Post by stargazer1682 on Jul 12, 2020 3:53:00 GMT
Dear God, once again Pat and Courtney proved to be the worst liars, which is kind of a prerequisite if you're going to have a secret identity. I swear, to the outside observer it has to look like these two are screwing around - which obviously would be really bad, what with Courtney being his step-daughter and, you know, a minor, but that with all the sneaking around and clumsy explanations, it makes whatever they're doing that they've covering for seem even more suspicious.
Okay, so Barbara does apparently work in... an office... for the Mayor? Governor? I know it's Icicle, but I'm not clear what his position is. He's talking about some property out of town, but he mentions city council.
So if they need someplace to train, why not the JSA base? Surely they had some sort of practical space, unless it was only used for hanging giant banners of their likeness. Naturally it's not super clear where the base is located relative to Blue Valley, seeing as Courtney rode STRIPE there the first time she visited, but she went back on her own to get the JSA gear.
Whatever. If Pat can build his mech suit in secret, it really doesn't matter...
I honest to God expected Pat to say, "Teamwork makes the dream work."
Shock, gaps, Cindy's the daughter of a villain, who has trainer her to be a villain. I can not believe it. 😐
I mean, I can believe it, because even before I saw the stills of her in her villain outfit prior to getting around to watching this, I could see what they were planning a mile away; because again, despite it's initial appearances of being something awesome and original, is basically a mash-up of Disney's Descendant and Power Rangers. And not even the classic MMPR, but one of the lamer later seasons, like Dino Thunder. So of course her dad is going to turn out to be a villain, because half the parents on the show have turned out to be a villain; and now Cindy's basically turning out to be that one evil Ranger that appears each season. Which probably means Courtney will deliver some grand speech about friendship or smash and amulet or some bullshit and Cindy will want to give up killing people and become a hero...
I think the more disappointing element is that they had the chance to a route more like Cordelia on Buffy; who started out as an entitled diva and bully, only to develop into a character with much greater depth and compassion. Maybe that sort of arc would have been predictable too.
Yeah, okay, so Pat's son (whose name is apparently Mike), is jealous of the "dad-time" Courtney's getting from Pat. Although, for one thing, the show has relegated both this kid and Barbara, to the background for the last 6 episode; one of the rare exceptions being last week when they actually did have the two bond, which kind of undermines his argument a little that he doesn't interact with Barbara the same way Courtney has been with Pat. And seeing as how in truth Pat and Courtney were hardly interact for a long stretch while Courtney was running around behind his back to assemble a new JSA; Mike's argument seems a little overstated. I suppose I can understand his resentment to a point, but until now we didn't have any reason to think Pat hadn't been giving his son the enough attention (aside from that time he and Courtney randomly decided to up and leave to visit the JSA headquarters). I don't count the last episode where Pat didn't go to the science fair, since Matt told him parents weren't invited. Sure, in the real world information probably would have gone out to parents to tell them otherwise, but seeing as neither Pat nor Barbara knew of the fair beforehand, they also wouldn't have any reason to doubt what Mike tells them when he says parents don't attend; which is not impossible for some types of school functions. I thought it was weird Barbara showed up anyway, even if it was predictable.
Hmm, now I wonder who Matt's mom is (was?) and why she's no longer in the picture. Probably a super villain...
Is Sports Master Pat's trainer? Or are they just two generic looking white guys?
Let me guess, the janitor is Johnny Thunder? If memory serves, in the comics they did some type of story where Johnny, in his post hero life, kind of lost touch with his sense of reality. People didn't understand the importance of his pen and thought his stories of a genie were delusions.
I could be way off and it could be someone else from the old JSA...
Part Two
Well, ramming your car into a post is...one way of explaining Courtney's injuries. I can't think of another plausible way, but how exactly did that all work out, since I assume Courtney wasn't in the car? Or maybe she was, so paramedics on the scene would find her there, but what about Mike? He definitely wouldn't have been in the car when Pat clearly, intentionally crashed the car; so what's the explanation for Courtney and Pat out riding around without Mike? Are they going to claim Courtney was driving? *Sigh*.... They're going to claim Courtney was driving....
But how did Pat get her to the hospital? Like, in what condition? She seems to be waking up in the hospital, ostensibly for the first time since the fight; did Pat... changer her out of her Stargirl costume, before taking her into the hospital?
I'll admit, they kind of had me with Cindy's visit to Courtney's house; because of course it would be cliche for her not to pick up on the obvious clues that Courtney was Stargirl and go to her house and make it seem like she knows, only for it to turn out to be because she legitimately wanted to show her sympathy. Figuring it out is a level of self-awareness they couldn't even give Lena Luthor...
Did this really need to be two episode...?
I really feel bad for Pat; he's basically gone from side-kick to babysitter...
If you're going to use your brain to float an old fashioned key around the room and see what it might open; might it not make more sense to try one of the less common locks in the room first? I mean, why both trying to use it on the fucking patio door before the random locks on a bookcase? For someone with telekensis, this guy's kind of dumb.
This last minute rematch feels so fucking anti-climactic. Like, sure, Cindy beat Courtney bad the last episode, but there's virtually no stakes here, other than Cindy knowing Courtney's identity. And she could probably figure out by association who her super-friends are, but they're treating this fight like it's some sort of epic showdown, with a bunch of build up that's never actually happened. Plus, they've staged things in such a way that there's really only likely outcome; which, even before I watch more than the first minute of the fight, I can probably guess that Cindy is going to be taken down to such a degree as to be near death, either by Courtney, which will weigh on her, or by Henry, possibly as a result of him losing control of his powers. Given her advanced healing, compounded with her knowing about Courtney, it's the only viable conclusion to the fight that allows Courtney and the others to go about their so-called normal lives next week. It's the exact same reason Brainwave ended up in a coma. They've made her too powerful of foe and given her too much of an edge to allow Cindy to come out of this episode as a continuing threat.
No doubt whatever condition she's in at the end, her father will stitch her back together or grow a new one or whatever. Which will probably be the concluding shot of the episode.
And....it's Henry. Called it... Albeit, Cindy's less defeated than expected and more...dragged down to the sewer to by monks...?
Okay, so Barbara does apparently work in... an office... for the Mayor? Governor? I know it's Icicle, but I'm not clear what his position is. He's talking about some property out of town, but he mentions city council.
So if they need someplace to train, why not the JSA base? Surely they had some sort of practical space, unless it was only used for hanging giant banners of their likeness. Naturally it's not super clear where the base is located relative to Blue Valley, seeing as Courtney rode STRIPE there the first time she visited, but she went back on her own to get the JSA gear.
Whatever. If Pat can build his mech suit in secret, it really doesn't matter...
I honest to God expected Pat to say, "Teamwork makes the dream work."
Shock, gaps, Cindy's the daughter of a villain, who has trainer her to be a villain. I can not believe it. 😐
I mean, I can believe it, because even before I saw the stills of her in her villain outfit prior to getting around to watching this, I could see what they were planning a mile away; because again, despite it's initial appearances of being something awesome and original, is basically a mash-up of Disney's Descendant and Power Rangers. And not even the classic MMPR, but one of the lamer later seasons, like Dino Thunder. So of course her dad is going to turn out to be a villain, because half the parents on the show have turned out to be a villain; and now Cindy's basically turning out to be that one evil Ranger that appears each season. Which probably means Courtney will deliver some grand speech about friendship or smash and amulet or some bullshit and Cindy will want to give up killing people and become a hero...
I think the more disappointing element is that they had the chance to a route more like Cordelia on Buffy; who started out as an entitled diva and bully, only to develop into a character with much greater depth and compassion. Maybe that sort of arc would have been predictable too.
Yeah, okay, so Pat's son (whose name is apparently Mike), is jealous of the "dad-time" Courtney's getting from Pat. Although, for one thing, the show has relegated both this kid and Barbara, to the background for the last 6 episode; one of the rare exceptions being last week when they actually did have the two bond, which kind of undermines his argument a little that he doesn't interact with Barbara the same way Courtney has been with Pat. And seeing as how in truth Pat and Courtney were hardly interact for a long stretch while Courtney was running around behind his back to assemble a new JSA; Mike's argument seems a little overstated. I suppose I can understand his resentment to a point, but until now we didn't have any reason to think Pat hadn't been giving his son the enough attention (aside from that time he and Courtney randomly decided to up and leave to visit the JSA headquarters). I don't count the last episode where Pat didn't go to the science fair, since Matt told him parents weren't invited. Sure, in the real world information probably would have gone out to parents to tell them otherwise, but seeing as neither Pat nor Barbara knew of the fair beforehand, they also wouldn't have any reason to doubt what Mike tells them when he says parents don't attend; which is not impossible for some types of school functions. I thought it was weird Barbara showed up anyway, even if it was predictable.
Hmm, now I wonder who Matt's mom is (was?) and why she's no longer in the picture. Probably a super villain...
Is Sports Master Pat's trainer? Or are they just two generic looking white guys?
Let me guess, the janitor is Johnny Thunder? If memory serves, in the comics they did some type of story where Johnny, in his post hero life, kind of lost touch with his sense of reality. People didn't understand the importance of his pen and thought his stories of a genie were delusions.
I could be way off and it could be someone else from the old JSA...
Part Two
Well, ramming your car into a post is...one way of explaining Courtney's injuries. I can't think of another plausible way, but how exactly did that all work out, since I assume Courtney wasn't in the car? Or maybe she was, so paramedics on the scene would find her there, but what about Mike? He definitely wouldn't have been in the car when Pat clearly, intentionally crashed the car; so what's the explanation for Courtney and Pat out riding around without Mike? Are they going to claim Courtney was driving? *Sigh*.... They're going to claim Courtney was driving....
But how did Pat get her to the hospital? Like, in what condition? She seems to be waking up in the hospital, ostensibly for the first time since the fight; did Pat... changer her out of her Stargirl costume, before taking her into the hospital?
I'll admit, they kind of had me with Cindy's visit to Courtney's house; because of course it would be cliche for her not to pick up on the obvious clues that Courtney was Stargirl and go to her house and make it seem like she knows, only for it to turn out to be because she legitimately wanted to show her sympathy. Figuring it out is a level of self-awareness they couldn't even give Lena Luthor...
Did this really need to be two episode...?
I really feel bad for Pat; he's basically gone from side-kick to babysitter...
If you're going to use your brain to float an old fashioned key around the room and see what it might open; might it not make more sense to try one of the less common locks in the room first? I mean, why both trying to use it on the fucking patio door before the random locks on a bookcase? For someone with telekensis, this guy's kind of dumb.
This last minute rematch feels so fucking anti-climactic. Like, sure, Cindy beat Courtney bad the last episode, but there's virtually no stakes here, other than Cindy knowing Courtney's identity. And she could probably figure out by association who her super-friends are, but they're treating this fight like it's some sort of epic showdown, with a bunch of build up that's never actually happened. Plus, they've staged things in such a way that there's really only likely outcome; which, even before I watch more than the first minute of the fight, I can probably guess that Cindy is going to be taken down to such a degree as to be near death, either by Courtney, which will weigh on her, or by Henry, possibly as a result of him losing control of his powers. Given her advanced healing, compounded with her knowing about Courtney, it's the only viable conclusion to the fight that allows Courtney and the others to go about their so-called normal lives next week. It's the exact same reason Brainwave ended up in a coma. They've made her too powerful of foe and given her too much of an edge to allow Cindy to come out of this episode as a continuing threat.
No doubt whatever condition she's in at the end, her father will stitch her back together or grow a new one or whatever. Which will probably be the concluding shot of the episode.
And....it's Henry. Called it... Albeit, Cindy's less defeated than expected and more...dragged down to the sewer to by monks...?
