[TV series] Supergirl - first trailer

JSHAW · Post by **JSHAW** » Fri May 15, 2015 10:41 am

Not too bad, heavy on the cheesy side. Worth a glance? She's cute, that much's for sure.
And she's Super. Super's a good thing, right?

You watch, you decide.

For a trailer/first look it's pretty long, and full of spoilers, so if you want to go into the series
blind, don't watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=344&v=XU1GupmHJEM

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri May 15, 2015 10:45 am

Supergirl McBeal.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Fri May 15, 2015 10:49 am

Black Widow SNL Trailer - so much like the Supergirl trailer

killbot737 · Post by **killbot737** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:24 am

I'll give it a try. Maybe it will be weird funny like "Dead Like Me" or that fashion magazine show with America Ferrera?

PS I think that video could have used a lot more "CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE NOW!" overlays.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:12 pm

She's cute but that looks really awful.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:14 pm

tgb wrote:She's cute but that looks really awful.

I'd say a good chunk of us are outside the target demo.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:15 pm

I wonder if she wears super pantyhose for those "uncomfortable" moments.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:17 pm

I personally am hoping that this is written with six year old girls in mind, as my daughter would absolutely love a kid oriented Supergirl series.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:23 pm

Per my reading, the setting for this one is "National City", for which I can find no DC track record, so it appears to be created out of whole cloth for the series.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:32 pm

El Guapo wrote:I personally am hoping that this is written with six year old girls in mind, as my daughter would absolutely love a kid oriented Supergirl series.

your "daughter". uh huh.

is your "daughter" also excited about the Jem and Holograms movie coming out?

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri May 15, 2015 1:47 pm

That looks truly dreadful.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri May 15, 2015 3:06 pm

Some of us are hoping that this trailer is edited to appeal to a certain audience, cherry picked moments that don't represent the whole of the series.

Some of us are probably foolish.

With all the super-dramatic, super-gritty super-hero shows out there right now, I suppose it actually does make sense to put out a show designed to appeal to another demographic that may be interested in the 'popular' genre but doesn't want to watch the serious, mature shows. That's fine. I will still give it a go, and if it doesn't click for me? I've still got Arrow. And Flash. And Legends of Tomorrow. And Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And Agent Carter. And Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Spinoff. And Gotham. And (hopefully) Heroes Reborn. And fifty gazillion movies.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri May 15, 2015 3:13 pm

Blackhawk wrote:And Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Spinoff.

Nope.

[T]he two characters are being seen as key components in the show's recent revival - which would make removing them for an unknown quantity in the form of a potential spin-off a pretty risky move on ABC's part.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri May 15, 2015 3:26 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:And Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Spinoff.
Nope.

[T]he two characters are being seen as key components in the show's recent revival - which would make removing them for an unknown quantity in the form of a potential spin-off a pretty risky move on ABC's part.

That's OK. I will list Daredevil in its spot, even though I haven't seen it yet.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri May 15, 2015 3:52 pm

Blackhawk wrote:That's OK. I will list Daredevil in its spot, even though I haven't seen it yet.

What?

Find yourself a computer and get to it!

Tao · Post by **Tao** » Fri May 15, 2015 5:49 pm

I highly doubt I will watch the show but I find it cool that Helen Slater (80's Supergirl) and Dean Cain (90's Superman) are in it.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri May 15, 2015 7:45 pm

Tao wrote:I highly doubt I will watch the show but I find it cool that Helen Slater (80's Supergirl) and Dean Cain (90's Superman) are in it.

They are? Unemployment must have run out.

DD* · Post by DD* » Fri May 15, 2015 9:47 pm

I'll go against the tide and say that I thought it looked pretty good. I'm a Marvel guy much more than DC, but I'll give it a whirl!

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Fri May 15, 2015 10:07 pm

I also thought this looked pretty cool and plan to watch it unless/until I find it to be unwatchable. The cheese factor is a bit high, but then it gets a little thick on The Flash at times, too, and I like that show a lot. I also enjoyed what I watched of Smallville, too (mostly the last 3 seasons or so), so I know that my tolerance for cheese is at least moderate.

Note that from what I've read, most critics are assuming that the crappier special-effects (presumably the truck exploding) are just placeholders done for the trailer, not the actual finished product. I find that encouraging.

Not everybody will like this show and that's fine, but I really like the fact that DC finally seems to be building a head of steam in the movies and especially on TV, and if they can pull off the same magic with this show that they're working with Arrow, Flash, and Gotham, I'll be quite pleased.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri May 15, 2015 10:16 pm

Zaxxon wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:That's OK. I will list Daredevil in its spot, even though I haven't seen it yet.
What?

Find yourself a computer and get to it!

I've just been waiting until the current line of shows goes off the air for the summer. I've got a few too many 'active' shows going to add another to the mix. I'm down to only three or four, and most of those will be done this week or next.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri May 15, 2015 10:18 pm

Carry on, then.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat May 16, 2015 12:45 am

I barely recognized Flockhart. I dont know why women want surgery to make them look so un natural.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sat May 16, 2015 7:59 am

Daehawk wrote:I barely recognized Flockhart. I dont know why women want surgery to make them look so un natural.

Her lips are f'd up, yeah. Hopefully it was just botox and not something permanent. Or maybe she's transitioning to a duck.

Victoria Raverna · Post by **Victoria Raverna** » Sat May 16, 2015 9:56 pm

I think this is a bit like Buffy so maybe it'll be a good tv series.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun May 17, 2015 4:18 pm

I'm pretty sure the only thing it shares with Buffy is the sex of the lead character.

killbot737 · Post by **killbot737** » Sun May 17, 2015 5:17 pm

Odin wrote:
Daehawk wrote:I barely recognized Flockhart. I dont know why women want surgery to make them look so un natural.
Her lips are f'd up, yeah. Hopefully it was just botox and not something permanent. Or maybe she's transitioning to a duck.

Nope, she duck-faced herself. Just like Emmanuelle Beart and (I fear) Morena Baccarin. Morena is looking pretty/weird on Gotham.

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Sun May 17, 2015 5:53 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
tgb wrote:She's cute but that looks really awful.
I'd say a good chunk of us are outside the target demo.

Yep. But that's okay.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun May 17, 2015 7:20 pm

killbot737 wrote: Nope, she duck-faced herself. Just like Emmanuelle Beart and (I fear) Morena Baccarin. Morena is looking pretty/weird on Gotham.

Really? I thought Baccarin looked great on Gotham. I didn't think there was anything unnatural about her appearance.

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Sun May 17, 2015 8:38 pm

hepcat wrote:
killbot737 wrote: Nope, she duck-faced herself. Just like Emmanuelle Beart and (I fear) Morena Baccarin. Morena is looking pretty/weird on Gotham.
Really? I thought Baccarin looked great on Gotham. I didn't think there was anything unnatural about her appearance.

Same here... thought she was attractive as hell with no hint on duck on her face that I recall. Huh.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon May 18, 2015 9:13 am

I honesty think she's getting better looking as she gets older too.

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:03 am

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:39 am

JSHAW wrote:Not too bad, heavy on the cheesy side.
You watch, you decide.

Sigh, so disappointing. I would rather watch the Black Widow show, ha!

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Mon May 18, 2015 2:39 pm

I think Morena Baccarin subconsciously influenced the name of my daughter. I was totally in love with her on V. It was only while watching Gotham the other night that I realized I probably named her after that character.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon May 18, 2015 5:24 pm

tru1cy wrote:Black Widow SNL Trailer - so much like the Supergirl trailer

I finally got around to actually watching the Supergirl trailer, and this is 1000% correct. This looks pretty bad.

Side note: the song in the last 1.5 minutes of the trailer is "Fight Song", by Rachel Platten, who I went to Middle School with, and who I recently discovered is an increasingly successful pop star. How about that?

Scraper · Post by **Scraper** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:42 am

El Guapo wrote:
tru1cy wrote:Black Widow SNL Trailer - so much like the Supergirl trailer
I finally got around to actually watching the Supergirl trailer, and this is 1000% correct. This looks pretty bad.

Side note: the song in the last 1.5 minutes of the trailer is "Fight Song", by Rachel Platten, who I went to Middle School with, and who I recently discovered is an increasingly successful pop star. How about that?

I just watched it too and it looks REALLY bad. They seem to be going for the Sex in the City crowd. Which is a horrible idea, considering this is a super hero show.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:52 am

That is so Samantha.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri May 22, 2015 12:22 pm

It looks like a high-quality copy of the finished pilot has been leaked and is circulating on torrent sites.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri May 22, 2015 6:03 pm

If I knew anybody who watched the pilot today during lunch, they might say that the trailer is not representative of the show. That the romance and quasi-feminist stuff crammed into the trailer was most of the stuff from the whole episode. That you've already seen the majority of it, having watched the trailer. They might say that it was still more Smallville than Arrow - a little bit cheesy and comic-booky, but not too bad. They wouldn't deny that it had its problems. That there was an awful lot of backstory and 'major events' crammed into one episode, and that the writing and dialogue were a little awkward, though they might excuse some of that as being typical of pilots.

That's probably what they'd say.

If I knew anybody, that is.

DD* · Post by DD* » Fri May 22, 2015 7:05 pm

Upon 2nd viewing, I think my daughter (who is a huge superhero fan) will love this.

Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Fri May 22, 2015 11:49 pm

I have a friend who watched it, he thought it was absolutely awful.