Green Lantern Series

[Christopher]

Heh. I was wondering, if the thing was five minutes from impact, why it wasn't already scraping the atmosphere. Or at least a heck of a lot closer than shown.

Depends on the speed, of course. Typically, objects in space go far faster than the speeds we're used to seeing on Earth. The Earth itself is moving around the Sun at over 100,000 kilometers per hour, faster than any human-built spacecraft has ever traveled under thrust (though some have been accelerated by gravity to faster speeds). If Mogo were orbiting at a comparable speed and the asteroid were coming head-on at the same speed, for a combined closing velocity of over 200,000 km/h, then five minutes before impact they'd be about 17,000 kilometers apart, or roughly one and a third times the diameter of the Earth. And of course if the asteroid were closing even faster, they'd be even farther apart at that time.

And the characters' priorities seemed really out of whack throughout the episode. Apart from the asinine "let's blow up the asteroid and REALLY mess up the biosphere", you've got Hal slowly trudging through the jungle trying to make small talk with a guy who may not even be able to talk. Apparently forgetting the urgency of the mission. Six hours is not very long.

Well, they were searching for the Green Lantern they beleived was on the planet (not realizing it was the planet). They weren't just making idle conversation.

 

[davejames]

I've been pretty impressed with the show as well. The writing is sharp and witty, but it still manages to keep that fun, adventure show feel for the kids. And some of the twists have been cool as well, whether it was having a Red Lantern join the crew or the ship make herself a sexy body to walk around in.

 

[Christopher]

I wouldn't exactly say Aya's gynoid form is sexy, aside from having the kind of proportions you expect from a Bruce Timm female character (which have become so predictable by this point as to have lost their impact -- really, he could stand to learn more variety). Her face just looks too childlike and innocent. And the rest of her just looks too much like an iMac. So her gynoid avatar is more an aesthetically pleasing interface device than something that inspires erotic stirrings.

 

[Silvercrest]

And that's probably a good thing. This is Hal we're talking about.

 

[davejames]

Well I just meant sexy in a general, sleek kind of way, like how critics describe a cool sports car or an iPad or something.

Not in a "I want to do her" kind of way.

 

[Admiral2]

Come on! They put her in spanx. Whether they achieved it or not, they were going for "sexy."

 

[Guy Gardener]

Do Androids dream about Red lanterns?

in the comics, Kilowog was Strong enough to bare knuckled take on Superman.

Jordan keeps taking his ring off to smackdown with aliens without even wondering is their strength/muscle density is comparable to human beings? I seriously want to see him punch someone 5 times stronger and more resistant to trauma than he is, because being fearless is a dangerous sort of mental handicap.

Oh?

They can push a meteor back from colliding with a planet, but have trouble beat downing on some bloke with a stick?

 

[sojourner]

in the comics, Kilowog was Strong enough to bare knuckled take on Superman.

This must be new in the last ten years. I don't recall any indication of Kilowog being this strong without a ring back when I collected comics.

 

[Guy Gardener]

No, right at the beginning of Green Lantern Corps in the 80s.

Maybe it was that he was fighting superman level villains, but he certainly took his spinach compared to most Earthicans, and the rest of the Lanterns kept going on about how he didn't really need his ring.

 

[sojourner]

I either forgot or missed that bit I guess.

 

[Agent Richard07]

I thought Razer was going to be the new Green Lantern, but I couldn't figure out why the ring didn't go to him. I figured that it was because he was already wearing the red latern ring. Looked like they were hinting at him eventually going green though.

I've been pretty impressed with the show as well. The writing is sharp and witty, but it still manages to keep that fun, adventure show feel for the kids. And some of the twists have been cool as well, whether it was having a Red Lantern join the crew or the ship make herself a sexy body to walk around in.

Pretty much my thoughts on the show. It's pretty good.

Her face just looks too childlike and innocent. And the rest of her just looks too much like an iMac. So her gynoid avatar is more an aesthetically pleasing interface device than something that inspires erotic stirrings.

Well I just meant sexy in a general, sleek kind of way, like how critics describe a cool sports car or an iPad or something.

Not in a "I want to do her" kind of way.

Pretty much my thoughts on Aya too, but I don't think her face looks all that childlike.

 

[Christopher]

I thought Razer was going to be the new Green Lantern, but I couldn't figure out why the ring didn't go to him. I figured that it was because he was already wearing the red latern ring. Looked like they were hinting at him eventually going green though.

I'm not sure he has the traits that make for a good Green Lantern. He has his own distinct qualities that he offers. And there are good creative reasons for keeping him red. It's good to have a diversity of types in an ensemble cast, characters who can contrast with and play against each other. And the same goes visually; from a design standpoint, it's more interesting to have a red-hued character to provide some contrast to all the green-hued folks.

Pretty much my thoughts on Aya too, but I don't think her face looks all that childlike.

Well, not in that shot, aside from the general juvenile attributes of Timm's female designs in general (big eyes, big heads, delicate features). I guess her personality helps bolster the impression for me.

 

[Agent Richard07]

I thought Razer was going to be the new Green Lantern, but I couldn't figure out why the ring didn't go to him. I figured that it was because he was already wearing the red latern ring. Looked like they were hinting at him eventually going green though.

I'm not sure he has the traits that make for a good Green Lantern. He has his own distinct qualities that he offers. And there are good creative reasons for keeping him red. It's good to have a diversity of types in an ensemble cast, characters who can contrast with and play against each other. And the same goes visually; from a design standpoint, it's more interesting to have a red-hued character to provide some contrast to all the green-hued folks.

I agree with the "keeping him red" part, but I can see him becoming a Green Lantern eventually, even if it's at the very end.

 

[Guy Gardener]

They had Walker Saint on the table last week.

That taps the blue Lanterns who are powered on Hope.

 

[Hound of UIster]

The bit about anger being the abandoned child of despair and fear seem to foreshadow that his allegiance will be torn between SinestroCorps or Blue Lanterns.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

So they went and addressed Razer's lack of a power battery in this episode.

 

[Christopher]

And apparently the battery he stole was Atrocitus's personal one. I wonder if that will have any consequences, like making him more rage-prone or something.

I wonder how much of that story the priest told is grounded in fact. I'm sure a lot of it has been twisted, but there may be some dark secret the Guardians have been keeping.

 

[Kaijima]

I have to admit, I like the show so far due to its premise. Why? It's not generic. It's practically expected that every mainstream comic adaptation will stick to a very generic, well-worn premise so that the mainstream viewer will be drawn in by the "core" setting and plot of the famous comic property.

This show isn't doing that. If anything, it's not even really a "super hero" show but rather is fully embracing Cosmic DC and is pure science fiction. Even the fact that on Earth there's this whole "secret identity" and costumed adventurer culture has been directly mocked within the show itself.

I approve as this is one of the first comic adaptions to expand its horizons beyond merely trying to replicate and directly translate a bunch of existing comic stories.

 

[DarKush]

I thought this past week's episode was the best yet. Lots of action and some good stuff about the origin of the Red Lanterns. I do wish though that this Red Lantern storyline had come later. I wanted to see more of the Green Lantern Corps itself, back in more familiar turf. I like the show so far but I do think it got off on the wrong foot with just two Green Lanterns v. the Red Lanterns, cut off from the rest of the GLC.

 

[Christopher]

^Wow, two almost diametrically opposed opinions in consecutive posts. I tend more toward Kaijima's view that it's better to do something new than just to rehash the familiar.

Also, that choice is mandated by the use of 3D animation. It may be fashionable these days, but unless you have a feature-film budget and schedule, it's a far more limiting format than 2D, because every character and set and object has to be carefully modeled and can't just be drawn as needed. So a 3D animated show can't handle as many distinct characters as a 2D show can -- at least not until it's had time to gradually add more of them, episode by episode. So they had to embrace a format with a limited cast size, at least to start with.