'Naomi' tells CW's latest superhero origin story in super-slow motion
CNN
"Every superhero has an origin story. And this is mine," the teenage title character explains at the outset of "Naomi," the CW's latest DC Comics-inspired series. But that origin story moves in slow motion, feeling like a conventional high-school drama with just a pinch of superheroics provided to pull the audience along.
On the plus side, the aforementioned Naomi, as played by Kaci Walfall, is a likable character, and her coming-of-age challenge mirrors that of other heroes in training informed that they are "not like everyone else," a rich tradition if there ever was one.
Still, the idea of teasing out revelations about who she is and her destiny at such an arduous pace proves problematic, at least for those who aren't drawn in by more down-to-Earth concerns about which of the many classmates interesting in her she might wind up dating.