Something I don't understand

[james_davis_nicoll]

Why the change from having Jonathan Kent support Superman's career as a hero to opposing it?

Supergirl, as I recall, has always had someone trying to discourage her. In the old days it was Superman. And I cannot recall if the Danvers had any idea she was Supergirl; they may not have had the option to support or discourage her.

Not that comic book characters age in real time but if she was 16 in her first 1959 appearance, Supergirl would have become an adult at a very interesting time for women's rights in the US...

Comments

[kithrup.livejournal.com]

Well, it is a comic book show.

I also commented on the lack of "Superman" -- but they did say "Man of Steel." And "Supergirl," of course. I have no idea why they aren't saying it -- the contortions were fairly clumsy and obvious.

I'll keep watching for a bit, but I also still watch Arrow, so you know I've low standards.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I'm also watching Arrow, and think it's fairly good (unlike The Flash, which is at its absolute best mediocre). Arrow also gives me hope for Supergirl. The Arrow premier was impressively dire, both because of way too much voice-over narration and also an abundance of clumsy storytelling. Supergirl also definitely has clumsy storytelling, but was considerably better than the Arrow premier, and like Arrow and in fact a great many recent shows that got better after the first (or sometimes first few) episodes, I have some hope that it might become better.