They ruined him with the supergirl romance and having him jump to the future instead of enduring 1000 years in the phantom zone.
That 1000 years gave him a subdued and more mature aspect in the books.
Plus Saturn girl is a telepath not a telekinetic as in the show and she has a relation with a different character, while Mon-el is with a character called Shadow Lass. They’ve screwed the pooch on this one.
I will give them credit for a fairly decent Brainiac 5 though.
That sounds slightly interesting. I always liked Brainiac 5 as superman's nemesis. So they came up with a pretty good Brainiac 5 for the Supergirl show? Still not enough to get me to watch it, but I wouldn't mind seeing how they portrayed him.
While we are on the subject of Superman Nemesis, I am utterly disgusted with the choice of Jessie Eisenberg as "Lex Luthor." I wasn't thrilled with Gene Hackman doing it either, but I think it is a terrible role for Jessie Eisenberg. That smart alec, smarmy, mouthy schtick just doesn't say "Lex Luthor" to me.
My recollection of Lex Luthor from the comics is that he was not only brilliant and inventive, he was pretty cut and strong. He wasn't Doc Savage, but he looked like he could hold his own in a physical fight.
Lex Luthor needs to be bigger and more intimidating. Jessie just doesn't have the heft.