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Post by stargazer1682 on Mar 17, 2019 21:38:59 GMT
Catching up on a backlog of Supergirl episodes on my DVR.
Honestly, I literally just watched Menagerie and I could barely tell you what happened. No wonder there doesn't seem to have been any discussion about this episode in other threads over the last few weeks. How dull.
More forced bullshit about Alex not remember that Kara is Supergirl.... So stupid. Don't get me wrong, I'm a much greater supporter for the hypothetical effectiveness of Superman/Supergirl's disguises than most people. I've seen how much something as simple a person wearing or not wearing glasses changes the look of their face and how readily you recognize them; especially if it's someone just in passing. And they found the perfect actress for this in Melissa Benoist, because she can and has done so much to affect subtle changes to her look with her hair and the glasses that transform her appearance; and there have been some photos of her where she doesn't quite seem recognizable. But someone like your sister is going to be know what you look like better than the average person on the street or even the home viewer; they've seen this person for years, up close and personal and it's not going to work on them and ostensibly wouldn't have to without some absurd fuckery, like making them forget to protect yourself from getting that knowledge for someone else through her. The only way that might work is if J'Onn created some type of mental block that made her dissociate Kara from Supergirl on subconscious level; so that even when confronted with the clear visual indication of who Supergirl is, he brain doesn't let her make the connection. In which case it would make more sense if J'Onn had simply given Alex a trigger where this block only came to play when she was on the clock and at home or when away from the job, she'd remember who Kara actualy was.
But then, where else would they manufacture drama?
If the president wanted what's his name out of jail, why not pardon him? Or has he not had a trial yet? In which case, why not? This is television, there's no excuse for that. Why pull some stupid McGuffin out of your ass with the Patriot Act only applying to people, when they could have made his trial a media circus, with people on both sides of the issue protesting; and after losing the president pardons him, creating an even larger divide among people.
Oh no, James and Lena broke up! Kara, you need to go over and comfort Lena; and bring the edible bouquet...and some champagne....and a Barry White album.....
I think someone posted in another thread their theory that James is going to be the one to get super powers, but I expect it's going to be Alex, since she's working for the DEO and Lena was hired to give them powers....
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 17, 2019 23:12:07 GMT
Sounds like a whole lot of nothing going on.
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Post by dazz on Mar 18, 2019 1:37:10 GMT
Catching up on a backlog of Supergirl episodes on my DVR. Honestly, I literally just watched Menagerie and I could barely tell you what happened. No wonder there doesn't seem to have been any discussion about this episode in other threads over the last few weeks. How dull. More forced bullshit about Alex not remember that Kara is Supergirl.... So stupid. Don't get me wrong, I'm a much greater supporter for the hypothetical effectiveness of Superman/Supergirl's disguises than most people. I've seen how much something as simple a person wearing or not wearing glasses changes the look of their face and how readily you recognize them; especially if it's someone just in passing. And they found the perfect actress for this in Melissa Benoist, because she can and has done so much to affect subtle changes to her look with her hair and the glasses that transform her appearance; and there have been some photos of her where she doesn't quite seem recognizable. But someone like your sister is going to be know what you look like better than the average person on the street or even the home viewer; they've seen this person for years, up close and personal and it's not going to work on them and ostensibly wouldn't have to without some absurd fuckery, like making them forget to protect yourself from getting that knowledge for someone else through her. The only way that might work is if J'Onn created some type of mental block that made her dissociate Kara from Supergirl on subconscious level; so that even when confronted with the clear visual indication of who Supergirl is, he brain doesn't let her make the connection. In which case it would make more sense if J'Onn had simply given Alex a trigger where this block only came to play when she was on the clock and at home or when away from the job, she'd remember who Kara actualy was. But then, where else would they manufacture drama? If the president wanted what's his name out of jail, why not pardon him? Or has he not had a trial yet? In which case, why not? This is television, there's no excuse for that. Why pull some stupid McGuffin out of your ass with the Patriot Act only applying to people, when they could have made his trial a media circus, with people on both sides of the issue protesting; and after losing the president pardons him, creating an even larger divide among people. Oh no, James and Lena broke up! Kara, you need to go over and comfort Lena; and bring the edible bouquet...and some champagne....and a Barry White album..... I think someone posted in another thread their theory that James is going to be the one to get super powers, but I expect it's going to be Alex, since she's working for the DEO and Lena was hired to give them powers.... With the Agent Liberty thing even if the patriot act only was intended for humans doesn't mean it cannot be altered, you know laws change all the time because they circumstances change, this is sort of why I don't buy the president is the big bad, he seems too obvious and stupid, if he were to be the big bad he should be working with Agent Liberty in secret whilst in public supporting Supergirl so he can undermine her and the support for aliens whilst appearing as an ally, he comes across too much like a high value pawn of someone like say Lex.
The mental block thing should have been brought up, like J'ohn has created a perception filter and wall inside Alex's mind to where she cannot create the connection between Kara & Supergirl, but where should she be told the truth then J'ohn's tinkering dissolves and Alex gets all the memories back.
I was the one who said after last weeks ep I got the feeling the whole Lena create's meta's plot is done in large part to give James powers, because of how last weeks episode ended, I agree alex probably could get powers but then she also has her various super suits, like her magnet thing, or the exosuit that allows her to absorb blows from Metallo full force on unprotected parts of her body, so it's sort of like whats the point really? Alex being the one Arrow type of hero on the show is more fun because she's the most skilled really but she doesn't have powers, so she makes for a good hero because she's one due to her dedication not powers, but she also plays as a viable weak link in this powerhouse team.
But yeah theres not a lot of interesting things going on.
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Post by stargazer1682 on Mar 18, 2019 3:44:18 GMT
Yeah, I only finished watching the next episode; so I didn't realize James had been shot. Kind of goes to show the level of energy these shows pump into people that I could go this whole time, coming to this board every day, reading most of the threads and not have a clue that happened.
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Post by dazz on Mar 18, 2019 6:43:40 GMT
Also goes to just how James is, I mean on Flash Nora was fangirling over a female blogger and we got a thread about it and if that was the first super powered LGBTQ+ representation on one of these shows, because Nora smiled at and was a fan of a female character, James get's shot however and no one gives a shit because he dull...dull as fuck...duller than dishwater on a lazy Sunday afternoon and boy that's dull.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 12:37:35 GMT
Also goes to just how James is, I mean on Flash Nora was fangirling over a female blogger and we got a thread about it and if that was the first super powered LGBTQ+ representation on one of these shows, because Nora smiled at and was a fan of a female character, James get's shot however and no one gives a shit because he dull...dull as fuck...duller than dishwater on a lazy Sunday afternoon and boy that's dull.  He is a fairly boring character though and I think if they were to use that to kill him off and he was never seen again it wouldn't make much of a change to the show 'cause he doesn't have the same presence as some other characters have like Alex and John whose deaths I think would be felt more. I don't mind Braniac 5 and I think he is probably the funniest character in all the 'Arrowverse' shows this season and I am interested in seeing if they dive more into his past and the original Braniac in the 'Supergirl' universe. The one thing I found odd about how they introduced Braniac 5 was nobody was afraid of him when he turned up and I thought Braniac 5 was supposed to look very similar to Braniac which is why they have some people mix them up and think Braniac 5 is the bad Braniac in some of the comic books I have read but in this there was no mention of there being a previous Braniac or where Braniac 5 came from until he briefly mentioned it in a conversation with Nia. I would like to see him play an evil Braniac just for an episode out of curiosity to see what he is like as dead serious and scary. 
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 18, 2019 20:30:50 GMT
The episode that was shown last night (17 MAR) with Lex Luthor was actually quite good (relatively speaking). The show works better when they focus on telling a story instead of pushing an agenda.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 18, 2019 20:45:04 GMT
The episode that was shown last night (17 MAR) with Lex Luthor was actually quite good (relatively speaking). The show works better when they focus on telling a story instead of pushing an agenda. Yes, that was awesome. Loved how it turned out that Lex was manipulating Lena all along and pulling her puppet strings. That was a better Lex than Jesse Eisenberg's Lex.
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Post by dazz on Mar 18, 2019 21:23:18 GMT
The episode that was shown last night (17 MAR) with Lex Luthor was actually quite good (relatively speaking). The show works better when they focus on telling a story instead of pushing an agenda. Yes, that was awesome. Loved how it turned out that Lex was manipulating Lena all along and pulling her puppet strings. That was a better Lex than Jesse Eisenberg's Lex. Not exactly saying much though is it, I mean that's like saying they are a better writer than EL James, or smarter than Joey Essex, it's a low bar to hurdle, alos he still aint got shit on Rosenbaum's Lex, now that was awesome.
Also not sure Lex so blatantly manipulating things is awesome, actually makes Lena look stupid to fall for such an obvious manipulation.
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 19, 2019 17:51:04 GMT
DC-Fan is the reason why these shows do well. They have such poor taste and low standards that they accept any crap you toss at them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 13:00:33 GMT
Yes, that was awesome. Loved how it turned out that Lex was manipulating Lena all along and pulling her puppet strings. That was a better Lex than Jesse Eisenberg's Lex. Not exactly saying much though is it, I mean that's like saying they are a better writer than EL James, or smarter than Joey Essex, it's a low bar to hurdle, alos he still aint got shit on Rosenbaum's Lex, now that was awesome.
Also not sure Lex so blatantly manipulating things is awesome, actually makes Lena look stupid to fall for such an obvious manipulation.
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