Posted on 10/19/2015 3:06:12 PM PDT by Bratch
CBS' Supergirl shouldn't have to be a feminist landmark, but it is.
In a cultural moment in which we're so far past superhero saturation that a greasy layer of superhero residue seems to be building up on every medium, Marvel still gets gloaty that by tacking the words "and the Wasp" onto an Ant-Man sequel, it had its first Marvel Studios release named after its heroine.
On the small screen, Marvel is doing a bit better with Agent Carter getting her own titled listing and with Jessica Jones on the way to Netflix.
For DC Comics, machismo also dominates, at least on the surface. Constantine had so little interest in its women that it swapped female leads between the first two episodes and nobody really cared.Gotham has a few interesting female characters, but the closest thing it had to a lead went off a rooftop last season. Arrow and Flash are full of vivid female characters, but they have been stealthily Trojan-horsed into male-driven vehicles.
No less a heroine than Wonder Woman, she of a beloved TV series from an era past, needed to be smuggled into an overstuffed Zack Snyder movie with two dudes in the title while DC struggles — and continues to fail — to bring her to the screen solo.
So when a waitress in the Supergirl pilot reflects on the arrival of her town's new savior, she surely speaks for some portion of the audience.
"Can you believe it?" she muses. "A female hero. Nice for my daughter to have someone like that to look up to."
Make no mistake, Supergirl is important, but taking some of the weight off of her Kryptonian shoulders, it's also just plain fun.
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If I had all those powers, I sure be laughing a lot. Too many scowls in all the superhero shows lately (The Flash being the exception).
The following is all my opinion:
Guy superheros don’t run around blabbering about their maleness... Until writers get it that self introspection about what is between your legs is not part of the draw to watch a super hero show/movie... they will continue to fail to make a widely appealing female lead super hero show. From what I’ve seen from the previews, supergirl falls into the same old trap. Spends more time worrying about the fact she is female (one of billions) than about the fact that she is a Kryptonian (one of less than a dozen left?)
If they want to see a model of how to do a strong female character and do her right, look at Carol from the walking dead. She was the MVP in last nights walking dead episode, was believable (as far as that goes in a zombie apocalypse show) and showed up several men without making it a war of the sexes type encounter. I cracked up laughing when she walked by the prisoner two guys had spent time to carefully tie up and gave him a head shot without breaking stride. She was taking care of business, not waxing philosophical about the role of women/privilege/other special interest group.
Time spent making a social statement and parroting the SJW talking points is time not spent taking it to the bad guys... The greatest way to show you are equal is to be confident enough not to be insecure about it.
Hillary’s running for President again.
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It was so-so, far from spectacular. It might last one season, but I doubt it. The pilot lacked any significant appeal.
I hearing they may introduce Power girl in future episode give it a time remember Powergirl is Superman and Supergirl cousin
She’s nowhere near as hot as Laura Vandervoort.
Good ol Power Girl with the “target demographic” uniform window.
Back when ISIS meant something completely different.
Aww! Yer takin’ me back.
Well stated.
What you’re talking about is the difference between showing and telling. The zombie flick woman “showed” and that’s what captures viewers. But having somebody preach (telling) is pure propaganda. One of the reasons I gave up watching TV, back in the ‘90’s, was the liberal agenda came across loud and clear, usually in a narrative dump.
Pass.
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so wonder woman was a flop before it aired.
this is now a flop too.
The idiots who write this stuff have no concept of language. There are gender based words. (ie heroine)
This is how to fix DC comic. FIRE ALL excutives and writers. MOVE all operations out of NYC’s vicinity or ANYWHERE near California. Sell it all to Disney.
Vandervoort was unusually hot but her character was not well done.
There seems to be a lot of Dutch living in the Vancouver area where “Smallville” was made. Kristin Kreuk was also half Dutch.
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