Spoilers Supergirl - Season 1
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Laura is onboard, and it'll be interested to see if she channels Jim Marsters.
As soon as the red eyes appeared, I thought he was the Martian Manhunter - but then I wasn't familiar with the name Hank Henshaw so I didn't know (apart from what I'd read here) that there was another character called that.
You are correct, but fringe Social Justice Warriors will argue that misandry is not that--but some attempt to balance the scales (no matter how morally bankrupt that balancing attempt may be).
I think you know the reason for her jack-of-all-trades status. Get ready for a million excuses for that status.
Alex being "up in his face" is a necessary "evil," as it draws the sisters closer to the other superhero on the show--expanding Supergirl's surrogate family. Additionally, Supergirl will need all the help she can get (if spoilers are any indicator), so her being a solo act (despite being Superman's cousin) will not be a good thing.
True; Berlanti has been open about the influence from the Superman/Donner movies, and though Clark acted bumbling in the office, he was actually the most intelligent person around, only rivaled by Luthor. Why Kara has to be painted as unsure about many things is just playing into the current trend of geek = appealing.
Who said she could suffer from acne at all? If I recall the line,Alex believes Kara is immune to acne, as it suggests it is an earthling concern.
By the way, I wanted to mention my amusement that Senator Crane's rally was filmed outside Los Angeles City Hall, which was the building used to represent the Daily Planet in the George Reeves Superman series. Nice bit of Super-history there, intentional or not.
I really enjoyed seeing the LA City Hall for a number of reasons. For its connection to Superman history and being a rare case of a filming location in something I watch that I have already been to in person. Its interesting that for this the cast was at the actual site. While for the George Reeves series it was only stock footage. The few times that show had the cast enter or exist the Daily Planet it was done on a simple backlot facade that looked nothing like the real entrance of that building.
Part of Acne (no wiki to explain how wrong I am, please) is oil and filth getting trapped and finding an escape.
Earth oil and filth is not strong enough to create pimples to escape from her face.
Which means it's still all still there buried inside her face.
Sloshing around like a wine bottle half full of puss and old sweat.
This was cool. I wasn't 100 percent certain, but I strongly suspected it looked familar.
For god's sake, Guy, I was just about to eat.... 
I noticed that too! My wife wondered why I was kvelling over it, so I had to explain to her.
[Commodore Decker] Not anyMORE! [/Decker]For god's sake, Guy, I was just about to eat....
Pretty sure we'll be seeing more of her than that. From the preview it looks like Maxwell Lord either surgically alters her appearance or attaches some kind of mask to make her look like Kara, which then later gets burned off so that Lauren is the one we see in the costume fighting Supergirl at the end.
And of course by that point she's somehow got the trademark backwards-S, which I'm really happy to see they included.
"Bizarro"-- Good sign for the series--the stories are getting better each week.
Supergirl / Kara: She's struggling to lift the car full of people?
Bizarro: Interesting that when Lord instructs her to go after the people SG loves, she goes straight to James (not the spotted dated Adam)--the guy Kara just blew off.
I knew James would appeal to the SG in Bizarro.
Lord: Annoying, "problem of the week" character type drowning in megalomania. I hope the producers have the guts to have James get his revenge by beating the crap out of him. Of course, I expect his to escape the DEO, or have some out of nowhere back up scheme.
Cat and son: Notice her wincing when he spied Adam & Kara hug--despite chiding Kara for not kissing him yet. Now, Adam will run back to mommy to tell her Bizarro kidnapped Kara--which would only happen for one reason. Get ready for more Cat doing the Bewitched thing, with a manipulative / revenge mix tossed in.
Predictable: enough with the roadblocks between Kara and Adam, since the audience knows the real life husband and wife deal is going to be a part of the series, in one way or another.
Hank: Nice dressing down of Lord not being God. He's such the magnet and anchor of this series.
Alex: Love her utter disrespect of Lord.
James: Obviously bothered by Kara going out with Adam--and Kara's reaction to that was a tease for things to come. I'm not fond of the soap opera theatrics, but the Kara/James dynamic was there from the start, so I would like to see that go...somewhere.
Winn: He's back to being Kara's Igor, but he has a clear edge to his attitude. He's far from over his pain--and planted a forest of trouble in the mind of James.....i'm not thinking Winn is doing this for good motives.
Nothing like boozing it up to bring out trouble to come.
Since Kara knows Lord is a threat (and the series can use other DC villains), why not have her kill Lord? Every superhero comes to this point, so for once, have the hero act on it. It would not color her as "dark" or corrupt, but practical.
Next week: back to Krypton--at least in a dream-induced way.
Supergirl / Kara: She's struggling to lift the car full of people?
Bizarro: Interesting that when Lord instructs her to go after the people SG loves, she goes straight to James (not the spotted dated Adam)--the guy Kara just blew off.
I knew James would appeal to the SG in Bizarro.
Lord: Annoying, "problem of the week" character type drowning in megalomania. I hope the producers have the guts to have James get his revenge by beating the crap out of him. Of course, I expect his to escape the DEO, or have some out of nowhere back up scheme.
Cat and son: Notice her wincing when he spied Adam & Kara hug--despite chiding Kara for not kissing him yet. Now, Adam will run back to mommy to tell her Bizarro kidnapped Kara--which would only happen for one reason. Get ready for more Cat doing the Bewitched thing, with a manipulative / revenge mix tossed in.
Predictable: enough with the roadblocks between Kara and Adam, since the audience knows the real life husband and wife deal is going to be a part of the series, in one way or another.
Hank: Nice dressing down of Lord not being God. He's such the magnet and anchor of this series.
Alex: Love her utter disrespect of Lord.
James: Obviously bothered by Kara going out with Adam--and Kara's reaction to that was a tease for things to come. I'm not fond of the soap opera theatrics, but the Kara/James dynamic was there from the start, so I would like to see that go...somewhere.
Winn: He's back to being Kara's Igor, but he has a clear edge to his attitude. He's far from over his pain--and planted a forest of trouble in the mind of James.....i'm not thinking Winn is doing this for good motives.
Nothing like boozing it up to bring out trouble to come.
Since Kara knows Lord is a threat (and the series can use other DC villains), why not have her kill Lord? Every superhero comes to this point, so for once, have the hero act on it. It would not color her as "dark" or corrupt, but practical.
Next week: back to Krypton--at least in a dream-induced way.
Well, anything would've been a letdown after last week, but while this one had some nice moments -- Supergirl trying to help Bizarro and reach her humanity, and James doing the same -- it had some weak points as well. The whole unlawful detention thing with Max is unpleasant; I don't like seeing the good guys run roughshod over civil liberties. The Bush-Cheney years are over, so we should be past that kind of corruption by now and stop treating it as a convenience in our fiction. Also, the whole romance/breakup with Adam was way too rushed. He just got here and already he's dumped? That's weird.
Landmark moment: This is the first time we've seen Kara in civilian clothes in the DEO. Which further muddies the issue of whether the DEO's staff in general knows her secret identity. The troops with Alex saw Kara fighting Bizarro as well.
I was really impressed with Mehcad Brooks's voice in his speech to Bizarro. It was really strong and resonant, in a way he hasn't used in this role before. He should do voice work in animation.
Landmark moment: This is the first time we've seen Kara in civilian clothes in the DEO. Which further muddies the issue of whether the DEO's staff in general knows her secret identity. The troops with Alex saw Kara fighting Bizarro as well.
I was really impressed with Mehcad Brooks's voice in his speech to Bizarro. It was really strong and resonant, in a way he hasn't used in this role before. He should do voice work in animation.
And boozing it up at work.
"The Bush-Cheney years?" You say that as if that administration was some textbook example of that action--or that administrations throughout history were not as corrupt where civil liberties were concerned and/or involved in things that had no good intent of the public as a concern.
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One more thing: James was hurt in the Kara blew him off, so his feelings now have a barrier that he might not be able to cross. She was thoughtless in thinking they would just hang out as normal, after the way she treated him. We all know the star's husband is not through on the show, but for the time being, if James pulls away from Kara, will she try to become closer to Winn--leading him to think he has a chance? Gag relfex on "extreme" aside, the office romances are flying all around and crashing into walls.
Can't say I feel too sorry for Max and whether he gets his Miranda rights or not.