Which is the superior black superhero TV show?
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Which is the superior black superhero TV show?
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neither, thanks
Black Lightning by a country fried mile
Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby
was unaware of either of these, but I do like both characters. They never felt like forced duhversity, they felt like riding the bandwagon of "cool badass black guys are cool and fun and they know karate." which is a stereotype we need to bring the frick back.
Both series were too caught up in respectability politics for my liking.
I don't get why they did it to Luke Cage. Changed from a Harlem gang member to a preacher's boy from Georgia. At least Black Lightning comes by it naturally (ignoring how DC retconned two daughters into his history in the 00s).
Luke Cage had the better main villain (until they killed him). Black Lightning was more willing to be comic book-y. Both had a pretty good music selection. It's a shame BL's final season was ruined by the shorter episode order and the drama between actors.
BL introduced me to Breakwater, so it gets my vote.
Black Bruiser and Electro homie
The most common black hero types
Well the shows are based on old comics so what did you expect?
Aren't black guys with fire powers also kinda uncommon?
how many black characters have electricity powers? i can think of 4. storm, shocker in the spider-man movie, statik and whatever rando in picrel. are there any other?
>black bruiser
i can only think of luke cage and cyborg. i don't think that's a stereotype. bishop can absorb kinetic energy, cloak is like a living pocket dimension portal, maggott has larval creatures as his digestive system, jon stewart..... i can't think of specific bruisers. falcon isn't a bruiser. bushmaster is a villain, bushman is a villain...
>storm, shocker in the spider-man movie, statik and whatever rando in picrel
Electro sometimes
Miles
ELECTRO. it was electro, my bad. sorry i forgot
>miles
oh right, i don't read that shit, i would not have known
Plenty, apparently:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElectricBlackGuy
>shocker
>electricity
Kys
the name "Prowler" seems like it's not a great name for a black superhero
Tobias was better than Bushmaster
Only one real contender here
>Black Lightning
>His daughters stand up to him
>"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO"
One of your daughters is fricking 30. Frick off.
You don't age out of respecting your elders.
Static shock was better than both of them.
Black Lighting, by far. They were both terribly preachy at times, but Black Lightning never forgot it was a superhero show and integrated that tone with their political commentary far better than its contemporaries.
What political topics did it address?
The usual "black issues": racial profiling, police brutality, social inequality and the like. And given the time period, there was usage of protests and riots.
But even though it could be rather heavy handed at times, the writers had the sense to address it in a way that was more even-handed.
For all the focus on racism, there was just as much focus on how people let their circumstances shape them than you would usually find in similar shows. The main villain (and most of the major villains), was a black guy using his hardships as an excuse to impose his will on others.
Also, Odell played by Bill Duke was the most evil mfer in the show. Not even an indictment kept him in prison as we see he's free as a lamb in the Painkiller solo episode. And he was from Gotham City.
Black Lightning also wasn't boring at times like Luke Cage was.
Best scene:
>power-absorbing badguy steals BL's powers
>BL: (smugly) "Ya know those powers only work with my genetics right?"
>Bad Guy: (calmly) "Good point."
>baddie immediately gets carried away by goons shouting in agony
Gotham level humor
Cyborg on Doom Patrol.
Falcon and The Winder Soldier, but only because of the latter