Post by Larcen26 on Apr 11, 2018 14:21:29 GMT
Apr 11, 2018 11:52:36 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:
Doesn't mean he should do it on TV on in the movies.
Like I have said in another thread, just because a story is good for the comics, doesn't mean it's good for TV or film.
It is not just one thing, it is the entire character. Instead of getting a ‘Supergirl’ TV show with Kara Zor-El or Linda Danvers the writers have given us a ‘Supergirl’ TV show with a female version of Clark Kent using the Kara Zor-El name eliminating all the elements that made Kara unique and her own character. While there have been various versions of Kara Zor-El in the comic books and a number of things changed with the character over the years Kara was always portrayed as being more alien than Superman and less trusting of humans and going back to the earliest issues of ‘Supergirl’ Kara spent the majority of time by herself ‘cause she had a hard time blending in with humans and at times she didn’t even like them or saw the point of saving them but did it ‘cause her cousin did and she didn’t have a human sister or human parents or any side characters like James, Winn, Lena, Martian Manhunter, Mon El etc that have all been given more screen time than Kara in episodes and overshadowed her or a permanent love interest like Clark had with Lois Lane.
This show has gone out of its way to humanise her by having Kara arrive on earth too early and grow up with a human family like Clark which has lost the character altogether and is like having Batman’s backstory with his parents being killed changed to having them live. They have depowered her to the point where she can’t fly around in space which looks absolutely ridiculous since Kara spent a LOT of time in space looking for the remains of Kandor and fighting villains and it was up in space where she first came across Reign in the New 52 series. They have failed to include all the Horror elements and Horror villains like vampires, werewolves, demons, monsters, witches and zombies that were in the Kara Zor-El and Linda Danvers comic books going back to the early years (AND were one of the best parts!!), they made her a reporter like Clark Kent and worst of all they gave her a secret identity - something which Kara does not have in the majority of Supergirl comic books as she spends most of her time as Supergirl practically living in the Supergirl costume sleeping in skies and in space.
While I don't hate the show as I have mentioned before or I wouldn't waste my time watching it but it is nothing like 'Supergirl' and the show should have started with Kara waking up on earth being new to the planet and having no past experience with humans. The writers of 'Smallville' weren't perfect with their adaption but their version was far more like the comic book character and this show should have been the 'Smallville' spinoff Laura Vandervoort was promised.
Whoah, that was a lot.
And I am not a Supergirl expert like you CLEARLY are...
All I am saying is that selling the general public on a character with that iconic "S" on their chest as someone willing to kill is a stretch. Particularly since the Berlanti-verse is only about Oliver Queen and Kara Zor-El because the higher ups wouldn't let them use Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent. Comics Oliver is not a Batman rip off, TV Oliver pretty much is. Comics Supergirl is distinct from Superman, TV Supergirl isn't.
I also highly disagree that any sort of ratings discrepancies are due to her not being edgier. This show is meant to be a Superman show, not an accurate translation of comics Supergirl. If there is any sort of single thing you can point to for the ratings it's the Men's Rights morons ranting and raving and generally being crybabies whenever they mention anything about the Strong Female Characters being Strong Female Characters. So they bailed, and let's face it, as unfortunate as it is, those idiots make up a decent number of Comic Book show viewers.