movie are still flying around. Personally, I think is a horrible idea. Maybe its because the
"........ whichever way, a Supergirl movie sounds awful to me. If anything, make a
- something young girls can watch, enjoy and have a positive role model......
Ack! What am I saying?!! Of course, on TV, she'd be all skinny and slutty and "spunky" cause "that's hot" (sigh), so nevermind....Man, no one ever does
good Comic adaptations. Wait, what am I thinking, the now-cancelled
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED cartoon did a pretty good job of
Supegirl and comics!.
Rent SEASON 2 today, because it may very well be the current Winner of the
"Coolest shit on the planet" contest (
ALIENS excluded from contest, of course).
Back on topic, Jim! (you know I don't like your long posts)
So there's a huge
RUMOR (and its just that; an
INTERNET rumor) that
TRICIA HELFER's name is being thrown around to don the cape and boots. Tricial Helfer.... the main blonde
Cylon in
Battlestar Galactica. Yeah, "
Number Six", that's her. (Note the use of hot
red in text..... cause, you know... the red dress. I put
thought into this shit).
The thought of a
possible Tricia Helfer Supergirl (albeit probably not true) resulted in
Three responses from me. Wanna know what they are?:
Number 1) I love Tricia Helfer. She pretty much carries Battlestar Galactica and is surprisingly a good actress. Seriously. Yes, she's very "hot" (she's on my short "list"), and as a guy, I would not
hate seeing her in a Supergirl costume. However,
she's wrong the for the part. For one, she's now
33 (which is still a hip age!!!!!!!!) whereas Supergirl is usually portrayed in her
mid-late teens, but primarily portrayed as a
teenager. So they would need someone no older than say
20 to play the role. (again, notice I spelled out
#1.... she's a
Cylon.... again,
THOUGHT.)
---Also, Supergirl is
Superman's younger cousin, so she's sort of the kid-sister role. Does your kid sister look like Tricia Helfer? If so, give me her number ooh bad joke. Sure, she's cute, but she's like your best friend's sweet and really cool kid sister you grow up with. Then as you get older, suddenly...
you get the picture, cause that started to sound like the beginning of a very embarassing rant. (Or am I thinking of
Mary Marvel? Nah, I stand by the above.)
Superman's cousin, right? - she's wholesome and innocent. Which interestingly enough, leads us to....
2) I have no faith in "Hollywood" handling the character in a manner outside of gratuitous
T&A and boys' sexual fantasies. Like I said, Supergirl is essentially Superman's "kid sister" and thereby to a degree
YOUR kid sister. She's sweet, innocent and cute, and worthy of wearing that "S" symbol for everything it stands for. She is not supposed to be the "hot chick" or "bad girl". Sure, the costume is a bit revealing but that's largely due to creators sexifying her look (and attitude)- look no further than her current costume in the comics; super tiny skirt, exposed belly top, that "Christina Aguilera look". Unfortunately, there's a current trend of making all female superheros into "strippers wearing comic fetish costumes", like those "sexy halloween costumes" you see. Which is saying something when comics have for the most part been pretty ridiculous with their Female superheroes. There's a difference between "attractive sexy" and "cheap sexy" and I wish DC (and Marvel) would understand that, because it changes the character, in this case a negative change (yes, I know I'm a bit old fashioned. So?). Just because some people
get off on their fetishized superhero fetishes, does not mean the characters should
CHANGE to fit that fantasy. Supergirl is supposed to be your kid sister who's trying to find her place in the world all the while being a hero to Humanity- not bending over so you can squeeeeze one off. That's just not
HER. If
DC Comics can't even handle the character properly, what hope do we have that Hollywood would? So yeah, I just don't see "Them" doing a Supergirl movie that does the character (and fans) justice.
That's it. I give up. According to an MSNBC Poll, 48% of Americans reject the scientific theory of Evolution. One-third of college graduates say they accept the Biblical account of creation as FACT. 73% of Evangelical Protestants say they believe that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years; 39 percent of non-Evangelical Protestants and 41 percent of Catholics agree with that view. WTF? Did a strange Stephen King Comet recently pass by the planet? I have a hard time believing we've fallen so far backwards.... but then again, I'm not surprised.
The rumors of a 
*(Gandalf the Grey's "You-Shall-Not-Pass!" voice)
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