Obtaining the antidote for Krypto and reclaiming her ship remain priorities, but Supergirl starts to realize that looking the other way is choosing a side.
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A Bold Change from the Comic
In the original comic, Kara persuades Ruthye that killing Krem will not mend her soul, and imprisons him in the phantom zone.
In the film, Supergirl executes him.
This shift from the miniseries' moral position – that revenge offers no lasting peace – to a more ambiguous tone suggests Kara's journey from nihilistic party girl to cosmic saint was too neat in print.
It felt like fair frontier justice, even if Superman might not approve.
Different Powers Under Different Suns
Kara loses her powers under a red sun, regains them under yellow, and experiences kryptonite poisoning under green.
This breaks up her journey but raises issues for the DCU's future: what stops red sun aliens from traveling to Earth and taking over?
Lower Stakes, New Direction
By the end, Kara has only taken down one despicable alien and helped a grieving girl step back from the brink.
This is not Crisis on Infinite Earths, but part of a trend toward lower-stakes drama.
Supergirl feels like the DC equivalent of The Mandalorian and Grogu, which faced criticism for not destroying planets or revealing secret lineages.
The film never inflates its story into a cosmic emergency.
Whether audiences are ready for smaller, stranger superhero stories that rely on character and tone rather than apocalyptic spectacle remains to be seen; the mixed reception suggests not.
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But if comic book movies are to survive, there will be a need for quirky frontier tales of grief and redemption among the multiversal pile-ups.
