Post by stargazer1682 on May 22, 2018 3:53:21 GMT
Yeah, this episode was pretty much a waste. I don't even know where to start, the first act was so dull.
Kara is having a crisis over her dual identity and relationship with Lena. Alex is super clueless how to be there for Ruby.
They think the former Supergirl-now-World-Killer cult is making a bomb, but they're really trying to make a new world killer. Lena's latest attempt to cure Sam fails and Supergirl gets pissed Lena has yet another toy that diminishes her demi-god like status. Then James gets his mask shot off, but rather than using his smoke grenade then so he and Tanya can make a retreat, given that the people he's fighting have armor piercing bullets (that only crack his mask...); he holds off until the police show up and aim at the wrong guy.
Where to start..
Okay, I'm going to give credit where credit is due and say James' story, in comparison to the rest of the episode, was not that bad. For once the hero identity crisis isn't based on oversimplified ideas of putting loved ones in jeopardy or some such thing, but something more personal for him. There's a small part of me that watched him share the story with Lena about the first time cops put handcuffs on him that wanted to think it's not really that bad, to hope they were playing up the sentimentality to make a point, but the louder, pragmatic side of me is inclined to believe that, even if that particular story were a fictional account - and I'm really hoping it was 100% made up - the reality is more than probably least that bad. And though I don't personally know that reality, I do believe it; and the more I think about it, the more it hurts my soul...
Now let's get back on topic with the stupid stuff.
Seriously Mon-El, lying to Lena is the nobel thing to do, because the only reason Kara would do it is for her own benefit? That's the kind mentally gymnastics a guy cheating on his wife would do for keeping his infidelity a secret. "No, knowing that the babysitter gave Chlamydia would only make her sad. So really, I'm a hero for not telling her..."
Oh, but J'Onn has basically the same talk with Mon-El, saying that telling Kara the truth about his feelings would be selfish, so it's cool.... [Sigh]
Wait, did Mon-El just quote the movie Hook?
And who's bright idea was to take the senile alien to a noisy, crowded video arcade? What did you think was going to happen?? When J'Onn said studies showed 3d video games might help his father's condition, I assumed he'd buy him an Xbox or something. Silly me. Without that trip there wouldn't be any excuse to play foosball with Ruby. After all, J'onn's dad really is the best person to relate to her. It's not like anything weird happened with Alex's dad...
Speaking of nothing happening with Alex, remember when she was supposed to be some type of biology expert, specializing in aliens, specifically Kryptonians? Why isn't she helping Lena? If they're not going to put Lena and Kara together - and in a toss up between her or Mon-El, I can't fathom why Kara would pick Mon - at least put Lena with Alex and have them raise Ruby together after Sam's probable death. And the two of them working on a cure together could be the start of that relationship. I mean, is there anything sexier than lab coats and Bunsen burners?
Instead, Alex is trying way harder to connect with Ruby than someone who's had her own issues when it came to losing a parent - and then getting that parent back, only to discover they're a cyborg who ends betraying you....
And she even acknowledges her own history, but somehow she can't make practical use of it. Instead of buying books, why wouldn't she ask her mom how she got through to her? Why not open up to Ruby, instead of trying to distract her?
And then there's Lena. I'm not sure what to make of this story and where they are going between her and Kara. In spite of what others have said, I hope they don't use this to make Lena a villain; because it's too easy and boring. Just because the two don't see eye to eye shouldn't mean Lena has to be wrong or made a litteraly bad guy.
What was even more eye roll worthy though had to be Lena's search for a cure, and how this substance to make a world killer was "the exact inverse" of what she needed to make a cure. Really? The exact inverse? How could you possibly know that? And what does that even mean? What makes something the exact opposite of something else? Is it anti-matter? How do you know that something is so much not what you're looking for without knowing what that inverse is?
I had to rewind that part to make sure I didn't miss an explanation, like, what they were looking for was a device to make the stuff that was the opposite of the stuff that Lena would need; so then they would just need to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow or whatever and then they'd have what they need. But no, they found the stuff and somehow going to reverse it; and as I sit here writing this, I can't help but wonder if this show is just that dumb, if my brain has genuinely been melting as I get over this cold I have, or if somehow Lena is just that smart as to pull something so ridiculous out of her ass...
And speaking of pulling things out of one's butt, where did Mon store his spare clothes to pull off that costume change?
Why would you give the crazy cult leader the right ingredients to make a world killer? They're not going to know if you're lying until it's too late. Oh, it doesn't matter? Supergirl just talks her out of it, then zaps the rock out of her hand without somehow taking the hand too? Okay, pointless conflict it is. And for a second I thought they might use that to setup an even better twist, whereby saving the girl, Supergirl gets infected and becomes the new world killer. But no.
And how convulted can they make this whole world killer thing? It's that person with a deep-seated alternate personality, but no, it's actually an entirely different entity swapping places from another dimension, but still looks like that person, but is overwriting that person's DNA, but you can brew up a stone to make another one, but you can still reach the person and talk them out of it. But Sam and the world killers aren't actually human right? Or are they? I've assumed they were sent from Krypton and raised by foster parents like Kara and Clark, but that always seemed too convenient; plus why wouldn't they be normal Kryptonians when the world killers weren't in control of them? Is it like the Doomsday spores from the New 52? Some alternate take on black kryptonite? It's like they're just making it up as they go along...
How convenient Lena and Winn are able to scan for and find a rock signature - or anything - in a five light year radius from Earth.
Good thing J'Onn tuned up the FTL drive on his ship, they can probably get there and back in a couple of hours. I mean, it's a faster than light drive, it should get there pretty quickly; the Enterprise would probably get there less than 12 hours...
Oh it's going to take a whole episode? Cool.
And you've yet again spoiled the big reveal of the next episode in the preview?
......[sigh]
Kara is having a crisis over her dual identity and relationship with Lena. Alex is super clueless how to be there for Ruby.
They think the former Supergirl-now-World-Killer cult is making a bomb, but they're really trying to make a new world killer. Lena's latest attempt to cure Sam fails and Supergirl gets pissed Lena has yet another toy that diminishes her demi-god like status. Then James gets his mask shot off, but rather than using his smoke grenade then so he and Tanya can make a retreat, given that the people he's fighting have armor piercing bullets (that only crack his mask...); he holds off until the police show up and aim at the wrong guy.
Where to start..
Okay, I'm going to give credit where credit is due and say James' story, in comparison to the rest of the episode, was not that bad. For once the hero identity crisis isn't based on oversimplified ideas of putting loved ones in jeopardy or some such thing, but something more personal for him. There's a small part of me that watched him share the story with Lena about the first time cops put handcuffs on him that wanted to think it's not really that bad, to hope they were playing up the sentimentality to make a point, but the louder, pragmatic side of me is inclined to believe that, even if that particular story were a fictional account - and I'm really hoping it was 100% made up - the reality is more than probably least that bad. And though I don't personally know that reality, I do believe it; and the more I think about it, the more it hurts my soul...
Now let's get back on topic with the stupid stuff.
Seriously Mon-El, lying to Lena is the nobel thing to do, because the only reason Kara would do it is for her own benefit? That's the kind mentally gymnastics a guy cheating on his wife would do for keeping his infidelity a secret. "No, knowing that the babysitter gave Chlamydia would only make her sad. So really, I'm a hero for not telling her..."
Oh, but J'Onn has basically the same talk with Mon-El, saying that telling Kara the truth about his feelings would be selfish, so it's cool.... [Sigh]
Wait, did Mon-El just quote the movie Hook?
And who's bright idea was to take the senile alien to a noisy, crowded video arcade? What did you think was going to happen?? When J'Onn said studies showed 3d video games might help his father's condition, I assumed he'd buy him an Xbox or something. Silly me. Without that trip there wouldn't be any excuse to play foosball with Ruby. After all, J'onn's dad really is the best person to relate to her. It's not like anything weird happened with Alex's dad...
Speaking of nothing happening with Alex, remember when she was supposed to be some type of biology expert, specializing in aliens, specifically Kryptonians? Why isn't she helping Lena? If they're not going to put Lena and Kara together - and in a toss up between her or Mon-El, I can't fathom why Kara would pick Mon - at least put Lena with Alex and have them raise Ruby together after Sam's probable death. And the two of them working on a cure together could be the start of that relationship. I mean, is there anything sexier than lab coats and Bunsen burners?
Instead, Alex is trying way harder to connect with Ruby than someone who's had her own issues when it came to losing a parent - and then getting that parent back, only to discover they're a cyborg who ends betraying you....
And she even acknowledges her own history, but somehow she can't make practical use of it. Instead of buying books, why wouldn't she ask her mom how she got through to her? Why not open up to Ruby, instead of trying to distract her?
And then there's Lena. I'm not sure what to make of this story and where they are going between her and Kara. In spite of what others have said, I hope they don't use this to make Lena a villain; because it's too easy and boring. Just because the two don't see eye to eye shouldn't mean Lena has to be wrong or made a litteraly bad guy.
What was even more eye roll worthy though had to be Lena's search for a cure, and how this substance to make a world killer was "the exact inverse" of what she needed to make a cure. Really? The exact inverse? How could you possibly know that? And what does that even mean? What makes something the exact opposite of something else? Is it anti-matter? How do you know that something is so much not what you're looking for without knowing what that inverse is?
I had to rewind that part to make sure I didn't miss an explanation, like, what they were looking for was a device to make the stuff that was the opposite of the stuff that Lena would need; so then they would just need to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow or whatever and then they'd have what they need. But no, they found the stuff and somehow going to reverse it; and as I sit here writing this, I can't help but wonder if this show is just that dumb, if my brain has genuinely been melting as I get over this cold I have, or if somehow Lena is just that smart as to pull something so ridiculous out of her ass...
And speaking of pulling things out of one's butt, where did Mon store his spare clothes to pull off that costume change?
Why would you give the crazy cult leader the right ingredients to make a world killer? They're not going to know if you're lying until it's too late. Oh, it doesn't matter? Supergirl just talks her out of it, then zaps the rock out of her hand without somehow taking the hand too? Okay, pointless conflict it is. And for a second I thought they might use that to setup an even better twist, whereby saving the girl, Supergirl gets infected and becomes the new world killer. But no.
And how convulted can they make this whole world killer thing? It's that person with a deep-seated alternate personality, but no, it's actually an entirely different entity swapping places from another dimension, but still looks like that person, but is overwriting that person's DNA, but you can brew up a stone to make another one, but you can still reach the person and talk them out of it. But Sam and the world killers aren't actually human right? Or are they? I've assumed they were sent from Krypton and raised by foster parents like Kara and Clark, but that always seemed too convenient; plus why wouldn't they be normal Kryptonians when the world killers weren't in control of them? Is it like the Doomsday spores from the New 52? Some alternate take on black kryptonite? It's like they're just making it up as they go along...
How convenient Lena and Winn are able to scan for and find a rock signature - or anything - in a five light year radius from Earth.
Good thing J'Onn tuned up the FTL drive on his ship, they can probably get there and back in a couple of hours. I mean, it's a faster than light drive, it should get there pretty quickly; the Enterprise would probably get there less than 12 hours...
Oh it's going to take a whole episode? Cool.
And you've yet again spoiled the big reveal of the next episode in the preview?
......[sigh]
