Somebody Is Going to Die!!!

Apr 17, 2018 14:27:32 GMT Larcen26 said:

Apr 17, 2018 13:51:21 GMT BexxyJ said:

Deb is a mega Supergirl fan. She owns all the comics, books and costumes and has a Supergirl poster hanging up in one of our rooms. If she says something is wrong with the show I believe her because she knows more about the character than the writers.

And nobody is questioning her knowledge or passion.

What I don't agree with is that the Berlantiverse Supergirl HAS to be the same character as the comics, or is intended to BE the same character.

I agree the TV version shouldn't be like her comic version or needs to be for it to work, I do however think Deb's gripe to a degree is a valid one in that the one thing she shouldn't be same with Green Arrow is that they shouldn't be portrayed as the misinformed idea most general audiences have of the characters prior to the shows, ie Green Arrow shouldn't be Batman with a Robin Hood fetish nor should Supergirl be Superman just in a skirt.

I mean sure they shows take baby steps away from that as we go along but both shows are basically formed on that premise because these shows are clearly stand ins for the bigger IP's DC is holding off for the big screen, but the shows should be making greater strides to turn the heroes into more in line with their source material as we go along, atleast personality wise even if for Supergirl it's only for a short time as clearly for a CW show aimed at a younger female demo having Supergirl be borderline psychotic is not something that can fly for long.

I don't think the building a team around her hurts the show really it's more about how it's handled that matters, much like in Flash where to justify the team they have to constantly deemphasise Barry and his abilities Supergirl has the same issue, instead of diminishing your hero to make their cohorts be useful simple embellish the villains to where it makes sense the hero needs back up.

Basically if the show was of a higher quality then the same set up would work fine because it's the quality of the stories that are at fault not so much the framework for the stories, Arrow is a great example of this the same things happen in s1 & 2 as they did in later seasons but the quality was up to snuff in those earlier seasons so the things like Felicity being Deus Ex Hachina, the team arguing with Oliver, Felicity being petty and self involved, and so on weren't an issue at the time because we were enjoying the show more.

So basically even if the gave as a Supergirl in story elements, plot set ups, genre tropes and so on Deb would want the show would still be iffy because the people writing it would fuck it up regardless.