Comics and Movies

[DallasEast]

What does " Animated " Supergirl look like ..?

There is quite a few of them. It would include versions of Power Girl as well since she is Kara in a different universe. Here's my favorite from a gif I created a couple of years ago:

 

[quickccc]

A very informative article and overall good take, although there were a couple of points I disagree with. I am thinking of doing the article's embedded poll here.

What Went Wrong With Supergirl: The Tracking, The Comic, And The Marvel Playbook (link | ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS)
By Matt McGloin | Cosmic Book News
June 30, 2026

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They ignored the comic they were adapting. Here is the core failure.

Gunn spent the run-up praising Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the acclaimed graphic novel the film was supposedly based on. The movie goes in nearly the opposite direction.

Director Craig Gillespie has been candid that he didn’t start with the source material, saying he “very deliberately didn’t look at Tom King’s book” and worked off Ana Nogueira’s screenplay instead. He eventually went back to the comic and borrowed a few visuals from Evely’s art, but the book was never the foundation.

The biggest change was the ending. Gillespie confirmed it was Gunn who insisted Supergirl kill Krem, saying Gunn was adamant about it from the first draft and refused to even shoot a backup in case testing went badly. That is not how the comic ends...

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I have said it many times. Some of these... people... have zero knowledge of what they are adapting.

i just didn't like Gunn's approach. Instead of having Supergil developed gradually and having her join in a team up as Black Widow did with Captain America, ..they decide to let fans get a very brief (comedic) peek in Superman, and blast open with her as a totally solo film.

Strange given that too many viewers really dunno much about Kara Zor-El., only that she's Superman's cousin and from the same Planet.
i've also always found it strange th tShe supposedly was launched to safety before Superman Jor-El was , yet Clarke is odler than Kara Zor-El....

More so, instead of Gunn himself directing the film, ..or a very well established experienced director, (ala Russo Brothers, Joss Wheldon, Matthew Vaughn, James Mangold, etc.) Gunn decided to hire Craig Gillespie to handle Supergril , and one could tell it was ill- fitted and amateurish.

Sigh, .. oh well, the trend continues, .. only Black Widow and the first Wonder Woman remain the only big blockbuster box office openers among female superheroes, ..and remains the stygma that female lead superhero movies just wont' d owell at he box office.

 

[DallasEast]

Sigh, .. oh well, the trend continues, .. only Black Widow and the first Wonder Woman remain the only big blockbuster box office openers among female superheroes, ..and remains the stygma that female lead superhero movies just wont' d owell at he box office.

I think we may have possibly… perhaps… maybe… kinda… left out one that brought in $1.13 billion…

 

[Creeper]

The concept of Super Girl is silly to me. Superman comes to earth as a baby in a ship, sent by his parents, just before Krypton is destroyed. But then somehow a small section of the planet is left intact and a group of kryptonians survive while this chunk of planet is wandering around space somewhere? I pass.

Enough with the female heroes. It is all getting stupid, or has been since the beginning. Women tough guys is just so absurd at this point.

 

[gtb1943]

The concept of Super Girl is silly to me. Superman comes to earth as a baby in a ship, sent by his parents, just before Krypton is destroyed. But then somehow a small section of the planet is left intact and a group of kryptonians survive while this chunk of planet is wandering around space somewhere? I pass.

Enough with the female heroes. It is all getting stupid, or has been since the beginning. Women tough guys is just so absurd at this point.

a lot of the male superhero movies have bombed as well
same reason; horribly done

 

[gtb1943]

It really is very simple: you entertain people, they will pay money to see it

Current Hollywood major players are so wrapped up in messaging and all that crap that entertaining the audience is basically an afterthought at best

 

[quickccc]

I think we may have possibly… perhaps… maybe… kinda… left out one that brought in $1.13 billion…

Imo, Captain Marvel was a " convenient coincidence " that happen to ride the back off Avengers Infinity record phenomenon ..

How else do we explain The Marvel's film as follow up to CM, as the biggest flop among Marvel superhero movies..ever ? !

 

[DallasEast]

Imo, Captain Marvel was a " convenient coincidence " that happen to ride the back off Avengers Infinity record phenomenon ..

I will not argue your observation, but would point out the $1.13 billion makes Captain Marvel as a bigger blockbuster than the original Wonder Woman film and Black Widow.

How else do we explain The Marvel's film as follow up to CM, as the biggest flop among Marvel superhero movies..ever ? !

The Marvels? My opinion? It is the same for any original or sequel film connected with any movie genre: it was not directed and/or produced well-enough to entertain a huge swath of the moviegoer audience. No one reaches into their wallet for something they have no desire to see. Some of those curious enough to buy tickets have negative reactions, voice them, and word of mouth diminishes a movie's profitability also. There are other factors that create movie flops, but those are the two main ones for me.

 

[gtb1943]

I will not argue your observation, but would point out the $1.13 billion makes Captain Marvel as a bigger blockbuster than the original Wonder Woman film and Black Widow.


The Marvels? My opinion? It is the same for any original or sequel film connected with any movie genre: it was not directed and/or produced well-enough to entertain a huge swath of the moviegoer audience. No one reaches into their wallet for something they have no desire to see. Some of those curious enough to buy tickets have negative reactions, voice them, and word of mouth diminishes a movie's profitability also. There are other factors that create movie flops, but those are the two main ones for me.

most flops have similar reasons yet Hollywood keeps cranking them out

 

[Cowboys5217]

It really is very simple: you entertain people, they will pay money to see it

Current Hollywood major players are so wrapped up in messaging and all that crap that entertaining the audience is basically an afterthought at best

A lot of them are downright hostile to their audience, and then are shocked when their movie bombs as a result of that.

 

[VaqueroTD]

a lot of the male superhero movies have bombed as well
same reason; horribly done

Spider-Man about to come out though and do it's normal blockbuster bonanza.

DC, did you blow another movie universe launch? Love Suicide Squad 2, Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, Guardians of Galaxy, hate Superman. DC should have just put him over the Supergirl movie if they wanted a Guardians of Galaxy clone. Must be some Tolkien nerds on the DC Board of Directors. One ring to rule them all! Why not just pick several directors and put them in the themes they do best? Even Kevin Feige proved that one person can't hold it all together.

 

[gtb1943]

I think the whole Superhero Comic Books genre is aging. Gone to the well too often.

 

[speedkilz88]

I think the whole Superhero Comic Books genre is aging. Gone to the well too often.

It was suicide not old age.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I think the whole Superhero Comic Books genre is aging. Gone to the well too often.

They would still earn billions if they gave the audience what they wanted. Same with Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who, Terminator, etc.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I will not argue your observation, but would point out the $1.13 billion makes Captain Marvel as a bigger blockbuster than the original Wonder Woman film and Black Widow.


The Marvels? My opinion? It is the same for any original or sequel film connected with any movie genre: it was not directed and/or produced well-enough to entertain a huge swath of the moviegoer audience. No one reaches into their wallet for something they have no desire to see. Some of those curious enough to buy tickets have negative reactions, voice them, and word of mouth diminishes a movie's profitability also. There are other factors that create movie flops, but those are the two main ones for me.

Captain Marvel only made that money because there was still huge momentum from the good era of Marvel, and Avengers Thanos films.

If you released Captain Marvel today it wouldn't crack 250 million. It was a crap film, and the beginning of the current crap fest that is Marvel and nearly all of hollywood.

Same thing with Star Wars. The first Disney film made bank, but it was crap, and was a huge warning to Star Wars fans that your favorite franchise was in the wrong hands. The graph has steadily pointed downward with each Star Wars film since, and now it's a ruined franchise. If you released Force Awakens now it would bomb hard.

 

[gtb1943]

Captain Marvel only made that money because there was still huge momentum from the good era of Marvel, and Avengers Thanos films.

If you released Captain Marvel today it wouldn't crack 250 million. It was a crap film, and the beginning of the current crap fest that is Marvel and nearly all of hollywood.

Same thing with Star Wars. The first Disney film made bank, but it was crap, and was a huge warning to Star Wars fans that your favorite franchise was in the wrong hands. The graph has steadily pointed downward with each Star Wars film since, and now it's a ruined franchise. If you released Force Awakens now it would bomb hard.

pent up demand is why Phantom Menace did as well as it did

 

[gtb1943]

They would still earn billions if they gave the audience what they wanted. Same with Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who, Terminator, etc.

No, genre fatigue will happen if you put out too many too quickly. That has been proven again and again

 

[timb2]

Helen Slater

 

[DallasEast]

The projected winner (unless there is a "rash" of late votes, lol):

 

[DallasEast]

Decided today would be the first day I would begin watching X-Men '97 new season. Best dialogue exchange I have heard thus far...

Bad guy: "Fools! Who are you to stand against THAT which is eternal?"

Cyclops: "In our time, we're called THE X-MEN."



It really is a shame watching a 60-year-old giggling like a teenager.