Supergirl 1x02 Is Better Than The Pilot, But... 

Learning that kryptonite exists last week as a Kryptonian would be like me walking up to a guy from Earth and saying hey man you ever hear of dirt.

Green Kryptonite doesn't work that way. It poisons Kryptonians, it does not remove their powers. While they may be weakened by the poison, and are in fact dying, they're still more than capable of tossing a human around. And Supergirl would have also been in a lot of pain in that chamber.

thanos snapped his fingers... this show was the aftermath

If they were going to do all this 'I don't want to exist under the shadow of my cousin' stuff, they should have skipped Supergirl and did a Power Girl show. The whole point of the character is that she wants to differentiate herself from both Superman and Supergirl; despite being in the 'family business', having the same powers, and (depending on which origin story they go with) actually being genetically identical to and sharing the same childhood as Supergirl. They could even have had Supergirl as a regular 'guest star' (played by the same actress as Power Girl) to emphasize the differences between the two characters.

Man there are a lot of clips of Supergirl landing and being completely oblivious to a villain behind her and getting hit and knocked across the room.

So apparently, paper cups can stop heat vision rays...

It's not getting any better....

But does she have the heart of a hero, though?

7:55 By the end of season one it's an unspoken truth that Cat knows it's Kara, but there's no point loosing the only barely competent assistant she has revealing it to the world

11:37 I thought that the big twist was that everyone thought he was Cyborg Superman (a Superman nemesis) because he's, well, Hank Henshaw, and the big surprise is that he's actually J'onn, but okay.

Ook! [You overlooked the fact that the only people who can show SG her place and talk down to her are other women.]

James another good video review. I'm surprised you didn't mention how the writers clearly don't know how oil tankers work.

In Supergirl’s defense (I can’t believe I just wrote that) the whole Superman=Supergirl problem isn’t really the show’s fault. Back when it started Supergirl (comics) was largely criticized as an inferior Superman, now she’s criticized as an angsty Superman.

11:47 In the comics he's Cyborg Superman, they wanted to tease the idea he's already a machine, or else he's some kind of alien. Yeah episode 2 is early, but I'm pretty sure there were only 13 episodes in season 1 so they're fast tracking a couple things.

Would it annoy Kara if you go: "Who's the most beautiful Danvers girl? Alex!"

Wouldn't Superman be VERY involved in rounding up an entire prison of violent alien criminals?

When she was heating her coffee how did her glasses not break or even explode.

You had me when you kept replaying Kara’s “last week” line😆

Wonder Woman better tho

I will give the show one credit; they didn't sexualize Supergirl. They had plenty of opportunities to do the big boobed, short skirt, and a sexy midriff thing. But the look they went with looks much more modest than you'd expect. I mean, they failed on literally every other level, but they got the *look* right.

2:57 " inexperienced idiot" I agree. Supergirl is one, sadly.

I like the torn version better where she rips her outer shirt off but forgot her costume underneath. That was a great scene why don't they do that in the real show.

Is Superman retired on this Earth???

Strong enough to tear an oil tanker... but a surgeon when warming coffee with her vision??

Secret is secret for a reason but she just plaster her face all over, how stupid are the other characters not to see it....

11:35 They pulled a "Thriller" ending there, it was just missing the maniacal laughter.

This guy would be amazing at TV Sins. 😄

What should also not get a pass is how her heat vision doesn't bounce off her glasses and fries her eyes.

A powergirl series would of made for an interesting series. CEO and founder of her own company, chairwoman of JSA, one of the most powerful heros on earth, and an average Jane.

I always watch these videos whenever I take a shit, lololololol.

She does the hero thing to be liked not just cause it is wright wow even Superman (i do not like him) is doing the hero thing way better and for better reasons

This show had such promise , dumpy push not pull, you would figure superman would have told her, why superman why,did she even get the talk about the birds and the bees from her adopted parents

With the benefit of hindsight, Supergirl turned out to be a million times better then Batwoman.

Sarcasm. Best medicine for stupidity.

it is a slightly nice touch (even if completely wasted) that they have Dean Cain on the show as a nod to the Adventures of Lois and Clark tv-series. that is literally the only good thing i can say about this show however.

I'm sorry for this, but I definitely hear "Why is this such a big dildo?" at 8:35 XD

* subscribed *

0:31 that's not how physics works.

It’s still not good enough for me to start watching it...

3/17/2022 👍👍

😂😂😂 EVEN in the silver age comics when superman placed Kara in the midville orphanage, Superman spent plenty of time with kara, trained her and help her adjust to life on earth before he reveled her presence on earth to the world. So the idea that he didn't spend any time with her at all is utter Bullcrap. I think he felt the world could know superman had a cousin but not clark kent. I think he felt it would draw too much suspicion on both of them. I don't know, heroes. Old conics did things that these days would seem strange.

8:08 Yeah, all the 'heroes' are incompetent on this earth. Get used to that.

1. Is Young Supergirl the girl wjo plays Violet in the Netflix Series of Unfortunate Events? 2. At least this show has Jesse Graff(?) as a stunt double. That's pretty cool.

please do all of them it's great !

Isn't kryptonite a poison to kryptonians. So in that scene where Alex and Kara are fighting each other in kryptonite room. Wouldn't it be poisoning her. Shouldn't they have instead made a red solar radiation room for Kara. Become red solar radiation makes kryptonians more human. But kryptonite would be poisoning kara.

The Justice League Unlimited cartoon did a much better job of making Kara her own person. She had a strong personality and they didn't have to distance her from Superman to show it. She even changed her suit to be more like his in later season because they are proud of each other. But she was never defined by comparison or contrast to him

man love ur videos only regret i didnt find ur channel earlier rofl so hard cuz everything u say is true lol i watched all seasons that are up atm and after that i wanted to kms just retarded af man hating show

Buuuut... one thing I have to give this show credit for (based soley on your reviews): She is not a mary sue. She probably overcomes stuff super quickly... but I mean... shes a Superman rip-off... obviously shes OP and Mary Sue-ish. Gotta give credit where credit is due.

I can tell you from her other work, Laura Benanti (super girls mom) is actually a fantastic actress, who’s being directed poorly here.

That scene of Kara lifting the car to secluded place and giving interview is ripped off straight from Superman The Animated Series where Clark as Superman lifts Lois car and gives her an interview in a secluded place just to dissuade some public doubts regarding his intentions.

You sound exactly like Mark Zuckerberg

She could’ve just pushed the oil tanker instead of ripping it in half

what is a bit annoying is that not all Kriptoninas are super aliens like they show whit the Aunt or else they would have all just flown of the planet when it blew up Super Girl and Superman both have the same freak accident on the way to earth convenient aint it and the planet apparently blows up two times according to her getting sent of years later

supergirl/superbly , superwoman/superman, which one?

Ok this is still bothering me WHY DIDN'T THEY USE RED SUN ROOMS!? Sticking kryptonians in rooms FULL OF KRYPTONITE is DEADLY not secure!

Supergirl lifting up Cat's car to take her off to an interview location was ripped directly from Superman the animated series. He does the same in the pilot with Lois Lane.

just wondering....did they take supergirls moms personality and give it to batwoman?

Oh I just realize they explain why superman doesn't work with the DEO sometime later. It's cause they keep kryptonite but I pretty sure eventually they got rid of it or something

Laura Vandervoort was, is and ever will be the best Kara Zor-el/Supergirl of all time !

Ah, this must be one of those tankers that keeps all the oil in the very tip of the bow. And looks like a generic cargo ship.

This is the most irritating show I've ever seen.

I know these videos are old, but is he intentionally mispronouncing Kara's name as some form of passive-aggressive antagonism against the character? It's kinda annoying.

Every time I hear "You have the heart of a hero" I think of Tidus's "this is my story." From Final Fantasy X. It's clear the writers put it in because they're trying to convince the audience. And it doesn't work.

they erased Max Lord and replaced him with a woman character with few similar character traits.

02:45 the forecastle wouldn't have oil in it because on ships it's a storage area WATCH UNDER SIEGE 1992 HOLY SHIT ! SUPERGIRL series had no technical advisers whatsoever

Kara Danvers meets Carole Danvers. I don't what to think about that

calissta flockhart is the only reason i watched this show .

Yeesh.

Side question. Why is every superhero's best friend named James? From James Buchanan Barnes, James Rhodes and this one. Enough with the James', guys.

so were just going to gloss over the fact she rescued a snake from a tree... okay

8:36 this is what she said ...

you know I no money but tell me make money .my father he die 28/12/2018 but don't to help me why?

Just remember this was written by a grown adult.

and BP get's blaimed for it

I agree with all except the actress for Astra/Kara's mother. Laura Benanti is a good actress and she does well when given a good script to work with. She did phenomenally in the Broadway run of "The Wedding Singer" I blame the woodenness here on bad script and bad direction.

The fanfic, The Girl Who Could Knock Out The Hulk, handled Kara a lot better than this show.

This show really is terrible. I honestly enjoyed The Last Jedi more than this show and it's the least popular Star Wars movie that exists. And it's obviously the most Feminist one.

#terriblegirl

haha writers are kids who play sims and don't do the life goals, but instead do something else.

Sorry fans but you loosed supergirl in the snap

This is so bad. The second episode is usually the worst, since they film it before the pilot to help the pilot be better.

I don't remember anyone claiming a political uproar over Supergirl. In fact the show seems largely forgotten beyond anyone but you.

Flockhart pulls the sae pose in every shot..no wonder she has no other career