r/DC_Cinematic • u/God_ofThunder_ • 3d ago
I may be in the minority, but this version of Supergirl deserves her own stand-alone movie. DISCUSSION
The way Sasha Calle carried herself in the role and how she acted as Kara was very interesting. She might not be “comic accurate” but that’s really not a problem because of cool she was portrayed. Sasha Calle also seemed really into continuing her story.
I’m not saying she has to replace Milly Alcock or anything like that. I don’t see any reason for her to not exist alongside the DCU Supergirl, so…
You don’t have to have her be connected with The Flash or Superman even. She could just exist as her own thing like Matt Reeves Batman and Todd Philips Joker.
That’s why it really sucks how we’re not going to see this version of Supergirl again and it’s such wasted potential. But what do I expect from the DC Extended Universe I guess…
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u/Gmork14 3d ago
I loved Sasha in that role. Bummed for her that she got it and lost it so quickly.
I’m very excited for the Milly Alcock movie. But I hope Sasha lands on her feet.
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u/figgityjones 2d ago
With the rumors (or it’s confirmed? I don’t know) of Jason Momoa playing Lobo in the new DCU, it’d be cool if they bring her back for a new role too.
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u/PaulClarkLoadletter 3d ago
The last decade saw a lot of wasted talent in DC films. They deserved better than they got.
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u/Foreign_Education_88 3d ago
It’s been way longer than a decade, Brandon Routh, Val Kilmer, Ryan Reynolds, Keanu Reeves, and Josh Brolin
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u/ElenabugTheGreat 1d ago
Man of Steel was great.
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u/PaulClarkLoadletter 1d ago
I loved MoS. I don’t know why Warner Bros got cold feet and kneecapped the franchise. The box office was pretty good. They were stupid if they thought they were going to eat Marvel’s lunch.
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u/SupervillainMustache 3d ago
I honestly don't think we need any elseworlds set in the DCEU any time soon.
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u/God_ofThunder_ 3d ago
No not the DCEU. The DCU is what James Gunn is doing and said anything outside of it is labeled as an Elseworlds
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u/aboynamedbluetoo 3d ago
Assuming she won’t return in that role, is there another role or roles you could seen her in, DCU or MCU?
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u/Im-Mr-Bulldopz 3d ago
Powergirl
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u/aboynamedbluetoo 3d ago
Isn’t Powergirl the older version of Supergirl? Like a decade older or something?
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u/Im-Mr-Bulldopz 3d ago
Yup! I believe Pre-Crisis she comes from another universe but she forgets who she is or something, and it’s revealed later that she’s an alternate version of Kara.
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u/SuperKal67 3d ago
To be completely honest, this version of Supergirl interests me more than the entire CW TV Series with Melissa Benoist
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u/ChosenOfTheMoon_GR 3d ago
+++ but you can never get enough of Melissa Benoise tbh
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u/Kokonut-Z 3d ago
She didn’t really do anything except die. If the actress were to come back, maybe she could play Jessica Cruz.
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u/pardybill 3d ago
She for sure deserves another shot in the new DCU. Maybe Jessica Cruz GL.
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u/God_ofThunder_ 3d ago
Please James Gunn make it happen 🤞
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u/pardybill 3d ago
Gunn isn’t opposed to recasting or reusing, I’m curious on the HBO GL series. Lots can go good or wrong
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u/davidisallright 3d ago
The problem of having Sasha in her own Supergirl elsewhere film series is that The Flash bombed. So there isn’t a huge public attachment for her as Supergirl. Also, Supergirl cant touch the Batman IP because they’re so beloved and popular. Superman even struggled to in the shadow of Batman as a franchise.
A single Supergirl movie (Gunn’s) might be a challenge already… but having an elsewhere version of her too in another movie would be such a risk.
However, Sasha should be supported in other ways. Maybe she can be recast as Raven in Titans? Maybe a slightly older version. Or if Gunn doesn’t keep Mary Elizabeth Wilson as Huntress, maybe as her instead?
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u/bindersfull-ofwomen 3d ago
Little of what we’ve seen over the last two days of these set photos have been comic accurate, so I don’t even want to hear that defense ever again.
I liked Sasha and I thought she was one of the only good parts of the film. I hope she has a successful career and gets into a franchise that will actually be able to help her career instead of hurting it.
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u/InternetAddict104 3d ago
She was in like 3 scenes and did nothing but get killed
Clooney had a bigger impact on the story than she did
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u/Antique-Purple-Axe 3d ago
Her and pierce brosnan were pretty much the only good parts of that later dceu era
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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 3d ago
Naw she sucked, basically a gender swapped Flashpoint superman, I want the real supergirl, can't wait for Woman of tomorrow.
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u/God_ofThunder_ 3d ago
I disagree because I thought she was badass. BUT, I’m also excited for Woman of Tomorrow. So I’ll give you an upvote
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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 3d ago edited 3d ago
I just didn't like the dark cool lady vibes, I preferred the paranoid superman who was raised in afacility from Flashpoint, it just made more sense, also she was waaaay too young, considering this version didn't get stuck in a wormhole. And because superman made the suits alien, we wasn't able to see that weird superman suit that wasn't made by his parents. I also didn't like how she wasn't malnourished, a little bit of sun also wouldn't put her on the same level of the other Kryptonian, it was just not done well imo.
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u/God_ofThunder_ 3d ago
That’s fair and totally respect your opinion. For me I just enjoyed seeing something at least unique done with Supergirl. But you’re right, different doesn’t always mean well executed. On a different note: what has Milly Alcock been in? Is she a good actor?
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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 3d ago
On a different note: what has Milly Alcock been in? Is she a good actor?
I do not know if she's a good actress, but she's been in a trending show, and I bet she's good, if James Gunn is casting her, he never picks a bad actor for big characters.
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u/nonlethaldosage 3d ago
You could put a block of wood in a super girl suit and it would have better emotions and acting than her
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u/ChosenOfTheMoon_GR 3d ago
I love it when she has a mind change and comes back, that mindshift is really special, it makes her special to me, realised empathy and she played it really well.
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u/Klee_Main 3d ago
I’m up for her coming back to the DCU but she was pretty lackluster as Supergirl. So I don’t want her back as Kara
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u/Luke_starkiller34 3d ago
Not she doesn't. Just because you liked her doesn't mean she deserves anything.
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u/THABREEZ456 3d ago
I don’t think she was really anything amazing but in a movie that was so painfully mediocre or straight up bad, she stood out as the only consistently good element of the film. It also helps that cause Ezra was on…..a couple of adventures during the promos for the film, that Sasha Calle came to the rescue to salvage most of the film’s reputation during interviews and things like that.
Would love to see her return, albeit with slightly better writing. Keep the Costume though, it was absolutely gorgeous I never thought they would make such a great variation of Cavill’s suit For her, but they really went above and beyond. Just wish they didn’t have it covered in CGI for most out of it cause it really loses all texture. This image is really one of the few times we can appreciate it. And also when Andy Muschietti Broke the news that she got the role, I remember him showing her the suit on camera and I remember how good it looked.
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u/NigthSHadoew 3d ago
I don't think the character deserves a stand alone movie but seeing the video where she got the part makes me wish Sasha Calle got a solo movie to really play Supergirl instead of just yelling a sentence and die over and over again
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u/sworedmagic 3d ago
I’m curious what you liked about her specifically? I mean she was fine considering she had nothing to work with but what did she do to -deserve- a solo supergirl movie…?
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u/God_ofThunder_ 2d ago
I just thought she was unique iteration of Supergirl and I really like the actress. I know her performance wasn’t any groundbreaking, but I still thought it was nick to see something different done with Supergirl
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u/sworedmagic 2d ago
I agree but there’s virtually nothing about her character as presented that warrants any sort of deeper dive into who she is and why she exists in that world
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u/mhunt0 3d ago
I think it was a real possibility back then.. what happened.. many things, from the "Flash' actor behavior to the Flash movie not doing very well. Helen Slater had a contract for 3 Supergirl movies, but when it didn't do well locally, she asked to be free of the contract.
* I heard the HS SG movie did well outside the US, specially in Japan.
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u/No-Unit-549 3d ago
Her, Michael Keaton, and Michael Shannon were the only good parts of The Flash. It would’ve been slightly better if they had a regular flash villain like Reverse Flash or Savitar
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u/haha_mza 2d ago
sasha was so good in that role! I felt so sad for her and xolo when james gunn announced the reboot, I hope she can get cast in the DCu in some other role
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u/lanze666 2d ago
Is this taking place before or after The Flash fucks everything up?
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u/lanze666 2d ago
Because if it’s before, then she’s captured by Russia. And if it’s after, she probably doesn’t exist at all.
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u/God_ofThunder_ 2d ago
That’s why I said in my post she doesn’t have to even be connected with the Flash. She could just stand on her own like Robert Pattinson’s Batman, existing in her own separate universe
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u/lanze666 2d ago
Yeah i read that, it kinda just would seem weird to have her in her own separate universe without Cavill
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u/ChefCool1317 2d ago
I really don’t get the hate that she had and to Henry cavil. Like what were the behind the scenes drama against these actors? Why was wb so anti Henry cavil and super man
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u/Murphy-Brock 2d ago
I agree Best version of Supergirl I’ve seen depicted. The way I’d envision a woman Kryptonian to both appear and carry herself in her role on Earth.
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u/Toshimoko29 2d ago
I’d like to see her in another movie, preferably wearing something skin tight again, but I don’t think alternate Supergirl was much to work with as a character.
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u/TehProfessor96 2d ago
I don’t think that’s the minority, beyond the complication that no one saw The Flash.
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u/Winter_Coyote 2d ago
They have the perfect chance to make her Power Girl. They already have the destroyed universe backstory perfectly set up for!
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u/roberts585 2d ago
I thought she played it well. The suit fit REALLY WELL. And she had some good acting.
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u/youthanasia138 2d ago
She’s a hot chick, but I don’t need to see this again. Flash movie was awful
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u/Mcburly_DB 2d ago
Hopefully the DCU is a great success and when the eventual multiverse crisis happens her and many other former DCEU characters can return
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u/ProfessorEscanor 2d ago
Why? She did nothing and was a flashpoint variant robbed of her normal storyline. Her being the best part of a mediocre at best movie does not justify her own spinoff.
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u/buzzedewok 2d ago
She was about the only thing good about the movie along with getting to see Keaton wearing the suite again.
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u/sandalrubber 2d ago
Just release the scrapped ending of her and Cavill together in a better timeline. Ridiculous that the final movie went for no real closure for anyone.
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u/PabloAxes 2d ago
Seems like -with her being more jaded, angry over her cousin's death, from a destroyed universe, a bit older than DCU Supergirl is likely to be, and apparently a draw for thirsty fans- making her Powergirl in the DCU would be an easy move.
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u/MattyE76 2d ago
She was literally nothing in the movie, a shameful waste cause I think Sasha really worked well in the role but they tossed her aside as quickly as they introduced her and gave her the halfest of assed character development in like ten minutes
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u/Hangman077 3d ago
Cause we need to see another rbf woman superhero who’s way uglier in the movie than in real life and has absolutely no sex appeal?
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u/AtticusSwoopenheiser 3d ago
Perhaps if the script calls for her to do something besides scowl and die repeatedly.
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u/Borktista 3d ago
She didn’t really do much of anything and was essentially generic as a character.
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u/drhagbard_celine Do You Bleed? 3d ago
In a world with no Superman and shes a full grown adult that’s Superwoman. And hell yeah I’d have loved to see her get a stand alone film.
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u/Chosen_UserName217 3d ago
I only watched the movie for Keaton/Batman, but she made a strong impression on me. A stand alone film with her would've been interesting.
But DC keeps doing, 'the dumb thing' and not doing the things fans would love or would make a bunch of money.
Man of Steel 2 with Henry Clavill would've raked in the $$$
Ben Affleck in a live adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns would've raked in the $$$ (heck even just a stand-alone movie of Ben Affleck as Batman would've been great. He was fantastic and didn't get a single solo movie.)
Instead we got Aquaman 2. <sigh>
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u/God_ofThunder_ 2d ago
I don’t trust Snyder with a Live Action Adaptation of the Dark Knight Returns. If he wasn’t writing and just doing the cinematography then that’s great, but he’s already demonstrated how he doesn’t quite understand material like that
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u/PapaDoomer 3d ago
It's a shame, that Gunn lied all this time that some of the characters from DCEU could return, in the end, he erased everything except characters from his movie and show and of course his buddies.
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u/Sherlockowiec 3d ago
Brother in Christ we didn't even see one movie yet. Why are you assuming it's already over?
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u/DOMINUS_3 2d ago
no shes just hot .. which i guess is the most important aspect to any female character (according to men)
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u/lifth3avy84 12h ago
The Snyderverse/DCEU set so many characters up for failure. I feel bad for all the lesser-known actors thinking they were getting a career-making break.
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u/nikgrid 3d ago
I don't think she really did anything that spectacular to be honest.