Naomi is a more recent addition to the DC universe and while the writing is lackluster in most places the character has reserved their place in DC canon. The storyline is actually fairly easy to adapt to live-action, especially television, and it could also work fine in the context of the Arrowverse if they wanted to, but apparently the producers had other ideas and the results are...Less than stellar.
Now I bring up the Arrowverse because such a storyline as presented in the source material would've been easy to adapt within that space of DC on television, and since it is on The CW the opportunity seemed rather perfect especially considering it is coming right after Superman & Lois, but instead the showrunners have decided to depart from the source material and say that DC characters such as Superman are fiction and that in this world such a concept of people having superpowers is too fantastic to believe. This is quite a contrast to the source material, where it existed within the mainstream DC universe and rather than ponder the existence of super people the actual surprise was that superhero activity even occurred in a small Oregon town of which the titular character resides in. The concept of "is the fiction the truth?" is an interesting one, but the execution of it is so flat they probably would've saved the trouble if they just stuck with the source material closer.
Beyond the departure from the source material, the show itself is not very good. The directing is very flat, the visuals are not very spectacular, the action isn't well-done enough to be unique compared to other such shows on the marketplace, the acting ranges from okay to weak, and The CW-isms grow tired even from the first few minutes or so. I would probably give it a season and call it over with at this rate, but then again this is the same network that still okays more seasons of the woeful Batwoman so what do I know?
Now I bring up the Arrowverse because such a storyline as presented in the source material would've been easy to adapt within that space of DC on television, and since it is on The CW the opportunity seemed rather perfect especially considering it is coming right after Superman & Lois, but instead the showrunners have decided to depart from the source material and say that DC characters such as Superman are fiction and that in this world such a concept of people having superpowers is too fantastic to believe. This is quite a contrast to the source material, where it existed within the mainstream DC universe and rather than ponder the existence of super people the actual surprise was that superhero activity even occurred in a small Oregon town of which the titular character resides in. The concept of "is the fiction the truth?" is an interesting one, but the execution of it is so flat they probably would've saved the trouble if they just stuck with the source material closer.
Beyond the departure from the source material, the show itself is not very good. The directing is very flat, the visuals are not very spectacular, the action isn't well-done enough to be unique compared to other such shows on the marketplace, the acting ranges from okay to weak, and The CW-isms grow tired even from the first few minutes or so. I would probably give it a season and call it over with at this rate, but then again this is the same network that still okays more seasons of the woeful Batwoman so what do I know?