NorthstarATL August 11, 2016 Share August 11, 2016 27 minutes ago, Kromm said: It is more a case of what you CAN do versus what you HAVE to do. There was never going to be trouble explaining her being any skin color they wanted--that backstory about the old TV show was hardly a necessary character beat, so it was just in support of the choice they DID make. The issue about white martian vs. green is fairly separate from the human disguise. The key is if she's supposed to be the human niece of the human disguise of Martian Manhunter. In YJ they just kind of dodged that (was his human form shown in that show at all?), but looking to the comics is hardly the precedent for Young Justice, I think, when they actually followed the previous animated tradition of a black actor voicing the character (not the SAME black actor as Justice League, but a black actor nonetheless). Just have to disagree about one thing: the tv show actress she based herself upon WAS necessary to the character as it gave her a connection to Beast Boy, which the writers used to explore both characters. But, I agree, that in all other situations Martians should be portrayed by blacktors. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2477983
stealinghome August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 Quote I'm shocked that this actress is 43!! Wow! I literally thought she was in her twenties when I saw her pictures! She is beautiful. Holy CRAP, there is a picture of Sharon Leal aging in some attic. She looks amazing for 43!!!!! Goodness. Quote She announced today that's she was pregnant and was due some time this winter. Given that the musical episode will be late in supergirl's season, she may not be able to make it work. But I sure would love to have her be a part of it if possible! Ah, I didn't know that! Congrats to her and her husband. But Baby Benanti better not get in the way of us getting to hear Laura Benanti and Jeremy Jordan duet. :) It's interesting that they're not truly crossing Supergirl over (dollars to donuts it being "touched on" at the end of the SG ep is basically just the last scene being Kara getting thrown into a different universe), but I'm actually glad. Don't care about the rest of the DC TV shows, so it's less time on Supergirl lost for the characters I DO care about! I'm curious how they're going to divvy up screentime with all the new characters--and I find it impressive that they've managed to keep the season's overarching serialized plotline relatively locked down. We know a lot about who is joining the show, but very little about what they're actually doing and, more generally, what's going on. I saw some tweets that said that part of the Catco office storyline is going to be addressing Cat's absence and who steps up in the office to replace her. So it sounds like they're baking CF's reduced role into the storyline--it's not going to be some "oh, Cat is around, we just don't see her nearly as often bc new job" thing, but Cat's absence sounds like it's going to be a plot point. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2478919
Kromm August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 6 hours ago, Kendra said: I'm shocked that this actress is 43!! Wow! I literally thought she was in her twenties when I saw her pictures! She is beautiful. Her age has me wondering if they will write her as a love interest for J'onn, rather than his niece? Idk, would that be weird to change it? I believe she's most recently portrayed to be Martian Manhunter's niece, correct?? Anyway... Who the heck knows? We've seen some stupidity relative to casting and age out of them with Superman already, so I for one have absolutely no idea how old this actress is supposed to be playing. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2478936
Kendra August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 David has been retweeting a lot of the Miss Martian casting news and using blushed face and heart eyes emojis. So I'm thinking she will likely be a love interest for him. Otherwise why cast an actress who is comparable in age to David when M'gann is typically portrayed as a teenager. David has said on numerous occasions he hoped that j'onn could have a love interest since the other guys had so many last season. It was also mentioned yesterday that the CW has no plans at the moment to create a fifth superhero show BUT if the right opportunity popped up, they would be open to another spin off. (*cough superman cough*) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2479669
legaleagle53 August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 Also, apparently there's been some talk that Winn, not Alex, may be the character who turns out to be gay. http://tvline.com/2016/08/11/supergirl-winn-gay-season-2-spoilers-the-cw/ Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2479974
Trini August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 I don't think it's Winn because they showed him in love with Kara (though he's over that now), and then in a relationship with Siobhan. I'm leaning towards Alex, who hasn't yet been paired up with anyone (save some flirting with Max). 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2480027
legaleagle53 August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Trini said: I don't think it's Winn because they showed him in love with Kara (though he's over that now), and then in a relationship with Siobhan. I'm leaning towards Alex, who hasn't yet been paired up with anyone (save some flirting with Max). Unless they use his being gay as the reason that he can't make a relationship work with a woman. Besides, lesbian characters are a dime a dozen and not in the least bit interesting to me as a gay man -- I want to see a male gay character with a sex life for a change! Edited August 12, 2016 by legaleagle53 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2480058
stealinghome August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 13 minutes ago, Trini said: I don't think it's Winn because they showed him in love with Kara (though he's over that now), and then in a relationship with Siobhan. I'm leaning towards Alex, who hasn't yet been paired up with anyone (save some flirting with Max). I think Alex makes the most sense, between her nonexistent love life last season and the fact that they're bringing in a lesbian regular in Maggie Sawyer who is, I believe, supposed to interact with the DEO (I swear I remember reading that from coverage of some panel). Also it's pinging to me that Chyler Leigh at SDCC kept saying that they were going to really explore Alex, how she feels and what she wants, this season. However, Alex makes so much sense that I'm afraid it's TOO obvious and the show will swerve on us (which would disappoint me--I'd like the character to be Alex). it does make me laugh that some people are saying that a gay Winn would "end the love triangle." Did they watch any of S1?? Winn has about as much of a chance of getting with Kara as my shoe does. That "triangle" was over a while ago. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2480105
Kendra August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 (edited) I will be SHOCKED if it isn't Alex who they are talking about. Winn is still my pick for the character the show will kill off "shockingly" at some point. (I'm sorry Winn fans!) Also from TvLine: Quote Do you know if Jenna Dewan is returning to Supergirl for Season 2? — Jason As of Thursday, when I spoke to show boss Andrew Kreisberg, “There’s nothing definitive” planned at this time. “But we love Jenna, and Lucy is obviously alive in our universe.” http://tvline.com/2016/08/12/arrow-season-5-spoilers-oliver-brutal-fight-felicity-guilt/ Not surprising. I guess we will get some one-liner about where she is and what she's doing now? I was never very captivated by Lucy on this show and I thought Jenna's acting was pretty weak so I'm not too bothered that she's been written out. Edited August 13, 2016 by Kendra Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2480513
Sara2009 August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 3 hours ago, legaleagle53 said: Unless they use his being gay as the reason that he can't make a relationship work with a woman. Besides, lesbian characters are a dime a dozen and not in the least bit interesting to me as a gay man -- I want to see a male gay character with a sex life for a change (and considering Jeremy's Glee background, he'd be a natural even if he IS straight and married in real life)! I know this is really nitpicky, but Jeremy Jordan was never on " Glee." He was on " Smash." Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2480743
Kromm August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Kendra said: I will be SHOCKED if it isn't Alex who they are talking about. Winn is still my pick for the character the show will kill off "shockingly" at some point. (I'm sorry Winn fans!) Face it. No matter what, TV is still more hot lesbian friendly (or even "better" hot female bisexual friendly) than gay guy friendly. So yeah. It's gonna be the attractive woman. So male viewers (admittedly a minority for the show, but they hope to grow that audience on The CW) can... well... lets call it like it is. Yank to it. Winn is indeed likely doomed at some point. Been clear since the beginning. Although I suppose the other argument would be that TV just can't help but slaughter it's gays (especially the women) so if the argument works that Alex is gonna go girl-happy, then both she and Maggie Sawyer are inherently at risk for being murdered by the show writers. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2480823
stealinghome August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 I don't know...after The 100 became the face of last spring's "let's kill all the queer women on TV!" fest, for which the CW overall took quite a beating, I think Maggie and an out Alex would be the safest characters on the show after Kara! Can't say I'm all that sad Lucy's probably not coming back--I agree JDT never made much of an impression in the role--but I do think it's too bad only in the sense that the writers gave Lucy the unenviable task of being the blocking agent for Kara both personally and professionally for most of last season. In that respect, on some level the character's journey had just started. But like I said, I'm not all that broken up, thigh sympathetic to people who liked her. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2480905
MarkHB August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 The title of Kevin Smith's episode has been released: "Supergirl Lives". No word as to whether Nicolas Cage will guest star. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2481347
Kendra August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 http://comicbook.com/2016/08/12/rumor-avengers-director-joss-whedon-to-helm-the-flash-supergirl-/ Right now it's just a rumor but it spread like wildfire today that Joss Whedon is in talks to direct the musical episode. I think it does make sense that they would try and get him if he was willing. The Buffy musical imo was brilliant and is such a cult hit. He also directed the Dr. Horrible musical with Neal Patrick Harris. Supposedly he was at the CW "super power party" at comic con and now there is a lot speculation that he was there because he's going to direct these two episodes. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2481574
Kromm August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 I'd say it sounds like wishful thinking... except for the fact that these shows had no trouble getting Kevin Smith. I think at this point "real" industry people respect Berlanti, Guggenheim & Co, infinitely more than anyone from SynderCo. Guy like Whedon it all comes down to scheduling availability. He's a busy guy. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2481678
FurryFury August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 I'm a huge Whedon fangirl, but I don't see the point of directing something that he's not writing. Other than probably getting somebody from his posse to guest star, which is always welcome. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2482154
Trini August 14, 2016 Share August 14, 2016 That rumor sounds like A LOT of wishful thinking to me. I don't buy it. At all. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2483707
Trini August 14, 2016 Share August 14, 2016 Anyway, From EW: Quote Who’s the new villain on Supergirl in season 2? — Li To start, it’s Project Cadmus, the mysterious organization that’s apparently been holding Jeremiah Danvers hostage — a second big bad will emerge later in the year. “[Project Cadmus is] dedicated to eradicating alien life on Earth,” EP Andrew Kreisberg says. “They’re fanatics. They’re true believers. It’s a collection of scientists, of very bright, patriotic people who truly believe what they’re saying. That makes them even more dangerous.” Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2483711
CabotCove August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 (edited) On 8/11/2016 at 10:50 PM, Kromm said: I'm shocked that this actress is 43!! Wow! I literally thought she was in her twenties when I saw her pictures! She is beautiful. Her age has me wondering if they will write her as a love interest for J'onn, rather than his niece? Idk, would that be weird to change it? I believe she's most recently portrayed to be Martian Manhunter's niece, correct?? Anyway... I dont think its comic canon that MM & Miss M are related, she is not even a real Green Martian, she posed as one as she was was ashamed of her white Martian form. Even in Young Justice show she was posing as his niece, they were not related. Yeah looking at that age, she could likely be a love Interest. It doesnt make sense for J'onn to have a relative, he is supposed to be the last survivor of his planet after all and the last Green Martian. Miss Martian has to be a White Martian in this show too. Edited August 16, 2016 by WildcardC Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2489979
CabotCove August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 (edited) SUPERFAMILY! Melissa Benoist and Tyler Hoechlin on Supergirl set (August 4) http://dailycwsupergirl.tumblr.com/post/148500386285/melissa-benoist-and-tyler-hoechlin-on-supergirl Edited August 17, 2016 by WildcardC Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2492540
VCRTracking August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 (edited) Melissa posted a pic of her and Lynda Carter who will be playing the President: Quote Met a wonderful woman today reallyndacarter https://www.instagram.com/p/BJRkWeLDkGf/ Edited August 19, 2016 by VCRTracking 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2498337
stealinghome August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 More super spoilery pictures here, including what looks like Alex and Maggie working together: http://supergirl.tv/episode-3-season-2-begins-filming 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2498384
CabotCove August 20, 2016 Share August 20, 2016 ^Thanks Yes, first look at Maggie (Floriana Lima) Supergirl's new science police officer Maggie Sawyer (Floriana Lima) on #Vancouver set Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2499414
Kromm August 20, 2016 Share August 20, 2016 (edited) On 8/17/2016 at 0:53 PM, WildcardC said: SUPERFAMILY! Since it can't be said too many times... They. Look. The. Same. Age. Yeah I know. It could be wacky Kryptonian DNA. But not just Superman, but also the supposedly human-impersonation called Clark Kent will look "too young" also. And lets not even get into Lois Lane, who at the very least is supposed to look older than Lucy Lane, who we already met, who looks a few years older than Kara. Edited August 20, 2016 by Kromm 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2499434
Kromm August 20, 2016 Share August 20, 2016 Here's "President Lynda" (okay I know that's not the character name), a lot more "in context" to her role... 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2499448
Kromm August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 Laura Benanti was on a recent episode of Doug Loves Movies and when asked what she had coming up said "some TV work I can't talk about". Logically we have to ask what kind of TV work she'd be confidentially bound on, and while its theoretically possible for an actress with her resume to be involved in almost anything, this does suggest a strong possibility she could be back on Supergirl in some capacity. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2501697
legaleagle53 August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 27 minutes ago, Kromm said: Laura Benanti was on a recent episode of Doug Loves Movies and when asked what she had coming up said "some TV work I can't talk about". Logically we have to ask what kind of TV work she'd be confidentially bound on, and while its theoretically possible for an actress with her resume to be involved in almost anything, this does suggest a strong possibility she could be back on Supergirl in some capacity. It would have to be sometime in the back half of the season, since she's pregnant and the baby is due sometime this winter. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2501751
Kromm August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, legaleagle53 said: It would have to be sometime in the back half of the season, since she's pregnant and the baby is due sometime this winter. I bet myself when posting that someone would say that. I'm not sure that's the case. First, if all we are getting is the hologram, it could easily just be her head shown. But even if not, we know as recently as a month ago (when she was on The Late Show as faux-Melania Trump) that she wasn't showing at all. Ergo, if she's shooting scenes now-ish, she's probably still not going to look pregnant. She won't be wearing any harnesses and flying in the air, but I don't see what other limitations she'd have. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2501773
legaleagle53 August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Kromm said: I bet myself when posting that someone would say that. I'm not sure that's the case. First, if all we are getting is the hologram, it could easily just be her head shown. But even if not, we know as recently as a month ago (when she was on The Late Show as faux-Melania Trump) that she wasn't showing at all. Ergo, if she's shooting scenes now-ish, she's probably still not going to look pregnant. She won't be wearing any harnesses and flying in the air, but I don't see what other limitations she'd have. Actresses usually announce their pregnancies at about the end of the first trimester, which is when they typically do start showing. She wouldn't have been showing yet a month ago. Since the baby is due this coming winter, she'll definitely be showing by the time she actually starts shooting her scenes, assuming that she was talking about Supergirl and has yet to start shooting. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2501792
stealinghome August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 Unless, IF Benanti's coming back to SG, we're getting flashbacks to an Alura pregnant with Kara for some reason...then no need to try to film around the bump! 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2501839
Kendra August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 I'm hoping the "tv work she can't talk about yet" is a reoccurring role on next season of SNL to reprise her role as Melania Trump! She got a lot of praise and attention for that so I wouldn't be shocked to see her pop up to do that impression again. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2501887
Stuffy August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 Laura's showing now because she posted a picture on Instagram with her husband, and you can tell she's pregnant. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2503082
Kromm August 21, 2016 Share August 21, 2016 (edited) 20 hours ago, legaleagle53 said: Since the baby is due this coming winter, she'll definitely be showing by the time she actually starts shooting her scenes, assuming that she was talking about Supergirl and has yet to start shooting. Supergirl is already shooting their third or fourth episode of the season though, so there's that assumption to deal with. She was definitely in New York for her Colbert appearance back on July 18, and also in New York around August 5th or 6th (when Doug Loves Movies was recorded), so we ARE only talking about a window of about two weeks though. So maybe if it is really Supergirl, it's just a one or two episode appearance? If you think about it, perhaps it's as simple as this: Flashbacks. We have a two episode story involving Superman coming up. Would it really be that odd to see some Flashback scenes on Krypton with Alura where baby Kal-El (and Young Kara) are involved? Probably not. If so, I doubt it's a big part of the episode, but a scene or two of this makes a lot of sense. 20 hours ago, Kendra said: I'm hoping the "tv work she can't talk about yet" is a reoccurring role on next season of SNL to reprise her role as Melania Trump! She got a lot of praise and attention for that so I wouldn't be shocked to see her pop up to do that impression again. Not impossible even with her pregnant. All they have to do is stick her behind a podium each time (most of the Colbert appearance was behind one, but she walked out to kiss him for part of it). That said, as good as her impression was, I do think we have to admit that the kind of Natasha Fatale Eastern European thing is the easiest part, and it's simply the robotic head movements and minimal eye-blinking that some stock player at SNL probably would need to master to do it instead. That said, I just watched a video of Cecily Strong doing an impression of Melania, and it was kind of terrible. Edited August 21, 2016 by Kromm Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2503164
stealinghome August 25, 2016 Share August 25, 2016 Not a lot of new info, but: http://collider.com/supergirl-season-2-superman-andrew-kreisberg-interview/ Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2514576
Kromm August 25, 2016 Share August 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, stealinghome said: Not a lot of new info, but: http://collider.com/supergirl-season-2-superman-andrew-kreisberg-interview/ Kreisberg is sometimes annoying or full of it, but I like this quote: Quote It’s funny, we have villains that can split the earth in half. We have villains that can run at the speed of light. What’s so crazy about a villain that can make you think your friends are singing and dancing in front of you? In face, if anything, it might seem pedestrian, by comparison. This part is where he's spinning (and a bit full of shit implying that Callista is seeing more than a paycheck and a lot of good press as a motivator): Quote Well, she’s in the first two episodes and we’re talking to her about doing more. It’s funny because, from our perspective, we thought she wouldn’t do any. And it’s not because she doesn’t love the show. She’s such a huge fan of the show, but moving to Vancouver, we assumed that we would part as friends. But she’s so into the show and feels such an allegiance and a responsibility to it that she’s agreed to come back, so we’re very happy. Harrison is very rich and they seem to have a stable marriage, so I think it's mostly the good vibes/press that's the main issue here. You can't buy the kind of fan goodwill she's been getting as Cat Grant. Ditching it totally would have turned on her, even if it wasn't her fault. Now by traveling a little a few times per year she's enhanced it by appearing to sacrifice. This is reality, not cynicism, I believe. Whatever she does next, full time, in L.A. will carry along new fans she hadn't had before, because she was Cat Grant and stuck by it. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2514660
Trini August 25, 2016 Share August 25, 2016 28 minutes ago, stealinghome said: Not a lot of new info, but: http://collider.com/supergirl-season-2-superman-andrew-kreisberg-interview/ Quote What she decides to do at CatCo is going to be a big change, and an exciting change. She’s usually flexing muscles to beat the crap out of aliens, and now she’s going to be flexing career muscles, as a young career woman with a little bit of authority and autonomy. I think that’s going to be a lot more exciting for her, as a character, than just being a harried executive assistant. I guess... but the Cat and Kara dynamic was one of the best things about the first season, so I'm still going to miss it. Kara being a type of mentor to Mon-El sounds interesting, though. And yeah, that's total spin from Kreisberg. I think it's more like "We're so grateful we were able to come to a deal - after begging." Quote KREISBERG: Part of the reason we’re bringing on Miss Martian is to give J’onn his own story this year and his own emotional ride, meeting her and having this tie to his home world that he thought he would never have again. As he has to keep reminding people, he’s been here for 300 years and isolated for most of it. Last year, with his relationship with Alex and his relationship with Kara, he started to come out of his shell a little bit and wasn’t quite so afraid to show who he really was. So, in getting to interact with M’gann, he’s going to have a whole new person with which to share his martian experience. We think it’s going to be a great story. Argh -- he doesn't actually say anything about Miss Martian. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2514712
Kendra August 26, 2016 Share August 26, 2016 (edited) I'm extremely nervous about the show "doing their own version" of Mon-El and putting their own spin on it. Mostly because I don't particularly care for some of the creative choices they made with other characters on this show (like taking all of Jimmy Olsen's core character traits and bow ties, and giving them to Winn). I think he story is pretty interesting and hope they don't take too many liberties. Although, I'm quite sure he will be this season's new love interest for Kara so maybe that is the "new spin" on the character he was talking about. Winn joining the DEO seems like a desperate effort to try and integrate him into major plots on the show. It sounds like they are just making him Cisco 2.0 or Felicty (arrow season 1 and 2). I wish they could come up with something more different than 'nerdy sidekick who is good with computers' as his role. I'm still not buying producers trying to spin it so Cat not being around much is a natural change. That will be a huge loss for the show as the Cat/Kara dynamic was one of the few constant bright spots from the first season imo. The Snapper Carr character is by far the character I'm least excited about. It's interesting that he admits the first season was a little rough and it struggled to find its footing at times. I think it's good that he recognized there were things that didn't quite work and seems excited about the changes they are making for season 2. I particularly liked hearing that they are making the show a bit more comic book-y. Edited August 26, 2016 by Kendra 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2514811
Trini August 26, 2016 Share August 26, 2016 12 minutes ago, Kendra said: It's interesting that he admits the first season was a little rough and it struggled to find it's footing at times. I think it's good that he recognized there were things that didn't quite work and seems excited about the changes they are making for season 2. I particularly liked hearing that they are making the show a bit more comic book-y. I really do hope Season 2 is better and stronger overall, because The Flash Season 2 was kind of a downgrade. (Not sure which showrunners to blame for that, though.) 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2514878
stealinghome August 26, 2016 Share August 26, 2016 (edited) After Kreisberg played up how Miss Martian gives J'onn someone to essentially emote and bond with, I'm 50% more inclined to buy the speculation that they're being set up as love interests. I also agree that they're setting up Mon-El to be a love interest for Kara--what they say about Kara and James "figuring out if they can make a relationship work" at the start of the season sounds not promising for them as a couple, I'm thinking it might re-set them back to S1. And it also sounds boring as fuck, because who sat through the awful love quadrangle in S1 and thought "gee, I want MORE of this"?!?!?! 2 hours ago, Kendra said: Winn joining the DEO seems like a desperate effort to try and integrate him into major plots on the show. It sounds like they are just making him Cisco 2.0 or Felicty (arrow season 1 and 2). I wish they could come up with something more different than 'nerdy sidekick who is good with computers' as his role. I'm still not buying producers trying to spin it so Cat not being around much is a natural change. That will be a huge loss for the show as the Cat/Kara dynamic was one of the few constant bright spots from the first season imo. The Snapper Carr character is by far the character I'm least excited about. It's interesting that he admits the first season was a little rough and it struggled to find its footing at times. I think it's good that he recognized there were things that didn't quite work and seems excited about the changes they are making for season 2. I particularly liked hearing that they are making the show a bit more comic book-y. I agree that the writers are really struggling to find Winn a role on the show--I mean, Kreisberg straight-up admits in the interview that they know Winn as a character didn't work last season. Moving him to the DEO screams "throwing it at the wall and hoping something sticks." The thing is, Winn's just so superfluous. You could take him out of the show and nothing would change. For all they're supposed to be "besties," his relationship with Kara is fundamentally pretty shallow and 2D--the vibe they have always had reads more to me as work buddies than BFFs. And Jeremy Jordan seems like a swell guy, but he had more personality in the 3 minutes of bloopers they attached to the S1 DVDs than Winn had in 22 episodes. I think I've figured out why I'm not excited by the idea of Snapper Carr, and it's because it sounds like we're in for yet another season of someone basically trying to tear Kara down all the time. As I've been rewatching the first season thanks to the CW's marathon, I've been struck by how much of at least the first half of S1 was devoted to everyone except her friends trying to tear Kara/Supergirl down. And like, yeah, Kara rose above it, but that was still not particularly fun to watch as a viewer long-term. It got old fast. So Snapper Carr basically sounds like a redux of a schtick that was already old last season. Like, one of the reasons I'm actually okay conceptually with Kara no longer being Cat's PA (even if I have misgivings about how the show is handling it) is that she had outgrown that role, that kind of relationship, with Cat. But everything they say about Snapper Carr makes it sound like we just hit the reset button and are back to square one in Kara's working life, just with a different person in the boss role. I wish they had given her a boss that's not just a less interesting version of Cat. (And yes--Cat had a tendency to tear Kara down as well, but it was tempered by the fact that a) you could tell behind Cat's nastiness, she had genuine affection for Kara and wanted to see her do well, b) Cat's more friendly relationship with Supergirl--so from the audience's perspective, we saw Cat being "nicer" to Kara even if it was a bit of sleight of hand--c) MB and CF's chemistry and d) frankly, the fact that CF just ROCKED the role. I don't think Snapper Carr will have any of those things going for him.) I do like that Kreisberg recognized and owned the fact that S1 was uneven; too many showrunners don't have the self-awareness to do either. I just hope that what they thought were the uneven parts of S1, and what I thought were the uneven parts of S1, line up! Edited August 26, 2016 by stealinghome 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2515300
stealinghome August 27, 2016 Share August 27, 2016 fwiw, Laura Benanti posted this instagram picture a few days ago. I'm cautiously hopeful it means we're getting some hologram Alura, since that role basically lends itself to green-screening it. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2519422
Kromm August 27, 2016 Share August 27, 2016 5 minutes ago, stealinghome said: fwiw, Laura Benanti posted this instagram picture a few days ago. I'm cautiously hopeful it means we're getting some hologram Alura, since that role basically lends itself to green-screening it. My thought initially had been all along that they could just use a head/mid-torso shot if it's a hologram, but today I realized that's not even necessary. Just change holo-Alura's outfit (and don't waste time explaining) to a baggier more ceremonial robe-like outfit than the dress-like version she had on previously. After all, that's what several previous movie, comic and TV versions have shown people "back on Krypton" wearing--this version being an exception up until now, because the outfits have been more like this: 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2519464
cambridgeguy August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 Quote And it also sounds boring as fuck, because who sat through the awful love quadrangle in S1 and thought "gee, I want MORE of this"?!?!?! Well, the show is on the CW and they LOVE dragging out relationship drama, with varying results. See Oliver/Laurel/Felicity/a bunch of other people, Barry/Iris/Eddie/some other people, and the Hawks/Ray. If Mon-el is supposed to be the new love interest then James' insecurity will almost certainly torpedo the Kara/James pairing. He started sulking in a corner the instant he found out Barry was a superhero. What is he going to do with a hero who isn't in a big rush to return to his own universe? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2521515
MarkHB August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 I wonder what ever happened to that Nick guy they talked about before they started taping. We never heard a casting announcement, did we? 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2522991
stealinghome August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 23 minutes ago, MarkHB said: I wonder what ever happened to that Nick guy they talked about before they started taping. We never heard a casting announcement, did we? At this point, I'm guessing either that it was a cover for Mon-El OR that plans BTS changed and they scrapped the character. Given that Lena was initially announced as a regular and Maggie recurring, whereas it ended up being that Maggie is the regular and Lena recurring, I'm wondering if it's more that BTS plans changed. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2523040
Kendra August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, MarkHB said: I wonder what ever happened to that Nick guy they talked about before they started taping. We never heard a casting announcement, did we? I think he was just casting code for Mon-El. His casting description says something like "with Kara's help, the hero in Nick will finally come out." That sounds like Mon-El to me. Maybe they changed his earth name for the show and it will be "Nick Farrow." In the comics I believe it's Bob Cobb. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2523203
FurryFury August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 Bob Cobb? One should hope they changed it! 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2523223
Delphi August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 Though, is enjoy the hell out of Ian Gomez playing on a show with a character named Bob Cobb. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2523240
MarkHB August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 34 minutes ago, Delphi said: Though, is enjoy the hell out of Ian Gomez playing on a show with a character named Bob Cobb. I don't get the connection, but that's on me. Even funnier than his name, though ( which he only used when he came back in time to see Superboy), is that, iirc, his cover story was that he was a traveling Fuller Brush salesman! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2523321
Delphi August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 Ian Gomez starred in Cougar Town where one of the main characters, and his characters bestie, was named Bobby Cobb. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2523467
stealinghome August 29, 2016 Share August 29, 2016 http://tvline.com/2016/08/29/supergirl-season-2-poster-new-cw-hero/ I can't lie, I'm making a dubious face. Given that half of Kara's Scooby gang are CatCo friends, the idea that she needs help integrating those two lives seems silly. I hope it's worded poorly. The whole "Superman makes it look easy" thing sounds more organic, if a little after-school special, since that was something S1 touched on...though I'm pretty sure Cat also talked to Kara about making things look easy when they're not. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/20824-shes-supermans-cousin-and-other-supergirl-spoilers/page/7/#findComment-2523859
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