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Somebody Is Going to Die!!! Apr 18, 2018 13:16:33 GMT

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Post by hardball on Apr 18, 2018 13:16:33 GMT

Apr 16, 2018 11:50:19 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:

Apr 11, 2018 14:18:02 GMT hardball said:

Thanks for your posts explaining what the comic Supergirl is like, and they're different all right. While it would be nice to see a more serious and tougher, I don't see it happening. The CW is partly owned by Warner Brothers, and after the negative reaction to the brooding Superman, I think they'll keep Kara the she is. The show was cancelled once before so the studio will try to avoid alienating viewers and will just stick to the CW formula.

You’re welcome. I sadly don’t see them changing it in the TV show now either and the problem is Superman has long been portrayed as a light superhero who was a symbol of hope to people while Supergirl (Linda Danvers and most later versions of Kara Zor-El) were portrayed as aggressive and edgy superheroes who in some ways they were the opposite of Superman. The two work together ‘cause they were so different from each other personality wise and Clark and Kara clashed a lot in the comic books over how they should use their superpowers and how they should fight villains but they always made up and worked together in the end to defeat the villains when they teamed up. ‘Man of Steel’ took some of the darker tone from the ‘Supergirl’ comic books but they didn’t make Clark aggressive or edgy like Kara or go in a Horror direction.

It is important to note in the comic books there have been two main Supergirl’s. There was Kara Zor El who is the character they are using in the current ‘Supergirl’ show and then there is Linda Danvers who was actually the star of the biggest selling series of ‘Supergirl.’ Linda Danvers very different than Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) and Superman and instead of being Kryptonin she started out as a human who was a former drug addict and member of a demonic cult who sacrificed people to demons and when her boyfriend, Buzz (the cult leader) turned on Linda and tried to sacrifice her to a demon the Matrix intervened and saved her. Linda Danvers then merged with the Matrix to become the new Supergirl and she fought demons, vampires, monsters, aliens, werewolves, zombies, witches and even Lucifer to redeem her darkened soul.

Her powers while somewhat similar to Superman also included the ability to shapeshift, heal people, teleport, wings of flame, Telekinesis, make portals, absorb fire, shoot telekinetic blasts out of her hands, can blow things up by focusing on them with her mind and see the last few seconds of a dead person’s life just by looking into their eyes. After separating from the Matrix she went on to become the Earth Born Angel of Fire and was described as the most powerful being in the DC Universe. Unlike Kara and a lot of other DC characters Linda throughout the series too and was a teenager at the start and a 28 year old woman with a daughter at the end. Linda Danvers was my favourite character and if you never read the series it is worth checking out. I collected all the comic books when they first came out and they are currently being re-released in graphic novel form. There was a movie of the ‘Supergirl/Linda Danvers’ series in development back in the early 00s and Peter David was writing the script for it and Alicia Silverstone was the frontrunner for the role and a lot of people in DC thought it would be very successful and would attract ‘Buffy’ fans but one of the heads of Warner Bros stopped it from going through ‘cause he didn’t want to have an edgier Supergirl than Superman on screen which was a joke.

The Linda Danvers Supergirl sounds more interesting. It would be nice to see Supergirl battling vampires, zombies, werewolves and other supernatural entities. I have never associated the character with those elements. If CBS went with that approach it would definitely be more like Buffy, which isn't a bad thing.

I came across this article from Deadine, and when they were still pitching the show, the showrunners said they were going to do a "new" interpretation of Supergirl and her story. Well it isn't really new because as Dazz said she's really just a female Clark Kent.