Supergirl TV Series is being work on.

[Taylirious]

I'd like to see Britt Robertson as Supergirl. She is 24, 5'3" Kara is around 5'5" ? usually not a deal breaker. Plus Britt is super cute and needs to be on a successful series, Life Unexpected - Sigh, The Secret Circle - meh, Under The Dome - WTF!

Images: https://www.google.com/search?q=bri...y4ixBIiegdAH&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=643

 

[Guy Gardener]

You've heard my rant about why that person must be despised.

Emily VanCamp from Revenge is 28, and is too old to be called a girl without it being an insult.

I was thinking about Jamie Lynn Spears for the part yesterday. Not that I know anything about her other than her scandal and that she used to be young, and is probably still annoying and blonde.

Divergence crossed my path a few months back, several months back, and thought that this fresh faced kid is great, all shy and 16 and what not, she's got a great future ahead of herself... Earlier this week on a lark I watched season one of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and wow (in a bad way) it's the same girl but half he size. It was a stick figure version of the kid from Divergence because it's 6 years in the past when she really was a fresh faced kid with a bright future ahead of her.

Although the sweet and innocent Megan Park also from The Secret Life of the American teenager (and The Neighbours) looks like a much better fit, even though, again, 28 years old.

 

[JD]

I don't see a 28 year old playing a 24 year old being a major issue, when people in almost that age are playing 15 and 16 year olds.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The problem is that you have to plan for the future.

What if the show goes for 10 years and we now have to call a 34 or 38 year old woman a "girl"?

Did Welling really look like Superboy in the final season of Smallville?

They need to cast a 14 year old.

Did John Byrne take it upon himself to upgrade the Invisible Girl into the Invisible Woman all by himself, or did word from on high make it all the way down to the trenches?

But really, how bad would this be?


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[Christopher]

I don't see a 28 year old playing a 24 year old being a major issue, when people in almost that age are playing 15 and 16 year olds.

Tom Welling was 24 at the start of Smallville, playing a 15-year-old Clark. Welling was the same age at the start of the series that his character was at the end.

 

[Gaith]

Making Supergirl's outfit a two-piece for no other reason than to show a bare navel and abs = utter fail.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Not as big a fail as giving her costume a giant red pubic area.

It's almost like a signal-colored arrow pointing at her vagina.

 

[Christopher]

And what the heck is up with those boots?

 

[sojourner]

Is that still her current costume?

 

[Gaith]

Sometimes, there just ain't no school like old school.

 

[davejames]

I actually really like the alien look and feel of the New 52 suit for the most part, and think it would look pretty good in live action:

Although there would obviously have to be some improvements made to the lower half.

And I do think the Smallville version would be a good basis for a costume as well. Just need to add the S and a cape really, and it's done.

 

[Gaith]

^ Now that I think on it, is the cape really necessary? It's probably the hardest thing to pull off in live-action, as filming a cape with wires around is no doubt a nightmare, causing them to go all-CG in MoS - an expense and luxury I doubt a show could afford. Given all that, I'm not sure I'd miss a cape at all if there weren't one this time, even if the result looks more Super-Cheerleader than Super-Man.

 

[The Old Mixer]

My vote: Bring back the hot pants!

 

[davejames]

Yeah I have to agree, at least in the Smallville instance, that the costume doesn't even seem to need a cape. The only reason to include one is probably just to make the flying scenes look a bit more dramatic.

And speaking of flying, I really hope we see a return on this show of the more elegant takeoffs and landings of the Donner movies and Superboy again. I'm getting seriously tired of the shotgun blast takeoffs and hard landings of Smallville and MOS, which just aren't nearly as cool or magical to watch.

 

[Christopher]

And speaking of flying, I really hope we see a return on this show of the more elegant takeoffs and landings of the Donner movies and Superboy again. I'm getting seriously tired of the shotgun blast takeoffs and hard landings of Smallville and MOS, which just aren't nearly as cool or magical to watch.

My father hated those "elegant" takeoffs because it was obvious to him that the actor was just being pulled up on wires like a stage Peter Pan rather than actually propelling him- or herself skyward (they couldn't actually jump without taking tension off the wires and maybe getting tangled, so the liftoffs had to be really gentle). But then, My father's formative images of Superman taking off were probably the Fleischer cartoon Superman rocketing into the air and George Reeves leaping off a springboard.

 

[USS Triumphant]

^ Now that I think on it, is the cape really necessary? It's probably the hardest thing to pull off in live-action, as filming a cape with wires around is no doubt a nightmare, causing them to go all-CG in MoS - an expense and luxury I doubt a show could afford. Given all that, I'm not sure I'd miss a cape at all if there weren't one this time, even if the result looks more Super-Cheerleader than Super-Man.

The cape is an essential part of a super's costume, both for tradition, and also because if it is made from the right materials it can be used to shield someone you are rescuing from fires or from friction burn when you're flying them out of someplace at superspeed.

Strangely enough, I find myself thinking that Taylor Swift would be the way to go for Supergirl at 24. She's got the build, she's got a slightly alien look, and she's a bit of a nerd, so she'd be cool with the fandom.

As for Powergirl, I think I'd like it if they went with the whole Earth-2 time-shifted thing for her - she's Supergirl from a parallel Earth where all of the supers showed up a few decades earlier than on "our" Earth. And then they could have her played by Helen Slater, which would give us a nice bit of fanwankery, and also neatly sidesteps the "booby window" problem, since by that point in Powergirl's career, she probably wouldn't be wearing that costume.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Taylor is too big for TV.

Taylor is too busy for TV.

Maybe a movie?

Annasophia Robb just got shitcanned from Sex and the City Minus One.

There were moments during the Carrie Diaries that I didn't to kick her over a goal post.

 

[Christopher]

The cape is an essential part of a super's costume, both for tradition, and also because if it is made from the right materials it can be used to shield someone you are rescuing from fires or from friction burn when you're flying them out of someplace at superspeed.

In the Superman radio series from the '40s, it was once established that he used the cape to hide the bundle of Clark Kent clothes that he wore on his back (like, maybe in a fanny pack or something). That was how he could change to Superman, fly off somewhere, and then change back to Clark when he arrived. Of course, they didn't address the question of why, when he was shielding someone under his cape while flying with them, they didn't notice the bundle of civilian clothes strapped to his back.

 

[Taylirious]

http://www.tv.com/news/cbs-orders-supergirl-greg-berlanti-141114338774/

Lists; Adrianne Palicki, Aimee Teegarden, Alona Tal, Britt Robertson or AnnaSophia Robb, Claire Holt, Laura Vandervoort.

As much as I'd like Taylor Swift to be Supergirl, I agree with Guy. I still like Britt Robertson. If I had to guess they would get an unknown and surround her with a cast TV audiences know.

 

[davejames]

My father hated those "elegant" takeoffs because it was obvious to him that the actor was just being pulled up on wires like a stage Peter Pan rather than actually propelling him- or herself skyward (they couldn't actually jump without taking tension off the wires and maybe getting tangled, so the liftoffs had to be really gentle). But then, My father's formative images of Superman taking off were probably the Fleischer cartoon Superman rocketing into the air and George Reeves leaping off a springboard.

Well yeah, there's obviously wires involved, but I've never had a problem buying into the fantasy of the idea. And ironically I think it also looks much more believable when there's a real person lifting off the ground, than when it's (just as obviously) a CG creation.

And I imagine when most people fantasize about flying, they imagine lifting off in the same gradual way, and not like a rocket being launched into the air. And the Donner movies realized that idea perfectly I thought.