The Big Picture: Going Green, Part II
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Wow. I went into this not knowing anything about the Green Lantern mythos and now...
All I can say is, Comics are Weiiiirrrrd!
All I can say is, Comics are Weiiiirrrrd!
Actually, yeah, that deserves a clap, that's a rather smart twist. So, now death's are permanent right?
Not really, the Emotion Spectrum is rather the 'Balance' of emotions. the extremes are Rage and love, then Avarice and Compasion, Fear and Hope, and in the center is Will-Power.loui.emma said:
To a degree ALL those rings need Will-Power to actually work, without will you can't create anything. Then again consider this, the Guardians are the ones who dictate 'Green' and they are the ones who want emotionless voids for their servants. The strongest GLs are ones like Hal, like Guy, Like Kyle who fuel it with something else. TRUE Fearlessness, anger, determination.
So yeah it's bullshit, but it sorta kinda works- why am I defending Geoff Johns again?
Also, green is in the center of the visible light spectrum.SpaceMedarotterX said:
Well, lime green is; hence why everybody thinks glowing nuclear radiation looks so damn awesome in fiction.
You know about the infamous Monsanto/Dow chemical that was used by the US army during the Vietnam war?Eagi said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
waste of time or not still very entertaining oh and i started reading the dadepool comics but i could only get the 'deadpool classic #3' i ordered for the first two but due to the postal office strike i might not be seeing them for a while
He's the current head of creative control at DC. Also Brightest Day the follow up was...Jabberwock xeno said:
Okay Brightest Day wasn't bad but I'll sum it up for you.
There I summed it up, NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENED! It was 26 issues that was nothing more than a LEAD IN to the War of the Green Lanterns. We could have skipped the 26 issues and arrived at the same place!
Blackest Night war a horror story with only one real failing, that was not taking the opportunity to say "No more revives after this" and have one mass revival to get all your properties back, and then if they die they die. (Also Blackest Night: The Flash, but I hate that for entirely different reasons)
Brightest Day was just Blah. It's not 'Countdown' terrible (for comparison Countdown is the 'Twilight' of comicbooks) but it doesn't reach 52 (52 is AWESOME)
Also the greatest GL was never covered even though he had his OWN story
Alan Scott continued to exist after Crisis on Infinite Earths, his ring though originally retconned to be similar to the GLC rings was fundementally changed after Zero Hour.
It turns out that his ring is actually the Starheart, long ago the Guardians of the Universe crushed the Empire of Tears, sealing all their magic away into the Starheart. It fell to earth and through sheer force of will Alan Scott made it his *****, Harnessing it's powers
Green Lantern: No. We're beyond willpower. This is about me finally taking responsibility.
Obsidian: For what? For making a monster?
Green Lantern: No. For not being a parent.
(Green Lantern uses his powers to restrain his son, and basically burn the evil out of him using willpower, love and a Green Lantern Ring)
Green Lantern: That's why the Justice Society is so important to me. To Jay and Ted and Carter. Jay couldn't have children. Ted lost his son. Carter neglected his. And I... I was never even there for mine. We failed our children. But we won't fail them again. I won't fail you again. Or any of the children of the Justice Society. And that is my oath.
Alan Scott, demonstrating why old farts in spandex are, occasionally, awesome
Alan Scott continued to exist after Crisis on Infinite Earths, his ring though originally retconned to be similar to the GLC rings was fundementally changed after Zero Hour.
It turns out that his ring is actually the Starheart, long ago the Guardians of the Universe crushed the Empire of Tears, sealing all their magic away into the Starheart. It fell to earth and through sheer force of will Alan Scott made it his *****, Harnessing it's powers
Obsidian: What are you going to do? Recite your silly little oath at me? Tell me how "no will is greater than yours", how you "wrote the book on willpower"?Alan Scott said:
Green Lantern: No. We're beyond willpower. This is about me finally taking responsibility.
Obsidian: For what? For making a monster?
Green Lantern: No. For not being a parent.
(Green Lantern uses his powers to restrain his son, and basically burn the evil out of him using willpower, love and a Green Lantern Ring)
Green Lantern: That's why the Justice Society is so important to me. To Jay and Ted and Carter. Jay couldn't have children. Ted lost his son. Carter neglected his. And I... I was never even there for mine. We failed our children. But we won't fail them again. I won't fail you again. Or any of the children of the Justice Society. And that is my oath.
Alan Scott, demonstrating why old farts in spandex are, occasionally, awesome
I never actually read the comics. I found them needlessly convoluted, and these Comics Are Weird episodes do nothing to entice me to change my beliefs.SpaceMedarotterX said:
First, that's a really stupid weakness.SlothfulCobra said:
Second, what's wrong with lasers and flashy telekinesis? I've seen the trailers for the new Green Lantern movie, specifically that one part where Hal makes a minigun out of light. My only thought was WTF. Why make a coherent light minigun when you can just shoot lasers with more strength and less effort? It's really really stupid. There's creative, and there's retarded. When you've got a laser cannon on your hand, don't use it to build a needlessly complicated gun. It's literally wasting time and effort to create a weaker middle man.
Very nicely done, Bob, these videos are never a waste of my time. I still can't believe some people spent a year of their lives bitching about something that happened in a comic book. Did I mention I really hate crazy fans?
Honestly I'm amazed DC was in such a great position continuity wise and history wise to set up the possibility of so many corps. They had Sinestro, whose thing was yellow, and the Star Saphires, whose thing was violet. All they had to do was regigger the Star Saphires so they used love energy instead of just some random power source, put it into rings, and give Sinestro his yellow rings, and they had two whole corps all ready to go.
Now, on to the Spectre. Basically, he's the Angel of Vengence, working for the (thankfully) little detailed DC version of Almighty God. I say that because it's best that God remain ambigious as possible, so props to DC for not trying to force characterization on the King of Kings.
Anyway, The Spectre originally began as a spirit that would go around, bringing justice down on the heads of evil men, in old Golden Age horror comics. Then they regiggered HIM into a superhero and made him a sometimes member of the JSA. His most defining characteristic, besides possesing the souls of dead humans in order to manifest on Earth like he did with the deceased Hal Jordan, is that he's one of the most powerful beings around.
I'm not joking, when the Spectre arrives on the scene of a battle, everyone stops to watch him kick ass, usually as a giant.
Now, on to the Spectre. Basically, he's the Angel of Vengence, working for the (thankfully) little detailed DC version of Almighty God. I say that because it's best that God remain ambigious as possible, so props to DC for not trying to force characterization on the King of Kings.
Anyway, The Spectre originally began as a spirit that would go around, bringing justice down on the heads of evil men, in old Golden Age horror comics. Then they regiggered HIM into a superhero and made him a sometimes member of the JSA. His most defining characteristic, besides possesing the souls of dead humans in order to manifest on Earth like he did with the deceased Hal Jordan, is that he's one of the most powerful beings around.
I'm not joking, when the Spectre arrives on the scene of a battle, everyone stops to watch him kick ass, usually as a giant.
