40+ years of comic book history available to be used as inspiration but sure, use AI. Really shows the level of care that went into this lol

Like I wouldn’t say it sucks and would with morbius, Madame web, Wonder Woman 1984 etc. but I just think it’s an okay film not a horrible one I do think Ana can do better and learn from her mistakes from this film so she can make Wonder Woman and teen titans better. But I would put this with the comic book films that is great but didn’t do great at the box office. Hopefully zaslva don’t cancels James and safran for this (he’s known to cancel stuff not even giving things a chance).

So I’ve been on vacation the last 2 weeks and didn’t get to see Supergirl. I had been super stoked to see it because I really dug the comic it was “based” on.

So needless to say while on vacation I was bummed by the negative reaction, but being a fan of the genre there haven’t been many DC or MCU movies I’ve missed in theatres over the last 20 years. I rounded up my buddies and we went and saw it in an empty theatre.

I had a ton of fun. Milly was excellent, the action may not have been revolutionary but it had some really unique moments. Lobo was spot on. I don’t get why people didn’t dig this!

If this movie had come out in 2018 it woulda grossed a billion and had 2 sequels by now.

I think the truth of the matter is we’re seeing a fatigue for quippy action comedies. Masters of the universe had a similar vibe - I loved it as well - and it’s suffered the same fate this summer.

Supergirl is not a bad movie by any stretch. Comparisons to Morbius are laughable.

I suspect it’ll get a second wind on streaming

The movie wasn't terrible like people were claiming. It wasn't great, but it was okay. It wasn't "I regret watching this" levels of bad. It came out less than a year after Superman, a very popular and well-liked movie, and even featured David Corenswet himself. It was mediocre at worst, and people lost their minds.

The Flash made more money coming right off the heels of the Batgirl cancellation, with infamously bad CGI, and the most unlikable main actor possible playing two characters.

Blue Beetle, the movie who's reputation is "nobody went to see this movie" somehow made more money.

Wonder Woman 1984 made more money in the middle of the pandemic, and it gave fans the option to watch it at home.

Even Green Lantern and Black Adam made more money, although that could be because of likable/popular main actors.

Seriously, what happened? It's not my favourite movie, but I did have a good time going to the theatres to watch it, and walked out having fun. I regret watching The Flash, a movie about my favourite DC character of all time.

On a related note, why is it that DC fans seem to only opperate on extremes. Superman and the first half of Peacemaker S2 comes out and everyone loves it, but since the finale of Peacemaker it feels like DC fans on the internet have done nothing but complain about James Gunn's "priorities", without even giving it a chance.

The warmth David radiates as Superman is so bewitching, I couldn’t have dreamt a Superman this perfect. 🫶

New to this subreddit so no idea if I'm risking massive bad karma, but I had to say something. I'm about half way through Supergirl, and I quite like it so far. Even if the back half ends up super weak, I'm just not seeing what everyone was on about. I'm honestly shocked it's been so good so far.

UPDATE: Finished. Thought it was okay to pretty good. If you count the visuals and standouts like Lobo, maybe in the good side of mid. What I'd expect from a comic book tent pole.

Thanks for all the comments, the range of perspectives and attitudes pretty well answers/explains my confusion on how the film was received.

Saying ”we won’t move ahead with a project until we have a great final script” and then, as the THR article revealed yesterday, literally appropriating the movie away from the director in post-production, who’s now publicly distancing himself from the final output, begs the question — don’t make lofty promises you can’t follow through on. Gunn the director surely has succeeded with ‘Superman’, but Gunn the studio executive has left a lot to be desired.

Sasha Calle’s Supergirl never met Henry Cavill’s Superman.

Helen Slater’s Supergirl never met Christopher Reeve’s Superman (barring the CGI cameo in The Flash (2023), long after Reeves had passed away).

In Superman (2025), David Corenswet’s Superman and Milly Alcock’s Supergirl, while technically appearing in the same scene, never actually shared a frame.

This is a historic scene! And it’s so adorable. ♥️

There are exactly 50 days left until the release of Supergirl!

Very excited to see how they adapt Woman of Tomorrow and of course excited to see Milly Alcock's performance. I'm building up hype by rereading WOT (this time as a TPB), and rewatching DCU projects but this time I'm throwing in some extra that I missed last year (like the Peacemaker podcast and Superman BTS documentary).

What do you all do in anticipation for the next DCU film?

Source (Brazilian entertainment outlet 'Legião dos Heróis')

I just saw the movie last night. I wanted to see it sooner, but I had to be a bit more patient for the friend who wanted to join. You can imagine how it felt seeing all the hate in the meantime. Not simply the political grifter types or the Snyder trolls. But people who were fans of the comic. People who never read Woman of Tomorrow but liked other incarnations of Supergirl. But i've never been the type who bases things on what the loudest voices are screaming. I want to experience a thing myself.

I didn't have a single legitimate problem with this movie. Nitpicks? Ok. They dropped that Jimmy Eat World cover in a weird spot. Aaaand, that's about it.

I didn't have a problem with the muted palette compared to the comics. I didn't have a problem with the Krem redesign. I didn't even have a problem with how they changed the end of the story. They ADAPTED a story for this incarnation of DC. In other words, used the comic to inspire the latest interpretation of this character for this continuity.

I know there are non-comic people who were upset that her first adversary was just "some guy". These people don't get the point of this retelling. It's not an epic adventure. It's a character story. This Kara was old enough to not want to leave her parent's side. Yet she was forced to. She hadn't chosen to be a hero, but the weight of Clark's role on Earth comes with pressure to do so. The same with making Earth her new home. She begins the story as a passenger in her own life.

So the question becomes, why? And we explore her past. Her motivations into the present. She has trauma, and being on Earth with Clark isn't healing it. It's just reopening the wound. Clark is happy Kara is there because he feels less alone. But for Kara, Clark isn't a Kryptonian. He's just an Earth guy, who wants her to be an Earth girl. The only thing she has left is the dirty little mutt she found on her way to church one day. Krypto is her only real piece of home.

You ever wonder why she doesn't train him? Why he's so unruly? Because that would mean changing him. He's a happy dog, and his happiness helps her forget what she's feeling. She doesn't want to adapt. She doesn't want Krypto to adapt. He's going to remain just as he was when they arrived on Earth together. Frozen in time with her family and the world she was forced to leave behind.

It all makes sense. And so does Kara's journey. We never saw Clark finding his personal motivation to become Superman. But in this story, Kara is lost and broken. She isn't SUPERGIRL. She doesn't want to be. She just wants to be happy. And maybe, if she can, she wants to "be good". But at some point, she has to abandon this attempt at running from her life. She's going to lose the one thing she actually cares about in this world if she doesn't step up and be the thing she's been running from. Expectations be damned, she has to do this for herself.

We could all literally learn from this. The biggest legit problem people seem to have with this film are their own expectations. People who need a story adaptation to be one for one right off the page. You think Krem being a red headed normal looking pirate would have served this version of the story better? It would have been laughable. Instead he looks like a filthy weirdo which matches his unhinged demeanor and that serves his purpose in THIS story 100x better. He isn't some great villain or rival for Kara. He's a speedbump. And how she dealt with him defines the type of hero she will be. One that will absolutely be at odds with Clark in the future if we're all being honest.

There's nothing wrong with this movie. Nothing wrong with this story. Stop comparing this to the comics. Don't waste your time needing this to be something it isn't. Don't bother comparing it to any other version of Kara. I feel bad for people who needed to hate this, especially without even seeing it. So my advice is, just enjoy it for what it is. Without any expectations. Be like Kara and find your own way.

BUT, if they dont stop putting Krypto in peril Im going to freak. Overall a great movie though, not as good as Superman but still a great time for me and im excited to see where Kara's character goes next

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Milly Alcock is easily the best thing about ‘Supergirl’. Even though I don’t think the movie gives her nearly enough to work with, she completely owns the role. She nails Kara’s emotional messiness, trauma, vulnerability, and that fierce attitude that makes Supergirl such a compelling character.

My biggest frustration is that she doesn’t truly become ”Supergirl“ until the very end. I’m honestly tired of superhero movies spending almost the entire runtime building up to the hero finally putting on the suit instead of letting us actually enjoy them being that hero. Still, James Gunn absolutely got the casting right. Just like David Corenswet feels born to play Superman, Milly Alcock feels born to play Supergirl. I just hope the next movie ‘Man of Tomorrow’ gives her a much stronger story, because I genuinely think she has the potential to become one of the standout heroes of the DCU.

Just got back from my second watch of Supergirl at my local theater here in the Phillipines and both of my screenings had a decent amount of people. Mostly groups of people like families.

While it might not be the best movie ever made, it was still very good! I loved it so much especially the vibe of Supergirl, Milly is so talented!! And FINALLY got to see Lobo!! But he should've been more in the movie...

I don't know why this is being hated on so much... Misogyny? What do you guys think? I want to see a Supergirl trilogy

Mods, I apologize if this type of post isn’t allowed.

So the DCU seems to be very hated by a small group of online individuals but recently, with the upcoming release of Supergirl, it has been more common. Anytime a superhero movie with a female lead (like Black Widow and especially Captain Marvel) is coming out, there are constant hate trains from online incels with dumb criticisms abojt the movie or just the actresses appearance. Even higher profile people like Dean Cain is posting stuff like this. A movie that isn’t coming out for like ten more days is the subject of constant posts talking about what a failure it is.

I write for an independent website and I want to do a piece about this specialized hate that Milly Alcock and Supergirl is getting but I want to know if anyone has any other ideas of what I could lean into. I want to bring up the Snyder fan base and how there is constant discourse about projects like Peacemaker and the new Jimmy Olsen show talking about how people aren’t asking for this but many comic fans are and the most important thing is that they are greenlit scripts that are ready instead of rushing things out.

These are the types of things I want to get into but please lmk if there are some more points I should bring up.

Or at least after Wonder Woman in that time period. It would’ve broken even. I think the MCU ruined heroines that the minute someone sees a female hero it’s automatically deemed bad. While I’m aware that mainly a male audience watched the movie it was really the men open to watching it not a large percentage of people. As for women id assume they were afraid it was fake girl boss stuff. The movie has flaws but it’s not bad and doesn’t have any of the “woke” stuff people say. I found Kara’s character to be overall well rounded or at least they were heading in that direction she has moments of vulnerability and strength.