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Not impressed...

posted 10 years ago by Banshee57
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...with the news of Helen guest starring on the new show. I don't know what some people think. It was certainly news when Helen came out for Smallville almost 8 years ago. At that time she wasn't as active as she's been. Guest starred on a show here and there but aside from that and her notable (and fabulous) supporting role in "Seeing Other People" she was dormant for a while. Even that was a let down because there was either a serious lack of good direction, or she simply showed up, took the check, and worked for a few days at a time before selling us some publicity to pump her long awaited return to the DC universe. Mind you, this is coming from someone who loves every moment of Supergirl, and has followed Helen profusely since her super debut.

It is common to see this type of "event" take place. I feel, however, it's quite redundant and even laughable. From Chris Reeve making his first appearance on Smallville, Margot Kidder, Helen, and many others soon followed, and that was one thing, but I really hoped with a new show solely dedicated to Supergirl, that some predictable choice to cast Helen in a cameo guest star role would not come to pass. It's just that, predictable and, quite frankly, dreadful.

I don't know what they have in mind, and who can say how it will all go down? But with how skeptical I am about the new show as it is, I am even more brought down by the tireless PR stunts we see day in and day out. Trend setters and trailblazers making appearances in reboots and send ups. Here was Smallville, and then George Takei in Heroes and whatnot. Take Mr. Takei and Mark Hamill in that sitcom a few years back about an alien family?

I'm just not liking any of this. Certainly not what I had in mind 10 years ago when I wanted so much for Helen to say something positive in regards to her feature debut, It doesn't help that moronic bloggers are eating this up with almost nothing to comment on except that the film was a flop/disappointment on critical and financial proportions. Be that as it may, it had it's audience then, and surely does now but maybe these media blasters are too preoccupied with what ridiculous websites such as, even IMDb itself, have to say that they can't offer an ounce of positivity beside opinions based on mere facts that are ferociously overlooked based on opinions and opinions alone!

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[–] lilmarkuk 10 years ago

tbh im also not sure about it, only because I so far don't like anything ive heard about the new supergirl show, and I don't like the girl they cast as supergirl, she does not look right and they are not even giving her blonde hair its more of a mousey brown/blonde

If im honest im hoping the show will be a success then it may give us a supergirl movie Blu-ray release which ive been waiting for year to have

thought im hoping they spend some money on cleaning it up for Blu-ray and remove the wires like they have in so many older movies

[–] BrightsLights 10 years ago

Good sentiments about the Blu-Ray - should there be one - however the problem with the wires on the DVDs has nothing to do with bad effects, but rather the aspect ration was not correct because Anchor Bay did the transfer which was cropped too close and thus exposed the wires. Warner Brothers used that same transfer on their DVD a few years later. If you watch the Director's Cut DVD you will see the film in it's proper aspect ratio and there are NO wires seen.

I agree they need to do a proper release that is in the correct ratio, good color and all.

[–] Banshee57 10 years ago

Very well said. The film is seemingly getting some positive exposure, which is all some of us long timers and lifers can hope for when it comes to giving the character a social make-over.

I'm not too fond of what I've seen with this new actress either. Time will tell.

As for a blu-ray itself, sure we could use one. It's due for an upgrade, and would look amazing. All of it. The visibility of the wires was due to a wrong cropping in the transfer. It wouldn't be hard to 'hide' them for a new release if they made an all new transfer. I'll bet they could too.

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[–] lilmarkuk 10 years ago

tbh I get what your saying but I have all dvd versions and can see the wires in them all, though they do it with other blu-rays and dvds where they remove wires, they removed them all in bedknows and broomsticks, also with movies like nightmare on elm street 4 this was years ago on dvd they removed some wires that actually looked more like rope lol

Though it would be good for them to remove the branch that gets pulled by the wires in the scene where she just flies out of the water... the part where it cuts to her landing, its always bugged me

[–] lilmarkuk 10 years ago

see I have all dvd versions and can see the wires in all versions lol

[–] HeartMonger 10 years ago

lilmarkuk ALMA Pound Pound check your Director's Cut. There aren't wires in the scenes you mentioned.

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[–] lilmarkuk 10 years ago

I don't need to check since that's the version I play the most lol I see wires

[–] scinema 9 years ago

I understand what the OP is saying. It seems like they bring the "original" players from an older franchise to the newer versions for "fun", or for commercial purposes. It's as clear as glass nowadays. They don't fool anybody.

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