# Supergirl **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892 "2015-10-27T18:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/221 "2015-12-07T12:45:10Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > He went to a second-hand store. Duh. \ ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/222 "2015-12-07T13:00:20Z")
Just seen the Red Tornado episode - so, the hand-cutting thing, that’s power burnout from the last “[solar flare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_and_abilities_of_Superman#Superhuman_Solar_Energy)” - type blast against RT, is my guess. Still like the show, will keep watching. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/223 "2015-12-07T13:14:17Z")
Same as above - just got around to watching this episode. (The wife refuses to watch, so I have to find a time when she’s occupied with other things.) The thoughts that occurred to me were: Do Kryptonian women have periods, would they still have them when super-powered, was Kara past menarche when she left Krypton, and would her depowering cause anything like that to suddenly start happening. (There was a Tampax commercial just after the show and my mind works in strange ways,) Still like the show, still watching every episode (eventually.) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/224 "2015-12-07T15:53:40Z")
The Tornado kept a couple of spare arms around because he knew that had been told that he was vulnerable in that area, and as we all know: “Forewarned is four-armed.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/225 "2015-12-08T01:59:50Z")
Now THAT I was not expecting! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/226 "2015-12-08T02:02:00Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > The Tornado kept a couple of spare arms around because he knew that had been told that he was vulnerable in that area, and as we all know: “Forewarned is four-armed.” Four-armed is half an octopus. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/227 "2015-12-08T02:13:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Now THAT I was not expecting! I agree. It was a great twist – and was perfectly logical. I do like the mood of the show. It gets Supergirl _right_. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/228 "2015-12-08T03:02:36Z")
Well, well, well. It looks like Hank Henshaw really is J’onn J’onnz after all. I was expecting them to keep with canon, but I’m OK with this. It really doesn’t throw things off too badly, and Martian Manhunter has always been a pretty interesting character. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/229 "2015-12-08T05:06:03Z")
They are really burning through canon, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/230 "2015-12-08T05:23:31Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Well, well, well. > > It looks like Hank Henshaw really is J’onn J’onnz after all. I was expecting them to keep with canon, but I’m OK with this. It really doesn’t throw things off too badly, and Martian Manhunter has always been a pretty interesting character. He can still be both. We may wind up having more than one Hank Henshaw. It was a great fakeout and puts the scene where he said he “used” to have a family in a whole different light. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/231 "2015-12-08T05:58:40Z")
_Jemm, Son of Saturn_ gets no respect, huh? Wow, this ended on an actual cliffhanger, and had a big revelation too.[spoiler]When Henshaw disappeared from Alex and Donovan’s monitors, that was a clue to me that he might turn out to be J’onn. I still thought maybe he was going to turn out to be a bad guy, but at some point it started really feeling like Martian shapeshifter. I suppose once Alex had him locked up, I was leaning toward something like what they actually did. And in the scene before he revealed his true identity, I was anticipating (though really not sure) him being J’onn J’onnz–and then I started wondering what name/pronunciation he would use. I expect there are viewers asking, “John Jones??! What kind of name is that for a Martian??!” :D[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/232 "2015-12-08T14:46:14Z")
The pronunciation thing bothered me a bit, too. I’d never heard the name spoken, so mentally I always pronounced it John Johns. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/233 "2015-12-08T14:56:42Z")
Considering the name of this secret identity (in the 60s), the pronunciation should be obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/234 "2015-12-08T16:18:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The pronunciation thing bothered me a bit, too. I’d never heard the name spoken, so mentally I always pronounced it John Johns. Same here. That pronunciation at least sounds somewhat alien. Oh well- I’m just happy that **I TOTALLY CALLED IT, YOU GUYS**. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/235 "2015-12-08T18:27:52Z")
It sounded to me as though he said “zhahn zohnz,” which is just “John Jones” with softer Js. Which is also the way I’ve always pronounced it myself, so maybe I was hearing what I wanted to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/236 "2015-12-08T21:12:07Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Wow, this ended on an actual cliffhanger,… I noticed that Auntie Astra left Kara alone when she was powerless and then only showed up to kill her after she was back at full strength. I must say, damned sporting of the old gal, eh what? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/237 "2015-12-08T21:34:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I noticed that Auntie Astra left Kara alone when she was powerless and then only showed up to kill her after she was back at full strength. I must say, damned sporting of the old gal, eh what? Would she have known? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/238 "2015-12-08T23:13:25Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Would she have known? X-ray vision, broken arm; bit of a giveaway I’d have thought. For that matter, does Kara need to keep wearing the sling, or will people start to wonder how she healed so fast? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/239 "2015-12-09T00:11:07Z")
Does X-ray vision work on other Kryptonians? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/240 "2015-12-09T02:20:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Does X-ray vision work on other Kryptonians? When their powers are burnt out and they can be cut by a piece of broken glass, I would think so. Although I think the rapid healing will probably go unnoticed by Kara’s co-workers. She had a cold that made her boss recoil in disgust, and was fine by the time she was walking home and the earthquake hit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892.md?page=13)