Continuing from Part 2 and the conclusion of season 2, season 3 was not shown on Channel 5 TV, hence I got to watch the laggy episodes via web streaming, but I was not complaining. I also furnished my knowledge of DC comics via Youtube fan clips.
Oh yes, about Mon-El. We did not get to see him until episode 7. Kara Danvers, aka Supergirl, was shocked to discover an escape pod with an unconscious Mon-El and a beautiful lady named Imra Ardeen. When Mon-El awakened, he explained everything, revealing to be from the Thirty-First (!) Century.
During the time when his pod escaped Earth, he got sucked into the Phantom Zone. 1000 YEARS LATER, he was discovered by Imra Ardeen, who brought him back to her planet and cured him, making him immune to Lead. Many years later they got married and somehow landed on Earth. Kara Danvers, upon realising that Mon-El no longer had feelings for her, was crushed.
During the most recent episode 9 - the midseason finale, before the ultimate 'demise' of Supergirl, both Mon-El and Imran revealed more juicy stuff. Turns out they were in a group known as " THE LEGION OF SUPERHEROES" and Mon-El was the leader.
Being curious, I carried out my extensive research on the topic "Legion of Superheroes". Being a superhero group in the 31ST CENTURY, they must have been very powerful. I first checked out who Imran was, turns out she was Saturn Girl. Saturn Girl was really popular in the comics. Other notable members included Brainiac 5, who would have a signficant impact in the later episodes, as well as Cosmic Boy & Lightning Lad. Lastly, I could not miss out on my inquisitiveness of Mon-El. From the information i gathered, he had the same abilities as SUPERMAN, albeit his weakness is lead instead of kryptonite, but he needed to consume a drug regularly to make him immune to lead. I SIMPLY CANNOT WAIT TO WITNESS THE EVOLUTION OF MON-EL. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised.
I feel that the legion were sent to Earth for a purpose - to assist Supergirl and avenge her defeat to the Worldkiller REIGN...
Conclusion is that I am loving the DC drama series, because the episodes get more and more engaging. Quite simply, it has the potential to be EPIC.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Arrowverse reviews Part 2: The Birth of Mon-El - Supergirl S2
Just a few days ago, I thought that little Mon-El was insignificant - not worth dedicating 2 entire posts writing about for him, but after conducting research as well as binging on more episodes, I got inspired by the adventures of Mon-El, which was developing at a rapid pace and had the potential to become epic.
Season 2 of Supergirl started off with an escape pod from outer space that crashed into National City. Supergirl discovered a handsome man in the pod and brought him back to the DEO for observation. Turns out that he was known as Mon-El, former prince of the planet Daxam. As you may know, Daxamites and Krytonians were in loggerheads, and both planets were consequently decimated, hence Supergirl's initial apprehension of Mon-El. But Mon-El was good in nature and came in peace (though he could be quite a play-boy). In season 2, Mon-El was as portrayed as "weak", only having moderate superhuman strength. Why do I say this? Being an alien himself, he was supposed to be powerful, helping Supergirl fight crime; but he just led a normal human life doing nothing heroic. During the course of the season, he developed a romantic relationship with Supergirl.
An unfortunate twist of events started off with the invasion of National City, engineered by his tyrant Mother, the Queen of Daxam. Supergirl and the D.E.O could not cope with the onslaught of the Daxamites. Wait, I was confused, I thought Daxam was destroyed, and as a result, Mon-El had to be sent to an escape pod? Another question came into mind - Mon-El was in a pod, as an adult, at the same time as Superman. Why didn't he grow 34 years older? After some research, I found out that his pod was hovering in the Well of Stars, which ceased time just like the Phantom Zone.
Then there was a "good" Luthor, Lena Luthor, adopted sister of Lex Luthor, the nemesis of Superman. Lena Luthor knew a way to save Earth by exploiting the weakness of the Daxamites - a chemical element known as LEAD. Using Lex Luthor's device, she helped to "poison" National City atmosphere with Lead (Lex Luthor plan was to use Kryptonite instead, but it did not materialise). Doing so had driven all the Daxamites away from Earth, but that would also mean endangering the life of Mon-El. After a tearful farewell with Supergirl, Mon-El was in his repaired escape pod, venturing into the unknown space. Poor Supergirl, she was heartbroken to witness her lover leave her forever...
Season 2 of Supergirl started off with an escape pod from outer space that crashed into National City. Supergirl discovered a handsome man in the pod and brought him back to the DEO for observation. Turns out that he was known as Mon-El, former prince of the planet Daxam. As you may know, Daxamites and Krytonians were in loggerheads, and both planets were consequently decimated, hence Supergirl's initial apprehension of Mon-El. But Mon-El was good in nature and came in peace (though he could be quite a play-boy). In season 2, Mon-El was as portrayed as "weak", only having moderate superhuman strength. Why do I say this? Being an alien himself, he was supposed to be powerful, helping Supergirl fight crime; but he just led a normal human life doing nothing heroic. During the course of the season, he developed a romantic relationship with Supergirl.
An unfortunate twist of events started off with the invasion of National City, engineered by his tyrant Mother, the Queen of Daxam. Supergirl and the D.E.O could not cope with the onslaught of the Daxamites. Wait, I was confused, I thought Daxam was destroyed, and as a result, Mon-El had to be sent to an escape pod? Another question came into mind - Mon-El was in a pod, as an adult, at the same time as Superman. Why didn't he grow 34 years older? After some research, I found out that his pod was hovering in the Well of Stars, which ceased time just like the Phantom Zone.
Then there was a "good" Luthor, Lena Luthor, adopted sister of Lex Luthor, the nemesis of Superman. Lena Luthor knew a way to save Earth by exploiting the weakness of the Daxamites - a chemical element known as LEAD. Using Lex Luthor's device, she helped to "poison" National City atmosphere with Lead (Lex Luthor plan was to use Kryptonite instead, but it did not materialise). Doing so had driven all the Daxamites away from Earth, but that would also mean endangering the life of Mon-El. After a tearful farewell with Supergirl, Mon-El was in his repaired escape pod, venturing into the unknown space. Poor Supergirl, she was heartbroken to witness her lover leave her forever...
Arrowverse reviews Part 1: The origins of Supergirl - S1
During these past few years, there had been DC comic related superheroes drama series- beginning from the pioneer of the series, (Green) Arrow Season 6, then the Flash S4 followed by Supergirl S3 and Legends of Tomorrow S3. Every season had around 20 episodes and there is a major crossover per season and 2 minor crossovers. My favourite Supergirl series, season 2, was recently showing on the Channel 5 television network.
Let's kick things off with the origin of Supergirl.
Let me take you back to the moment when the planet Krypton was disintegrating.
The great Mr. Zor-El tearfully forced his 14-year old daughter Kara Zor-El into a safe escape pod, imparting her with the responsibility to take care of her 2 year-old cousin Kal-El, who was in separate pod. So, the pods escaped planet Krypton. However, Kara Zol-El's pod was knocked off-course and got sucked into the PHAMTOM ZONE. Kal-El's pod landed safety on Planet Earth and adopted by the Kents, hence he became known as reporter Clark Kent aka "Superman". 24 years later, Kara Zor-El pod made its way to Earth and was rescued by Superman. However, this version of Kara was a 14-year old and Superman was 24 years old at the same time, which is why I emphasized the PHANTOM ZONE, the significance that it freezes time for whoever is trapped in it. In hindsight, Supergirl should have been the more senior, if not for the unforseen circumstance.
So Kara was adopted by the Danvers family with the recommendation of Superman. Papa Danver was involved in unlocking Superman's powers. Not much of Kara Danvers, aka Supergirl teenage life has been shown, except way later during Season 3 when they showed a flashback. Anyway, fast forward 10 years and Kara Danvers works in CatCo, a renowned news broadcasting industry. Her sister, Alex Danvers, was boarding a plane when the plane was in an accident. Kara Danvers saved the plane but in the process, was forced to reveal her powers to the world, and was born as.. Supergirl! As a result, Supergirl had to work in the secret agency known as the D.E.O, with a mission to counter evil alien threat (though Kara is an alien herself, she is good). Just to clarify, Supergirl resided in NATIONAL CITY (California area) while Superman was from METROPOLIS (New York area). Her sister also happened to work in the DEO as a secret agent.
The leader of the DEO was known as J'onn J'Jonzz, who was in fact the Green Martian, supposingly the "last Martian on Earth". In order to hide his identity, he shapeshifted into a human being named Hank Hankshaw, who he accidentally killed (lol). There was also a history with the White Martians but i will explain in a later part.
Anyway, as you can tell this is all I have to say for Season 1 as I did not follow this season closely and to me, it was the least exciting. In my opinion, season 1 was merely introducing Supergirl to the audience, nothing more. I cannot wait to elaborate further for Seasons 2 and 3 - i love S2 and S3, so stay tuned!
Let's kick things off with the origin of Supergirl.
Let me take you back to the moment when the planet Krypton was disintegrating.
The great Mr. Zor-El tearfully forced his 14-year old daughter Kara Zor-El into a safe escape pod, imparting her with the responsibility to take care of her 2 year-old cousin Kal-El, who was in separate pod. So, the pods escaped planet Krypton. However, Kara Zol-El's pod was knocked off-course and got sucked into the PHAMTOM ZONE. Kal-El's pod landed safety on Planet Earth and adopted by the Kents, hence he became known as reporter Clark Kent aka "Superman". 24 years later, Kara Zor-El pod made its way to Earth and was rescued by Superman. However, this version of Kara was a 14-year old and Superman was 24 years old at the same time, which is why I emphasized the PHANTOM ZONE, the significance that it freezes time for whoever is trapped in it. In hindsight, Supergirl should have been the more senior, if not for the unforseen circumstance.
So Kara was adopted by the Danvers family with the recommendation of Superman. Papa Danver was involved in unlocking Superman's powers. Not much of Kara Danvers, aka Supergirl teenage life has been shown, except way later during Season 3 when they showed a flashback. Anyway, fast forward 10 years and Kara Danvers works in CatCo, a renowned news broadcasting industry. Her sister, Alex Danvers, was boarding a plane when the plane was in an accident. Kara Danvers saved the plane but in the process, was forced to reveal her powers to the world, and was born as.. Supergirl! As a result, Supergirl had to work in the secret agency known as the D.E.O, with a mission to counter evil alien threat (though Kara is an alien herself, she is good). Just to clarify, Supergirl resided in NATIONAL CITY (California area) while Superman was from METROPOLIS (New York area). Her sister also happened to work in the DEO as a secret agent.
The leader of the DEO was known as J'onn J'Jonzz, who was in fact the Green Martian, supposingly the "last Martian on Earth". In order to hide his identity, he shapeshifted into a human being named Hank Hankshaw, who he accidentally killed (lol). There was also a history with the White Martians but i will explain in a later part.
Anyway, as you can tell this is all I have to say for Season 1 as I did not follow this season closely and to me, it was the least exciting. In my opinion, season 1 was merely introducing Supergirl to the audience, nothing more. I cannot wait to elaborate further for Seasons 2 and 3 - i love S2 and S3, so stay tuned!
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