The comic book world had a divided reaction to the first look at Melissa Benoist in the Supergirl costume. Since then, the pilot episode for the CBS superhero drama has leaked and fan opinion actually seems to be swinging more towards the positive of late. Nevertheless, there are a vocal few who still doubt what Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, Andrew Kreisberg and Sarah Schechter are planning for Superman's little cousin. Speaking at a signing event in Los Angeles, IGN spoke to Geoff Johns about why everyone should just stay calm.
"Everyone deserves to have a reaction, but at the end of the day, I believe in the pilot, I believe in the show. When people see the pilot, they’re going to be blown away. When they first saw his suit, when we cast [Flash actor] Grant [Gustin], people were like, ‘That’s not the Flash!’ and now people are like, ‘Oh my god, he is the Flash!’ I’m so proud of that show and -- in so many ways the Flash was my favorite character growing up -- to see it realized and to see people embracing it. And it truly is a Flash TV show, we’re not shying away from anything. We jokingly said, yeah we’re doing Gorilla Grodd and I think people were like, ‘Okay...’ Yeah, no, we’re doing Gorilla Grodd! And we’ve got a lot of great plans for Supergirl in the same vein as that."
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