Green Lantern TAS (was the best show ever)

[@helixsol7171]

"They're like my children." *Immediately starts swearing at them.* Yep, he's a dad alright.

[@gameboysp100]

This show was my first glimpse into understanding what the Green Lanterns were really about

[@XSilver_WaterX]

And why the Guardians of Oa NEED to be babysat by the senior of Lanterns lest we forget the near destruction of all multi-verse creation by the Guardian's ambitions.

[@bananaboi9067]

I truly loved this show amazing animation and story was very great Characters were excellent.

[@juliandacosta6841]

​@@XSilver_WaterXmostly whenever one goes off on their own, see: the black lanterns and the anti-monitor

[@jaylenjayden9305]

same

[@oliviastratton2169]

"Through the power of inconsistent continuity, they find eachother." ...I'll take it.

[@rufusrepublic6910]

Watching this show (and Young Justice) when it was on the air was what snapped me out of my “DC is boring and dark,” phase.

[@lazaroskarmaniolas7410]

Then YJ got a new season and became boring and dark.

[@devinthadude88able]

This show was so good! Should have made more episodes. YJ tried after coming back. But I still watch it over, again.

[@ryanfitzgerald9833]

I mean the comics kinda were.

[@sebastienvondoom8615]

​@@lazaroskarmaniolas7410Why be wrong on purpose?

[@corypowercat7277]

Same here. Got me into Green Lantern. Before I just liked the OG Teen Titans and Batman/Superman TAS. Also Batman Beyond.

[@Rougesteelproject]

The best part about this show is how well it handles constructs. GL can do anything he can imagine, but is always nerfed to just making bubbles and lasers whenever he's in something like a Justice League show. This show gives them either versatility or power. Kilowog held the line against an entire fleet of starships.

[@SourRobo8364]

One of the most badass moments in DC animation.

[@Rougesteelproject]

@@SourRobo8364 Contrast the lantern in the beginning of the Snyder Cut. He swung a hammer, like, once. He could have been as strong as one of the Greek Gods in that scene, at least when it comes to knocking over Parademons.

[@Rexer083]

It's like the opposite of Batman, they are super OP in their stand alone series but get nerfed during team ups.

[@Superlad9494]

​@@Rexer083 and Wonder Woman usually tells the GL's... "nothing personal they do that to me too."

[@faith4657]

​@Rougesteelproject, that was one of the first lanterns. Plus, in the Snyder cut, he only used lasers. He didn't know how to use constructs yet.

[@jonathantifone8001]

I live the scene where she gives him a new oath and he lies to her. Then in privacy you see him in anguish as he recites the true oath that he knows he no longer believes in but cannot abandon as he sees no other path to power at this time. It reminds me of dark knight Cecil from FFIV. He hated his dark sword but after years of training with it he can't simply toss it away as he needs power to confront the evil he knows is approaching.

[@jonathantifone8001]

Love. Missed that one.

[@N.I.A23]

How pathetic. The red lantern oath is rad as fuck

[@frogmouth2]

Having Razer, talk much more soft spoken than Killowog and Hal was a really helped prevent audiences as just seeing him as “the angry one”. I wish he was in the comics more.

[@corypowercat7277]

He's in the comics but he is drawn badly.

[@frogmouth2]

@ ya I’ve read the recent GL stuff and he’s kinda just a damsel I’m distress. Same problem as YJ where they just expect people to know who he is without a good introduction.

[@Comicbroe405]

This show basically introduced me to GL as a kid. Lots of good characters. And I'm so glad Razer somehow was able to get his arc completed.

[@zackbard9420]

This show did not deserve to be canceled

[@albertthepeacock8020]

It really deserved better we were so ignorant back then because we didn't and refused to understand it

[@NoticesUrBulgaria676]

The show creators still want to revive it and because the audience is adults now they want to make the show darker Which is very good if this happens because sinestro war and blackest night need to be really graphic to work

[@zackbard9420]

@@NoticesUrBulgaria676 gimmie Razer as a Blue Lantern, I need it

[@NoticesUrBulgaria676]

@@zackbard9420 i actually think it would make sense to make him only a recurring character I swear there was like art of hal kilowog and aresia (I forgor her name I think she is in emerald knights) with sinestro looming over them

[@NoticesUrBulgaria676]

I would make the show go like this S2pt1: sinestro corp war S2pt2: war of light full blown (orange lantern, star sapphire, etc, basically a prelude to blackest night) S3pt1: blackest night. With crossover from the dcAU (separate universe but I think blackest night is a multiversal event in comics?? I dunno, I want to see like dead superman or whatever) S3pt2: brightest day, secrets of the indigo corp, and I dunno wrath of the first lantern I mean it feels criminal not making blackest night being a pt 2 of a season. I dunno. Fully adapt the run. PLEASE

[@MiguelSanchezDelVillar]

The show was really cool, i still remember thinking that the Planet Lantern showing up to help Killwog during the end of season 1 was the coolest thing i had seen in years

[@Las3Ms_]

One of the biggest reasons why I'm a die hard G.L fan is this awesome show, it deserved so much more and done alot of good for the Green Lantern mythos. (Damn, you really put the Title card in Yellow, huh? 💀)

[@milkiassamuel780]

This series is DC's most underrated gem of a show! I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS SHOW SO MUCH! This was the show that showed me the massive scale and amazing potential of Green Lantern as this epic sci fi saga with fascinating creative lore and mythology, deep complex and interesting characters and amazing level of storytelling and nuance brought to a fantastic show too many have forgotten. I swear DC and WB are missing out on a goldmine when it comes to the cinematic potential of Green Lantern on the same level of quality storytelling this show had. I know many tend to prefer John Stewart and I love John too but I do also love Hal Jordan as rhe character has constantly been s*** on by DC even though hes actually an interesting, fun likable character who has a lot of emotional complexity to him that this show does a terrific job at exploring his flaws but also hi overwhelming will power and strengths as a character as he has plenty of insecurities we've all faced and even when he feels unworthy of being a GL his will overcomes rhe impossible abd thats inspiring. Razor and Aya are also arguably the most complex characters in the show and their relationship and dynamic is so excellently written and you see how much their relationship grows and how Razor was anchored by his rage but slowly earns redemption and grows to balance his rage and embrace his hope and love for Aya. I am so glad he is now officially canon to the comics. Kilowog was also such a great character that Kevin Micheal Richardson does a great job bringing to life as you see his undying loyalty for Hal, his fellow Green Lanterns and to Razor ans Aya. Aya is also such a terrific character and I love how they took their time diving into her innocence as a machine slowly learning emotions even when she became a villain she understood what it meant to live by sacrificing herself. Frankly I just adore how this show does a phenomenal job at exploring the Emotional Spectrum of Lantern Corps which is some of my favourite world building in the DC Universe and shows us the importance and validity of our feelings and why we should embrace and balance them instead of bottling them up. I just love this show so much and if any animated comic book show deserves a second season and given the X-Men 97 level of quality revival, it deserves to be Green Lantern The Animated Series!🟢💍🥹

[@younggamer7218]

My bread and butter. One of the shows that really got me into superheroes, animation and adventure stories simultaneously

[@majinvegeta6364]

Orange is the color of greed Yellow is fear

[@fon1763]

The animation is so "beware the batman" and id love to watch both of them continued or even crossover

[@TheTNTPVP]

My brother loves Green Lantern, so I'm definitely sending him this video.

[@GamerSlyRatchet1]

I should clarify that the show didn’t have poor toy sales like Young Justice did. It had NO toy sales since the movie’s failure led to retailers not wanting toys for the series. With no toys to promote, the show became pointless to Cartoon Network. A similar thing happened to Beware the Batman.

[@patrickmoler8025]

Young justice did not have poor ratings either. It actually had the wrong rating. A lot of teenage girls loved Young Justice and they wanted young boys to sell toys to.

[@lazaroskarmaniolas7410]

@@patrickmoler8025 You're both wrong. Young Justice got cancelled because it just sucked. That's why it got cancelled the first time, that's why it got cancelled the second time. It's just bad and you're coping.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

@@lazaroskarmaniolas7410 Thats not why studioes cancel shows lol Youve approached the situation with neither reason, nor compassion... just hate... one can only hope you not only cope but heal from it...

[@GamerSlyRatchet1]

@@patrickmoler8025 There was some data that was posted a few years ago that showed that female viewers weren't any higher than male ones. Besides, the whole "YJ got canned because girls watched it" is a myth.

[@GamerSlyRatchet1]

@@patrickmoler8025 There was some data analysis over that years ago, and it turns out that girls didn't see it at any higher rate than boys did. Gender never affected Young Justice's cancellation. It was pretty much a lack of toy sales.

[@Hamzakarim-1]

One of the most underrated shows of the 2010s It did not deserve to be canceled

[@fenrirsrage4609]

Honestly on Aya's part her being in the Justice League Action universe is less "Inconsistent Continuity" and more like somehow she ended up being throw into a whole alternate Earth/Universe after she "died". Then the multiverse shenanigans of "Crisis on Infinite Earth's" lead to them reuniting. Because JLA couldn't be anymore different from the GL:AS and the YJ universes.

[@Temple277]

This is my fav show of all time, shame it never had a s2. I hoped DCU has a lanterns show like this but in live action, but after recent news i cant say im excited for that knowing it'll be nothing like this peak.

[@SkyTheBear]

What recent news?

[@Temple277]

​​@@SkyTheBear It being set in an american heartland, and that Hal is going to be old as hell, which means he's not going to be a GL for long in this universe. None of this makes me feel like its gonna be heavy sci fi in space like this show was, it feels more like a yellowstone type show lol. Look i hope the shows great, but i REALLY doubt that it'll be anything as good as GLTAS, both as a GL show, and as a show in general.

[@SkyTheBear]

@@Temple277 I think the show has the potential to be good, but you’re right it probably won’t be good in the same way. Like the new Penguin show isn’t explicitly a “Batman show” and more like a crime drama. The draw of GLTAS is taking the kind of ridiculous idea of “space rainbow emotion rings” and taking it seriously while telling a good story. I hope the new show can offer something unique like that

[@Temple277]

​​@@SkyTheBear Same, i hope we're proven wrong about this, but even if we do we gotta admit they gotta deacribe these shows better if Lanterns is like GLTAS but in live action [which fingers crossed for that!] And i'll say it, its always a red flag imo when they describe a comic book show as "grounded" or "realistic" lol. Have a great day!

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

Yeah its seem pretty clearly the lanterns show isnt for gl fans.

[@sueanoimm]

im so happy to see this series given attention again. it's such a good show

[@sharkdude7]

Underrated show, if anything I just wish Green Lantern media would have had some underrated villains like Doctor Polaris and Evil Star; just Non-Spectrum villains.

[@cactus_king4818]

one of my favorite things about this show was that it pulled some of the more obscure characters and lore from dc in a way that the average new fan that’s watching can actually understand

[@earnestbrown6524]

Really liked how they did Mogo.

[@corypowercat7277]

Like Byth.

[@jamilfrost6217]

All the animated green lantern movies and the cartoon are so good and it's really unfortunate they are not as talked about as much as they should be.

[@justsomeannoyingredpanda]

17:44 and what made that moment between two characters so great is that afterword in privacy, he recounted the original Red Lantern chant. . . Such a great series

[@Mattofthefourlands]

Not many people watched this series or even really know of its existence, let alone people covering it on youtube, so I was very pleased to see this and thought it was very well put together. You even brought up points that I never thought of despite loving this show since its premiere. Keep up the great work, man. I hope this encourages more people to check out the show.

[@malcolmroache3854]

Man this series is great. Love the animation. Gives Hal a proper character introduction and development along the way. Wish we got to see more of the Corps members but glad we saw some of them. Kilowog, Razor, and Aya were great. Man if we get Razor and Aya in the live action but don't want to get my hopes up. Seeing the different Lantern factions, possibly teasing the Lanterns' avatars. This show was great. Always rewatchable. Screamed seeing Razor and Kilowog reunite in YJ. 10/10 show.

[@user-iz7kc4ql7g]

The Green lanterns are some of the best parts of the DC universe and its larger mythos as a whole

[@GiulianaBruna]

I'm surprised there are not many green lantern shows and movies specially since star wars and star trek are still really popular. People like space traveling adventures, and you can adapt that concept into anything.

[@jjbn2184]

Lots of happy memories watching this show week to week, its a beautiful series that ended too soon. I love each and every one of the characters and their relationships. Truly my favorite incarnation of the Green Lantern story!

[@Myightee]

All the crossovers that came after this show made the child in me happy 😂❤

[@simbasorariku3]

This show put me on a Green Lantern kick. I've actually collected all 9 Corps rings.

[@vullord666]

I desperately want a continuation of this series 😭. They could use the Razer episode in Young Justice season 4 as a backdoor pilot... please.

[@jcbradley1386]

6:55 *orange energy is the corps of greed, yellow energy is the corps of fear, very good video though

[@Thomaskeys-1987]

Show was a masterpiece

[@cesarramirez9676]

This show made Hal Jordan one of my superheroes growing up. Wish it got another season man.

[@aidanrmacgregor7537]

Razr. The only other character that so perfectly blends rage and hope I can think of is Prince Zuko.

[@randomaussie8498]

Absolutely love this show, so damn good. Probably my favourite DC project ever

[@marqusmedina5983]

I love this show so much. It being in the young justice universe just makes it better

[@Coolman227_]

This show was really underrated and deserved better

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

This show was something really special for me, sad it didn't get to go on longer.

[@aidanpeh5232]

Razer actually started showing up in the Green Lantern comics in February

[@maliciousalice]

10 years later and it still looks so good.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

I never gave the show a chance because I resented the forefronting of Hal over better lanterns like John/Kyle.

[@JamoStar21]

This show should've NEVER been canceled. This was fantastic. It was the ahow and young justice that i learned about toy sales and the show tied together with toy not selling well, then the show gets canned. And why should such a great show, a work of art, get canceled because toy manufacturers can't advertise their products effectively? Canceling and not bringing this back is a crime. Screw the toys. If it has high viewership and great ratings, keep it going. These shows shouldn't be dependent on toys to survive.

[@dreux_]

I just recently re-watched this for nostalgia sake as well, specifically for the Larfleeze episode.

[@TheOmkido]

His is by far my favourite video you’ve made

[@Thepixelatedman1982]

The Guy Gardner episode was just, chefs kiss perfect.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Im excited for Nathan Fillions punchable face mixed with James Gunns grubiness heh

[@agentsauce1966]

I watched season 1 of this show so many times. I will never not love it.

[@JamoStar21]

You loved this show. This video is the longest video i have seen you post. But this show deserves it. Animation and storytelling at the highest level.

[@Gat720Dua]

Honestly I hope we see Razer more in the future.

[@icicle_ai]

isn't greed/avarice the orange energy, and yellow is fear?

[@ryanhensley4836]

Yes

[@Cri_Jackal]

I think he might be color blind? Can't see red?

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Orange (greed) is my favorite. I like the idea of it being just one turbo charged ring. If I was a lantern it would probably be Indigo, not necessarily by choice.

[@justacitizen412]

About 5-6 years ago my one sister and I were watch all the DC animated movies and shows we could find and we watched Green Lantern: First Flight & Emerald Knights. We had always kind of heard the the lanterns were a bit of a joke (probably because of how badly the live action movie was received). Anyway, we loved the two animated movies and we had also loved John in the animated show. So we I learned there was a green lantern show i we immediately looked it up on the dc streaming services we had at the time. We watched it and absolutely LOVED it. I have it on dvd now.

[@SourRobo8364]

Hal vs. Atrocitous is one of the hype fights in DC animation.

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

3:38 woo the song

[@dopestark2712]

I often find myself just wishing the whole Green Lantern Mythos was its own stand alone series and just not a part of DC

[@Throne930]

His heart grow three times more, is the best part. I think 12:41

[@richardgrayson432]

If you like Hal in this show there's no reason you would dislike Hal in the comics, one of DC's best heroes.

[@tonygreco582]

GLA is an underappreciated masterpiece

[@johnnywhoa343]

I'm glad you had a chance to check out this show, and more than that - that you've given us this video essay about it. Even as a Green Lantern fan, when this came out I was nervous about it. But I came out the otherwise considering it one of my favorite superhero shows of all time, up there with Justice League and Batman Beyond.

[@bananatv3017]

Well, I definitely want to check out the show now

[@jonathantifone8001]

First of the greed ring was orange not yellow. The yellow ring is fear. Second the orange ring tempted them. Third this was a great deconstruction and I'd love to see you work over that young justice episode as it did him very well.

[@kamikazelemming1552]

The Live-Action Green Lantern show they're doing will never top this.

[@justanactualrealbear]

This show was so good and at least deserved a second season, minimum

[@dAWhiteBAG]

One of my favorite shows of all time, thank you for covering it!

[@jaybone2321]

Thank you for this, truly! GL is in my top three, and I was greatly disheartened when they pulled the plug on this series. The story, villains, character growth, A++ work. I’m still recommending folks to this series!

[@commonsense5199]

At least they parts of Green Lantern animated survive in Young Justice, Justice League action and cameo crisis in infinities earth. I am still angry that we will never see A *Alien Green Lantern from the Sequel of Justice League Gods and Monsters.* What could’ve been. We don’t know if this character is original or not.

[@lazaroskarmaniolas7410]

Lol YJ sucked so much it had to ride the coattails of another show to make people interested in it. What a farce of a show.

[@lifeisberserk9566]

This is a top tier superhero show equally as goated as Batman TAS and Justice league TAS, the characters, stories, villains, lantern lore, character arcs are all top tier writing

[@ScholarlyDeathmark]

I need deep dives on some episodes of GLTAS from you.

[@marshalrather8008]

This was a killer video, I loved the questions at the end! Great thought excercise for the middle of my day! Hope you're having a good one dude 🤙

[@justsomeannoyingredpanda]

I remember watching this show with my ilder siblings when we were all tennagers and absolutely losing our MINDS in the final scene when the blue ring came up on screen. I never realized there was some continuity.

[@SaneleNikelo]

0:17 VERY GOOD

[@Superjonny04]

The goat just posted

[@bluestthings]

I missed this show back when it was airing and never got around to watching it but always heard good things. Really seems like they covered a lot in that one season. They made this a little while after all the Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night stuff too so it's kind of neat to see that they were covering so many pretty fresh stories since I see Orange Lantern stuff in there too. Maybe I can drag my friend into watching it with me sometime.

[@SuperJxl]

i love this show.

[@amandasain3769]

I still remember shrieking, pointing my finger at the screen, and kicking the couch with the back of my heels when I saw the last few seconds of this show for the first time. It was the first time any piece of media had elicited such an outward positive response from me, who was much more emotionally reserved back then. Such an amazing conclusion to a wonderful show

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Managed to Watch this show, really solid story and characters even tho it still kinda feels like it cant be cause of the style lol. But actually watching, they work well designing within that I couldnt process it would be this good, and yet it was, but i still dont believe it lol Felt quite longer than 26 épisodes, they just develop stuff so well

[@JustSoji]

Thank you for reminding me this series gets its endings in completely different shows

[@AndreNitroX]

I adore this show and it made me a big green lantern fan so much that it’s sad we have not gotten another green lantern movie or show. James Gunn will change that

[@vullord666]

Thus was one of my favorite DC shows and I loved how great of a job it did introducing kiss (me) to the overly complex lantern lore and emotional spectrum. We even got the antimonitor (guardians just need to stop making stuff). I'd love a proper continuation. The Razer episode in Young Justice would be a perfect back door pilot. I'd love to see Red and Blue Lantern Razer scouring reality (and other realities) to find Aya. It could even lead up to the crisis movie (though they'd have a lot of work to connect everything with GLTAS already using the Antimonitor).

[@alphaminiman9371]

Absolutely love the idea of longer videos

[@felixdeplanques3614]

Really underrated show !

[@hotdogs8170]

This series is a blast! Worthy of the Animated Series subtitle. It is also why I began buying comics, starting with Geoff Johns' Green Lantern omnibuses.

[@fredthetank8386]

Amazing show

[@takenname8053]

This was how I was introduced to the Green Lanterns! Love it so much!

[@Tze52]

Some how, TV shows just peaked. Young Justice, Green Lantern, the numerous Batman series', Teen Titans, Justice League, etc. All came out and then the new generation has Teen Titans Go and Justice League Action...

[@bluemindstudios3256]

We still have MAWS

[@rainbowsomeone]

Always thought u would love this show. Ty for the amazing video essay, implicitlypretentious!!

[@marcianong2939]

Razer and Aiya a love across the multiverse found each other in the end.

[@MagnusRain]

Finished watching the show legitimately 30 seconds ago

[@chickenwizard8154]

I really like this style. I didn’t watch this show but I feel like you gave me everything I needed to appreciate it and how that modeled the characters.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Ye indeed, someones elses Green Lantern analyses got me to watch the show

[@TinyChuck]

Man when I first saw this show years ago I was ready to write it off as trash until I started watching it. I was blown away by how great it was. One of my favorite shows in the DC universe.

[@LadyL2121]

I love this show and I had mad crush on razor

[@kazuhirosamadesu5650]

Great video, I didnt think id be punished for reading the description though

[@BlueLanternSuperman]

I love this but you didn’t even mention the Blue Lanterns and that makes me sad.

[@ILLRICARDO]

Shame this show was cancelled.. green lanter along with tron uprising were shows cancelled too early.

[@marcussantos188]

I literally just started watching this show and when I’m done I’ll come back

[@michaeljebbett160]

This was a really undrrated show. A pity they couldn't include Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns in it, since they were expecting a sequel to that terrible movie that never came.

[@_thomas1031]

Dang, this is pretty insightful one🤝

[@trigga6895]

I didn’t appreciate this show when it was out I was a Young Justice guy but all these years later I love it smh. Should’ve had a second season at least