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And the verdict is...

Uninspiring. Unconvincing. Underwhelming.

It isn't as awful (tacky) as Adrianne Palicki's Wonder Woman but it really isn't a hell of a lot better.

She looks too much like a Superman Cheerleader if he had them.

I think it looks fine, but then again I could watch Melissa Benoist read the phone book, so perhaps I'm not the best person to ask...

My only concern are the... well they're not knee-pads... well whatever they are - they're going to constantly stick out whenever she bends her legs. That could get annoying.

I like everything but the tights....they seem...odd. She's already got above the knee boots. Really need tights to cover that 6 inches of leg?
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 cincydooley wrote:
I like everything but the tights....they seem...odd. She's already got above the knee boots. Really need tights to cover that 6 inches of leg?

Imagine they were uncovered. Now imagine the social justice outcry about objectification and over-sexualisation and blah blah blah.

This nips that right in the bud before we even start. Good move.

Something seems off about it. Too much red I think. The Skirt is red, the stockings are red, and the boots are red. Way too red heavy.

I also can't help but feel, much like Wonder Woman, there was some bad casting here. She just seems too old to be Super Girl. Is super girl not a teenager in the upcoming film? I know it's typical to have adults play teenagers on TV and Movies, but surely they could find someone who looks the age of the character. How about Clarke from The 100? That's a woman in her mid 20s who can pass for a 16 year old.

 LordofHats wrote:
Something seems off about it. Too much red I think. The Skirt is red, the stockings are red, and the boots are red. Way too red heavy.

I also can't help but feel, much like Wonder Woman, there was some bad casting here. She just seems too old to be Super Girl. Is super girl not a teenager in the upcoming film?

No, she's not. She's supposed to be 24, so there's really nothing wrong with the casting.

Regarding the costume, it looks really solid, and she looks good in it. It's very much a classic Supergirl look but with taller boots, somewhat New 52 style but without the cutout knees. I really don't know what people want, other than the half-shirt. And that wasn't happening...they're going after a female audience with this show.

I was going to say, she looks a little to... soft.

What's with making everything dark, dark, dark? I like the design, but would prefer the colors to be a bit brighter.

I don't like the boots, but the rest is OK.

I kind of wish she was blonde, though. Not a dealbreaker but I like the classic look.

 gorgon wrote:
No, she's not. She's supposed to be 24, so there's really nothing wrong with the casting.

That makes sense then. Cause I'm not much of the DC fan, Super Girl as I know her is the Animated Series super girl

 Ouze wrote:
I kind of wish she was blonde, though.

Erm... she... is? Can you not see that?

I just wonder how many hundreds or thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of humans she is going to allow to die to make her character "gritty" or "realistic". Then maybe 45 odd minutes of punching things through other things.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Ouze wrote:
I kind of wish she was blonde, though.

Erm... she... is? Can you not see that?

No, I can't. She looks like a light brunette to me. But it's a pretty dark picture.



I always see Supergirl as C-11-1 on that chart. Again, not really important but that's my take.

In that picture, "jet black" is lighter than "dark brown".

WTF?

What is this for? Superbat? Superman 2? Her own spin-off? I recall seeing the film was being made, but can't think by who.

 Paradigm wrote:
What is this for? Superbat? Superman 2? Her own spin-off? I recall seeing the film was being made, but can't think by who.

TV show. CBS. Same guy who made Arrow and Flash on CW. Indeterminate whether it will cross over with those two.

.. I thought this was going to be a new movie series. I didn't know they were doing a show.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
What is this for? Superbat? Superman 2? Her own spin-off? I recall seeing the film was being made, but can't think by who.

TV show. CBS. Same guy who made Arrow and Flash on CW. Indeterminate whether it will cross over with those two.

My interest is piqued then. If they can carry over the same production quality of Arrow and presumably Flash (I've not seen either current series) then that should be good.

I do wonder how they will do Supergirl without having Superman (unless they do at least mention him and crossover with MoS or have 2 separate settings). Then again, I am utterly ignorant on the character so that might not even be needed.

From what WB/DC have said, the TV world and Movie world do not cross. It's part of the reason why they can't use Batman on Arrow (so just made Arrow Batman-by-another-name, not that I'm complaining). That said, it has been seen in audition tapes/audition scripts that Kara's cousin does get some non-oblique references. Seems you can do Arrow without ever mentioning Gotham (the place, not that stupid show), but you can't do Superman's cousin without mentioning Superman.

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeh. I'm not really digging it for some reason, and I like Supergirl in general.

Agreed. I'd destroy Melissa Benoist don't get me wrong. But I'm not feeling that.

The interviews I've read recently about Arrow and Batman refer more to the series Gotham than any issues because the films are doing stuff. Wayne Enterprises has cropped up in The Flash once or twice too. But yeah, we won't see Batman in Arrow, but maybe Nightwing will turn up one day and mention him, for example.

I saw the full body picture of Supergirl and was underwhelmed too.

However... The top picture there, the headshot, looks pretty good to me.

 Compel wrote:
The interviews I've read recently about Arrow and Batman refer more to the series Gotham than any issues because the films are doing stuff. Wayne Enterprises has cropped up in The Flash once or twice too. But yeah, we won't see Batman in Arrow, but maybe Nightwing will turn up one day and mention him, for example.

I would love to see a Nightwing series done in the style/setting of Arrow. Dodges the 'no Batman/Gotham issue' (just set it post-Batman, after Wayne has died/retired), and could be very awesome indeed.

Well they're doing a Teen Titans show with Nightwing (rather than Robin) as lead.

Live action TT with Nightwing? Color me interested.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:


Imagine they were uncovered. Now imagine the social justice outcry about objectification and over-sexualisation and blah blah blah.

This nips that right in the bud before we even start. Good move.

I get that as the "reasoning". Doesn't make me like it more, though. :/

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Seems you can do Arrow without ever mentioning Gotham (the place, not that stupid show)

Why would they need to mention Gotham in the first place?

Why? Why the skirt? Why isn't she wearing the same suit Superman does in MoS? Is it because DC is keeping the TV and big screen stuff completely separate?

Didn't Supergirl always have a skirt?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
From what WB/DC have said, the TV world and Movie world do not cross. It's part of the reason why they can't use Batman on Arrow (so just made Arrow Batman-by-another-name, not that I'm complaining). That said, it has been seen in audition tapes/audition scripts that Kara's cousin does get some non-oblique references. Seems you can do Arrow without ever mentioning Gotham (the place, not that stupid show), but you can't do Superman's cousin without mentioning Superman.

They have mentioned that vigilante in a batsuit in Gotham in Arrow though. I wanna say it was season 1. Might have been two but Laurel's dad says it at one point. Also I disagree that Arrow is Batman by another name but that's a whole other discussion.

Regarding the Super Girl she looks fine. Not sure I like it not being on CW so lack of crossing over plus other channels have a tendency to pull things because they don't understand the audience or put them at weird time slots. But we'll see.