I watched this show an hour ago and already it's hard to recall what happened. Because it was stupid.
Last episode we unlearned basic botany. This episode we get to unlearn basic storytelling. So much is contrived and shaped to fit the show the writers/producers want to show, that logical common sense doesn't fit. We seem to be in a world where wishes and hopes are enough to make everything work out. It's like we're all six again.
Lex betrays Kaznia to the tune of "My Way". Don't get me wrong, Sinatra's a classic and generally adds value to any production his crooning graces, but this seems more like something the writers and producers have been using as their anthem throughout this entire season. It doesn't work.
So they follow that up with "Kick Start My Heart" during a fight scene. Not the Crüe's best, but it really didn't fit in this lame battle. While actual super powered beings are fighting, Alex is battling with her magic batons effectively - thus, "magic". Forget that these beings can toss trucks about or do any manner of things to her without actually needing to physically touch her. She just keeps going with those batons and they just keep getting beat by them. So clever.
Since the intense vacuum of intellect that is this show is now in full force, why stop there. Supergirl is beaten once more by Luthor, until Red Daughter some how hones in on her exact whereabouts and saves her. Forget that we've watched entire shows devoted to finding people, Red Daughter did it in microseconds. Talk about a super! Wishes and hopes.
For some inane reason, when Red Daughter dies, she's reabsorbed into Supergirl. Again, hopes and wishes win against logic, science and common sense. So now Supergirl is super super powerful so she's able to best Lex. But in her effort to save him, he drops to the island. I guess Supergirl forgot that she's superfast and could have beaten him to the ground to actually save him. But that sort of logic, reason and accountability from her would have messed with the ultimate contrived plot. Either more wishes and hopes or they've decided she's just not that smart.
The place where Lex falls after a chaotic sky battle, just happens to be close enough to a group of people/aliens for them not to be harmed, but still pull together and applaud, bringing this adventure show into a full-fledged camp comedy.
The less said about Brainiac's struggle that led to his departure as Brainy's personality the better. Let's simply leave it as more wishes and hopes.
Lena's cold-blooded fratricide of Lex finally shows us who she really is - a Luthor. And apparently a sick one at that since at least a day after his murder, Lex is shown to be in the same place. She didn't even have the decency to bury him. After murdering him, all she can think about is how her best friend betrayed her by keeping a secret. Logic and reason go whistling by in this little train of wishes and hopes.
The finale winds down with America once more invaded by illegal aliens. This doesn't feel like a good thing. The only thing super about this show was Haley's public, melodramatic, sycophantic, sappy, campy thank you to Supergirl. And the continued inability to successfully draw a convincing male character for the show. The Superman lore didn't even save this one as it was perverted and contrived by the wishes and hopes of the writers instead of by plausible story constructs and meaningful plot.
This season was intellectually repulsive. I'm certain I've called it vacuous before, but it just fits. The show deserves to be cancelled. If there was any truth and justice out there, it would be. It doesn't excite or stimulate mentally. It doesn't explore the boundaries of storytelling and plot. It doesn't pay homage to the art it came from as much as mocks it. There is nothing redeemable here. But I'm certain it will go on, despite the wishes and hopes of most of its audience.
Last episode we unlearned basic botany. This episode we get to unlearn basic storytelling. So much is contrived and shaped to fit the show the writers/producers want to show, that logical common sense doesn't fit. We seem to be in a world where wishes and hopes are enough to make everything work out. It's like we're all six again.
Lex betrays Kaznia to the tune of "My Way". Don't get me wrong, Sinatra's a classic and generally adds value to any production his crooning graces, but this seems more like something the writers and producers have been using as their anthem throughout this entire season. It doesn't work.
So they follow that up with "Kick Start My Heart" during a fight scene. Not the Crüe's best, but it really didn't fit in this lame battle. While actual super powered beings are fighting, Alex is battling with her magic batons effectively - thus, "magic". Forget that these beings can toss trucks about or do any manner of things to her without actually needing to physically touch her. She just keeps going with those batons and they just keep getting beat by them. So clever.
Since the intense vacuum of intellect that is this show is now in full force, why stop there. Supergirl is beaten once more by Luthor, until Red Daughter some how hones in on her exact whereabouts and saves her. Forget that we've watched entire shows devoted to finding people, Red Daughter did it in microseconds. Talk about a super! Wishes and hopes.
For some inane reason, when Red Daughter dies, she's reabsorbed into Supergirl. Again, hopes and wishes win against logic, science and common sense. So now Supergirl is super super powerful so she's able to best Lex. But in her effort to save him, he drops to the island. I guess Supergirl forgot that she's superfast and could have beaten him to the ground to actually save him. But that sort of logic, reason and accountability from her would have messed with the ultimate contrived plot. Either more wishes and hopes or they've decided she's just not that smart.
The place where Lex falls after a chaotic sky battle, just happens to be close enough to a group of people/aliens for them not to be harmed, but still pull together and applaud, bringing this adventure show into a full-fledged camp comedy.
The less said about Brainiac's struggle that led to his departure as Brainy's personality the better. Let's simply leave it as more wishes and hopes.
Lena's cold-blooded fratricide of Lex finally shows us who she really is - a Luthor. And apparently a sick one at that since at least a day after his murder, Lex is shown to be in the same place. She didn't even have the decency to bury him. After murdering him, all she can think about is how her best friend betrayed her by keeping a secret. Logic and reason go whistling by in this little train of wishes and hopes.
The finale winds down with America once more invaded by illegal aliens. This doesn't feel like a good thing. The only thing super about this show was Haley's public, melodramatic, sycophantic, sappy, campy thank you to Supergirl. And the continued inability to successfully draw a convincing male character for the show. The Superman lore didn't even save this one as it was perverted and contrived by the wishes and hopes of the writers instead of by plausible story constructs and meaningful plot.
This season was intellectually repulsive. I'm certain I've called it vacuous before, but it just fits. The show deserves to be cancelled. If there was any truth and justice out there, it would be. It doesn't excite or stimulate mentally. It doesn't explore the boundaries of storytelling and plot. It doesn't pay homage to the art it came from as much as mocks it. There is nothing redeemable here. But I'm certain it will go on, despite the wishes and hopes of most of its audience.