SUPERGIRL BREAKDOWN - DCU and Superman Easter Eggs You Missed!

[00:00] Welcome back, Screen Crush. I'm Ryan Ary

[00:01] and this is all of the Easter eggs,

[00:02] references, and little things you might

[00:04] have missed in Supergirl. Now, we are

[00:05] going to break down all of the nods to

[00:07] the original comic that inspired this

[00:08] film and what all of this means for DC's

[00:11] universe at large. Supergirl is the

[00:13] second film in James Gun's DCU, and

[00:15] while it is not a direct sequel to last

[00:17] year's Superman, it does take place

[00:19] between the events of Superman and Man

[00:21] of Tomorrow. Supergirl was originally

[00:24] announced in 2023 when Gun unveiled the

[00:26] first slate for the DCU, Gods and

[00:28] Monsters. Then it was titled Supergirl

[00:30] Woman of Tomorrow, sharing the title

[00:32] with the amazing comic that it's based

[00:34] on, but later it was shortened to just

[00:36] Supergirl. But didn't we just say

[00:37] Supergirl? She was in the Flash. That's

[00:39] a different one, buddy. Following this

[00:41] soft reboot, House of the Dragon actress

[00:43] Millie Alco was cast as the Kryptonian

[00:45] as we saw in Superman.

[00:47] >> Why did you move the door?

[00:48] >> Now, as I said, this movie is an

[00:50] adaptation of the book Supergirl, Woman

[00:52] of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bill Eve.

[00:54] Woman of Tomorrow is a pretty recent

[00:56] addition to the Supergirl mythos coming

[00:58] out in 2021. But it has quickly become

[01:00] one of the defining stories for Cara

[01:03] Zorel. But before we get into all of the

[01:04] connections to that comic, let me

[01:06] explain a little bit of Cara's comic

[01:08] history and where we last saw her in the

[01:10] DCU. Supergirl first appeared way back

[01:12] in 1959 in Action Comics 252, and she

[01:15] was created by Auto Bender and

[01:16] Alpistino. That comic introduced us to a

[01:18] car that is pretty different from the

[01:20] one we see in this movie. Originally,

[01:22] Cara was very similar to her cousin,

[01:24] taking on a human alias as Linda Lee and

[01:26] then supergirling in secret. Then during

[01:28] DC's Crisis on Infinite Earth storyline,

[01:31] Cara was killed off. Now, at the time,

[01:33] people felt that Supergirl was

[01:34] essentially a female Superman, and not

[01:36] many writers took the chance to expand

[01:38] on the character. During this time, a

[01:40] shape- shifter named Matrix from a

[01:41] pocket universe arrived on Prime Earth.

[01:43] There, she took the form of Supergirl

[01:45] and briefly worked with Superman to stop

[01:47] Cryptonian criminals back in her

[01:48] universe. However, after a while, she

[01:50] became disillusional, believing that she

[01:52] was Clark, and she almost harmed the

[01:54] Kents. Because of this, she fled off

[01:55] into space, and once again, the DC

[01:57] universe was Supergirlless. That was

[01:59] until Jeff Lo's Superman Batman run in

[02:02] 2003 when Cara Zorel finally returned.

[02:04] But this time, she was her own

[02:06] character. This version of Cara has

[02:08] evolved over the years. But it's in

[02:10] Woman of Tomorrow that we really get to

[02:12] see how heavily her past is weighing on

[02:14] her. Despite a couple of retcons, her

[02:16] backstory has mostly remained the same.

[02:18] It's the exploration of how she's dealt

[02:20] with her backstory that has made her

[02:21] such an interesting character,

[02:23] especially in contrast with Superman.

[02:25] And not only do we see that in this

[02:27] movie, but even from the minute she

[02:28] first appeared in Superman.

[02:30] >> Thanks for watching him, [ __ ]

[02:32] >> Cara has a far more tragic experience of

[02:35] Krypton's destruction than Clark does.

[02:36] And the way that she's handling that

[02:38] trauma is a defining part of her

[02:40] character. Last we saw her in Superman,

[02:42] she was going off to planets with red

[02:43] suns to party. Cara is still in the

[02:46] middle of dealing with her grief, all

[02:47] the while trying to be a superhero.

[02:49] Despite how damaging her coping

[02:51] mechanisms may be, she continues to push

[02:53] through her own struggles to come to the

[02:55] aid of others, albeit reluctantly.

[02:57] >> Congratulations, you wore me down.

[02:59] >> The movie begins with the new logo for

[03:01] the DCU we've seen in every project so

[03:03] far. We open up inside of Cara Ship, and

[03:05] immediately the production design for

[03:06] this movie was off the charts. Although

[03:09] we don't see the interior of Cara ship

[03:11] and woman of tomorrow, the space is

[03:12] exactly how you would have imagined a

[03:14] young adults cluttered apartment would

[03:16] look like. I love the design of this

[03:18] ship. It looks not only functional, but

[03:20] lived in. We see Cara fix something

[03:22] that's in a repair hatch on the floor.

[03:23] Much like in the Millennium Falcon, this

[03:25] is her ship through and through, and

[03:27] it's clear she spends an awful lot of

[03:29] time here. After Krypto knocks over a

[03:31] couple of bottles, we see a leftover

[03:32] Daily Planet newspaper thrown onto the

[03:34] ground. The headline reads, "Superman

[03:37] saves town from nuclear reactor

[03:38] explosion." But down below, we see a

[03:40] much smaller article about Supergirl

[03:42] rescuing cats. Now, her saving some

[03:44] kittens could be a reference to her

[03:46] cousin doing the same thing back in the

[03:48] original Superman film. A scene that,

[03:49] oddly enough, ended with child abuse.

[03:52] >> This man swooped out in the sky and gave

[03:54] him I told him to stop telling lies.

[03:57] >> However, this is also showing how she's

[03:59] not really admired as much as Clark.

[04:01] Sure, she saved some cats, but he saved

[04:03] a whole town. It's no wonder that at

[04:05] this point in her life, she'd rather be

[04:07] anywhere but Earth, and we'll see her

[04:09] express that sentiment more later on.

[04:11] Krypto fittingly uses it as a pee peep

[04:13] pad, to which Cara says,

[04:14] >> "You managed to get most of it on the

[04:16] paper this time."

[04:18] >> Remember, Krypto was a troublemaker in

[04:19] the Superman movie, and Cara has not

[04:21] done anything to train him since then.

[04:23] Now, Krypto's creation in the DCU was

[04:25] based on James Gun's dog, Ozu, who he

[04:27] adopted while he was writing Superman.

[04:29] Ozu ended up destroying the laptop that

[04:31] Gun was writing the first draft on, and

[04:33] he was then inspired to add Crypto to

[04:35] the script. Also, not for nothing, James

[04:37] Gun told us that his dog Ozu freaks out

[04:39] whenever he sees Doug on screen. I'm

[04:41] famous. You kind of are. This newspaper

[04:43] also has a neat reference to comic

[04:45] artist John Rita Jr. right here, who

[04:47] became the pencellor for Superman in

[04:48] 2014 and worked on Superman year 1. The

[04:51] song playing during this scene is This

[04:53] Summer by Sleigh Bells, and the lyrics

[04:54] fit Cara's current lifestyle perfectly.

[04:57] It is about how you don't know when your

[04:59] life will end. So, you might as well

[05:00] just have fun, but to an extreme and

[05:02] almost numbing extent. And that's

[05:04] exactly what we see Cara doing

[05:06] throughout the beginning of this film.

[05:07] After she gets up, Cara watches a video

[05:09] message from her cousin on her space

[05:11] computer. Something I loved about this

[05:12] film is how it mixed familiar objects

[05:14] like computers or jukeboxes, but then

[05:16] added an alien twist. It's recognizable

[05:19] as a computer screen, yet it has a

[05:21] joystick, some red glowing buttons, and

[05:22] symbols on its keyboard. Next to the

[05:24] computer, we see a box of Milk Bones

[05:26] treats. Treat?

[05:27] >> Yes. And it's a nod to the collaboration

[05:29] ad that DC released.

[05:34] What you say?

[05:36] >> Her sink is also full of dishes, and

[05:37] there's what I presume to be a bowl of

[05:39] microwave noodles on her counter. All in

[05:41] all, it's a very perfect apartment for a

[05:43] 23-year-old. Clark says,

[05:44] >> "Okay, don't look too much."

[05:46] >> And later adds,

[05:47] >> I'm worried you're not going to find

[05:48] your people.

[05:48] >> Like he expressed in Superman, he has

[05:50] concerns with the amount of partying

[05:52] that Cara does in her life. He feels

[05:53] like Cara won't ever be able to find her

[05:55] place on Earth if she keeps going off to

[05:57] other planets. However, that's the core

[05:59] of the conflict between them. Cara won't

[06:01] ever find her place on Earth. It's

[06:03] completely alien to her. While Earth is

[06:05] all Clark knows, Cara doesn't feel at

[06:07] home here. Krypton still feels like her

[06:09] home. So, no matter how much

[06:10] supergirling Cara does on Earth, she

[06:12] will always feel alien. Cara then hangs

[06:14] up on Clark and goes to pilot her ship.

[06:16] We again see how lived in the ship is

[06:18] with duct tape slapped on the top of the

[06:20] seat and its edges framed. In the back

[06:22] of the cockpit, we also see a cute photo

[06:24] of Krypto taped on the wall. Now, when

[06:25] Cara sits down, Krypto hops up in her

[06:27] lap, just like he did to Lois and

[06:29] Superman.

[06:30] >> No, dog. Dog, I really need you.

[06:33] >> So, this shows us where he got the habit

[06:35] from. Cara is wearing these huge

[06:36] sunglasses, another indicator of her

[06:38] ongoing hangover from her birthday week

[06:40] celebration. She also has a blondie

[06:42] t-shirt, a nod to the song Call Me for

[06:44] the trailer of the film. And she's also

[06:45] wearing this trench coat. In both her

[06:47] last appearance in Superman and in the

[06:49] comic book Woman of Tomorrow, she wears

[06:50] a similar trench coat. So, she ventures

[06:52] off to a planet with a red sun called

[06:54] Holer, named after Britney Holer, one of

[06:56] the editors on the Woman of Tomorrow

[06:57] comic. She is actually the editor that

[06:59] Tom King created for convincing him to

[07:01] use Supergirl in this true grid

[07:02] allegory, but more on that later. And

[07:04] this is also not the only nod we'll see

[07:06] to the creators, as we'll touch on in

[07:08] just a sec. The exterior of her ship is

[07:09] also identical to the one from the

[07:11] comics. Now, we don't get to see much

[07:12] more of it in the books, but it has the

[07:14] same triangular frame and top wing. Cara

[07:16] chooses holes her to party on

[07:18] specifically because, like Clark

[07:19] explained in Superman,

[07:20] >> because of our metabolism, we can't get

[07:22] drunk on a planet with a yellow sun.

[07:24] >> Her Kryptonian biology does not allow

[07:26] her to metabolize alcohol normally on

[07:28] planets with yellow suns. So, in order

[07:30] to party like she wants to, she jets off

[07:32] to red sun planets. The bar she ends up

[07:34] at is the same one from the comic called

[07:36] the Whale Tower. there. She lives up to

[07:38] her title as the woman of steel and

[07:39] takes the drinks from this guy who's

[07:41] dozing off. Cara and Krypto then enjoy

[07:43] crowd surfing at a killer alien rave.

[07:46] The alien designs in this movie are so

[07:48] cool. This is our first official look at

[07:50] the universe part of the DCU. We visit

[07:52] five planets in this film. And in this

[07:54] rave shot alone, we can point out at

[07:56] least 10 different designs of creatures.

[07:58] Now, despite the shift in aesthetics

[07:59] from the comic, the film still carries

[08:01] the same unique spirit that Woman of

[08:03] Tomorrow was so loud for. Hard cut to

[08:05] the next day and Cara is feeling it.

[08:07] Girl, I've been there. Waking up on the

[08:09] messy floor of her spaceship from

[08:10] underneath a blanket, she says,

[08:12] >> "Oh, I need a yellow sun like now."

[08:14] >> Which is exactly what we theorize would

[08:16] be her hangover cure.

[08:17] >> What do you mean?

[08:18] >> Well, like how red suns depower her,

[08:20] yellow suns repower her. In the presence

[08:22] of a yellow sun, Kryptonians gain

[08:24] incredible powers and heal at an

[08:26] extraordinary rate. Cara plays fetch

[08:28] with Crypto in space, which we've seen

[08:29] Clark do with him in the comic All-Star

[08:31] Superman. And this is also how Krypto

[08:33] saved the day in Superman.

[08:34] >> Krypto,

[08:37] get the toy.

[08:38] >> So when Krypto returns the ball that

[08:39] Cara threw, he rams into her at full

[08:41] speed, mirroring their reunion from

[08:43] Superman.

[08:44] >> Okay, well this is why he has behavioral

[08:45] issues.

[08:46] >> This opening is so perfect because it

[08:48] already sets up how important Krypto is

[08:50] to her, how he's literally her only

[08:52] friend. Within the first 15 minutes of

[08:54] Superman, Clark has already spoken to

[08:56] Lois, Jimmy, Ma, Paw, the Superman

[08:58] robots, and the other Daily Planet

[08:59] staff. By 15 minutes into Supergirl,

[09:02] Cara has only spoken to Krypto. He

[09:04] really is the only person she has left.

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[10:31] to what I was saying. Back on Eively, we

[10:33] see the null house, which looks similar

[10:34] to its comic counterpart. This opening

[10:36] planet was also filmed in Scotland like

[10:38] a lot of other scenery we'll point out

[10:40] later on. The Brigen ship then docks in

[10:42] their yard as Crim and his gang descend

[10:43] upon the house. Now, we get our first

[10:45] look at Crim of the Yellow Hills, and he

[10:46] looks nothing like he does in the

[10:48] comics, and yet it still works. In the

[10:50] comic, Crim's design is still mostly

[10:52] human aside from his purple eyes. Here,

[10:54] however, the guy looks insane. His face

[10:57] is covered in dots, scars. He has golden

[10:59] eyes. He still has his orange hair, but

[11:01] it's braided down his back instead of

[11:03] cropped short. His sword and bow are

[11:05] swapped for a battle axe and a crossbow,

[11:07] and his leather pants are upgraded to a

[11:09] total steampunk pirate Viking makeover.

[11:11] His armor has a metal spine running down

[11:14] its back and a metal rib cage with what

[11:16] looks like teeth lining it. I like that.

[11:18] Even though he looks entirely different,

[11:20] he still has the same air of medieval

[11:22] mysticism that we saw in the comic. The

[11:24] great thing about Woman of Tomorrow is

[11:25] that it combines so many genres,

[11:27] medieval fantasy, space opera, sci-fi,

[11:29] western adventure, all into one story.

[11:31] So, this gives the creators liberty to

[11:33] make design choices like this. Crim is

[11:35] still medieval in design, just way more

[11:37] hardcore. Now, this whole interaction is

[11:39] entirely different from the source

[11:41] material. In the comic, Ruthie explains

[11:42] how Creme stayed with the NLES for

[11:44] shelter before betraying her father and

[11:46] attacking him. In the comics, her father

[11:48] was just an unarmed rock farmer, but

[11:49] here he is Elias Null, a known

[11:52] swordsmith. He is played by Ferdinand

[11:54] Kingsley, who previously portrayed

[11:55] another DC character, Hob Gadling in the

[11:57] Sandman. He shows Creme a blade that he

[11:59] crafted made of the strongest material,

[12:01] which I'm theorizing might be inthmetal.

[12:03] In the comics, in Metal is the second

[12:05] strongest metal in the universe, and

[12:06] it's what Hawk Girl's mace is made out

[12:08] of. Now, while it's not yet confirmed

[12:09] what the material of the mace is, we've

[12:12] seen Hawk Girl use it in Superman, so

[12:13] it's not unlikely that this sword could

[12:15] also be nth metal. He then asks for some

[12:18] of the family's pie, and you'll notice

[12:19] Crim is eating a lot through this film.

[12:21] It shows his savagery, how he always

[12:23] consumes other people's belongings and

[12:25] does nothing to create something new.

[12:27] After Ruthy's brother interrupts Crim

[12:29] threatening of the parents, the Brigen

[12:30] kills them all aside from Ruthie. Now,

[12:32] the way he kills Ruthy's father with the

[12:34] blade is the same as in the book, but

[12:36] the rest of the circumstances are

[12:37] different. In Woman of Tomorrow, Ruthie

[12:39] is one of seven children and her father

[12:41] is the only one to die. However,

[12:43] Gillespie Nguira decided to leave Ruthie

[12:45] as the lone survivor. Ruthie then buries

[12:47] her family and starts on her quest for

[12:49] vengeance.

[12:51] I'm vengeance. Which brings her to Whale

[12:54] Tower where Cara is once again

[12:56] celebrating her 23rd birthday. Cara is

[12:58] still in the same clothes from earlier,

[12:59] although now she's carrying her MP3

[13:01] player and has headphones around her

[13:03] neck. This, of course, felt very

[13:04] reminiscent of Guardians of the Galaxy

[13:06] Star-Lord. We find out that Cara is

[13:08] using this MP3 player to block out the

[13:10] overwhelming sounds of her super senses.

[13:12] And this is very similar to how

[13:14] Star-Lord used his Walkman to shut out

[13:16] his own pain and keep himself attached

[13:17] to his home. In both cases, these aliens

[13:20] use music to shut out their new home

[13:22] worlds and ground themselves in their

[13:23] past. While drinking copious amounts of

[13:25] alien alcohol, she promises Crypto

[13:27] >> 23 will be the best year yet.

[13:29] >> Before pondering whether or not this

[13:31] planet could be home, which is the

[13:33] recurring theme of this movie. Cara's

[13:35] whole arc is about trying to find a home

[13:36] and what home means to someone who's had

[13:39] theirs taken away. This has also been a

[13:40] common theme in the DCU in general.

[13:43] >> Krypto

[13:46] home.

[13:46] >> James Gunn has made it clear that he

[13:48] wants to do all of these characters in

[13:49] the cinematic universe right and bring

[13:52] them home to their best iterations. Cara

[13:54] then plugs her intergalactic MP3 player

[13:56] into the jukebox and starts playing

[13:58] Catch These Fists by Wetle Leg. The song

[14:00] is about, well, exactly what the title

[14:02] says, catch these fists. Which is what

[14:03] Cara is about to say to that one guy.

[14:05] >> It's not too late to not be a jerk.

[14:09] >> Cara's dance party is then interrupted

[14:10] by Ruthie, who announces that she needs

[14:12] help tracking down the killer of her

[14:14] family, and in return, they will get her

[14:15] father's finest blade. And I loved how

[14:17] they did the cliche music stop when

[14:19] somebody raises their voice, but it was

[14:21] just Krypto unplugging the jukebox. Now,

[14:23] this is also similar to Ruthie's actions

[14:24] in the comics, although she only sought

[14:26] the help of one mercenary at the bar.

[14:28] However, this is where she and Cara meet

[14:30] in the book. And like in the comic,

[14:32] Ruthie is immediately dismissed and an

[14:34] alien steals a sword from her. Cara then

[14:36] goes after the guy, which of course

[14:37] causes a fight. This whole scene is

[14:39] pulled from Cara's introduction in the

[14:41] Woman of Tomorrow comic. When she does

[14:43] get cut during the fight, she says,

[14:44] "Hey, I'm bleeding." Just like her

[14:46] reaction in the book, she easily whoops

[14:48] the guy's ass despite being on a red sun

[14:50] planet and then returns the sword to

[14:51] Ruthie. When Cara answers a call from

[14:53] Clark the next day, he says,

[14:54] >> "Wor you're not going to find your

[14:56] people." And then Cara replies,

[14:57] >> "Yeah, well that's the thing, Clark."

[14:59] >> Now, this is one of the major

[15:00] differences between the Super Cousins.

[15:02] Clark loves people. He is surrounded by

[15:03] them. He has his parents, Jimmy, Lois,

[15:06] and now the Justice Gang. But Cara just

[15:08] has crypto. Her dog has been with her

[15:10] since the moment she lost everything.

[15:12] Cara does not see the view of returning

[15:13] to what is in her view an alien planet

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[15:56] are below. Her call is cut short when

[15:58] just like in the comics, Ruthie decides

[15:59] to follow her to the ship and requests

[16:01] that she aid in the hunt for Creme. Cara

[16:03] says that Ruthie is on glue, which has a

[16:05] double meaning here. Cara is saying that

[16:06] Ruthie is acting a little zany on glue

[16:09] and also won't leave her alone because

[16:10] she's stuck on her. Now, while the two

[16:12] argue back and forth, Crim and his merry

[16:14] band of pirates come across Cara's ship.

[16:16] This gets Krypto's attention, and he

[16:17] chases after Crim, who has made himself

[16:19] at home inside the ship. He then shoots

[16:21] Krypto before hijacking Cara ship. I

[16:23] thought he was Kryptonian. Oh, this poor

[16:26] puppy. Well, he is Kryptonian, but

[16:27] remember this planet that Cara was on

[16:29] for her birthday has a red sun just like

[16:31] Krypton did. So, if she can get her, so

[16:34] can Krypto. Notice the weapon that Crim

[16:36] uses when he raises at a crypto. It

[16:37] opens into a crossbow and fires a steel

[16:39] arrow. Again, Crim is still medieval.

[16:42] He's just tweaked to fit the grungier

[16:43] tone of the film. He's also far more

[16:45] evil in this version. He's already made

[16:47] himself at home on the ship eating

[16:49] Cara's cereal when he shoots Krypto.

[16:50] This is opposed to comic Creme who shot

[16:53] Krypto when he was defending Cara. This

[16:55] Creme is ruthless. He has no morals and

[16:57] blindly wields his weapon. And we see

[16:59] more of his depravity later on. The

[17:01] three of them go to a healer who tells

[17:02] Cara that she has only 3 days to cure

[17:05] Krypto and that

[17:06] >> the Brickens carry the antidote on that

[17:07] person. Now, this is slightly different

[17:09] from the comic. In issue two of the

[17:10] book, after Cara gets crypto to a

[17:12] mender, she is informed that in order to

[17:14] treat Crypto, she needs the original

[17:15] poison on the arrow, as the poison was

[17:18] not actually that harmful to people.

[17:20] This change from a couple of weeks to 3

[17:21] days puts more of a time crunch on their

[17:23] journey and makes every choice Cara

[17:25] makes feel all the more dire. She tells

[17:28] Crypto, "You cannot give up on me."

[17:30] >> Cara already watched her first home

[17:32] slowly die. And so, she can't bear to go

[17:34] through that again if she loses Crypto.

[17:35] He's the only one left who understands

[17:37] her and Clark once expressed a similar

[17:39] sentiment in Action Comics number 500.

[17:41] In that issue, while touring the

[17:43] Superman pavilion at the World's Fair,

[17:44] he talks about how Crypto changed his

[17:46] life. He says, "I could share with him

[17:48] things I desperately needed to share,

[17:50] like the sound that bullets make when

[17:51] they bounce off of your skin. Before

[17:53] Crypto, Clark felt lonely, just like he

[17:55] is a cure for Cara's loneliness in this

[17:57] film." And by the way, I want to point

[17:58] out, I'm pretty sure this location where

[18:00] they park the ship is Glenova in

[18:02] Scotland. Now, when Cara goes to hunt

[18:04] down Creme, Ruthie once more tries to

[18:06] follow, arguing that Creme needs to be

[18:08] killed. And while Cara agrees, she tells

[18:10] Ruthie the same thing from the comic.

[18:12] Don't kill people. It's bad. Cara then

[18:14] waits at an intergalactic bus stop, just

[18:16] like her and Ruthie did on the cover of

[18:17] Woman of Tomorrow, issue 2. Cara takes

[18:19] out a pocket watch that we later find

[18:21] out was given to her by her father and

[18:22] marks out 3 days. Her still holding on

[18:25] to this watch symbolizes her inability

[18:27] to move on past Krypton. She is forever

[18:29] stuck in the time of that planet. And

[18:31] when she sees the photo of Krypto on the

[18:33] inside, we get a flashback to their

[18:34] first meeting. Back on Argo City, we see

[18:36] a Kryptonian funeral procession. Now,

[18:38] the white robes they're wearing are

[18:40] similar to something we've seen in the

[18:41] comics. In Adventures of Superman issue

[18:43] 500, Paul Kent had a vision of Clark in

[18:45] the afterlife where the Kryptonians were

[18:47] trying to take him away, and they were

[18:49] wearing similar white robes during their

[18:50] funeral march. And the Kryptonian in the

[18:52] casket is Cara's mother, Allora, who was

[18:54] among the first to die during Argo

[18:56] City's deterioration. During the

[18:58] procession, Krypto runs over to Cara and

[19:00] we get our first look at David Crumb

[19:02] Holtz as Cara's father, Zorel. You might

[19:04] recognize Crumb Holtz from The Santa

[19:06] Claus or 10 Things I Hate About You, but

[19:08] more on Zorel in a bit. So, it seems

[19:10] like they have altered Krypto's origin

[19:11] in this universe, which I don't mind. In

[19:13] the comics, Krypto was initially Clark's

[19:15] dog. It wasn't until more recent years

[19:17] that Cara was seen as his owner. But

[19:19] this change works much better for the

[19:21] story being told. Krypto came to Cara

[19:23] during a moment of immeasurable grief

[19:25] and loss. Her home was just destroyed.

[19:28] All the people she knew and loved are

[19:29] dead. And out of nowhere, this little

[19:31] ball of hope comes racing up to her.

[19:33] This is her new chance at a home, which

[19:35] she says as much.

[19:36] >> There is no home

[19:38] >> without you, buddy.

[19:39] >> Now is the first time since that fateful

[19:41] day that she has been completely and

[19:43] utterly alone. The Halffrey, aka the

[19:45] Wormhole Express, then stops to pick up

[19:47] Cara, and it looks pretty similar to its

[19:49] design in the comics. We also get a

[19:50] cameo from none other than Seth Rogan,

[19:52] who voices the little alien guy helping

[19:54] to operate the bus. Hey, Seth Ro. What

[19:56] up man?

[19:56] >> The alien patrons on the bus are just as

[19:58] diverse as they were at the rave. Aside

[20:00] from the color differences side by side,

[20:02] the film and comic go toe-to-toe with

[20:04] their odd creature designs. Ruthie, of

[20:06] course, ends up following Cara to the

[20:08] bus and gets into a scuffle with an

[20:09] alien, which Cara quickly sorts out by

[20:11] speaking the other aliens language. Cara

[20:13] is canonically multilingual in the

[20:15] comics, and she's also fluent in

[20:16] English, Kryptonian, and all of Earth's

[20:18] languages. I also want to point out

[20:20] something that disappointed me. The

[20:21] alien attacks Ruthie because she placed

[20:22] her bag at her feet. And I thought

[20:24] during the big fight scene, one of the

[20:26] pirates would have put a bag down at the

[20:27] aliens feet, prompting her to attack

[20:29] again. It just would have been funny.

[20:30] Now, the bus is then attacked by these

[20:32] Scalarian raiders, which is a departure

[20:34] from the woman of tomorrow book. So, in

[20:36] the comic, the bus is attacked by a

[20:37] metal eating carpane dragon. Supergirl

[20:40] comes to everyone's aid by taking some

[20:41] red kryptonite and turns into a phoenix

[20:43] to defeat the dragon. Here, instead,

[20:45] they have the bus raided by Scalarians.

[20:47] Now, the Scalarians are an all-female

[20:49] group of space pirates that first

[20:50] appeared in Super Boy and the Legion of

[20:52] Superheroes number 233. They attack

[20:54] unsuspecting outposts and labs to get

[20:56] their high-tech equipment, so it makes

[20:58] sense that they would attack the

[20:59] wormhole express. Despite not having a

[21:01] huge space dragon, this scene was a lot

[21:03] of fun. When Cara first confronts them,

[21:05] she pulls a Star-Lord.

[21:06] >> Oh, I'm sorry. I I didn't know how this

[21:09] machine worked.

[21:10] >> Before the fight really kicks into gear,

[21:12] the Sclorans use some type of

[21:13] teleportation device that makes this

[21:15] fight a blast to watch. This also isn't

[21:17] something that we would normally see in

[21:19] a Superman film or any other marquee

[21:21] hero movie. The DCU has really allowed

[21:23] their creatives to lean into their own

[21:25] styles and unique visual choices for

[21:27] their own films regardless of being part

[21:29] of a connected universe. It also

[21:30] reminded me a lot of the final fight

[21:32] with Ghost and Ant-Man and the Wasp and

[21:33] how eventually Cara used their own

[21:35] phasing abilities against them to win.

[21:37] So, this works in Cara's favor until

[21:39] they figure out her game and shoot her

[21:40] out of the airlock into space without a

[21:42] helmet. Yeah, but she's an alien, so

[21:44] what's the problem? Well, depending on

[21:46] the continuity, nothing. But here, Carr

[21:48] was still regaining her strength after

[21:49] being on a red sun planet. So, she's

[21:51] about as vulnerable as a human is to

[21:53] outer space conditions. But normally,

[21:55] Kryptonians are fine in space.

[21:57] >> Kell, we're Kryptonian.

[22:00] We don't need these.

[22:01] >> There's a couple iterations in the

[22:02] comics that have Superman hold his

[22:04] breath while he's in space or use some

[22:06] type of oxygenator. After drifting close

[22:08] enough to the yellow sun, Cara fully

[22:09] recharges and kicks some Sclorian ass.

[22:12] The fight scenes in this film were so

[22:13] well done. They are dynamic and quick

[22:15] that it feels like you're flying with

[22:17] Cara, especially if you see it in IMAX.

[22:19] So, when she rescues the bus from the

[22:20] Raiders, we hear a little hint of the

[22:22] original John Williams Superman theme

[22:24] from the 78 film.

[22:29] And we hear it again a bit later during

[22:31] one of Cara's hero moments. Now, with

[22:33] the bus back in working order, they head

[22:35] to a rest stop at Anmurf's asteroid just

[22:37] like they do in the comics. There's a

[22:39] lot of slashy advertisements plastered

[22:41] all over the rest stop. This one looking

[22:42] like an alien can of Coca-Cola. Now, in

[22:44] the comic, Anne Murfs is an actual

[22:46] asteroid, but here it's only asteroid in

[22:49] its name. When Ruthie and Cara enter the

[22:50] rest stop, Cara gets some alien popcorn

[22:53] from this slug-like creature. And while

[22:55] we do see them get some unfamiliar food

[22:57] at the rest stop in the comics, it's

[22:58] nowhere near as interesting as this. The

[23:01] design at the rest stop continues to

[23:02] follow the familiar yet alien aesthetics

[23:05] of the other location so far. There are

[23:07] shopping carts, but also space guns,

[23:08] magazines on the wall, but also alien

[23:10] pooping food. It's very Star Wars in its

[23:13] set design. In fact, this story reminds

[23:14] me a lot of the bodega on Coruscant from

[23:17] the show Andor. Now, Ruthie did see Cara

[23:19] fight the first [ __ ] who tried to

[23:20] take her father's sword, but this fight

[23:22] scene was the first time she's actually

[23:24] seen Cara use her powers to their

[23:26] fullest extent. Ruthie is in complete

[23:27] awe and asks,

[23:28] >> "Why couldn't you do that on my planet?"

[23:30] >> See, Cara originally went to Ruthiey's

[23:32] planet to keep the super aspect of her

[23:34] life on the down low so she can just be

[23:36] a normal 23-year-old girl. Cara doesn't

[23:38] care about being Supergirl right now. It

[23:40] seems like every time she tries, she's

[23:42] just compared to her cousin. But then

[23:43] again, when she's not Supergirl, Clark

[23:46] is disappointed in her.

[23:47] >> You know, I'm just worried that you're

[23:48] not going to find your stride here if

[23:50] you keep going off world all the time,

[23:51] Cara.

[23:52] >> Now, when Cara interrogates the

[23:53] Scarians, they tell her that Crim is on

[23:55] planet Bilus. This planet was created

[23:57] for the film and named for the

[23:58] incredibly talented artist of the Woman

[24:00] of Tomorrow comic, Bilkus Evely. They

[24:02] then reveal that Creme deals in taking

[24:04] young brides and Bilis is his base of

[24:06] operations. Bilcus also takes the place

[24:08] of Maple during this arc of the story.

[24:10] In issue three of the comic, Cara and

[24:12] Ruthie travel to the town of Maple,

[24:13] which is a quiet city full of blue

[24:15] people, but it's revealed that the

[24:17] planet used to contain blue and purple

[24:19] people, but the Blues considered the

[24:20] purples to be inferior and forced them

[24:22] to all live in a place called Purple

[24:24] Town. Long story short, the Barbondo

[24:26] Briggins then invaded and slaughtered

[24:27] all of the purples, which then led them

[24:29] to recruit Creme into their ranks. But

[24:31] since Creme is already the leader of the

[24:33] Briggins, they've opted for a different

[24:35] and really darker story on Bilus. While

[24:37] on their way to a bar on Bilus, Ruthie

[24:39] begins to ask questions about Cara after

[24:41] not even knowing her name earlier on the

[24:43] bus.

[24:43] >> Two others on your planet have powers

[24:45] like you.

[24:46] >> Something that I thought was interesting

[24:47] is that after the initial flashback,

[24:49] Cara never refers to Clark as Cal, which

[24:52] she frequently does in the comics.

[24:53] Although, I figure Clark probably

[24:54] insisted on being called Clark as his

[24:56] connection with Krypton isn't nearly as

[24:58] strong as Cara's. They also say that she

[25:00] is 10 years younger than her cousin,

[25:02] confirming that Clark is 33. This is

[25:04] also a departure from the comics kind of

[25:06] sort of person. See, Supergirl gets a

[25:08] little confusing sometimes, but in the

[25:10] comics, she was born 15 years before

[25:12] Clark was, give or take. Then she either

[25:14] stayed on Argo City or was sent off at

[25:16] the same time, but then got stuck in

[25:18] orbit. Regardless, neither are true for

[25:19] the DCU, where instead she was born

[25:21] after Clark was when she was born on

[25:23] Argo City. Ruthie then asked why she's

[25:25] Supergirl if her cousin gets to be

[25:27] Superman. Now, lorewise, there's already

[25:29] a superwoman. Several, actually. It's

[25:31] the alias used not only by Lois Lane

[25:33] when she gets powers, but by Lucy Lane

[25:35] and Lana Lane. When Cara and Ruthie

[25:37] enter a bar, Cara confronts this alien

[25:39] for information on Crim.

[25:40] >> Do you have any information on the

[25:41] Brigins?

[25:42] >> It's kind of a reverse encounter to the

[25:43] one Cara has at the bar in the comic.

[25:45] Here, she offers to arm wrestle for

[25:47] information or for her and Ruthie should

[25:49] she lose. Now, we have seen Cara arm

[25:50] wrestle in the comics before. Actually,

[25:52] even against the main man himself, Lobo,

[25:55] who we'll see here shortly. When another

[25:56] more grotesque alien takes the former's

[25:58] place, Cara easily breaks his arm. So,

[26:00] immediately, the ruffians within the bar

[26:02] hold her a laser point, which she says,

[26:04] >> "Okay, this does not look like this is

[26:07] going to end well

[26:09] >> for you guys."

[26:10] >> Which is pulled directly from her

[26:11] introduction in the Woman of Tomorrow

[26:13] comic. She asked them,

[26:14] >> "Anybody want to leave?"

[26:16] >> No. which reminded me of another hero's

[26:19] warning before a beatdown Captain

[26:20] America and the Winter Soldier.

[26:22] >> Before we get started, does anyone want

[26:23] to get out?

[26:24] >> So then she tells Ruthie to sit down in

[26:26] the corner. Despite Cara immediately

[26:28] gearing up to fight, she'll always make

[26:30] sure that those she's protecting are

[26:31] safe and out of harm's way. There's also

[26:33] a great line in My Adventures with

[26:34] Superman that describes exactly that.

[26:36] >> I like how Superman protects us, but I

[26:40] love how you fight for us.

[26:42] >> And she tells the band to keep playing.

[26:44] >> Keep playing.

[26:46] You know, it's like the Titanic,

[26:48] >> a reference to, of course, the sinking

[26:50] of the Titanic. On April 15th, 1912, as

[26:53] the Titanic sank during its maiden

[26:54] voyage, violinist Wallace Hartley led

[26:56] the band in plane nearer My God to Thee

[26:59] as the boat went under. It was meant to

[27:01] comfort passengers as lifeboats were

[27:03] loaded, so Cara could be saying it here,

[27:05] either sarcastically or as a way to

[27:07] comfort Ruthie as she unloads on all of

[27:09] these scoundrels. The lounge singer then

[27:11] switches from singing the girl from

[27:12] Epana to cheek to cheek which makes me

[27:14] wonder is the singer from Earth. Or are

[27:16] these just widely known songs? Cara does

[27:19] call English the common tongue when she

[27:20] talks to the barkeep. So maybe common

[27:22] tongue songs are known galaxywide or did

[27:25] earth culture slowly seep into the

[27:26] broader galaxy through taran green

[27:28] lanterns or other heroes? Or could it be

[27:30] that the girl from Epana was actually

[27:32] written by aliens and then brought to

[27:34] Earth? Let me know what you think in the

[27:35] comments. Now, during the fight, we

[27:36] mainly focus on Ruthie and her reaction

[27:38] to the violence going on around her.

[27:40] Very similar to how Spielberg focuses on

[27:42] Dakota Fanning during a similar scene in

[27:43] War of the World. So, this shows us that

[27:45] even though Ruthie seems prepared for

[27:47] this vengeful plot against Crim, she

[27:49] really is just a child. Like she says in

[27:51] the book, Supergirl's brawl against the

[27:53] bar patrons wakes up a sleeping alien

[27:55] who's been lurking in the background

[27:56] this whole time, Lobo. So, Mimoa looked

[27:59] incredible as a Zaryian bounty hunter.

[28:01] He looks like he was pulled right out of

[28:03] the comic with his classic chain wrapped

[28:05] arm, red eyes, and face markings. He

[28:07] even has a chained grenade around his

[28:09] neck, just like he did in Lobo Unbound.

[28:11] Now, it makes total sense for Lobo to be

[28:13] introduced in this bar, as that's where

[28:15] he's been introduced in several Superman

[28:16] comics over the years. It's also similar

[28:18] to Aragorn's introduction in Lord of the

[28:20] Rings, and it mirrors Supergirl's intro

[28:23] in the book. Now, look, Lobo is not in

[28:25] the Woman of Tomorrow comic, although he

[28:27] was originally supposed to be. That book

[28:28] began as me pitching a Lobo Supergirl

[28:32] book and it was my editor who were like,

[28:34] "No, take Lobo out and make Supergirl

[28:36] the Rooster Cogburn character." Like I

[28:38] said earlier, when Tom King pitched this

[28:40] True Grit in space idea, they suggested

[28:42] a slight change. Make Cara the Rooster

[28:44] Cogburn of the series and leave Lobo

[28:46] out. But man, am I glad they added him

[28:48] back in. Mimoa was built for this role,

[28:50] and I'm so happy that he gets to go from

[28:52] this,

[28:53] >> my man,

[28:54] >> to this.

[28:55] And ultimately, he still ends up

[28:57] mirroring a true grit character.

[28:58] However, he's more like Labou than

[29:00] Rooster Cogburn. So, when Cara

[29:02] recognizes the bounty hunter, she says

[29:04] >> he's an immortal with a god complex,

[29:06] >> which is an apt way to describe him.

[29:08] First appearing in 1983's Omega Men

[29:10] number three, Lobo is the last Cesarian,

[29:12] not because of any horrific disaster

[29:14] like the explosion of Krypton, but

[29:15] rather because he hunted down every last

[29:18] one of his own people. Lobo then tells

[29:19] the bartender that he's

[29:21] >> looking for Brigund goes by the name of

[29:23] Drum Baxton. And Drum Baxton is the

[29:25] second in command of the Briggins. We

[29:27] even hear him call Drama a Bastitch, one

[29:29] of his classic insults from the comics.

[29:31] >> These bastitches are fakes.

[29:33] >> He then asks another question, this time

[29:35] in an alien dialect. Now, in the comics,

[29:38] Lobo is also multilingual. Being that

[29:40] he's the universe's best bounty hunter,

[29:42] he has to be able to speak in any given

[29:44] language. He's even stated that he can

[29:46] speak 17,897

[29:48] different languages from across the

[29:49] universe. Now, when Ruthie overhears

[29:51] that Lobo is a skilled hunter, she

[29:53] immediately wants his help, which Cara

[29:54] shoots down. This is a little ironic

[29:57] considering that in the comics, when

[29:58] Cara lost Howal Jordan in space, she

[30:00] actually hired Lobo for help. They're

[30:02] actually a blast together, and Cara got

[30:04] all lobboed out with a biker jacket and

[30:06] a choker. Lobo leaves after Cara annoys

[30:09] him.

[30:09] >> You're hurting my head.

[30:10] >> And the bartenders lie to Car and

[30:12] Ruthie, telling them that they know

[30:13] someone who will get them to Crim. Now,

[30:14] while waiting for this mysterious

[30:16] person, Cara and Ruthie have another

[30:18] heartto-he heart. this time about Cara

[30:20] and Clark. Cara calls her cousin a nerd

[30:22] in theme with her usual nicknames for

[30:24] him,

[30:24] >> [ __ ]

[30:25] >> She also says

[30:26] >> he sees the good in everyone.

[30:27] >> And this is similar to what Lois said

[30:29] about Clark.

[30:30] >> You trust everyone and think everyone

[30:33] you've ever met is like beautiful.

[30:35] >> This sentiment is brought up several

[30:37] times throughout the comic. In issue

[30:38] two, Cara says that she sees everything

[30:41] in a very solemn way. Clark tends to

[30:43] look at the good in the situation that

[30:44] there is always a way, but Cara feels

[30:46] burdened by the weight of truth. In her

[30:48] 23 years, Cara has seen horrors beyond

[30:50] anyone's imagination, and she can't

[30:52] sugarcoat life, at least not to Ruthie.

[30:54] When Ruthie asks about Krypton's

[30:56] destruction, Cara says,

[30:57] >> "Krypton didn't die in a day. The gods

[30:59] are not that kind."

[31:00] >> Which is a direct line from Woman of

[31:01] Tomorrow, but also very interesting.

[31:03] Again, this depends on the continuity,

[31:04] but Krypton was created as a

[31:06] monotheistic culture with Ralph being

[31:08] the sole god of Krypton. So, it's

[31:10] interesting that Car would say gods

[31:12] plural. This leads right into a

[31:13] flashback of Argo City's creation and

[31:15] its eventual decay. We see the planet

[31:18] Krypton on the day of its destruction.

[31:19] Planet has red trees which are pulled

[31:21] right from the silver age of Krypton

[31:23] Scarlet Jungle. Allora and Zorel, Cara's

[31:25] parents, discuss the impending doom of

[31:27] their planet, mentioning how the core is

[31:29] going to explode due to overconumption.

[31:31] Now, this is the cause for destruction

[31:32] in most of the comics as well as the

[31:34] films. But there is another reason for

[31:36] Krypton's explosion that could tie right

[31:37] into Man of Tomorrow, but we'll talk

[31:39] about that in a bit. Zorel tells that

[31:41] the council didn't listen to him despite

[31:43] his and Jorel's warnings. Exactly like

[31:45] in the 1978 Superman film.

[31:47] >> This planet will explode within 30 days.

[31:50] >> Jorel, be reasonable.

[31:52] >> Zorel, like in the comics, was able to

[31:54] create Argo City by bubbling some of the

[31:56] atmosphere on an asteroid. His brother

[31:58] Zorel and Lara didn't join them in the

[32:00] bubble with Allora saying perhaps the

[32:02] funniest line in the whole movie. When

[32:04] discussing Call, she says, "That sweet

[32:06] boy your brother called a conqueror of

[32:07] worlds." Which is of course a reference

[32:09] to the # superherum controversy from the

[32:12] last film. Dude, you got a secret herum?

[32:15] >> Another major change from the comic is

[32:16] that Cara is born 8 years after Argo

[32:18] City's creation. In Woman of Tomorrow,

[32:20] she experiences some of the worst trauma

[32:22] of her life during the day of the

[32:24] explosion. The beginning of it happened

[32:26] while she was in school, killing all of

[32:27] her peers around her. This change,

[32:29] however, adds even more depth to Cara's

[32:31] grief over Krypton. Argo City really is

[32:34] all she's ever known. There was no

[32:36] before Argo City for her. It was just

[32:38] that and then nothing. We see the weeks

[32:40] building up to Allora's death with the

[32:41] radiation from the kryptonite poisoning

[32:43] soil seeping into her veins. However,

[32:46] this time the kryptonite wasn't

[32:47] irradiated by a yellow sun, but rather

[32:49] it's just a rock within Krypton. The

[32:51] planet turning against the people is

[32:53] exactly what happens in the comics.

[32:54] Regardless of how much work Zorel or

[32:56] even Cara puts into saving those they

[32:58] love in Argo City, its own environment

[33:00] was always going to kill its people. The

[33:03] kryptonite poisoning also looks

[33:04] identical to how it did in Superman

[33:06] after Clark was captured by Lex. With

[33:08] everyone dying around them, Zorel

[33:10] decides the only thing he can do to save

[33:12] his daughter, who is his last hope, is

[33:13] to build a rocket and send her off the

[33:15] planet. He finds his brother schematics

[33:17] for the rocket ship to build her an ark

[33:19] just like her cousins. Cesoriel tries to

[33:21] get her to accept the idea of a new home

[33:23] on Earth. Again, bringing up the theme

[33:25] of finding a home and trying to replace

[33:27] the one you've lost. Cara vehemly argues

[33:29] against it and says such a heartbreaking

[33:31] line. I'm only one tiny life. And right

[33:34] there gets to the heart of Cara's grief

[33:36] and anger. She has survivors guilt like

[33:39] no one else. Sure, Clark was also sent

[33:41] off Krypton to survive, but he never had

[33:43] to witness those around him die off. He

[33:45] wasn't the one person picked to escape

[33:48] total destruction. But Zorel assures Car

[33:50] that she is not just one life. She is

[33:52] his life and her mother's life and all

[33:54] of those that came before them. And

[33:56] during this, Cara's mother delivers her

[33:58] final words. You don't have to be nice,

[34:00] but be good. Just like in the comic, the

[34:02] silver Kryptonian suit that Cara is

[34:04] wearing could also be a reference to the

[34:06] Kryptonian suits in Superman 78, who

[34:08] wore a similar garb. As Cara is launched

[34:10] away into space, we get a final view of

[34:12] Krypton from within Argo City, and the

[34:14] building looks identical to the ones

[34:16] that Evely depicted in the comic book

[34:17] run. Back in the present day, Cara and

[34:19] Ruthie are put in peril again when the

[34:21] Barkeepers reveal the sham. Cara is

[34:23] drugged, adequately nerfing her powers

[34:25] against the swarm of incoming Briggins,

[34:27] but also she's still able to hold her

[34:28] own since this is a Yellow Sun planet.

[34:30] The Barkeepers had planned on trading

[34:32] both Ruthie and Cara for their own

[34:34] daughter that Crim has stolen. And this

[34:36] plot is all very similar to another

[34:38] femaleled superhero film, Black Widow.

[34:40] That film also features girls being

[34:42] taken away by creepy men that are

[34:43] eventually rescued by badass women who

[34:45] are working through their trauma. When

[34:47] Crim and Cara meet face to face, she

[34:49] headbutts him so hard that some of his

[34:51] facial piercings get embedded into

[34:53] Cara's face. She then grabs Ruthie and

[34:55] jumps out of the building, another

[34:57] similarity to their time on Maple. While

[34:59] there, Cara and Ruthie get shot at while

[35:01] sleeping, and Cara saves the two of them

[35:02] by jumping out of a window. Now, the

[35:04] fight then spills out into the town,

[35:06] causing Lobo Baby to get involved. He's

[35:08] after his own bounty, Drum Baxton, and

[35:10] not there to help out Supergirl.

[35:11] >> Aren't you the dicks from that dive bar?

[35:13] >> Funny. That's what I've been calling

[35:14] you.

[35:15] >> Touche.

[35:16] >> He uses his claw hook while riding his

[35:17] spacehog. And it it just looks like the

[35:19] comic book come to life. So, while Cara

[35:21] is busy with the other Briggins, Ruthie

[35:23] closes in on Crim, who is busy chasing

[35:25] after an escaped bride. Supergirl stops

[35:27] Ruthie from striking Crim, but isn't

[35:29] able to save the escaped girl, nor her

[35:31] family. Not only does it prove how

[35:33] depraved of a villain Creme is, but it

[35:35] also reminds the audience and Cara that

[35:37] there are actual stakes in this film. As

[35:39] much as Cara is on this trip for Crypto,

[35:41] there are real lives that can easily be

[35:43] lost as collateral damage. Ruthie and

[35:45] Cara then have a shouting match with one

[35:47] another. Ruthie is angry with Cara for

[35:49] not letting her take out Crim, but Cara

[35:51] is not willing to let her cross that

[35:52] line. They're a mirror for one another

[35:54] in this story. Both of them are

[35:56] grieving. They've just lost their

[35:57] worlds. But they are at different stages

[35:59] in the grieving cycle. Ruthie feels as

[36:01] though if she avenges her family, she

[36:03] will feel right again. While Cara is

[36:05] already nearing acceptance. She knows

[36:07] that she can't change what happened, but

[36:08] she can hold on to it as long as she

[36:10] can, despite how unhealthy that might be

[36:12] for her. Crim and the Brian ship, the

[36:14] Bonnie Prince Charlie, then disappear in

[36:15] a blast of white energy. Now, in the

[36:17] comics, the ship had more of a classic

[36:19] pirate feel to match the Brigins, but

[36:21] here it's more steampunk industrial in

[36:23] its design. The way they escape is very

[36:25] similar to the Morru globe that Crim

[36:27] uses in the comics in order to teleport

[36:29] Cara and Ruthie away with, which would

[36:31] make sense. Crim sent them to Baron with

[36:33] the Morru Globe, and that's exactly

[36:34] where they're about to wind up. After

[36:36] they escape, Cara immediately flies up

[36:38] into space and screams her heart out.

[36:40] Now, this is ripped straight from the

[36:42] comics. During their time on Maple, Cara

[36:44] witnesses a brutal massacre that the

[36:46] Briggins left in their wake. She then

[36:47] shoots off into the sun where she

[36:49] finally allows herself to scream and let

[36:51] go of all of the trauma she's picked up

[36:53] on this journey. Here she does the same

[36:55] but in space.

[36:56] >> No one can hear you scream.

[36:58] >> And this is a perfect metaphor for

[36:59] Cara's life. She has spent her entire

[37:01] life in agony, mourning her home, but

[37:04] never makes any big deal about it. She

[37:05] just buries the pain deep down on red

[37:08] sun planets. She slams back down onto

[37:10] the planet and then turns back to one of

[37:11] the patrons from the bar earlier,

[37:12] calling him Squidward, a reference to

[37:14] the visually similar character from

[37:16] Spongebob Squarepants. And it's also a

[37:17] joke that Tony Stark pulled off in

[37:19] Infinity War.

[37:20] >> Means get lost, Squidward.

[37:21] >> Then she threatens to turn him into a

[37:22] hand puppet, which I don't think I need

[37:24] to explain the logistics of. Nah, we're

[37:26] good. Great. So Squidward says that he

[37:28] can take Cara to Crim, but she has to

[37:30] wear a bag over her head. She obliges

[37:32] given that she has X-ray vision, and

[37:34] it's identical to the way that Clark's

[37:35] vision was depicted in Superman. Cara

[37:37] gets duped again and Squidward drops her

[37:39] off on Baron. Now, this planet is from

[37:41] the Woman of Tomorrow comic. Cara

[37:43] explained that it was originally created

[37:44] as a sort of prison for her cousin. This

[37:46] planet is orbited by a kryptonite green

[37:48] sun, which drains the powers of

[37:50] Kryptonians and slowly kills them.

[37:52] Superman was only able to last 45

[37:54] minutes until the Justice League came to

[37:56] rescue him, which Cara easily beats that

[37:58] record. Though unnamed, this planet may

[38:00] have first appeared in Superman 155,

[38:02] where a similar green sun planet

[38:04] depowered the man of steel. Now, while

[38:06] fading in and out of consciousness, Cara

[38:08] remembers her arrival on Earth. When

[38:09] Cara landed, her pod crashed near the

[38:11] Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica. Now,

[38:13] while Cara's arrival on Earth, taking

[38:15] place after Clark is certain, where her

[38:17] pod lands has always differed in the

[38:19] comics. Originally, it was far out of

[38:21] Metropolis and then changed to Gotham

[38:23] City and then finally Siberia following

[38:25] the events of Flashoint. After Clark

[38:27] greets her, she asks

[38:29] >> to which he replies,

[38:31] >> "I don't speak Kryptonian. I I didn't

[38:33] never shoot." I love this whole

[38:35] interaction. Depending on the

[38:36] continuity, Clark either doesn't learn

[38:38] or understand Kryptonian until a bit

[38:40] further into his Superman career like in

[38:42] Burns Man of Steel miniseries. And when

[38:44] he does know it, he speaks with an

[38:46] American accent. Well, and look, before

[38:48] I continue calling it Kryptonian,

[38:49] Conlanganger, David J. Peterson, and

[38:51] Jesse Peterson created a new version, S

[38:53] and Krypton, for the DCU. Peterson is

[38:56] also credited with creating the spoken

[38:58] Dothraki and Valyrian languages for Game

[39:00] of Thrones. So, the level of familiarity

[39:02] between Clark and Cara also differs here

[39:04] than from comic canon. In her first

[39:06] appearance, Cara wore the S symbol so

[39:08] Clark would recognize her as family.

[39:10] Then, later down the line, after her

[39:12] first reboot, she expected Clark to

[39:14] become a baby and she became hostile

[39:15] when Superman confronted her. Something

[39:17] we really enjoyed about this movie was

[39:19] how human the dialogue feels. Even

[39:21] though these two are meeting under wild

[39:23] circumstances, Clark has a very human

[39:25] reaction to not being able to

[39:26] communicate with his cousin. I wasn't

[39:28] raised there. So, I wasn't raised there.

[39:30] Why am I talking louder?

[39:31] >> And when he tries to help her out of the

[39:32] pod, Krypto lunges at Clark.

[39:34] >> Uh, let me help you.

[39:36] >> Sora,

[39:37] >> so it seems like their beef goes way

[39:39] back. Another note I loved about this

[39:41] scene is despite Clark knowing that Cara

[39:43] can't understand him. He continues to

[39:44] make sure that she is comfortable. It's

[39:47] similar to his actions in the movie, how

[39:48] he would take a moment to reassure each

[39:50] person that he saved.

[39:52] >> Deep, slow breaths, ma'am. You're going

[39:54] to be fine. Clark tries to connect with

[39:56] her by rambling about things he likes,

[39:58] like bowling, which is probably a

[39:59] reference to this scene from Superman 3.

[40:01] >> Here you go, Ricky. You give it your

[40:03] best shot.

[40:07] >> He also warns her about her powers

[40:08] kicking in, which is another nod to the

[40:10] comics. In Supergirl 2011, when Cara

[40:13] first came to Earth, all of her powers

[40:15] immediately kicked in, causing her to

[40:16] freak out and nearly destroy the Great

[40:18] Wall of China. Clark then sets her up in

[40:20] an apartment in Metropolis with the

[40:21] Daily Planet building visible from

[40:23] outside her window. She asks, "How can

[40:25] this become home?" Again, restating the

[40:27] thesis of this film. Outside, she can

[40:30] hear all of the hustle and bustle of

[40:31] Metropolis because of her superhering

[40:33] kicking in. Now, we have seen this in

[40:35] other Superman iterations where Clark

[40:36] first gets his superhering.

[40:38] >> I can hear everyone and Jimmy, Jimmy,

[40:40] Jimmy. They have problems.

[40:43] >> Cara puts on her headphones to block out

[40:45] the noise and the song Care by Honu

[40:47] plays diagetically. Care is about hoping

[40:49] that someday I'll be fine. Right now,

[40:51] everything is too much for Cara.

[40:53] ignoring the literal noise outside. Her

[40:55] home planet is gone. Her friends and

[40:57] family are gone. Everything she once

[40:58] knew is erased, but somehow she'll be

[41:01] fine. Back on Baron, Ruthie again

[41:03] follows after Cara and drags her into a

[41:05] cave to shield her from the poisonous

[41:07] sun. In the comic, their time on Baron

[41:09] really gave Ruthie time to shine during

[41:11] their journey. Because Cara was out of

[41:13] commission, Ruthie had to fend off all

[41:14] of the dinosaurs and monsters that

[41:16] attacked the two during the day.

[41:17] Unfortunately, there are no giant

[41:19] dinosaurs in this film, which

[41:20] screenwriter Anna Nogira said was the

[41:22] hardest part to cut from the script.

[41:24] Ruthie gives Cara her super suit, trying

[41:26] to remind her to stay strong and to

[41:28] fight, but Cara doesn't feel super right

[41:30] now and really starts to worry about

[41:32] Krypto. It's Ruthiey's moment to snap

[41:34] Cara out of it, and she tells her, "Hey,

[41:36] don't freak out." Which is what Cara

[41:37] said to her earlier when they first

[41:39] embarked on their adventure. Ruthie

[41:40] continues to soothe Cara, telling her,

[41:42] "You're not always nice, but you're

[41:43] kind." which is similar to her mother's

[41:45] dying wishes for her to be good. She

[41:48] didn't always have to be nice, but she

[41:49] had to be good and kind and choose to do

[41:52] the right thing. Although she's not

[41:53] fighting any pterodactyls, Ruthie still

[41:55] has a moment here to show off her own

[41:57] talents both physically and later

[41:59] emotionally. Now, when Cara asks for

[42:00] water, unlike in the comics, Ruthie does

[42:02] go to fetch some. However, this proves

[42:04] to be a mistake when she gets captured

[42:06] by one of the Briggins. They bring her

[42:07] onto the ship where we meet up with

[42:09] Lobo. He and Ruthie discuss revenge and

[42:11] its ethics with Lobo encouraging

[42:13] Ruthiey's quest for vengeance. It's

[42:14] almost like Lobo and Cara are the devil

[42:16] and angel on her shoulder trying to see

[42:18] what path she'll choose to take.

[42:20] Meanwhile, Cara is still woozily fading

[42:22] in and out, and the yellow sun begins to

[42:24] rise. She remembers the words of her

[42:26] father, her mother, and her cousin when

[42:28] he first showed her the supersuit. Now,

[42:29] like we talked about in our ending

[42:31] explained video, when James Gun was

[42:32] designing the super suit for Superman,

[42:34] he reasoned that the trunks needed to

[42:36] look ridiculous so people would know he

[42:38] was there to help. Otherwise, they would

[42:40] be afraid of this almighty god alien

[42:42] from space. So, when Supergirl finally

[42:44] regains her strength, she practically

[42:46] becomes the son, flying over the Bonnie

[42:48] Prince Charlie, much like her cousin,

[42:50] and she's finally embraced wearing the

[42:51] suit and becoming the symbol of hope.

[42:53] So, Cara then kicks some brigant ass

[42:55] before she's taken down by Creme's

[42:56] kryptonite arrows, which is slightly

[42:58] different from the comic. There, they

[43:00] had enough kryptonite to embed into

[43:02] chains to hold Cara down, as well as

[43:03] enough for one kryptonite bullet.

[43:05] However, this opens up a lot of

[43:07] opportunities for the DCU. Last we heard

[43:09] in Superman, there was no more

[43:10] kryptonite left on the planet. But if

[43:12] Creme is able to obtain some and it was

[43:14] naturally occurring on Krypton, that

[43:16] means that there is some left in the

[43:17] galaxy somewhere. This could have a big

[43:19] effect in Man of Tomorrow if when Lex

[43:21] and Superman go up against Brainiac. If

[43:23] Lex Luthther's in space, that means he

[43:25] would potentially have access to more

[43:26] kryptonite, which we talked about in our

[43:28] Ending Explained video. Now, in the

[43:29] comic, when Cara is overpowered by the

[43:31] Briggins, her horse/formermer lover

[43:34] What? Yeah. So, Comet the Horse was once

[43:36] a centaur named Beeron, who ended up

[43:38] falling in love with the sorceress

[43:39] Cersei, who we saw in Creature

[43:41] Commandos. A very, very long story

[43:43] short, he was turned completely into a

[43:44] horse, which Supergirl had as a pet for

[43:46] a while. Then, he was turned into a

[43:48] human and very briefly had a romance

[43:49] with Supergirl. Look, it was the ' 60s,

[43:51] man. Anyways, in Woman of Tomorrow,

[43:53] Comet comes to Supergirl's aid, but here

[43:55] it is Lobo. He rides his spacehog around

[43:57] the ship as Cara whips a chain around,

[43:59] knocking down a bunch of Briggins to the

[44:01] ground. This also gives us our second

[44:03] winner of the film and I have to say the

[44:05] action in this movie was pretty great.

[44:06] Woman of Tomorrow isn't by itself a very

[44:09] actionheavy story. So we were surprised

[44:11] that every fight had its own memorable

[44:13] unique moments. Now during the big final

[44:15] battles, several of the smaller tanks

[44:16] get thrown around. Cara and a couple of

[44:18] Briggins get thrown onto one with Creme

[44:20] and Ruthie on another. Now when the tank

[44:21] Cara is on gets knocked into the water,

[44:23] we see her heat vision work full force

[44:26] blasting a geyser of water out of the

[44:28] lake. I really enjoyed how much Cara

[44:30] differentiated between using her powers

[44:31] throughout this film. Clark used a lot

[44:33] of punching in Superman, but Cara mainly

[44:35] alternated between using heat vision and

[44:37] brute force by flying at people. It's

[44:39] interesting to see that even though they

[44:41] have practically the same power set,

[44:42] they opt to use them differently. Cara

[44:44] then flies up toward the sun to heal as

[44:46] Creme and the other Briggins begin to

[44:48] close in on Ruthie. Cara is quickly able

[44:50] to rescue the girls trapped in the

[44:51] Bonnie Prince Charlie before flying back

[44:53] to Ruthiey's side. Now, this entire

[44:55] fight is set to Kelty Gay in the Kid

[44:56] Motel's cover of The Middle. The song is

[44:58] all about giving yourself a chance to

[45:00] find your purpose. It might take some

[45:02] time, but in the end, everything will be

[45:04] all right. All right. All right. And

[45:06] this scene was just so cool. It felt

[45:08] very cathartic. The song is very mellow,

[45:11] but it's played over an explosive action

[45:13] scene. Cara is straight up murdering

[45:14] these child traffickers as a soft piano

[45:17] tune plays over the fight. It's complete

[45:19] tonal dissonance, and yet, I think it

[45:20] works because that's who Supergirl is.

[45:23] She's all rough and hardcore around the

[45:25] edges, but she's a symbol of hope all

[45:26] the same. Everything will be all right

[45:28] because she's a hero and she's here to

[45:30] fight for you. Now, as for the rest of

[45:32] the ending, Ruthiey's choice, and what's

[45:33] next for the franchise? We covered all

[45:35] of that in our ending explained video,

[45:36] which is up right now on the channel.

[45:38] So, guys, those are our thoughts. Are

[45:40] you excited for more of the super

[45:41] family? What was your favorite part of

[45:42] the movie? Do you think the critics are

[45:44] wrong? Big shout out to Lee Mazio, who

[45:45] wrote this video. You can let us know

[45:47] what you think down in the comments

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