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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LOL! *sorry* Hi Backwoods Engineer. I’m Rabidralph and I watched Electra Woman and Dyna Girl as a kid, too. I also watched ISIS and HR Puff n Stuff and a healthy dose of Fractured Fairy Tales and Tennessee Tuxedo. I regret nothing.
Both Laura and Kristin are breathtakingly beautiful.
I was a toddler when that show aired. :-P
The funniest ad was when Supergirl pulled back her blouse to
reveal a skinny little ribcage like Superman used to do. -
Catty Twinkie
She had perfect form running.
I've seen Olympic athletes that would die for this form.
WONDER WOMAN!!!
The question, with apologies to Lerner and Loewe, isn't "Why can't a woman be more like a man?" but "Why would she WANT to?"
She looks dull
Which one ? Vandervoort or the new girl ?
It may very well be that Professor Higgins was a fag.
I always wondered why Superman didn’t fly in a Barcalounger of Lazyboy.
All stretched out like that, arms straight ahead, fists—it doesn’t look very comfortable.
They reboot Electra Woman and Dyna girl for Netflix or one of streaming service
OH MAN I remember ISIS
I saw her in Vegas, in ‘83. She put on a good show and opened for George Burns.
New girl
Vandervoort was smoking hot in “V”
I would have been a “Live a Board” for her....
Melissa Benoist is cute . And she had a revealing appearance early season one Homeland. She sang well on “Glee”
I like that she doesn’t need a huge ‘S’ on her costume, just big...cleavages. If bullets bounce off of ‘em, she’s got it made!
utter and complete garbage.
hollywood would be better served to spend more time on story and content and less time worrying about the demographics of their latest social engineering vehicle
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