Believe it or not we have just a few a weeks left until the second and hopefully better live action Supergirl films comes out. While yes there will be a tie in review for that film coming out about a week or so before the release of that film this isn't it as people have seemed to have forgotten the fact that the character did also appear in a successful live action TV show with it being an episode of that show that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I review the episode that not only saw Supergirl meet her more famous cousin but also saw the show jump ship to The CW with the episode in question being called simply just "The Adventures Of Supergirl" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when a Kryptonian ship crash lands on Earth Supergirl and her cousin Superman have to find out who was in the ship and stop an assassination attempt on Lena Luthor. 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. For a show on The CW this episodes plot was about as good as it was ever going to be as lets be frank here when you think of shows on The CW you don't usually think of high end plots and with this in mind this episodes plot did turn out to be alot more better then what it really should have been. With the plot of the episode being one that is quite fun and does serve as a great way to get you into what was this shows second season as it doesn't hit you over the head two much with the series overall plot rather it just gives you the basic Supergirl plot and that's really it and to be fair for a season opener that's all it really needed to do and while yes it would have been nice if the plot of this episode was alot more stronger as alot of the time it did feel like the episode was just on repeat mode until we get to the third act with this being something that did make it feel like the plot of the episode was playing second fiddle to Superman when it should have been the other way around with even the fact that Superman is in this episode doesn't really add anything to the episodes plot as he doesn't really do alot to advance the plot of the episode in the first place 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 / Supergirl and Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen. Also starring in this episode is Chyler Leigh as Dr. Alex Danvers , Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott , Chris Wood as Mon-El , David Harewood as Director J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter , Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent / Superman , Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant , Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor , Brenda Strong as Dr. Lillian Luthor , Frederick Schmidt as John Corben , Andrea Brooks as Eve Teschmacher , Sachin Sahel as McGill and Darren E. Scott as Baker.
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 in all honesty not that bad. The fact that this episodes acting is about as average as you'd expect from a CW show is pretty much something that you expect as much like how no one goes into Power Rangers expecting good acting the same thing is true for quite literally any show on The CW, yet even so the acting in this episode was alot more better as you could see the actors actually trying to put in a good performance with alot of quite clearly caring about the show enough to put in a good enough performance in the first place. With the best actor in this episode being Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant as while it would have been super easy to say that either Melissa or Tyler were the best actors in this episode Calista just about stole the show acting wise as she does have a great speech in the episode and with her making it obvious that she is leaving the show she does have go the extra mile to make her performance in the episode be all the more believable and this is something that she does do with great ease. With the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.
Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Lindala Schminken FX. 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. Look to be fair CGI has never been The CW's strongest suit as alot of there effects heavy shows like this one and Th Flash for example do have alot of very wonky CGI in them but in this episode is does feel as if the episode had already ran out of money for it's effects. As alot of the flying effects do look half finished even for a TV show with Superman himself perhaps getting the worst flying effects in he episode as it does just look like he's being dragged like something on a laptop or computer and heck the scenes with him and Supergirl together in the air just look fake as it's clear that the actors weren't filmed together. However whilst there are alot of really bad looking effects in this episode there are also some decent looking ones as well like for example the Lena Corp building does look pretty good as does the scene where Supergirl and J'onn are trying to stop the falling Kryptonian ship from crashing into alot of buildings and yet it's the more bigger scenes that do let this episodes CGI down as its all good giving alot of the more smaller scenes in the episode some really good effects but you also have to give the more important scenes some really good looking effects as well and this is something that this episode just doesn't do now in all fairness this could be a budget reason as this episode would have had to have spread its budget across a whole season of episodes which if that was the case then why did they introduce a character that's going to eat up more of there effects budget in the first place when that could have been used to make the episodes effects all the more better then what they already are.
As was mentioned at the very start of this review this episode does see Superman fully make his debut in this show. While yes the character did technically appear in the first season of the show it was always either from behind or really far away but this is the first time that we actually get to see him proper with this version of the character being abut as true to the Superman character as you can hope for on a TV show budget with him being the eternal optimist which is something that is true to how character as Superman will always look for the good in people even if they can't see it yet in themselves and this is something that we do get to see this take on the character do in this episode as we get to see him talking to other member of Team Supergirl with him more often then no giving them advice on how to get what it is they want currently in life. The only thing does somewhat let this version of the character down is the fact that both he and Supergirl are cracking jokes at each other every few minuets that they are on screen together which is something that does make sense as they did quite literally grow up together but alot of the time it does feel like that they are stopping the episode to have the characters make a quick joke and when you add in the face that Supergirl is also an eternal optimist in this show it does make there conversations together just not that interesting with the only interesting thing that they say to each other being at the end of the episode when Superman asks Kara to tell him stories of Krypton which is so that does make sense as he was only a baby when the planet blew up and show would know alot more about the planet then he would have done but if the makers of this episode had her start to doubt herself in this episode then maybe there chats together could have been more fun to watch as then he would be someone who is trying to motivate her instead of someone who is just like her and talking the exact same way that she does.
This episode does also see the show fully jump ship from CBS to The CW however whilst this does come with it's advantages like being alot more easier for crossovers to happen as now all of the Arrowverse shows are filmed in the same studio. It does also come with it's disadvantages as well as actor Calista Flockhart did have to leave the show as it would mean being away from her family for a huge portion of the year something which wasn't an issue in the first season as the first season of the show was filmed in LA whereas from season 2 onwards they mostly filmed in Vancouver this is does have the on add effect of making this show look like all of the other Arrowverse which granted is great for unity but given the fact that this show is meant to take place on a different earth it does make the show feel alot less unique. With another plus being the fact that it does allow for the makers of this episode to be alot more hands on something which we don't really get to see in this episode as the episode does feel like a typical Supergirl episode and that's really it but we do get to see a change to the status quo of the show with Kara now being a reporter and the DEO now having a bigger base of operations this was no doubt done due to the fact that they the show might have had a bigger budget this time around and while the effects don't entirely reflect that the fact that we get a new main set for the rest of the show does and to be fair to this episode it does show of this new set quite alot as we get alot of scenes in this new set with the characters just showing alot of the different rooms something which they might not have done in the previous season and while not alot of the new scenes in this new set add anything to the plot of the episode the set itself is one that does look really impressive but at the same time tho the makers of this could have spent alot less on that set and given more of the money to the episodes effects teams t make this episode effects be all the more better.
The main villain in this episode is John Corben with the character apparently being one of the best assassins in this world. I say apparently as he has two attempts to kill Lena Luthor and he fails both times which is something that one of the best assassins in the world just wouldn't do granted the first reason was because of the fact that she changed her mind about going on the space ship and did something else but on the second attempt he was only fighting Alex a mortal who he could have shot several times but didn't this doesn't really make him a good assassin but given the fact that he's the first villain of a new season he does his job well enough as he's only there to set up the main threat for this season which is CADMUS and the villains that they create. With John himself not really being the best of villains as he doesn't have a main plan in mind which does make it look like that he's just doing all of these things for no reasons now granted there is very much a chance that in further episode they might very well have explained what his plan was in this episode but in terms of this episode they do no such thing which is something that does make him look like a weak villain as there's nothing interesting about him that makes us the audience want to see more of him as a character and yet yet he gets the big tease for the season when he gets turned into Metallo which isn't enough to make him an interesting character granted the first villain if a new season is never meant to be interesting as they are basically there to get you in the mood for what's to come but there really still needs to be something literally anything about them that makes them worth while be it there power of there plan and yet John has nothing interesting about him and therefor we the audience have really no reason to care for him as a character.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty two minuets and forty eight seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show in the first place and while the episode really didn't need that amount of running time it would have done more harm to the episodes plot then good if the episode was even five minuets shorter as the episode does have alot of things to set up and while alot of the rings that it does set up would have been better saved for the second episode getting them out of the way here does allow for those other episodes to be more fun in the first place with this episode having the right mount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. However the episode really doesn't use its running time all that wisely as the episode doesn't take the fully develop its plot and while this isn't a huge issue as it is something that very easily could be an issue for all of the other Arrowverse shows it ie something they the makers of this episode should taken some steps in fixing as due to the plot being as wafer thin as it is there times where it does get to tell just what the main plot is meant to be with the makers of hie episode being more focused on showing us its new DEO set then it is in giving us a well thought out plot. The same thing could also be said for the episode character development altho here there is an in build excuse as you could very well make the argument that the characters got alot of there character development during the shows first season which is something that would be a fair point to make however a character like Superman didn't get any character development which again you could argue he doesn't need as he's so well in the first place but this is a new version of the character and yet we know nothing about him with the makers of this episode being more focused on having Clark and Kara making jokes about each other then they are in giving there characters some character development but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action 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 action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the episode really delivering on its action as well as it possibly could have done as we do have to take into account that this is a TV show that's made on a TV show budget and therefor we can't expect there to be lots of really good action every few minuets as that just wouldn't be good for the episodes budget and yet with that in mind this episodes action did turn as well as it could have done. With the best action scene in the whole entire episode being the third act attack on Lena Luthor as we get to not only see Superman and Supergirl working together with both of them using there powers to stop her building from falling but we also get to see Alex engage John in hand to hand combat with her being more then able to hold her own against him, with it always a good time when we get to see more then one superhero use there powers as that is something that will always be cool to see with it being Supergirl that does rightfully save the day as she is the title character after all as she does construct a small tower made out of steel beams to support the building and stop it from falling which is a pretty unique way to save the day with the hand to hand fight being the more interesting of the two bits of action as we do get to see both characters struggle to get the upper hand on the other with Alex only just barely escaping with her life with the rest of the episodes action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while time will indeed tell if the forthcoming movie Supergirl will be a good film this show and this episode isn't one that should be slept on either as while yes this episode is just the stereotypical The CW superhero show episode this is something that is right for this version of the Supergirl character 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 re 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 6 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the i ages that I personally used in this very review 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 review from the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.
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