dc20willsave Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Peter Facinelli is playing Maxwell Lord. Livewire and Reactron are also showing up this season though no casting news yet there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 I really like this poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 T. O. Morrow and Red Tornado are in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 And here's our first look at Red Tornado.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Face is fine but the velcro, Mego Toys-looking body is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 That is not the most successful screen translation there's been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 I liked it a lot. Very fun. Benoist is hugely appealing and the show has a good sense of humor.Having watched it again, I was a little taken aback by how clunky the script was. I still think it was fun, and it has tons of potential, but even for a pilot that was kind of rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Watching right now, and right away Melissa Benoist is proving to be the next Grant Gustin. I.E. super enthusiastic, genuine and energetic in her performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 So I quite liked it. Dan's right, the script is mega-clunky, but Benoist gave such an irresistible performance that she managed to salvage the weak writing. The fight scene effects I thought were very impressive, save for the last fight at the end.I honestly find it funny that Jimmy has been cast and is being played so against type. Beyond the race thing, going from a nerdy short ginger guy to a hunky bald, black underwear model I find absolutely hilarious.I'm not digging the guy who works at her job. For one thing I don't know why he needs to be there, but additionallyHe can just "hack into the NCPD" like it's no problem? Is everyone Chole Sulivan now? And where the hell did he get a special polymer cape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 I wasn't big on it. They blew through way too much in the pilot. We meet this nerd trying to pick up Kara and then next we see him, we find out she trusts him enough to reveal her secret to him? Here's Kara's sister and guess what? She's part of a top secret anti-alien agency headed by bootleg Keith David. Oh, and there's a plan by Phantom Zone criminals to take over the world.  Just not a lot of thought into structure, plus the dialogue was pretty cliche and blunt. Melissa Benoist is overflowing with personality and the plane save still looks good, but they'd better hit the ground running with so much ground covered.They'd better write out that nerd too.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Didn't you say that about Cisco every week of The Flash last season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Cisco's annoying, but at least Carlos Valdes has charm. Plus, there was Valdes' acting when Wells killed him, so I'm not gonna harp on Cisco. Even if he made a Tinder joke tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Yeah this guy at her job isn't witty or charming or interesting in the least. It's almost as if he's there to be the white guy minority in the cast now that I think about it : P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) I enjoyed that more than the Flash pilot, but this could be me knowing what to expect. It took The Flash a little while to really get good, and I have some confidence that Supergirl could surpass that a bit sooner.  Melissa Benoist is on par with Grant Gustin as far as being watchable. In fact I think she's a little bit more natural than Gustin acting-wise. Except for the narration. Man, that needed some work. Edited October 31, 2015 by Davedevil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 In fairness it's totally the Geoff Johns way of narration. Every goddamn character he's written 'cept Superman and Batman do the whole "My name is" thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 I think the second episode was better than the first. I like Kara's support group and I also liked how Kara needed to do PR work on herself. Callista Flockhart's character is still my favorite part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 It fell into the second episode "reiterate everything in the pilot" trap pretty hard, but the end fight was good and I like the antagonistic mentorship by Cat Grant. Still a work in progress, but getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Writing was generally better than the pilot. I have to say I love the status quo for this series. Superman, his role in Metropolis, and apparently his super villains are all well established and Kara's trying to stem comparisons to him. It's only a matter of time until they cast Superman for the show. I also like Jimmy a lot.Apparently by this point he knows Clark's secret identity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Yeah this is starting to pick up steam. Liked all that stuff with Kara learning to become a better hero. The DEO scenes continue to be my least favorite part of the show. The Flash's STAR Labs crew, this is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) The Flash: builds in a time jump so that you don't have to worry about the learning curve for the supervillain of the week to learn to use their powers.Supergirl: eh, fuck it. Kidding aside, the scene between Kara and Cat was great; Callista Flockhart is neck and neck with Melissa Benoist for why I'm watching this show. Edited November 17, 2015 by Koete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Playing catch-up and just finished the third episode. I'm officially liking this show, and although it's nowhere near Flash levels yet it's a bajillion times more competently written than Gotham, which admittedly isn't hard. I'm really liking Jimmy. Solid actor and good role for the series. Still kill that nerd guy tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'm still waiting for it to win me over, but I'm giving it a season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 The Livewire episode's the best so far. The action and all the character work was really good. You can tell this was out of order, but that's no issue considering why it was so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 It was out of order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 The episode that was supposed to run this week had some material that would have been insensitive in light of the Paris Attacks so they bumped it in favor of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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