I loved the character's look from the start, and the powers were pretty novel. It was kind of hard to take the concept seriously, though, and I was shocked the DC dropped him into Who's Who without any comment.
In context, bwana, as it turns out, is kind of offensive. From a textbook standpoint, it's a formal, respectful address, like "Sir." Less formally, it's more like how the Spanish jefe ("boss") is used in the United States, semi-sarcastic. The reason is that, for many years, the word was to be reserved for white bosses on the job, which is where the offense comes from.
The closest analogy I can think of would be a white superhero in the deep south calling himself Massa' Monster.
Just as a quick chime-in on topic, though, the Flash still holds up (I bought the DVDs because I missed half the episodes when it aired).
Lois and Clark was good, at least for a while. It was a nice touch making Clark the guy everybody likes but Superman stiff and clever making the hero almost an afterthought in the show.
Justice League...I turned it off after the first few episodes when it aired, because it seemed to be cherry-picking everything I disliked about modern comics. I'm rewatching it now, and...I don't feel much better for it, but it wasn't quite the trainwreck I saw. And to be fair, I didn't really enjoy the team's Batman or Superman shows, except for an occasional episode. Too..."toyetic," especially Superman.
What I saw of The Brave and the Bold (up after I'm through with JL and JLU), I liked. I thought it was fun, but not overly campy or childish, even if the design was clearly supposed to evoke the Adam West series (which I cut my teeth on, in reruns, and will still drop whatever I'm doing to watch, when I see it on). The big innovation I saw that caught my eye was packing an entire (short) episode into the teaser.
It's only barely (if that) related to the comics, but the Human Target, a few years ago, that was amazing. Well, the first season was amazing. After that, they bring in a woman as a "silent partner" whose job it is to stand around pouting about stuff and occasionally be a victim. I hope the actress was some executive's girlfriend, because that's the only quasi-acceptable reason to throw in such an unlikeable character as a transparent ("tense") romantic interest. They also canned the guy that rescored (and re-recorded with an orchestra) the theme music every episode and replaced him with some dude and a synthesizer and generic "edgy" tracks...yawn. But no lie, grab the first season DVDs.
