User blog:Xandermcc/Supergirl S3 E1: Girl of Steel: Zach Snyder's special edition.

So now that we are getting close to seeing Season 4 start, i am back to my reviews of Supergirl. As usual, going for the current season that just finished a bit ago, Season 3. So lets see what is the aftermath of the Daxam invasion.

So we start with a pretty amazing looking sequence of Kara dreaming of Mon-El still being on Earth and same with her mother Alura. Reflecting on those she lost. It is a pretty good sequence with good music and great acting by Melissa Benoist. (+2) Only problem is that both Mon-El having facial hair in a dream sequence where he would not have it, and the recasting of Alura. Played now by Erica Durance. Now she gets better in future episodes. However at this point, she really isn't that good as Alura. -1

So we then get out of the dream dream land that is there because Chris Wood wanted his paycheck before his return in only a few episodes. Then we see how reality is doing. Supergirl is basically putting 100% of her time into being Supergirl. Saving lives as a loner without a cause. We really see that feeling with us hearing a lot of the sounds only she would hear with her Super-Hearing, and a lot of the focus only being on her very much robotic movements this time around in the following fight. It really shows what has changed in who she is. +1

So now Morgan Edge, an old character in Superman lore has entered the show. Being the one to take advantage of the people during National City's aftermath of the alien invasion. Lena and James protest to Morgan's ways but Morgan considers them fake news and goes along with his plan. Really showing the amount of doubt in media truth that has happened as of late pretty well and subtle. (+1) Only problem is that suddenly James has agreed with Lena's ways in only a few months when before, he did judge her based on Lex's actions. -1

Speaking of James, he is still running the news office and is feeling that Kara is off her game in terms of the reporter angle of her life. In fact all her friends are concerned for how she is closing herself off. All the characters and how they show their concern is very well characterized. With J'onn probably doing the best at it considering that he truly knows loss. +1

3/10

So now we got info on the villain next to Morgan Edge, known as Bloodsport. Another C-list Superman antagonist, but still a good one to have in this world of humanity taking advantage of alien tech. Supergirl has quite a challenge with him, but is called away from stopping him by his friends who really feel she is going down a deep end when it comes to not caring about Kara Danvers. Showing that her grief has pushed her off the deep end and focusing on being a brooding loner is a bad idea. Wait a minute, is this a jab at Zach Snyder? Brilliant! +1

Kara then gets a talking to by both Alex and J'onn. The mentor/father and sister she made on Earth. With only J'onn making some major headway in getting to her due to their shared struggles. It is a very deep episode in how they explore what really means human. +1

Then they unveil a statue of Supergirl. Now where have i seen this before? Alien invasion followed by a statue to celebrate the brooding superhero who stopped the aliens? That was an exact plot thread from Batman v Superman! -1

Anyway Bloodsport attacks and we are introduced to our main antagonist among the chaos. It isn't Morgan, it isn't Bloodsport, it is... a single mom named Sam. So she saves her child and i love how they hide our antagonist by making it feel like a superhero origin with some undertones of it being something more. +2

Kara saves the day by going to stop Bloodsport's submarine. However gets knocked out and we get some Jesus imagery and Mon-El to get her out of this and to beat our filler villains. There are some problems with this though. 1. Supergirl while the idea was created by Otto Binder and Al Pastino, the actual approval and majority of the Kryptonians being made was by jewish creator Joel Shuster. So i just feel the crosses symbolism with Supergirl in the water just doesn't really work. 2. Mon-El being the one who gets her going. The whole thing with this episode was her moving on from that and learning to start being Kara Danvers again, then have Mon-El, the person she is consumed by, being the one to get her moving forward is a little counter to the message they were showing. -2

So Kara gets her job back, Morgan Edge gets his commupence from Supergirl. Then we also get a teaser for both Reign and the Legion arcs which is pretty cool. +2

So that was the first episode of Season 3. What was the score? Well a 6/10, but there is a bonus score Supergirl is brooding over.

Cat Grant moving on up in the world to the White House was a neat plot point. As they are actually showing what she moved on to doing this time. +1

The really good effects this episode. The underwater stuff alone was done brilliantly. +1

J'onn ripping Sam Lane a new one. A character i really disliked from Season 1. +1

Them ignoring Supergirl's vulnerability to electricity. -1

So the final score is an 8/10. Pretty amazing start to Season 3. Lets see where it goes next some time soon. After i do another book review on another wiki.