Spoilers Supergirl - Season 2

[Guy Gardener]

Yeah, I wonder if Mon-El would be more powerful on a yellow-sunned planet with less lead.

Google tells me Orange, Blue and White are also on the table, and black dwarf is well on the way to becoming a black hole, but what about a white hole?

I'm seeing an old comic about Superman under a Green Sun, and Bizarro world is under a Blue Sun that emanates Ultraviolet radiation.

To say that Kryptonians have different powers under different suns, is still a matter of their own biology, and less to do with Suns in the sky, so it's really a question of Daxamites process sunlight differently, more so than how they process different sunlight.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

He's a dead man walking.

Reason for that prediction?

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

The same could be said of her true replacement in those areas, Snapper.

True, but at least he serves a purprose in trying to make Kara function like a real reporter. Still, the barking, "Angry Boss" stereotypes wear thin fast, so maybe Snapper will thaw soon.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

He already is. Didn't you see him smiling the second Kara was out the door?
He's just playing the asshole boss.
He likes her, or at worst is starting to like her.

 

[Christopher]

He already is. Didn't you see him smiling the second Kara was out the door?
He's just playing the asshole boss.
He likes her, or at worst is starting to like her.

Yes. He's doing the same thing Cat Grant did -- cultivating her skills by challenging her, encouraging her to become tough and assertive by pushing back against her superior's toughness. Personally I don't consider that a very good management style, but within the context of a fictional narrative, the "tough boss with a heart of gold" is a well-established trope -- and of course Perry White from Superman has always fit that archetype. Snapper's a lot like Perry, except with more slow-burn contempt than Perry's raging tantrums. Though I've seen him compared to Lou Grant, with Kara being Mary Richards.

 

[Romulan_spy]

Stargate is still one of my all-time favorite scifi shows so I really enjoyed this episode a lot. It seemed like a pretty direct homage to "Children of the Gods", the SG1 pilot. Both episodes feature an almost identical plot where aliens are taking humans as slaves and keeping them in a castle like structure and a military squad has to go and rescue them.

 

[dahj]

Both episodes feature an almost identical plot where aliens are taking humans as slaves and keeping them in a castle like structure and a military squad has to go and rescue them.

So... Jo is Teal'c?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Kara Zor-El is MacGyver?

 

[ITL]

The plot reminded me of the Buffy episode "Anne" that opened season 3. Apart from the weird time dilation shenanigans, of course.

 

[dahj]

^^
And lack of communist imagery.

 

[Greg Cox]

Reason for that prediction?

Silver Age comic-book history?

"No, not lead poisoning!"

 

[Noname Given]

I have to be honest in that I thought the entire episode was just bad. And the character lives up to the name of 'Stupid-Girl' in this one. Sorry, but when you know you're in one of the most dangerous places in the Galaxy, but due to being back under a Red Sun, you're now a normal 20-something average woman...

Sorry to say: "I'm going in anyway and we're going to save these people..." is just stupid, suicidal and insane; even in a comic book based universe.

And I love how Jonn can't wear a heavy duty hazard suit (with oxygen); or hell just a heavy duty oxygen mask or something.

Again, I can overlook some 'idiot ball' based story aspects - but not when the 'idiot ball' aspects grow to the size they did here. YMMV.

 

[Romulan_spy]

Sorry to say: "I'm going in anyway and we're going to save these people..." is just stupid, suicidal and insane; even in a comic book based universe.

It might be foolish but it is consistent with her personality. She is an idealist who wants to save everyone.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

the character lives up to the name of 'Stupid-Girl' in this one

Well, she is his cousin!

 

[Christopher]

I have to be honest in that I thought the entire episode was just bad. And the character lives up to the name of 'Stupid-Girl' in this one. Sorry, but when you know you're in one of the most dangerous places in the Galaxy, but due to being back under a Red Sun, you're now a normal 20-something average woman...

Sorry to say: "I'm going in anyway and we're going to save these people..." is just stupid, suicidal and insane; even in a comic book based universe.

No, it isn't. Because being a hero is not about powers, it's about the will to use whatever abilities you have to help others. There have only been about a thousand prior superhero stories in which the heroes are rendered powerless but still stand up and do the right thing because it is that, rather than their abilities, that defines their heroism. We saw this with Supergirl in the earthquake episode last season. And we've seen it with countless heroes in real life, normal people who face beatings by police or stand in front of tanks or rush into burning buildings because it's the right thing to do. Normal, fearful people see risking oneself to help others as stupid and insane; heroes see it as an obligation.

 

[Aragorn]

I have to be honest in that I thought the entire episode was just bad. And the character lives up to the name of 'Stupid-Girl' in this one. Sorry, but when you know you're in one of the most dangerous places in the Galaxy, but due to being back under a Red Sun, you're now a normal 20-something average woman...

Honestly, the writing on the show has never been good. But everyone is having fun and enjoying themselves, and it rubs off. No powers, no plans, no information, no way home, yet also no stakes or worries.

One review compared this show to kids putting on an awful play but you enjoy it anyway because they're just so cute and trying really hard. That's probably the best analogy I've seen regarding Supergirl.

 

[tenmei]

I wouldn't mind seeing Mon-El shipped off to the Arrow/Flash/Legends Earth and joining up with the Legends or even taking the place of Superboy in a Titans line-up with Arsenal and Kid Flash.

 

[Vendikarr]

No, it isn't. Because being a hero is not about powers, it's about the will to use whatever abilities you have to help others. There have only been about a thousand prior superhero stories in which the heroes are rendered powerless but still stand up and do the right thing because it is that, rather than their abilities, that defines their heroism. We saw this with Supergirl in the earthquake episode last season. And we've seen it with countless heroes in real life, normal people who face beatings by police or stand in front of tanks or rush into burning buildings because it's the right thing to do. Normal, fearful people see risking oneself to help others as stupid and insane; heroes see it as an obligation.

The ironic thing is this has been one of her complaints about Guardian. He's a normal human without powers and can get hurt. But here she, left powerless and still does her best to help. I would hope someone will point this out to her, but it's unlikely.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Winn has the Guardian armour.

He should have worn it on the rescue mission.

Jim is taller.

Bustier.

Winn must have had spare material when... Made a sidekick costume for just in case.

That's a bag full of diamonds, at the end, right?

Roulette said Diamonds were on the ground.

Winn could start financing the Guardian with some serious tech now, and not just "borrow" from the DEO.

 

[Christopher]

The ironic thing is this has been one of her complaints about Guardian. He's a normal human without powers and can get hurt.

Has she actually made that complaint? I thought her issue was that she didn't trust people in masks. (Aside from the Flash, that is... and I assume she's rethought some things after "Invasion!")

Honestly, though, I think it's more that she's a bit jealous of the competition and is making rationalizations for it.