Post by stargazer1682 on Aug 1, 2020 3:42:44 GMT
Well, this episode boring and pointless. I don't even know where to start.
So Brainwave recorded a series of expositional videos explaining his powers in minute detail; which is super convenient in order for his son to learn what he needed to know. Although, considering Papa Brainwave wakes up by the end of the episode, why was that even necessary to contrive Jr's instruction like that?
For someone supposedly so intelligent, at no point in the last 20 years, Brainwave never considered transferring his video diaries from VHS to digital? I mean, it's hard enough to even find a decent working VCR anymore, much less the tapes; and obviously the tracking wasn't working right with some of those.
It would have been hilarious if Jr was watching one of the videos and discovered it had accidentally been recorded over partly with some old show.
Naturally, Courtney needs to spell out the fact that maybe, if you're going to read someone's casually thoughts, you need to dig a little deeper to get a full picture of who someone actually is, rather than just a flash of what's at the surface. But not surprisingly logic goes out the window the second Plot Contrivance, Attourney at Law walks in thinking about how he's trying to scam him. Heaven forfend Papa Bear actually left instructions about not wanting to be in a persistent vegitative state and have Jr read genuine sympathy from the lawyer for having to deliver unpleasant news.
The scene between Yolanda and Henry was almost good; and it really should have been more the central focus of the plot, expositional dump and contrivances to drive Henry to the dark side. They were on the cusp of exploring something that could have been very effective, where Henry how his behavior has hurt people; and that there is more than just darkness beneath the surface of other people's minds.
But no. Instead they threw that aside in favor of the more simplistic plot. Mind you, the fact that Henry Jr looks 40 and ever since his powers started kicking in has looked increasingly constipated, I'm not sure there's any level of better writing that could have compensated for those shortcomings. Looking the actor up, I know he's only technically 23, but man, that's a rough 23...
So daddy big-brain was a weak willed scientist who was tormented and abused by his father, then gained super-powers. Yeah, I think that pretty much wins super-villain bingo.
As soon as Courtney inexplicably tried to pick up the baking dish from inside the oven without oven mitts, only to realize, "oh, shit, ovens make things too hot to touch with my bare skin." I knew there had to be some contrived reason to have a character do something so obviously stupid. So naturally Icicle picks up the pan without issue - because it's only fair if you're going to make your superheroes incredibly stupid, that you match them against equally stupid villains, who don't know how to not be obvious they have super powers by ignoring things like picking up something that's probably hot. And I'm sure they couldn't have come up with some other intelligent way of having Courtney realize who he was.
But should "Icicle" be invulnerable to heat? If anything, shouldn't be he be more sensitive to eat sources, rather than less? I suppose that might make it difficult to walk around in any temperate climate; and would probably dress in much less insulated clothes. I mean, that is the entire premise behind Mr. Freeze's refrigeration suit; he can't survive for long outside of it anything higher than subzero temperatures. But I suppose Mr. Freeze and Icicle aren't strictly the same.
You gotta love the fact that when looking at the "Seven Soldiers of Victory" photo, Courtney points out whom she describes as Robin Hood; and when Pat is identifying everyone's actual name, he doesn't mention the fact that the "Robin Hood" looking dude is actually supposed to be an alternate version of the Green Arrow. I guess it's understandable not to want to have to explain that or make a correlation that could misconstrued.
Why was the photo in black and white though? How old is Pat? And why is he always involving himself with underage superheroes? I mean, I know this isn't revealing a new partnership, it was still whats-his-name (probably not Courtney's dad) who started out as the Star Spangled Kid and later became Star Man; and that they had already established that Pat met him when the Kid was a teenager and Pat was in his 20s, but now with Courtney and subsequently her Jr Justice Society, it's a little weird that this is becoming his thing. I think they might have gone overboard with how young they made Sylvester, especially in contrast to him growing up to look like Joel McHale, this kid, for one things, is obviously a kid; standing next to the clearly grown-ass Pat, who barely looks any different than he does now.
And come to think of it, Joel McHale is 48; even giving him the benefit of the doubt and saying Sylvester/Starman was only 40 during the fight where he and the rest of the Justice Society was killed, but that was ten years ago; meaning if he were still alive, Sylvester would be at least 50, pegging Pat to be somewhere in his mid 50s/early 60s.
Aaaand of course Barbara walks downstairs while the floating, magic cosmic staff is our and Pat and Courtney are talking about it; because a) they picked probably the most asinine place to hide it, short of just laying it out on the kitchen counter, and b) naturally she would find out in the same episode Pat starts talking about telling Barbara the truth, only for her to find out some other way than them being upfront with her.
Honestly, I like Amy Smart, but her character on this show is so useless, and the writers keep using her to hamstring the plot with inane subplots, like making dinner for her supervillain boss. I hate to say it, but if they can't use the character effectively, I kind of hope they kill her off. She's no Joyce Summers.
So Brainwave recorded a series of expositional videos explaining his powers in minute detail; which is super convenient in order for his son to learn what he needed to know. Although, considering Papa Brainwave wakes up by the end of the episode, why was that even necessary to contrive Jr's instruction like that?
For someone supposedly so intelligent, at no point in the last 20 years, Brainwave never considered transferring his video diaries from VHS to digital? I mean, it's hard enough to even find a decent working VCR anymore, much less the tapes; and obviously the tracking wasn't working right with some of those.
It would have been hilarious if Jr was watching one of the videos and discovered it had accidentally been recorded over partly with some old show.
Naturally, Courtney needs to spell out the fact that maybe, if you're going to read someone's casually thoughts, you need to dig a little deeper to get a full picture of who someone actually is, rather than just a flash of what's at the surface. But not surprisingly logic goes out the window the second Plot Contrivance, Attourney at Law walks in thinking about how he's trying to scam him. Heaven forfend Papa Bear actually left instructions about not wanting to be in a persistent vegitative state and have Jr read genuine sympathy from the lawyer for having to deliver unpleasant news.
The scene between Yolanda and Henry was almost good; and it really should have been more the central focus of the plot, expositional dump and contrivances to drive Henry to the dark side. They were on the cusp of exploring something that could have been very effective, where Henry how his behavior has hurt people; and that there is more than just darkness beneath the surface of other people's minds.
But no. Instead they threw that aside in favor of the more simplistic plot. Mind you, the fact that Henry Jr looks 40 and ever since his powers started kicking in has looked increasingly constipated, I'm not sure there's any level of better writing that could have compensated for those shortcomings. Looking the actor up, I know he's only technically 23, but man, that's a rough 23...
So daddy big-brain was a weak willed scientist who was tormented and abused by his father, then gained super-powers. Yeah, I think that pretty much wins super-villain bingo.
As soon as Courtney inexplicably tried to pick up the baking dish from inside the oven without oven mitts, only to realize, "oh, shit, ovens make things too hot to touch with my bare skin." I knew there had to be some contrived reason to have a character do something so obviously stupid. So naturally Icicle picks up the pan without issue - because it's only fair if you're going to make your superheroes incredibly stupid, that you match them against equally stupid villains, who don't know how to not be obvious they have super powers by ignoring things like picking up something that's probably hot. And I'm sure they couldn't have come up with some other intelligent way of having Courtney realize who he was.
But should "Icicle" be invulnerable to heat? If anything, shouldn't be he be more sensitive to eat sources, rather than less? I suppose that might make it difficult to walk around in any temperate climate; and would probably dress in much less insulated clothes. I mean, that is the entire premise behind Mr. Freeze's refrigeration suit; he can't survive for long outside of it anything higher than subzero temperatures. But I suppose Mr. Freeze and Icicle aren't strictly the same.
You gotta love the fact that when looking at the "Seven Soldiers of Victory" photo, Courtney points out whom she describes as Robin Hood; and when Pat is identifying everyone's actual name, he doesn't mention the fact that the "Robin Hood" looking dude is actually supposed to be an alternate version of the Green Arrow. I guess it's understandable not to want to have to explain that or make a correlation that could misconstrued.
Why was the photo in black and white though? How old is Pat? And why is he always involving himself with underage superheroes? I mean, I know this isn't revealing a new partnership, it was still whats-his-name (probably not Courtney's dad) who started out as the Star Spangled Kid and later became Star Man; and that they had already established that Pat met him when the Kid was a teenager and Pat was in his 20s, but now with Courtney and subsequently her Jr Justice Society, it's a little weird that this is becoming his thing. I think they might have gone overboard with how young they made Sylvester, especially in contrast to him growing up to look like Joel McHale, this kid, for one things, is obviously a kid; standing next to the clearly grown-ass Pat, who barely looks any different than he does now.
And come to think of it, Joel McHale is 48; even giving him the benefit of the doubt and saying Sylvester/Starman was only 40 during the fight where he and the rest of the Justice Society was killed, but that was ten years ago; meaning if he were still alive, Sylvester would be at least 50, pegging Pat to be somewhere in his mid 50s/early 60s.
Aaaand of course Barbara walks downstairs while the floating, magic cosmic staff is our and Pat and Courtney are talking about it; because a) they picked probably the most asinine place to hide it, short of just laying it out on the kitchen counter, and b) naturally she would find out in the same episode Pat starts talking about telling Barbara the truth, only for her to find out some other way than them being upfront with her.
Honestly, I like Amy Smart, but her character on this show is so useless, and the writers keep using her to hamstring the plot with inane subplots, like making dinner for her supervillain boss. I hate to say it, but if they can't use the character effectively, I kind of hope they kill her off. She's no Joyce Summers.