Young Justice

[zemo]

Ten dollars says Kaldur is a mole.

It seems probable, doesn't it?

I also want to know what's up with Black Manta's central-African style interior. I am fairly sure I never heard him coming from any place in particular. I assume there's more reason to it than "the black guy comes from Africa", though.

[Thequeerjock]

Heh. Well during the 70's I think there was an ill-advised attempt to make him some sort of black revolutionary, so it might be a nod to that. Though I'm pretty sure that bit of his origin got retconned pretty quickly.

[Slewo.O]

It seems probable, doesn't it?

I also want to know what's up with Black Manta's central-African style interior. I am fairly sure I never heard him coming from any place in particular. I assume there's more reason to it than "the black guy comes from Africa", though.

I personally think it's just standard "I'm a supervillain and thief" decor thing. Though I guess it is a nod.

Heh. Well during the 70's I think there was an ill-advised attempt to make him some sort of black revolutionary, so it might be a nod to that. Though I'm pretty sure that bit of his origin got retconned pretty quickly.

There was. Manta was shown as fighting for the black community or some such. But yeah, they dropped it pretty quick and portrayed it as just an act he did to keep his henchmen willing to follow him.

[zemo]

You know, looking at those masks again, they look a bit like under-stylized versions of Maasai masks. Which I hope they aren't. Because the Maasai are predominsntly cattle owners and stay as far away from the ocean as possible.

[Kedd]

It seems to me like this is, in a way, a completely new show (Or at least a relaunch after a multi-year hiatus) so it's falling into a lot of the problems that new shows have. It's got to establish the characters and get them into our consciousness before it can really work with them; the first season didn't really take off until several episodes in, where we knew who each person was, so we could begin spending time on personal episodes. I think once we've established who all the new characters are, and what happened to the old characters, we'll get more episodes that really spend time with each person and steps up the quality.

It doesn't really feel like they're trying to establish any of the new people though. They're just there. The show is still dominated by Superboy and Miss Martian with random moments from the rest of team thrown in here and there, but nothing that really does much in the way of introducing the characters aside from Lagoon Boy, who I'm willing to say I officially do not like as a character.
Bumblebee has been all but mute, Mal doesn't yet have a justified existence, Tim is not distinct in anyway aside from his outfit, Blue Beetle has had some really funny moments but he's been nothing aside from a good joke where he talks to himself and plot device when he translated for the aliens. Beast Boy has gotten a little time, but I'm not feeling that character either. I roll my eyes every time I hear "Chum" or "noted" one more time from either Lagoon Boy or Beast Boy.

[Thequeerjock]

So I think that's just about everyone in the original cast who has reappeared. Happy to see nobody else got killed offscreen.

Also

Spoiler:

LIAN!

[K-DoG7p7]

Well you know how that's going to end..

[Slewo.O]

Well you know how that's going to end..

She's gonna age up and get her own arrow costume?

[K-DoG7p7]

She's gonna age up and get her own arrow costume?

I'm so sorry but..




No.
Robinson is going to happen.

[Thequeerjock]

I doubt they're going to kill a baby. Unless James Robinson started writing for the show when I wasn't looking.