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Though hopes were high for Supergirl<\/em>, the movie has turned out to be a bit of a dud. Critics have been rather down on the project<\/a>, and its lackluster box office<\/a> performance has it on track to lose WBD somewhere between $100\u2013120 million<\/a>. Films flop all the time, and Supergirl <\/em>not resonating with audiences probably wouldn\u2019t be a huge deal if we knew that DC Studios had more exciting things coming down the pike. But Supergirl <\/em>feels like it could be an early sign that Gunn\u2019s grand plan for the DCU is falling apart before it even really gets off the ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Loosely based on Tom King and Bilquis Evely\u2019s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow <\/em>comic miniseries, the new Supergirl <\/em>film follows Superman\u2019s cousin Kara (Milly Alcock) as she embarks on an interstellar bender that culminates in her dog being poisoned by crew of sex-trafficking pirates. Unlike Superman (David Corenswet), Supergirl doesn\u2019t really have a problem with killing her enemies \u2014 especially when they\u2019re trying to stop her from saving Krypto. But with an orphaned girl (Eve Ridley) tagging along for the adventure, Kara tries to set a good (read: no murdering) example.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Supergirl<\/em> struggles to make its titular heroine feel distinct from Superman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Though Supergirl <\/em>comes from director Craig Gillespie and writer Ana Nogueira, everything about this movie \u2014 from its focus on animals in distress<\/a> to its needle drops \u2014 makes it feel a lot like some of Gunn\u2019s previous work. Supergirl\u2019s drunken brawls in alien bars and scenes of her schlepping around space in a junky starship look like they could have been ripped from any one of Marvel\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy <\/em>features. You can hear Nogueira channeling Gunn\u2019s spiky sense of humor as the movie introduces new faces like unhinged bounty hunter Lobo (a distracting Jason Momoa in comics-accurate garb). Momoa\u2019s presence is a constant reminder of how the DCEU fell apart<\/a>, but Lobo isn\u2019t really what drags Supergirl <\/em>down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n As refreshing as it was to see Superman <\/em>gloss over Clark Kent\u2019s oft-repeated tragic backstory, Supergirl <\/em>spends much of its runtime rehashing the details of Krypton\u2019s destruction. Flashbacks to Kara\u2019s past are meant to help us understand the grief she\u2019s been living with, and to see why her sense of morality is very different from her cousin\u2019s. But rather than unpacking Kara\u2019s emotions in any meaningful way, the movie makes light of her substance abuse while sending her on a by-the-numbers adventure that\u2019s generally lacking when it comes to intrigue or visual spectacle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n One of Supergirl<\/em>\u2019s more glaring issues is the way it struggles to find organic ways to make its titular heroine feel distinct from Superman. Aside from her relative brutality and moody outlook, she\u2019s just another indestructible alien who periodically needs to recharge her powers by basking in yellow sunlight. The movie tries to give itself some stakes by constantly putting Kara in situations where she\u2019s left without her abilities. But by the second sequence in which Kara\u2019s getting punched out by a bunch of dudes, you get the sense that DC Studios never really locked in on a plan to make this story pop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n That\u2019s somewhat surprising given the way Gunn has previously insisted<\/a> that DC Studios would \u201cnever put a half-assed script in production\u201d simply because the project had already been announced. Half-assed is the perfect description of Supergirl<\/em>\u2019s entire vibe, and it being the studio\u2019s second major feature doesn\u2019t exactly bode well for the DCU\u2019s future. Supergirl <\/em>needed to demonstrate that Gunn had a solid plan to build a new universe on the backs of some of DC\u2019s lower profile characters. Though we\u2019ve already seen some of how that could work in HBO\u2019s Peacemaker<\/em> series, it was less clear whether the studio could pull it off on the big screen. The entire point of rebooting WBD\u2019s superhero movies was to put DC Studios in a better position to compete with Marvel \u2014 which is on the verge of its own major reset<\/a>. But whereas Marvel has a few reliable aces like the X-Men<\/a> and a new Spider-Man<\/em> movie<\/a> up its sleeve, DC is essentially starting from scratch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some of Supergirl<\/em>\u2019s problems might not be so readily apparent if there had been more time before it and Superman<\/em>\u2019s theatrical debuts. The two movies coming out so close to one another emphasizes their characters\u2019 general similarities, and makes it seem like DC might be a little too comfortable putting out iterative projects. This calls into question Gunn\u2019s decision to prioritize a series about the Green Lanterns<\/a> and a Clayface <\/em>film<\/a> before introducing new versions of more well-known heroes like Batman and Wonder Woman. WBD still plans to put out a sequel to Matt Reeves\u2019 The Batman<\/em><\/a> that won\u2019t technically be part of the DCU, but the Gotham of it all may get audiences primed to see a new Bane \/ Deathstroke movie that the studio is reportedly prioritizing<\/a> in the wake of Supergirl<\/em>\u2019s underperformance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n All of these B-tier projects and alternate realities give the nascent DCU a whiff of the same messiness that has plagued Sony\u2019s universe of Spider-Man spinoffs<\/a> since its inception. And when you factor in WBD\u2019s impending merger with Paramount Skydance<\/a>, it seems very possible that the DCU might not come together the way Gunn originally intended. Though it\u2019s possible that next year\u2019s Man of Tomorrow<\/em><\/a> could steer things in a stronger direction, what feels more likely right now is DC putting out another Super-movie that feels a little too similar to what we\u2019ve seen before. It wouldn\u2019t be the first time that WB found itself on the ropes with a comics-related crisis, but it might be the last chance the studio has to get this stuff right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Though hopes were high for Supergirl, the movie has turned out to be a bit of a dud. Critics have been rather down on the project, and its lackluster box office performance has it on track to lose WBD somewhere between $100\u2013120 million. 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