tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post8214986180001470900..comments2024-03-29T09:20:48.360-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Supergirl Episode 5ish: LivewireAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-84995561839503848362015-11-24T20:42:34.455-05:002015-11-24T20:42:34.455-05:00'Below child'? Really, 'without trial&...'Below child'? Really, 'without trial', surely!Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-86151870086701479872015-11-24T20:37:56.396-05:002015-11-24T20:37:56.396-05:00Great review, random comments!
I still think cat...Great review, random comments! <br /><br />I still think cat knows. And she's pretending not to know Win - you don't build an empire from being a gossip columnist without knowing people. <br /><br />Martian Manhunter as a warden at Fort Rox? Shades of Futures End!<br /><br />Hey, maybe that female escape was Mongal? I do like that the DEO plonks big sheets of glass randomly around the base for people to get smashed through. <br /><br />Kara's been to 12 planets? I need to know more... maybe she's been to a certain future Metropolis ice cream parlour?<br /><br />That flying flashback was great. Did I miss them call it Midvale, then?<br /><br />I appreciated Leslie making the comparison of Kara's uniform to an ice skater's outfit – wasn't that what her original look was all about? Overall though, that rant was a bit too smutty for a family show. <br /><br />I really didn't like Kara being so emphatic in correcting Win and calling Eliza her foster mom (speaking of whom, I do hope Auntie Astra decides killing Eliza would be a great way to cut some of Kara's ties to Earth - and Eliza kicks her Kryptonian arse). <br /><br />It's interesting to see that Cat has mentored other young women. <br /><br />The cat copter!<br /><br />The young actress playing Alex is brilliantly cast. She is the spit of Chyler Leigh. <br /><br />Notice how Cat was holding Kara behind her in the kitchen – I still think she's worked out the secret, yet her first instinct was to protect the younger woman. I love Cat. <br /><br />'You have a foster mother? That's mildly intriguing'. Have a I said, I love Cat?<br /><br />Cat admits she pushes the people she cares about, it's brilliant that we're seeing the real Miss Grant so early. <br /><br />The one thing I hated this episode was the sappy song in the background telling us how to feel around the Alex/Eliza scene. <br /><br />Superb catch on The Weird!<br /><br />I hate that our heroine is so insensitive to Winn – she knows he likes her, but rather than deal with it she just gives him the cold shoulder. Also,mint makes her look shallow to go for the super-butch, assured guy (with whom she has zero chemistry). I'm Team Win all the way... he may not have the name, but he's very much the Jimmy of the group. <br /><br />What is a, was it Lexabro? That Cat wants as one of her three Ls? Is it a Lex personal computer? <br /><br />I do hope Jeremiah Danvers doesn't become the Cyborg Superman<br /><br />I'm not keen on the way Kara and Alex don't bat an eyelid at the way criminals are held below child in tiny tubes. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-60063870928199882082015-11-19T08:12:49.949-05:002015-11-19T08:12:49.949-05:00Thanks for the great comments!
This show is just ...Thanks for the great comments!<br /><br />This show is just wonderful!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-66400364519939148512015-11-18T23:20:57.198-05:002015-11-18T23:20:57.198-05:00I love how the ratings jumped when Helen Slater sh...I love how the ratings jumped when Helen Slater showed up....Karma is a wonderful thing...I think Kara might be calling Eliza by her first name and or using the "foster mother" appellation out of respect for Alex...in other words the New Sister doesn't want to seem presumptuous in the face of her sister's tangled relationship.<br />Thats how I saw it anyway.<br />"Livewire" by the way has always been the DCU's in house caricature of Howard Stern (She is "The Queen of All Media" btw) which is ironic since Stern hates the show with a mortal passion...<br />Meanwhile my own private death pool simmers on Win being at the top of the list with Cat running a close second. Win is showing all the signs of being a thoroughly smitten Berlanti sacrifice on the alter of eternal heroism.....<br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-33983972702073382692015-11-18T16:38:51.431-05:002015-11-18T16:38:51.431-05:00I really didn't like Supergirl constantly refe...I really didn't like Supergirl constantly referring to Edna, I mean Sylvia, I mean Eliza (Yuck) as her *foster* mom and call her by her first name. As you stated, she considers Alex her *sister* not foster sister, and it really seemed to detract from the loving relationship Comics Kara had with her adoptive mother (Does this also mean Kara Danvers was actually never adopted?). Having Eliza have those moments with Alex also seemed to empathize that Supergirl wasn't her daughter, just as Supergirl's words "like your daughter" instead of "for making me your daugther." While it makes sense for Barry Allen to not refer to his foster father as "Dad", it doesn't for Supergirl. Granted, at first she wouldn't want to call her that, but after years of being with her, you'd think she would. At least have a nod to the comics, but maybe having "Jeremiah" and "Eliza" as her foster-not-adoptive parents names this was a way to wipe that aspect away. Perhaps this was to emphasize a reality with foster children. It was emphasized again in the episode that Supergirl didn't have an adoptive father because Alex said, "let's find out what happened to my dad," not "Dad" or "our dad."<br /><br />I also didn't like that Supergirl wore glasses to the table, why still have a fake identity thing going on when you're with everyone who knows who you are. That made me think, why was there ever a need for her to wear glasses, and to act so awkward. She was hiding her powers completely, there wasn't even a "secret emergency weapon" going on, so why use it. <br />It bothers me then that the determination and strength shown when she's Supergirl is just the act.<br /><br />Watching The Flash yesterday made me realize how similar the two characters are written except that Iris is not totally his "sister" but possible love interest. As Anj pointed out, now we have a Wells/ Thawne/ Reverse-Flash-enemy-as-our-friend-in-our-midst factor. Of course there's the team thing, but that's been how super hero shows are written since Smallville.<br /><br />I'm afraid I'm as others felt and thought Livewire looked and acted terrible.<br /><br />The only things I liked about the show was seeing Helen Slater and M.B. together, though I was so disappointed there wasn't the mother/ daughter bond as I think there should have been. It also made me long for a Supergirl who was actually blonde. Anyway, I really enjoyed Cat's development and their interaction. The "parents dying in a fire" made me think maybe she didn't know about who her assistant really is, but I hope as Anj says she will reveal she knows. However, I don't like today's "everyone knows my secret identity" as opposed to how things were in comics in the past. <br /><br />Speaking of the "parents dying in a fire," did anyone else have the movie's Lucy Lane and Linda Lee interaction come to mind? <br /><br />After watching the third episode I started to love and accept this version of Supergirl and the show but "Livewire" brought back all my concerns and has me loathing it again. I also don't know why it bothers me so much about having a brunette "Carra" who doesn't seem to have a strong relationship with *Eliza* and *Jeremiah* Danvers who reveals in a second her identity and who is so awkward and pining over *James* Olsen. I don't want to be one of *those* fans, but this show has me cringing. I really miss Laura Vandervoort's Kara Zor-El/ Linda Danvers.<br /><br />Oh, I did like Dean Cain's "I know everything there is to know about Superman"!Uncle Screensaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300304069069472828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-40095483644192337712015-11-18T11:23:04.968-05:002015-11-18T11:23:04.968-05:00Hey Anj, thanks for the review again.
I love the ...Hey Anj, thanks for the review again.<br /><br />I love the bended knee floating pose, as well as the use of Kara's apartment's patio as a takeoff / landing point. Very <br />iconic, and hope they continue to do that in the future!<br /><br />I have to agree some of the supposed "familial" dialog was off... you would think that after 12 years staying with the<br />Danvers that Kara would call Eliza "Mom;" that seemed off for me as well. Regarding the "12 planets" comment, someone <br />mentioned to me that perhaps the El family went to other worlds when Kara was younger... which kinda makes sense, and<br />may have been the writers' rationale.<br /><br />As for Leslie / Livewire... what can't be said about her opening tirade against Supergirl... when I heard some of the crap, <br />pretty sure I heard the Haters hating on and jeering. Cringeworthy... But the thunder (whip) effects and the way that <br />Supergirl defeated her... CLASSIC comicbook style takedown! My inner geek leapt with joy seeing that scene!<br /><br />Regarding the DEO / Danvers revelation, I was going to go more XFiles / Mulder style myself. Interesting future plot thread... perhaps Jeremiah was killed for <br />discovering the Henshaw / Cyborg Superman connection?<br /><br /><br />RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-28516019800077807402015-11-18T08:57:45.978-05:002015-11-18T08:57:45.978-05:00Well this was the episode that replaced ep 4 which...Well this was the episode that replaced ep 4 which will air this monday. And based on early numbers, CBS did the right thing. Rating went up to 1.8, but 7.7 million people tuned in. And that plot hole will it seems be filled with next week's showing of 4 barring another "attack."<br /><br />Trying to figure out Neilsen ratings is like trying to figure out baseball. You just can't. Experts predicted the Washington Nationals would be in the World Series. Instead the Mets nearly shocked the world though losing in 5 to Kansas City in the fall classic.<br /><br />The music was great in this ep too. There were two versions of What a Wonderful World. When Leslie was doing her anti-Supergirl tirade, it was a version by punk rock icons The Ramones. But then at the Danvers' apartment as Kara, Alex, Eliza and Winn sit down to the most awkward Friendsgiving (expect that to be a buzzword) dinner around we hear Louis Armstrong's classic 1967 version. <br /><br />TRIVIA:<br />*--It would be the last big hit for him before his 1971 death.<br />*--Perhaps also a subtle tribute to Robin Williams who played that song as Adrien Kroner in "Good Morning, Vietnam."<br /><br />Line of the night..."You have the wit of a YouTube Commenter!"<br /><br />Also, great to see the relationship with Cat and Kara beginning to show growth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com