Yeah, but they weren't tried and sentenced for trying to take over the planet, they were just charged with killing a guard if I recall correctly.
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Yeah, but they weren't tried and sentenced for trying to take over the planet, they were just charged with killing a guard if I recall correctly.
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Tried to take over the government?
That's a far less severe crime than attempted genocide.
I could still see them having a special place for Zod-level threats that may or may not be just him.
Fort Rozz was defined from the start as Krypton's maximum-security prison, where they kept the worst criminals of all. That's always been the idea behind the Phantom Zone, that it was for the worst villains in the galaxy. The comics' General Zod was one of its regular Phantom Zone villains.
And Astra and her army were convicted for trying to take over the government.
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Governments can be funny in how they prioritize stuff.
I'm totally fine with it either way, I just think it's less of a stretch to say he was somewhere else(or broke out earlier for that matter) than to try to explain why someone of Zod's caliber didn't just take over the joint if he landed when everyone else did...
Governments can be funny in how they prioritize stuff.
I'm totally fine with it either way, I just think it's less of a stretch to say he was somewhere else(or broke out earlier for that matter) than to try to explain why someone of Zod's caliber didn't just take over the joint if he landed when everyone else did...
Very cool!! Teri Hatcher posted a picture from that same rooftop today. https://mobile.twitter.com/HatchingChange/status/856612272390549504/photo/1
Supergirl--
"Ace Reporter"
SG/Kara: Best scene--the car explosion killing Watkins, and despite her merely flying away from the fire, that front row seat to sudden death shows she's still shocked by it, and automatically jumping to the rescue.
"I will always protect you" The series has not realistically developed her friendship with Lena for Kara to feel that way.
Snapper: His biting personality is amusing, along with his constant dressing down of Kara ("click-bait Millennials" / "I smelled desperation a mile away!").
Luthor: "one of the best reporters in National City?" When did that happen, since Kara has either bungled or outright wrongheaded her way through her short-lived job at Catco.
She's so quick to kill the love of her life to save SG? Yeah...sure.
Jack the Ex: So predictable. You just knew the guy & his Biomax nanobot treatment had to be a problem, one that (ultimately) pushes the vulnerable Lena toward Round Two of being hurt by him (no matter how that happened) and as a result, keeping her in the "I have no faith in anyone" mode...until she tries to make a move on....
James & Winn: Shoehorning Lyra in on Guardian sessions? A Yoko drama queen scene waiting to happen or will she really turn out to be more than she seems? Good moment between James and his new "brother" Winn. That took nearly two seasons, so it feels natural.
NOTES:
For all of this episode's shooting fireworks to announce Kara is some kind of "Ace Reporter," she's rather unethical--using her powers to eavesdrop (and It was not all in the service of SG trying to stop the nanobots, since she's using this to support her blogging), and accepting Mon-El's theft of the pass card. That does not make her a great reporter, but using an advantage real reports do not need during the course of an investigation. At least she admits to her failings to Snapper--before she was back on the payroll..
Nanobot attack on victim #2 was a pretty good effect...strangely enough, the rest of that effect did not play.
One nice Super-detail is Kara removing the hot pan from the oven with her bare hands.
With Hatcher's introduction, Lena will continue to be one of the more interesting characters on the show.
GRADE: C+
"Ace Reporter"
SG/Kara: Best scene--the car explosion killing Watkins, and despite her merely flying away from the fire, that front row seat to sudden death shows she's still shocked by it, and automatically jumping to the rescue.
"I will always protect you" The series has not realistically developed her friendship with Lena for Kara to feel that way.
Snapper: His biting personality is amusing, along with his constant dressing down of Kara ("click-bait Millennials" / "I smelled desperation a mile away!").
Luthor: "one of the best reporters in National City?" When did that happen, since Kara has either bungled or outright wrongheaded her way through her short-lived job at Catco.
She's so quick to kill the love of her life to save SG? Yeah...sure.
Jack the Ex: So predictable. You just knew the guy & his Biomax nanobot treatment had to be a problem, one that (ultimately) pushes the vulnerable Lena toward Round Two of being hurt by him (no matter how that happened) and as a result, keeping her in the "I have no faith in anyone" mode...until she tries to make a move on....
James & Winn: Shoehorning Lyra in on Guardian sessions? A Yoko drama queen scene waiting to happen or will she really turn out to be more than she seems? Good moment between James and his new "brother" Winn. That took nearly two seasons, so it feels natural.
NOTES:
For all of this episode's shooting fireworks to announce Kara is some kind of "Ace Reporter," she's rather unethical--using her powers to eavesdrop (and It was not all in the service of SG trying to stop the nanobots, since she's using this to support her blogging), and accepting Mon-El's theft of the pass card. That does not make her a great reporter, but using an advantage real reports do not need during the course of an investigation. At least she admits to her failings to Snapper--before she was back on the payroll..
Nanobot attack on victim #2 was a pretty good effect...strangely enough, the rest of that effect did not play.
One nice Super-detail is Kara removing the hot pan from the oven with her bare hands.
With Hatcher's introduction, Lena will continue to be one of the more interesting characters on the show.
GRADE: C+
I figured that Kara would end up back at CatCo eventually. They weren't just gonna toss aside those expensive sets after going to all the trouble to rebuild them in Vancouver. And they didn't change the "reporter at CatCo Worldwide Media" line in the opening.
I guessed wrong on another thing, though. I figured that Lena would find out that Kara was Supergirl this week. That shot in the preview of her clothes burning after the explosion and her S shield exposed looked to me like it was meant to be from the point of view of someone who saw her identity revealed -- otherwise why highlight the shield that way? -- and Lena was prominently featured. Also,
I knew Rahul Kohli from iZombie would be in this, but I wasn't expecting Claudia Doumit from Timeless.
The subplot with Lyra joining Team Guardian made me think that the DEO should organize a formal superhero training program taught by Supergirl. As these events showed, there should be some basic training required before a new hero goes into the field.
I guessed wrong on another thing, though. I figured that Lena would find out that Kara was Supergirl this week. That shot in the preview of her clothes burning after the explosion and her S shield exposed looked to me like it was meant to be from the point of view of someone who saw her identity revealed -- otherwise why highlight the shield that way? -- and Lena was prominently featured. Also,
I saw a general-preview trailer with a scene of Lena asking Kara "Why the cape?", which is a hell of a spoiler.
I knew Rahul Kohli from iZombie would be in this, but I wasn't expecting Claudia Doumit from Timeless.
The subplot with Lyra joining Team Guardian made me think that the DEO should organize a formal superhero training program taught by Supergirl. As these events showed, there should be some basic training required before a new hero goes into the field.
I'm so glad the show is back, and it's also nice that it returned with a great character-focused story for both Lena and Kara. Seeing Rahul Kohli play yet another scientist kind of took some getting used to, but I liked the chemistry that he had with Katie McGrath. His interactions with Kara and Mon-El/Mike were also nice.
I really like Snapper; his gruff demeanor could be off-putting, but Ian Gomez makes it work by sheer virtue of charm, and I love the way he rehired Kara in this episode and gave her a byline.
We'd known for a while that Lyra was going to end up joining "Team Guardian" and sort of becoming the 'Yoko Ono' of that group by causing a rift of sorts between James and Winn, which was something I'd really been looking forward to seeing, although I had no clue that it was going to be happening in this episode. Speaking of Lyra, that girl has some anger issues, but I can't help but love her anyway (kind of like Winn).
I love that Kara pledged to always be there for Lena, and probably should've seen Rhea's attempt to drive a wedge between the two friends by showing up all sinister-like at the end to 'proposition' Lena. I'm fairly confident, though, that even if Lena does end up going a little bit dark after having to kill Jack, she won't stay that way for long. It does seem from recent promos that she's going to learn that Kara is Supergirl, probably due to Rhea, so it'll be interesting to see how, or if, their friendship changes once the "cat is out of the bag", as it were.
There's not been a weak episode, IMO, this entire season, and "Ace Reporter" continues the trend, delivering some really great character development for Kara, Lena, James, Winn, and Lyra and a fun guest star/antagonist in Rahul Kohli while also throwing a potential monkeywrench into the works with Rhea scheming and showing up to talk to Lena at the end there, which should make for some interesting narrative twists and turns going forward.
I really like Snapper; his gruff demeanor could be off-putting, but Ian Gomez makes it work by sheer virtue of charm, and I love the way he rehired Kara in this episode and gave her a byline.
We'd known for a while that Lyra was going to end up joining "Team Guardian" and sort of becoming the 'Yoko Ono' of that group by causing a rift of sorts between James and Winn, which was something I'd really been looking forward to seeing, although I had no clue that it was going to be happening in this episode. Speaking of Lyra, that girl has some anger issues, but I can't help but love her anyway (kind of like Winn).
I love that Kara pledged to always be there for Lena, and probably should've seen Rhea's attempt to drive a wedge between the two friends by showing up all sinister-like at the end to 'proposition' Lena. I'm fairly confident, though, that even if Lena does end up going a little bit dark after having to kill Jack, she won't stay that way for long. It does seem from recent promos that she's going to learn that Kara is Supergirl, probably due to Rhea, so it'll be interesting to see how, or if, their friendship changes once the "cat is out of the bag", as it were.
There's not been a weak episode, IMO, this entire season, and "Ace Reporter" continues the trend, delivering some really great character development for Kara, Lena, James, Winn, and Lyra and a fun guest star/antagonist in Rahul Kohli while also throwing a potential monkeywrench into the works with Rhea scheming and showing up to talk to Lena at the end there, which should make for some interesting narrative twists and turns going forward.
The entire Snapper Carr storyline this season has made no sense and demeans Kara - she's been right at every turn and Carr has been no more than an arrogant, pompous bully...but the writers require that she bow to him as if he were some gruff-but-wise mentor from whom she learned something important. Schematic, amateurish writing.
Calling Snapper's behavior "bullying" is going a bit too far; yes, he's not been very nice to her, but, as with Cat Grant's behavior in Season 1, it's partially an act, which is something the writers have very clearly tried to communicate, both in this episode and earlier on in the season.
That may be the writers rationalization, but it's been bullying and to no good effect - except that Kara, who has exposed several dangerous plots while Carr was bloviating about journalism, has been required to bend the knee.
Carr's attempted witticism this evening about "alternative facts" exemplifies the vapidity of the writing in this regard, as Kara has at no point indulged in distortion, misinformation or inaccuracies. One more time: she has been right at every turn, while he's represented nothing other than a would-be patriarchal gatekeeper to some vaguely-imagined path to validation for her.
Carr's attempted witticism this evening about "alternative facts" exemplifies the vapidity of the writing in this regard, as Kara has at no point indulged in distortion, misinformation or inaccuracies. One more time: she has been right at every turn, while he's represented nothing other than a would-be patriarchal gatekeeper to some vaguely-imagined path to validation for her.
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Kelly-Anne is blonde, and all blonde women are the same? Which is weird since most of his other insults were about Kara being the opposite of an accomplished 50 year old.
Ian is acting like an old guy from the 80s complaining about the youth of today.
Oh!
Ian is acting like an old guy from the 80s complaining about the youth of today.
Oh!
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