Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 12:03:05 GMT
Apr 11, 2018 11:52:36 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:
Does it work for TV? The debut episode premiered to around 13 million viewers and nearly half of the viewers tuned out after they saw the character was nothing like she was in the comics and Smallville’ and copying the show got the comic book series cancelled. It was only that the CW Network picked it up after CBS dropped it ‘Supergirl’ is still on air since the highest the current season is getting is 2 million viewers (which is 11 million less than the debut episode) and the CW Network are known for giving TV shows a much longer life than they would get on other networks. The problem with this show is it isn’t just different than the comic books but has absolutely nothing in common with 90 percent of them apart from the name, the powers (to an extent) and Kara Zor-El being Superman’s cousin and while it isn’t as bad as the ‘Catwoman’ movie with Halle Berry that didn’t have Selina Kyle it is nearly the same thing and is like a ‘Spawn’ movie with Peter Parker as ‘Spawn’ instead of Al Simmons. 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.
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.
Yeah. It is a lot and a lot of people who have never read the 'Supergirl' comic books and only know Supergirl from what they have seen on screen don't realise just how different Superman and Supergirl actually are since the closest thing we have had was the version we had in 'Smallville' and both Supergirl's (Kara and Linda) had very different personalities and backgrounds and the Kara Zor-El comic books went off into Horror while the Linda Danvers comic books were full on Horror and were somewhat similar to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' It is a shame these shows can't seem to make characters the way they are supposed to be and have to make all these changes to them and Green Arrow was more similar to the comic book version in 'Smallville' too and one thing I liked about the 'Smallville' writers is they made the effort to make most of their characters like they were in the comic books and didn't make huge changes to them like the 'Arrowverse' has done. Prometheus, Doctor Alchemy, Anarky and Firefly haven't been anything like they were in the comic books either and I was mostly disappointed with Anarky 'cause I think having the Green Arrow face a real teenage Anarchist with a group of teenage followers who were willing to do anything for him would have been interesting to see.
