Warning: The adhering to includes SPOILERS for Supergirl season 6, episode 15, “Hope For Tomorrow.”
The Supergirl season 6 episode “Hope For Tomorrow” increased the story of the Superman motion picture Superman four: The Quest For Peace in every single regard. The final motion picture to star Christopher Reeve as Kal-El of Krypton, Superman four is commonly deemed to be the worst of the vintage Superman movies. Presented that, it would be all but unachievable for Supergirl to revamp The Quest For Peace and not boost it, but the episode “Hope For Tomorrow” efficiently tackled approximately every single prevalent grievance about the motion picture.
The central storyline of the second fifty percent of Supergirl season 6 found Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist) competing with the exiled fifth Dimensional Princess Nyxly (Peta Sergeant) for regulate of seven magical totems, tied to the seven cosmic forces of Hope, Adore, Braveness, Humanity, Desires, Future and Fact. Every totem expected its wielder to pass a check proving their mastery of every power. The Test of Hope in the Supergirl season 6 episode “Hope For Tomorrow” proved specifically difficult, as it expected the victor to “encourage a hope that burns for a longer period and brighter than the sun.” Although this may ordinarily have been an effortless task for Supergirl, this check arrived at a time when nuclear war appeared imminent amongst the nations of Kaznia and Corto Maltese and hope was in brief offer.
The story of Superman four: The Quest For Peace, was likewise based mostly close to the fear of nuclear war and Superman performing to close the threat immediately after getting a letter from a anxious boy. Sadly, the movie did so improperly it sunk any likelihood of a Superman 5. Although the story of Superman four made a noble energy to deal with a really serious problem, the film experienced from spending plan cuts and modifying troubles that eradicated most of the film’s additional thoughtful times in favor of recycled flight scenes and nonsensical padding. The Supergirl season 6 episode “Hope For Tomorrow” can take most of the story features from Superman IV and builds on the foundation ideas to make a thing far greater.
Roughly halfway through the Supergirl season 6 episode “Hope For Tomorrow,” Lena Luthor (Katie McGrath) asked the similar concern as the worried boy in Superman four: The Quest For Peace why won’t be able to Supergirl just consider absent all the nuclear weapons and toss them into the sun? Kara gave the similar simple answer as Superman in the motion picture, stating that she was “forbidden from interfering in human record.” Nonetheless, Kara even more described to her good friend Lena Luthor that human nations wanted to be cost-free to decide their own destinies devoid 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 environment, it would not clear up the conflicts that guide to war. (Ironically, Kara did wind up possessing to toss several nuclear missiles into the sun right before the episode’s close.)
This position was pushed home by another scene, in which the United States diplomat overseeing the peace talks amongst Kaznia and Corto Maltese asked J’onn J’onzz (David Harewood) to use his telepathic powers to make the leaders of the two delegations indication a peace treaty. The Martian Manhunter refused, stating that though he was happy to use his powers to pacify the two leaders immediately after Nxyly utilized the Totem of Braveness to make them scared of seeking weak in the course of the negotiations, he refused to instantly regulate their steps. The two of the Supergirl scenes did a far greater task of exhibiting why heroes have a duty not to use their powers than every single speech Superman manufactured concerning that position in Superman four: The Quest For Peace.
The Supergirl season 6 episode “Hope For Tomorrow” featured a subplot that centered close to Esme, a foster youngster adopted by Alex Danvers/Sentinel (Chyler Leigh) and Kelly Olsen/Guardian (Azie Tesfai), and the Super Friends’ endeavours to assistance the young woman get acclimated to her new home. A victim of an abusive problem in her former foster home, Esme was shy and fearful of getting sent again to the team home she had been in. Restoring Esme’s hope in the potential went outside of getting a check of Supergirl’s capability to encourage hope and grew to become a check for the whole crew, as properly as a central aspect of the topic of “Hope For Tomorrow.” By contrast, regardless of getting the inspiration of Superman’s energy to carry an close to nuclear war in Superman four: The Quest For Peace, the boy who wrote to Superman disappeared from the motion picture immediately after Superman took him to the United Nations to listen to him communicate.
Originally set up as a romantic curiosity for Kara Danvers in Supergirl season 5, reporter William Dey (Staz Nair) has been one of the additional divisive characters created for the Arrowverse, with several supporters obtaining the character troublesome and pondering what intent he served immediately after he and Kara agreed to be just good friends in Supergirl season 6. Comparisons could be drawn amongst William Dey and Lacy Warfield (Mariel Hemingway) whose only intent in Superman four: The Quest For Peace was performing as a hostage and pushing an unconvincing love triangle amongst herself, Lois Lane and Clark Kent. Nonetheless, the Supergirl season 6 episode “Hope For Tomorrow” redeemed William, who was far from a passive figure immediately after getting taken captive by Nyxly. In truth, it was William’s brief imagining that enabled the Super Good friends to consider the Totem of Braveness absent from Nyxly.
Although Superman four: The Quest For Peace observed legendary actor Gene Hackman return as Lex Luthor, his part in the film was far from in depth. Aside from developing the monstrous Nuclear Person, Luthor had surprisingly minimal to do with the action of the film and most of his scenes were comedic non-sequiturs. By contrast, the Arrowerse Lex Luthor does not appear on camera in the Supergirl season 6 episode “Hope For Tomorrow,” but even so had a key influence on the episode’s final scene.
As “Hope For Tomorrow” arrived to a near, Supergirl elected to toss the Totem of Hope into the sun, figuring out that Nxyly wanted all seven totems as aspect of her scheme to defeat Supergirl and the Super Good friends. Soon immediately after Nxyly learned what Supergirl had done, a box fell through a portal in entrance of her. The box contained a observe and a take note from a top secret admirer telling her not to “lose hope.” When Nyxly place on the observe, it formed one of Lex Luthor’s trademark armored Lexo-Skeletons close to her, revealing the identity of her mysterious new ally in a clever trend. It was undoubtedly additional refined than most of Gene Hackman’s scenes trolling Superman in Superman four: The Quest For Peace. This, coupled with the other connections in the course of the episode, spotlight how Supergirl was in a position to efficiently revitalize the failed film’s story arc.