SUPERGIRL PLOT HOLES, BLOOPERS AND F.A.Q.

Complied by Kevin Schultz, Enrique, Ahem and Jesse.

 

 

 

1. The opening sequence of SUPERGIRL rips forward with one of Jerry Goldsmith's best themes in a movie. However, the soundtrack CD gives a different perspective of the score. If you'll listen carefully, you'll notice that the opening sequence of the film is almost exactly like the beginning of the "Overture", the first song on the soundtrack. But the "Main Title & Argo City" track (as number 2 on the disc) is claimed to be the actual music used in the film. I will not buy this statement because if you listen VERY closely to the CD, you'll notice that "Main Title" starts out very slow with what sounds like a very tired trombone that eventually breaks into the theme, which doesn't sound very lively. In the film, the music is full-blast orchestrated, bringing the credits alive as they swoosh towards the screen, thus making it similar to the wonderful "Overture" track. Believe it or not, there actually seemed to be many different versions of the SUPERGIRL theme. As aforementioned, there is the opening sequence version in the film, which has little or no 80s synth riffs.

Then there's the "End Credits" sequence in the film, which actually uses the "Overture" style, but has GOBS of synth riffs sprinkled throughout. The "Overture" track on the CD does not have this at all. The "Main Title" track on the CD also has the synth riffs. Personally, I think the synths just ruined the whole orchestral cue, especially in the "End Credits" sequence of the film. The "End Credits" track on the CD is cut very short, I'm assuming since the track was combined with the previous "The Final Showdown & Victory" sequence, sending the whole track over the 12-minute mark.

 

2. On the Supergirl DVD, listen to director Jeannot Szwarc's commentary with Scott Bosco and you'll hear Bosco ask Szwarc if there was an overture for SUPERGIRL and Szwarc plainly denies that an overture was composed for the film. Why would he say this?? It states it right on the soundtrack! It's THERE in the movie in the end credits! Was Szwarc out of his right mind when he answered this question? You'll notice it's a little baffling even to Bosco himself by the confused tone in his voice as he continues with the commentary.

 

3. When Supergirl emerges from the innerspace depths of the lake, she performs a flying ballet through the sky, taking in the sights of Earth. At one point, she is flying real slowly through the air (you can kind of already tell that she's hanging from a crane here) and she flips forward and then twists before righting herself into the traditional flying position again. While she does this, neither her skirt nor her cape flips downward in the process. As if they were ironed with the granddaddy of all starches before that shot was taken so they would stay completely still while Supergirl did her little acrobatic flip. I can understand the skirt being held in place (even Slater's hands were pressed there while she flipped to make it look like she was holding it herself), but the cape?! The laws of physics were scrapped just to uphold her costume's poise.

 

4. Supergirl awakens in the woods to a rabbit sitting nearby. Then a large softball comes crashing to the ground near her (probably scaring the hell out of the rabbit). Following the ball is Lucy, who retrieves it and runs back to the field to bat. Why is the batter retrieving the ball?? Isn't this why they have catchers behind the home plate?

 

5. How did the ball get so far behind the batting cage? Unless Lucy (or someone else) had hit the ball into the air and some mysterious force just hailed it up and blew it 30 feet BEHIND the batting cage.

 

6. When Lucy bats the ball into the air, it softly hits Ethan in the back, prompting him to turn around and beam that 'Love Boat' smile of his. This move introduces his character to the movie, yes. But in reality, he'd be writhing on the ground in excruciating pain over his broken spine, quite possibly screaming "You stupid bitch!!"

 

7. Bianca and Selena are seen driving near the campus and manage to glimpse the ever-hot Ethan working on his..um…tree. We see Selena doing Tarot cards in the backseat. Will someone tell me what the odds are of this? Why not just wait til you get home to do your Tarot reading? Instead, the cards are going to slide all over the leather backseat and onto the floor, causing Selena to make a big fuss and curse Bianca with three heads or something.

 

8. The lacrosse game..ah yes…Here we see Lucy and Linda playing a wild, girly game of lacrosse. To their knowledge, a couple of girls wanna get vicious and torment Lucy, so they trip her during a pass. Linda observes with a concerned eye and notices that Myra, the leader of the terrible two, has something even dastardlier up her sleeve. Linda's Supergirl senses react to protect Lucy when Myra chucks the lacrosse ball at her, hitting Linda's back instead of Lucy's head. Now…when the ball impacts on Linda's back, it doesn't just bounce off her, it EXPLODES. I don't think the ball was that fragile to begin with or that the ball was chucked with such force behind it. Not unless Myra was set to be the impending superhuman villainess for the scrapped sequel?

 

9. Ethan escapes Selena's clutches while under the woozy influence of the love potion. When he saunters into town bouncing off cars like a drunken idiot, Selena demands his whereabouts, in which her mirror suddenly presents an image of him. Bianca then states "Hey! I know that guy!" I must know..why was this line necessary? Is Bianca's character supposed to be this dumb to the point of blabbing this ridiculously rhetoric line?

 

10. During the beautifully choreographed Monster Tractor sequence, Lucy decides to be hero for the day (foolish mortal) and tries to take control of the runaway tractor. Instead, the tractor bounces her around town, wreaking havoc left and right. I don't know about this one, but I don't recall seeing the tractor suddenly lurch forward, causing her to slam the right side of her head into the driver's cab, rendering her unconscious. The tractor was just kinda moving along and then she just conveniently throws her head into it for no reason…Moving on, when the mess is all over, Lucy awakens, gets down out of the tractor and into the arms of Jimmy Olsen who asks if she's alright. Lucy then states that she hit her head and reaches for the LEFT side of her head. Naturally, if one were in pain, he'd reach for the spot that was injured on his body. Instead, it's like I'll say "OW! Dammit! I hurt my toe!" and point to my elbow.

 

11. When Supergirl is actually the one to save Midvale from the rampaging tractor, Selena and Bianca see it all happening through the magic mirror. When they first see Supergirl fly onto the scene, Bianca (again) stupidly says "…a storm dragon?" Does Supergirl LOOK like a storm dragon? What the hell IS a storm dragon? And what the hell would a STORM dragon being doing in the middle of Midvale on a bright and sunny day??

 

12. When Lucy wakes up on the crashed tractor, she catches a glimpse of Linda and Ethan playing tonsil hockey in the woods nearby. A look of surprise takes up her face and then…that's it. Who ripped pages out of the script?! Where does this go? Does Lucy get jealous and threaten to kill Linda over Ethan? Does Lucy run to Selena and tattle on Linda? Why doesn't Lucy ever come up to Linda and playfully elbow and wink at her? Or why doesn't she ever ask Linda what the hell she was doing on the other side of town sucking face with Ethan when she was supposed to be at Popeye's watching Lucy trying to get her stupid self killed??

 

13. Selena's failed attempt prompts her to try again, this time with an invisible monster sent to Linda's dorm to kill her for 'stealing' Selena's hunk (pretty severe punishment for taking someone's man, don't ya think?). But Linda morphs into Supergirl and tries to defeat the invisible beast. The beast picks her up like a rag doll and tosses her around, breaking things. Then it picks up Supergirl and slams her into a lamppost. If you'll look carefully, you'll notice that Supergirl never actually HITS the lamppost. She stops about two feat away from it (as if hitting it) and the falls to the ground before ripping said lamppost and charging it with lighting and sending that beastly sucker back to…

 

14. Hey! Where DID that thing go? Obviously the bolts of electricity hurt it and sent it back the way it came. But does that mean the beast ran off to die? Ran away to join the circus? What? Why didn't Supergirl just kill the thing and have it vaporize into thin air like most deaths of evil superbeasts? Nope, as it runs away, we get a look on Supergirl's face that says "That'll teach you to mess with the daughter of Alura and Zor-El of Argo City!"

 

15. I find it highly impossible that no one saw this little battle happen. Three-day weekend or not, I doubt that everyone was conveniently away from their dorms while this happened. What about "drunk-as-a-skunk" Mrs. Murphy? All she had to say to Supergirl was "Cover your legs!"

 

16. Right before the flying bumper car (definitely kiddie fare) sequence, Supergirl imprisons do-badder Selena with poles in the ground all around her. But as you see Supergirl zip into superspeed while doing so, the pile of poles leaning near her never decreases as she yanks pole after pole and throws them javelin-style at Selena. I know, I know, optical magic, yes..but they could have shortened the pile of poles somehow while this was happening.

 

17. Back to Bianca…Here we have Selena kissing Nigel's butt for help to get Ethan away from Supergirl in order to capture her. When they manage to combine forces and transport Ethan from the beach into a chain-shackled bed, Bianca opens up her big mouth and out comes another idiotic question: "How'd you do that!?" Magic, my dear…magic. Get that damn 80s coif out of your eyes!

 

18. Selena tricks that Supergirl into a Phantom Zone transport disc. As the disc floats away toward outer space, we see an aerial shot of the Earth as Supergirl is seen in the disc from the chest up, flipping up and down (there isn't even an upside down shot of her as it does this) toward the Phantom Zone. Cut to: Supergirl in disc seen in full-body shot as the disc now flips horizontally (again, no reflection shot as if she's standing still inside a revolving disc).

 

19. During the protest scene in Midvale (while Selena reigns in supreme), Lucy rubs Selena the wrong way and yells about how her roommate disappeared the day Selena's mountain appeared. Selena and Bianca turn to each other and chorus "The Wimp!" and she orders the guards to seize Lucy and Jimmy. How in the world did they make such a chance connection? As far as I know, they only knew Linda as 'The wimp' as opposed to her actual name. And what was the point in seizing Lucy and Jimmy? Selena knew she had gotten rid of Supergirl for good in the Phantom Zone, so it's not like she was going to use them as bait.

 

20. Alas Supergirl DOES come back..and she does it with such a twister-like vengeance. But first…let's review. The chain balls drop, she saves her friends and they run off to safety. Selena zaps the wall behind Supergirl and bricks come falling down. Watch out Supergirl, you might get scratched! Then, Selena brings the floor to life, causing Stupidgirl to fall down and…crawl on the floor? Then Stupidgirl is nearly crushed by a falling statue! Whew, that was close! Someone tell me..why didn't Supergirl just FLY over the floor? If she had done that and cut straight to the chase, Selena could have been defeated in record time.

 

21. Last but not least, is Argo City even still ALIVE after all this time?? According to the novel, while in the binary, she went from being 15 to 18 years old by the time she reached earth (in the film, you can tell the difference in her face from her Argo status to Supergirl status that she aged). Supposedly, she went through a warp..or something…but does that mean Argo is in innerspace long dead for three years of Argonian time while Supergirl's off gallivanting around Earth on a pointless mission for an energized Pokéball!? Or has it only been three or four days since the Omegheddron was lost? It just doesn't seem to make any sense to me. I try and try but nothing fits for this puzzle.


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