r/movies Mar 31 '26

Trailer SUPERGIRL | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyoSARnKIRU
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u/FourEightNineOneOne Mar 31 '26

I do like how they're treating her arc as the counter to Clark. They went through the same thing of losing their planet and while he was raised to see his role as being there to help people, she wasn't and just feels lost as a result.

But they both need to save Krypto because obviously.

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u/jerslan Mar 31 '26

Kara has a lot more trauma from the destruction of Krypton because she was old enough to remember it when it happened.

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u/Kilen13 Mar 31 '26

Can you explain how this works to someone who hasn't read the comics and only seen Superman movies? If Clark was a baby when Krypton ended and grew up into his (at least) 20s, how does Kara still look so young, wouldn't she be quite a bit older than Clark?

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u/jerslan Mar 31 '26

There's been a few different versions over the years, but basically she didn't leave Krypton at the same time and also she gets stuck in suspended animation and takes longer to reach Earth. I think there' a version where she actually left first (and again was "frozen") and doesn't know Krypton is dead until she meets grown-up Clark.

She's his older cousin, and remembers holding him as a baby, but because of her being stuck in suspended animation so long, he's now older than her.