Supergirl Supergirl General Discussion Thread

[Doc Ock]

I really would like a Supergirl series, but no Man of Steel like suit please.

 

[luis4u]

I really would like a Supergirl series, but no Man of Steel like suit please.

 

[PaulRom]

AnnaSophia Robb has been my choice to play Supergirl in the DC Cinematic Universe, but I'd be down with her playing this TV incarnation instead.

 

[luis4u]

If they make show the I hope Warner is not too overprotected with bat family I want too see kara and Barbara interact

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[John Locke]

Maybe in the second season Batgirl will make two appearances then get a spinoff.

 

[Doc Ock]

Maybe in the second season Batgirl will make two appearances then get a spinoff.

It would be glorious.

 

[luis4u]

It would be glorious.

And maybe powergirl.

 

[terry78]

May as well. Every other female centric show is about a lawyer or doctor.

 

[godisawesome]

Any other teen heroes would be welcome. If WB doesn't fear having Supergirl (a character who theoretically could have some idiot say is box office poison) while Superman does his own thing, one of the Robins or Batgirls would seem a shoe-in for a recurring guest.

The one major question I have is how they deal with Superman himself. Ignoring him would be unwise, but I don't see them having him appear. An off-world adventure or exile might do the trick. Maybe Lex got him effectively banished somehow, or he and Lex disappeared in some fight. Imagine a Supergirl who has to step into her cousin's shoes while still being in her teens.

Other then that, there's plenty of leeway with what direction they take the character. The Superman family has always had more flexible origins than their Gotham counterparts.

...and if there was any truth to that Young Justice show being proposed, maybe they could do a "Justice League vanished" story and introduce all the teen heroes with her stepping up as a leader.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

But... but I thought despite having two guaranteed follow up films to MAN OF STEEL, and at least 4 television series on broadcast (five if this Supergirl show gets picked up) that WB/DCE never had any "plan" for their DC COMICS properties?

 

[Sawyer]

But... but I thought despite having two guaranteed follow up films to MAN OF STEEL, and at least 4 television series on broadcast (five if this Supergirl show gets picked up) that WB/DCE never had any "plan" for their DC COMICS properties?

Those were just bedtime stories Kevin Feige has told his children that got spread around the web.

 

[DrCosmic]

I wonder how low her power level will be.​

About the same level as Clark on Smallville or Clark on 'Lois and Clark'... which is considerable, imho.

i would make Brainiac the main villain of this series. I wouldn't use Lex Luthor, but he could be mentioned.

The Legion of Super Heroes should definitely be involved.

Metallo, Bizarro, Parasite, and Toyman, Bruno Mannheim and Intergang can be major villains.

This. Giving her an aliens and time travel plot would be brilliant. Brainiac would be ideal for that.

I really would like a Supergirl series, but no Man of Steel like suit please.

Really? I didn't know anyone disliked that suit.

Oh yeah! Bring on Supergirl! On a different note, why are people so sure Superman can't appear. Remember Smallville was airing when Returns was released.

Because WB film has barred CW from using any character they are using. Geoff Johns does a whole interview about it here. They couldn't even use Ted Kord because WB film has plans for him. (Link)

There are lots of theories on why this was okay before, but not now. It could be a change in leadership/thinking, it could also be that Smallville wasn't actually a Superman show, but more like a prequel series. Same reason Gotham can be on at the same time as well since it is simply not Batman. They can be the definitive version of young Bruce Wayne on Gotham that doesn't at all overlap or compete with the definitive version of Batman on the big screen. No one gets to ask 'who's the better Batman?' because there's only one Batman on screen.

 

[Raiden]

With Arrow, Flash, Gotham, Constantine, and possibly Supergirl all on TV at the same time, am I the only one who thinks WB may be saturating the market with too many superhero shows at the same time?

 

[luis4u]

With Arrow, Flash, Gotham, Constantine, and possibly Supergirl all on TV at the same time, am I the only one who thinks WB may be saturating the market with too many superhero shows at the same time?

People say the same about the MCU

 

[ares834]

With Arrow, Flash, Gotham, Constantine, and possibly Supergirl all on TV at the same time, am I the only one who thinks WB may be saturating the market with too many superhero shows at the same time?

Well Gotham and Constantine are hardly super hero shows.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

The one major question I have is how they deal with Superman himself. Ignoring him would be unwise, but I don't see them having him appear. An off-world adventure or exile might do the trick. Maybe Lex got him effectively banished somehow, or he and Lex disappeared in some fight. Imagine a Supergirl who has to step into her cousin's shoes while still being in her teens.

Other then that, there's plenty of leeway with what direction they take the character. The Superman family has always had more flexible origins than their Gotham counterparts.

Probably best to give her amnesia and not care about who or what Superman is.

Have her do her own thing. Have Clark off-screen keep tabs on her but leave it a mystery about who she is and why she's here.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

But... but I thought despite having two guaranteed follow up films to MAN OF STEEL, and at least 4 television series on broadcast (five if this Supergirl show gets picked up) that WB/DCE never had any "plan" for their DC COMICS properties?

And add to the fact that Ra's Al Ghul is going to be on Arrow and The ****ing Rock cast as Black Adam in a SHAZAM! movie. But, ya know, WB/DCE doesn't know what to do with their properties.

 

[John Locke]

And the follow ups to MOS are a films that features the Trinity/Justice League and not just another Superman solo film. With the high likelihood the newly introduced will have their own solos. But yeah they just keep retreading the same two heroes.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

I hope there's no catch and this is literally a Supergirl series.

 

[Sawyer]

If they go their own way, I don't think anyone has a leg to stand on in terms of being pissed about it. There's been, what, half a dozen variations of the character?

But, yes, I would appreciate if they were straightforward with it. And I think they will be. I remember very early on in Arrow's development, when Deadline first reported about it, they described it like this...

I hear that David Nutter will likely direct the project, which takes the comic book character created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp and sets him in a new world with an original story that is not based on the comics, which are published by DC Entertainment.

Not quite accurate to what we actually got.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

That was a dumb thing to say. Even if it's just Green Arrow and nobody else, it's still based on the comics if loosely. It's not like Ivan Reitman's Ghostbusters which shared the name of but was unrelated to the original Filmations show from the 70s.

 

[WBwins]

Have Superman be dead in that universe.Simple.
Supergirl is taking over his position as Earths big hero

 

[DrCosmic]

Have Superman be dead in that universe.Simple.
Supergirl is taking over his position as Earths big hero

That would be best, make for the best stories for the show.

 

[X Knight]

hopefully, it won't just be Smallville all over again, but with a girl instead.

I do wonder where they can take the story, though, without it largely being Smallville all over again. And how can you do a Supergirl story without Superman.

 

[WBwins]

That would be best, make for the best stories for the show.

Exactly.And slightly off topic same approach would work for a nightwing tv show