{"id":7044,"date":"2015-10-27T13:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T17:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7044"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:55:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:55:14","slug":"review-supergirl-debuts-on-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/10\/27\/review-supergirl-debuts-on-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ Debuts on CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cCan you believe it? A female hero! Nice for my daughter to have someone like that to look up to.\u201d The pilot episode of Supergirl<\/em> took it upon itself last night to address all the different opinions people have about female superheroes, and that quote by a random character was just one example.<\/p>\n

One of the more talked about moments from the pilot was Kara\u2019s anger at being named Supergirl rather than Superwoman. My own favorite moment was when the writers poked fun at the absurdity of some of the skimpier female superhero costumes.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the best moment, and what I believe laid down the premise for later episodes, was when Agent Henshaw questioned whether Supergirl was strong enough to take on this week\u2019s baddie, Vartox. Kara\u2019s human sister quickly shut down the sexist thought by saying, \u201cWhy? Because she\u2019s just a girl? That\u2019s exactly what we were counting on.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll see more instances in which Supergirl exploits the whole having boobs thing by pretending to be weaker than she actually is. But what I\u2019m most excited for is to see how she grows to prove the opposite of this, because in the comics Supergirl is actually faster and stronger than Superman.<\/p>\n

Another thing that\u2019s got people talking is that, though Supergirl is a super badass, her secret identity, Kara Danvers, is just a normal awkward girl (who happens to have superpowers). She gives hope to dorky girls everywhere, because though Kara has trouble forming coherent sentences around hunky men, Supergirl has no trouble intimidating the only slightly less hunky bad guys. So far, Melissa Benoist, who plays Kara, looks like she\u2019ll do a wonderful job of portraying this walking contradiction.<\/p>\n

The pilot also touched on enough Supergirl<\/em> mythology to make fans of the original comics happy. Like in the comics, Kara was sent down to Earth as a preteen to protect her baby cousin, Kal-El. Unfortunately, the plan was ruined when her ship got stuck in the Phantom Zone, a place where time stands still. When her ship was finally freed 24 years later, Kara was still a twelve-year-old girl and Kal-El had already grown up to become Superman.<\/p>\n

One part of the episode that did stray from the comics, however, was the introduction of the show\u2019s big bad: Kara\u2019s Aunt Astra. Though Supergirl<\/em> has a good setup for a monster-of-the-week storyline, it may take a similar route as early seasons of Supernatural<\/em> by also incorporating an overarching conflict. Astra, who is the show\u2019s creation, will be the source of this conflict.<\/p>\n

I love a good conflict between two strong women, and Supergirl<\/em> seems more than happy to deliver. In addition to Kara\u2019s aunt from hell (I thought I had it bad that time my uncle forgot my name), Kara had a more normal family quarrel this episode when she found out that her adoptive sister, Alex, was fighting against her.<\/p>\n

Anyone who has\u00a0ever had a sister knows that sisterhood can be incredibly complicated; at one point or another someone is always jealous of the other. The writers have already perfectly captured this sentiment, and its only been one episode. It\u2019ll be interesting to see how the girls move forward and attempt to balance their clearly close bond with being on opposite sides of the war genetically.<\/p>\n

Already Supergirl<\/em> is looking like THE girl-power show of fall\u2019s TV lineup. And it should be, as it\u2019s the first superhero show with a female lead to grace TVs since the \u201870s \u2013 not counting Agent Carter, who is technically not a superhero since she\u2019s lacking the superpowers that entail the \u201csuper\u201d part of that title. Fight me on it, but I\u2019m right, and if that makes you angry then you probably don\u2019t want to know my thoughts on Batman.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Supergirl is a superhero beyond doubt, and I\u2019m definitely ready to see her kick some more ass next Monday when the show returns at its regular time, 8\/7c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cCan you believe it? A female hero! Nice for my daughter to have someone like that to look up to.\u201d The pilot episode of Supergirl took it upon itself last night to address all the different opinions people have about female superheroes, and that quote by a random character was just one example. One of<\/p>\n

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