Supergirl (1984)

Actors: Brenda Vaccaro (actress), Faye Dunaway (actress), Helen Slater (actress), Helen Slater (actress), Matt Frewer (actor), Mia Farrow (actress), Hart Bochner (actor), David Graham (actor), Helen Slater (actress), Peter O'Toole (actor), Derek Lyons (actor), Peter Cook (actor), Marc McClure (actor), Pamela Carlton (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Goldsmith (composer),

Plot: After a power source for the community of Krypton survivors is accidentally whisked to earth, Kara-El, cousin to Superman and niece to Jor-El, chooses to go to earth to find it, and bring it back. Upon her arrival, she becomes just a powerful and Super as her cousin, but encounters dangerous battles and unexpected obstacles when a mean spirited woman who practices rituals of the occult takes the power source for herself, and uses it to cause destruction and attempt zenith human status.

Keywords: 1980s, abandoned-amusement-park, action-heroine, alter-ego, amusement-park-ride, appearing-from-the-water, art-science, aspirations-of-world-domination, based-on-comic-book, beach
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: The legend begins... Her legend is just beginning. Adventure runs in her family. She has all the power of the universe, but she still has to learn about love. The most incredible girl you'll ever meet. From out of another galaxy and into your hearts comes... Supergirl Her first adventure on Earth. She'll be with you this summer. She taught him what it was to fly. He taught her what it was to love. She's traveled twenty million light years to save her home... and the adventure is just beginning.

Quotes:

Selena: I'm considering nothing less than world domination.

Selena: Such a pretty world. I can't wait until it's all mine.

Nigel: Oh, terrific. The old dangling-in-a-cage routine. Pathetic, Selena.

Lucy Lane: All you need is a couple of streaks and your ears pierced. I could do it for you, it's easy. You just get a needle, heat it up, dab it with some alcohol, and zap! The guys go crazy!::Linda Lee: My ears what?::Lucy Lane: Pierced. Like and you know, I take a needle, and then I heat it up, dab it with some alcohol and, zap, all the guys go crazy.::Linda Lee: Because I have holes in my ears?::Lucy Lane: What, are you putting me on? Sometimes I can't figure you out, Linda.

Selena: Get out of my house, Nigel, and don't come slithering back.::Nigel: Listen, Selena, I'm the only one who can save you from yourself. You *need* me.::Selena: Like an Eskimo needs a lawnmower, kiddo.::Nigel: I'm warning you, Selena. Don't be so shortsighted.

Ethan: You just flew over my head, true or false?::Supergirl: True.::Ethan: Like Superman.::Supergirl: He's my cousin.

Bianca: I'm really gonna have to kill someone down at the D.W.P. I figured the only way we're gonna pay the bills next month in this dump, is to just go ahead and start our own coven.

Selena: The world is at last my oyster.::Bianca: Would you mind letting Bianca in on this, you know, unexpected bit of good luck? Or whatever it is?::Selena: Bad luck. I have been chosen. The powers of darkness I think may, at long last, have come to their senses.

Supergirl: I've come here to search for the Omegahedron. A power source vital to Argo City. You see, that's where I live.

Nigel: I have a secret, Selena.::Selena: How exciting for you, Nigel. Best write it down before you forget it.::Nigel: After you left me there in the lurch, I saw something that should worry you greatly if you're serious about over the planet. My secret was blue and red, and it knew how to fly.::Selena: I have a secret, too, Nigel. I have the power. Now, get that through your head. Selena is through worrying. The shoe is on the other foot and it's their turn to worry, all those who mocked me when my chips were down.::Nigel: Oh, I bet they're really in for it now, eh?::Selena: Count on it.