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Spoilers Supergirl - Season 2
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That was me.
So did that actually stick, or did she end up forgetting by the end of the episode?
Oh, shit you're right. For some reason I had flipped the dialog there.
You're right. What happened there?! I mean, I just pushed "Reply" and deleted the unnecessary text. Weird.
I mean in general, Gordon could not see Grayson--a guy he knows socially--under that mask. The only possible explanation for the total inability to recognize true identities was explored in the 1966-68 Batman TV series, where Chief O'Hara held Bruce Wayne in such contempt as a "dumb" / "rich guy" that he laughed at the idea of Wayne and Batman ever being the same man. But in the event the co-worker does not have that sort of "disrespect block" its hard to accept Gordon (or anyone else in a similar situation) they should have no trouble figuring it all out.
I decided to watch the first episode of this season because I wanted to see Superman in action, and it was actually a really good episode. A nice story, some cool effects/action moments, and even Cat Grant had three different scenes I liked. Lena Luthor was interesting, I really doubt she's completely clean and as a potential rich antagonist I already like her a lot more then Max Lord. I really didn't miss Max or Lucy Lane at all. I don't know where they went (I dropped season 1 at the Red Kryptonite episode), but I wouldn't mind if they stayed gone. Superman was really good. He had some great moments, but didn't overshadow Supergirl (something I was glad to see, even though I'd expected him to be the part I'd want to see dominate the episode).
Overall, this was actually really impressive. If season 1 had been more like this (and to be fair it had some moments that where really good), I would have watched all of it. I'll definitely keep watching from here, and if it stays at around this level of quality I'll watch it the whole way through.
Overall, this was actually really impressive. If season 1 had been more like this (and to be fair it had some moments that where really good), I would have watched all of it. I'll definitely keep watching from here, and if it stays at around this level of quality I'll watch it the whole way through.
I saw the second episode. Another good one, although Snapper Carr was pretty annoying so I'd say this episode was a little weaker then the first. Still, an enjoyable end of the Supergirl/Superman team up, and Cat had a few good scenes. Jimmy/Kara not getting together is fine with me. I wasn't against them from what I saw of season 1, but it didn't really feel like it was clicking to me, kind of like Oliver/Laurel on Arrow.
I wish Metallo was a bit more robotic (I like the knock off Terminator Metallo), but he was still done pretty well. The scenes of Supergirl/Superman rescuing people, and the action scenes, were all great.Overall another solid episode. One thing I didn't mention before is that I really like that J'onn doesn't have to hide himself anymore, its nice to have the DEO segments without all the main characters having a bunch of secrets they're keeping from everyone.
I wish Metallo was a bit more robotic (I like the knock off Terminator Metallo), but he was still done pretty well. The scenes of Supergirl/Superman rescuing people, and the action scenes, were all great.Overall another solid episode. One thing I didn't mention before is that I really like that J'onn doesn't have to hide himself anymore, its nice to have the DEO segments without all the main characters having a bunch of secrets they're keeping from everyone.
The problem is that he was right. A girl with no experience and she didn't attend any School of Journalism or similar. And they imposed Kara on him not as an intern, but as a full fledged reporter. He was right to be a little pissed.
Well, as a "stringer," as Cat put it. Per Wikipedia, that means "a freelance journalist or photographer who contributes reports or photos to a news organization on an ongoing basis but is paid individually for each piece of published or broadcast work." So basically like Peter Parker's freelance photography for the Daily Bugle, but in Kara's case it's for writing. (Which presumably is why she doesn't get a chair.)
And according to her resume, she did a summer internship at "the Midvale Newspaper," so that's a bit of prior experience, though not much, admittedly.
But they played him like he'd have that attitude, regardless. He's an a-hole. The fact that he has a point, in this particular instance, doesn't mean he's any less annoying or less unpleasant as a character.
I stand corrected. So, how do they pay her? Because she went from P.A. for a multimedia empire CEO to a glorified paid internship. But I suppose money is not an issue for Kara...
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The character is supposed to be an asshole. It's his function.
The same way any freelancer in any field (like, say, me) gets paid for their work -- one sale at a time. Kara's income should depend on selling her work regularly, either to CatCo Magazine or to other publishers (since stringers/freelancers aren't exclusive to a single company).
Apparently, given that she's able to afford an impossibly big loft on an assistant's salary. Not sure how she pulled that off back when she was avoiding the use of her powers, since I guess she wouldn't have been going around crushing coal into diamonds.
I wonder if she gets a salary from the DEO. Back in "Red Faced," it was stated that Supergirl worked with the DEO rather than for it, but on several more recent occasions, she's been talked about as if she were an actual employee.
I'm not arguing that. But, just because he's supposed to be an annoying a-hole doesn't mean that I have to like the character, it just means he's a bad/irritaiting character on purpose instead of unintentionally. Like Draco Malfoy on The Flash this season, or Summer Glau on that season of Arrow (season 3?), Carr was introduced as an ass in the work place for drama (although he probably won't end up being more then an obstacle to Kara's job, as opposed to what Glau's character ended up being). I don't think it will hurt the show too badly, it will just be annoying and might lead to me tuning out those sections a bit. If nothing else he's less annoying then Maxwell Lord (I know they're completely different characters, but I'm comparing them because I found them both annoying and mostly useless).
If you like the character, then they're doing it wrong.
If you like the character, then they're doing it wrong.
There is a difference between disliking a character and being irritating to the point of tuning them out. Its a hard balance, but Snapper seems to be in the "check your email/surf the web while he's on screen" category, which isn't a good thing. I don't hate him enough to care about seeing him "lose" or have Kara give him what's coming to him by being really good at her job, I'd rather just do something else and stop paying attention until he's off the screen. That's probably not what they were going for. Generally speaking, they don't make a character specifically to make a viewer(s) ignore parts of the show.
But, he was the only actually bad part of the first two episodes, so if that's all I have to mostly ignore on Supergirl then the show is still doing very well this season.
If you like the character, then they're doing it wrong.
I dunno. A lot of grouchy/mean boss characters are nonetheless charming in their way -- Perry White, J. Jonah Jameson, Lou Grant, not to mention Cat Grant herself. After all, they need to be entertaining enough that audiences still want to watch them.
Lovable grouches are a bit different.
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