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Speaker 1: You are now watching four All All Nerds and on
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Speaker 1: this episode we review Supergirl. Hey, this is Tatiana King
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Speaker 1: and I'm here with four All Nerds to review Supergirl
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. It has been directed by Craig Gillespie
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Speaker 1: and stars Milly Alcock as Supergirl, David Cornso as Superman,
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Speaker 1: Eve Ridley as Ruthie, and also my boy Jason Momoa
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Speaker 1: as Lobo. From an overall perspective, I thought it was
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Speaker 1: I I did not necessarily think it was an incredible movie,
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Speaker 1: nor did I think it was a really bad movie either.
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Speaker 1: Let me give you the good about Supergirl. The greatest
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Speaker 1: thing about Supergirl is Milli Alcock. Her Supergirl portrayal is incredible.
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Speaker 1: She really reads the character with a lot of heart.
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Speaker 1: She plays the car with a lot of energy and fervor,
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Speaker 1: and I think people will like that about her rendition
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Speaker 1: of Supergirl. I think people will like her more grounded
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Speaker 1: version of Carzil. I do think that it's easy to
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Speaker 1: connect with the character, just in the sense of you
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Speaker 1: kind of already had a lot of lead up to her,
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Speaker 1: particularly in the Newest Superman film that came out, and
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Speaker 1: as well as if you're just a DC fan, you
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Speaker 1: already know that she's coming, right, You already know that
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Speaker 1: she was to be expected. And Millie Alcock herself as
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Speaker 1: a actress has a lot of good will from her
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Speaker 1: time as young Ranera Targarian in the House of Dragon series,
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Speaker 1: So that alone will already put her up when it
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Speaker 1: comes to enjoying watching her as Supergirl. That said, you
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Speaker 1: also get to see a lot of Superman, and a
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Speaker 1: lot more than I thought you would actually see in
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Speaker 1: this film. David Corusa also has a lot of goodwill
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Speaker 1: from his debut as Superman. Milli does an incredible job
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Speaker 1: in turn of how she delivers her character, how she
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Speaker 1: delivers the heartest Supergirl, the fact that Supergirl is the
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Speaker 1: no holds barred cousin of Superman, right, she not only
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Speaker 1: doesn't really hold back, she also more has more realism
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Speaker 1: to things, like even though she says she is good
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Speaker 1: and wants to do good things, you know she takes
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Speaker 1: to the step above where Superman would typically take things,
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Speaker 1: whether it's fighting, whether it's making decisions really the hard
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Speaker 1: decisions that soups may not make, that she will make
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Speaker 1: generally without hesitation. And I enjoy that about her. I
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Speaker 1: will say throughout the film that the things where Superman
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Speaker 1: would be more like kumbayaying about Supergirl was just like naso,
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Speaker 1: we just have to get this done and over it.
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Speaker 1: And I really appreciate that about Millie's portrayal Supergirl. This Supergirl. Also,
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Speaker 1: you get to see her fighting prowess. I think that
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Speaker 1: the way they did the fightings was phenomenal. I do
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Speaker 1: like that again, and you get to see at least
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Speaker 1: a subset of her powers. You do get to see
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Speaker 1: some of her skill, some of her strength, and this film,
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Speaker 1: for me, it actually made me feel that Supergirl was
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Speaker 1: way more skilled, at least in hand to hand than Superman. Again,
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Speaker 1: not sure it's just because he just holds back or
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Speaker 1: because he's a corn fed boy from Kansas, but Supergirl
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Speaker 1: got hands and feet and everything else. So I really
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Speaker 1: appreciate that about how they displayed that in the movie.
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Speaker 1: And you know, when you're just seeing the trailers, you say,
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Speaker 1: of the fight sies look kind of tough, and some
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Speaker 1: of them really were. I would say between just the
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Speaker 1: overall portrayal from Millie Alcock as Supergirl and how they
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Speaker 1: told her backstory, where the strongest pieces of the Supergirl film.
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Speaker 1: You do get the version of Supergirl from the Silver
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Speaker 1: Age origin where Argo City a piece of Krypton that
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Speaker 1: survive the general explosion of the entire planet, and so
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Speaker 1: they lived for quite a while and she was able
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Speaker 1: to grow up within that space still carry on the
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Speaker 1: values and the history and the culture of Krypton. So
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Speaker 1: she's well versed in steeped in the Kryptonian language in
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Speaker 1: as mentioned, the background, the understanding, and she had a
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Speaker 1: full fledged family that she knew and grew up with,
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Speaker 1: and unfortunately, due to issues beyond her control, she had
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Speaker 1: to be pretty much rescued off the planet. So her
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Speaker 1: dad sent her away and sent her to Earth to
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Speaker 1: join her cousin kylel The fact that you get to
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Speaker 1: see Supergirl interact with Superman was really strong, and to
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Speaker 1: see that dynamic between them, not just the kind of
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Speaker 1: cousin brother sisterly type dynamic, but like really the major
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Speaker 1: differences in how they go about life and how they
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Speaker 1: determine how they're going to handle a situation. You really
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Speaker 1: get to see the cond trest there, and I really
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Speaker 1: appreciated that. Besides that, I had lots of notes, lots
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Speaker 1: of notes about this film, lots of notes just about
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Speaker 1: the overall approach to story, I found a story lacking.
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Speaker 1: The story is very very simple. Millie's trying to save
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Speaker 1: her dog, and throughout the process it slowly becomes a
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Speaker 1: little bit of John Wick in Space just starting a Supergirl.
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Speaker 1: Her entire mode is to do anything. In this film
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Speaker 1: really is generally about saving her dog. You are introduced
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Speaker 1: to Ruthie and her tragedy that happens to her and
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Speaker 1: how Supergirl gets intertwined into her life, and then after
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Speaker 1: that it just really becomes kind of a rope story.
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Speaker 1: And that's what bothered me the most. Like I was
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Speaker 1: super looking forward to this film being really compelling, doing
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Speaker 1: a different version of you know, a super person, right like,
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Speaker 1: and when I say different, I mean, for example, Superman.
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Speaker 1: This this more u and version of Superman had been
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Speaker 1: very colorful, very bright, and Superman puriods would tell you
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Speaker 1: probably the best Superman ever, the closest thing you'll see.
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Speaker 1: And for me, it really gave Guardians of the Galaxy
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Speaker 1: meets Superman. And for some people that's fine, you know,
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Speaker 1: I had my questions on that, but it is what
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Speaker 1: it is. And then Supergirl was just not as bubbly
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Speaker 1: and bright, which is fine. And great. I appreciated the
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Speaker 1: again the more realistic approach to it, but it felt
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Speaker 1: a little Star warsy at times too. It felt a
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Speaker 1: little Star Wars y. It felt a little as mentioned
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Speaker 1: John Wick, it was just kind of a strange approach
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Speaker 1: to this story. And it was super simple. Not saying
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Speaker 1: simple can't be good. It's just it didn't offer anything
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Speaker 1: by way of making you intrigued by the story. Like
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Speaker 1: there were some throwaway villains, the main one being crem
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Speaker 1: Or Cream or whatever how you pronounce his name, play
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Speaker 1: by Matthias showing arts. It just was disappointing in that way.
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Speaker 1: It didn't deliver me anything new. It didn't deliver me
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Speaker 1: anything incredible or exciting. It was just kind of another
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Speaker 1: flat story about a hero that's not ready to be
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Speaker 1: a hero but then goes through a hero's arc and
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Speaker 1: then comes out in the suit and realizes they have
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Speaker 1: a responsibility and the end it was disappointing. I saw
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Speaker 1: a Supergirl at the world premiere in Brooklyn at BAM
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Speaker 1: that's a Brooklyn Academy of Music. So when I was
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Speaker 1: sitting there, I was sitting there, they were cast there,
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Speaker 1: there were lots of pressed, there was clearly a lot
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Speaker 1: of fans, and from the very beginning when the opening
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Speaker 1: credits started rolling, you do get a lot of kind
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Speaker 1: of fanboyism energy where people are just clapping at the
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Speaker 1: most I named things and I'm like, all right, you know,
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Speaker 1: we'll see how this goes. And I noticed something curious
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Speaker 1: as the movie went on that the applause, while loud
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Speaker 1: and boisterous at the beginning, started dissipating as the movie continued,
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Speaker 1: and then to the point where where there was one
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Speaker 1: major scene that was a win for the character and
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Speaker 1: it was met with kind of feeble applause. So it
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Speaker 1: felt like the film ran out of gas at some
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Speaker 1: point with people. Again, I just don't know if people
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Speaker 1: were just tired, if it was just the weather or
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Speaker 1: what it was, but I think it was because of
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Speaker 1: this storyline. When I think about the pacing of the film,
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Speaker 1: at times, the film just felt a little long. I
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Speaker 1: do wish for such a simple plot and simple theory
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Speaker 1: that they could have probably sped it up a bit more.
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Speaker 1: There wasn't too much exposition. There were plenty of times
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Speaker 1: when people were speaking, and as mentioned, when they were
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Speaker 1: talking about Supergirl's backstory and her world and where she
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Speaker 1: came from. That was cool. I appreciate that, especially if
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Speaker 1: you're just new to the space in general, new to
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Speaker 1: the character. That was absolutely needed. Like everyone also kind
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Speaker 1: of forgets a little bit better that this is not
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Speaker 1: just oh, Supergirl as Superman's cousin. This is Supergirl's origin story.
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Speaker 1: This is Supergirl's debut film, if you will, for a
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Speaker 1: lot of people who aren't necessarily comic book fans. So
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Speaker 1: I saw the strength in that. But besides that, it
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Speaker 1: felt very routine, and I think that is disappointing for
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Speaker 1: someone like Millie Alcock, who this is her vehicle to shine,
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Speaker 1: and she still shines. It's just it could have just
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Speaker 1: been done better. Eve Ridley does a great job as Ruthie.
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Speaker 1: She's a young character, young girl that essentially befriends Supergirl,
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Speaker 1: you know, against Supergirl's will in some ways. As mentioned before,
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Speaker 1: you get to see super Man a lot than expected,
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Speaker 1: and he's his typical bubbly, kind of silly, self jovial
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Speaker 1: positive right, and then you have your flat one note
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Speaker 1: villains that don't do much besides want to be quote
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Speaker 1: evil all the time. There's no other backing for them,
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Speaker 1: There's no other rhyme or reason to them. There is
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Speaker 1: no redeeming qualities or value. They're just there. But of
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Speaker 1: course you get a little bit of a foil when
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Speaker 1: it comes to the introduction of Lobo, and I will
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Speaker 1: say fans have been waiting for this for a long time.
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Speaker 1: The ones that have from the beginning, I have one
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Speaker 1: of them saying, Jason Momoa actually should be Lobo. He
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Speaker 1: fits that character much more by way of physicality, by
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Speaker 1: way of energy. Even Jason himself has always expressed that,
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Speaker 1: you know, he loved the Lobo character. And for me,
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Speaker 1: this version of Lobo read very true to the Superman
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Speaker 1: animated series I used to come on you be kids.
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Speaker 1: I liked it. I liked him. Jason Momoa as Lobo.
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Speaker 1: I thought it made sense. It made sense obviously to
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Speaker 1: the story, into the setting in which they were. It
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Speaker 1: also made sense in his portrayal, like he was the
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Speaker 1: quintessential Lobo.
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Speaker 2: He was.
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Speaker 1: He's Lobo's not a hero, he's not an antiero, He's
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Speaker 1: not any of these things. He just is. He just
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Speaker 1: does the things he needs to do for himself. If
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Speaker 1: you happen to benefit, good for you. If you don't,
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Speaker 1: not his problem. And he rides around you know, very
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Speaker 1: rock and roll, very much doing his own thing, and
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Speaker 1: he will pop in and out of the story whenever
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Speaker 1: it made sense in the narrative, and I appreciated that.
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Speaker 1: That's fine. So I had a good time at Lobo.
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Speaker 1: I'm glad Lobo was in the film. Beyond that, I
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Speaker 1: can't really tell you anyone else was really memorable in
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Speaker 1: this movie. There was not much else to it. The
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Speaker 1: dialogue was again besides the Supergirl and me really caring
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Speaker 1: about what she had to say, what she had to do.
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Speaker 1: I kind of didn't really care about what everyone else
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Speaker 1: was saying because it just did not feel like the
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Speaker 1: writing was that strong. What they did do, and I
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Speaker 1: think they did really too much of, was the over
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Speaker 1: reliance on kind of this girl power esque theme. And
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Speaker 1: the part that bothered me was that it came off
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Speaker 1: very white, very white girl girl power, lots of you know,
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Speaker 1: specific era alternative rock music. Nothing wrong with that, but
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Speaker 1: like it was like overly done. It was like every
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Speaker 1: time there would be a fight scene, it's like, Okay,
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Speaker 1: let's load up that rock song from the eighties and
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Speaker 1: watch the fight, or let's and it was the same
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Speaker 1: thing every single time, to the point where they were
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Speaker 1: just really using it at nauseum. It was diminishing returns,
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Speaker 1: so rather than being hyped for each fight, it was like, Okay,
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Speaker 1: someone's gonna say something foul to Supergirl, somebody gonna look
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Speaker 1: at her sideways, and then some rock music gonna start
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Speaker 1: and she's gonna start banging on people. And don't get
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Speaker 1: me wrong, the banging was great. It's just it was
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Speaker 1: the same thing. There was maybe five six fight scenes
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Speaker 1: where it was literally exactly the same entry point each time,
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Speaker 1: and at some point I was just like, are we
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Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit imaginative here? The whole girl
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Speaker 1: Power thing was almost patronizing, at least to me. There
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Speaker 1: was a lot of kind of corny stuff happening, like
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Speaker 1: lots of little smirks and weird approaches to handling chapters.
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Speaker 1: The music was i you know. The soundtrack was also okay.
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Speaker 1: It was to fully enjoy it only because of the
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Speaker 1: repetitive nature of how they entered into each scene when
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Speaker 1: it was an action scene. The effects were actually really
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Speaker 1: well done. This palette for Supergirl, when you talk about
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Speaker 1: like the color scoring and everything, especially when you compare
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Speaker 1: it to Superman, is much more muted, much more dark. Yes,
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Speaker 1: she has the very colorful Supergirl suit and you get
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Speaker 1: to see her don that suit and she looks good
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Speaker 1: in it. She looks great, and as mentioned, is just
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Speaker 1: a little bit different take than what you've seen before,
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Speaker 1: which you know, for a lot of people may be welcome.
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Speaker 1: For some people they may say, oh, they're kind of
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Speaker 1: towing that line between the previous DC you. I think
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Speaker 1: it was fine. I think it looked good, and as mentioned,
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Speaker 1: the special effects still worked for me. For example, there's
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Speaker 1: a scene when Supergirl is pretty much flying through enemies
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Speaker 1: left and right, and she she's doing multiple things at
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Speaker 1: one time. She's using her eye laser blasts, she's going
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Speaker 1: in on people on super speed. You know, she's absorbing
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Speaker 1: the rays of the sun. Like there's a lot going on,
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Speaker 1: but it looks good. Like they don't do shaky cam,
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Speaker 1: they don't really cheat with the movement. You get to
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Speaker 1: generally see everything that's happening, and when you can't really
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Speaker 1: see what's going on, it's because she's using the superspeed,
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Speaker 1: or it's because it's meant to make you feel that
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Speaker 1: things are happening in the blink of an eye. And
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Speaker 1: I appreciated that so there was not overuse, but there
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Speaker 1: was use of slow mode to enhance that feature set. Now,
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Speaker 1: when we talk about special effects, you got to talk
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Speaker 1: about how her powers were illustrated on screen, and the
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Speaker 1: fact that there are clear inconsistencies with her powers that
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Speaker 1: and what they choose or not choose to affect her.
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Speaker 1: So obviously she gets her powers just like Superman from
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Speaker 1: the Yellow Sun. If she's in any other type of son,
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Speaker 1: they have their own effects, right The level by which
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Speaker 1: those effects happen, meaning the strength or intensity or speed
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Speaker 1: by which these different environmental factors have on her clearly
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Speaker 1: will change depending on where she is and what she's doing.
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Speaker 1: But it wasn't necessarily applied consistently across the board, So
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Speaker 1: I think some people might have might see that and
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Speaker 1: have a little bit of questions about that, especially her
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Speaker 1: power levels. And it's interesting. I don't know why so
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Speaker 1: many superhero films do this besides just as a narrative
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Speaker 1: plot device, but almost nerfing the character's mid action just
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Speaker 1: to deliver a plot line. For example, Supergirl is Supergirl
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Speaker 1: when she's in the Sun. Right when she's in the
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Speaker 1: Yellow Sun. You can argue about whether or not she's
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Speaker 1: strong and a superman I don't know, but that she
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Speaker 1: is to me, she got more skill level. So you
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Speaker 1: would think that the regular deglar foot soldiers, all the
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Speaker 1: low level troops that she is fighting wouldn't have much
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Speaker 1: of an effect on her, that she would toss them
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Speaker 1: in the side, And most times she does, but sometimes
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Speaker 1: a couple of them land some blows or give her
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Speaker 1: a little bit of trouble, and it's just like, well,
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Speaker 1: why would that be the case? Right, Like she's either
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Speaker 1: fully charged up or fully aware of what's going on
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Speaker 1: and ready in complete battle mode, and it's just like,
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Speaker 1: why is the scrub getting one in on her? Right?
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Speaker 1: It's not even the main bad guy? Like I don't understand,
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Speaker 1: and that's has always been a problem for me and
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Speaker 1: something that I would question. Like Supergirl, and they show
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Speaker 1: her even when she's not fully charged, if you will,
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Speaker 1: that she got a level of strength that without trying,
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Speaker 1: So when she really don't need to try, why is
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Speaker 1: she having trouble with like level one villains? I don't
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Speaker 1: I don't understand that approach. It should be an easy
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Speaker 1: sweep generally speaking, right, and when it's not that way,
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Speaker 1: especially when they established that it should be that way,
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Speaker 1: you question, ah, are they just doing this so that
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Speaker 1: the scene is ten minutes longer than it really needs
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Speaker 1: to be because the story is really simple and a
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Speaker 1: bit flat, to be honest. It's also not really entertaining
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Speaker 1: all the time. There's a couple of like smirks and
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Speaker 1: giggles here and there, but generally I was silent. And
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Speaker 1: when I say silent, I mean I wasn't really emoting
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Speaker 1: or necessarily connecting with everything that was happening on screen.
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Speaker 1: And it even showed in the audience that I was in,
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Speaker 1: because they were fairly quiet throughout the screening, especially as
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Speaker 1: it went from the middle act to the end. It
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Speaker 1: was like, not really much in terms of even the
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Speaker 1: obvious jokes, weren't really getting last and weren't really getting
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Speaker 1: reactions from myself or other people. And I wonder was
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Speaker 1: that just the pacing fatigue? Was that just things weren't
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Speaker 1: that funny. I'm not sure overall, I would have to
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Speaker 1: give Supergirl a C plus B minus. While I do
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Speaker 1: think I would tell people to go see it, because again,
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Speaker 1: Millie Alcock did an amazing job and she's a great Supergirl,
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Speaker 1: I don't know if this is the correct vehicle to
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Speaker 1: have delivered a really compelling Supergirl. It's felt almost like
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Speaker 1: you could have maybe watched it online as opposed to
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Speaker 1: watching it on the big screen, almost like a side story.
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Speaker 1: And I don't think that was the intention, and I
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Speaker 1: do think that they would need to be a much
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Speaker 1: stronger showing the next time out, and much stronger writing,
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Speaker 1: much stronger dialogue, and much stronger plot. So with that said,
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