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Everyone's favorite electric superhero (no, not that one. No, not THAT one, either) is returning for its third season on the CW tonight at 8/7 C. It's also joining the Arrowverse for the crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths, later this year. So there's that. Here's hoping it doesn't get hit by the "Season 3 curse" that plagues the rest... TRAILER HERE! Last time, some stuff happened. Tobias Whale is in their version of the No-Lunch Supermax, the Markovians are the looming threat, and Jefferson needs to shave. One of these is more important than the other. Oh, and I didn't misspell 'lightning' in the thread title this time. Hooray!
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# ? Oct 7, 2019 15:32 |
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# ? May 4, 2024 12:56 |
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Man, they are going super hard on “gently caress Trump” this year. Like even harder than Supergirl tends to do.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 02:32 |
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Yeah the kids in cages stuff is hardly subtle
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 02:39 |
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nine-gear crow posted:Man, they are going super hard on “gently caress Trump” this year. Like even harder than Supergirl tends to do. Supergirl is very White Liberal (exemplified by Kara picking out Voldemort as the greatest fictional villain) while BL is almost Black Radical at times.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 02:40 |
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Also good lord Bill Duke plays such and amazing slime ball.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 02:59 |
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poo poo got real really fast in a way that's a thousand times darker and more cutting and more real than what the rest of the DCCW has done.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 04:46 |
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I'm trying to remember, do we know there actually are any drat Markovians?
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 05:55 |
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Bruceski posted:I'm trying to remember, do we know there actually are any drat Markovians? The closest thing we've seen to them so far was that tiny cell/hit squad that attacked Lynn and the got dummied by Anissa. But even thay seemed kinda muddy. This could just be one giant con by Odell, not gonna lie.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 06:14 |
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Bruceski posted:I'm trying to remember, do we know there actually are any drat Markovians? The defector that attacked was apparently part of the Markovians.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 06:28 |
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Xelkelvos posted:The defector that attacked was apparently part of the Markovians. "Apparently" being key. Defector didn't even say anything, that was just what the other guys claimed after killing him.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 06:41 |
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Hahaha, I completely missed that the reporter Anissa hooked up with was named Jamillah Olsen
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 14:42 |
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Lala will never die!nine-gear crow posted:Also good lord Bill Duke plays such and amazing slime ball. He is amazing in his role.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 18:54 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Lala will never die! It's nifty that what seemed like a one-off character at first has been looped back into things so much and is now his own wildcard.
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# ? Oct 8, 2019 19:36 |
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Black Lightning is a year younger than me, JFC I'm old. e: hosed up, he's a year older than me. I'm still old. RandomBlue fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Oct 9, 2019 |
# ? Oct 9, 2019 05:57 |
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Besides the show being great in general, it also continues to have the best soundtrack on TV.
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# ? Oct 9, 2019 08:27 |
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Laterite posted:Besides the show being great in general, it also continues to have the best soundtrack on TV. Jennifer going to town on Tobias's goons to Kimbra last year was loving transcendent
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# ? Oct 9, 2019 08:39 |
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Bruceski posted:I'm trying to remember, do we know there actually are any drat Markovians? The only way this plot isn't incredibly dumb is if the Markovian threat is made up by t he US government. Except it's still pretty dumb that all the characters are just uncritically believing it. Markovia is some tiny nation and the powers people in this show have are dangerous on a personal level but don't really have any large-scale or military applications. It's not like China getting control of Superman. Seriously, what is the Markovian plan?
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# ? Oct 10, 2019 13:26 |
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Tiggum posted:The only way this plot isn't incredibly dumb is if the Markovian threat is made up by t he US government. Except it's still pretty dumb that all the characters are just uncritically believing it. Markovia is some tiny nation and the powers people in this show have are dangerous on a personal level but don't really have any large-scale or military applications. It's not like China getting control of Superman. In a way, they're treating an individual meta like a small nuclear weapon. On its own, it can potentially destroy a city or kill oodles of people. It wont win any wars, but it's enough to be a National Security risk on its own. Multiple metas are now an arsenal and depending on their abilities, a more severe geopolitical threat. Terrorism is basically the name of the game in terms of fear factor.
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# ? Oct 10, 2019 13:56 |
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Xelkelvos posted:In a way, they're treating an individual meta like a small nuclear weapon. On its own, it can potentially destroy a city or kill oodles of people.
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# ? Oct 10, 2019 14:08 |
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Tiggum posted:Most of them can't do anything even close to that. I can't think of any in this show that are more dangerous (because of their powers) than an ordinary person with a gun or bomb. The main character is probably a fine example, but the "Masters of Disaster" also make a strong showing. Hell, even the one who just died in the premier has a meta ability that every intelligence agency in the world would kill for.
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# ? Oct 10, 2019 14:52 |
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Last season, Jennifer was about to overload the test chamber Gambi specifically said (iirc) could withstand a nuke so she's definitely a threat that Markovia would want to get (if indeed there is a Markovian threat)Tiggum posted:Seriously, what is the Markovian plan? I mean, that seems to be the US plan, basically...
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# ? Oct 10, 2019 17:45 |
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Tiggum posted:Most of them can't do anything even close to that. I can't think of any in this show that are more dangerous (because of their powers) than an ordinary person with a gun or bomb. But what if you gave the meta soldiers a gun and or bomb?
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# ? Oct 10, 2019 22:26 |
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"Odell, why is Issa dead?" "Markovians." "And how did the furniture move 5 inches to the left?" "Markovians." "And who touched the thermostat?" "Markovians."
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# ? Oct 10, 2019 22:57 |
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Aw poo poo! It’s Wayne Brady, son!
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# ? Oct 11, 2019 19:46 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Lala will never die! He’s lowkey the best character on the show.
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 20:40 |
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ruddiger posted:He’s lowkey the best character on the show. There's a lot of good characters on the show, but he's definitely one that's easy to overlook.
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 07:49 |
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Welp. Looks like the Markovians are real.
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# ? Oct 15, 2019 02:12 |
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I am so glad that not only is Lala back, he has his ghost murder victims crew with him. But Khalil coming back is I really don't care about him at all.
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# ? Oct 15, 2019 11:46 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:I am so glad that not only is Lala back, he has his ghost murder victims crew with him. Khalil is there to give Jennifer something to do besides sit around the house alone while everyone else has a plot line this season and roll her eyes dramatically when other people are talking. Hopefully she actually gets to do something this year as Lightning.
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# ? Oct 15, 2019 11:52 |
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nine-gear crow posted:Welp. Looks like the Markovians are real. CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:I am so glad that not only is Lala back, he has his ghost murder victims crew with him.
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# ? Oct 15, 2019 11:57 |
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Tiggum posted:And they're doing the exact same high-tech mind-control "for the greater good" plot as Supergirl. Nah, ASA is doing mind control stuff purely for making loyal and obedient super soldiers. Lena wants hyper-nonviolence implemented but everyone can still do as they want.
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# ? Oct 15, 2019 13:02 |
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Xelkelvos posted:Nah, ASA is doing mind control stuff purely for making loyal and obedient super soldiers. Lena wants hyper-nonviolence implemented but everyone can still do as they want. Except the first thing Lena did was use it to mind control Eve into being perfectly loyal and obedient to her.
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# ? Oct 15, 2019 13:20 |
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Tiggum posted:Except the first thing Lena did was use it to mind control Eve into being perfectly loyal and obedient to her. I want to say Eve is a special case, mostly in that is was particularly personal for Lena. To add, Hope is just occupying parts of Eve's brain. It's unknown is Eve is still in there in some form or fashion.
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# ? Oct 15, 2019 14:10 |
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Lala loving rules
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# ? Oct 17, 2019 06:50 |
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Tiggum posted:He's the only good thing about this season so far. I don't know, I kind of find the saga of how captivity is kind of making Jeff lose it interesting. Actually the whole of the Jeff/Lynn/Odell mind games thing I think is cool. I don't find Anissa's story interesting at all. Lala does rule though
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# ? Oct 17, 2019 14:34 |
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TwoPair posted:I don't know, I kind of find the saga of how captivity is kind of making Jeff lose it interesting. Anissa is basically turning terrible and at some point, there's either gonna be a sibling face off or another father/daughter fight.
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# ? Oct 17, 2019 15:21 |
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I hope this season is tighter and more coherent. My problem with the show is it's like they filmed a super hero show, a conspiracy show about the pods and a family drama all separate from each other. Characters teleport around at will, costume and hair changes instantly. The three threads only randomly reference each other and major events get forgotten about quickly. I only just caught up with the last third of season2. The lab got broken into, half a dozen staff killed, all the pods taken and no one gives a poo poo apart from occasionally wondering who did it. The finale was so lame. The threat to the city was tell not show, and the way they took tobias out was a total anti climax. Oh and they really need to stop with all the "my baby" "baby girl" poo poo Mr Beens fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Oct 20, 2019 |
# ? Oct 20, 2019 20:28 |
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Agent Odell is just spectacular at playing every side against every other side.
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# ? Oct 22, 2019 02:47 |
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Man they are really leaning hard into “magically appearing nano-tech supersuits” across the Arrowverse this year.
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# ? Oct 22, 2019 05:28 |
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# ? May 4, 2024 12:56 |
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Fancy new suit . I'm gonna miss that big goofy neon lightning symbol. Jen had a fantastic episode. Giving Anissa the dad speech(which worked too haha), her tour of the school and she finally got to do something with her powers. howe_sam posted:Agent Odell is just spectacular
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# ? Oct 22, 2019 07:36 |