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I Am Frankie (2017)
Decent show but nothing unique
It's a decent show with good humor and almost decent characters. However it has nothing special or unique about it either. This is basically your typical kids comedy show set in high school, like all the other hundreds of high school shows. And while i somehow find the half of the likable most except for the lead are one dimensional and are only there to play a stereotypical role i.e villain, or bully, goofy dad tropes. But MOST importantly, this show could have had a very deep and interesting story given the Android premise. But it focuses mainly on the same daily high school antics that every other "kids show" do, so there's nothing new added. Now I know what everyone will say, that it's just a kid's show, so i shouldn't expect so much. But that's no excuse, i remember avatar that handled topics like war, death, and pacifism. Kids can handle serious topics and love to learn from them. This review is based off of the first 4 episodes.
The Flash (2014)
A Teeny drama and yet another insult to popular DC Comics
The entire series and it's intelligence can be summed up in one sentence:
According to the show, the proper way to get rid of a giant destructive black hole is to punch it really really hard and then blow it up. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!
The characters are worse than simply unrelatable, they are annoying and often you end up hating them. They make the same obvious mistakes over and the plot is repetitive to the point there is actually a formula for it. Barry charges in like an idiot, gets beaten, returns to create a scientifically BS plan, then go back out and get a "motivational three word speech", every episode.
The drama is overly forced and often the solution is so obvious to the viewer. And basically half the character's are whining spoiled morons (IRIS), that create unneeded drama for the decent characters even when the decent character has done nothing wrong, then forces the good character to apologize for the sake of "character development".
AN UTTER INSULT TO SCIENCE. The science makes no sense and breaks even kindergarten level science lessons. And even worse, they constantly try to cover it up by using fancy big science words thinking their audience is too stupid to figure out what they're saying. Well I hate to break it to you, but this is a comic book series, which means the audience that your trying to fool are science geeks like myself, BRILLIANT PLAN!
The music like in most CW shows is loud and blares over the dialogue to the point you cant even here the speakers, and the upbeat music makes any serious and genuinely dramatic moments into jokes. And finally, also like most CW shows the dialogue is terrible and doesn't sound human or natural.
Supergirl (2015)
treats the audience like idiots and is a joke
Spoilers, Supergirl starts with a rushed introduction, Kara is given about 25 seconds of back-story of her time on krypton. Instead they skip to her being the stock un-empowered female who must overcome her insecurities as a woman. Again
let me clarify, an infinitely powerful alien superhero has been re-envisioned to be the standard girl meets world, who has to go and find her inner confidence. Okay! Okay screw it! She didn't land on earth, oh no! We have officially landed on the planet of fruit loops and tap dancing mega penguins! I don't remember much about jimmy Olsen so I don't personally have an opinion, but on principle it's a bad idea to completely change a preexisting character. Kara acts like a star struck teenager the whole episode. The show poorly imitates superman's first flight and show also leaches off of superman constantly. Then even rips off the opening of superman returns.
The show treats the audience like they are all basically children. On top of that the entire episode is completely incoherent. This single episode focuses on at least 8-10 plots. Leaving the viewer confused about life and probably a little scared. The lead character is the average geek girl with the intelligence of a teenager and is basically a cookie cutter cut out.
The acting is horrible and doesn't convey anything that would make these characters seem like believable people, except Kara's sister. All of the character's traits are overdramatized like a cartoon, again because the company assumes it's audience it too stupid to notice anything unless it talks down to you. The dialogue is either cliché or political. At least Kara's sister is actually the only character so far act like an adult, but the rest act like idiots.
Finally, the show constantly crams self-defeating and off topic feminist speeches and empowerment messages down your throat. Good female characters don't ever have to point out that they are female or make speeches about their power. If a character is good, you never care that the character is female or male.
The music is loud, obnoxious, and distracted from any dialogue or potential atmosphere. At least the FX were OK sometimes, but they need a lot of polish. There is no emotional conflict because there are no believable or relatable characters. The fights are good, the only problem is that the show crams in a bunch of comic relief and one liners like Michael Bay.
SUGGESTIONS: This isn't the first failed teeny show this company has made, and teeny shows are the only type this company creates, except supernatural. Start by not ruining a preexisting story and branch into other target audiences, You may be making money off of these shows now, but the best way to gain ratings and money is to make your shows unique and worth while in their own right. Because what you fail to realize is that your audience is not as retarded as you think, and not only preteens watch your channels. Focus on smarter, and believable characters. They should be more capable of avoiding obvious mistakes, clever, and basically not being teenagers so they can "grow up/develop". As for this show, start over, if there were a completely different show, with different casts and story lines, I would still try it, and if it were good I would continue watching it. Cancel this current show then in a couple years, start over from complete scratch. Suggestions for Kara: In the superman cartoon, Kara was a more wild teenage girl. That was better than this current show because Kara had a believable reason to have a rough, and have an uncontrolled personality. Her parents were killed, she will never see her home again, and she had to learn to survive in a chaotic alien world, no kid would be unscathed. The first couple of episodes can start with how she grew up and use maybe a few time lapses (NOT FLASHBACKS) of her first 5-8 earth years, and show as much well-paced detail as you can. Then transition to the main story with her still being still young, probably still somewhat a teen, but don't make her an idiotic brat. Also try a two episode premiere so you don't rush. Try a tone that is more like supernatural, not whimsical, maybe not brutal, but realistic. Kara should be smarter and more resourceful, and not entirely rely on brute force, but don't make it the standard flash formula, the flash fails with idiotic brute force so the team convenes and comes up with a convoluted plan that works just in time for the end of the episode. Also instead of the main characters having some generic character flaw like "un-empowered", and instead of having everyone else preach to Kara and give her obvious advice, have Kara also be the one giving advice of advice to the other characters Finally try having her be more street smart or stealthy, but maybe still has to learn patience, but this is just preference.