Interesting point though in fairness, the nipples on Batman's costume did spark controversy. Though Batman isn't the best example since his costume is basically very similar, especially in the movies. Now Superman is a better parallel when they removed the red shorts. In fact, it's almost a perfect parallel. It just doesn't look right for him. I'm glad they brought the true costume back in the comics, and I hope they do the same with Tyler on Supergirl, assuming he can get up from whomever is beating him up or killing him in this crossover.
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A few days ago, I mentioned the fact that "Supergirl" is a brand DC/WB will not change, but it would be a big shift in perceptions of the character to go ahead and her name to Superwoman (not referring to the other character by that name). Eight years before Supergirl was introduced in the comics, Superwoman (in the form of Lois Lane) was a story in the pages of Action Comics-- Yes, Lois is wearing a dress, but an adult woman using "girl" is sort of silly at this point. I do see that the story's title flies in the face of writer Jack Schiff using "Superwoman" at all...
Or better yet maybe men should back off and stop trying to decide what is or isn't sexist re women. Is there solid evidence that the "politics" have meaningfully dinged the ratings or is this just another post hoc fallacy? Lots of things can cause a show's ratings to dip. Sometimes people just start getting bored with it. Already effectively shot down, but hey, spring break in New Zealand is end of Sept.
Well, it's no coincidence that as the show got more political, the ratings tanked. The emphasis changed. Maybe they are getting bored with the show because of the overemphasis on politics. Even if they are spewing your views, can't you at least acknowledge that alienating half the country is going to hurt ratings? Search yourself, and I'm pretty confident that when people discuss the negatives of this show, it's the politics. I keep saying when the show goes the non-political route, like the Luthor episodes last year, it's VERY good.
The show's move to Sundays this year probably had more effect on its ratings than anything else one might speculate.
Half the country would support a xenophobic group of Nazi wannabes? You seem to have a mistaken view of the country.
The ratings were down the year before too, though that's a theory. However, Sunday is the most watched TV night of the week, so it should have helped. Ultimately, the same people who watched the show before certainly knew the night changed. And if you look at the ratings, the crossover episode, which I believe kicked off everything, had a 0.77 rating--over double the show's average. Of course that was a special event, but the point is, if people have good reason to watch, they do. I know this show can be better. I want to feel about the show the way I did before politics overwhelmed the show. Maybe some new writers would do the trick. But it's a new season, and I hope that the show moves in a good direction.
Still not factual. You're inferring that the critical backlash caused the ratings to tank, not demonstrating it. Example: A letter writing campaign by fans saved Star Trek. There's actually no proof of that. Fans infer it, but that's not the same thing. There's no evidence that NBC actually planned to cancel it at the end of the second season, and its "death slot" timeslot might actually be because NBC got a tobacco company to sponsor the show, and tobacco product ads could not be run before 10pm. See? It's not always so simple as B because A.
It’s a confirmation bias. He doesn’t like the politics and the ratings were lower, therefore the politics caused it even though no one seems to share his views on this.
Of course the ratings are go down. It has to compete with HBO,Walking Dead and NFL. Not to mention as a weekend it is a chance for people to binge something. Jason
You think a psychotic, deeply manipulative billionaire oligarch wannabe leveraging reactionary extremists against a minority group, and encouraging a foreign power to attack his own country in what is ultimately an exercise in self aggrandisement and enrichment at the cost of the people he claimed to serve is NOT a political story? And what planet are you on at the moment exactly? It's interesting how there's been so many different iterations of "Superwoman" over the decades, (trousers, or no trousers!) but none have seemed to have had anywhere near the staying power of Supergirl (of which there have also been many iterations). None of this has anything to do with wardrobe choices of course, but that Kara is a fundamentally more interesting character than "Lois with powers". Indeed, I tend to think giving Lois powers fundamentally robs her of what makes her interesting: that she does what she does in-spite of being powerless in a more mundane but no less super heroic fashion. I go back and forth on whether it'd be better to just give Kara the "Superwoman" title (akin to giving Carol Danvers the "Captain Marvel" title), allowing the character to grow up and leave room for a new Supergirl. I mean the Bat family do this all the time, with multiple Robins & Batgirls growing and passing the legacy on. So why not Kara? Part of me thinks that this might actually be a good way to end the show when that eventually comes. But part of me also wonders if that might be a little too on the nose.