'Jem & Supergirl Trailers are here!'
by Mackenzie Portfolio
This week two trailers I’ve long been waiting for were finally released; Jem and Supergirl!
Tuesday brought the first wave of excitement. Based on the 1985 animated series, the new live action film, Jem, features that familiar pink hair we always wished we had, that terribly awesome pop music, and well, that’s pretty much it. Jem, aka Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples) and her sister Kimber are both teenagers who live with their Aunt (Molly Ringwald) and her two step children. In this version Jerrica is a misunderstood brooding teenager who has a natural talent for singing and songwriting. With the unwanted help from her sister she rises to stardom and finds herself in over her head. While watching the trailer I couldn’t help but think that the Jem I remember was an adult. The Jem I remember battled with the rival band The Misfits, not against her own band. The Jem I remember was a product of the holographic computer Synergy, not a viral YouTube video sensation. The Jem I remember had bigger hair! … This trailer is outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous. In hindsight I’m not sure what I was expecting with a live action version of a cartoon from my childhood. Perhaps for a grittier reboot version Jem will be backstage snorting coke off the stomach of one of the Holograms. Now that’s something I’d go see on the RPX.
Wednesday was a brand new day where CBS dropped a six-minute Supergirl trailer. Personally the timing couldn’t be better after having binged on the Daredevil series on Netflix this past weekend (not to be confused with the Ben Afleck version); so I’m on a superhero kick right now. I eagerly loaded the video, made it full screen, cranked up the volume, and pressed play. Suddenly a loud BOOM “My name is...Kara Zor-El.” Immediately my heart started racing with excitement. Kara’s origin was flashing before my eyes, a promise from her mother that she will do extraordinary things on Earth, glimpses from her childhood memories and then cut to black. Fade in to a blond girl with glasses and a ponytail nearly dropping her coffee and accidentally running into people on the street as campy pop music provided the ambiance. If you saw the SNL Black Widow Parody from a couple weeks ago then you’ve already seen the Supergirl trailer. She’s nervous around men, isn’t sure who she is or what she wants to do with her life, and spends just shy of minute trying on different outfits for her superhero costume… Because if there’s one way to get women interested in tuning in for a superhero show it is to replicate your typical romcom formula but add a cape. I’m sure girls who aren’t comic fanatics would be into this but I’m dying to know what men think when they see this trailer. “Dude bro, you see Supergirl this week? I can’t believe she almost spilt her boss’s latte everywhere! What a klutz right?”
On Thursday another Supergirl trailer was released. It’s unclear if this was one created and released by CBS as it was quickly taken down from YouTube. However several gaming and comic news websites were eager to release the video earlier in the day. The two minute action packed version is void of pop music scoring and genuinely feels badass…well as badass as CBS can get. This time she’s throwing punches, crashing through brick walls, and even uses her heat vision. As she walks away from a truck explosion we hear her say, “Earth doesn’t have just one hero anymore!” Now THIS is the trailer they should have released in the first place. However I can’t unsee the first sneak peak. My hope is CBS listened to the overnight criticism and quickly released a version that amped up the action and provided more reassurance to comic book fans that this will work… Gosh I hope this isn’t going to result in a crossover with Two Broke Girls.
Truthfully I will check out both Jem and Supergirl when they’re released; If only to see if they prove to be better than the trailers that were released. Comment below and lets us know what you think about the Jem and Supergirl trailers!
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