Is it me or is the Superman vs Supergirl fight going to be the lasting legacy of the show? We are still talking about it and it's got to be over a year.
I think that's just because one or two posters are obsessed with it and keep bringing it up again and again. The rest of us don't care. Heck, superheroes fighting each other when they team up is the normal state of affairs in comics, and nobody sensible would expect the title character of the series to lose the fight to the guest star, although such things usually end up in ties. But to anyone with a basic understanding of story structure, it's obvious why Supergirl had to win, so that she would be positioned as "Earth's champion" and therefore entitled to challenge Rhea to decisive single combat. Which she had to do because it's her show, duh. For almost everyone, this is a very straightforward matter. But the problem with the Internet is that a single person with an unshakeable grudge can keep dragging threads back onto the same topic over and over again. The best thing to do is just not engage, but it can be hard to resist.
Me I didn't like it because I am big believer in the idea of all fights between beloved Comic book characters should end in a drawl.
In a drawl? As in, "Goldarn it, pardner, I reckon ya done went and beat me"?
Everyone should come away happy just to see their favorite get their licks in and show off their powers and leave it at that.
If it were always handled the same way in every situation without variation, that would be boring. Sometimes there's a good story reason for giving the victory to a specific character, as I mentioned above. A tie wouldn't have served the specific story arc they were building, an arc that needed to culminate in Supergirl vs. Rhea.
It proably didn't help also that this version of Superman is barely established and is really only known for one thing now and that is lossing the fight.
Once again, you're mistaking the fixation of one or two posters on this single BBS with the general public's reaction to the character. What Tyler Hoechlin's Superman is largely known for, beyond this particular forum, is being a terrific Superman, really capturing the essence of the character even in his brief appearances to date. As for the fight with Supergirl, I think
most people would agree that the really significant thing is not that he lost, but that he was okay with it. That's part and parcel of what a well-portrayed Superman he is, because Superman is all about bringing out the best in others rather than stroking his own ego. So it's just one facet of his entire characterization.
All his acomplishments have been in the past and offscreen which really makes me wonder just how suited Superman works as a character in a supporting role.
He's worked pretty well so far. Heck, the fact that he's so well-known and familiar to the audience is a reason why he works quite well as an occasional guest star, because we already have the background knowledge and don't need a lot explained to us.
I mean he is Space Jesus meets the Terminator
Hmm... I wouldn't have thought of the Terminator as a comparison, because Superman isn't really violent as a rule. He's more a protector than a destroyer. And I'm not crazy about the Jesus parallels that have been showing up in Superman stories since the Donner movies. If anything, Superman's story (which was thought up by a couple of Jewish kids, remember) bears more resemblance to Moses -- cast adrift in a small craft by his doomed parents, carried along until he was found and adopted, etc. He does grow up to be a sort of savior, but he doesn't save us by dying for our sins, he saves us by punching bad guys, which isn't very Christlike. If anything, he's arguably more in the vein of American folk heroes like Paul Bunyan.
just like the previous season 