Supergirl review: The DCU’s Superman follow-up is bright, bouncy, and a little too familiar

Following up Superman with a pivot to less familiar DC characters, and letting creators other than Gunn take the reins, was also the smart play. Immediately rebooting the other members of DC’s holy triumvirate, Batman and Wonder Woman, would have looked too much like replicating the Snyder playbook, and would have lacked any sense of novelty. The DCU’s second theatrical outing, Supergirl, switches over to less familiar characters, as if trying to ease the DCU out from under Snyder’s long shadow. Supergirl also puts those characters in the hands of other creators, making it clear that Gunn’s house style is replicable, and that the studio isn’t entirely dependent on his authorship.