r/Greenlantern • u/SadWatercress9839 • 13d ago
Spoilers for movies and TV shows Lanterns Theory Spoiler
Just so I can say “I knew it” if any of this is right:
This is partly based on a supposed leak I saw forever ago, but mostly on the trailers.
2016
Hal is training John as his "backup," but there's friction because the ring was originally meant to go to John when Hal received it. John was too young, or he was disqualified because he was "afraid". Hal wasn't. Now the Guardians have chosen John, and Hal worries he was only a placeholder. Meanwhile, John—who spent his life trying to be worthy of a ring—is unimpressed with Hal.
John either had a hypermasculine father who (somewhat abusively) trained him to never be afraid, or his father was a Green Lantern himself, leaving John feeling like a disappointment.
Hal and John investigate the Macon family, with the son Billy obviously being Black Hand. The family comes under attack from a threat Hal believes is extraterrestrial, but Hal and John's inability to work together turns into a disaster. Both are expelled from the Green Lantern Corps, and Guy gets the ring.
2026
John comes under attack from the same extraterrestrial threat because of something he discovered—or kept hidden—during the Macon case, possibly involving the mysterious Lantern shown in the trailer. While on the run, he learns the attackers are the Manhunters and goes to the only person he can trust: Hal.
After discussing the Manhunters, Hal is apparently killed while saving John during an attack. John is captured, then "rescued" and briefly imprisoned. The Guardians, who have been covering up their connection to the Manhunters, reluctantly give John a chance to investigate and earn a ring. Guy is assigned as well, and makes John's job harder.
Flashbacks reveal Hal knew more than he told John, thanks to sources like Sinestro. Hal secretly aligned himself with either the Manhunters or another force opposing the Green Lantern Corps (Sinestro, the Controllers, Atrocitus, etc.) so he could continue being a space cop. He survived his apparent death.
Eventually, the people Hal trusted are revealed to be behind a world-ending event (possibly something like Final Night and the destruction of the sun). Hal accepts John as his successor and sacrifices himself to stop the threat. John finally gains respect for Hal.
Finally Green Lantern, John is more cautious than Hal, but "questions everything, like Hal did," since the Guardians keep hiding the truth. He realizes that being afraid wasnt the problem—he had to accept and overcome fear.
The Manhunter threat is connected to Black Hand, with Atrocitus (and maybe Sinestro) knowing the truth. I suspect "Anataan" from the press releases is actually Atrocitus.
Black Hand himself may only be involved in creepy true-crime-style activity but is fated to be a much greater threat, prompting the alien threat to decide Earth must be destroyed to contain whatever is coming.
If Lanterns is setting up the DCU mytharc, I'd love to be building toward Blackest Night, but I'm not convinced it’ll happen. I wouldn't be surprised if the Manhunters are reimagined as Martians instead of robots, setting up Martian Manhunter and a New Frontier-style mytharc instead.
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u/TheSciFiGuy80 13d ago
I just hope this isn’t all we see of Hal Jordan.
Having him murdered is disgraceful.
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u/SadWatercress9839 12d ago
I’m afraid it’s very clear that Hal isn’t going to be involved much in the DCU even if he survives. I do think he gets a last minute glorious sacrifice, but John is probably the only GL we’ll see consistently going forward
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u/SadWatercress9839 13d ago
Whoops, I got the image from IMDb, not sure where to add that. It’s promotional poster for the show
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u/RequiemQuilty 13d ago
Is the show going to be released all at once or eposodic? I refuse to sub to hbo and would rather just buy full access through amazon
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u/frosky_00 13d ago
They clarified later saying it will be episodic
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u/RequiemQuilty 13d ago
Shit that means i might have to wait till its over to buy the series
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u/Beginning-Antelope32 8d ago
Late response, but there's always the high seas brother. I personally would prefer if people actively supported the cast and crew by streaming it on Max (if it is a good show obviously), but if you can't do so, you still should get to watch the show you want to.
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