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Reactron basically was Supergirl's own Metallo in the comics. He was actually much more of a Supergirl villain than a Superman one, though he was much less sympathetic and more just a weird douche.
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Nov 10, 2015 04:11
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Really good episode on the whole, and they did a much better job of explaining Superman's absence (on both an in-universe and thematic level) than the first two did, but it's not quite enough to explain why he won't help her against Astra. Well, hope they get to that.
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Nov 10, 2015 04:35
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Did I miss the explanation for where the money came from for this base in the abandoned office?
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Nov 10, 2015 04:50
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Did Supergirl just bend a power line to shut it off as if it were a garden hose? I kinda appreciate the show is moving at a good pace, and I guess actively addressing some of the things it has in dealing with a world where Superman exists, Supergirl trying to be her own thing, etc.
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Nov 10, 2015 05:04
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Super Dude posted:Did I miss the explanation for where the money came from for this base in the abandoned office? There was none, but it might just be some creative allocations of department funds/computers.
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Nov 10, 2015 05:04
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Frankly I found it much harder to believe that Cisco 2.0 just hacked into some satellites from their abandoned office computers like it was no big deal. I know he's supposed to be Toyman or whatever but lordy day
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Nov 10, 2015 05:34
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I'm confused why National city's main newscaster is Perd Hapley. But I'm not complaining.
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Nov 10, 2015 05:36
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Did Supergirl just bend a power line to shut it off as if it were a garden hose? Have you never broken a phone charger cable by bending it too much too far up the cable? BrianWilly posted:I know he's supposed to be Toyman or whatever but lordy day This had better turn out to be the case.
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Nov 10, 2015 06:02
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Superman tapping out a smiley face on his computer is probably the funniest thing I've seen this year. Owns.
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Nov 10, 2015 06:05
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Ravane posted:I'm confused why National city's main newscaster is Perd Hapley. But I'm not complaining. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3085284/ He always plays a newscaster. Because before he started acting, he was a newscaster. And for the people in the Flash thread, his name is Jay Jackson. quote:http://www.npr.org/2015/03/21/394132711/im-perd-hapley-and-i-just-realized-im-played-by-an-actual-newscaster
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Nov 10, 2015 06:08
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Chokes McGee posted:Superman tapping out a smiley face on his computer is probably the funniest thing I've seen this year. Owns. Especially when it's in the context of "You don't want my help, next time you are hosed :-)"
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Nov 10, 2015 06:46
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Lady Galaga posted:Especially when it's in the context of "You don't want my help, next time you are hosed :-)" That's not the context at all. He knows that Kara's wanting to do her own thing and likely resented him a little for coming in and saving her day, through Jimmy. It seemed more like he was letting her know that he respects her and trusts her to seek out help when SHE feels she needs it, not when someone else does. Of course, that's probably all just a big brother act and he's got an eye on her now, to make sure she is safe. You know, like when you tell someone that you'll never do something again but you know full well you'll do it again. I was kinda annoyed that Kara wasn't using her superspeed to capture the guy. Seemed to work okay-ish last week. Aside from that, the whole monster of the week thing is dumb, as is, and I wish they'd more tightly plot the show. Or at least have more interesting monster of the weeks. Drifter fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Nov 10, 2015 |
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Nov 10, 2015 07:11
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A love quadrangle. The CW-itis has escaped confinement. Repeat, the CW-itis has spread to the mainland.
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Nov 10, 2015 07:30
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My Q-Face posted:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3085284/ drat. Talk about being typecasted.
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Nov 10, 2015 07:37
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I think this show would have been significantly better if Office Nerd wasn't in the circle of people who knew who she was, but Calista Flockhart was like "Oh poo poo, you're uh... my assistant?" during the interview scene. Like, just recognized her immediately, but didn't remember her name. Just turn the whole Clark Kent magic glasses thing on its head. Like, of COURSE she recognizes you like any sane person would. I bet Calista Flockhart has a lot more resources to use in the prevention of crime than Office Nerd has, and would have made the circle a lot more interesting and less predictable. Of course it would have probably become a series of dating hijinx episodes instead of the likely Miss Doubtfire-style "hide your identity from your boss" episodes we're going to have to sit through.
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Nov 10, 2015 08:16
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Maybe Cat Grant will become her Captain Lance/Commissioner Gordon who's like, of course she's known who Supergirl is all this time, she just didn't wanna ruin a good thing.
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Nov 10, 2015 08:32
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I *loved* how they handled that conversation with Clark, and really, really hope they keep that going. It seemed so genuine and natural.
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Nov 10, 2015 09:11
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Three episodes in, and I still think this show is pretty bad. Almost as bad as Arrow Season 3 was. Benoist looks great, except she can't fight or even pretend to fly. I bet the costume is what's making her hold her arms like a robot. The way they've handled the feminist angle is heavy handed and the story and themes aren't cohesive. The characters haven't really made an impression on me yet either. There's only so much I can stomach because of how charming the lead is. Do they have Flash/Arrow crossovers planned wth this?
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Nov 10, 2015 10:02
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Ravane posted:drat. Talk about being typecasted. He's not typecasted, he only plays newscasters because that's literally all he knows how to do.
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Nov 10, 2015 10:14
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So there's some speculation going around that Hank Henshaw's red glowy eyes doesn't actually mean he's becoming Cyborg Superman, but that he's Martian Manhunter instead. I thought it was just another one of those rando "Well it's not absolutely impossible which totally means it's gonna be true!!" theories that the internet likes to toss around about everything, but after this episode I'm not so sure. It almost did seem like he sensed what Alex was doing somehow. Could be super-hearing, but it didn't really come across that way.
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Nov 10, 2015 10:42
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Or, you know, he's using the power that Hank Henshaw has in the comics and is actually connected to the computer mainframe as he controls technology and what not. So if Alex is using the computers to help Supergirl, he knows about it. I mean, wild speculation and all. I don't expect Maxwell to go shooting C-lister characters in the head and changing the tone of this show from upbeat and happy to suddenly dark and gritty for the sake of being dark and gritty.
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Nov 10, 2015 11:01
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BrianWilly posted:Frankly I found it much harder to believe that Cisco 2.0 just hacked into some satellites from their abandoned office computers like it was no big deal. Wait, what? In my show where people fly around and shoot lasers out of their eyes someone is doing some whacky computer stuff?! My immersion!
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Nov 10, 2015 13:22
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He also didn't explicitly hack into a satellite, instead he had some line about "sensors" but they didn't expand on that. Alex tasked the satellite that found Reactron.
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Nov 10, 2015 13:36
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I like to imagine Schott carried all that computer equipment from his apartment and walked it all the way there like that one goon story about carrying the printer 2 miles because he couldn't open his crush's file attachment, and then when he got to her apartment she's like "Here meet my boyfriend"
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Nov 10, 2015 13:53
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The extras in the fight scene at the pileup are the most disinterested bunch of schlubs. Guy shooting nuclear fire from his hands 50 feet from you? You're totally okay to sit on the guardrail with your arms crossed.
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Nov 10, 2015 16:15
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Party Plane Jones posted:The extras in the fight scene at the pileup are the most disinterested bunch of schlubs. Guy shooting nuclear fire from his hands 50 feet from you? You're totally okay to sit on the guardrail with your arms crossed. They're all ex-Metropolis citizens. They seen poo poo that would turn you white.
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Nov 10, 2015 16:18
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Party Plane Jones posted:The extras in the fight scene at the pileup are the most disinterested bunch of schlubs. Guy shooting nuclear fire from his hands 50 feet from you? You're totally okay to sit on the guardrail with your arms crossed. Supergirl shares the same universe as the Marvel Avengers movies.
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Nov 10, 2015 16:24
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rapeface posted:The way they've handled the feminist angle is heavy handed and the story and themes aren't cohesive. That is very noticeable, but it isn't enough to turn me off of the show yet. Wasn't it just an episode ago that they were going on about how "The House of El stands together"? "Stronger Together" or something?
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Nov 10, 2015 16:49
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BrianWilly posted:So there's some speculation going around that Hank Henshaw's red glowy eyes doesn't actually mean he's becoming Cyborg Superman, but that he's Martian Manhunter instead. Why? The only reason I've seen people spout this is because it's a black guy and they're unfamiliar with Hank Henshaw.
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Okay, here's some spoilers to stop people from going in certain directions: Schott's Future: He's not Toyman, that's why his name is changed slightly from comic canon. Henry Czerny has been cast as Toyman. Supergirl Crossovers: No crossovers this season. And Jay Jackson being a newscaster in a ton of shows has already been addressed.
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He could still be ToyMan, there's multiple toy men. I'm going to guess your right though and he's just related.
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The exchange between Kara and Kal over IM was the most  thing.
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I enjoyed this episode but I thought the IM conversation was the most cringeworthy thing. No speaking in code, just a frank and honest digital conversation about being related and also superman. It seemed weird, I think it would have worked a lot better if it just went: Kal: You did great today Kara: Oh my gosh thanks! I have so much to ask you, like where did you go afterwards? Kal has signed off.
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:I enjoyed this episode but I thought the IM conversation was the most cringeworthy thing. No speaking in code, just a frank and honest digital conversation about being related and also superman. It seemed weird, I think it would have worked a lot better if it just went: But that's dumb and disregards the fact that Clark cares about her, and disregards most things having to do with Clark in general. We know due to licensing Superman can't come and speak to her, so this is what we got.
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Nov 10, 2015 21:16
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Supergirl is down to a 1.7 in the ratings, I hope it can stabilize. First episode was a 3.3 and the second 2.2.
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Drifter posted:But that's dumb and disregards the fact that Clark cares about her, and disregards most things having to do with Clark in general. We know due to licensing Superman can't come and speak to her, so this is what we got. Oh yeah also Jimmy gets a weird custom Superwatch but Kara doesn't have her own communicator or ANYTHING, not even a Super Beeper? Like some old-but-still-super-advanced kyrptonian poo poo? They have to use MSN Messenger? bring back old gbs fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Nov 10, 2015 |
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Except they're super hearing aliens who can have a whisper conversation from across the planet. Text messaging is beyond retarded. The show made me believe Clark cared by...saving her life from the radiation man, not from a pointless little "had fun 2day, cool destiny u r making;) lol" back and forth. Really surprised to see so much support here for that dumb scene. If you cant afford a fake Cavill voice then don't do it at all and just have Jimmy relay messages. Yeesh that scene was so lame. Has no one ever sent you a caring, uplifting text or IM before? I found the scene to be pretty relatable.
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teagone posted:Has no one ever sent you a caring, uplifting text or IM before? I found the scene to be pretty relatable.
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:I'd expect a text since I am not a laser vision alien god. Why does Jimmy get a beeper watch but Kara gets nothing? The scene was dumb imo and could have been handled several different ways . Why not just have them whisper or something? Make the voices have that ethereal echo effect because they are so far away and they hear not only the source of the sound but every single echo the waves make, so it doesn't have to sound like Cavill. Just seems like one step removed from Swipe Right for Superman, which now that i've typed it out would be a good reboot of Lois&Clark. Because Jimmy was a normal human unable to defend himself at all against super powered villains. Kara is a Kryptonian. Have them Whisper? Imagine how that would play out on TV for a moment. It wouldn't.
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