Hal Jordan: The Green Lantern Appreciation 2023

[Refrax5]

Earth One's weird to me because it really feels like the GL mythos with Hal at the center, but also without Hal at the center? I dunno, their take on Hal as a calm, questioning scientist didn't strike me as Hal, but it also struck me as the best take on an introspective space-faring adventure franchise. It felt very much like 2001 Space Odyssey or Moon, like a kinda gritty everyman sci-fi but with Green Lantern, and I'd love to see more of Hal taking on that role in the future

Hal was generally a bit calmer and more level-headed in classic depictions. He always had a rebellious, stubborn streak in him, but it was less "loud, reckless cowboy" and more like what was in Earth One. I think that's what I liked about it. He's still questioning of authority, willfull and adventurous, but in a less over-the-top, cartoonish way. It reminded me a lot of the character when I first got into him and I liked the Moon-style vibe.

[Mantis-Ray]

With Earth One I like its Hal but I did find its John Stewart in volume 2 underwhelming.

While Hal was at least the protagonist, John really felt shafted by being stuck in the trio with those other astronauts and the red herring that the one of the women alongside him was going to take up the ring instead of him.

[HsssH]

Yeah, John's subplot was a major flaw in second volume. And that woman gave up the ring, if I remember right, because she was too mad or something? Was weird stuff that didn't really add anything to the story.

[Johnny]

It was also meant to be a trilogy but sadly we didn't get that.

[silly]

It was also meant to be a trilogy but sadly we didn't get that.

I would have really liked seeing a third entry to GL Earth One.

[Mantis-Ray]

Yeah, John's subplot was a major flaw in second volume. And that woman gave up the ring, if I remember right, because she was too mad or something? Was weird stuff that didn't really add anything to the story.

Yeah its really weird. Like the woman has the ring for half of the book then suddenly she has to give it to John.

I get giving John his own soundboard to interact with but I'm not sure why he didn't just get the ring at the start.

It was also meant to be a trilogy but sadly we didn't get that.

Do we know anything about what the third installment would have explored?

[Refrax5]

I would have really liked seeing a third entry to GL Earth One.

Seconded. GL was the only Earth One series I ever really got attached to.

[j9ac9k]

Happy New Year and goodbye Hal thread. See ya'll in the next one!

[Stanlos]

Earth One's weird to me because it really feels like the GL mythos with Hal at the center, but also without Hal at the center? I dunno, their take on Hal as a calm, questioning scientist didn't strike me as Hal, but it also struck me as the best take on an introspective space-faring adventure franchise. It felt very much like 2001 Space Odyssey or Moon, like a kinda gritty everyman sci-fi but with Green Lantern, and I'd love to see more of Hal taking on that role in the future

Hmmmmmmmm!!! It seems like the.more fratboyesque version of the personality

[Stanlos]

I would have really liked seeing a third entry to GL Earth One.

It was the only one that deserved one. Oh well