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That was fun and I liked it a lot.  The cast is still settling in and has some work to do to shed some of the wooden-ness, but c'mon. This is the Superman family. It's supposed to be the glowing, optimistic, somewhat awkward and dorky end of the DC universe. Diving right into WHEEEEE I'M FLYING just seems right.Plus watching Kara blow up a truck loving owned  e: "I CAN DO A CAR CHASE! *fwump*" was probably the best moment of the show. I get the feeling the backstory cram was mandated by NBC to get people interested and the MY COUSIN thing is probably DC being lovely about embargoes again. I'm willing to give them a few episodes to get into the swing of things before I judge. Chokes McGee fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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X-O posted:I mean, this is just really unfortunate: http://i.imgur.com/QescvUO.jpg That can't be a real person in a real thing. That's a knockoff Chinese Red Tornado toy. You can't fool me.
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Gawain The Blind posted:I'm not big on DC character lore, but she doesn't become "super" until she gets to earth and our magic sun makes her that way, right? I mean, I guess she could have hit her head when her pod thing was flying around bumping into poo poo for years? Alternatively there are certain high power alien weapons/events that can actually harm her as evidenced by the fact she immediately healed when the fragment was taken out. Chokes McGee fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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greatn posted:What's weird is this got really good reviews and people on social media like Patton Oswalt really like it. I have no idea why. Because it was fun and not everyone hates fun. 
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Oct 27, 2015 19:59
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Stanfield posted:This show had Supergirl catching a plane while triumphant music played which is really all I want out of a Supergirl series. Having said that, if the next episode has her punch a bad guy into the sun while triumphant music plays I would immediately consider it the greatest tv show of all time. We got pretty close to that when she punched a truck so hard the bad guy flew out of it and it exploded. Even if we don't get the sun thing imma give it a solid 7/10
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Oct 28, 2015 08:03
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enraged_camel posted:I've been trying to watch the pilot for three days now, and I can't stand it for more than 10 minutes. The writing is all over the place and the dialogue is just way too corny. The lead actress is awesome, but that's the only thing the show has going for it right now. Pretend it's Golden Age Supergirl! Then the cheesiness is a feature instead of a bug and you're free to enjoy some legit fantastic moments in between the eye rolling melodrama.
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Nov 1, 2015 01:11
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BrianWilly posted:Preview from the next ep. Pretty great effects. Lookin' good! Dialog's snappier too, although that was like a 30 second clip, so probably not indicative. Still, one can hope.
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Nov 1, 2015 05:56
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enraged_camel posted:I know this is totally  They actually addressed this! It wasn't solid kryptonite, it was fancy tech laced with trace amounts. Juuuust enough to get the needle in and make the sedative take effect.Though I imagine someone's car is now flat as a pancake and yet somehow still blared its car alarm until 5 in the morning.
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 I'd ask for a hug. I am not programmed to do that. 
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Nov 3, 2015 04:46
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Also yay Hank's already the Incredible Melting Techno Man! Can't wait until it turns out his entire body has been made out of recycled toasters this entire time and no one at the DEO noticed.
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Nov 3, 2015 04:50
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twistedmentat posted:That was my reaction too. Like seriously dude, they're not real, and owned by different companies. In his defense, a world where Spiderman can conceivably show up and fight Godzilla sounds like a world I want to be a part of.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:29
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greatn posted:Superman fights more like a big pro wrestler like Kevin Nash or something. Batman fights like Rey Mysterio. I bet you can do a wicked jack knife powerbomb off the top rope when you can literally fly
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Nov 7, 2015 00:21
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AnonSpore posted:Tombstone a mans so hard he literally is planted headfirst in the ground and is dead Tombstone him so hard he becomes his own tombstone
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Nov 7, 2015 04:52
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greatn posted:And Kara is eye loving him every scene, such I think is a Kryptonian power. I know this is not what was intended but I would like to start a petition for renaming "heat vision" to "eye loving" now.
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Rocksicles posted:Some serious sperging going on in here! Hi, welcome to TVIV! You must be new here. 
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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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Likin' the way they handled Henshaw this episode. Just that little growl and glowing eyes has me on board for the rest of the season based on what I know is coming
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WarLocke posted:Spoil this for me? I don't know what the reference is and it's been bugging me. Hank Hensaw is "Cyborg Superman." He was a pastiche of Reed Richards who melted instead of getting powers, but his consciousness can inhabit any electronics and reshape them. He went bonkers because Superman didn't prevent his accident and started claiming he was Superman.
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Paging Access to the studio lot. Access, to the studio lot. Rhyno posted:This show is just not working for me. It's relegated to background noise. much like your posting 
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Holy poo poo I started flipping the gently caress out when Leslie started doing her shock-jock schtick. I seriously thought they were going to slow-burn her transformation but nope, here's loving Livewire right out of the gate.  Livewire is dope as gently caress and I hope she makes another appearance later. (Fun fact: She's a continuity implant from the DC animated universe, like Harley.) The way she was handled in live action is basically exactly how she was handled in the DCAU and I really hope this episode does gangbusters because it was loving great. Chokes McGee fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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Nov 17, 2015 07:34
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Rhyno posted:In the comics there was LexEVERYTHING, no matter how silly. He even competed with himself by releasing the LexBOX and the LexTendo. Lexbone 
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Flesh Forge posted:I wouldn't be so sure. To this day, squashing Kate and Mags' marriage is the single stupidest thing I've seen DC do. And I've seen DC do a lot of stupid things, including the '"Draw Harley Committing Sexy Suicide" contest.
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Bruceski posted:Didn't it involve some stupidity like "nonono, we're not saying gay superheroes can't get married, we're saying NO superheroes can get married!" which threw a wrench in some other DC story? Yeah which was suspiciously released after the outcry. I mean this is enough of a derail as is but it makes me crossed-eyed angry, I was on board big with the New 52 stuff and then that happened and it all went to poo poo.
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Drifter posted:Hank is a Superdude AND a Robot.
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I hope the Martian Manhunter reveal is tomorrow they already spoiled it in their press releases
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Astro Nut posted:The show is getting seven more episodes. Yay!  I like this show a whole whole lot because it does its one job, which is having Supergirl punch increasingly dangerous things. Everything else is tolerable and I got to see a loving amazing live action Livewire, so yay!Also I'm going to choose to believe they blew the effects budget for fights on Livewire and that's why Red Tornado was made out of spray painted Styrofoam. It helps me stay sane that way 
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Phylodox posted:This was a pretty terrible episode, but goddamn if Benoist didn't sell that rageface at the end. She looked like she was going to rupture something*. That is not an expression you want Laser Death Beams coming out of, I'll tell you that. 
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hahahahaha they did it. They actually made "Hank Henshaw" into the Martian Manhunter. This show is trolling the entire thread and I love it. 
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Bruceski posted:The episode hasn't hit here yet (over on the Left Coast), but I'm curious, does Henshaw say *why* he's adamant that Supergirl not find out about him? If anyone's gonna understand what you're going through... "I got a bet going with Kal. $20 says it'll take her longer than a month to find out." God drat that was a good episode. The fight scene with Vastra was... holy poo poo. That's how you do Kryptonian fights—big, goofy, overblown, and mysteriously no one gets hurt by the carnage. Also J'onn just keeps getting better. His gently caress YOU IMMA MARTIAN moment followed by blasting a dude through the chest with kryptonite lasers.Sorry to the people who said this series would suck. There's still room left on the bandwagon, it's not too late
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adhuin posted:There's a good chance that every series regular will know Henshaws secret before Kara. Including her boss. I want Cat to know every secret already and reveal it in the sassiest manner possible.  Ooooh, you're from Mars. Please. I eat enough M&Ms I practically own Mars.
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Azhais posted:What if they are hypnotic glasses? Then you just need to worry about nigh invulnerable guys messing things up for you Dammit Batman now everyone will know Captain Sternn was hiding as Clark Kent
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Gaz-L posted:Flockhart and Harewood I think took some time for the writers to figure out how to use them best. They were a touch too abrasive in the pilot, but the series proper has been much better at giving them room to show more shades. Flockhart's performance in that balcony scene was great. Still with that aloofness/arrogance that Cat always has, but also persistent, pressing, but not aggressive or threatening. Less "Fess up or else!" and more "I know, and it's OK to admit it". I think Cat's character hasn't gotten the recognition she deserves (  ) for warming up as a character on her own. She originally started as a scene-chewing antagonist but has slowly revealed why she's hardassed and come to realize/be reminded of the effect it has on people around her. It's not a coincidence her turning point as a character was her shocked "I didn't know you lost your parents" when she realizes she doesn't know poo poo about the woman who basically does everything for her.Finding out Kara is Supergirl is kind of the payoff for that curve; she learns the "little guys" are sometimes the real major players. Gaz-L posted:Harewood was also pretty great in that little bit about the psychic powers. Just the right level of casualness with a tad of relief that he can actually talk about this with someone not wearing a cape finally. Missed in all that (and even better) was him casually dropping hanging out with Supes. "Oh, yeah, it doesn't work on Kryptonians. Superman never lets me hear the end of it. "
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Tiggum posted:Yeah, I assume it was pretty much entirely to get Kara to calm down and listen to her for a minute, because their encounters so far have gone: "Let's talk, I want to explain what I'm doing and why and I think you'll agre- oh come on, will you just stop punching me for one loving second?" Honestly, she's kind of coming across as a misunderstood anti-hero more than a villain. Sure, as long as you're Kryptonian. Otherwise uh she's less sympathetic.
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Senerio posted:Even better, Dean Cain returns as crazy Cyborg Henshaw. Oh my God this is amazing. All they'd need is some prosthetics and a smudge of CGI and ta da, Superman only metal.
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Rhyno posted:Half Dean Cain, half Hank Henshaw. Composite Superman/Superman
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twistedmentat posted:Isn't there another race that's like that too, the one Sodam Yat is a member of. Without the fire thing. Daximites. They're an offshoot of Kryptonians that the Eradicator messed with to keep them from flourishing outside Krypton. 
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Rocksicles posted:That makes me happy. Best character. It makes me sad all alone!
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Holy poo poo they finally resolved a "MUST KEEP THIS SECRET FROM YOU" in a sensible manner. "You could've just told me! I can keep a secret!" "NO YOU CAN'T" "  "
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V-Men posted:Well, without knowing how much of his powerset will be used in the show, he could just go non-corporeal and then laugh as Non impotently swings his fists. My favorite part of that was how smug he was being the entire time. "I can't read his mind!" "Maybe you're just really bad at it "
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Rocksicles posted:i'm 39, educated, intelligent and i still have no idea what a verb or a noun is. I have the same problems conjunctions
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