Stargirl creator defends ‘extremely purposeful’ cuts to first two episodes and assures fans ‘they’ll catch up’
STARGIRL creator, Geoff John has given an explanation as to why various scenes have been cut from episodes one and two of the first season.
The show aired on DC Universe yesterday and airs on the CW today, however The CW must adhere to the alloted 42 minute timeframe.
Therefore fans who are watching the series on DC Universe can look forward to extra material.
The Stargirl boss told TV Line that episodes one and two on the DC Universe streaming service will be eight minutes longer.
He said of what they were forced to cut: ”Scenes. [Whole] scenes. Rather than ‘death by a thousand cuts.’
“Our pacing is extremely purposeful and we like to keep it. We like to live in scenes, and we don’t need to have dialogue every second.”
“We want people to react, and we want people to experience things with our characters rather than be told everything.”
The showrunner has assured eager fans that they don’t need to be worried about not seeing the extra footage and they should be able to catch up on everything.
“I think that they’ll be caught up on everything that they see from there,” he continued.
“We had to make choices, but they should be able to catch up on everything. There’s some stuff that obviously we love, but you should be able to follow the show without any problem.
“So there were scenes that were dropped from episodes one and two, where we really focused on Courtney and Pat. But from episode three on, they’re almost identical. You won’t be able to tell.”
Stargirl’s debut episode followed Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) as she found her true calling among a long lost superhero team called the Justice Society of America.
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She is joined by her stepfather Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson), who had hid a major secret about his past.
Stargirl’s aim is to hunt down the supervillians that seemingly wiped out the Justice Society of America.
Along the way Stargirl is expected to pick up recruits to replace the former members of the society.
Stargirl’s first two episodes are available to stream on DC Universe and will debut on The CW May 19. The UK premiere date is currently unknown.