Warning: The following includes SPOILERS for Supergirl time six, episode fifteen, “Hope For Tomorrow.”
The Supergirl time six episode “Hope For Tomorrow” improved the tale of the Superman motion picture Superman four: The Quest For Peace in every single regard. The closing motion picture to star Christopher Reeve as Kal-El of Krypton, Superman four is extensively deemed to be the worst of the common Superman movies. Supplied that, it would be all but difficult for Supergirl to revamp The Quest For Peace and not make improvements to it, but the episode “Hope For Tomorrow” properly resolved approximately every single common complaint about the motion picture.
The central storyline of the next 50 percent of Supergirl time six identified Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist) competing with the exiled fifth Dimensional Princess Nyxly (Peta Sergeant) for handle of 7 magical totems, tied to the 7 cosmic forces of Hope, Enjoy, Bravery, Humanity, Dreams, Destiny and Fact. Every single totem required its wielder to go a test proving their mastery of each and every power. The Exam of Hope in the Supergirl time six episode “Hope For Tomorrow” proved particularly challenging, as it required the victor to “encourage a hope that burns lengthier and brighter than the sunlight.” Though this may ordinarily have been an simple undertaking for Supergirl, this test came at a time when nuclear war seemed imminent in between the nations of Kaznia and Corto Maltese and hope was in limited source.
The tale of Superman four: The Quest For Peace, was likewise dependent close to the worry of nuclear war and Superman performing to stop the danger after obtaining a letter from a involved boy. Sadly, the movie did so poorly it sunk any prospect of a Superman five. Though the tale of Superman four made a noble energy to deal with a significant situation, the film endured from funds cuts and modifying issues that eradicated most of the film’s extra thoughtful times in favor of recycled flight scenes and nonsensical padding. The Supergirl time six episode “Hope For Tomorrow” takes most of the tale factors from Superman IV and builds on the base principles to produce anything significantly much better.
Around halfway as a result of the Supergirl time six episode “Hope For Tomorrow,” Lena Luthor (Katie McGrath) questioned the very same concern as the concerned boy in Superman four: The Quest For Peace why can not Supergirl just choose away all the nuclear weapons and throw them into the sunlight? Kara gave the very same basic respond to as Superman in the motion picture, expressing that she was “forbidden from interfering in human history.” Even so, Kara further spelled out to her buddy Lena Luthor that human nations wanted to be cost-free to figure out their individual destinies without the need of some all-powerful alien imposing their beliefs on them. Kara also pointed out that even if she could get rid of all the nuclear weapons in the globe, it would not clear up the conflicts that direct to war. (Ironically, Kara did wind up obtaining to throw quite a few nuclear missiles into the sunlight in advance of the episode’s stop.)
This issue was driven dwelling by an additional scene, in which the United States diplomat overseeing the peace talks in between Kaznia and Corto Maltese questioned J’onn J’onzz (David Harewood) to use his telepathic powers to make the leaders of the two delegations sign a peace treaty. The Martian Manhunter refused, expressing that while he was happy to use his powers to pacify the two leaders after Nxyly utilized the Totem of Bravery to make them worried of searching weak for the duration of the negotiations, he refused to immediately handle their actions. Both of the Supergirl scenes did a significantly much better job of showing why heroes have a accountability not to use their powers than every single speech Superman manufactured regarding that issue in Superman four: The Quest For Peace.
The Supergirl time six episode “Hope For Tomorrow” featured a subplot that centered close to Esme, a foster child adopted by Alex Danvers/Sentinel (Chyler Leigh) and Kelly Olsen/Guardian (Azie Tesfai), and the Tremendous Friends’ attempts to assistance the youthful girl get acclimated to her new dwelling. A sufferer of an abusive circumstance in her former foster dwelling, Esme was shy and fearful of being sent back again to the team dwelling she had been in. Restoring Esme’s hope in the upcoming went past being a test of Supergirl’s potential to encourage hope and turned a test for the total team, as properly as a central element of the topic of “Hope For Tomorrow.” By contrast, irrespective of being the inspiration of Superman’s energy to carry an stop to nuclear war in Superman four: The Quest For Peace, the boy who wrote to Superman disappeared from the motion picture after Superman took him to the United Nations to hear him communicate.
Initially set up as a romantic interest for Kara Danvers in Supergirl season five, reporter William Dey (Staz Nair) has been 1 of the extra divisive people made for the Arrowverse, with numerous lovers locating the character troublesome and wondering what function he served after he and Kara agreed to be just close friends in Supergirl time six. Comparisons could be drawn in between William Dey and Lacy Warfield (Mariel Hemingway) whose only function in Superman four: The Quest For Peace was performing as a hostage and pushing an unconvincing appreciate triangle in between herself, Lois Lane and Clark Kent. Even so, the Supergirl time six episode “Hope For Tomorrow” redeemed William, who was significantly from a passive figure after being taken captive by Nyxly. Without a doubt, it was William’s speedy contemplating that enabled the Tremendous Pals to choose the Totem of Bravery away from Nyxly.
Though Superman four: The Quest For Peace observed famous actor Gene Hackman return as Lex Luthor, his job in the film was significantly from comprehensive. Apart from developing the monstrous Nuclear Male, Luthor had shockingly small to do with the motion of the film and most of his scenes had been comedic non-sequiturs. By contrast, the Arrowerse Lex Luthor does not seem on camera in the Supergirl time six episode “Hope For Tomorrow,” but yet had a key effects on the episode’s closing scene.
As “Hope For Tomorrow” came to a shut, Supergirl elected to throw the Totem of Hope into the sunlight, recognizing that Nxyly wanted all 7 totems as element of her scheme to defeat Supergirl and the Tremendous Pals. Shortly after Nxyly discovered what Supergirl had carried out, a box fell as a result of a portal in entrance of her. The box contained a observe and a notice from a key admirer telling her not to “get rid of hope.” When Nyxly place on the observe, it fashioned 1 of Lex Luthor’s trademark armored Lexo-Skeletons close to her, revealing the identification of her mysterious new ally in a clever manner. It was absolutely extra delicate than most of Gene Hackman’s scenes trolling Superman in Superman four: The Quest For Peace. This, coupled with the other connections during the episode, emphasize how Supergirl was capable to properly revitalize the failed film’s tale arc.