Supergirl TV Series is being work on.

[JoeZhang]

Given the series' official description and certain other factors, I'm starting to think that she won't have a 'secret identity' as such (kind of like Iron Man), which I think is a neat deviation from the norm.

I cannot see how you would get that from the trailer material? This is following the model we see on the TV where there is an established support network who are 'in' but it would be weird setting up Cat Grant and the media angle to not have her have a secret identity.


(side-note - her heat vision is white rather than red).

 

[Nerroth]

I wonder if they will introduce Power Girl into this show at some point - perhaps as an alternate-universe version of Kara?

(If one were to handle any CW-verse crossover potential by sliding from one timeline to another, perhaps that might set a precedent for other continuum-jumping events further down the line.)

 

[sojourner]

Wow, that second trailer really feels like damage control from the negative feed back about the first trailer and it's comparisons to the SNL BlackWidow parody.

 

[DigificWriter]

The central element of Kara's characterization - as described in the official synopsis and portrayed (in snippets) in the trailers - is that she doesn't truly feel like herself until she stops hiding behind a facade of being 'normal' and breaks out of her shell by using her powers.

That's the primary reason I think they may be foregoing the typical 'secret alter-ego' thing. Cat Grant might not make the connection between Supergirl and Kara being the same, but I don't think Kara is actively going to try and hide the fact that she and Supergirl are one and the same.

We'll see, though.

 

[DigificWriter]

Wow, that second trailer really feels like damage control from the negative feed back about the first trailer and it's comparisons to the SNL BlackWidow parody.

Doubtful, given that the first trailer was by and large universally positively received, especially by the members of the media to whom it was originally shown.

 

[sojourner]

Wow, that second trailer really feels like damage control from the negative feed back about the first trailer and it's comparisons to the SNL BlackWidow parody.

Doubtful, given that the first trailer was by and large universally positively received, especially by the members of the media to whom it was originally shown.

And yet, it excises nearly every scene that gets parodied in the BW trailer.

 

[Saul]

Show looks very cheap and quickly made. It's appealing to an audience I am not part of. With that said I still don't see it going beyond 1 season.

 

[sojourner]

Wow, that second trailer really feels like damage control from the negative feed back about the first trailer and it's comparisons to the SNL BlackWidow parody.

Doubtful, given that the first trailer was by and large universally positively received, especially by the members of the media to whom it was originally shown.

And yet, it excises nearly every scene that gets parodied in the BW trailer.

ETA: LOL, "universally positive"? Yeah, checkout the search results:

https://www.google.com/search?q=blackwidow+parody+supergirl&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Even EW picked up on it.

 

[Christopher]

Wow, that second trailer really feels like damage control from the negative feed back about the first trailer and it's comparisons to the SNL BlackWidow parody.

Doubtful, given that the first trailer was by and large universally positively received, especially by the members of the media to whom it was originally shown.

Also because it takes more than 18 hours to make a trailer, I'm sure.

 

[DigificWriter]

@sojourner: The negative reactions only came AFTER the Upfronts trailer - which was nearly universally positively received, as I noted, by the media members to whom it was originally shown - was released online, and even after it was released online, the negative 'general public' reactions haven't nearly been as prevalent as you're trying to make them out to be.

The comparisons to the Black Widow SNL thing are being drawn because they're there, but you're trying to apply 'cause and effect' rationale when there is none.

 

[davejames]

There's a second official trailer out there that has a more serious and 'grounded' tone to it and shows off some new footage.
Source

Gotta say, watching those two videos, I can't help but seriously geek out at seeing Supergirl in action and flying around and kicking ass like that. It's been something I've wanted to see for awhile, and it's so cool to see it finally happening.

And I'm sure it's a necessity because of the budget, but it's SO nice to see them using actual wires again for the flying sequences and not relying so heavily on CG digital doubles like in SR and MOS.

 

[sojourner]

@sojourner: The negative reactions only came AFTER the Upfronts trailer - which was nearly universally positively received, as I noted, by the media members to whom it was originally shown - was released online, and even after it was released online, the negative 'general public' reactions haven't nearly been as prevalent as you're trying to make them out to be.

The comparisons to the Black Widow SNL thing are being drawn because they're there, but you're trying to apply 'cause and effect' rationale when there is none.

Of course the reactions came AFTER. How else do you REACT to something?

So, you don't see any causality in a second trailer coming out that is shorter and mainly a re-edit of the previous trailer removing all of the scenes that were getting negative reactions? It doesn't take long to recut a trailer from existing footage in this manner. Not in the digital age.

ETA: as far as "nearly being prevalent as you're trying to make them out to be", pot kettle, black, "universally positive" heh?

 

[dansigal]

The reference I cited isn't vague, and Entertainment Weekly isn't going to just mention something without having fully vetted it for factual accuracy. They have a reputation to protect as far as their legitimacy as a credible entertainment news entity is concerned.

The reference that you cited isn't vague, but the EW reference is. It says Berlanti has gone on the record, without giving a quote or a link or any other details as to how he went on the record. It's the definition of vague.

And as much as we'd like to think EW isn't just going to mention something without vetting it, they do it ALL THE TIME. Just recently when reporting on the Sad Puppies/Hugo fiasco they said in the article that the Hugo slate put up by the Sad Puppies was entirely white male, which was verifiably untrue. The most simplest of google searches could have shown that there were both woman and people of color on the slate.

The most I could find is the reference that Christopher pointed out, that Berlanti had it put into his contract that he could cross-over. As Christopher said, that's not confirmation that they exist in the same universe, and even that report was not verified by Berlanti, nor did it include any quotes from him. It was just a website reporting on what it claimed were contract terms.

 

[davejames]

Wow, that second trailer really feels like damage control from the negative feed back about the first trailer and it's comparisons to the SNL BlackWidow parody.

Doubtful, given that the first trailer was by and large universally positively received, especially by the members of the media to whom it was originally shown.

And yet, it excises nearly every scene that gets parodied in the BW trailer.

I don't doubt this new trailer probably got released a lot earlier because of the reaction, but I'd be very surprised if a network like CBS didn't already have a bunch of more "action-focused" trailers like this one created and ready to go.

In any case, I really doubt the first trailer was a true reflection of the show's tone anyway, with how all the cutesy moments were edited close together like that. Spaced out over an hour, I imagine all those scenes would probably go down a lot better.

 

[Mudd]

Entertainment Weekly gets lots of stuff wrong. "Credibility" is not their watchword.

 

[sojourner]

Entertainment Weekly gets lots of stuff wrong. "Credibility" is not their watchword.

Nor their creed.

 

[FPAlpha]

I've just now seen the trailers and i liked them very much.

I like the goofball style of her civilian character very much (loved the aspects of Caitlin and Felicity in Flash and Arrow) which brings some humor to the character while her desire to help was also well shown.

I'll be definitely watching the show when it comes this fall and i am hopeful it will be good, that's all that can be said at the time without having seen the pilot and the first few episodes.

 

[Garak]

Looks pretty bad to me, like cheap bubblegum.

 

[hux]

Just watched the (ridiculously long) trailer on imdb and wow, this looks quite bad. I gather they're going down the romantic comedy route with the format (interesting) but I can't see this lasting very long. Plus it looks kinda cheap. I was gonna suggest it's "Ally McBeal with superpowers" but then Calista Flockhart actually showed up so that would be too obvious

 

[Gaith]

Okay, so "Starling City" has a nice, evocative ring to it, and "Central City" is pleasantly alliterative and has a charming kind of retro sound despite being a bit bland, but "National City" just sounds stupid.

My two cents.