Supergirl TV Series is being work on.

[C.E. Evans]

Am I the only one who thought the trailer showed off too much of the pilot? I feel like I watched an episode recap.

Holy cow, that was, like, 1/7 of the entire pilot episode (assuming it's normal length), and they basically spoiled the whole plot.

I think that was less a trailer and more a pitch to sell the series. It was very long...

...but I liked it.

 

[the G-man]

Some of the writing was way too much warmed over Ally McBeal. And I feel like I don't even need to watch the pilot now because they basically showed me all the high points. Also wasn't crazy about Jimmy Olsen as...I dunno...I almost got a Nick Fury vibe.

That being said I appreciated the 'fun' tone all too absent from most DC properties these days.

And the actress playing Kara was excellent. She was extremely engaging. if anything sold me on this, it was her.

 

[Rat Boy]

I can't help but wonder if Marvel does a She-Hulk series it'd get ripped for being Ally McBeal with superpowers. The digs at Supergirl seem to boil down to "It's The Devil Wears Prada/Ugly Betty with superpowers."

 

[Christopher]

^I think he was saying that it would be boring if she didn't encounter challenges that she had trouble with.

Which is a different topic from what we're actually talking about, which is crises so big that the hero needs to call in outside help from a guest star. Every episode of any show is supposed to be about challenges the hero has trouble with, but usually they manage to solve that trouble themselves in the end rather than needing to call in a totally different hero.

But this isn't street vigilantes stopping bank robberies. It's otherworldly, God-like beings who see the blue marble as exactly that. The things that outmatch them or epic on a galactic scale capable of mass destruction and loss of life.

But if you think Superman can handle them, why do you assume Supergirl can't?

It would be criminal for anyone to try and fight it alone out of pride and a need for self perseverance, when help is otherwise available.

But if that's your concern, then you shouldn't just be proposing that Supergirl ask Superman for help -- you should be proposing that Superman ask Supergirl for help with his problems too. So why aren't you including that hypothetical as well?

 

[CorporalClegg]

Because this isn't a Superman show? I brought it up plenty during Smallville*.

*And not just Kara.

I mentioned over and over again that Lana could have solved the Kandorian problem by her self in about five minutes.

 

[Christopher]

^Okay. It's just that when we finally get a female-led DC superhero show and the first thing someone says is "She can't handle things on her own," that puts me on edge. I just wanted to make sure you didn't mean that the way it sounded.

 

[Mudd]

Looks great.

Apparently, unlike our own "Earth Prime," on DC's Earth commercial air travel is accident-ridden and incredibly dangerous.

And yet the man insists it's still the safest way to travel. He said so. Twice.

Well, you know if people stay out of those flying deathtraps he's going to be bored to death and starved for attention.

 

[DigificWriter]

The huge nerd/continuity geek in me would love to see this co-exist with Arrow and Flash. The style of it seems to fit really well with Flash and could work with Arrow.

It will.

I think that this show taking place in a world where Superman's existence has been common knowledge for years precludes that.

It doesn't.

 

[sojourner]

The huge nerd/continuity geek in me would love to see this co-exist with Arrow and Flash. The style of it seems to fit really well with Flash and could work with Arrow.

It will.

It won't

I think that this show taking place in a world where Superman's existence has been common knowledge for years precludes that.

It doesn't.

He's referenced in the trailer.

 

[DigificWriter]

The huge nerd/continuity geek in me would love to see this co-exist with Arrow and Flash. The style of it seems to fit really well with Flash and could work with Arrow.

It will.

It won't

We've already had confirmation that SG IS part of the Flarrow-verse, so you're wrong.

I think that this show taking place in a world where Superman's existence has been common knowledge for years precludes that.

It doesn't.

He's referenced in the trailer.

I know that. However, his existence doesn't preclude SG being part of the Flarrow-verse in any way.

 

[kirk55555]

It doesn't.

He's referenced in the trailer.

I know that. However, his existence doesn't preclude SG being part of the Flarrow-verse in any way.

Except no one generally knew about powered people in the Flash/Arrow universe before the STAR Labs accident, and even afterwards the public seemed to have a hard time believing in the powered guys in Central City at first, at least based on how we saw the police react. While we've had one powered villlain to prove that people have gotten powers in other ways, I think having Superman as a well established fact would have been mentioned, and it would have lead to the Flash team, and especially the Arrow team, reacting differently to people with powers normal people don't have, especially ones not created by the STAR Labs accident.

I can't see any way that Superman could have been established in the Pre-Flash Arrowverse, and The Flash show has pretty well shown that there was no generally known super people before Flash, at least not at the level that Superman seems to be in SG.

 

[JD]

I know I've said this before, but DC should just stop their movies, and focus all of their energy and money on the TV series. It would also give Berlanti and co. free reign over the whole DCU without having to worry about stepping to much on the movies' toes.

 

[DigificWriter]

He's referenced in the trailer.

I know that. However, his existence doesn't preclude SG being part of the Flarrow-verse in any way.

Except no one generally knew about powered people in the Flash/Arrow universe before the STAR Labs accident, and even afterwards the public seemed to have a hard time believing in the powered guys in Central City at first, at least based on how we saw the police react. While we've had one powered villlain to prove that people have gotten powers in other ways, I think having Superman as a well established fact would have been mentioned, and it would have lead to the Flash team, and especially the Arrow team, reacting differently to people with powers normal people don't have, especially ones not created by the STAR Labs accident.

I can't see any way that Superman could have been established in the Pre-Flash Arrowverse, and The Flash show has pretty well shown that there was no generally known super people before Flash, at least not at the level that Superman seems to be in SG.

There's going to be an explanation at some point, since it's already been confirmed that the shows exist in the same universe.

 

[kirk55555]

No, they said it could crossover with Arrow and Flash, even though the person in charge at CBS doesn't want it to. It could never end up crossing over, and if it does, it could be in a dimension traveling adventure.

 

[theenglish]

I know that. However, his existence doesn't preclude SG being part of the Flarrow-verse in any way.

Except no one generally knew about powered people in the Flash/Arrow universe before the STAR Labs accident, and even afterwards the public seemed to have a hard time believing in the powered guys in Central City at first, at least based on how we saw the police react. While we've had one powered villlain to prove that people have gotten powers in other ways, I think having Superman as a well established fact would have been mentioned, and it would have lead to the Flash team, and especially the Arrow team, reacting differently to people with powers normal people don't have, especially ones not created by the STAR Labs accident.

I can't see any way that Superman could have been established in the Pre-Flash Arrowverse, and The Flash show has pretty well shown that there was no generally known super people before Flash, at least not at the level that Superman seems to be in SG.

There's going to be an explanation at some point, since it's already been confirmed that the shows exist in the same universe.

Can you give us a link to the confirmation--I haven't seen that yet.

 

[CorporalClegg]

If they wanted to merge Kara into the Arrow verse, all they'd have to do is toss out a few throwaway lines playing the "We've never seen super powered humans" semantics card.

The internet would be in an uproar over it and piss and moan for about a week until Amell, Gustin, Cassidy, and Benoist appear on screen together for the first time.

I know I've said this before, but DC should just stop their movies, and focus all of their energy and money on the TV series. It would also give Berlanti and co. free reign over the whole DCU without having to worry about stepping to much on the movies' toes.

Why can't they do both?

 

[sojourner]

There's going to be an explanation at some point, since it's already been confirmed that the shows exist in the same universe.

You're going to have to backup that statement. So far the most they've said is a crossover is a "possibility". Which can be done any number of ways without it being a shared universe.

 

[DigificWriter]

There's going to be an explanation at some point, since it's already been confirmed that the shows exist in the same universe.

You're going to have to backup that statement. So far the most they've said is a crossover is a "possibility". Which can be done any number of ways without it being a shared universe.

Can you give us a link to the confirmation--I haven't seen that yet.

It's offhandedly mentioned by Entertainment Weekly in an article talking about the series making CBS' Fall schedule. Here's the link, as well as the specific text:
Supergirl officially gets CBS series order

Though Supergirl will be airing on The CW’s parent network, Berlanti has already gone on record to say that the heroine exists in the same universe as the scarlet speedster and emerald archer, so we could be in for an epic cross-network crossover with The Flash and Arrow—and the superhero team-up spin-off, should it move forward.

 

[dansigal]

There's going to be an explanation at some point, since it's already been confirmed that the shows exist in the same universe.

You're going to have to backup that statement. So far the most they've said is a crossover is a "possibility". Which can be done any number of ways without it being a shared universe.

Can you give us a link to the confirmation--I haven't seen that yet.

It's offhandedly mentioned by Entertainment Weekly in an article talking about the series making CBS' Fall schedule. Here's the link, as well as the specific text:
Supergirl officially gets CBS series order

Though Supergirl will be airing on The CW’s parent network, Berlanti has already gone on record to say that the heroine exists in the same universe as the scarlet speedster and emerald archer, so we could be in for an epic cross-network crossover with The Flash and Arrow—and the superhero team-up spin-off, should it move forward.

i'm fairly certain that that's EW misstating something Berlanti says. EW doesn't have a great track record with background investigations. i'm not saying that it's out of the possibility, but I'm pretty sure that Berlanti "going on the record" is him saying the crossover was possible. If you're going to say there's been confirmation, you need to show the confirmation, not a vague EW reference.

 

[M.A.C.O.]

Feels like Seventh Heaven meets DC comics.

I'll watch it.