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If, like me, you’re a fan of geek culture, you’ll be hugely impressed with the debut week of the new Mad Max<\/em> film, Fury Road<\/em>, a film which has performed astonishingly well at the box office – nobody saw it coming, really, until some of those nutball trailers surfaced online – and which has done George Miller’s career a huge service. I haven’t managed to see Max<\/em> yet, but plan to soon. Congratulations to Miller and his team for pulling off one of the years most surprising successes: a franchise film that’s actually incredibly<\/em> entertaining. Oh, apart from Furious 7<\/em>, which was awesome too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today, however, news filtered through that the pilot episode of CBS’s upcoming Supergirl<\/em> series leaked, available in various torrent forums and quickly becoming the top file downloaded in the last 24 hours. Hardly surprising, considering the success of the WB’s Arrow<\/em> and Flash<\/em> television series. Although Supergirl<\/em> is not premiering on CBS until November, the pilot’s leak so early (I mean, it’s at least 6 months away<\/em> legally) has prompted speculation that it’s the work of either a) a hacker, or b) a manipulation by CBS to draw positive word of mouth for the show. Personally, I like to think it’s the latter, mainly due to the power positive word of mouth has in shaping a show’s success. Nobody on Earth would say that Supergirl’s<\/em> fortunes rest solely on broadcast television’s allure, and obviously plenty of people are going to see its debut episode well before November, so I can only assume that CBS will make sure people know its out there and capitalize on this “slip” if it is indeed the work of somebody nefarious.<\/p>\n I’m absolutely pulling for Supergirl<\/em> to succeed. Frankly, we need more “super” heroes on screen, what with The Flash<\/em> doing exceptionally well, and DC’s resident Super-chick is ideally suited for this female-lacking genre of storytelling. Aside from Black Widow, most casual audiences would associate with Supergirl most closely (or is that too bold a statement). By all accounts, Supergirl’s<\/em> pilot is extremely<\/em> fast paced; that six minute trailer released a week or so ago is pulled entirely<\/em> from a single episode, so that should inform anyone watching it that a lot happens in that first episode. A lot<\/em>. And call me a sly old dog, but star Melissa Benoist isn’t hard on the eye, so the show immediately has that going for it.<\/p>\n![\"SGHeadLR_54fa0da2bf2258.60439665\"](\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SGHeadLR_54fa0da2bf2258.60439665-637x720.jpg\")
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