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BlackNMild2k1:
Black Lightning S3

So I decided to go back and pick up this show since I've had time to catch up on just about everything.
I know this show has been dealing with Black Community issues and perspective from the onset, but it's just crazy how much this has parallels to whats going on in the world right now.
So they are dealing with a deadly poison and I believe a virus that targets Metahumans specifically, and the "Authorities" are abusive in the enforcement of oppression of the people of Freeland, as they try to round up all the Metahumans.
So at the point in the show where I am, the Metahumans wants to fight for their rights, the ASA (Gov Police Force similar to ICE but for metahumans) and their blatant disregard for specific peoples lives nor anyone else that would speak out for Metahumans or against the ASA, and the public display of all this is about to lead to a movement against ASA Violence and Occupation.
I'm curious to see if the parallels continue.

nickmitch:
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans

I had almost forgotten how much I liked the Gundam franchise. I remember really enjoying each series as it came to Toonami. I was really into Gundam Wing and enjoyed 08th MS Team, G Gundam, and the others. This came to Toonami some time ago, but I kept missing episodes and with this franchise that makes it hard to follow. Thankfully, it's on Netflix.

The premise of this one is basically Mars has been colonized, but is being drained of resources by the Earth Economic Blocks (basically just unified continent nations). And a big war 300 years prior left a single military group in charge of keeping the peace. The story follows a group or martian orphans, children who work at a paramilitary base. They call kids recruited/abducted into piloting mobile suits for combat "human debris" but they're basically the equivalent of child rebel soldiers. The children are also subject to some mild genetic experimentation. Basically, the protagonists fight for their freedom, then struggle to find a place in the world while getting caught up with the military organization.

The series is overall great. The series starts with the group being selected for an escort mission, but conflict arises immediately when people want that person dead. It does a good job of showing how the difficult choices and alliances the group (or their leader) makes have consequences that push the story. The character kids' commitment to the group and leader are constantly reinforced as they suffer major losses which each one feeling pretty heavy. Despite the success of the group, driven by their access to a Gundam, they are just kids getting caught up in conflicts larger than themselves, and eventually that's what drives the series to its ending.

Highly recommend if you like action sci-fi anime and don't mind sadness.

BlackNMild2k1:

--- Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on July 16, 2020, 11:52:10 AM ---Black Lightning S3

So I decided to go back and pick up this show since I've had time to catch up on just about everything.
I know this show has been dealing with Black Community issues and perspective from the onset, but it's just crazy how much this has parallels to whats going on in the world right now.
So they are dealing with a deadly poison and I believe a virus that targets Metahumans specifically, and the "Authorities" are abusive in the enforcement of oppression of the people of Freeland, as they try to round up all the Metahumans.
So at the point in the show where I am, the Metahumans wants to fight for their rights, the ASA (Gov Police Force similar to ICE but for metahumans) and their blatant disregard for specific peoples lives nor anyone else that would speak out for Metahumans or against the ASA, and the public display of all this is about to lead to a movement against ASA Violence and Occupation.
I'm curious to see if the parallels continue.

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Well, I finished S3 just now. (I know.... I should be working, but I can multi-task.... :/)
and between this show and what was being done in the MCU w/ Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Pandemic storyline that may have been removed due to... ummmm... real life reason event), Fantasy Media is touching so close to reality with the timing on subject matter shaping these events.

There was a kind of hole in the story when Crisis happened, but I think they glossed over it well enough. I don't really have any intentions of checking out Crisis, as it didn't sound like it turned out all that well, even if it wasn't all that bad. But I think BL was fairly decent for what they have got going on here. Just the fact that they can draw on the real Black dilemma to fuel the underlying struggle of the characters, tapping into real history to paint a familiar depth to the burden of the black community, and then sprinkle it all with that magical negro coating of Superhero show. I with it.

I just wish that if they trying to keep they identities a secret, they probablys shouldn't walk around as a superhero family with the disguise of "no one will recognize me with these sunglasses on, especially if I walk around with my family, who is also wearing glasses.... except for my other daughter who is wearing an eye mask".... smh. I guess the voice changer helps a little. LOL

Plugabugz:
Last weeks episode of Agents of Shield was fantastic. Quite possibly the best in the series.

Plugabugz:
And goodbye to AOS entirely. The show had many problems over the years - not being allowed by Marvel to use anything to do with the movies or even other comic characters, being ignored by the movies, budgetary issues (which the showrunners acknowledged after the final episode) - but the characters really grew into their positions and Chloe Bennet (Daisy) really matured into the role over the years.

It got 7 seasons and ended on its own terms which is a lot better than most shows these days.

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