The Green Lantern Corps Podcast

It's season finale time! Naaim and Brandan talk "Dirt and Stars," walking through the whole thing beat by beat: what landed, what didn't, and one very specific creative choice at the end of the episode that we may have had thoughts about. Along the way we get into the season as a whole – the front half versus the back half, the ring-construct budget, whether this works as a John Stewart origin story or just as prestige TV with a lantern on the poster, argue about superhero ethics until we somehow end up relitigating the Mutant Registration Act, and look ahead to Man of Tomorrow and what James Gunn's DCU might mean for John going forward. There's also a brief, unresolved mystery about Paula Patton that we never quite put to bed.Find us on YouTube at http://youtube.com/glspotlightMusic: “Ring Capacity” by Kirby Krackle“Sector 2814” by The Roy Clark Method

Naaim and Brandan break down the penultimate episode of Lanterns "The Jordan Boys Legacy." One episode left. Hal's a hologram, John's a mess, Sinestro's on the loose, Noah's giving off Manhunter vibes, and we have theories about all of it. Plus, some theories for a potential Season 2 and does this show work without Kyle Chandler?Find us on YouTube at http://youtube.com/glspotlightMusic: “Ring Capacity” by Kirby Krackle“Sector 2814” by The Roy Clark Method

Naaim and Brandan dig into "Bad Optics" from the John/Hal café confrontation and Hal's broken nose, to Guy Gardner finally showing up five and a half episodes into an eight-episode season. With two episodes still to go in HBO's Lanterns, they recap where the season stands, react to the episode's biggest turns, and get into the bigger question hanging over the final stretch: can the show still deliver on the Hal-and-John partnership it promised, or did that arc quietly slip away a few episodes back?Find us on YouTube at http://youtube.com/glspotlightMusic: “Ring Capacity” by Kirby Krackle“Sector 2814” by The Roy Clark Method

Naaim and Brandan break down episode 5 of HBO's Lanterns, the one where Hal finally gets to do some real Green Lantern stuff and John's arc takes a big step forward.We dig into Hal's performance on the job (and mount a full defense), what the episode says about creativity and what it really means to be a Green Lantern, and John's push-and-pull with the mantle. Then a beat-by-beat on one of the season's tensest scenes.Find us on YouTube at http://youtube.com/glspotlightMusic: “Ring Capacity” by Kirby Krackle“Sector 2814” by The Roy Clark Method

In this episode of Green Lantern Corps Cast, Naaim and Brandan dig into Lanterns Episode 4, "The Weenie," which they think might be the strongest of the season so far. They break down Ulrich Thomsen's Hannibal-Lecter-grade Sinestro and the wedge he's driving between Hal and John, get into why the Hal/John relationship is the real engine of the show, and build out a full Manhunter suspect board. They close with some bigger-picture talk on where Lanterns fits in the current prestige-TV landscape, John Stewart's evolving comics canon, and whether this show is finally the cultural moment GL fans have been waiting for.Find us on YouTube at http://youtube.com/glspotlightMusic: “Ring Capacity” by Kirby Krackle“Sector 2814” by The Roy Clark Method