I think he's supposed to be on par with Livewire, at least, so I'd at least expect him to zip around as electricity and be able to throw lightning bolts without Budokai moves.
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Black Lightning |OT| A Whale of a Time (Tuesdays at 9pm)
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Will do!
Funnily enough, it appears he had zero powers in his first appearance. It looks like they were retconned later on.
Yeah at first I think he just a suit that did the lightning stuff before they made him a metahumans
Really enjoying the show. Glad they are resisting making the show all about Super Hero action, the drama is pretty good so far, better than the other CW shows.
I love the fact that the Jordan Calloway/Khalil doesn't in the slightest look like a high school student (and is 27 from my Googling) but somehow has managed to land multiple gigs as a high school student in shows that are on the same network. I know it's a long running deal of having 20 somethings playing teens in high school but damn, dude is old enough, as messed up as it would be, to potentially be the parent of a high school student.
Maybe he has super powers too?
Maybe he has super powers too?
Oh shit, he was in Riverdale too, wasn't he? I was wondering why he looked so familiar. He must know somebody at CW/Berlanti casting.
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If there is a favorite already I can add it to the OP. I am afraid I am not to familiar with Spotify.
As someone who is not familiar with Black Lightning or the characters associated with him, is Gambi a mixture of Alfred, Commissioner Gordon, and Oracle?
It probably won't happen in season 1. Arrow and Flash both pulled off consistent first seasons. Legends season 1 was also consistently bad, so it has that going for it.
I don't know where you're getting Gordon from. The look?
I guess you could describe him like that, with a much darker backstory.
Yes, I got Gordon from his look. If you told me that James Remar portrayed him in any Batman related media I'd believe you.
Wouldn't be surprised if WB casting directors were going "Hmm" looking at him after these two episodes. He does have the look.
Black Lightning went down 25%/.2 from its premiere, not bad at all for the CW. Maybe it'll adjust up.
I also made the mistake of looking at reviews on IMDB... White people be mad.
I also made the mistake of looking at reviews on IMDB... White people be mad.
IMDB should be called WPBM. I generally make it a point to ignore IMDB when I can, but I completely block it out when a movie or show is made by black folks.
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Dear White people was worse
pretty sure there's a certain bias that was proven with imdb.com
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It was actually just his belt. Early Black Lightning had a bunch of little things that have since been dropped but man were they still fun reads.
My favorite parts of episode 2 are the doorman and dude in the elevator. Every episode needs that. Also one of the best parts of the first Superman movie.
I saw people reviewing the first episode, saying its a very mature show, does it keep the tone during the second episode or is the second already more like flash, arrow etc?
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Icon and Rocket could slide right into this world they are building. At least he could if they sideline the more alien aspects of the character such as him being an alien. More of a wink-wink type approach of the character would be neat.
how's the milestone situation in regards to that
from what I heard the copyright it's complicated
The Flash was also down a tick from last week. As long as BL is keeping most of the lead in audience it'll definitely get a second season. Maybe even get moved to the fall like they did with Archie.
It looks like Dwayne McDuffie's estate is still suing the new Milestone owners. Honestly if CW wanted to start using the characters a settlement could probably be reached. Money makes everyone happier.
Yeah I mentioned the Flash when I first wrote the post be decided to remove it and just focus on BL, the Flash's rating tied its series low.
I don't think they gone to court yet, and until it is i doubt DC will touch it in movies/tv.
Icon only becoming a hero later in life(relatively, him being immortal and being around since slavery) would be an interesting take on tv
Oh, yeah so that's why I and I imagine others assume that his daughters know, they had the older daughter doing narration for promos like this one that I guess has a tiny bit more footage than before?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoUlGwYa4QE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoUlGwYa4QE
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Watching that again it is impressive how much of it is just from the pilot episode. Also it is a bit odd that neither of his daughters know especially with some framing in trailers and pilots is that his older daughter is telling the story. Its fine I guess they should have just cleared up some of the more minor confusion.
I mean, I really enjoy him doing Kamehameha/Hadoken moves when he's tossing lightning.
That might jsut be me, though.
Fuck me, this shit is good! Since I dropped Flash last season, this is officially it's replacement. Is it me or is this show quite dark as fuck? This is how I wanted to feel watching Luke Cage, seriously loving the direction/production on display.
This show is too damn good. The presence every character has is incredible. The fact they were willing to show the amount of violence and language (Tobias' darkies comment) in just the second episode shows how confident they are with it all. Goddamn, I can't wait to see what's next.
yea I had to glance over to the corner of the screen to check for the CW logo
This sounds really good. I need to catch up.
This is kind of an obscure character in the comics so it's an interesting choice. Mostly just Outsiders comics and that series with Batman. Plenty of cameos throughout DC comics and TV shows as well.
I assume they'll add the other Outsiders to the show eventually. That would seem like the logical progression.
I heard the Year One mini was really good.
This is kind of an obscure character in the comics so it's an interesting choice. Mostly just Outsiders comics and that series with Batman. Plenty of cameos throughout DC comics and TV shows as well.
I assume they'll add the other Outsiders to the show eventually. That would seem like the logical progression.
I think it's pretty obvious they don't. He never brings it up when they're around or listening. They never bring it up to him even when people are saying BL is back. His younger daughter gives a specific reason why she couldn't see his face even though a simple "didn't get a good look at him" would suffice and then she says she was kind of scared of him. His older daughter is totally confused about some obvious metahuman changes she's going through that shouldn't be so confusing if she knows BL is her father. At best they have some suspicions, but I don't think the show has even hinted at that.
I believe he's using nearby electric charge to heal himself, but it seem to take a lot out of him in this version.
This has come out of nowhere for me, I watched the trailer and I was like 'ehh i'll give it a chance'.
After watching the first episode...
Goddamn.
After watching the first episode...
Goddamn.
I am freaking loving this show.
Such a change of pace from most CW hero stuff.
All that needs to be said.
Such a change of pace from most CW hero stuff.
All that needs to be said.
I do wonder how its doing on Netflix its a shame we won't find out those details anytime soon. I also hope as Netflix has this it will get the other CW shows at a similar closeness.
Looking forward to watching the 2nd episode next week though.
