Stargirl, Season 3, episode 13 [short review]

Finally, I could watch the new Stargirl episode today.

The final one of the season.

The final one of the entire show.

It was a solid finale with ….finally… some action and a good ending for the show and wholesome endings for most characters.

It clearly looked like the producers knew before the final episode that the show wouldn’t be renewed as there is no real cliffhanger in this one, but a real ending.

So it works much better as a final episode than the last Batwoman episode where the folks thought the show would go on.

Some images from the episode:

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The final showdown at the junkyard was nice, even though I expected a little more action. Especially Wildcat had very few action scenes here.

But at least the masked women had quite a lot of screen time in this one 🙂

 

In my opinion, the show has some flaws: too little action, too little screen time for the masked women, practically no secret identities, too many heroes, and villains vs heroes fighting each other without the public knowing about anything.

But, it had 4(!) masked women in the show lately, so it was always very exciting for me …when… they had some scenes.

So, like Batwoman…. Stargirl has come to end now as well.

Not a good feeling.

I hope there will be a new show with a masked woman as the lead character soon to fill that …. void.

After all, there are so few TV shows which can offer that.

Oh, and the last episode actually offered a female unmasking in the last minutes:

Not my favorite mask, but it’s a good disguise for sure. Nice to have some unmasking content in the very last episode.

Kind of a farewell gift 😉

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 12 [short review]

After a break, Stargirl did return this week with episode 12.

This means that next week’s episode 13 will be the last one of the season and the show.

Episode 12 is really a good one as it has quite some nice twists and reveals.

But…..

….you may know what comes next…..

….. NO masked women ….again!

It’s hilarious (and sad) that in a show with the title Stargirl… the titular heroine hasn’t appeared for the last 4-5 episodes…and before she was also only in for some minutes this season!

Luckily, the whole season was building up toward a big action finale, and that is what we gonna get next week.

Checked the trailer and at least the masked ladies will be finally showing up again!

Easily possible that they will have more screentime in episode 13 than in all the 12 previous episodes combined… which isn’t that hard 😉

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 10 [short review]

Post 2 of 2 for today!

All in all a good episode with a dramatic ending…. but after we got some minutes of Wildcat in the last episode, the masked ladies got …another… break!

So we have another episode of Courtney and friends…. in this show that has this mysterious “Stargirl” in the title.

Well, I guess some of the audience already forgot who that is by now 😉

Finally, we (seemingly?) see who the big villain is, even if that has to be confirmed in the last episodes of the season/show.

It was rather weird that he appeared in that mask which he then took off after some seconds.

I mean, why was he wearing it in the first place? We never saw him in that mask…if I remember correctly.

For a dramatic revealing the masked killer should have had more than 5 seconds of screentime prior 😉

There are only 3 episodes left now and I wanna see some ACTION in the last episodes of the show! But I think it’s a safe bet that the team finally will be in action against the bad guys.

It was very nice of Courtney that she said that she killed Cameroon’s father and protected *EDIT* Rick with it. But well, that won’t make a difference now after we know that he is still alive.

It will be interesting to see if Rick will maybe temporarily join the bad guys after he is under the constant influence of his hourglass. Right now he is no help at all for the JSA.

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 9 [short review]

After last week’s episode was my least favorite one of the season, episode 9 was MUCH more interesting!

Finally, we have a pretty long scene with Wildcat and Dr. Mid-Nite.

And also with good action in it!

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Not exactly the hottest match as Wildcat was fighting against “Grandma Freeze” as I call her, but with some nice perilous moments included.

Ironically Stargirl is again missing from her own show as “only” Courtney is in that house as the action unfolds.

I am very curious to see how the show is going on forward after this episode, there are 4 episodes left and it’s time that we can see the plan of the bad guy.

And what will happen to Snakegirl aka Cindy?

Also, Rick is out of control right now, and that has to be fixed.

It was nice that Dr. Mid-Nite finally had her first real fight after she discovered the combat mode of her goggles.

 

The end of this season will also be the end of the show as it was revealed that there won’t be a season 4.

During season 1 this news would have been very sad, but by now it doesn’t have much of an impact on me.

I hope that shows with a masked female lead will be done in the future on another network (and studio).

The Arrowverse is on a decline for a while now and will end with the last season of the Flash.

So I hope for more masked ladies on TV and in the movies in the future 😉

 

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 8 [short review]

Well, I’m not a comic expert and don’t know these Infinity characters, I didn’t care about them.

So, episode 8 was …. actually…. the worst Stargirl episode so far. Quite boring with way too much fantasy.

Wanna guess how long Stargirl and co were in this episode? 😉

ARGGGHHHHH!

The good news is that they will be in episode 9, judging from the trailer. At least something.

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 7 [short review]

Oh boy….

After the last episode had FINALLY a decent fight scene with Wildcat…  this episode has nothing to offer again in that department.

Again, Stargirl and Wildcat aren’t in the episode at all.

I mean this was episode 7 of this season. If I count all the minutes where Stargirl and Wildcat are on screen…. I probably end up around 10 or 12 minutes in TOTAL.

Plus the episode was actually quite… boring. I don’t care about all the Green Lantern stuff and stopped paying full attention as the whole thing was explained.

Too much fantasy with folks I don’t care about.

The next episode will be part 2 (of 2) of this “Infinity” arc.

So, I don’t have much hope for some superheroine action there as well.

This season really stretches my patience big time.

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 6 [short review]

Finally, we have a decent fight scene with Wildcat and Cindy in this one!

Well, to be more precise….more like Wildcat VS Cindy in this one 🙂

Quite odd how seemingly no one calls the cops in this town, no matter what happens in the neighborhood 😆

Again all the vigilante VS villain action happens without any civilians noticing it.

But ok, that’s just an odd habit of this show.

What is important is that Wildcat had a nice screen time and a good fight scene!

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The mysterious big villain still is in the shadows and you can only guess what he/she is up to.

It’s time for some action with him/her! I hope the villain will show up really soon so the heroes can battle him/her.

But back to the fight scene in this one. I really enjoyed the fight between Wildcat and Cindy.

A was rooting for Cindy a little bit as I was hoping she would unmask Wildcat… or at least try to unmask her.

Yes, she knows who Wildcat is… but it would show her dominance, and more importantly, it would leave Yolanda rather helpless since the Wildcat mask gives her her power.

Hopefully, some villain will go for it in the future 😉

7 more episodes to go this season, hopefully, the season will now move on with more action.

Episode 6 was promising in that regard.

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 5 [short review]

Well, this season is pretttttty slow so far and this episode is a good example of it.

I somehow have the feeling they created the storyline and then someone mentioned that they have to stretch it to make a full season out of it.

The main plot is moving ahead very slowly and all sorts of side stories are going on.

Yeah, all that is interesting and I still enjoy watching the show…. but… the title of the show gets more and more unfitting.

Stargirl isn’t in this episode at all as Courtney is fully occupied with being in love…

At least Wildcat has two short scenes but without action. 🙁

The trailer promised more than the episode had.

Starman and his anger management issues are more annoying by now than entertaining.

The big bad should show up really soon now as the whole mystery gets a little overdone by now.

Come on Stargirl producers!

I wanna see some action, some bad guys, and Stargirl, Wildcat & Co in ACTION!

This season is MUCH more a teenie drama than a superhero show.

Yeah, I know the CW likes it that way… but come on, just a couple of minutes of action per episode isn’t asked too much.

I hope the rest of the season will deliver more….

So far it’s not known if there will be a season 4 of this show, but I guess we will know soon.

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 4 [short review]

Stargirl is finally back in her own TV show!

A rather short scene without action, but at least something.

The story gets rolling a little faster and the episode had some good moments for sure.

We get some clues on a certain big bad villain and Cindy seems to be in for some major changes.

The trailer for the next episode promises some interesting action scenes with the masked heroines, so it seems like the season finally takes off after the start was rather….slow.

I am wondering what the big villain is up to, so far you can only guess.

Also, it will be interesting how that villain can fight against all those heroes and heroines.

Somehow I think that former villains like Crusher and his family will follow their dark sides again soon enough 😉

“Courtney and Friends” (aka Stargirl), Season 3, episode 3 [short review]

Yeah, I couldn’t help myself regarding the title of this post 😉

Basically, you could re-read most of the parts I wrote last week.

Stargirl, Wildcat, and Co don’t appear in this episode either. 🙁

Yeah, the “who is the murder” hunt is enjoyable, but again…I would like to see the title heroine in some action scenes.

The big action scene of the episode with (former) Starman VS Paula and Lawrence was really good as they fight their way through a grocery store.

Will be interesting if that will have any consequences, after all the fight was in public (at least until everyone else fled) and in such a store you might have some cameras.

Also, they continued the fight in the parking lot, there must be witnesses or footage of it.

But I guess it will have no consequences…. and the public gets a weird explanation of what happened there.

Looking forward to know more about what Cindy is up to. Clearly, she has some sinister plan after all and was setting up Sylvester in this one.

I hope the big evil mastermind is soon to be revealed.

 

And Stargirl should finally get a decent screen time in the next one.

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 2 [short review]

Well, let’s start with a picture that illustrates all the Stargirl scenes (or other masked women) in this episode:

Yeah, that was all the Stargirl action in this episode 😉

In other words, there are no appearances of the JSA in this one besides some mini flashbacks from episode 1.

Quite frustrating for me. Especially since the first episode already had only just about 2-3 minutes to offer.

The story is interesting as I like the murder mystery they have here.

Obviously, this is only the beginning and there is a large big bad at work here that hasn’t shown himself/herself so far.

The original Starman (with his anger management issues…among other stuff) is rather annoying for me, and I hope he will rather leave the season sooner than later.

In a way, this episode had some secret identity aspects.

I mean it’s already really odd that Cindy runs around in her Shiv uniform without a mask, seemingly hoping that no one ever sees her in the costume and would ask some questions.

Courtney was training with Starman and the staff at a water tower. Well, it seemed like a rather remote place… but she was flying around with the staff in broad daylight and started some magic fireworks as she tested her powers.

Wouldn’t that attract someone’s attention? And later on, she was running around with that large glowing(!) staff in the neighborhood (still in broad daylight).

I mean the chances are just HUGE that some folks are seeing her and might wonder why that girl is carrying such a strange staff that is glowing for most of the time 😉

I mean Bruce Wayne isn’t running around during the day while using all the Batman gadgets…

Again the public seems completely blind toward all the heroes and villains in their small city.

I hope there will be some lengthy action scenes in the next one WITH Stargirl and her team.

Stargirl, Season 3, episode 1 [short review]

Stargirl is finally back!

Episode 1 of season 3 was a classic season opener for me. Much story to tell, little action.

And that means that Stargirl and co only had VERY limited screen time in this one. Two relatively short scenes with little action.

Certainly an interesting episode, but regarding material for this blog…. there was very little there.

On the good side, there were up to 4(!) masked women in these two short scenes! 🙂

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Minor Spoilers ahead…

Storywise, I am not sure about the idea that all the JSA and Injustice League are now working together.

Not surprisingly characters like hourglass and Wildcat are not happy about working together with former villains and villainesses.

It’s a rather safe bet that it won’t work for too long 😉

Sadly, they all know each other’s …not so secret…secret identities so it would be SO easy for the bad guys to get the upper hand, but I think they won’t exploit that at all :-(.

Interestingly there were newspaper reports in this one about strange sightings that were caused by Stargirl.

Perhaps the public will FINALLY be aware that there are masked heroes and villains running around their city.

Then the masks would actually be really useful again as …so far… the heroes and villains only battled each other… while the normal people were not aware that these folks even exist.

And that would open some interesting possibilities….

Looking forward to the new episodes and ….hopefully…. there will be much more action with the many masked ladies of this show!

Season 3 of Stargirl has a teaser and (finally!) a starting date

Just a quick post about season 3 of Stargirl!

*EDIT* July 13: The longer trailer is now available:

Well, nothing much… but way more important is this:

The season has finally a starting date!

And that starting date isn’t far away…

On August 31 the first episode of the new season will be aired 🙂

Looking forward to it, especially since it’s the only ongoing TV show now with a masked heroine in the lead (plus all the other masked ladies).

Updates: Gotham Knights, Stargirl, Batgirl movie

Some news for upcoming TV shows and the Batgirl movie!

Yesterday the CW had its “Upfronts” day where they presented the schedule for the upcoming TV seasons.

 

Stargirl

The 3rd season of Stargirl will debut in the fall, on Wednesdays at 8 PM.

So far it was supposed to be aired in the Summer, but as it is May already I already thought that that might not happen.

Ok, a little more waiting time on this season….

No news on a possible 4th season yet.

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Gotham Knights

Yeah, as I mentioned season 1 was ordered…but…. it won’t be shown this year…but in 2023.

Quite a bummer and I don’t get it. The pilot is already filmed and until a fall release they would still have enough time to film more episodes… but for some reason…that won’t happen.

However, is a picture of the cast from the Upfronts event:

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Yeah, some beauties in that picture. And somebody is freezing a little or quite a lot excited 😉

And here is the first official poster:

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Wow, that is really…. lame… as it shows nothing.

Oddly enough Stephanie Brown isn’t even on it. And no costumes, just some young folks in lame clothes.

I hope the next promo material is a LOT more interesting.

Seemingly a teaser was shown at the event, but so far it isn’t available to the public.

 

Also, a synopsis with spoilers was released, if you wanna read it:

https://www.gothamsite.net/gotham-knights-premieres-in-2023-new-spoiler-description-released/

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Batgirl movie

The original plan was to make a “less expensive” movie to release it to HBO Max directly.

Now there are rumors that it might get a cinema release after the budget was upgraded.

Well, I hope that this movie will be good and that they make enough money with it so that more DC movies with a masked heroine in the lead will be made in the future!