Supergirl Tv Series Review

So, Supergirl tv series isn't supposed to premiere until November, but the premiere episode has been "bootlegged" to file-sharing sites. Since it carries no watermarks, some suspect it's an intentional release for promotional purposes.

Or because it's so bad.

So, we watched it last night. It's a mixed bag. From the same producers who created Arrow and Flash.

Spoilers, sort-of.

One thing I like is that they tried to get away from the Dark Knight heaviness that marks every other superduper movie or series in the last twenty-five years. They didn't entirely succeed. And in the process, they came dangerously close to the too-light-and-too-fluffy feeling of that SNL skit of a "Black Widow" movie when we see the girl with the power of a god fetching coffee for her publisher-boss, or getting tongue-tied meeting Superman's Pal.

Mostly, it was all too rushed. Origin on Krypton, arrival on earth, years with adopted parents, all disposed of in a few scenes. Meeting with wise ethnic mentor (JAMES Olson, not Jimmy, has turned black, like the Human Torch and Nick Fury - epidemic of revitiligo, I think). Decision to become a superhero after years of wanting to be "normal." Revealing her deepest secret to a geeky co-worker. Super-secret government MiB group. And setting up the battles for the season, a boatload of ugly super-baddies who hate her. Too much, too fast, too shallow.

Maybe these shows would work better as half-hours.

Did get a grin out of (the brief glimpse of) her earthly parents, played by Supergirl of the 1984 movie and Superman of Lois & Clark. (Dean didn't even get a line, though.) And the defense given for using SuperGirl instead of -Woman was an excellent slap in the face to language nazis.

As an old superhero comics fan, I'll be generous and give it three Aces out of five. Fluffy, not stuffy.