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RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#101: Jan 20th 2018 at 6:11:44 AM

Static can levitate people with his lightning too.

Come to think of it, modern Static and Black Lightning have rather similar color scheme. Dark blue, black, gold.

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Cross (Don’t ask)
#102: Jan 20th 2018 at 6:17:24 AM

Don't know much about either outside of cartoons, have they interacted much?

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#103: Jan 20th 2018 at 6:18:54 AM

Not much, because of right issues from both characters, but they do team up once or twice in the comics.

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warrior93 warrior93 from North Carolina Since: Feb, 2011
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#104: Jan 20th 2018 at 7:03:38 AM

So you saying that neither one of them had the right stuff for a team up[lol][nja][up]

edited 20th Jan '18 10:55:59 AM by warrior93

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#105: Jan 20th 2018 at 10:53:42 AM

Come to think of it, modern Static and Black Lightning have rather similar color scheme. Dark blue, black, gold.

It's not surprising. Static was explicitly inspired by Black Lightning, and his costume has always looked a lot like him either design wise or coloring wise, or both.

edited 20th Jan '18 10:55:32 AM by KnownUnknown

warrior93 warrior93 from North Carolina Since: Feb, 2011
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#106: Jan 20th 2018 at 10:55:39 AM

Nevermind

edited 20th Jan '18 11:09:20 AM by warrior93

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Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#107: Jan 20th 2018 at 11:46:49 AM

Funny enough, the showrunners apparently want Static while Black Lightning’s creator says if he has his way Static would never appear.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#108: Jan 20th 2018 at 11:49:40 AM

Oh my god. Just watched the first episode; it was amazing. Loved the various perspectives on activism coming from Pierce versus Anissa versus Henderson; really side-eyeing Henderson’s “if you protest, we tear gas you” etc. But there are black cops who say crap like that (cough, David Clarke), so it was a thoughtful touch.

Anissa is my favorite.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#109: Jan 20th 2018 at 2:58:15 PM

Funny enough, the showrunners apparently want Static while Black Lightning’s creator says if he has his way Static would never appear.

Really? I never heard about that.

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RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#110: Jan 20th 2018 at 3:09:07 PM

[up]I think that makes sense. The showrunners want a popular Electric Black Guy. Tony Isabella fears said EBG's popularity may overshadoew his creation.

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Cross (Don’t ask)
#111: Jan 20th 2018 at 3:36:01 PM

I remember a subject coming up in the DCEU thread (I think), a Static show would have something that interested me. And the idea of Black Lightning getting a movie seemed like a good idea at the time.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#112: Jan 20th 2018 at 10:46:24 PM

Actually Static was inspired by Spider-Man.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#113: Jan 20th 2018 at 10:47:30 PM

Characters can be inspired by more than one thing.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#114: Jan 21st 2018 at 3:16:11 AM

A bit more information on the vendetta between Tobias Whale and Black Lightning

http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/01/21/black-lightning-dead-tobias-whale/

32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#115: Jan 22nd 2018 at 8:45:34 PM

I liked it a lot.

I though the premier was equally strong as The Flash, if not a little better, which my my previous favorite first episode.

edited 22nd Jan '18 8:45:45 PM by 32ndfreeze

Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#116: Jan 23rd 2018 at 6:10:55 PM

Mr. Pierce is terrible at the secret identity thing.

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Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#118: Jan 23rd 2018 at 6:18:41 PM

I mean, he's gotten away with it for this long. Somehow.

I like how they're not shying away from Tobias' own perspective on race.

The fact that his personal henchmen are white is another touch to that.

edited 23rd Jan '18 6:19:09 PM by ArthurEld

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#119: Jan 23rd 2018 at 6:20:37 PM

It's a nice contrast to Jefferson

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ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#121: Jan 23rd 2018 at 7:39:21 PM

I like Tobias. He feels like a typical gangster type, but with some interesting flourishes-his albinism and how that relates to his views of race, the aquatic theme, and his own (probably just lip service but still) code of ethics.

Also excellent use of Billy Paul at the final fight. The soundtrack for this show is great so far.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#122: Jan 23rd 2018 at 9:27:19 PM

Agreed, I hope it can maintain this quality throughout the season.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#123: Jan 23rd 2018 at 9:33:33 PM

The song they used for the first trailer was amazing as well.

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RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#124: Jan 23rd 2018 at 10:04:18 PM

Didn't expect a two-parter right after the premiere.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#125: Jan 23rd 2018 at 10:12:15 PM

What?

Were there two episodes?

Tobias has some swagger to him huh? I mean, even without the context that he bought the police, you could just tell he was walking in there like he owned the place just from the way he was moving.

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