Post by stargazer1682 on Jun 21, 2020 4:12:17 GMT
S1 Ep 5 - Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite
Just by virtue of the episode title and the previews after the previous episode, it’s obvious that this is going to be the fourth origin story out of five episodes; for a total of five new heroes. I’ve already complained at length about the poor pacing of this story, to be more than a third through the season and still introducing new main characters; and I expect more forced development via Courtney handpicking at least one if not both the new Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite.
And just as with Yolanda, we know virtually nothing about Beth or Rick prior to this episode. I don’t even think we’ve met Rick before this episode, but I’m not even sure about that; because this show keeps having all these different characters flit in and out and most of them are interchangeable, and they don’t give any of them enough time to establish who they are. And all we know about Beth is that she’s… intense, even for her parents.
Man, could they make Rick’s uncle more of a dick without attaching a large scrotum to him? I get not everyone’s cutout for being a parent and he had the job literally dropped in his lap, but Jesus Christ; if you feel he’s that much of a burden and you know both his parents are dead, of which one of them was your fucking sister, surely you and he would both be better off finding someone else to raise him. Another relative or adoption, something.
And what’s the point of him selling the carburetor Rick bought for the Mustang? Sure, looking up vintage carburetors for a 66 Mustang can run a few hundred bucks, which is nothing to sneeze at, but what are the odds this moron happened to find some random person looking for the same part Rick needed? For that matter, Pat apparently had the right kind of carburetor just laying around to gift to Rick. I suppose the truth is that Pat could have had the part for Rex and it wasn’t really a coincidence.
What exactly is Courtney’s mom’s new job? Have they even said what she does and I missed it? I know at some point she was in a meeting with the evil mayor, but was she there for work? Was it a press conference and she was there as a general member of the public? A reporter? Do we actually know her name yet? I have to believe that someone at some point has actually mentioned it, but I’ll be damned if I remember that happening. I remember the kid they killed off was named Joey, yet Amy Smart’s character has so far only managed to rank as “Courtney’s Mom”. And sure, I could look it up, but I shouldn’t have to do that much work to know who the fuck these people are.
How the fuck does the Dr. Mid-Nite goggles know all these current factoids about people like Beth, when it hasn’t been in use in 9 years? Has it really been updating while gathering dust at JSA headquarters?
Of course Brainwave’s kid is going to develop the same mental powers, because this show has basically become the DC/Warner Brother’s equivalent of Disney’s Descendants…
Courtney is very careless with her secret identity; first Yolanda, then Beth overhears, then they casually reveal themselves to Rick, who they barely know. Given his response, this could have gone very badly for them. They could have made the approach in costume and kept their identities secret until they knew whether or not they could trust him. But there again, the writers could have also had him discover his connection to his father’s powers in a more natural way.
Huh, I was a little surprised to find out that Rex Tyler was played by Lou Ferrigno Jr.; a fact I only put together when I looked him up, on account of when I first saw the name in the credits at the top of the episode, I completely missed the “Jr” part and not only assume it was the Lou Ferrigno, but subsequently assumed he would be playing Solomon Grundy – an assumption that seems more unlikely seeing that Lou Sr. is pushing 70, but still not necessarily outside the realm of possibility.
But of course when we not only didn’t see Grundy, but also no sign of Lou Ferrigno, I had to check what I was missing; only to see the “Jr” part of the credit; which I then had to look up.
Still, that only further highlights my gripe with how they’ve been plotting (or rather, plodding) this story. If this series was going to be more than just “Stargirl” as the title would otherwise suggest, then assembling the JSA should have happened within the first 1-2 episodes. Getting Yolanda or Rick’s backstory could have come later, building to an episode like this; which absolutely should have been a Grundy episode, that not only dealt the Jr JSA taking him on, but also went into more detail about what happened to Rick’s parents and his relationship with his uncle. If they didn’t have to spend so much time establishing Beth and Rick and in their respective hero roles during this episode, they would have had more time to flesh those other areas out.
Just by virtue of the episode title and the previews after the previous episode, it’s obvious that this is going to be the fourth origin story out of five episodes; for a total of five new heroes. I’ve already complained at length about the poor pacing of this story, to be more than a third through the season and still introducing new main characters; and I expect more forced development via Courtney handpicking at least one if not both the new Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite.
And just as with Yolanda, we know virtually nothing about Beth or Rick prior to this episode. I don’t even think we’ve met Rick before this episode, but I’m not even sure about that; because this show keeps having all these different characters flit in and out and most of them are interchangeable, and they don’t give any of them enough time to establish who they are. And all we know about Beth is that she’s… intense, even for her parents.
Man, could they make Rick’s uncle more of a dick without attaching a large scrotum to him? I get not everyone’s cutout for being a parent and he had the job literally dropped in his lap, but Jesus Christ; if you feel he’s that much of a burden and you know both his parents are dead, of which one of them was your fucking sister, surely you and he would both be better off finding someone else to raise him. Another relative or adoption, something.
And what’s the point of him selling the carburetor Rick bought for the Mustang? Sure, looking up vintage carburetors for a 66 Mustang can run a few hundred bucks, which is nothing to sneeze at, but what are the odds this moron happened to find some random person looking for the same part Rick needed? For that matter, Pat apparently had the right kind of carburetor just laying around to gift to Rick. I suppose the truth is that Pat could have had the part for Rex and it wasn’t really a coincidence.
What exactly is Courtney’s mom’s new job? Have they even said what she does and I missed it? I know at some point she was in a meeting with the evil mayor, but was she there for work? Was it a press conference and she was there as a general member of the public? A reporter? Do we actually know her name yet? I have to believe that someone at some point has actually mentioned it, but I’ll be damned if I remember that happening. I remember the kid they killed off was named Joey, yet Amy Smart’s character has so far only managed to rank as “Courtney’s Mom”. And sure, I could look it up, but I shouldn’t have to do that much work to know who the fuck these people are.
How the fuck does the Dr. Mid-Nite goggles know all these current factoids about people like Beth, when it hasn’t been in use in 9 years? Has it really been updating while gathering dust at JSA headquarters?
Of course Brainwave’s kid is going to develop the same mental powers, because this show has basically become the DC/Warner Brother’s equivalent of Disney’s Descendants…
Courtney is very careless with her secret identity; first Yolanda, then Beth overhears, then they casually reveal themselves to Rick, who they barely know. Given his response, this could have gone very badly for them. They could have made the approach in costume and kept their identities secret until they knew whether or not they could trust him. But there again, the writers could have also had him discover his connection to his father’s powers in a more natural way.
Huh, I was a little surprised to find out that Rex Tyler was played by Lou Ferrigno Jr.; a fact I only put together when I looked him up, on account of when I first saw the name in the credits at the top of the episode, I completely missed the “Jr” part and not only assume it was the Lou Ferrigno, but subsequently assumed he would be playing Solomon Grundy – an assumption that seems more unlikely seeing that Lou Sr. is pushing 70, but still not necessarily outside the realm of possibility.
But of course when we not only didn’t see Grundy, but also no sign of Lou Ferrigno, I had to check what I was missing; only to see the “Jr” part of the credit; which I then had to look up.
Still, that only further highlights my gripe with how they’ve been plotting (or rather, plodding) this story. If this series was going to be more than just “Stargirl” as the title would otherwise suggest, then assembling the JSA should have happened within the first 1-2 episodes. Getting Yolanda or Rick’s backstory could have come later, building to an episode like this; which absolutely should have been a Grundy episode, that not only dealt the Jr JSA taking him on, but also went into more detail about what happened to Rick’s parents and his relationship with his uncle. If they didn’t have to spend so much time establishing Beth and Rick and in their respective hero roles during this episode, they would have had more time to flesh those other areas out.