minerva Flies at Dusk", Frie..."The Owl of Minerva Flies at Dusk", Friedrich Hegel.<br /><br />Meaning that we only have the most penetrating insight into a particular era when it draws to a close, as this show indeed draws to a close. For the first time since the pandemic began I felt that Supergirl had some control & agency over her own plotline, she was out chasing bad guys until the b-plot more or less seamlessly intertwines with the a-plot at the 28 minute mark, how I wish this had been the norm rather than the exception. Granted, there were the usual plot holes but as our host pointed out above, nothing seemed forced, trite or deliberately sidelined The Lead...its all so desperately needed I could almost call it a late rally for Supergirl, but for my trademark caution :)<br />So why does Bruno Mannheim wanna blow National City Sky-freakin'-high anyway? Is he envious that until now it's been a "skirt's game" in the race to destroy that fictional metropolis? He wants a piece of what Rhea, Astra & Reign all had going on...I myself am waiting for a Assassin named "Bob Oksner" to try and snuff Alex :)<br />And anyway, Supergirl's most powerful weapon isn't her inspirational speechmaking, it's that almighty haymaker uppercut she deployed against that corrupt prison guard...hit him so hard Superboy Prime Felt It in the Pocket Universe :)<br />As for Kara's endgame arc, I'd really be happy if there wasn't one, if she just came thru in triumph and then flies off into the sunrise intent on another day of Super Deeds...<br />BUT<br />I suspect they have to get her out of the narrative to figuratively make room for "Superman & Lois", which would also give said show a chance to intro their own Supergirl/Powergirl type character...so I dunno. <br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-19238688516150299292021-09-02T19:55:30.324-04:002021-09-02T19:55:30.324-04:00This was a good episode. I've missed a number...This was a good episode. I've missed a number in this past year and need to catch up.<br /><br />Not sure how I feel about Kelly becoming the new Guardian. Do we really need MORE costumed heroes on this show, especially now that it's winding down? I wonder if the producers are setting things up for some possible spin-offs.<br /><br />I do like the reference to "Super Friends".<br /><br />Finally, something I noticed as I read this review, that I missed while watching the episode. Joey and his older brother Orlando. A possible reference to Joe Orlando, who edited the second half of Supergirl's Adventure Comics run? Or were the writers thinking of Steve Orlando? Or were the names just randomly chosen?Professor Feetlebaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-30337974239430830032021-09-02T17:53:02.964-04:002021-09-02T17:53:02.964-04:00I loved this episode. Esme's delightful moxie ...I loved this episode. Esme's delightful moxie alone would bring this to the season's best episode, but it was solid all the way.<br /><br />One huge issue though: Last season, last half. What is Kara's arc?<br /><br />Dreamer has an arc. Alex and Kelly has an arc. I don't really see a seed of an arc for Kara yet. Time to start building Kara's final epic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com