Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 12:16:46 GMT
Apr 16, 2018 11:50:19 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:
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.
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.
Yeah. Linda Danvers is more interesting and unique. Not only did she have her own superpowers and backstory that was very different than Superman’s and any other superhero we have seen on screen she had her own reoccurring villains and setting in Leesburg. You might also be interested to know Linda wore a blonde wig when she was Supergirl and her real hair colour was brown (as seen below). If they had gone through with the Linda Danvers/Supergirl’ movie that was being written by her creator, Peter David it would have been very different than the show we have now and the Helen Slater movie and I think we would still have her as the Supergirl today and a number of people working at DC have even said it ‘cause she was more popular than Kara and a movie could have seen her explode. The ‘Linda Danvers’ series got more fan letters from female readers than any other comic book series ever had at the time and was more popular among female readers than Wonder Woman.
One funny thing about Linda Danvers you might not be aware of is she married Superman in the comic books and they had a daughter together who was Supergirl in the future.
Linda Danvers was meant to continue as Superwoman after they brought back Kara Zor-El but sadly, Peter David had a falling out with one of the high ups at DC in the mid 00s over the direction of the character and left the company. There was an unofficial follow up series he made called 'Fallen Angel' (which was actually originally meant to be the name of the comic books but DC made him tone it down a lot and decided to make Linda the new 'Supergirl') and in 'Fallen Angel' the lead character Liandra Lee mentions a lot of the events that happened in the 'Supergirl' comic books and is very similar to Linda in personality and when asked if she was the same character Peter David said yes but he couldn't confirm it being under another company.
