'Supergirl' Pilot Leak: Theft Or CBS Marketing Ploy?

Forbes ^ | May 22, 2015

[SMGFan]

Following the release of what became the most watched trailer of this past month’s upfronts, CBS CBS -0.36% was running on a major high to the fact that it may have finally grasped the millennial market in a way it’s typically not known for thanks to the help of Supergirl. Unfortunately, that excitement may now be short lived as many fans awoke this morning to find the pilot of the series had leaked online through a variety torrent sites in a high-def, 1080p format. However, the high quality nature of the file is making some question the validity of the leak itself. Is it actually possible Warner Bros. (the show’s producing studio) and CBS (who declined to comment on the matter) put the pilot out themselves in order to get people talking this early?

[SMGFan]

I found it on youtube. I think it was released on purpose. A little off centered image but it was a good episode. Melissa Benoist is not guilty.

[rockrr]

How long before her character “comes out”?

[mrsmith]

All TV shows are on the internet quickly, in high quality.

The PR stunt is making a big deal of it: ala this article LOL!

[Veggie Todd]

Shouldn’t the feminazi’s have their undies in a twist over the name supergirl? Shouldn’t it be superwoman?

[max americana]

It’s was planned beforehand and it’s on the torrents too. I won’t say anything else.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

No, it should be ‘super person’ because gender is a social construct. XD

[FreeAtlanta]

That whole nonsense over the N. Korean movie was fraudulent marketing scheme. I don’t put anything past idiots these days.

[COBOL2Java]

[left that other site]

I like the muted, modest, retro, nostalgic super-outfit. I hope that sets the tone for the whole movie.

[COBOL2Java]

[Kirkwood]

How does it make the rest of us feel when one person is singled out as being super? Plus she didn’t earn that. She was born that way.

[left that other site]

Oh my...that is nice! Reminds me of the good old days when I used my lunch money to buy comic books at the train terminal and read them all the way to school.

I loved DC, and Marvel too, but this is the first movie that evokes the memories of those rides on the Boston Elevated over 50 years ago.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I know, right? I’m gutted. /s

[SMGFan]

The founder of media conglomerate CatCo Cat Grant named her. she is portrayed by Calista Flockhart. Cat said she herself is a girl.

[Perdogg]

That would be “Superwomyn” :-)

[MuttTheHoople]

Shouldn’t the feminazi’s have their undies in a twist over the name supergirl? Shouldn’t it be superwoman?

Superwymyn

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

The only kind of Supergirl is the one who gets me a beer when I snap my fingers! OH!

[miliantnutcase]

As chairman Obama would say, “as a super hero you didn’t make it on your own. Somewhere a mad scientist, helped create you or a mystery intergalactic element transformed you... You didn’t make yourself!”

[TomGuy]

The pilot for Wonder Woman happened to make it to the internet a year or so ago when the networks were considering it.

It apparently flopped, as none of the networks picked up the series.

[Secret Agent Man]

I just cannot get excited for another “hero” reboot.