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Brantley, in fact, is such a powerhouse that he overwhelms his partner in success, Christie Wills, who, ironically enough, is played by former Supergirl and current Fox flame Helen Slater. When Brantley enters the business world as a mail clerk--and an inexperienced one, at that--Christie already has worked her way up to a top level executive job. Christie is a hard-working financial wizard, and Harvard graduate, whose skill impressed businessmen more than did her femininity...
...first hall of "Superman The Movie" was devoted to establishing the origins of the Man of Steel "Supergirl" does the same in 15 minutes. Argo City, a surviving Kryptonian colony in "inner space," depends on the omegahedron for its energy. Chief Scientist Zaltar (Peter O'Toole) steals the magic ball, Supergirl loses it, and then steals Zaltar's ship to find it. Arriving on earth in full costume, she starts hunting for the MacGuffin (Alfred Hitchcock's) word for the jewel/microfilm/painting/whatever that everyone is hunting for in a typical thriller...
...your city was about to perish to due to your clumsiness, and you had to search a whole planet for the single magic ball that could save it, what's the first thing you would do? Take out a want ad? Hire a P.I.? If you happen to be Supergirl, you would utilize your most enviable superpower, the ability to change hair color at will and enroll in a suburban girls' school under the alliterative alias Linda...
...main pleasures of Superman is watching him bash buildings, save trains, and most important, commit assault on people in amusing ways. The cartoon violence in Supergirl is so tepid that we can only wonder if Szware was worried about in timidating males insecure about muscle bound women. The persons Supergirl bashes are two painfully stereotypical redneck truckers with ungentlemanly designs on Supergirl's too, too solid flesh. She can't even bring herself to hit the amazingly unthreatening invisible monster that tears up the countryside, choosing for some unknown reason a more ladylike lightning bolt. And why is it that...
...intelligent scripting, inspired acting, and professional directing comprise a good super-hero film, then "Supergirl" is by far the worst of the four Super films. But if you feel, as most of Hollywood seems to, that stupidity, capriciousness, and a big bust are the prerequisite of being a female hero, Supergirl supererogates even the execrable standard set by Linda Carter's Wonder Woman. And that's a pretty big suit to fill...