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No capes!
Jan 15, 2017 10:05 AM
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dirtydanisreal
God that girl is so hot it hurts
cosine83
Except, if you watch the show the cape has a purpose when it comes to flying and turning. Physics and shit.
Yanov
That's why the police wear clip on ties.
bigV94
From the thumbnail it looked like the guy was about to shit on her back.
Robnaught
fun fact-- the voice of Edna was done by Brad Bird, the writer and director of The Incredibles, Ratatouille, AND The Iron Giant
mburicao
Super transgender??
jakssupernova
I kept watching it and it felt like it was zooming in on Edna each time
Gay4Allah
You really ruined the joke by writing it in the title
Zenphor
NO CAPES.
SuperGreenGuy
That dab tho...
reux
Is Batman's the only one with actual functional purpose? Thor is royalty, but it comes off often so I get that one...
PatrickLynes
The cape was made from Superman's blanket from when he first came to earth
Submoosable
But didn't they say the cape helps with aerodynamics?
RamenSushi
Ya, like in the first episode of season 1
theportraitssecretinattackmode
RoosterJacket
Brother, may I have some oats?
BlueLanternBraxx
In Kara's defense, she tried to go no cape but she had a hard time steering while flying at high speed.
Shewy92
Why does she have one red leg and one blue leg?
Xx11Rebecca11xX
Her red boots have a blue inside lining. Her left boot is only seen from almost directly above so just a small ring of red is visible.
Yanov
So is this a fan-made movie or are DC really that shit?
moritzstiefelrip
It's real
StevenQUrkel
I actually really like this series. Probably because Melissa Benoist is super cute, IMO.
CrazyCatLad
I liked her as the role but just stopped caring about the rest of the storylines. Maybe someday I'll return to it.
rylecx
Every time I see this happen in a show I think of Edna. Can't see a reason flying Superheroes have one
kiwiflavored
Maybe as a bullet and blast shield if they're not invulnerable, but that shouldn't be an issue here
rylecx
But they never do that. Only the Bat family type does that and it helps with glides/falls. Supes is just a fashion statement
TheFoxCouncil
First episode, they state that the cape helps for manoeuvring while flying. In fact, Supergirl starts without one.
rylecx
except it has no actual ability to do that. At least try a little harder with no-science explanations.The hand thing makes sense, this doesn
TheFoxCouncil
That's the explanation that the show gives, not something that I've pulled out of thin air.
OutrageousHemmorhoid
The actress seems too clumsy and spastic (uncoordinated/ un-athletic) to play a super strong/ fast character.
owen22g
L
superanth
Whoa, that wasn't in the original movie...
WaltoniusBrutiusMaximusIV
Supes got it even worse when he tried to fly away from the Kryptonians and they grabbed his cape and beat him like he stole something
JTesfer
As terrible as that movie was, those fight scenes were incredibly cathartic.
WaltoniusBrutiusMaximusIV
I personally easily thought they did a great job on it. It's the only superman movie that I enjoy watching
LordNemo
Edna Mode should have her own TV show.
TheWinterTitan
Or a movie. Edna vs Capes
lemmebehonest
Edna Demoderes
override367
they're making that comedy about normal people in metropolis or whatever, they should just rip that character off and put her in there
formerfye
Call it, "Never Look Back."
Midgarmerc
This would work if it was like Better Call Saul lol
lllamallamapigbang
For true! /a/u36wL
knaldekalle
«Edna Mode ... and guest»
WatneyTheSpacePirate
*GASP*... *sigh*
Koolst3r
Like Better Call Saul.
SlyMrFox
Project Runway, but with hero costume designs.
DoubleSecretAgent
Called Cape-less
thyfartismurder
Yea she comes out in the crime scene shiws
twfeline
She once designed for THE GODS.
ColtTheKid
Well they're never going to make a fucking incredibles two so I guess we'll take what we can get.
DougDimmadomeOwnerOfTheDimsdaleDimmadome
Aren't they working on one right now?
JustBecauseIRockDoesntMeanImMadeOfStone
They are! They are voice acting it right now, I think it's scheduled to come out in 2018. What a time to be alive :')
AGoodDayToBeAustralian
U suck
JustBecauseIRockDoesntMeanImMadeOfStone
And very well, I'm told.
AGoodDayToBeAustralian
U gotta have 1 skill in life I guess
TheGhostofElizabethShue
you may want to be sitting down for this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606756/
DarthMaulOfAmerica
They've been saying it's coming for a long time, the date keeps getting pushed back though :(
TheGhostofElizabethShue
I mean maybe if you count the decade+ of rumours, but the official line has always been 2018 far as I know.
DarthMaulOfAmerica
Ah ok, thought I had seen 2017 or earlier potential release dates in the past but I don't really remember. I just hope it's worth the wait!
ColtTheKid
I'm not sure if I should happy it's finally coming or still angry it's took 14 years
ColtTheKid
I can't hold it in
TheGhostofElizabethShue
I'm goin with both.
ColtTheKid
Oh that's perfect.
awolwally
Is it a weird angle or does this guy have super stretchy arms?
SoberAndBored
Also, don't take arty photos of you having sex with your boyfriend.
TheHuntedSnark
That came out of nowhere.
SoberAndBored
The actress is Melissa Benoist. Her arty hardcore photos ended up online.
SillyZombie
that is good to know
TheHuntedSnark
oic. Everything embarrassing seems to end up online.
maybenotsofairenough
like a ninja at a bukake
MuFugginFudge
Fucking Gold
nocturnalnathan
It's stuff like this that makes me wish we could favorite comments.
assimilationjokernation
I fucking agree. I'm in hysterics
Nikuz
The cape is stronger than her trying to fly away?
kobyashimaru
This was explained back in Lois and Clark with Dean Cane. Fabric within proximity to a Kryptonian body shares the body's properties.
Takavos
No way in hell could it be, in the show whats his face made her suit and there was nothing really special about it.
Killertortilla
They MASSIVELY reduced her power in the show. It's one of those "I hold back because I don't want to hurt people" aka dumbass.
SeaBass88
Exactly what I was thinking. She should be able to fly/rip right out of her outfit...
BecozImBatman
Ripping of clothes.... Yes please
ForcedToRegisterForPorn
Yes please
ThenTheWingedHussarsArrived
Dude, I find that idea appealing but that's creepy...
Affray
Also, I noticed that she has her ears pierced. Fucking how? Kryptonite piercing gun/stud?
Xx11Rebecca11xX
She was around 12 when she left Krypton, perfectly plausible to have had her ears pierced on her home planet.
Affray
Perhaps. I guess if Krypton was inhabited by things identical to humans to the point where we can interbreed they may have had ear piercing.
Mimsey
And somehow the dude is heavier than she can pull? She can fly with tons of weight on her and he doesn't budge.
dissapointingcomment
Kryptonian powers make it possible to carry more weight flying than standing. But only when they touch what they want to lift.
Trelfar
My biggest problem with this show is that Supergirl's power levels are so inconsistent. But the comics often have that problem too.
Dysseus
like the episode where she lifted the million tonne key to the fortress, but couldnt take Red Tornado in a fist fight.
ThySausagePrince
Well at least they're not using the power of hope to take down the villian like they did in Arrow... for fucks sakes, who wrote that shit.
Insomnia297
That's always funny. In Cap't Am: Civil War, Cap pulls down a heli that's taking off. Like that shit wouldn't just lift you!?
UncomfortableAnswers
They address that in BTS footage. They acknowledge it makes no sense but it looks cool so they did it.
staticwave09
So I guess what I'm getting at is at least they didn't make it seem as if he yanked it straight out of the sky. (3)
Thekingofbeans
Well it would have but he grabbed onto the roof. Then it became an issue of his strength rather than weight
Mimsey
As it dragged him across the roof, sure, but then he grabbed the edge of the roof. In OP's clip, the dude is gripping nothing but the cape.
staticwave09
Obviously the physics of the Marvel Universe are a bit fungible, but if you rewatch the scene he causes the helicopter to dip by jumping (1)
staticwave09
and grabbing it, then with it listing off to the side instead of going straight up, he walks it to the edge where he anchors himself. (2)
Tunisia
Her cape is the blanket Kal-el was wrapped in when he landed. So yeah, Kryptonian materials are stronger than a Kryptonian person.
LavaAxe
How did an Earth seamstress sew it into shape?
KeeleonOhms
If it wasnt already a super suit then how was it made on earth?
ladymondegreen
Why, though, when on Krypton they're like average humans, and it's only under our yellow sun they develop super powers?
reicaden2
Yes
Tunisia
I dunno, maybe the blanket gets stronger too? :P
ladymondegreen
Seems legit. http://imgur.com/Vv68Hfr
reicaden2
Yes
Daneasaur
Clothing worn by the supes is enhanced via the super aura. it's like trying to take off supe's arm.
shirkerkhan
Yup! This ???? it only extends off their bodies about a centemeter tho, so it doesn't protect the cape
Odb718
How do people not know this? I guess it's why we get a Spiderman origin story every 5 years.
itsthevoiceman
Because it wasn't a thing until someone had to retcon the cannon some time in the past. 1/2
itsthevoiceman
And here we are, in the future. Talking about the truth of mythical clothes and beings. 2/2
Daneasaur
But this has been a thing since the Lois and Clark series in the late 90's.
itsthevoiceman
And Superman has been around for what, like 70+ years?
JulesMagoules
Just happened to watch enough of the show on Netflix being a Smallville fab and Superman fan too. The cape is the same as Kal and Kryptonian
amop
words outta my fukn mouth
pumper
Just like with the Flash, the show is dumb for the sake of having some kind of plot as otherwise Flash/Supergirl would never get in trouble.
MagicUmbrellas
It's a super cape
ZombeyHepburn
Yes. The cape is made from Superman's baby blanket and is some kind of kryptonian super fabric.
SirGrowlsALot
Hello?! It's a SUPER CAPE!
Gear1solidx
The show sucks so I'm glad she has a cape .
LowlevelRebel
Has to be, otherwise her whole costume would be torn or blasted or burned off her every fight. What a shame that would be.
JustSayingYouHaventSeenMeAndBatmanInTheSameRoomBefore
It's because this show is really awful.
keubautista
You guys just want to see her naked dont ya?
CrazyCatLad
There are pics of her naked already. Plus, she was topless in Homeland (I believe I have the correct show).
nighttvales
The cape is made from Kal-El's blanket, Kryptonian cloth was basically indestructible. Not sure if they've changed that info though.
LavaAxe
Who made it into a cape? An Earth seamstress?
badbumpersticker
Cape should have ripped off, along with other items
Swift7
I always question that to myself
randomweirdness
that's always been my biggest issue with superman/girl, how do the clothes withstand everything? Oh they're from their home planet? How did
GreaterDog
http:/youtu.be/km2OPUctni4?start=68&end=82&autoplay=1
DerelictTwitterCrash
Like Flash, their clothes are under a protection field / aura, but some creatures can destroy it like Doomsday, Darkseid, Zoom.
PGTipsMonkeh
Something to do with like an aura or something surrounding Super[name here] with helps absorbs energy or some bollocks
FragileReality
Which is why the cape gets tattered but the suit normally doesn't.
ionlylooklikeimworking
Kryptonians have an organ that stores solar power and they can then project that around them to helps absorb physical attacks. hence why 1/2
ionlylooklikeimworking
hence why magic is so deadly to kryptonians. it goes right through.
FrozenCoast
Only thing that keeps them from ending up naked every tough fight lol.
Nimits
Thats the exact reason I heard for it.
drenix
I also read (long ago some infographic) said aura also sorta extends to whomever he's in contact with. Which would explain that movie scene
drenix
I dont remember which one, Superman 1 or 2, where he flies with Louis just holding hands.
MidiArbite
And falling planes not falling apart when he catches them.
MisterLemons
"Because [main character] is from [planet other than earth]" - DC
ChuckChuckRazool
There's a comic called Invincible in which the title character has his suit destroyed in pretty much every fight.
MattDude
They fixed that in the 80s and 90s in the comics, he wore clothes that could be ripped, blown off etc.
heartlessninja6
They soak up the sun's rays and radiate a protective "shield" just millimeters or inches above the skin. Also, Kryptonian seamstresses rock.
MisterLemons
"Because [Main character] is from [Planet other than earth]" - DC
SillyZombie
Wasn't there some kind of 1/cm field of invicibility around superman at some time
Phenomeno
You're thinking of Glory Girl I'm pretty sure.
LandManatee
I thought he was maybe talking about that white and blue glowy Superman from way back.
Phenomeno
Oh, I don't know much about that one
Tanwolf
That sounds a bit nsfw.
Phenomeno
Glory Girl is a hero from Worm (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/1-1/). People do call her Glory Hole to make fun of her lol
Phenomeno
Glory Girl is a hero from Worm (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/1-1/). People do call her Glory Hole to make fun of her lol
GreaterDog
https://youtube.com/v/km2OPUctni4?start=68&end=82&autoplay=1
AlabamaShakySnake
New 52 explained it but people got pissed cause Supes got armor... It wasnt
AlabamaShakySnake
Armor to protect supes, it was to protect the innocent kids from seeing a naked flying man.
ThySausagePrince
New52 Superman's outfit is nano-tech. Old school Superman got his shirts from a local novelty shop (of which he needed a ton due to damage).
rylecx
In all the newer stuff it's some nonsense super fabric. In older versions it would selectively get damaged to show Superman getting hit
NiceGreenArrows
I think you got those the wrong way round, I don't remember much cape damage in the silver age, that was 90s and onward mostly?
rylecx
That dmg thing was mostly via the late 90s/early 2000s cartoon and comics. Unfortunately I'm not old enough to accurately discuss before
EveryonesRaping
She should be buttfuckingnaked after every mission. Yes. That will do.
Wazzu
The solar force of Superman/girl's invulnerability actually extends a short distance from their skin. Clothes invulnerable, not cape.
thisisthefirstoneitried
superman imparts like a protective aura thing so his pants become indestructible because he's indestructible
randomweirdness
anyone manage to sew them if they're so tough?
Larkos
they were sewn on Krypton where there is a Red Sun.
Azaer
Original story was the suit is made from the "super advanced" swaddling clothe superman came in
Hybris51129
Never underestimate Grandma Clark's sewing abilities.
AeonsShadow
thier abilities, superstrength, flight, superspeed, etc. etc. comes from a zero-range telekinetic field. which is why magic hurt so much-1/2
AeonsShadow
because it bypasses the telefield. It's also why when he lifts cars/busses they don't bend from thier own weight.
AllTheCoolKidsPeeTheirPants
Same was you sew anything ?
bitemark
In the New52, Superman's suit was basically nanobots, so not only was it tough, it could self-assemble/repair. Doesn't apply to the 1/
bitemark
Supergirl tv show, that's earth-made.
cooperclan
Additing to the other guys' response: she eventually got Clark's baby blanket (weird) and she uses that as her cape. I'm guessing it is just
MoonMoonPapa
Not Earth made. It was in her ship when she crashed. Earth made materials tattered from her flying.
MisterLemons
"Because (main character) is from another planet" - DC
magphoenix
Didn't the outfits come with then on the pod?
codylishush
I'm guessing it's because since the kryptonians weren't invincible before being under the Sun, the same goes for their clothing.
Steffn
With corresponding tough needles?
SiRoj90
Kryptonite sewing machines
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
I believe Mrs. Kent originally made his suit from the wrap he came in and used a kryptonite needle to sew it.
CookiesAreKind
Those shipping costs must be a nightmare.
terryr
They use the same tailor as the Asgardians.
amop
theres super suit trees on krypton bro do some research god
lozeldatkm
Well, in this TV show, her suit was sewed together by a super smart IT guy and it's strong for reasons. So there.
Camelspotting
Kevlar?
DanteLidge
Knitting? Sewing equipment stronger than or reactive towards the fabric separating it on contact? I'm a fan but not a knowledgeable one.
KinkExpert
As I understood, Superman's suit was so tight because his invulnerability reached just a little further than his skin. But the cape? No idea
IllegalDuckling
3d printing
guntbagmunkball
Alien technology? As problems in comics go, that one seems pretty meaningless.
NightfallEverdark
Don't the Kryptonians have an aura around them, so their clothes share their invulnerability?
Nathanyel
Wouldn't that also apply to bullets that come near them?
NightfallEverdark
I think the duration of the proximity is a factor as well. Ie, wearing that suit forever. The bullet is a near instant thing
Tashok
I know it's all fiction but thats like a neandertaler asking why people stare at little boxes all the time nowadays
MisinformedMalamute
See them together under an artificial red sun. Boom
curiousfoolish
So, kryptonian cloth and thread are leather or wool, this explains what happened to all the superpets.
shackattacktime
oh no, they saw the PETA ad and think we actually kill sheep for their wool
MisinformedMalamute
Sew*
thatguy1843
The cape is actually the baby blanket that super man was wrapped in as a kid and gave to super girl as a present
eggmuffin
So?
SnoozyBat
SUPERFABRIC
SidneyHarbor
In the CW universe, Supergirl's outfit was made by one of her co-workers from Earth-sourced materials.
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CrazyCatLad
That is almost as bad as Warframe's lore. (video game)
ImaSithDuh
So, in all this time, no one ever thought of breakaway tabs for the capes? Ever?
kojenk
Like the dude in the Watchmen comics.
CinnamonJScudworth
One of the Robin's also had one, I think it was Tim Drake.
SincerePlatypus
Bet he fucked some bad guys up. Not like whiny Todd.
snowy129
Darkwing Duck did.
mrimpastabowl
Technically it was Negaduck
GhostleyNerdicus
kojenk
Like the dude in the Watchmen comics.
verydisgruntled
AmiEvilYet
I love how one of my fav authors (Brandon Sanderson) even brings that up in one of his novels. King dude gets a cloak, paranoid friend (1/2)
AmiEvilYet
checks to make sure that it comes off easily by giving it a light tug. Sanderson's great at all the little details like that. (2/2)
gravyandfries
Which book of his? I only every read Storm light archives. Don't remember that in it
AmiEvilYet
Second book in the Mistborn series iirc, Well of Ascension. Highly recommend that series as well, my personal favorite of his writings.
CiaphasWho
I love Sanderson, he's an amazing author I'm mid Words of Radiance and it's one of the best series I've ever read.
AmiEvilYet
My favourite part is Hoid in every novel.
cravenmoorhead
I was just about to mention this. Just started the 3rd book of the series!
AmiEvilYet
Enjoy immediately wanting to go back and re-read the entire series after you finish that. Seriously, your mind is gonna be blown.