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Supergirl And Mon-El Deal With Lies And A “Distant Sun”

March 29, 2017 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Distant Sun Teri Hatcher

Last week on Supergirl saw Kara navigate the fallout from the reveal that Mon-El is not actually a Daxamite palace guard but rather the lost prince himself and the arrival of his parents, King Lar Gand (Kevin Sorbo) and Queen Rhea (Teri Hatcher) to bring him back to “make Daxam great again.” Subtle, this show is not. […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Kevin Smith, Kevin Sorbo, Supergirl, Teri Hatcher, the CW, TV

Supergirl Deals With An “Exodus” And A Whole MESS Of Feelings

March 8, 2017 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl deportation Exodus

Last week’s Supergirl dealt with the reemergence of Dean Cain’s Jeremiah Danvers, free after 15 years of captivity by Cadmus, only for him to turn around and steal the DEO’s alien registry with the help of his robot arm and beat the snot out of J’onn & Winn. This week’s episode, “Exodus,” not only follows up […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Supergirl, the CW, TV

‘Hamilton’ References Abound, Everyone Has Love Problems and Supergirl Tries To Avoid ‘Mr. and Mrs. Mxyzptlk’

February 21, 2017 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Mr Mxyzptlk

So last week’s Supergirl ended on a bizarre note, with a weird portal bouncing around Kara’s apartment interrupting her & Mon-El’s first kiss. Another Flash appearance? No, not for a couple weeks. Instead, it’s a dapper British gentleman (Peter Gadlot) who turns out to be this world’s version of Superman’s goofiest foe, Mr. Mxyzptlk! An imp from […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Supergirl, the CW, TV

Supergirl Deals With Confusing Emotions and White Martians In “The Martian Chronicles”

February 21, 2017 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl

One of the subplots Supergirl has gotten some flak for this season is its decision to essentially replay the “Kara’s unrequited love for Jimmy” storyline from last year with Kara and Mon-El. It’s been a slow burn of a storyline and Melissa Benoist & Chris Wood have great chemistry but it’s drawn some criticism for being […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Supergirl, the CW, TV

“Supergirl Lives” In A Strong Start To The Season’s Back Half

January 25, 2017 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl

In addition to having to pick up the momentum of all of Supergirl‘s various plot threads, “Supergirl Lives” also has to deal with the show’s hiatus building up the cultural conversation around it into something a bit more than “just another superhero show.” By laying the groundwork and organically coupling up Alex and Maggie, Supergirl made a statement […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: CW, Dichen Lachman, Melissa Benoist, Roulette, Supergirl, Television

Supergirl Has To Deal With “Medusa,” A Crossover and Some Iffy Story Beats

November 30, 2016 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Invasion Medusa

Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat: I love Supergirl and the main idea it’s pushing–being forthrightly embracing of superheroes being inspirational figures of fun–and I get the sense that that’s what its sister shows are about…but I’m not caught up with them. I watched The Flash from its premiere until school & […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Arrow, Grant Gustin, Invasion!, Medusa, Melissa Benoist, Supergirl, the CW, The Flash

Supergirl 2.06: Supergirl–And Alex Danvers–Undergo A Lot Of “Changing”

November 17, 2016 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl

One of the unexpected surprises of this season of Supergirl has been the slow-burning subplot of Alex Danvers coming to grips with her sexuality. There was an indication the show would go into this territory when Floriana Lama was cast as Maggie Sawyer, the most visible gay character in the DCU outside of Batwoman. But staking out […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: DCTV, Parasite, Supergirl, Television, the CW

Supergirl Deals With “Survivors,” New Arrivals and a Dull Villain

November 1, 2016 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Roulette

Like the vast majority of superhero fiction, Supergirl is not one for subtleties. That makes sense in terms of the genre but also when you consider the broad, prime-time audience it’s trying to reach (which definitely includes kids). That’s great in a lot of respects–see the Alex/Maggie stuff from last week and the brilliant bits of both […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Miss Martian, Supergirl, the CW, TV

On Supergirl, “The Last Children of Krypton” Deal With A New Status Quo

October 24, 2016 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Cadmus Metallo

So if last week’s Supergirl was all about establishing itself in a new space–literally and figuratively– this week’s is all about setting up the season’s arc. That’s typically reserved for premieres and while “The Adventures of Supergirl” covered a lot of ground, it didn’t introduce the big bad–the xenophobic doctor of Cadmus who turned John Corben into […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Melissa Benoist, Supergirl, superheroes, the CW, TV

“The Adventures Of Supergirl” Tells A Lot And Mostly Succeeds

October 12, 2016 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Melissa Benoist Superman CW

The Season 2 premiere of Supergirl, “The Adventures of Supergirl,” has a lot of stories to tell. I don’t just mean the handful of plot threads it barrels through from last season and all the new ones introduced but also the three meta-stories it has to convey. Those stories are: Supergirl, having moved from CBS to […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: CW, Melissa Benoist, Supergirl, Superman, Television

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