As part of my continuous quest to not give HBO Max (or whatever it will be called when you read this) money, I bought a DVD of Season 1 of the short-lived Green Lantern cartoon.
I remember enjoying this one when it was originally on.
After over a decade, how does it hold up?
To find out, read on...
Lanterns are being killed (they can't say that explicitly, of course) and they go to investigate.
This involves 'borrowing' a new ship (with the help of a Guardian) and going into this bit of Space with sparse protection and mostly-untrained Lanterns.
The pair run across a new threat- Red Lanterns!
These people/aliens are powered by Rage/Anger, as opposed to Willpower like our Heroes.
Their leader is an Alien named Atrocitus and he wants revenge on the Guardians for past crimes (or so he says).
Razer- one of the Red Lanterns left behind- goes from their prisoner to cautious helper.
Essentially, he also wants to stop Atrocitus, but only for leaving him to die.
The ship's AI takes on a robot form named Aya and sparks (not literally- yet) fly between them.
This Show is based on the then-pretty new expanded lore of the Lanterns.
As such, we meet the Star Sapphires, who wield the power of Love.
Is there more going on though?
Season 1 sets up an invasion of Red Lanterns.
Can they stop it?
Maybe with some help...but it is still a toss-up.
To find out, watch Season 1 now.
A really fun Show that rewards you for paying attention as it goes on.
The serialized nature of the Show works great, with Characters getting Arcs and things all coming to a head.
St. Walker shows up early on, just so he can be important later (see above).
Razer's backstory is deep and gains a few twists and turns along the way.
Razer's backstory is deep and gains a few twists and turns along the way.
Kilowogg grows from gruff Commander to fully fleshed out person over 13 Episodes.
Even Atrocitus goes from snarling villain to guy with a somewhat justified vendetta!
The only complaint I've seen about the Show that I do get is the fact that he's off of Earth from 98% of the Show, denying us a chance to see his non-space-based Villains.
That's fair.
Minor, but fair.
That's fair.
Minor, but fair.
The whole thing is quite enjoyable and I spaced out my viewing over a couple of weeks to slightly-simulate the natural pacing of my original watch.
Speaking of which, now I'm left without a way to watch Season 2 right now. All I've got is...
A Show that has held up well, doing more justice (pun intended) to Hal and company than the 2011 Film. Seek it out.
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