Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

Audiences won't accept any actress except Helen Slater. Period.

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

However, a Batgirl series doesn't make much sense when there is already a Gotham tv show.

Originally Posted by taffer

I bet nobody under the age of 30 has even heard of that movie, let alone actually seen it.

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

I'll one up you and say I bet nobody under the age of 30 has a fucking clue who Helen Slater even is.

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

Millennials have adopted Helen Slater as a cultural icon, much like Generation X took to Karen Black and Baby Boomers flocked to Mary Wickes.

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

To be fair, her endearing popularity would have been much better publicized had the Helen Slater Appreciation Society not been sued out of existence by Sammy Hagar and Neil Schon




Talk about a reference no one under 30 would get...

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

To be fair, her endearing popularity would have been much better publicized had the Helen Slater Appreciation Society not been sued out of existence by Sammy Hagar and Neil Schon




Talk about a reference no one under 30 would get...

Originally Posted by PhantomStranger

I've always thought Amber Heard would make a perfect Supergirl, though I imagine it would be tough for a network to get her on a television show unless they threw serious money at her.

Originally Posted by Variety

CBS Gives Series Commitment to Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler’s ‘Supergirl’
September 19, 2014 | 09:00AM PT Whitney Friedlander

CBS has donned its cape and is ready to conquer the superhero market, giving a series commitment to scribes Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler’s “Supergirl.”

“Supergirl,” which is based on characters from DC Comics, comes from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and is exec produced by Berlanti, Adler and Sarah Schechter. It’s based on the story of Kara Zor-El, who, like her famous cousin, escaped Krypton amid its destruction. She’s been keeping her powers a secret since arriving on Earth, but now — at age 24 — she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.

The project gained much fanfare when news broke of its development earlier this month. Berlanti, who has seen success with the superhero genre with his CW show “Arrow” and, presumably also with its upcoming spinoff “The Flash,” has stated that he understands there’s a dearth of female-led shows of this genre, telling Variety “we’re well past due for those kind of characters in film and TV.”

With this purchase, CBS has ensured that all the broadcast channels are either airing or developing a show based on comicbook characters. Aside from Berlanti’s CW properties, ABC has “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” and its upcoming female-led spinoff “Agent Carter.” Fox and NBC are unspooling “Gotham” and “Constantine” this season, respectively — both of which are based on DC characters. This winter, the CW will also unveil “iZombie,” a procedural based on a title from DC’s Vertigo imprint. Fox also recently gave a put pilot commitment to “Lucifer,” which also sources material from Vertigo.

Cable and digital markets are also getting into the act, with TNT offering a pilot production order for “Titans,” which is based on younger characters in DC’s universe, and Netflix partnering with Marvel on a hefty package that includes four shows based on different characters from that universe and a crossover miniseries. Still, the most successful current show of the genre is AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” which is based on an Image Comics series and continues to break ratings records for the channel.

Originally Posted by Match

I would watch it.

Originally Posted by taffer

I bet nobody under the age of 30 has even heard of that movie, let alone actually seen it.

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

I'll one up you and say I bet nobody under the age of 30 has a fucking clue who Helen Slater even is.

Originally Posted by Gizmo

So how many superhero shows do we need? Is this going to be like the reality/game show boom of the 00s?

Originally Posted by Tom Banjo

There's no way DC will allow Superman as a character on this, and probably not be able to reference him as an off-screen character. So how can you do this without completely mucking up her origin story?