Had a look at Black Lightning last night, the new capeshit show on Netflix.
From the look of the first episode, it looks like it might be pretty cool. The titular hero is a middle aged dad of two girls that resumes a superhero career after a nine year hiatus.
Itās interesting that one little change, such as the heroās age, can bring about such a tonally different show,
I watched that too pap! I went in cold, Iāve never heard of Black Lightening, but I thought it was a cool name so I gave it a try.
I quite enjoyed it. I mean, it was dumb. There were quite a few bits I thought was dumb. I dunno how the mc secret identity survived the first episode, for example. I thought it was more interest than the other marvel tv shows though, and one of the daughters was Fit.
Iām also watching Asian show on Netflix called Erased. Itās kind of like Quantum Leap crossed with Stranger Things. Itās a bit weird and the dialogue is very on the nose (which is often the way with these Asian shows, I spose thatās how they like it) but Iām getting something from it.
Bump. Been catching up with Gotham, season three. Itās still not something Iād be comfy shouting up as excellent TV, but I enjoy it. That itās batshit crazy is one of its saving graces. I think the art direction is pretty decent. Gotham is depicted in mostly dark tones, in large buildings with tall ceilings.
I do think theyāre going to have to recast Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle pretty soon, if neither of them get any taller. Theyāre both short-arses, theyāre supposed to be sixteen in this season, and much as it might impress the short half of the nation, we canāt have a shortarse Batman.
I really like gotham, the batshit crazy bit is one of the reasons I like it so much, itās so over the top and melodramatic but at the same time a bit silly that reminds me of the feel of the Adam West version only this one has (at times) Tarantino levels of violence.
Also agree that a recast of Bruce Wayne is required but more because I find the lad that plays him incredibly annoying and unbelievable as a future badass.
I remember watching season one and thinking it was quite mental. It had the claret, even back then. Now, season one seems like a comparatively straight laced affair. They amped everything up big style in season two, and from what Iāve seen of season three, have held fiercely to that principle.
One of the reasons that I reckon the show works _without _Batman is because the villains have always been more interesting than the hero. Batman essentially plays straight man to a load of comedic supervillains, and itās easy enough to put other actors in the straight man role, and thatās basically what the show does with anyone in authority.
Itās actually the authority characters that let this show down. Gordon is very good, but his partner, while likable, is a classic trope, and most of the time, people are just whacking out professional phrases youāve heard a thousand times before in other shows.
The general rules, or lack of them, seem absurd too. I genuinely thought that the show had hoodwinked us on Jerome in season two, but nope. _Thatās _possible, and I should have known.
I recently watched the episode where Jerome takes over the fairground. Fucking fantastic. Kidnapped citizens set up to be targets in all sorts of warped fairground games. My favourite was the one where people popped their heads out of holes to get whacked with a mallet.
I canāt recommend it wholeheartedly, but if you can deal with some crap dialogue from the cops, itās a great B show to have around when youāve nowt else to watch.