I hope she didn't forget her cape.
And what about her boots?
And what about her boots?
Spoilers DC's Legends of Tomorrow - Season 2
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Right.
It really makes the most sense that she had an off screen trip home to change.
Or that she has an invisible travel bag.
Or a tiny shiny mcguffin that lets her shrink and store the outfit she isn't currently using. If only there were such a thing.
She wears it under her clothing. We've seen her rip her shirt open several times revealing that fact.
How she keeps the cape and boots hidden underneath is anyone's guess. But it's never been an issue for either her or Superman in the past, both of whom often travel like that.
How she keeps the cape and boots hidden underneath is anyone's guess. But it's never been an issue for either her or Superman in the past, both of whom often travel like that.
Last season when Flash "rescued" her from falling off that building, she took off and dropped her street clothes on Barry mid-flight. It left Barry a little confused.
But yeah, she wears her Super Suit under her Kara Klothes.
But yeah, she wears her Super Suit under her Kara Klothes.
I didn't start to get it until my second viewing (I just finished marathonning all 3 parts without a break, after rewatching Supergirl: "Medusa" earlier in the day), but I think the key is what the Dominator asked about what would happen if someone like Agent Smith -- the man who tortured him -- came into possession of metahuman powers. It was because of his experience being tortured by a human that he feared what humans would do with superpowers. If not for the time travellers, that Dominator would never have been captured and tortured in the first place, nor would he have been rescued to go back and tell his people about the evils humanity was capable of. So they would've had less of an incentive to see humanity as a threat.
In rewatching, I could see how Oliver's attitude was seeded throughout, like in part 1 when he said "one sci-fi problem at a time" upon learning about Flashpoint. He was having a hard time coping with all the weirdness the others have come to take for granted.
As for Supergirl being underused, I can understand that from a logistical standpoint. Since the Barry/Cisco scene in her apartment was replayed in two episodes, that means technically Benoist is the only actress who had to be in all four parts, and she had the burden of being the primary lead in her own show. So her time in the other three parts presumably had to be husbanded, particularly with all the time taken up by putting her in the flying rig and so forth. That's probably a factor in why Gustin had a reduced role in the Arrow installment, what with his heavy role in the other two and all the costume and FX demands. It might've been easier for Amell to have a major role in all three because he didn't have to deal so much with special effects. Even more so for Valdez and Rickards, who didn't have costumes or stunts to worry about (much).
The interesting thing to me is that the crossover Earth-1 cast members were billed as special guests in alphabetical order, but the special-guest listings all ended with "And Melissa Benoist," which is a prestige billing and probably comes with a higher paycheck. Maybe that's to compensate her for the extra demands on her time.
I was distracted by the fact that the rooftop where they were fighting in Central City on Earth-1 was clearly the exact same Vancouver rooftop that served as the helipad of the L Corp building in National City on Earth-38 when Supergirl saved Lena Luthor from Metallo's drones. I'd been hoping the FX teams would make use of digital skyline enhancement to make the cities look more distinct, but I guess that's hard to pull off with so much action and camera movements and FX going on.
Speaking of action and FX, it occurs to me that Ray didn't use his shrinking powers at all in this crossover. I wonder if he hasn't yet managed to restore that functionality to the suit.
Same way she can somehow change between Supergirl and Kara wherever she happens to be, as we've seen her do (like when she flew to pick up Cat's son at school and changed from Supergirl back to Kara in the bushes). This has been a Superman trope since the early days, and indeed a general superhero trope, the ability to miraculously have both sets of clothes on hand whenever a costume change is needed. Sometimes they explain it, sometimes they just hope we won't think about it. (In the '84 movie, Helen Slater's Supergirl could change costumes just by passing behind trees or objects; there was even a split-screen shot where she flew out a window and the part of her that was outside the window was Supergirl while the part inside the window was still in her school uniform. Then there's the spin transformation of the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman.)
The classic Silver Age explanation for Superman is that he used superstrength to compress his (specially made or treated) street clothes into wafers that he hid in a pouch in his cape along with his glasses. There was an earlier radio episode that revealed he kept his street clothes bundled on his back, hidden under his heavy cape. Maybe Kara does something like that. Or maybe she just came as Supergirl and had the Waverider's fabricator whip up some street clothes for the victory party.
Still, it would've been a good idea to have at least a travel bag. She didn't know how long she'd be on Earth-1, so at least she should've brought a toothbrush, some grooming supplies, jammies, etc.
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You know, I too was wondering how Kara got the outfit at the end, and then I thought about the scene with Kara, Berry, and Ice Cream. Either that or Oliver is a rich guy, I'm sure he was sorry for being a douche and bought her something nice.
I noticed that too, albeit after the fact. Maybe an oversight?
But, yeah, kind of a shame. There were plenty of other heroes around to handle the punching the bad guys part. Shrinking is what makes the Atom more than just a guy in a suit. . . and it's something that might actually impress Supergirl.
"Wow! Even my cousin can't do that!'
Hey, Mr. Bow-and-Arrow...if there's an alien invasion underway, and you don't want to work with the Kryptonian...maybe you're the one who should stay in the hangar!
Had to look that up to see it was a reference to aliens who first appeared in a 2010 installment of Dr. Who. The Dominators go back to Jim Shooter's run on the Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics in the '60s.
Wasn't there a very brief shot of him changing size when everyone was practice-fighting against Supergirl?
Maybe. I just took that as him flying toward the camera. It was hard to tell with so much going on.
I thought the Legends episode was a solid conclusion, while not quite delivering on the promise of the perfect Flash episode. Still, it was a great ending celebrating how wonderful this franchise is. Nits: So, the Dominators decide to run away... because we took out their bomb? And put some pain discs on a very small faction of their army in a single nation? Where was Red Arrow? Or Wally? Was Spartan there for the Presidential press conference? Isn't he a wanted fugitive? (too bad they didn't ask to get him a pardon!)
Also, Supergirl once again is barely in it. For me, the entire selling point of this crossover is introducing Supergirl to Earth-1, so I was very disappointed how little she appears in the last two episodes.
Also, Supergirl once again is barely in it. For me, the entire selling point of this crossover is introducing Supergirl to Earth-1, so I was very disappointed how little she appears in the last two episodes.
I was bummed by how little Supergirl was in it, but I really loved that ending, with everyone hanging out and celebrating together. It was just one of those special moments that felt earned and it makes me hopeful for future crossovers.
No -- remember Felicity's "This looks like a job for Supergirl... and Flash" scene? That "job" was running/flying around the entire world to put the devices on all the Dominators at superspeed. Which presumably was why Supergirl was unavailable to take care of the Meta-Bomb, although that would've worked better if the scene had been edited so that the bomb sequence came a bit later in the battle.
Roy wasn't part of the crossover at all except in a "ghost" image at the end of the VR sequence in the Arrow portion. If you mean Speedy/Thea, presumably her experience in VR was traumatic enough that she decided to sit out the last part.
He's not ready yet, not on the team. And he was injured by Supergirl in part 1. Even with accelerated healing, he may still be recovering.
So is Mick. I don't think it was a press conference, though -- it looked more like a private government/military ceremony to honor the heroes. I didn't notice any cameras.
Apparently there was some stuff with her that they had to cut for time: http://comicsalliance.com/supergirl-legends-crossover-deleted-scenes/
Well if Maggie doesn't work out there are always other options. 
I loved Kara's "darmokandjaladattanagra" line.
That was Felicity's line.
I sure hope Wally gets to fight alongside everyone else in next year's presumable crossover.
I wonder how the Dominators are viewed in the interstellar community. That kind of interventionist attitude on a pre-FTL planet no less (I count the 1951 encounter as murder though that tends to be a staple of fiction) must not be popular. One wonders if they only maintain their status because of superior technology alone.
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