![]() There are some corny comic moments, but a lot of it comes off as sincere, including her fear when actually dealing with a supervillain. ![]() Her performance captures the combination of fear and excitement that someone would feel if they suddenly found themselves in possession of superpowers. Despite the fact that we’ve seen two different versions of the character on Smallville and Legends of Tomorrow, Bassinger’s take on a new and inexperienced Stargirl is distinct. ![]() Yes, it has Rocket Fists.Ī big part of the show’s success is definitely Wilson and Bassinger. I would love for the show to go deeper into how the hell parenting worked as a wanted supervillain, which they might, since we’re only on episode 4. Actually, now that I type that out, that means that almost all of the supervillains had kids between the ages of 4 and 8 when they took over the city of Blue Valley. In this case, the show opens 10 years in the past, showing what happened to the previous Justice Society of America, as well as showing how interconnected the high school and superhero plotlines are going to be, since several of the supervillains have kids around Courtney’s age. These factors seemed to combine in a way where the show spent a lot of its first two episodes trying to set up a large number of threads for the future, something I previously praised The Flash pilot for doing. However, since it’s airing on DC Universe, it didn’t have to focus on getting an audience quickly in order to stay on television. Since the show airs on the CW the day after it premieres on DC Universe, it was never going to be able to try and be the “edgy, adult” show that Titans wants to be (or that Swamp Thing actually was). Yes, it’s filled with basically every superhero trope and every high school show trope at the same time, but somehow it manages to play them together in a distinct and interesting way. Beyond that, this show just surprised me with how much I enjoyed it in general. I have no idea why I love the idea of a giant robot speaking like Luke Wilson, but I’m gonna say that it amused me to an obviously unhealthy degree. If you hate her outfit, you hate America. Courtney decides to take up the fight as Stargirl and Pat guards her by fighting in a giant robot. It turns out that Blue Valley is under the control of the Injustice Society of America, run by Icicle (Neil Jackson), Brainwave (Christopher James Baker), Sportsmaster (Neil Hopkins), Gambler (Eric Goins), Dragon King (Nelson Lee), Wizard (Joe Knezevich), and Solomon Grundy. It turns out that her stepfather, Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson inagiantrobot), was the former sidekick to superhero Starman (Joel McHale) and the only surviving member of the Justice Society of America. ![]() However, she finds a strange glowing staff in a box in her basement which gives her superpowers. (Jake Austin Walker), resulting in her sitting at the “losers” table with delinquent Rick Tyler (Cameron Gellman), nerd Beth Chapel (Anjelika Washington), and former popular girl Yolanda Montez (Yvette Monreal). Naturally, she quickly becomes a social outcast for standing up to bully Henry King, Jr. ![]() …Alright, I’m calm.Ĭourtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) is a sophomore in high school who has just moved with her family to the seemingly innocent small town of Blue Valley. No, seriously, Luke Wilson in a GIANT ROBOT. ![]()
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