US: Supergirl (Arrow/Flash team)

Shamikebab · 14 May 2015 at 00:06

Extended preview. Looks like it could be a fun watch. Some people will probably complain that it isn't dark and grrrr and has too much teen romance.

robfosters · 14 May 2015 at 00:41

I don't know whether to laugh, cry or just end it all with a bottle of pills and a litre of scrumpy.

hyperseven · 14 May 2015 at 00:44

Not my cup of tea, bt will give it a chance, no doubt will be renewed for at least five seasons.

Pity no Vandervoort.

ElliorR · 14 May 2015 at 01:00

That does not look good. I'll give it a go but I'm not hopefull.

NexusK · 14 May 2015 at 08:07

I had been really looking forward to this but after watching that promo i'm not sure.

J.T · 14 May 2015 at 08:45

Will give it a go but it looks like Ugly Betty with superpowers.

nicktay2605 · 14 May 2015 at 09:17

This is clearly aimed at a female audience, it's trying to get them to watch superhero stuff. The Katy Perry/Taylor Swift-esque song at the end plus the Devil Wears Prada similarities pretty much confirm that for me.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 14 May 2015 at 09:26

That was painful.

Its like The Flash crossed with Sex in the City set in 1990's Nickelodeon.

I'll try it, just because its the arrow/flash universe, it may surprise me, but so far, its not looking good.

J.T · 14 May 2015 at 09:32

The only bit I am looking forward to about this show is the cross overs with Flash/Arrow.

NexusK · 14 May 2015 at 09:47

J.T said:
The only bit I am looking forward to about this show is the cross overs with Flash/Arrow.

CBS have said that there won't be a crossover with Supergirl any time soon. I doubt we'll see one at all tbh.

robgmun · 14 May 2015 at 09:53

J.T said:
Will give it a go but it looks like Ugly Betty with superpowers.

Absolute nail on the head here, or Devils wears Prada in a cape. And i know a lot of people don't like to hear it, but she's just too plain and normal looking to be Supergirl. She has always been a very hot teenage blonde in a skimpy costume in every modern iteration and this one just looks like a geek girl cosplying in a well made but conservative costume made for a Christians that didn't want to be offend.

there are some elements of the trailer i like (SFX and action sequences) but it has a lot of bad elements from that failed Wonder Woman TV show they tried to do a few years back, and now Olson is a middle-aged 6.5ft musclely black guy? Seems like this show has been created by committee for women

boxman2000 · 14 May 2015 at 09:57

*sigh* - was only talking to a friend of mine the other day about the direction DC seem to be going... this looks tragic to me. I really hope they keep this separate from Arrow/Flash, they could certainly do without it!

DC seem to be making some odd decisions to me - what they've done to Arrow this last season is beyond me. At least Flash is still good for the time being.

robfosters · 14 May 2015 at 11:08

Also, and I know it's not everyone's priority, but the young, blonde, Helen Slater was far, far, far fitter.

doodah · 14 May 2015 at 11:23

Are DC and HTC related? So much promise but at times they make some baffling decisions.

NexusK · 14 May 2015 at 11:42

If it stays true to the trailer i can't see this lasting longer than a single season. It has cancellation written all over it.

Adsta · 14 May 2015 at 11:52

mmm seems a bit of an odd choice by DC. I really wish they had carried on with smallville, while I found it quite slow to begin with I found it really really good towards the end of the series. Shame they stopped doing anything Superman (apart from movies).

Steampunk · 14 May 2015 at 11:58

Seems that DC have decided to go after kids with their TV shows, and grown-ups with their movies (ie angsty Superman and Batman). Marvel just decided to go after everyone with everything.

boxman2000 · 14 May 2015 at 12:37

Steampunk said:
Disney goes after everyone with everything.

Corrected that for you.

I'm not that far into it but I do get that feeling I had from season 1 of Arrow that I am with Daredevil - it was the (slightly) gritty side I liked about how DC seemed to be going... no longer the case, sadly.

RIZZEE · 14 May 2015 at 12:41

I'll probably watch it for the sake of it but it seems kinda out of place. MoS, Arrow, Gotham and Flash are all pretty dark but this seems super light hearted.

NexusK · 14 May 2015 at 12:50

Adsta said:
mmm seems a bit of an odd choice by DC. I really wish they had carried on with smallville, while I found it quite slow to begin with I found it really really good towards the end of the series. Shame they stopped doing anything Superman (apart from movies).

Shame they didn't cast Laura Vandervoort from Smallville, her i could believe as Supergirl