Black
Lighting 3/10
What a
fitting number considering I only watched three episodes. To be
fair...to myself, I was ready to be done halfway through the first
episode but decided for some reason to watch a few more. I was hoping
that it would get better and that the first episode was just the
series Black Lightning getting its footing. It didn't three episodes
in so I tapped out. They have this on Netflix so I checked it out and
I wasn't disappointed because I had zero expectations for this. I
don't watch any of the DC shows on CW anymore. I gave up on Flash years ago after it had been amazing and wanted another good series to
check out. This was not it.
Cress
Williams is Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning. He comes out of
superhero retirement wile also being the principal of a school. He
has two daughters that end up developing (I lasted long enough to see
one get them) and a wife he is trying to get back with. It is not
very interesting. The guy looks good as Black Lightning but watching
him fight is ridiculous, especially a scene where he is on a rooftop
trying to hide and he is glowing in the dark. One of the best things
about this show is the bad guy played by Marvin “Krondon” Jones
III. Dude needs to be playing this part on another show because he is
too good for this. He is fucking terrifying.
I am
not gonna sit here and list what could have made this show better
because I don't have that much time nor have I ever written a series.
I just didn't dig this show. The acting was inconsistent. The tone
jumped all over the place between political, racial, funny, and
straight up mothers being shot dead in the street violent. This show
is dependent on everyone not saying what needs to be said or doing
exactly the wrong thing to keep it moving which means it'll be on the
air for seasons to come.
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