When people talk about the Arrowverse they mainly talk about both either Arrow or The Flash and rightfully so as those were some really good shows. However very little if anybody talk about the show that i'm going to be talking about today as it is a show that should be talked as it made a mostly unknown character become alot more well known interms of the mainstream audience and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces a new hero to the world of the Arrowverse with the episode in question being called simply just "Pilot" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when she saves the life of her sister Kara Danvers has to choose between living the life that she's been told to live or become the hero that she was always meant to be and save her city from an escaped alien convict in the process. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was the stereotypical pilot plot for a superhero show but at the same time this episodes plot doesn't really do a good enough job of setting up the world that this show takes place in and while yes that does indeed make some sense as this is only the first episode you also have to lay the groundwork for the world building as well and while the plot of this episode does indeed set up the plotline for this season really well it is still a fairly weak storyline with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers / Kara Zor-El / Supergirl and Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen. Also starring in this episode is Chyler Leigh as Dr. Alex Danvers , Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott , David Harewood as Director Hank Henshaw , Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant Owain Yeoman as Vartox , Faran Tahir as The Commander , Ben Begley as Tobey , Robert Gant as Zor-El , Derek Mio as Hayashi , Dean Cain as Dr. Jeremiah Danvers , Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El and General Astra , Malina Weissman as Young Kara Zor-El , Jordan Mazarati as Young Alex Danvers and Helen Slater as Dr. Eliza Danvers.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was n all honesty not that bad. As the acting that we got in this episode was alot better then what it really had any right to be given that acting in any pilot episode is very rarely if ever that good when compared to the rest of the series as the series cast are still trying to find there characters the very fact that we got acting is as a good as it is in this episode can only be a good sign with this being helped by the fact that this episodes cast a genuinely good bunch of actors with the actin this episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally.
Doing the CGI for this episode is Encore VFX and the legends and the greats that are currently over at CounterPunch Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as these Arrowverse shows aren't really known for having fantastic CGI in the with this episode being no exception but at the same time given the small budget that this episode would have had this episode has alot more better CGI then it really should have had as by all accounts this episode should have had some really bad looking CGI in it and yet the effects in this episode look so much better then the CGI in say The Flash TV series for example and while the episode does have alot of painfully bad CGI effects in it the episode also has some really good looking CGI effects in it as well.
To this episodes credit it is alot better then the Supergirl as it does treat Supergirl herself alot better then what she was treated in the movie. As in the movie she was very boy crazy and was a bit of a clutz even setting the films plot into motion by putting her entire civilization into danger where as here she's treated with alot more respect as she's someone who is very caring and is someone one who does care for her family as evidenced by the fact that she openly exposes herself by trying to save her adoptive sisters life something which could put not only her life but also the life of her friends and family in danger as well and when she gets the call to be a hero she says yes right away as it's the right thing to do and not because t's quite literally in her DNA to help people and it's that kind of attention to detail that proves that the makers of this show have alot more respect and love for the character then what the makers of the movie did as the makers of the movie her fighting an invisible enemy which even for the Superman movies was just such a dumb idea.
While this episode does indeed make several references to Superman which does make sense. At the same time tho it's not really something works all that well for not only this episode but the episode as a whole as it doesn't really give Kara the chance to stand out as a character as we the audience are being reminded of this other character that we are all the more familiar with and while yes having him in this episode does make sense as both her back story and Superman's backstory are tied together he really wasn't needed to seen nor referenced after she got dropped of at the Danvers house hold.
This episodes main villain Vartox really isn't that interesting of a villain. As while he is just a first episode villain and therefor he shouldn't really push are main hero to her limits as that really wouldn't make sense as we the audience aren't really attached to her yet as a character he still needs to be an interesting villain and while to his credit he does have a good plan of trying to get revenge on presumably his villain friends by blowing up a plane that contains government agents it's that very plan that causes Kara to reveal herself to the public as well.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty five minutes and fifty nine seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for alot of these Arrowverse shows and to this episodes credit it does make the most of that running time but at the same time tho the episode could have been alot longer as at this point in time the show really wasn't set in the main Arrowverse and as a result of that is that it doesn't have that knowledge of how that world works to fall back on but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing it tho.
So now then as this an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episodes was in all honesty really good. Which is something that's not all that new as the Arrowverse shows had some really good action in it as well with this episode having some really good action in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while this episodes wasn't as good as I remember it being it's still quite clear that alot of love and passion for the character into making this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page and IMP Awards. Com. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the great the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes and are really of course on the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.