zslane Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Have any fans of this show seen Homeland season 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 I've seen Homeland, up to season 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Saw the first two seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Writers may not be respected, but if they're willing to whore themselves out to work on the script for a blockbuster, the pay's not too bad: Pay is relative - screenwriters make good money, but they're still among the lowest paid people in filmmaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 I've seen Homeland, up to season 4. Was Melissa Benoist any good in it? Supergirl is the only thing I've ever seen her in, and so it is the only thing I judge her acting by (never watched Glee either, and apparently she was in that too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Was Melissa Benoist any good in it? Hmm. I didn't realize she was in it, but looking it up I realize I don't remember her character at all! It's been a while. Sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 I haven't watched Homeland at all, but from what I understand, if you watched (her appearance) again, you'd definitely remember it afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Apparently they're adding 5 new characters next season. Kinda makes you wonder if some of the 1st Season regulars aren't making the move, or are getting pushed into the background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Interesting. I wonder if Lena will have the telepathy powers she had in the comics. Of course, it still appears as though they're pinching off of Superman's supporting cast. Is there no room in this series for Dick Malverne? Or Selena? It would seem to me that a revamped version of this sorceress could give our Kara a really hard time for more than a few episodes--perhaps even an entire season. I am thinking that the additions to the supporting cast are consistent with the show formula. Like Arrow and The Flash, Supergirl has one hero assisted by a contingent of brave and able supporters, a formula that enjoyed tremendous success with Buffy The Vampire Slayer and is spinoff Angel. The formula varied with Supergirl to an extent in that she had to deal more with the people who didn't know her secret identity--which was Cat, Maxwell Lord, and Lucy Lane (at least until three-quarters of the way into the season). It seems like some of the new characters, like Snapper Carr, may fall more into this category, which would make them as much potential adversaries as allies. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 It says that three are recurring roles, so only Lena Luthor and Nick Farrow seem to be main cast additions. So, probably not going to see anyone pushed aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 I wonder if the addition of Maggie won't cause a version of their own Brave and the Bold and eventually introduce Batwoman. Would be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 I wouldn't mind seeing Summer Glau in a guest spot as Barbara Gordon. Call her Batgirl, call her Batwoman--and yes, I know they're two different characters--but she's good enough an actress and an on-screen fight artist to play the role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Reason I was thinking Batwoman/Kate Kane is because in a lot of ways, other then the Bat name, she isn't really part of the Bat family. She comes in from the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Given that they have all but stated that Batman does not exist in Supergirl's universe (or in the main Arrowverse), I think it would be very difficult to introduce the Bat Spinoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 The lack of a single, unified live-action universe gives WB/DC the freedom to compartmentalize all their properties and deny the existance of any character in any show/movie they want. Surely this strategy has paid off more handsomely than Marvel's loosely-knit unified MCU... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Reason I was thinking Batwoman/Kate Kane is because in a lot of ways, other then the Bat name, she isn't really part of the Bat family. She comes in from the side. She is mainstreamed in the most recent issue of Detective comics, in a sense. She and Bruce are cousins (her dad, his mom). And the two of them are training younger ones to face an developing problem - Red Robin, Steph, Cassandra, and others. So Batman, Batwoman, and some kids - talk about "the Batman Family" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Apparently they're adding 5 new characters next season. Kinda makes you wonder if some of the 1st Season regulars aren't making the move, or are getting pushed into the background? As a Legion fan the words "Science Police" made me grin. Pattern Ghost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 The newest Superman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 As I said before, I was hoping they'd cast Brandon Routh in the part, but this guy looks like he could work. Perhaps they could cast Routh as Batman, assuming they share the same universe--give the physical similarities between Superman and Batman, it's not that much of a stretch for me to imagine a Superman actor in the role of Batman. (That's how Ben Affleck got the role, doncha know. He played George Reeves, aka Superman, in Hollywoodland, and he did such a great job in the Superman suit that Snyder chose him to play Batman. It's a completely true story that I just made up. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Brandon Routh is already a regular cast member of a superhero show on the CW, and is therefore ineligible to be another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Brandon Routh is already a regular cast member of a superhero show on the CW, and is therefore ineligible to be another. Having Ray Palmer's "Earth X" doppleganger be a completely different hero would not be the craziest thing the CW has done. But yeah, I wouldn't really expect it. I do find it a bit odd that the actor is only 1 year older than Melissa Benoist, given that Clark was supposed to already be a grown-up and active hero when child-Kara arrived on Earth 10+ years ago. But I think the CW's charter limits how many over-30 actors they're allowed to have per show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Having Ray Palmer's "Earth X" doppleganger be a completely different hero would not be the craziest thing the CW has done. But yeah, I wouldn't really expect it. I do find it a bit odd that the actor is only 1 year older than Melissa Benoist, given that Clark was supposed to already be a grown-up and active hero when child-Kara arrived on Earth 10+ years ago. But I think the CW's charter limits how many over-30 actors they're allowed to have per show. Kryptonians age differently, applying earth attitudes in this case is 'ageism'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Having Ray Palmer's "Earth X" doppleganger be a completely different hero would not be the craziest thing the CW has done. But yeah, I wouldn't really expect it. All the more reason to do something like that. And I do think Routh is a good enough actor to pull it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 I do find it a bit odd that the actor is only 1 year older than Melissa Benoist, given that Clark was supposed to already be a grown-up and active hero when child-Kara arrived on Earth 10+ years ago. But I think the CW's charter limits how many over-30 actors they're allowed to have per show. How old an actor actually is doesn't much matter; it's how old he looks and acts on camera that's key. Tom Welling was already in his twenties when cast as sixteen-year-old Clark Kent in Smallville. wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 These are superhero stories. By and large, male superheroes stay 30 forever and female superheroes stay 24 forever. Unless they are teenagers by design/concept, in which case they stay (about) 16 forever. That is an age strategy Hollywood can get behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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