Spoilers Stargirl - Season One Discussion Thread

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  1. Guy Gardener

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    Pictures?

    It was a video conference.

    It probably went much further than we saw.

    5 minutes of naked dirty talk, role play and mutual masturbation.

    Remember what it was like as a child, trying to find places to have sex?

    Depressing and impossible for a 15 year old.

    Borrowing a car, or waiting for your parents to leave, or a friend to have a party or...

    It's an amazing advance in sex that you can now have it remotely.

    Two kids, on separate sides of the city trying to be quiet, e-pounding each other through their iphones, almost certain that their parents will bust into their room through the chair barricading their doors, is so much safer than meeting in a park after midnight and almost certainly getting pregnant.

    Kids don't have the same options as adults.
     
  2. Christopher

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    Okay, we've finally caught up with the preview glimpse we got of "Earth-2" in the closing montage of Crisis on Infinite Earths. That was over five months ago. I never expected it would take six episodes to get to that shot.
     
  3. Mr. Adventure

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    Man, Pat is a lousy parent, lol. I think he's the most disrespected head of family since Al Bundy. At least Al kicked ass when someone challenged his family.
     
  4. Christopher

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    And Pat didn't? He showed up in a freakin' giant robot to back up his daughter.
     
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  5. Mr. Adventure

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    After he missed his son's science experiment and his wife showing up without bringing him, told Courtney to stop her actions, was denied in retrieving the hourglass and then handing over the journal to boot and letting a bunch of kids be put in mortal danger, yeah, then he showed up in a robot and stood there while the bad guys decided to call it a day. Yeah, I guess that was bad ass...
     
  6. Guy Gardener

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    Pat showed up to drag the kids home, and take their shit, and he would have beaten them up a little if necessary, to stop them from challenging the ISA, but he was too late.
     
  7. Christopher

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    Mike said parents weren't supposed to come anyway.

    "Don't get yourself and your friends killed" doesn't strike me as bad parenting. And the way he got Courtney to see his side at the end was pretty cool.


    You're ignoring the cause and effect there. They called it a day because he showed up in a robot. It's called deterrence. The most effective weapons are the ones that don't have to be used.
     
  8. Enterprise is Great

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  9. The Realist

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    I've stopped buying all the DCCW shows on Blu-ray (overcame my collector's OCD enough to realize I'll never want to rewatch recent seasons of Flash, Arrow, or Legends), but I might pick this up. Not only am I finding the show entertaining and charming, but I'd like to see the footage that's been edited out for the CW airings.
     
  10. Mr. Adventure

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    Mom figured it out and scored big points. Pat gets told off daily at breakfast.

    Most parents would do more than shake their fingers to protect their kids.

    Its OK, the show just continues to not ring very true to me. It's OK as fun teen stuff but I just find it doesn't engage me as much as I'd like. Still seeing Sportsmaster run around with baseballs and hockey pucks is pretty funny. Might be a good idea to try to try to deflect that shuttlecock though.
     
  11. Christopher

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    Again: Giant. Robot.
     
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  12. Caretaker

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    Are all the episodes being trimmed or was it just the pilot?
     
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  13. The Realist

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    Not sure, sorry. Think at least the first two CW eps were, though.
     
  14. Christopher

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    The first two episodes were 50-plus minutes at full length and both had to be cut down substantially for The CW. Every episode since has tended to be around 41-42 minutes, and thus probably have little or nothing removed.

    (I've been wondering, though -- does the CW version open with that full 20-second DC title card with CG-animated versions of the Justice League members?)
     
  15. The Realist

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    I'm not much inclined to nitpick this show, but that did stick out. Moments after witnessing the exploding hockey puck, mind you, they just stand there and let the shuttlecock land at their feet? They were damned lucky it wasn't lethal.
     
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  16. thribs

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    Weird seeing Sportsmaster in this. I always saw him as a Earth-1 villain.
    I enjoyed the episode but one of them should have been injured. Teach Stargirl a lesson on how to be a responsible hero.
     
  17. Nerys Myk

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    He has a long history with the JSA in comics.
     
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  18. Enterprise is Great

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    I watch the show on the CW app and it doesn't include that title card.
     
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  19. DarrenTR1970

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    I'm with Icicle on this one - three coaches in two years is overdoing it and should raise suspicions.

    I'm guessing the assistant coach got promoted. I'd watch my back.

    And again, how well-known was the JSA prior to this?

    Was the footage of Ted Grant that Yolanda watched taken before he became Wildcat?

    I thought he had a Wikipedia entry.
    Does that mean his identity was known to the public?
     
  20. Kirk Prime

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    I thought it was a terrific episode last night. The battle was very well done. The only question I have is why Hourman bled when he was supposed to be invulnerable.

    I still think Dr. Midnite is poorly cast. She shouldn't be out in the field until she can handle herself.

    But the others did well and held their own against seasoned villains. And I'm also glad the villains got the upper hand. The fight went as it should have, and the new JSA did very well for their experience level.