Lanterns & Lioness: A Television Recap | Bonus Episode

In this bonus episode of Selective Ignorance , Mandii B, A-King, and Jason “Jah” Lee are joined by special guest Soop from the Selective Ignorance Classmates Discord for a deep dive into TV, movies, reboots, streaming, AI, and pop culture . The crew kicks things off with a spoiler warning [ 00:00 ] before briefly revisiting the Converse controversy and boycott culture [ 01:00 ] and debating whether voting can create more meaningful change than consumer boycotts [ 04:18 ] .

From there, they get into the buzz around Black television reboots [ 05:44 ] , Lioness Season 3 [ 08:43 ] , its Aaliyah twist [ 09:36 ] , dating people with dangerous careers [ 11:06 ] , kids knowing more than their parents realize [ 12:20 ] , and Joe choosing revenge [ 14:55 ] . They discuss potential spin-offs and Taylor Sheridan’s expanding television universe [ 18:47 ] , rate the season and its flashbacks [ 21:48 ] , then move into DC’s Lanterns and its timeline jumps [ 24:28 ] and Green Lantern casting [ 25:31 ] .

The conversation shifts to the troubled Blade reboot [ 27:12 ] , race and Terrence Howard [ 30:18 ] , Denzel Washington joining the Black Panther universe [ 31:55 ] , The Hunger Games [ 35:52 ] , and the movies and shows they’d personally like to see rebooted [ 40:17 ] . The nostalgia leads to Short Circuit and Johnny Five as the crew jokes about old-school movies accidentally warning us about artificial intelligence [ 44:14 ] , why they’re polite to ChatGPT [ 46:11 ] , AI stalkers [ 46:47 ] , and a particularly wild robot-vibrator future [ 47:00 ] .

They make plans for a Marvel field trip [ 47:55 ] , confess their binge-watching habits [ 48:13 ] , discuss the Friday the 13th prequel Crystal Lake [ 49:19 ] , tease a Theranos documentary conversation [ 50:09 ] , and share their favorite A24 projects [ 52:39 ] before giving some The Drop shoutouts [ 52:50 ] . The crew reacts to P-Valley entering its final season [ 53:47 ] , debates increasingly short TV seasons [ 54:16 ] , reflects on Ice-T’s dream career [ 55:10 ] , and traces the origins of Fight Land and Power [ 56:04 ] .

Finally, Mandii reveals she’s watching The Wire [ 58:16 ] , sparking the inevitable The Wire versus Snowfall conversation [ 01:00:06 ] , before the crew plugs Patreon and Discord [ 01:02:12 ] , calls out the community [ 01:02:42 ] , and closes with final credits [ 01:05:34 ] . No Holes Barred: A Dual Manifesto Of Sexual Exploration And Power” w/ Tempest X!

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