tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post7657790507462609970..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Supergirl Show 608: Welcome Back KaraAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-25218565890147048652021-08-27T06:37:38.898-04:002021-08-27T06:37:38.898-04:00It appears that the Supergirl people borrowed the ...It appears that the Supergirl people borrowed the title for this episode from "Welcome Back Kotter", although Melissa Benoist looks NOTHING like Gabe Kaplan! Anyway, it was a nice way of welcoming Supergirl back from the Phantom Zone, and the show back from hiatus.<br /><br />Super Heroes dealing with real life issues has been something of a problem for writers at least since World War II. <br /><br />I don't know if the line "William can start looking into the trash" was meant to be funny, but it was.<br /><br />"Different target audience for each media, since modern comics these days appeal to a much smaller cult than those who watch TV or movies. That's like saying that Tom King's SG readers should be of the same age demographic for DC Super Hero Girls."<br /><br />Okay, I see the point about DC Super Hero Girls, because that show is meant to appeal to a young audience (although adults can enjoy it too), but I would think that the comic and the TV show would appeal to roughly the same demographic. I'm certain that the comics have always had a much smaller audience than the movies or TV shows. <br /><br />I wouldn't mind Kara and Brainy getting together, but I hope the show ends with Supergirl still in National City.Professor Feetlebaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-61905859143928216902021-08-26T22:35:31.025-04:002021-08-26T22:35:31.025-04:00She hucked "Mecha-Hedorah" into the sun,...She hucked "Mecha-Hedorah" into the sun, I'm fine with all of it.<br />William gets written out as coldly as Jimmy Olsen, romancewise our heroine cannot catch a break in her ride-or-die season. I do wonder, much our host if Kara's PZ PTSD will lead her off planet in the end, back to New Krypton etc. I hope not, simply because depowering her due to stress is a pretty sexist outcome IMHO...but this is Berlanti, and in his permanently chaotic DCU I guess there has to be a narrative resolution to MB's real-life departure from the role. But on the other hand, because it IS Berlanti he could literally have Kara fall stupid in love with Brainy in the last ten minutes of the final show and decide to zoom off and Party in the 31st Century until further notice. My money is on Mon-El though...or Lena...or ...something:)<br />There are two things I wanna get some action on:<br />1.) What are the odds that DC is listening to pitches for a "New Supergirl" right now, schedded once her current mini wraps up in the floppies and Kara becomes (zzzzzz) Superwoman?<br />but more importantly ...<br />2.) How long before the Superman & Lois franchise introduces its own version of Supergirl...either a Kara from yet another multiverse ("Supergirl Prime" think about it :) OR Their own version of Powergirl? Prior to the current season I thought maybe year three, but the show connected so many dots so well, now I'm thinking its a second season possibility, this is Berlanti remember, he likes a crazy fast pace.<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-86920595417010863662021-08-26T14:07:17.396-04:002021-08-26T14:07:17.396-04:00Good thoughts Anj, and I enjoyed the episode as we...Good thoughts Anj, and I enjoyed the episode as well. Yeah, with how lackluster things had been in the comics, it's nice to have Melissa and Supergirl back. <br /><br />On your comments about the problem of doing real world issues in a superhero show...yeah that's always an issue, in and out of comics. Like, why was everyone fretting about aliens in S4 when they can build orbital space guns that can shoot across light years of space? Earth should be scaring the aliens, considering they seem to be able to make weapons that can shoot across the galaxy LOL <br /><br />As you said, why doesn't Zor-El go and just start cleaning the oceans if he's worried? Why not throw the garbage in space? Also, how does climate change equals, Earth explodes? I get what they were doing with Zor-El's guilt but it was some pretty dumb leaps of logic LOL <br /><br />BUT all that said, it doesn't really effect the quality of the episode cuz this was about Zor-El and Kara and their homecoming, which was done well. I loved the Lena scenes here and her new place in Team Supergirl is just great. Hope she's not gone long. SG Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729772174303706226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-44405719311217021132021-08-26T13:42:01.861-04:002021-08-26T13:42:01.861-04:00Forgot to acknowledge in all that "Supergirl&...Forgot to acknowledge in all that "Supergirl" negativity that the return-to-Midvale two-parter earlier this season was a sheer delight, easily the best episodes of the show's last couple of years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-56149221847697050272021-08-26T13:29:25.383-04:002021-08-26T13:29:25.383-04:00Anj, it's nice to hear you think "Superma...Anj, it's nice to hear you think "Superman & Lois" has "been such a great show, filling the need for a super-show on the small screen phenomenally." I completely agree. In fact, I would go so far as to say that Bitsie Tulloch has taken the crown for best live-action Lois Lane ever, and that the show overall may be the best media adaptation of Superman since Donner's 1978 film classic. I wonder why you haven't covered the show on here? I know this is primarily a Supergirl blog, but you're not usually shy about letting other Super-stuff bleed in as well.<br /><br />As for the "Supergirl" TV series, I unfortunately feel like it hit the skids badly starting with Season 5, and that hasn't changed this year. Leviathan was a mess narratively and conceptually, the Phantom Zone stuff felt exactly like the production workaround it was, all the recently added characters (William, Andrea, Kelly) are duds, and the writing has become increasingly uninspired and slipshod. It makes me sad to feel this way, because I used to adore the show with my whole heart, but now it feels like it's just running on fumes till it reaches the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-20161376115362552912021-08-26T09:34:59.425-04:002021-08-26T09:34:59.425-04:00It does seem like the writers start off every figh...It does seem like the writers start off every fight by removing Kara from it since season 3-4 or something.<br /><br />It's my absolute biggest peeve with the show, and a huge part of why they can never reach the quality of the earlier seasons. They handled telling a Supergirl story better before they gave everyone and their mother superpowers.<br /><br />Apart from that this episode was pretty good. I think it would be pretty cool if they let Kara and her family fix Earths ocean pollution later. Earths problems aren't going to end with that, but it would be a lovely win for the Kryptonian family we love. 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