Spoilers Supergirl - Season 2

[Morpheus 02]

Superman will be depicted as he was "always intended to be"

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/02/supergirl-tyler-hoechlin-superman?




An..optimistic a superman? What witchcraft is this?

I thought he was supposed to question whether to save people or not and if he should play messiah for people

Or do whatever. He doesn't owe the people anything

>_>

Reminds me two lines that were ( probably ) deleted from the original script. The first is "you don't owe anybody anything ... except for me. You could have found me some gold or something so I could go to school and be a therapist for kids with special needs, and not work as a waitress. How selfish of you!"

The other line would be of course "get off my lawn!"

The only reason her skirt is red, is because he is SUPPOSED to be wearing red trunks.

Kara's skirt should be blue if she wants to be derivative of her cousin.

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Christopher says that the red trunks are a fundamental part of the character of Superman (despite the modesty aspect being long virus forgotten, and that this is a modern interpretation), so you are of course right.

 

[Guy Gardener]

I'm just not sure if that's a skirt or a second cape.

 

[Skipper]

It was amazing. She killed that course and even came in with one of the best times.

Note how she was a little out of breath at the end of the course. And we have to believe that you average human not-superpowered superhero does these things for hours every night...

Watch this (wonderful) uncut FOUR minute long sequence from the Protector (the longest no-cut fight scenes in movie history: the fight up floor after floor lasted four-plus minutes). The actor at the end of the scene was literally exhausted (the actor, not the character). And the bad guys wasn't really trying to kill him (it's a movie, after all). But for Daredevil or Batman this should be just your average monday.

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[The Old Mixer]

A guy who secretly takes skin samples of his friends so he can grow mini-clones of them?

(bonus point for anyone who names the story and writer).

That would be from Kirby's Jimmy Olsen run, but I couldn't cite issue number and story title offhand.

 

[JoeZhang]

That would be from Kirby's Jimmy Olsen run, but I couldn't cite issue number and story title offhand.

Yes and when Superman tells them, nobody blinks.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Kal has a Museum featuring 50 foot replica statues of his friends and family.

Nearly being the final survivor of your species must create some planet sized abandonment issues.

 

[Christopher]

His S-shield looks so muddy, hopefully it reads better on the show itself.

Looks like there's some debris in the background, so presumably Superman's been in a fight and gotten his outfit dirty, while Supergirl seems to have just arrived, so her suit is still clean.

Christopher says that the red trunks are a fundamental part of the character of Superman (despite the modesty aspect being long virus forgotten, and that this is a modern interpretation)

That is misrepresenting my position. I consider the trunks to be an important part of the aesthetics of Superman's costume design, not his "character." They were part of the iconic costume for 73 years and were only dropped a measly 5 years ago. They give the costume a balance of design that it lacks without them, complementing the red cape and boots by providing some red in the middle to break up the blue. There are valid artistic reasons for their presence, which is why nobody altered that aspect of the design for 73 years, and the decision to get rid of them 5 years ago was just an overreaction to a hoary old joke. After all, there are more people in real life today who wear trunks than there are who wear capes. But Superman always has the cape because it's an intrinsic part of his design. So there's no valid reason why the trunks should be treated differently.

And please stop obsessing on the damn modesty thing. That is one minor factor out of many, largely a piece of the historical background, yet you insist on falsely claiming it's my entire argument. If you're going to cite my position at all, then please make the effort to cite it correctly instead of reducing it to a caricature.

 

[Guy Gardener]

He looks naked.

There should be trunks.

That are not there...

So he's naked.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

That looks amazing! I hope the script and the performances are just as good!

Oh, I'm sorry, that was out of bounds. I meant to say "Boo! He should be wearing red speedos and she should be wearing a blue miniskirt"! Or is it the other way around? I forgot.

A guy who secretly takes skin samples of his friends so he can grow mini-clones of them?

That would be from Kirby's Jimmy Olsen run, but I couldn't cite issue number and story title offhand.

That would be Jimmy Olsen #135. Words and art by Jack "The King" Kirby.

http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/365fourth/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2010/10/JimmyOlsen135cover_sml.jpg

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Wouldn't it be funny if they show some older photos of Superman Jimmy took a few years ago where he still wears the red trunks?
And then comment on it, how he did away with them after so many internet comments started ridiculing him for those?
And then they show a screenshot of the TrekBBS naturally!

 

[Christopher]

If anything, it would make more sense for Superman to keep the trunks and lose the tights. After all, as artist J. Bone once pointed out, he is solar-powered, so from a strictly practical standpoint, the more skin he exposes to the sun, the better. And just as his original costume reflected the look of '30s strongmen and acrobats, the modern equivalent could be something like a pro wrestler or bodybuilder, and they tend to wear trunks and very little else. Of course, then you'd lose the S-shield, so maybe some kind of He-Man-like harness?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Recently Superman learnt what it was like to be unpowered, by expending all of his stored Solar energy in one explosive release.

Boom.

There was a crater, and he was naked.

Why detonate himself wearing clothing?

Clark must have spent a lot of time nude out doors, while he was sorting this new super ability out, and maybe he figured out that he liked the life of a natrualist?

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

If anything, it would make more sense for Superman to keep the trunks and lose the tights. After all, as artist J. Bone once pointed out, he is solar-powered, so from a strictly practical standpoint, the more skin he exposes to the sun, the better. And just as his original costume reflected the look of '30s strongmen and acrobats, the modern equivalent could be something like a pro wrestler or bodybuilder, and they tend to wear trunks and very little else. Of course, then you'd lose the S-shield, so maybe some kind of He-Man-like harness?

I guess these would be more preferable then:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/08/92/6c/08926c3b8bc23e373d180d9744f6b9df.jpg

http://media.comicbook.com/uploads1/2015/05/smallville-135054-1280x0.jpg

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

And that's you continuing to disparage a man who's done nothing for the past 36 years but help people and save lives, which, let me tell you, is not a good look on you at all. Who have you helped lately? How many homes have you built for the homeless? How many diseases have you helped wipe from the earth?

Attacking the messenger is the trip-and-fall opening to any counter, especially when The Old Mixer was talking about Carter during time as president.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

I guess these would be more preferable then:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/08/92/6c/08926c3b8bc23e373d180d9744f6b9df.jpg

http://media.comicbook.com/uploads1/2015/05/smallville-135054-1280x0.jpg

No, no, this is what you're looking for:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f340/grendelsbayne/54815e8832bae_zpssgawi0fm.jpg

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

No, no, this is what you're looking for:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f340/grendelsbayne/54815e8832bae_zpssgawi0fm.jpg

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/a9/a99176f17f98d40c567bce80a2707a2090dddb5e93468bca673bcc1b69c4ecf8.jpg

 

[The Old Mixer]

Somebody needs to photoshop Jimmy Carter in Superman's old trunks....

 

[JD]

If anything, it would make more sense for Superman to keep the trunks and lose the tights. After all, as artist J. Bone once pointed out, he is solar-powered, so from a strictly practical standpoint, the more skin he exposes to the sun, the better. And just as his original costume reflected the look of '30s strongmen and acrobats, the modern equivalent could be something like a pro wrestler or bodybuilder, and they tend to wear trunks and very little else. Of course, then you'd lose the S-shield, so maybe some kind of He-Man-like harness?

My first thought when I see the current Superman costumes is the sharkskin swimsuits competitive swimmers wear.

 

[Commander Richard]

His S-shield looks so muddy, hopefully it reads better on the show itself.

It's dark and gritty.

 

[Christopher]

My first thought when I see the current Superman costumes is the sharkskin swimsuits competitive swimmers wear.

Hmm... Would that help with his aerodynamics in flight, I wonder? (Although, despite what they alleged in the Supergirl pilot, I assume the cape would be a source of drag rather than providing any benefit.)