Wow, I’m glad we have you here to be the arbiter of how to appropriately have fun with a video game. I'd have never figured it out on my own.

So what are the acceptable narrative purposes for a woman's rape to serve?

The story itself is about women rising up against a patriarchal society.

No, they’re getting out of the console gaming industry and focusing on their slot/pachinko machines. That's where most of their money comes from already.

Then it's not worth telling the same story all over again.

Nope. I remember a Superman who was sent to Earth as a child by his parents to avoid the destruction of Krypton, had a secret identity as a bumbling, awkward, glasses-wearing nerd who worked in an office who made the decision to use his powers to become a hero. Basically exactly what we're seeing here.

Yeah, I was being somewhat facetious about the fact that Valve is now primarily a publisher rather than a developer. Their game releases are few and far between these days.

Except Nintendo actually makes games still.

Yeah, I couldn't make it past "Female Clark Kent works in the Ugly Betty office."

Much like Superman does eventually. The problem is that it's lazy to start both of these characters (who are already incredibly similar in terms of powers and costume and name) from the exact same starting point. It's just a straight-up gender-swap.

I don't see how that's relevant. It's not like people pick just one universe and watch only that universe. The people watching Supergirl know full well who Superman is, what his origin is, and who his secret identity is. They're going to realize pretty quick that this is just Superman with boobs. And judging from the…

That doesn't sound much like what we saw in the above video.

I've avoided most of the New 52 because it's been mostly bad in my experience. Are you saying they made the same mistakes in this trailer in the comics as well?

Different channels, both at least partly owned by CBS.

CW is partly owned by CBS, and the contract signed by the show-runners specifically allows for Flash and Arrow crossovers.

You know part of the deal the creators signed for this show allows for Arrow and Flash crossovers, right?

Have you read any Supergirl since 1988? She's been more than a Superman clone for quite a while now.

Until it's wireless it's still not worth getting.

Until it's wireless it's still not worth getting.

She's also a Kryptonian refugee sent to Earth by her parents to escape a dying Krypton, and who hides her identity as an attractive superhero behind glasses and a bumbling, awkward persona as an office worker.

I didn't say they should pretend Superman doesn't exist. I said they shouldn't graft the exact same backstory and secret identity onto Supergirl. Post-crisis Matrix Supergirl existed in the same continuity as Superman, and had a much more interesting origin, background, and power set.