We Do Not Need a Wonder Woman Movie
We don’t need a Wonder Woman movie. Yeah, I said it. I can scarcely imagine a worse waste of digital celluloid: flying spears thrown from thin, gangly limbs, a star-spangled miniskirt threatening...
View ArticleBlerd Boost for Supergirl: Mehcad Brooks Cast as Jimmy Olsen
It looks like Greg Berlanti is trying to own all of superhero broadcast television. He’s involved in two of the five current DC Comics TV shows (ahem, his shows are doing the best too — is Constantine...
View ArticleIf You Perceive “Girly” Superheroes as Lesser, isn’t the Problem You?
Last night, CBS and Warner Brothers television released a six-and-a-half minute sizzle reel for Supergirl, this fall’s hotly anticipated entry into Greg Berlanti’s DC television dominance universe....
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: This Show Flies Up, Up, and Away
It feels like we’ve been riding the Supergirl hype train for more than a year now. Now that the show has finally arrived — behind a massive marketing campaign that made it the most watched new show of...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Strength in Numbers
After a strong debut last week, the second episode of Supergirl’s inaugural season took a bit of a ratings hit, losing 30% of the audience that tuned in for the premiere. And that’s too bad because...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Flight Song
With each passing week, I’m becoming more and more impressed with Supergirl as a series. Sure, the pilot was already strong, but last week’s episode definitely raised the bar. Now with episode three in...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Electric Boogaloo
After the horrific attacks in Paris and Beirut over the weekend, CBS decided to postpone the already scheduled episode of Supergirl — which apparently centered around a terrorist attack in National...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Lord Have Mercy
The fifth episode of Supergirl on CBS finally aired last night, and now we know how the continuity glitches from last week’s episode would be resolved. In case you didn’t know, the episode “How Does...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Anger Management
After a couple of weeks of out-of-order continuity, we finally got back on track with “Red Faced,” the latest episode of Supergirl. In addition to the live action debut of Red Tornado — and despite the...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: My Favorite Martian
Full disclosure: I wasn’t really looking forward to last night’s Supergirl. After the big cliffhanger in last week’s excellent entry into the season — in which Kara cuts herself on a piece of glass,...
View ArticleSupergirl is a Total Drag
Welp. We’re down seven episodes on CBS’ new Supergirl series, and I can now definitively say that not only does it suck, but it’s also a drag. Let me clarify: TV shows can suck and still be worth...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Family Matters
Still playing catch up on our recaps, but I didn’t want to go into the holiday break without talking about what was easily the best episode of Supergirl to date. And that’s saying a lot considering how...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Blood is Thicker Than Kryptonite
Am I the only one who thinks Supergirl came back sooner than expected? Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that one of my favorite shows is back on the air, but since the other DC shows — namely Flash,...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Toy Man and The Boy Toy
Hi Guys! Supreme Chief Keith is out for the week, so I’m covering Supergirl! After I watched this week’s episode, I was glad I was recapping this one and not last week’s, which kinda bored me. This...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Mars Attacks!
So I’ve been out for a few weeks and am still catching up on all the TV I missed, but I wanted to get this Supergirl recap out ahead of tonight’s all new episode. This won’t be a full on recap,...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Playing Catch Up
One of the problems with having so many television options is that if you fall behind, the shows can start to pile up. Unfortunately, I fell behind recapping Supergirl, so in order to catch up in time...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Justice For All
It would be an understatement to say last week’s Supergirl was the most anticipated episode of the season. Not only did it follow what was arguably the series’ best ep to date, episode 14 — titled...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Fortress of Easter Eggs
After taking a week off, Supergirl returns with an all-new episode on CBS tonight. The episode that aired two weeks ago — simply named “Solitude” — was probably the most easter egg-packed episode of...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Seeing Red-K
Sixteen episodes in to the first season of Supergirl and I should probably learn not to underestimate the show. You see, prior to the airing of last week’s Red Kryptonite-influenced episode, titled...
View ArticleNOC Recaps Supergirl: Is There Life on Mars?
Last week’s Supergirl was the Martian Manhunter origin story we’ve been waiting for all season, and it didn’t disappoint. From a guest appearance by former Superman Dean Cain — no longer the world’s...
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