SUPERGIRL star Melissa Benoist and Producers on the Show's Hopeful Nature

SUPERGIRL star Melissa Benoist and Producers on the Show's Hopeful Nature

Actress Melissa Benoist as well as producers Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg discuss how Supergirl is a more hopeful superhero series, owing a debt to both Christopher Reeve and director Richard Donner.

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By EdGross - Oct 26, 2015 12:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Supergirl

In many ways the show — which premieres tonight on CBS — is a throwback to a more innocent time, while simultaneously providing a genuine role model for girls in the audience without shirking on the superheroics.

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Foolsgoldfinger
Foolsgoldfinger - 10/26/2015, 1:08 PM
More in line with the tone of The Flash. Nothing wrong with that.
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 10/26/2015, 1:10 PM
Not everything's a contest.
Foolsgoldfinger
Foolsgoldfinger - 10/26/2015, 1:10 PM
Supergirl and Jessica Jones are miles apart in content and tone. One isn't out to destroy the other. Another brainless comment.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/26/2015, 1:11 PM
There's hopeful and cheesy done right, like The Flash, and then there's something like this...for some reason it feels excessively hokey
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 10/26/2015, 1:32 PM
I agree with @Gusto
Foolsgoldfinger
Foolsgoldfinger - 10/26/2015, 1:44 PM
I'll give it the season. If I could do it for the dismal first season of AoS and stick with it till it improved, I think I can do it for this. I believe as a comic book movie and TV fan, all these shows deserve a decent chance. If more people had watched Constantine, it might still be on the air. And, I'm not delusional, I know the general TV viewer carries more weight than comic book centric audience, especially on a major network show.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 10/26/2015, 1:56 PM
I wasn't interested in this show but these comments actually have me on board a little bit. I like superheros to be more hopeful. For me, Jessica Jones seems a little TOO dark. I like that these guys recognise the family appeal of a weekly superhero show.
Foolsgoldfinger
Foolsgoldfinger - 10/26/2015, 2:13 PM
I just read reviews for Supergirl from......

Hitfix
Huffington Post
The New York Times
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Washington post
The Pittsburg Gazette
The Boston Herald
USA Today
The Hollywood Reporter
Variety

...all good to great reviews! Not a bad word. You know how hard it is to get good reviews from ALL these sources? Near impossible.
McGee
McGee - 10/26/2015, 2:14 PM
Whatever you guys. All of our girlfriends will probably force us to watch this. Heh. Right guys? Heh....our girlfriends.
McGee
McGee - 10/26/2015, 2:14 PM
Our girlfriends who are most definitely real and not made up.
McGee
McGee - 10/26/2015, 2:15 PM
But they live in Canada.
Foolsgoldfinger
Foolsgoldfinger - 10/26/2015, 2:35 PM
My girlfriend and I like the same stuff. I consider myself lucky.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/26/2015, 3:19 PM
@sonofbatman

Wow so mature of you...... did not know we were having a clit measuring contest!!!

You sound like a MarvelFanboy!
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 10/26/2015, 3:21 PM
LOL! This show is designed to attack a young female audience foremost...... plain and simple. Wow I am sure if Marvel would push a show or movie out geared to little girls it would be Rainbows and Unicorns!!!!!!!

Jessica Jones looks solid but it is not geared for all females of all ages!

This is finally some smart marketing from DC if you ask me.
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