I was wondering what they were going to do about the DEO headquarters whith the move to Vancouver and I like what we got. Very big and lavish. Hard to believe they're cutting costs.
I gather the reduction in overall budget is more than offset by the reduction in filming costs because of the move to Vancouver and the change in licensing fees and stuff now that they're on a Warner Bros.-owned network. So that actually gives them a bit more money to spend on what actually goes onscreen, like sets, effects, stunts, etc.
I'm surprised that they haven't had this talk before. I'm also surprised that Clark hasn't been to Krypton or some recreation of it during his decade-long adventure. Or has he? Any room in what he said for that?
He said, paraphrasing from memory, "I know all there is to know about Krypton from the Fortress and the archives, but I like the way you tell it. You make it come alive." It's not about the facts and images, it's about the emotional context she can provide as someone who actually lived on Krypton.
I wonder why she doesn't join the DEO full time. She gave an explanation last season but it seemed rather flimsy. It came off like a way to keep that character at CatCo rather than something Kara actually felt.
The show's been pretty consistent about the fact that she values her life at CatCo because it keeps her grounded. Her friends are there, her mentor is there, and she was Kara before she was Supergirl so that everyday life is still an important part of her identity and her sense of normality.
Although if Cat's moving on to something else and Winn is now at the DEO full-time, that kind of cuts into that commitment to CatCo. I guess her new career ambition could take their place.
Speaking of which, I'm surprised we didn't see Kara's new office in this episode. I'd expected that it would've replaced the old unused office as the site for private Supergirl-related conversations between her, James, and Winn. And it's not a very large set, so you'd think they could've afforded to rebuild it pretty easily.
(how does 1 man simultaneously fly a dozen drones?).
As I understand it, modern military drones can operate autonomously, needing human intervention only for key decisions like whether or not to fire (since there are grave ethical concerns about taking that decision out of human hands). Although since these drones were in a villain's control, they could've been programmed to make firing decisions on their own.
I'm also disappointed about the treatment of the Kara/James relationship, since that seems to signal that they're actually not interested in moving her romantic life forward, which I suspect means that we'll still be wallowing in the same irritating soap opera romance from last season all over again.
My guess is that the guy from the space pod will be Kara's new romantic interest for a while.
(That's it! We're going back to Gotham!
).
That seems to confirm what city Supergirl was talking about when she told the Master Jailer, "I thought masks were only big in that other city." Hmm, yet we know Wayne Enterprises exists on Earth-1. Could there be a Batman in both universes? Or wouldn't it be interesting if Earth-SG Bruce Wayne were Batman but Earth-1's Bruce never lost his parents?
I do have to say, just as a minor detail: the design of that space shuttle was really distracting. How the hell is it ever supposed to land with that ring? (Something they conveniently left out of the shot when it was lowered to the ground).
I would assume it had extendable landing gear.
That's easy. 'Eh-v', 'Eevee', 'Eevaa', 'Vee'. 'Eh-vaa'...
Well, the only one of those that's an actual name is "Eva," however you pronounce it. So Cat could go for that.
True. But it is probably the best job for a superhero to have in that industry. Finding excuses to be out of the office all the time gets old (and already got old last season).
That's the original reason Clark Kent became a reporter -- because a great metropolitan newspaper was the best place to find out about crimes or crises in progress (or at least it was in the 1930s-50s). Still, I don't want Kara's journey here to be too similar to Clark's.
I can sort of agree that someone super-idealistic could see it that way, but the fact of the matter is Clark's objections are laughable. I can just imagine someone training to protect innocent people from terrorists and then suddenly saying, wait a second, I can't work for you while you have guns on the premises. Those could kill me!
I think a better analogy would be to having chemical or biological weapons on the premises. Or radiological weapons, which is what kryptonite actually is. Would you want to work for an organization that was willing to poison people with plutonium?
Although there was a good scene in that
Superman/Batman comic I mentioned, where Superman asked Batman to imagine what it would feel like if there was a substance out there that could just kill him at any moment without warning, and Batman said "I don't have to imagine. It's called lead."
And yet Lena Luthor is still in her office just a day or two later...
I'd assume that the Supercousins did some superfast building repairs between scenes.
We get some tidbits about how Clark and Lois are a happy couple.
I'm actually surprised they aren't already married. I mean, we're more than a dozen years into their relationship.
Although their conversation kind of answered a question I had. Clark and Kara's amusement at Lois telling Clark to be careful -- not in a "ha-ha, she's so clueless" way but in an "Aww, that's sweet" way -- seems to confirm that she does know Clark is Superman, but still worries about him anyway. Also, Clark's "I'm with Kara" suggests that Lois knows about their connection, whereas they don't seem to be telling the general public that Clark and Kara are cousins (presumably since everyone already knows Superman and Supergirl are cousins).
I hope that Luthor's sister really is good. I know a lot of people are expecting the common trope that Luthor's sister is secretly evil because she wants revenge for what Superman did to Lex. I definitely hope the writers can subvert that cliche by keeping her as a "good guy".
From a writing and character standpoint, I agree. But on the other hand, Katie McGrath is pretty sexy as a bad girl, as we've seen in
Merlin and
Dracula.
This new version feels much more consistent with the style and tone of the rest of the show.
