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Black Lightning Drama Eyes Move To the CW To Join Greg Berlanti Comic Lineup
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kylecoley182
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give me a Booster Gold show damn it
SchrodingerC
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Oh boo, I thought they were talking about this Black Lightning:
It even has the rooftop brooding scenes ready to go.
It even has the rooftop brooding scenes ready to go.
BlackGoku03
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I'll take it if I can't get a static shock show.
Lol it could be worse... They could have a show about Bronze Tiger and his rogue gallery of... Um... Let me Google that.
Lol it could be worse... They could have a show about Bronze Tiger and his rogue gallery of... Um... Let me Google that.
Rocket uses a belt that is alien tech she stole from Icon. She inspired Icon(bitched him out) to become a superhero. She helps him navigate the modern world. They have an unusual dynamic in comics.
No no, this was the Young Justice comic based on the tv show. Took me awhile to find it but they had to have lost the rights to Milestone sometime late 2012 because Rocket, Icon, and Static were part of the series. Icon was on the cover of the issue i'm linking below but was removed. Then the series was canceled afew issues later.
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Young_Justice_Vol_2_21
CrimsonSquall
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Hey come on now, he was in Young Justice
as a minor role
Jason Frost
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So, why FOX is passing on it or letting it go to another network?
The X-men TV show being put together by Bryan Singer?
MHWilliams
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Fox feels it's got enough genre programming.
Tizoc
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Only if it has my girl cass
And her casted actor is asian
Jorok Goldblade
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Oliver has Spartan, Black Canary, Wild Dog, Ragman and Mr. Terrific
Barry has Kid Flash and Vibe
Kara has Martian Manhunter, Mon-El, Guardian and Miss Martian
Eventually, they ALL become team shows.
MHWilliams
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It will be.
Discotheque
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Isn't that going to FX
Jorok Goldblade
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If I remember correctly, the pitch for this was that he was a retired superhero , and circumstances would draw him back into the cape life. If this is going Arrowverse, it sounds like a better fit for Earth-38 than Earth-1.
MHWilliams
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That's Legion. I think he's talking about this show, which doesn't have a network, but does have a pilot commitment from Fox.
Frozenprince
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It's all I need.
Tho they're gonna shove Batman down our throats if it is, can already tell.
Discotheque
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I'm kinda amazed Gotham is still on air, love the show but something like that should be in danger of cancellation every season at Fox
They should move the other xmen show to fx. Plus a channel like that allows for you to break the mould a bit more than the networks
This black lightning show will be dope tho. I'm glad the flash/arrow team isnt on it. Enjoy those but the writers have been stuck regurgitating scenes a lot
They should move the other xmen show to fx. Plus a channel like that allows for you to break the mould a bit more than the networks
This black lightning show will be dope tho. I'm glad the flash/arrow team isnt on it. Enjoy those but the writers have been stuck regurgitating scenes a lot
Well we get the love triangle between Technocrat, Halo, and Katana ?
Frozenprince
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Legion is apparently in it's own continuity. Having two X-Men shows on the same network that would be in a similar slot but are totally disconnected from one another is never happening.
It's Batman related. Of course it's doing well.
It's like Smallville. A poor show, but associating it with a big-name character like Superman guaranteed it the kind of longevity most show's don't even dare to dream of.
Frozenprince
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Smallville actually gets passable with the comics set after the show ended (they even just call them season 11).
It's not GOOD. But it's decent enough to at least warrant existing.
MHWilliams
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They seem to be really afraid of using him.
Every CW show is really an ensemble show. DC will cram whoever they can into the supposed cast. Black Lightning will of course have Thunder and Lightning, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Katana again, Geo-Force, Halo, and likely Grace. The latter because I doubt they'll skip Thunder being a lesbian.
Metamorpho feels expensive, so I'm counting him out.
I don't know, dude. That show got shoddy.
Frozenprince
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Idk given how cheap some of the effects are in Flash I wouldn't count out them giving us budget Metamorpho where his power is just like, shooting clearly CG water at people. I just have a feeling that it's time for them to go in and do a TV Batman. The movies aren't working right now so they need something positive with him in it for the public consciousness.
OdysseusVA
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Frozenprince
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Him and Blue Devil got a one shot series for a hot minute, that's the last I remember seeing him.
MHWilliams
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Completely MIA. Had a brief one-shot with Blue Devil. I don't think DC has a take on him yet. Given my guess, Static Shock took his spot in the New 52 and Cyborg later on.
Frozenprince
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NGL if this is what it takes for Geo-Force to get into the media market of the DC universe I'm totally okay with this existing.
That actually sounds cool. I may search it out if it's on CMX. Blue Devil is a fun character, although I think Shadowpact was the last thing I've seen him in other than a cameo here or there.
Frozenprince
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According to comic vine he was in one issue of the Throne of Atlantis run on JL.
He was in Justice League with Blue Devil for a few issues.
If they're really serious about the show I suspect we'll start to see him pop up in the comics soon. Otherwise that's just a wasted opportunity to try to help the show a bit.
The shows help the comics, not the other way around unfortunately.
I agree, but with a character like that even those interested in DC comics (who are under 30) won't really care about the show that much as it'll be a DC character they're not really familiar with. I'd think they'd want to build up a bit of character recognition, but I'm sure you're right that selling 25,000 copies of a mini or a series doomed to cancellation isn't going to mean a whole lot when it comes to TV ratings.
Also, I hope they don't devote a lot of time on Arrow, Flash and Legends to set this up (As they did when the launched Legends).
Alex Stroud
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I expect a fantastic first season followed by a precipitous drop in quality across the board.
He was in injustice i think twice. Once in season 1 where he noped out when he saw who they were fighting, then again at the conclusion by helping superman rebuild metropolis.
They could always do a single episode backdoor pilot, like they wanted to do for Flash.
Fancyarcher
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A Black Lightning show? Huh! I'm kinda interested. Not really sure the character can work as a TV show though.
Jorok Goldblade
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For reference, here's the pitch from when this series was first announced as being in development:
http://deadline.com/2016/09/black-l...rlanti-mara-brock-akil-salim-akil-1201811892/
http://deadline.com/2016/09/black-l...rlanti-mara-brock-akil-salim-akil-1201811892/
So is his daughter going to be a sidekick
Jon Carter
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It's getting ridiculous. The CW is basically Comic-book show Land. Seeing their transition from catering almost exclusively to teenage girls with relationship dramas to catering a lot but not exclusively to teenage girls with comic-book-based, actiony, supernatural relationship dramas has been absolutely fascinating.
Jorok Goldblade
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Smallville, Supernatural, and Roswell had a pretty big impact on their lineup.
Unfortunately, they also set up a lot of tropes that the CW shows are still trying to break.
Jorok Goldblade
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Sgt. Kabukiman
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Never really liked Black Lightning. Or I should say, I have never come across a good story where he was a prominent character. I'm sure it exists somewhere.
And I had to drop all the CW shows because I'm an all or nothing kind of guy and it was just too much for me to follow. But I'd watch the pilot I guess.
And I had to drop all the CW shows because I'm an all or nothing kind of guy and it was just too much for me to follow. But I'd watch the pilot I guess.
Gordon Shumway
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This will be a little hard for me to watch thanks to Harvey Birdman, I always think of this when I heard either Black Lightning or Black Vulcan..I know they're completely different characters and Vulcan is a Lightning knockoff because they couldn't get the rights to use BL...but still.
lol..Show was sooo good.
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