If for no other reason than the end of the "flying with Lois" scene.
Supergirl - Season Four
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Season 4 / episode 6 - "Call to Action"
SG/Kara / Lockwood / Agent Liberty: Interesting use of what Europeans did to the native people as a comparison/forecast. Ordinarily, his type of character would be expected to use any American tradition in some fringe patriotic manner in favor of white people, but he simply applied a detail that is undeniable and from a Native American's point of view, impossible to deny.
The series pulled a Godfather baptism/enemy killing scene with the Children of Liberty / Thanksgiving scene.
James / Lena: Lena all but sending up flares that she's an advocate of enhanced humans as the only defense against the superpowered of any kind, and no one should be confused about who might be at the top of that list.
It all comes out about Lena's string pulling to help James, but despite her teary-eyed expression of "love", James has a major case of hurt ego, while Lena--now thinking James has rejected her--feels she has nothing left to lose with whatever she's planning with her countermeasure against the superpowered, and possibly James, who is standing on the wrong side of the fence, as far as she's concerned.
..although the teaser suggests James is on the side of Agent Liberty, I have little reason to believe he's playing AG's group as a mole to disrupt their next big move.
Manchester Black: No matter what side of the issue one is on, torture and murder cannot be swept away as justified.
Colonel Lauren Haley: Considering the Children of Liberty a priority seems like a smokescreen on her part.
Nia & Brainy: The show still slow walking their relationship and with Brainy being nervous / in denial, closer to realistic behavior.
NOTES: Come on....the dragon FX were awful.
GRADE: B.
Season 4 / episode 6 - "Call to Action"
SG/Kara / Lockwood / Agent Liberty: Interesting use of what Europeans did to the native people as a comparison/forecast. Ordinarily, his type of character would be expected to use any American tradition in some fringe patriotic manner in favor of white people, but he simply applied a detail that is undeniable and from a Native American's point of view, impossible to deny.
The series pulled a Godfather baptism/enemy killing scene with the Children of Liberty / Thanksgiving scene.
James / Lena: Lena all but sending up flares that she's an advocate of enhanced humans as the only defense against the superpowered of any kind, and no one should be confused about who might be at the top of that list.
It all comes out about Lena's string pulling to help James, but despite her teary-eyed expression of "love", James has a major case of hurt ego, while Lena--now thinking James has rejected her--feels she has nothing left to lose with whatever she's planning with her countermeasure against the superpowered, and possibly James, who is standing on the wrong side of the fence, as far as she's concerned.
..although the teaser suggests James is on the side of Agent Liberty, I have little reason to believe he's playing AG's group as a mole to disrupt their next big move.
Manchester Black: No matter what side of the issue one is on, torture and murder cannot be swept away as justified.
Colonel Lauren Haley: Considering the Children of Liberty a priority seems like a smokescreen on her part.
Nia & Brainy: The show still slow walking their relationship and with Brainy being nervous / in denial, closer to realistic behavior.
NOTES: Come on....the dragon FX were awful.
GRADE: B.
Another really good hour. This season continues to impress. The dark topical allegory is balanced by Brainy's "I will be forced to beat you up ... with physics," and Supergirl fighting (and then befriending) a fire-breathing dragon -- and it all works. James is getting the best storyline he's ever had, and the conflict it introduces with Lena, and the direction it's taking her, are effectively executed. Brainy and Nia continue to be too cute (by which I mean, exactly cute enough).
I've seen some complaints recently that Supergirl is being sidelined in her own show, but she's still a strong presence as far as I'm concerned. I think for some viewers, Kara Danvers scenes don't "count," but I'm interested in the character with or without the cape, and indeed, it's redressing the imbalance of last season where civilian Kara seemed barely to exist. And her supporting cast and the story they're all involved in telling are more interesting than they've been in a long time (or in some cases, ever), so no complaints here.
I've seen some complaints recently that Supergirl is being sidelined in her own show, but she's still a strong presence as far as I'm concerned. I think for some viewers, Kara Danvers scenes don't "count," but I'm interested in the character with or without the cape, and indeed, it's redressing the imbalance of last season where civilian Kara seemed barely to exist. And her supporting cast and the story they're all involved in telling are more interesting than they've been in a long time (or in some cases, ever), so no complaints here.
She emphasized that the aliens were the threat, that the AOL were just the catalyst.
Not exactly a smoke screen
Lockwood is becoming the Jameson of this show.
Superman is sure missing a lot with his vacation on Argo. Part of me wishes they went to his apartment. They would have got a nasty surprise.
So is Nia’s Powers the ability to sleep at will? Not a particularly helpful one.
I wonder what Lex’s role is in this? I imagine Lockwood will be found out by the mid season finale and Lex will come to the rescue of him in the latter half.
Superman is sure missing a lot with his vacation on Argo. Part of me wishes they went to his apartment. They would have got a nasty surprise.
So is Nia’s Powers the ability to sleep at will? Not a particularly helpful one.
I wonder what Lex’s role is in this? I imagine Lockwood will be found out by the mid season finale and Lex will come to the rescue of him in the latter half.
A smoke screen as in making Alex think that she somewhat approved of her actions, and that the priorities have shifted to the AoL as a threat, instead of last week, where she shocked Alex by criticizing J'onn's involvement with the DEO.
It was a bit odd for Eliza to say it was impossible to give humans superpowers, given that one of her foster daughter's best friends is a metahuman speedster from Earth-1. Not to mention that we've seen a few metas on Earth-38, like Livewire and Silver Banshee.
I was wondering if Spike the alien dragon was a DC character, but after Googling it, I realize it's a My Little Pony in-joke. It was a weird turn for the episode to take, this big VFX battle out of nowhere, but I guess it served to set up General Haley's about-face on the Agents of Liberty.
I was wondering if Spike the alien dragon was a DC character, but after Googling it, I realize it's a My Little Pony in-joke. It was a weird turn for the episode to take, this big VFX battle out of nowhere, but I guess it served to set up General Haley's about-face on the Agents of Liberty.
Funny how Alex referred to Col. Haley as "Dolores Umbridge-y" (I liked this little Potter humor). To me, she's more like this universe's version of Amanda Waller, a hard ass black female bureaucrat. I wish they wouldn't recycle character ideas like this. Haley is also reminiscent of Glenn Moreshower's character, General Lane a few seasons back.
I actually saw The Crimes of Grindelwald this weekend, and Johnny Depp's character was similar to Ben Lockwood, both inciting fear and hatred of the "other."
I actually saw The Crimes of Grindelwald this weekend, and Johnny Depp's character was similar to Ben Lockwood, both inciting fear and hatred of the "other."
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I think she meant giving humans the abilities of a Kryptonian; with solar radiation being absorbed by their cells to make them indestructible.
Huh? Race and gender aren't "character ideas." Do you think the Flash is a recycled Green Arrow because they're both white men? Haley's ethnicity is totally irrelevant to the character; it's just how she happened to be cast. It's questionable whether her gender is relevant either.
In the 31st century, Nura Nal, is not human. She is from the planet Naltor. Her sister Mysa Mal, the White Witch, is also from Naltor. Wikipedia does not say that Naltor is a human colony.
The Nals from Naltor?
Unless Nia's family is destined to found a human colony on that planet, and name the world after themselves, Nia is likely already Naltorian, and therefore an alien.
So Nia should be fully aware of how her prophetic powers work, because it's the same as how her powers work for all Naltorians.
The Nals from Naltor?
Unless Nia's family is destined to found a human colony on that planet, and name the world after themselves, Nia is likely already Naltorian, and therefore an alien.
So Nia should be fully aware of how her prophetic powers work, because it's the same as how her powers work for all Naltorians.
I am interested in Lena's research. We know she is going to start human testing. It would appear that Lena is going to create a super human. I can't imagine that is going to be good. The Agents of Liberty would probably see this super human as the perfect warrior for their cause and try to recruit it. And presumably, Supergirl is going to have to fight this super human at some point.
In the comics Manchester Black is a very powerful Metahuman. My guess is Lena gives him powers. Without he is a British knockoff of the Punisher. He was introduced fully powered in the comics. So him gaining powers is inevitable.
Likely she hoped to offer to experiment on James to protect him as Guardian. But clearly they are growing apart. I doubt James would agree to it anyways. While Manchester will be willing to take the risks. I suspect if writers want to keep Lena in a moral “grey zone” Manchester Black uses his powers in ways Lena never expected and does not approve of.
Likely she hoped to offer to experiment on James to protect him as Guardian. But clearly they are growing apart. I doubt James would agree to it anyways. While Manchester will be willing to take the risks. I suspect if writers want to keep Lena in a moral “grey zone” Manchester Black uses his powers in ways Lena never expected and does not approve of.
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He did say here that he wished he could read Petrocelli's mind, so he's going to be looking for powers of that sort.
Hmm. If Harun-El (black kryptonite) can give humans superpowers, could it be that it contains dark matter?
Dark Matter would better explain splitting Supergirl into two people as well.
In the 50's series, they had an episode where they explained Superman was "much more dense" in terms of matter than Humans. He can 'think' himself into two weaker selves. Sounds like they just revisited and updated the idea.
Actually it was Smallville that originated the idea of black kryptonite splitting a Kryptonian in two. And that in turn was probably inspired more by Superman III than the Reeves episode.
I meant splitting at all. I didn't know later series invented new reasons for it, but the George Reeves series did it first of all.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506561/
No one seems to have the specific scene available for free. But a scientist who becomes a recurring character in the later seasons keeps giving Superman clues to extended uses of his own powers and physical abilities under the yellow sun. One of them being making himself separate his molecules into two sets that make two full independent Supermans. With the less dense and more vunerable issues that comes with, one of the two being shot and bleeding being one of them.
Yes, of course I'm aware of that story; I saw it countless times in TV reruns when I was a kid. I'm just saying that similarity is not evidence of imitation, because there are only so many story devices in the world, so different works are bound to resemble each other by coincidence all the time. I doubt the intention in this case was to reference that Reeves episode, because it has nothing in common except the splitting. The differences outweigh the similarities. The '50s episode was Superman voluntarily splitting himself into two copies with the same personality, through sheer force of will. What we have here is black kryptonite splitting a Kryptonian into good and evil halves, which is a direct borrowing from Smallville, which was borrowing in turn from Superman III, which was probably loosely inspired by the various red kryptonite stories in Silver and Bronze Age comics (since red K had various different effects on Superman, including creating an evil doppelganger at least once).
