Excited. People thinking this is going to be a straight forward story all 12 issues or however long it runs must really not know Morrison.
Okay, I'll bite. How exactly would DC ceases to push Hal solve the property's problems?
No, the scope of the story is exactly what matters if you are making the claim this is something Johns would write. All this is about for you is that fact that Hal is the center character. It's a nonsense argument. Hal's presence doesn't make it just like Johns's writing no matter how much you want to try an make that claim.
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I like the art, but I'm not a big fan of Morrison and his work.
Re Hal: They shouldn't push one Lantern as being "all that," and then be shocked when the other Lanterns can't sell comics. Why have they not figured that out to this day?
Re the scope of the story: If you think that Hal in a smaller-scale space story than Johns would be likely to write is a departure, then that's fine. I'm not going to contemplate that and say, "Cool! So this is why Morrison was brought on board!"
it's even better than it looks/sounds here, you guys.
get excited.
I stopped reading Green Lantern cause I was tired of the constant wars and rebellions and secrets of the universe. This premise sounds like the type of book I always wanted to read. And Liam's pencils just seals the deal.
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Finally. I cannot wait for this.
Pissed it's only 12 issues...but so was All Star. So that isn't too much of an issue.
He's not writing the same thing though. It was pointed out in this very interview that Johns wrote more grounded stories before going into epic space opera. If Morrison is being as straightforward as he claims, this will not be going in the same direction.
if it inevitably gets crazier, because Morrison, it won't be executed in the same way because Morrison and Johns are very different writers.
Morrison has said other things about Hal since then. He said the Geoff Johns run in particular made him like the character.
This has been pointed out to you numerous times. You shouldn't be surprised Morrison is writing Hal.
Don't know how this will turn out, but it sucks that this makes it more likely the other potential new writing teams Rich has been blabbing will happen. So help me, I do not want Walker replacing Williamson and DeConnick replacing Abnett.
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Johns' run was all about Hal and it was the most successful time in the history of the series. It ran out of steam because he relied on intergalactic light shows way too much. It's not a coincidence that Johns' earlier work on GL between Rebirth and Sinestro Corps War was the most acclaimed portion of his run. It focused both on Hal Jordan the space cop and Hal Jordan the man. Fans have been missing to read about Hal Jordan the man, so this title's setting is more than welcome in my book.
I don't see how making a Hal-focused GL title is trying to put him on a Batman level. Hal will never be on the Trinity's level of popularity, but he's damn sure on the level of every other big-time Leaguer. Should Barry and Arthur stop having solo titles that's all about them as well.
So you're argument is they should stop pushing the Lantern who can sell comics so that maybe other Lanterns will have better sales? That makes no sense (and it assumes Green Lanterns is a failure, which I would not agree with).
It is a departure. The central character being the same doesn't prevent it from being so. You wouldn't say Scott Snyder's Batman run was in the same vein as Grant Morrison's even though they both center around Bruce Wayne. Because that would be ridiculous. The styles and types of stories being told are completely different.
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Yeah, that's the only part I wasn't a big fan of. Hal doesn't need to prove yet again that he's a good man, he's done so more times than he's saved the universe.
I didn't think about the badge, that's a very good point. Though considering DC did a book called "Hal Jordan and the GLC", then "THE Green Lantern" could certainly be a reference to Hal being the iconic Lantern or whatever. lol
Abin Sur, what have they done to you?!?
Seriously though, this looks amazing! Looks like I'll be picking up my first regular DC book since JL3001 ended.