tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post9177915592796630008..comments2024-03-18T21:20:17.786-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Supergirl: Man of SteelBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-9889739593526008662019-07-27T21:24:49.663-04:002019-07-27T21:24:49.663-04:00I'm haphazardly catching up with Arrow/The Fla...I'm haphazardly catching up with Arrow/The Flash/Supergirl so I can watch Elseworlds in the proper order (I was traveling in Europe all of last fall so I'm very behind on many shows) - interestingly enough, I happened to watch this right after The Flash episode with Cicada's origin story.<br /><br />I think the placement of this episode is very key - with all the discussion on the previous Supergirl episode review of how biased the show seems to be, at least they are exploring the other side of things here. After last season had a big bad with no shades of gray, it's nice to have a more conflicted villain. It's also interesting that he's not "in charge" like he seemed to be in the first few episodes, so him trying to rein in the more murderous techniques of the Graves siblings should be interesting.<br /><br />The steel aspect hit close to home, as I'm from Pittsburgh and worked in the office of a steel mill for 4 years. It didn't ring very true that Peter wouldn't even try to adapt the mill, though - even with his dislike of aliens, that's just an illogical business move. There was a line about the machines being expensive, but they should have tried to make it happen (and be turned down for the loan at this point), even if they were still producing mostly steel, or made a decision to cut their losses. Or they could have had the machine repossessed because they couldn't pay back their loan (possibility because alien workers could product the Nth faster and cheaper). Having Peter just be stubborn and kill his business disrupted the narrative that it was all the aliens' fault. Having him be slow to accept that Nth was the metal of the future and thus be too far behind the rest for his mill to catch up would also be a more logical option. But then I doubt any of the writers actually worked at a steel mill with money problems! One thing they did get right - losing a big client like L-Corp would be devastating to a small mill.<br /><br />I think it would only be after the Daxomite attack that alien attack would be commonplace on homeowners insurance. And even if it was a bit more common, people don't often update their insurance policies, just keep renewing the same ones. But yeah, a national fund might have helped - however, like other disaster areas, the remaining undamaged properties could be selling/renting for exorbitant fees, making a fund less helpful.<br /><br />I did enjoy all of Ben's random run-ins with our main cast, acting as they normally do, but leaving disaster, confusion, and resentment in their wake.Katie Hart - Pinterest Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892763965326103296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52608843084990419412018-11-01T23:25:54.399-04:002018-11-01T23:25:54.399-04:00Victoria, I had much the same reaction. I thought ...Victoria, I had much the same reaction. I thought Sam Witwer did a terrific job making us empathize with Ben Lockwood and his situation, his gradual turn to villainy as a result of what happened to him. (And I know you're not familiar with <i>Smallville</i>, but they did something very similar, also with a character played by Sam Witwer.)<br /><br />But I really did miss Supergirl. Background is important, yes, but it's awkward to pull off an entire episode almost entirely without the star of the show. Even when you bring in some big guns, like Witwer and Xander Berkeley, who played Lockwood Senior. <br /><br />I guess we'll see where it goes. Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.com