D+ is too generous. Legends has been slowly winning me back since The Magnificent Eight, but this- yeesh. Why do they keep making Ray an idiot unnecessarily? Why do they keep milking the Kendra melodrama? And why is practically EVERY tie-in on this show about Arrow, and never Flash? (Except Martin Stein, I guess…)…

"The message that heroes help refugees is also a valuable one in our current global climate, and the writers help ground their fantastic narrative by tying it to real world issues."
Ah, good point. that one flew right over my head; good on them.

I don't- but as a Conservative that used to love friendly debates with intelligent liberals, I can honestly say that I've seen the same thing in the opposite direction. I think the internet's grown more reactionary in general; everyone talking at each other and no one listening- everyone offended so very easily, and…

In my experience, it crosses racial and gender boundaries, and just extends to people who disagree with the causes they support… or the emotion-over-reason tactics (much like 'he makes some good points but also used the term 'SJW' therefore his points are now invalid' that is plastered all over this message board)…

That's… still complaining about the race aspect without recognizing the gender aspect. And the reasons for not casting an Asian actor- political and stereotype issues- are already laid out in the article above.

No one thinks that fighting for social justice is wrong. Some folks just think what other people define as 'social justice' is… a little loopy. :-) (And vice-versa, I'm sure.) Everyone wants social justice- just not everyone agrees what that actually *is*. It's the whole reason we have divided political parties-…

Like x1,000. :-)

Though, to be fair, that is the exact kind of argument that- um (okay, so SJW is a pejorative term? I didn't know that until today. Is there a correct term? If so, mentally insert that here…) people tend to bring up when somebody is objecting to something they're crusading for ('all the problems in the world today,…

And porn. You forgot porn.

Then again, some of us might argue that a valid point is a valid point no matter what acronyms a person uses, and that a term one doesn't like doesn't actually affect the validity of separate arguments by the same individual, therefore there has been no petard and no hoisting, just unjustified claims of discredidation…

No, but it is a valid point. Everyone complaining about the lack of diversity because white = bad; no one's giving credit for the gender diversity they added at the same time.

That all sounds eminently reasonable. And the 'land mine' involved here is exactly what I was thinking; honestly, if they had cast an asian actor in the role, people would have been complaining about that, too; as a stereotype, perpetuating the white savior trope, etc. There was literally no way to win this one- no…

"From a critical standpoint, that’s an interesting strategy: to purposefully deny audiences a lot of the cheap kicks endemic in superhero movies for the sake of something a little more moody and cerebral. But from a commercial perspective, it’s easy to see why the film failed."
Not to mention doing so with the…

Where's the 'x1000 Upvote' button, again? :-)

Agreed. Likewise, the climax- '3 minutes left, but let's talk first, then lift, and hopefully meet me in orbit, like, 30 seconds later?' A ticking clock is all well and good, but a little more time would have made things work better.

Personally, I found this one uneven for different reasons- primarily, the timing of the '3 minutes left/long conversation/lifting (which started a bit too quickly/easily in the portrayal, IMHO)/suddenly Alex is there'. It seemed like the timelines for the finale were a little wonky (maybe that Kryptonian pod warms up…

"Alex’s refusal to be left behind is a great character moment that’s unfortuantely undone by the episode’s plot mechanics."

The trend continues toward the end of season, of course- and honestly, because it's TV, the government and military they portray are thugish, treacherous, and violent enough that having Supergirl making all the decisions for us almost preferable. :-) It's the problem of complimentary-bad-cliches.

Agreed on all three points.

"Bye, Inquisitors, we hardly knew you. Seriously, we barely knew who or what you people were."