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title: 'Is Supergirl Actually Bad'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=B1esKkyq49I'
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date: 2026-06-27
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# Is Supergirl Actually Bad

> Source: [Is Supergirl Actually Bad](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B1esKkyq49I)

## Summary

The reviewer shares a critical take on the new Supergirl movie, calling it a step back from the recent Superman film. They find the plot generic, the villain forgettable, and the attempt to copy the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' style misplaced. Despite some positives like the lead actress's potential and solid action scenes, the overall execution is seen as a misstep for the new DCU.

### Key Points

- **Not the worst, but a step back** [0:05] — The film isn't as bad as the worst DCU movies, but it's a significant step back from the recent Superman film, feeling like a remnant of old, generic superhero films.
- **Forgettable villain** [0:28] — The villain, Crim, is very generic and forgettable. He has fewer than 20 lines and is only seen eating or making intense faces, making him a lame antagonist.
- **Supergirl's character arc** [1:35] — The film follows a depowered Supergirl (Kara) who is drinking and avoiding her heritage, which is an interesting change but not well explored in the script.
- **Simple plot** [2:50] — The story is a simple fetch quest: save Krypto from poison. It's a standard plot that doesn't reinvent the wheel and is executed poorly.
- **Weak script and wasted potential** [3:28] — Millie Alcock has potential as Supergirl, but the script is described as "complete irredeemable ass" and the film desperately wants to be like 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
- **Misplaced music** [4:14] — The film tries to mimic James Gunn by using pop music, but it feels out of place because Supergirl has no connection to Earth music, making it cringe.
- **Lobo is a highlight** [5:38] — Jason Momoa's portrayal of Lobo is a standout. Despite limited screen time, he is entertaining in action scenes.
- **Supergirl is constantly nerfed** [6:26] — Supergirl spends most of the film in a depowered state due to poisoning and weird planetary conditions, making her seem weak and Crim seem unimpressive.
- **Moral inconsistency** [8:02] — Supergirl stops her companion from killing Crim to get revenge, but then Crim immediately kills another family, making her moral stance feel forced and hypocritical.
- **Forgotten powers** [9:36] — Supergirl often forgets she can see through walls, which would have solved many problems quickly, creating a frustrating plot hole.

### Conclusion

The film is a step backwards for the DCU, failing to capitalize on a unique Supergirl concept and a talented lead due to a weak script and misguided attempts to copy other successful styles. It's not the worst DC movie, but it's disappointing.

## Transcript

It's It's not good, but it's not as bad
as like the ginormous super stinkers
we've seen DCU fart out in the past. I
will say it is a big step back from
Superman, which I enjoyed. This feels
like a remnant of old superhero films
where it's just a CGI schmorggishborg at
times some wonky CGI with a very generic
standard plot and a very forgettable
villain whom I know by the time credits
role you'll forget the name of. I
didn't. Crim, that's his name. I said it
with confidence. Chin held high, but
then I wasn't exactly sure. So, I double
checked. I was right. It is Crim of the
Yellow Hills. So rejoice Crim fan. Well,
not a whole lot to rejoice about if you
do like the comic book counterpart of
Crim. Cuz in here, he [ __ ] sucks,
man. He I also think he has less than 20
words to say. Pretty much every time
he's on screen, he's doing two things.
One of two things. Eating food like
eating cereal out of a bowl or drinking
some alien titty milk. Or he's doing
this,
hitting the blue steel. and he walks
around kind of like Jack Sparrow
sometimes. I don't know. He's really
lame. He's a very lame villain. But
overall, the movie is not great by any
means, but I certainly wouldn't put it
side by side with some of DCU's worst,
which I know isn't really a compliment.
I don't think it's that bad, but it's
definitely
a misstep here in the new DCU launch. So
anyway, this film follows Supergirl Cara
as she is still on her, you know, crash
out arc where she's drinking herself
into oblivion. She prefers to stay on
red sun planets that way she's normal
and can feel pain and bleed and get
wasted and drunk and that kind of thing.
She's a mess because she's gone through
so much in her life that's made her lose
faith in people and kind of just lose
the will to, you know, be the person
that her family expected her to be. As
well as Clark, the expectations Superman
has of her. She doesn't have any
interest in living up to that. She just
wants to drink and pass out and that's
it. And then Crim gets introduced after
he kills a family for their swords.
There was a little girl who survived the
massacre and now she's out for revenge.
And she happens to run into Cara at a
bar where she was dancing around. Then
she tries to recruit her to help avenge
her family and kill Crim, which she has
no interest in helping this little girl.
But then Crim steals her ship and shoots
Krypto with a poison dart. Now she has
three days before Krypto dies. Thus, she
has to go get the antidote that he wears
around his neck with his necklace. So,
they team up and they go try and track
him down and get that antidote. Super
simple. We've seen it done a million
times. Not trying to reinvent the wheel,
which I think is fine, but I don't think
it executes it that well. I do think
Supergirl being so different from
Superman is a positive thing, though.
Her being like the exact opposite of
Clark, I think, is great, and it's a
good thing to explore. This movie does
not explore it very well. But I will be
honest here, sports fans. I think Millie
Alcock can be a good Supergirl. The
script here was just complete
irredeemable ass. And there was no
saving that. But I do think Millie
Alcock can play this character well if
there are some better writers around it
for sure. And another thing that really
shoots this film in the foot is how
desperately it wants to be Guardians of
the Galaxy. It feels like they plugged
James Gun's formula into chat GPT and
asked it to try and emulate it the best
they could. And that's how a lot of
Supergirl plays out on screen. It tries
so hard to hamfist boner jams into so
many sequences to elevate it and it it
just fumbles. Especially one action
scene in particular set to a awful cover
of Jimmy Eat World. the middle. It I
can't even describe to you how out of
place that felt. Like the action in the
movie is pretty solid and there's a lot
of it which I appreciate. So, a big
compliment I can give to the film is
that it's not boring in terms of like
what you're seeing on screen. It's
boring in terms of narrative and how
predictable it is and been there, done
that. But at least there's quite a bit
of action and the visuals for the most
part are solid. Albeit there are couple
instances where it falls apart in that
department. But overall, it was fine
there. But they keep ruining some action
moments by trying to be James Gun. Like
I'm trying to avoid like a ton of
spoilers, but I don't even really know
why. So, we're going to get into some
spoilers. Now, it is established very
early on how Cara doesn't view Earth as
her home. She feels very out of place
there. So, why the [ __ ] would she be
playing Earth music? That doesn't make
sense. It makes sense for Star-Lord for
obvious reasons, but why why would she
want all of these Earth tunes to be
surrounded by at all times? And when
they're shooting these sequences set to
this music, it just doesn't hit at all.
It feels so out of place and it feels
like it's only there to remind you of
like, remember when James Gun did it?
We're doing it, too.
It just felt very cringe, unfortunately.
Now, one thing I do think that they did
a good job with though is Lobo. Now, I
know Jason Mamoa has been a fan cast for
Lobo for a long time. I was genuinely
impressed with how well he played that
character. I like Lobo a lot. I've
talked about him a lot on stream, and I
actually think he's very good in this
film for how little he appears in it.
He's not like a big character by any
means, but he is a reoccurring
character, and every time he's on
screen, it is a treat. I think the lines
that get him kind of suck major ass, but
at the very least, he is great in the
action sequences. Taking the chopper for
a spin, blowing [ __ ] up. He's got his
hook and he like pudge from Dota 2,
yanks him back and [ __ ] for his target.
Like, he was very good. But the same
can't be said about how they use
Supergirl and her abilities here. They
perpetually nerf her. She nerfs herself
obviously by going to red sun planets
and drinking. But from then on when
she's actually on the mission to save
Krypto and you know get the antidote
from Crim, the amount of things they had
to figure out in order to like diminish
her abilities is just almost laughable.
So she gets poisoned with a drink while
she's, you know, looking for Crim. So
then when Crim shows up, they're kind of
on equal footing to a certain extent
because now she's all wobbly and
poisoned and trying to chug milk to coat
her stomach. And then they even have the
final battle take place on a planet that
has a green sun and a yellow sun. So
when the green sun's out, she's on
death's door withering away and then the
yellow sun comes out and she's powered
up again. So, she spends the vast
majority of this film in a depowered
nerf state, which I just think is
underwhelming. And it doesn't make it
seem like Crim's all that powerful
because he's able to survive endure some
of Supergirl's attacks. Although, she
never really fights him until the end.
It's just a couple of like a little bit
of slap boxing to to a lesser degree.
So, he never really feels scary or like
a big bad. Like, yeah, he's very
unlikable. He's an easily hatable
character. you know, he killed an
innocent family. He shot a dog. He's
kidnapping little girls to make them
brides. He's a very bad guy, but he
never seems like a really strong villain
that's on equal footing with Supergirl
or anything. And there's even a sequence
where while she's poisoned and stumbling
around, she starts to get her strength
back. So, she fights some of the guys.
And then Crim escapes and is about to
kill one of the children. And Ruthie,
the girl that's been accompanying uh
Supergirl on this journey, is flanking
him with her sword about to kill him.
And then Supergirl takes her away
saying, "No, you can't do that. Revenge
is bad. It's going to [ __ ] you up. This
isn't going to bring them back." And
then he instantly goes and kills that
girl and kills her parents. And
Supergirl gets there after it happens.
Ruthie makes a really good point saying,
"If you would let me kill him, they
would still be alive. Your decision has
literally cost them their lives." And
she's right. But Supergirl still takes
this moral high ground even though
throughout the entire film she's just
been an [ __ ] about everything. Oh, I
see the truth in people this and that.
And now all of a sudden she's taking
this moral high ground to prevent her
from killing this man for revenge. But
Ruthie's right. Had she killed him, it
would have saved those innocent lives
again. So I agree that blood's on
Supergirl's shoulders there. Like that's
on her hands. And it feels like it
wasn't like a gradual buildup or
anything. Like she says, you know,
revenge isn't really that good, but
she's been jaded throughout the entire
movie. She's been, you know, very
clearly down in the dumps about
everything going on and she has no
desire to be like a hero or anything
moral like that. But now all of a sudden
she takes her away. No, don't do
revenge. Let these innocent people die
instead and then lectures her about it.
It felt so odd and like it just came out
of nowhere really. It didn't feel it
didn't feel like it built up to that.
And it certainly didn't help that there
were immediate repercussions for it.
Also, it also seems like Supergirl kept
forgetting how her powers work. She can
see through walls. Like, there should
never be a time where Supergirl can't
find Crim or what she's looking for in
any of these situations. She can see
through walls. And she uses it like two
times in this movie. So, why doesn't she
use it at the most important moments?
It's just the only way a lot of things
happen in this film is by her being
constantly nerfed or just forgetting,
whoopsie, I have these powers that could
pretty much solve this right away. But
anyway, I'm not going to keep yapping
about it. It just wasn't very good. I
don't think it's, you know, down there
with bottom three of DCU or anything
like that, but this definitely isn't
where you want to go right after
Superman. This is a a step backwards for
sure. Anyway, that's really about it.
See?