Kara’s powers are going to be put to the test, but the same goes for her humanity.
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Cat’s speech was in the original pitch for the show, he said, and it became an important part of the episode – especially in terms of honoring the original comic. “We wanted to have a conversation with our characters that we believed the audience would be having, and that others might be having”. In her 20s now, Kara is a mild-mannered assistant at the media company CatCo; but of course, the world really needs her to be more, and she must decide whether or not to take up the mantle of a superhero.
“We were like, ‘We have to get a diamond ring for that girl, ‘ but then we still needed to date the nation”, said executive producer Ali Adler. “We always talk about this character as if she didn’t have superpowers”. That’s really how we look at each villain of the week or problems in her emotional or romantic life. Cat is now ordering everyone to find her a picture of their heroine. But once they discover Lumberjack’s weakness – the extreme temperate of his ax – Kara figures out that she can just heat it up with her eyes and make it explode. “It gave us the confidence to go forward and replicate that, to not hold back because this happens to be about a woman”. “But there’ll also be villains of the week”. And what do you think is so bad about “girl”? Melissa Benoist also said she hoped her portrayal of the DC icon would serve as a role model for girls and other women.
For a long time now, TV fans have been wondering when will there be a successful female superhero TV show on the air (don’t even get me started on box office success for the same, as that is a tale for another time).
After a lot of waiting and a ton of speculation on whether or not Supergirl was worthy or interesting enough to get her own television show, the show finally comes out and we get to judge for ourselves. He’s her cousin, but it’s her story. It succeeds more when it stays away from the campy comic book stuff, but when you’re a show called Supergirl, that’s not really an option. “She kicks a few serious ass!”
Like all series, Supergirl stands to grow considerably with delayed viewing. At this point in time, Jimmy already has an established career in Metropolis and is a world renowned photographer.
Colbert told Benoist he “teared up” thinking about the concept of Supergirl, and asked Benoist to comment on the feminist aspect of the role. “I want to portray someone they can relate to and look up to that’s not a trite or a shallow depiction”. Though she was reluctant at first, Supergirl unleashes her heat vision and takes down Vartox.
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Fresh off last night’s series premiere, CBS has dropped an extended trailer for the full first season of Supergirl. The series regular timeslot will be Mondays at 8pm.
