I actually think the crossovers are some of her weakest performances, tbh, because some of the writers/directors of the other shows don't know how to handle SG (like, for example, Arrow director James Bamford making her do that stupid "hero pose" at inopportune times in almost every scene of the Arrow portion in this crossover; and they gave Overgirl THE most cringe-worthy, cartoonishly villainous dialogue of the whole affair). The SG writers/directors utilize her so much better, understandably (they no longer make her do that pose at stupid times, for example - just when she's at ease/in light-hearted moments). She's had some truly GREAT emotional stuff (and comedic) on her own show since the early days, though. I now genuinely believe she's the strongest of the DCTV leads.
Well, I don't necessarily agree there, because I love her more dramatic moments on SG, and I loved her as Red!K Kara, and I thought she had a few good moments as Overgirl here. She certainly differentiated her character's voice and mannerisms more than Stephen Amell did, who was basically playing the same ol' Oliver just with different goals and more resolve. As you say, the writing for Overgirl just kinda sucked. Assuming Overgirl still spent many of her formative years on Krypton and NOT under Nazi rule, they had an opportunity to make her a more complex, interesting, 3-dimensional character, but they clearly had zero interest in that.
sadly lfor some people (some I see this both in front of my face in person and in written form) that pose is what super man is known for, while other's have always used that pose as reason to hate on him ,cause that's what superman does when ever a norml a villain (sorry street thug nit even a villain ) can't hurt him with a noraml gun and that what they use as basis as their complaint.
I don't think they had any intention of going with her comic book origins. Overman wasn't mentioned, and she literally said "her pod landed in the Fatherland." They deliberately painted the picture that she had the same origin as Supergirl, just landed in Nazi-world instead. And yes, I know what they intended, I just think it was dumb, and would have been more effective if she had NOT been a cartoon villain. If she was actually a person, just a less humanized Kara due to her giving up whatever humanity she had on Krypton during her time growing up on Earth-X.
truth be told former captian Lances sara's dad'sdoppelgangerr was more ruthless then any and all the ones that actacked earth 1. and claim to be the over all boss's of the nazi's .
truth be told when she said that . the onlynthing that came to my mind was that ther eare other reality/ earths swith a kara in them according to whar earth 2 dr.well's said to all of them in star labs and ther are all still around , there are 53 of them and thats the same for the others too. so why'd they come to earth one? why didn't get a kara from each earth? why was she so speacil she's not earth one kara of which harry said she's around but just hasn't been seen yet.
Well as I said, it's quite a different show from the early days now. She kills it with the dramatic stuff, imo. Recently they had an episode essentially dealing with her repressed memories of witnessing the destruction of her planet firsthand and subsequently being trapped in a pod in the vastness of space and just how terrifying and traumatic that actually was, and Melissa rocked it. There was another recent episode where she found out there's a cult that worships her and bastardizes the religious teachings of Rao from Krypton to do so, and the way she played how downright unsettling that was for her was great, and surprisingly nuanced for The CW I thought. Basically any episode that drudges up her past on Krypton in a major way (and there's been several now) is usually a winner, especially in terms of the acting, imo. The only stuff that's come close dramatically in any of these shows for me was the stuff with Barry's mom in Flash S1, but based on those performances, Melissa's just the stronger dramatic actor than Grant, imo. But he does alright. Certainly better than the dude who plays Jax here. To me, that guy is The Weakest Link easily. I've felt that way since his Flash days.
Honestly, an evil Oliver Queen makes more sense to me than an evil Kara, because we can assume he was raised as a Nazi since birth. While Kara, if her backstory more or less lines up with Earth-38's Kara (which they implied it did), would have only been there from age 13 onwards. She supposedly would've had a different upbringing and very different set of morals at one point.
So, I rewatched it all even the arrow episode I missed(cause I stopped watching for good reason ) cause my other sister the younest not the onethat had the operation and that was is still recovering and doing ok right now) that love watching the cwtv show minus arrow, taped them on our family's pvr.
