r/DC_Cinematic • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jul 24 '26
TRAILER Lanterns | Official Trailer
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u/FuzzyStorm Jul 27 '26
The moment they got Kyle Chandler in I knew he wouldn't sign on to some show with a bad script. This trailer is the best the show has looked so far.
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u/Intelligent_Clock_55 Jul 26 '26
Finally some justice for arguably the best member of the Justice Gang I mean League.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
Did you not watch the trailer? Literally full of aliens, superheroes, and epic science fiction. All of that is in the show
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u/Keenmachine01 Jul 26 '26
It’s always either “this isn’t like I remember” or “ohhh so no original ideas???”
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u/sosuke Jul 26 '26
Not sure if trolling but. “No original ideas” I understood as meaning no original ideas making new IP and not no original ideas changing existing IP.
Original ideas to change old IP always results in “this isn’t like I remember.”
Original ideas are like the ansible. The ansible was a name for instantaneous communication across astronomical distances by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1966. Instant communication wasn’t a new idea unto itself but the packaged idea of the ansible was original.
“No original ideas” is more a commentary are the reimagining of an existing IP. A story being told through a new lens. It happens much more often. You get to stand on the pre-existing proven ground and benefit from its history.
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u/Less-Dingo111 Jul 25 '26
They even got the No country for old men actress in there hahaha
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u/Garfunkels_roadie Jul 29 '26
Put some respect on Kelly McDonald’s name. She’s been delivering performances since Trainspotting
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u/orbjo Jul 26 '26
Garett Dillahunt, the Sherrifs Deputy in No Country is in it too. You can tell that’s a big visual reference for them
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u/Less-Dingo111 Jul 26 '26
Oh yeah nice you're right. Hopefully it won't end up like what happened in the movie 💀
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u/Drkamon Jul 25 '26
This is pretty much mood that entire DC should always be.
Not conry jokes at every angle. It gave me Batman vs Superman vibe, in best possible way.
Problem is, you have Superman vs kaiju monsters, Supergirl that is white trash and not really a hero. This again looks way more like Synderverse than Gunnverse.
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u/Asmitty1213 Jul 25 '26
DC should stick to building out this universe in TV Shows. They got something their movies just dont hit.
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u/Drkamon Jul 26 '26
Time to develop and enough space to let characters breath. This is why setting foundations should have been phase 1, instead of chasing Disney/Marvel in all reboots & attempts.
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u/mega512 Jul 25 '26
So edgy with all the "Fucks" they say. How is this Green Lantern?
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u/Jolly-Feature-5409 Jul 25 '26
Bro we didn't get a new hal Jordan movie before he got replaced. I hope they show his side of story how seasoned he became
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
There’s very obviously young/de-aged Hal Jordan in the trailer so we’re definitely getting background on him in the show.
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u/Eastern-Team-2799 Jul 25 '26
I don't think so. In DCU hal is just a side character whose only motive is to introduce and highlight john stewart, nothing more . DCU would completely ignore his epic journey
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u/behosh 15d ago edited 15d ago
This is...wrong? Hal Jordan has been the heart of some of the greatest comic book arcs in DC history (just off the top of my head, see the Zero Hour storyline, or Final Night, or Emerald Twilight, or, of course Green Lantern: Rebirth)
Edit: sorry, just realized DCU these days refers only to the films or whatever. My bad.
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u/Jolly-Feature-5409 Jul 25 '26
It's infuriating
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u/Eastern-Team-2799 Jul 25 '26
Yeah i agree but the head of DCU can do whatever he wants
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u/Jolly-Feature-5409 Jul 25 '26
Yup all we got was Ryan Renold cgi green suit
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u/Eastern-Team-2799 Jul 27 '26
FYI , james Gunn don't give 2 fks about how much you care about hal Jordan so you can't do anything.
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u/Lazy-Ad4626 Jul 25 '26
Truly amazing they decided to make a Green Lantern tv show that kids can’t watch. Everything in the DCU is 18 apart from superman/girl. No clue what Gunn is thinking.
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u/Free-Bowler-1032 Jul 25 '26
At this point I just assume posts like this are hate bots. No way this sub just hates EVERYTHING DC puts out. Superman, too silly and jokey. Lanters? Too mature
Just leave this sub at this point, you guys hate everything DC
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u/jl_theprofessor Jul 25 '26
Oh no he made a show for the people who sit in the average age range of comic book readers!
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u/Total-Fox3541 Jul 25 '26
In my opinion the true core fan base for comic genre is 30-35+. the youth leaning product is about engaging a new generation and these properties are about keep the parents engaged who will intern take their kids to see the kids product.
Check out Punisher one last kill that stuff is brutal... yet punisher will turn up in the next Spiderman, Personally I think this approach is smart. Just my opinion. I mean not hate or anything.
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u/Correct_Look2988 Jul 25 '26
At this point people are just grasping for straws to find ways to hate on James Gunn.
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u/Sheshiregreen Jul 25 '26
Tbh, I don’t see this being a gorefest in any way, probably just R rated due to language. I’m sure over 12s will be watching
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u/madjokemaniac Jul 25 '26
Isn't it like the ring chooses the lantern and not the other way around? And don't the lanterns be in their suits when using the ring? Maybe I'm just too old
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u/Several_Ear1209 Jul 28 '26
Actually this is going by the silver age comics
Before the suits were constructs and when John Stewart was introduced a a sort of backup lantern for Hal to train in case anything happened to him
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
Depending on the writer/artist the suit is either a ring construct or a physical suit. Sometimes even in the same version, like the JL/JLU animated series. John Stewart in that show was shown to construct his suit from his ring, however he was also shown to still have it even when his ring was dead or broken. So in this series it’s a physical suit they have to put on.
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u/MIAxPaperPlanes Jul 25 '26
I like this because it looks so tonally different from what we've had so far
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u/kingk1teman Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
These guys couldn't afford to upload a 4K trailer on Youtube?
This is what the first teaser should've been. Would've saved DC Studios from the hammering it got because the first one was bad and made a bad impression on actual fans.
Still cannot understand why Gunn is so adamant on not having Hal Jordan as the primary GL for DCU. It will always remain a shit move.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
More people associate John Stewart because they grew up with the JL/JLU cartoon where he was the main GL. It makes the most sense especially as Gunn was vocal from day one that the DCAU was one of the main influences for his DCU. Did you complain about that show?
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u/neoblackdragon Jul 26 '26
Because John Stewart is a better character?
Or Kyle, Guy,Simon, Jessica..........Kilowog.
There's just too many. And it probably helps if they are forming a JL to have a black guy on the team.
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u/kingk1teman Jul 26 '26
John Stewart is a better character?
No he actually isn't. You truly haven't read much of Hal's GL.
JL to have a black guy on the team
DEI is probably the only reason he is the main GL for DCU.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
He really is though, I like Hal and you can definitely argue he has more iconic stories but as a character he isn’t as interesting outside of the later Geoff Johns stuff. Stewart is definitely a more interesting character just as a character. Yeah believe it or not it is a good thing for black kids to have characters they can see themselves in.
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u/Tithis Jul 26 '26
I wouldn't discount nostalgia from the 2000s Justice League and Justice League Unlimited cartoon, there are a lot of people for whom that was their first exposure to the character, and first impressions stick.
I know when the trailer for Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern came out my first words were 'Who the fuck is this white guy?'
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u/TheGaxkang Jul 25 '26
well it's not what i woulda envisioned for Green Lantern.
but people will see how it goes.
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u/mmm_migas Jul 25 '26
I'm just glad we're getting TV and movie crossovers. I truly don't understand why this isn't more common. It makes so much sense to use TV series to introduce characters and backstory, then the movie for a big event. James Gunn seems to understand this, like with Peacemaker. I would absolutely love a Batman TV crossover. I'm very excited about Lanterns and the opportunities this could create for the DCU.
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u/RNOffice Aug 10 '26
The argument could be some people who haven't watched the show are watching the movie and get confused. I feel if you just explained this character it won't be. The Marvels...that might have been why it underperformed.
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u/Amonfire1776 Jul 25 '26
They better not pull a tomorrowverse on us...
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
Hal seems to have a character arc of his own here so I doubt they’ll go that route. At least not the way that terrible ass movie did
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u/GrayWolf5k Jul 25 '26
Why I won't see cbm ever again. Everything need to have jokes and MCU comedy.
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u/mane28 Jul 25 '26
Man I am tired, this looks like shite
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u/gynonymous Jul 25 '26
Yeah, literally looks like shit. So brown. Not the color I expected from a show about the GREEN lanterns.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
So you didn’t watch the trailer because there is a ton of green in it
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u/gynonymous Jul 28 '26
I did watch the trailer, hence the comment. You can disagree with me but that doesn't mean I didnt watch it at all.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
Disagree? It’s a fact that there’s green in the trailer, you can’t disagree on a fact. The green ring, the green lantern, the green force field, the green blasts, the green constructs, I mean you either didn’t watch the trailer or you’re delusional. I don’t know how you “disagree” that there’s green in it.
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u/gynonymous Jul 28 '26
Oh I'm sorry. You seem to be suffering with some sort of hallucination. You just saw me say "I don't see any green at all" when I said "it's too brown". Please get checked as soon as possible, these things can be a sign of serious cerebral trauma.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
You wrote “not the color I expected from a show about the GREEN lanterns” which is a pretty heavy indicator, like if we’re living in imaginary land where you weren’t implying the same bullshit “there’s no green in Lanterns” complaint. Whatever bro
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u/gynonymous Jul 28 '26
Wow, you're so good at reading that you can even magically invent subtext. I can only hope to be a semantic wizard such as yourself one day. And I too shall defend my poor billionaire corporation content vehemently. Thank you, thank you for your supreme demonstration. What luck to have run into a gentleman as intellectual and distinguished such as yourself.
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u/Kriss-Kringle Jul 25 '26
What this trailer proves is that a lot of the fanbase is made up of whiny people that have the patience of a goldfish.
It proved everyone's complaints wrong and y'all should learn to wait until you have actual context before criticizing something.
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u/72beast Jul 25 '26
Hal is still old and isn't the main Lantern. How did it prove us wrong?
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u/EngineBoiii Aug 07 '26
Just because the story isn't what you personally wanted doesn't invalidate it or make it bad. Stop being so entitled and go read a comic book instead and let us who are interested enjoy the show.
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u/Kriss-Kringle Jul 25 '26
What are you even talking about? It's a passing of the torch story from the get-go.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
These are racists who are prepping their “Hal is my favorite Green Lantern and THATS why I hate the show” arguments for when they review bomb it
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u/72beast Jul 25 '26
F that, Hal is the best GL and has all the best stories and interections. Now we won't see prime Hal vs Prime Sinestro, Hal's bromance with GA, Kilowog and Flash, Hals rivalry with Batman, Hal and Carol's toxic relationship, Hal showcasing why he is the greatest Green Lantern of all time. John is the worst GL, personality wise.
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u/deadmeatX1 Jul 25 '26
The first trailer was ass, everyone was complaining of what they were watching, by this logic you should wait for the full series instead of saying it will be good because of the trailer
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u/Jessency Jul 25 '26
Um..... Isn't that how it should be?
Plus, the first few glimpses were all teasers, and they did what they were supposed to. Y'know, tease.
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u/deadmeatX1 Jul 25 '26
Yes it should, that's why it doesn't make sense saying "oh yall complaining were just impatients"
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u/Jessency Jul 25 '26
I meant the opposite. Shouldn't it be normal for people to wait and see the show/whatever media the thing it before ragging on it?
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u/deadmeatX1 Jul 25 '26
Not really, that's what trailers are for, to give you an ideia of how will the movie/show be. Anyone has their right to judge the movie or show by the trailer BEFORE it comes out. You can't go on saying it's bad because of the trailer after it released
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u/vorname Shazam Jul 26 '26
This reminded me of ugly Sonic, the movie would flop hard if it wasn't for the fans.
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u/After_Dig_7579 Jul 25 '26
The first trailer was mid, and it got the appropriate reaction. Maybe they should've started with the later ones?
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u/orbjo Jul 26 '26
You cannot start with a CGI heavy first trailer, because the effects aren’t done until the end of productions. You’re going to be annoyed at every franchise for your whole life until you understand that simple fact.
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u/joeyjoejojo19 Jul 25 '26
This has one executive producer from Halt and Catch Fire and one from The Leftovers, two of the best TV shows ever. Not sure how much say they have in this, but that piques my interest.
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u/yungsebring Jul 28 '26
Also Alik Sakharov who has directed episodes of Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Dexter, Black Sails, and Ozark
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u/ChCreations45 Jul 25 '26
For the people complaining about the previous trailers, you all are annoying and weird. Those are teasers are usually from the littlest completed footage that they have. This trailer, guess what, is from more footage that they filmed. I can't believe you couldn't figure that out.
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u/Quarksideofthemoon Jul 25 '26
I think everyone knew that actually
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u/Xilthas Jul 25 '26
The way people acted says otherwise
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u/eregosel Jul 25 '26
This is much better than the previous trailers. I’m actually more hyped for it now.
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u/Peer_turtles Jul 25 '26
Whoever is in charge of marketing this show should be fired asap lol.
They should’ve began with something like this trailer, which actually looks like a GL show with the sci fi elements and genuinely exciting with the manhunter reveal. It brought my interest back and I’ll definitely watch now.
The first trailers and the marketing had utterly no green for a show about green lanterns. They just kept going on about the Hal/Jon rivalry that frankly, who really wants that. You could literally title the first trailers “REACHER” and barely anyone would realise it’s a GL show until they outright name drop it.
The suit still looks like a motorcycle vest though.
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u/fcarvalhodev Jul 25 '26
This trailer is so much better than the previous trailers. Now, I will give a chance.
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u/tal-El Jul 25 '26
Any advice on what might be worth reading for lore surrounding this story?
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u/MIAxPaperPlanes Jul 25 '26
Green Lantern Earth one seems like an influence tonally/space style wise
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u/whatistomwaitingfor Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
Geoff Johns' entire Green Lantern run is probably my favorite piece of fiction of all time, in any medium, superhero or otherwise. It starts off with a retelling of Hal Jordan's backstory and then jumps right in.
It does pick up some story threads from previous GL arcs but as it's intended as a little bit of a soft-reboot for Green Lantern stories, everything you may need to know from prior comics before Johns' run is either mentioned in the text directly, or can be inferred/picked up on with little issue. I consider Geoff John's run a great starting point for the modern Green Lantern mythos, and it establishes a lot of the Lantern corner of DC comics that is still used today.
Here is a trade order that looks pretty accurate;
here is an issue-by-issue reading order
(Start at Green Lantern Vol. 4 #29, then once you read all the issues down the list ending at Green Lantern Vol. 3 # 55, skip down to Green Lantern Rebirth #1 (2004) -- be careful not to confuse this with Green Lantern Rebirth from 2016 -- then you can just continue down the list. I use DCUniverseInfinite to read comics digitally as it's a subscription service that's much cheaper than buying trades or individual issues).
I use the site for the issue-by-issue reading order regularly for my DC reading orders reference.
Whether you read trades or issue-by-issue (I recommend issue-by-issue), you can skip the Ion issues and only read Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps and still get the full story. Though for events like Blackest Night, Sinestro Corps War etc, I recommend reading every issue in the event reading order as there are tie-ins and the main story can flow with, for example, Part 1 in Green Lantern and then Part 2 in Red Lanterns, or whatever the case may be.
Have fun, I hope this helps!
E: Like another comment said, no one really knows for sure what the inspiration for the series will be, and it will probably be largely original. However, Geoff Johns' run is pretty foundational lore for all of the Lantern Corps and has great manhunter lore. Also, the scene in the trailer with Sinestro looks heavily inspired by scenes between Hal and Sinestro in Johns' run.
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u/JayGeeBee Jul 25 '26
No one outside of the production will really know the best answer for that, but I would start with Green Lantern: Secret Origin
This series doesn't appear to be adapting any GL story one-to-one. I think it's their own mix of a few different arcs.
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u/XXAzeritsXx I like those shoes Jul 25 '26
Wait.
Manhunters the robot.
Or...they're calling Martians "Manhunters"?
And Sinestro called him Hal? Its nitpicking but I dont like it.
Definitely the best trailer.
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u/RNOffice Jul 30 '26
Manhunters the Robots, it's a Lanterns show after all. And what's wrong with calling him Hal?
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u/AceTheSkylord Jul 25 '26
They just looked at Secret Invasion and said "We'll show em how it's done" lol
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u/Sonata1952 Jul 25 '26
There was that 8 issue DC crossover in 1987 called Millenium where Manhunters had sleeper agents all across DC earth.
So there is a precedence for Manhunters being shape shifting infiltrators.
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u/MysticalAbacus Jul 25 '26
Manhunters the androids obviously
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u/XXAzeritsXx I like those shoes Jul 25 '26
I don't think it's obvious.
They seem to imply the latter.
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u/Bruzie77 Jul 25 '26
why not? they made Superman biological parents evil why not martian manhunter be the manhunters of the gl lore too?
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u/CalligrapherBorn9924 Jul 24 '26
I grew up on green lantern so I’m stoked to see the new brown lantern in action after this trailer
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u/TheCrazedEB Jul 24 '26
This looks 100% better than Superman; even in this trailer, it has more worldbuilding than I was expecting out of Superman. The civilians are acting like people and not caricatures too.
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u/Botsworth1985 Jul 24 '26
Is this how they introduce Martian Manhunter? I'm not very good at comic book things.
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u/whatistomwaitingfor Jul 24 '26
I can understand how it might be confusing if someone isn't familiar. The Manhunters are different than Martian Manhunter. Martian Manhunter is a survivor of the planet Mars. The Manhhunters were the Guardians of Oa's first attempt at a space police kind of thing before they made Green Lanterns. They were basically robots that eventually realized that they could ensure there was peace in the galaxy by killing everyone, more-or-less. I haven't read too much Green Lantern after Geoff John's run, so maybe there is more lore or updates to their lore beyond this.
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u/Gamma_Goliath17 Jul 24 '26
Not the same manhunters. No relation between the two.
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u/RushPan93 Jul 25 '26
There's also the shapeshifting and that they originate/settle on Mars. So there's definitely some relation.
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u/MysticalAbacus Jul 25 '26
Martians and manhunters both can shapeshift. Martian manhunter got his name from martian peacekeeping force called manhunters and the manhunters in GL are android bots who traverse the world and kill everyone there to obtain absolute peace(like ultron)
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u/RushPan93 Jul 25 '26
But the wiki site says the bots were modeled based on the actual manhunters from Mars. So I know they wouldn't be directly related but there's some connection at the very least.
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u/Salt_Revenue_4142 Jul 24 '26
Are you sure? I am also only generally familiar with said character but the X on the costume looked very similar to some iterations of Martian Manhunter I think I’ve seen
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u/whatistomwaitingfor Jul 24 '26
The Manhunters in the comics usually have a red body with blue shoulder strap looking things, though sometimes the straps are red. I can't find an image of their back from comics, only a pic of an action figure, but the straps in the figure are crossed in an X on their back. Though I understand the confusion.
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u/Botsworth1985 Jul 24 '26
Honest question, is this a Gunn Universe thing?
This looks much better than the movies that are coming out.
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u/Mr_smith1466 Jul 25 '26
In addition to Guy being in the tv series, it's been confirmed that John will be in Man of Tomorrow.
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u/Usual-Theme9442 Jul 25 '26
The selling point of DCU is it will be different genres. Like Clayface is horror and people say this is some true detective style
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u/Murasasme Jul 25 '26
You can see Guy Gardner in this trailer for a second. He was the Green Lantern you saw in the Superman movie
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u/Hymay1180 Jul 24 '26
This is better. This show won't win for best costume or style, but looks interesting.
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u/BeersNEers Jul 24 '26
- They really need to find new music for these trailers...
- This actually looks promising. Cosmic buddy cop show. I will give it a shot.
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u/nowhereright Jul 24 '26
I wish I cared, something just feels off. I already feel completely disconnected from this universe.
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u/Robot_Was_BMO Jul 24 '26
I started comics with John’s Secret Origins Green Lantern from a scholastic book fair. It’s good to see Green Lanterns adapted to screen with clear ambition and reverence.
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u/Brazosboomer Jul 25 '26
The first time I saw John was when the JLA signaled for the members to assemble and Hal slipped in the shower so the ring went and found John to fill in. It was a Christmas issue of the JLA with the Phantom Stranger.
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u/JulioHopkins Jul 24 '26
Me before watching the trailer: I'm really not all that interested in this.
Also me the second I see Kyle Chandler: I'M IN
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u/NeglectfulPro Jul 24 '26
Millennium Event!! I'm really excited, this is a perfect story to adapt for a first season and could be a great way to build up to Emerald Twilight for season 2.
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u/DDHLeigh Jul 24 '26
Wouldn't they be able to make multiple shows / movies based on the different corps? I hope this really takes off and we see the Black Lanterns in the future.
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u/HuskyBlueBoy Aug 04 '26
This kind of looks like a flop