Spoilers Supergirl - Season 1
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Jimmy blurted out Clark's secret the other week.At least we haven't had someone who should know better blubber out the hero's name in front of an essentially total stranger like last night on The Flash... yet.
I'm talking about adding more in on the secret beyond this group (I also named). I'm talking about characters like Lord, and i'm guessing Lucy will end up finding out, too. Its an overused plotting gimmick that adds nothing to the drama, and it makes the hero seem like an open book if too many people know the civilian ID. Again, there's superhero stories capable of being just as tension-filled without a plot device used a million times over.
And in comics where the community has been running for 50 years, yes you're right.
This is new.
Let them get bored playing with identity until maybe even episode 10 before they junk this story telling device as tried and tired.
This is new.
Let them get bored playing with identity until maybe even episode 10 before they junk this story telling device as tried and tired.
Jimmy blurted out Clark's secret the other week.At least we haven't had someone who should know better blubber out the hero's name in front of an essentially total stranger like last night on The Flash... yet.
You are right, never mind.
Late to the party via DVR.
RT was lame. Looked like a Red Man suit for training attack dogs. Why a smooth human face capable of expression on a combat droid?
Angry Supergirl heat vision is AWESOME
Melissa did an amazing job with that scene.
Conversely, General Lane was generally lame. Cliche character, poorly acted.
I'm not happy with the Quai-Chang-Kane-like scene where she saved a dozen children, then was reviled for defending herself from the asshole driver who attacked her. The idiot drivers were the ones to be angry at.
RT was lame. Looked like a Red Man suit for training attack dogs. Why a smooth human face capable of expression on a combat droid?
Angry Supergirl heat vision is AWESOME
Melissa did an amazing job with that scene.
Conversely, General Lane was generally lame. Cliche character, poorly acted.
I'm not happy with the Quai-Chang-Kane-like scene where she saved a dozen children, then was reviled for defending herself from the asshole driver who attacked her. The idiot drivers were the ones to be angry at.
The same actor played both Morrow and RT, meaning that Morrow modeled RT on himself. Evidently he has some ego issues.
Well, actually she had no need to defend herself, because she's about a thousand times stronger than he was and he posed exactly zero threat to her. So in that context, her action was rather excessive. We're all extremely fragile next to her, so if she can't control her temper around us, then we have reason to be afraid.
In that same amount of time, audiences have witnessed that kind of "everyone knows and / or threatens to know" plotting in superhero TV and movies. It was explored in almost every comic adaptation--from the Reeves Superman, 1966 Batman, the Bixby Incredible Hulk Hammond Spider-Man, Donner Superman, Raimi Spider-Man films, the Routh Superman movie, and on and on. So, the audience does not need to be experienced with comic books to see that as a worn out plotting gimmick.
I have a feeling with Lord, and possibly Winn, her identity will become common knowledge to too many.
I think they missed an opportunity at the dinner for some multi-layered fun. Something along the lines of:
"You know, Daddy, you never seemed to have a problem with that clumsy nerd of my soon to be brother-in-law."
"That's because he comes from good people. The Kents are salt of the Earth, red-blooded real Americans. Clark knows to keep is head down, work hard, and provide for his family. And I can always count on him looking out for Lois."
"You mean he doesn't pal around with aliens?"
"Exactly."
"You know, Daddy, you never seemed to have a problem with that clumsy nerd of my soon to be brother-in-law."
"That's because he comes from good people. The Kents are salt of the Earth, red-blooded real Americans. Clark knows to keep is head down, work hard, and provide for his family. And I can always count on him looking out for Lois."
"You mean he doesn't pal around with aliens?"
"Exactly."
That would have been great.
I would think most of the target audience for this have never seen or heard of these - even the Routh Supeman film was over a decade ago... Spideman I guess but most of the other stuff is ancient history.
It's a simple life hack to stop Mad Scientists from ####ing their own creation.
You know like how you don't eat your own children because they smell like you.
You know like how you don't eat your own children because they smell like you.
I agree that's an issue, but I'm still not sure I buy the kids and everyone else freaking out about it the way they did. The guy was clearly being belligerent and was inches away from running over a bunch of kids, so if anything people would probably be cheering Supergirl for beating the guy up a bit.
Although I suppose it is a good illustration of how much a video can be misinterpreted if you don't know the full context behind it...
Of course realistically, if a car had been stopped THAT suddenly the driver wouldn't have been in any condition to get out and threaten Supergirl. He'd likely be either unconscious or dead with his head sticking through the windshield.
I agree that's an issue, but I'm still not sure I buy the kids and everyone else freaking out about it the way they did. The guy was clearly being belligerent and was inches away from running over a bunch of kids, so if anything people would probably be cheering Supergirl for beating the guy up a bit.
Although I suppose it is a good illustration of how much a video can be misinterpreted if you don't know the full context behind it...
Of course realistically, if a car had been stopped THAT suddenly the driver wouldn't have been in any condition to get out and threaten Supergirl. He'd likely be either unconscious or dead with his head sticking through the windshield.
There's a thing called airbags now and the guy was hurt and bleeding from his nose.
It's one thing to see a human beat up a douchebag but an entire other thing to know that a person could pulverize another person or carry around planes. That kind of power in someone who has anger issues will put near everyone on high alert and anxiousness no matter how good the intentions were.
Even if somehow people can't tell... shouldn't facial recognition software trigger a hit?
Although Sam Lane traditionally hated Clark, basically for the same reason he revealed to Jimmy why he hated him: He's not good enough to be with his daughter.
You know, maybe Sam Lane owes a debt to Marvel's General "Thunderbolt" Ross in that regard.
Maybe. With all of the surveillance they would know somehow, at any rate.
It's sad, really. We've gone from a point in time where *of course* the President knows the Justice League's secret identities because they're all Good Guys, to a point where the JL kept their secrets because the POTUS was questionable, and now on to a point where *of course* the President knows the Justice League's secret identities because the NSA has been tracking Clark because he's a reporter.
Cool! I always thought Silver Banshee looked great in the comics. How they do her justice in live-action.