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Post by taylorfirst1 on Feb 7, 2018 16:06:01 GMT
It's been sort of a slow burn so far but personally, I think that's a good thing.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 8, 2018 9:10:24 GMT
No, but I have DVR'd (recorded) the first four episodes. Have decided IF I'll watch them or just skim through them.
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Post by Catman on Feb 8, 2018 16:28:14 GMT
Tried the first episode but his kids were just too damn annoying.
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Post by stargazer1682 on Feb 14, 2018 20:48:52 GMT
I've finally started watching the first couple of episodes. It's good. Of course, so we're Arrow and Flash this early on... Not so sure about the light-up suit...
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Post by BexxyJ on Feb 15, 2018 13:07:21 GMT
Have they told us why his name is Black Lightning? Is it because he strikes people with black lightning from the sky or is it just because he is a black guy?
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Post by General Kenobi on Feb 28, 2018 14:30:37 GMT
It's because he's a black dude. It was an odd naming convention of the 1970s. One good thing did come out of it:
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Feb 28, 2018 15:28:21 GMT
Last night's episode had some of the usual ham-fisted racial politics stuff but the actual story is moving along quite well.
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Post by dazz on Feb 28, 2018 19:22:20 GMT
I liked last nights episode, I really glad we had one week where Jennifer wasn't doing something that would annoy her parents, she still had her own drama go down but it's nice for her not to be behind it.
Still think the show is getting handled with kid gloves, I have been seeing reviews where basic and elementary story/acting choices are praised for being "so real" & by the numbers character aspects such as Lynn's resistance to Jefferson being BL as being realistic or nuanced when it's literally paint by numbers, generic and obvious aren't bad things so long as their in the right place and in this they were/are but the praise even for the mediocre aspects of the show is annoying.
Still a fun show and I like the set up for the next episode, though the hand waving away of the issues BL had in the last episode was blegh though.
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Post by General Kenobi on Feb 28, 2018 20:58:37 GMT
Well, critics are people too and liable to be lenient on something because it's different or unique. They have rose tinted glasses on right now that keeps them seeing any flaws and cliches Black Lightning has in common with every other superhero TV show out there.
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Post by dazz on Feb 28, 2018 21:43:52 GMT
I get rose tinted glasses stopping you seeing the bad in a show but when they praise the blander aspects I do get irked, when they applaud the outright annoying parts though I get pissed, and the show has some annoying elements as does any show, up to this week Jennifer was one of those elements, which is why I said I'm glad they didn't have her drama be about what she had done, they also had her behave as someone with above an 8 year olds ability to comprehend things for once, so I liked her this week, which I want to do most weeks but it hasn't worked out that way, and hearing people praise the characters story to this point has been maddening because I'm not an idiot who likes things based solely on the ethnicity of a cast I guess.
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 1, 2018 11:51:49 GMT
Agreed. This is a big reason I don't pay attention to critics. They're usually not critical enough of certain genres, directors, actors, and overly critic of others. It comes across less as an evaluation and more of trying to tell you what is worthy of attention/praise.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 5:59:28 GMT
No. I haven't watched the show yet 'cause it hasn't aired here in Australia and I am not sure when it will but I am hearing some good things about it on the reviews and am looking forward to seeing it. What is Cress Williams like as a superhero? I never pictured him as one when he was in 'Hart of Dixie' and I used to love that show.
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 3, 2018 12:23:56 GMT
Couldn't leave out Pikachu when talking about lightning, could you?
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Post by dazz on Mar 3, 2018 13:53:53 GMT
Couldn't leave out Pikachu when talking about lightning, could you? Pi Pi Pi Pika Pi Pika Pikachu Pi Pi Pi Chuu Chuu Pika Pi Pikachu Pi Chu.
Aint that right Pikachu.
Ah fuck you then....
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 3, 2018 15:02:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 12:26:51 GMT
Is this a private party or can anyone join? ;-)
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 5, 2018 14:25:15 GMT
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Post by ThatGuy on Mar 21, 2018 23:37:19 GMT
So I'm wondering which Earth Black Lightning is on. They mention Vixen and Supergirl. Supergirl isn't publicly known on Earth-1.
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 21, 2018 23:43:14 GMT
I always assumed Black Lightning is on a separate Earth, unconnected to Earth-1 and Supergirl's Earth.
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