Supergirl Is Not As Frighteningly Awful As You Would Think

But gods damn, it is fucking dumb.  Dumb that they can't even say 'Superman'.  Dumb that they have a silly SHIELD/Torchwood/every other-stupid-thing-just-like-it dominating the plots.  Dumb that two related superpowered aliens on the same backward planet didn't even talk for 15 years.  Dumb that the planet is otherwise chock full of other superpowered alien baddies who just now start getting noticed.  Dumb that a young woman who flies around for a fun would wear a skirt as part of her super outfit--beware super winter bush.  Jesus.  Melissa Benoist is not exactly a compelling actor, but she's really good looking and sells the joyful, puppy-like goofiness in the show enough to make it work sorta.  Too bad about the goofy, though.  What would have been really cool was if the producers of the movies had the balls to make this tee vee Supergirl the movie Supergirl and have that idiot that plays Superman now appear in the show for a few minutes there and talk up some stupid hand-wavy reason why the two super kids don't work together but allow her to have a few minutes in a movie down the road.  The weak, no-saying-Superman junk really makes the show seem pointless.  Idk, I guess because the bar was so low and expectations so poor, the fact that it is not heinous makes Supergirl feel like a minor victory.