Quite possibly the dumbest scene in DC History

Clipped from the 4thsnake's Injustice Critique Video.
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[@Dingleton-db2lc]

Only if he had turned into a tower smh

[@zamabo218]

That would've so much better lol

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

Not one but 2 towers

[@Tsarsad]

Nagarjuna cement reference?

[@Kira22558]

I got it.😂

[@MrHumble101]

Is that supposed to be referencing 9/11

[@TomboTime]

Hal Jordan The world's least creative man given a weapon that builds off your creativity

[@eon1014]

It would be more accurate to say that the writers are the ones who lack imagination and can’t think of anything for Hal to do with his imagination.

[@DarsiPadilla]

​@@eon1014exactly.

[@L_HD]

​@@eon1014 So basically the creators that has no creativity decided to give Hal lack of creativity and imagination as a trait to try to hide their own lack of creativity

[@valdi1038]

Dude it's about willpower, not imagination Yes, your imagination takes place too, but willpower is dominant in power that you create with the ring What about the yellow lantern... idk how the yellow lantern ring works...

[@DarsiPadilla]

@@valdi1038 doesn't change the lack of imagination by inept creatives. Edit: Also, courage sounds like a more specific aspect pertaining the Green Lantern Corp; as willpower works as a default among the Lantern technology when shaping the energy.

[@RJM-ot5dt]

Even as someone who grew up with Hal Jordan I gotta admit how Hal's imagination is somehow less creative than a f*cking rock

[@Oniri245]

This is why i still LOVE the Justice League unlimited episode where they turn into kids and batman takes advantage of John being a kid so he goes on a full rampage with a mech suit 😆

[@DarthWall275]

@@Oniri245 To be fair to Hal, his super move in game *is* a giant mech suit.

[@A.Cobalt]

@@DarthWall275 Actually his mech suit is in Injustice 2, in this game, he hits you with more planes lol.

[@knightmare5097]

@@A.Cobalt And trucks. And a hammer.

[@eon1014]

Honestly, it depends on who’s writing him. Most writers are just too dumb to make Hal effectively use his power. Under a good writer, Hal can do way more impressive stuff than this.

[@imunoriginal382]

Green, Yellow, Hal's creativity still won't change

[@bruh-bg5mm]

I call cap, in the DCAMU Hal turner into a vacuum and sucked up some people. He also turned into a mecha

[@mycommentisinvalidbut9375]

Okay so "hal turned into a vacuum and starting sucking people."...not a good look

[@ainzooalgown3607]

Bro got hit with jogging speed airplane 💀

[@mcknightmareb4u494]

I've seen this like 500 times and just now I realised what's wrong with it. Every other time I've seen Hal Jordan make a plane construct, he's inside it piloting it, so I just assumed he was inside this one too. No, he just made this one and threw it, and Hal Jordan't was too stupid to just move out of the way. Now, if this was in the comics, I'd argue it could be a pretty cool scene. Hal Jordan't, once a proud pilot, now taken down by a plane because he was too focused on destroying it. A good writer could do something with the idea, or use it as a cool visual metaphor. But because it's this game it's just random nonsense probably

[@Oniri245]

honestly it would've been an awesome scene had yellow Hal had the opposition type thing like you said as a visual metaphor or him using the brute force way, but it turned into this funny scene instead probably because of budget reasons as its easier to animate this than to make a whole scene of constructs and stuff of them fighting for one scene.

[@bigmatt8164]

Jordan't lmao

[@kaikysouza9861]

Hal: Im not fucking moving, he should be the one moving

[@manuelito1233]

​@@Oniri245well the visual is an AA cannon not being able to AA a plane lmao

[@macewindu6853]

A full paragraph for this is insane lmao

[@Sacred_Fox]

"Mr. President, a Green Lantern has hit the second tower."

[@mrschizo2837]

Green Hal: What's that? He's summoned an anti-aircraft gun? I know, I'll use *_AN AIRCRAFT._* Yellow Hal: What's that? An aircraft is coming right for me and it's not stopping? I know, I'll... stay right here and hope this eventually works out.

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

They are 2 versions of the most stubborn man in DC of course they would use exactly what should be the worst thing and not move despite being able to, also good Hal could just either turn the construct or make another.

[@tawniajames5696]

Lol

[@Ganon-se7ll]

Even as a middle schooler when I played this game, I was like "why didn't you just move out of the way or make a wall"?

[@Nyghtking]

Hal got that ADHD, too focused on what was right in front of him to think of anything else.

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

I was the same way. But I was all “dude why didn’t you make a missile launcher”

[@isorstho7378]

@@Nyghtking I am by no means an expert but isn't ADHD all about NOT being able to focus on 1 thing?

[@Netherwolf6100]

Like two kids playing with action figures

[@erosviana4938]

Children are notoriously more creative than Hal Jordan.

[@SandwitchZebra]

Why did Yellow Hal yell? Was he exerting himself firing a stationary turret that he made?

[@red-dm1tl]

I think its an "oh shit oh fuck" kinda yell

[@keybladegames_real]

just a battle cry basically

[@thejaded]

Probably to brace for impact

[@Sov_spoiled]

Is he stupid?

[@Ale-dd3ek]

Is he stupid?

[@williambyrd2895]

Have you forgotten that will is stronger than fear? 😅

[@alyasVictorio]

Yeah! Green Hal outsmarted his Yellow duplicate tho-

[@RAAM855]

Not even a modern AA weapon but one from ww2. What was he thinking Lmao

[@theomnigamer9177]

Hal just needs to watch over the top anime in order to get his imagination up. Watching Gurren Lagann will get his imagination going into overdrive.

[@legometaworld2728]

Hal is one of those guys who claims to have seen Gurren Lagann online but doesn’t even know it’s a Mecha anime

[@calebhoward6775]

Funny you should say that. Kyle Rayner, the most creative Green Lantern, is canonically a giant Gurren Lagann fan and has even made a legally distinct version of the mech before.

[@troy2223]

Bro drill gonna pierce the heaven lmao

[@agenericguy1014]

​@@calebhoward6775That fr?!

[@HowlingDoom]

​@@agenericguy1014 Yes. Kyle is a big fan of anime and an artist. One kf his defining traits amongst the Earth Lanterns is his creativity, while Hals is really his sheer willpower.

[@Somethingidk-f1f]

God for bid, don't move

[@Oniri245]

@@Somethingidk-f1f unstoppable force vs immovable wall moment.

[@DarthWall275]

This is just NRS being NRS

[@juanchi2668]

Smartest NRS desicion:

[@cheeseboi588]

I can't remember which one it was but I recall reading a green lantern story where he was overwhelmed by his enemy so he just started summoning random thoughts that came to his mind and he was able to repel his enemy through the sheer force of it

[@MomazosDoritos]

When Random BS Go actually worked

[@pntr92]

It seems like after the 2011 film, nobody can write Green Lantern's powers in a cool or inventive way like he did in the Justice League animated series.

[@damiannova5207]

The crazy thing is, he never does anything cool in the animated series either! He mostly just flies, shoots laser blasts and summons protective bubbles. He makes a mecha suit when he turns into a get and (I think) he makes an axe when fighting the Thanagarian leader. Nobody really know how to write GL :(

[@pntr92]

@@damiannova5207 I'm going to push back on that notion that he didn't do anything cool in the animated series since there's plenty of times where he used it for something cool and creative. For instance, he used it as shield that extended tendrils to knock out two armed gunmen, a power set that served two purposes at the same time. Plus, the before mentioned shoot lasers, flies and summon protective shields were still pretty cool on their own. It's the kind of stuff that Iron Man could do. The problem is when they make him do something big and awkward with his powers that could've been done on a smaller scale and less over the top. For example, in Injustice 2, he creates a giant rig to run over some robots instead of doing something more practical.

[@mr.twists9302]

Could be worse, at least it's not Kal-El No!

[@GLUBNOIR]

At least it's not that scene in Superman IV where Nuclear Man takes that woman out into space

[@jackjones9054]

As much as I love Hal Jordan he sometimes can be a bit dumb in this case both the green Hal and yellow Hal are dumb

[@eon1014]

No, it’s more accurate to say that the writers are dumb and can’t think of anything to do with Hal’s power or potential.

[@HowlingDoom]

​@@eon1014 No the character is just a bit dumb and stubborn at times. Thats really all it is.

[@eon1014]

@@HowlingDoom Yes, sometimes he is, but not nearly as much as people tend to portray him as.

[@captainmd3361]

I swear if every time Hal is playing defensive and his shield broke and I get a cent, I will be Ted Kord by now

[@mat0018]

Hal is a pilot which doesn't require huge amounts of imagination. Kyle is an artist. That's why the constructs turn out as they do.

[@mechanwhal6590]

DC trying not to nerf Lanterns into the ground for 10 seconds (impossible)

[@BDT17]

TO BE FAIR, Yellow Lantern had a higher rate of fire. He just didn't expect Hal to pull off a war crime.

[@SonicMegaKing]

Injustice had a lot of those. Cause NRS is full of horrible writers.

[@RRai2000]

Like this video and the stupid rant comments? Yeah

[@alexandric9678]

the smartest military personnel:

[@alyasVictorio]

Guys, mind you that Green Hal is more creative than Yellow Hal...you know...Will is less powerful but more creative than Fear, and this scene says alot

[@Oniri245]

@@alyasVictorio i wonder why they never actually explored fear more, you’d think horror monsters and phobias would be a strong thing to imagine and use, like monsters and stuff.

[@maddestmike5791]

No, the dumbest scene in DC history is "Our mothers have the same first name!!", from Batman vs Superman.

[@CymantiShaman-f6n]

Hal trying to make anything other than a gun or mech: impossible challenge

[@Oniri245]

@@CymantiShaman-f6n giving a lantern ring to an artist might just be the most OP thing ever if you think about it, dude can make eldritch horror and fantasy stuff out of nothing and it’d be so cool.

[@comicfan1324]

They could’ve been worse. Yellow Lantern could’ve been sat down on a park bench.

[@danielendless]

Injustice is full of them

[@FoxheimStudios]

What… what did he expect?

[@mcswaggins4123]

People, if you want a GL with imagination, go to Kyle Rayner. After all, he IS an artist.

[@gameraayush1232]

No wonder he joined yellow lantern so easily.

[@jvbutalid8316]

"I got just the thing." - Green Lantern Hal Jordan

[@user-wb7yx5wm2k]

True - but not as dumb as every Justice League death scene or Knightmare Batman's "NOOOOOOOO!" from Suicide Squad: Kill the Arkhamverse

[@jvbutalid8316]

Right after getting his arms broken by Superman, Green Lantern then whoops Yellow Lantern.

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

I mean really it makes sense. Yellow ring or not he is the most stubborn man out there. He isn't going to move

[@tomproductions5404]

Bro got hit with the english or spanish 😥

[@siegefan.09]

Dumbest scene is flash dying to a saw

[@F1rstNameLastName]

I still can't believe they did that in the movie, Flash was one of the most important characters in the Injustice comics but they just offed him right at the start in the movie. Then they replaced some of his scenes with Mister Terrific for some reason.

[@Cwronaga216]

Give the green lantern ring to a gamer or artist and they will never loose.

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

Kyle loses quite often. Imagination shapes constructs, but in the case of Green will is what powers it fear with yellow rage with red and so on

[@DeBean970]

Nah. That Superman minigame is worse

[@enedinoverazascuevas2505]

Visually by fact, yes, a tower can't stand a kamikaze impact. Yet in context the Green Lantern Hal's willpower is greater than Sinestro Lantern Hal's hability to inflict fear.

[@RandomBitterMan]

Not really but Doomsday landing on a fuckin arrow bed was dumb lol

[@daenite2480]

Rewatch that scene.

[@babaook-95]

the peakest peak to ever grace PEAK dc gaming history

[@user-gw3bs2in5i]

"Quite possibly the dumbest scene in DC History." But that can't be possible, he never said the name Martha-

[@zeroshadeslayer3000]

Why didn't he just dodge

[@dj_justanotheruser_yt]

lantern battles are a battle of wits or a light based game of RPS

[@josephdecasper7670]

Doesn't green lantern energy normally fold to yellow lantern energy.

[@user-tw3rh9po4t]

BTW, the actual timestamp is at 48:10 in James’s video.

[@alexh2413]

He tried to destroy it head-on instead of dodging because he wanted to prove that fear was stronger than willpower. It's a dumb move,sure,but it lines up with the character of Hal Jordan and the philosophy of the Yellow Lantern.

[@iveyyewitt1621]

This is the guy who took himself out by pratfalling on a bar of soap.

[@yasirnazirbutt8240]

Every scene in Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League:Allow me to introduce myself.

[@sagarsondarva643]

If I'd given any ring, I'd create something that generates more sonic vibration in singular focus at only one direction and it would be one shot down, instead of what he made it...

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

Actually that wouldn't work, they operate in outer space, near stars exploding planets and all sorts and travel faster than light let alone sound on the regular. Also one Lantern is blind and uses his ring to create various frequencies.

[@eon1014]

This is what happens when uncreative writers gets their hands on a hero who has a power based on imagination. If Hal was actually allowed to be smart for once, he could probably solo most of the Regime by himself.

[@assassin8636]

Dude this is a 2013 game it ain't that bad just because of this scene

[@eon1014]

@@assassin8636 I never said Injustice was a bad game. I’m just saying that the way they wrote some of the heroes in the story is questionable at best.

[@khalidpatterson1422]

cry more

[@constipatedparker5879]

The entire Injustice storyline is dumb. Characters die in the comics for shallow reasons.

[@fivestarguy100]

I have always enjoyed the fact that Green Lantern and the Flashes only weakness is the fucking plot. The moment those two characters are in a story that isn’t focused on them, they suck, despite being two of the most powerful superheroes. XD

[@racist2708]

How this mf the strongest green lantern

[@karvo9]

I see that everyone writes about not enough creativity, but isn't he just can't do anything with yellow colored stuff?

[@guillehdz]

Nah, bro got defeated by Tailor Swift

[@tuckerbowen4626]

Counterpoint: the Steel movie

[@nintendosaber1184]

After seeing a list of various abilities the ring can do in the comics, it’s pretty baffling how lanterns are adapted in other media. I know almost every DC character is nerfed from their comic versions in other media but the lanterns get it bad.

[@raynarksatriawibowo6688]

He shouldve stay making oversized fist 😅

[@themothk1ng]

shit, Maxwell from Scribblenauts is more creative than Hal

[@comicbookreviewer4856]

I feel what they try to do was remake the moment from those war movies when the Plane makes a run well the Gunner tries in vain to stop it

[@MSILAER]

And then violet lantern Hal jumped in front of yellow lantern Hal and tried to stop green lantern Hal’s with his giant ass.

[@Gamesmarts194]

It’s stupid but you know what it fits Injustice 1 pretty well imo

[@simonmann4922]

Reason number I lost count on why Kyle Rainer will always be the best green lantern in terms of imagination

[@clusterfox6143]

Hal 9000 has more imagination.

[@bautistabarabino5821]

Nah the brunch scene is still dumber.

[@atius8571]

Maybe it because yellow Hal uses fear and he had no fear to use to transform into something else.

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

Lanterns are just goofy

[@hhhh901ps9]

What the hell bruh 💀

[@johngr1747]

Was getting out of the way not in the Sinestro Corps' training curriculum?

[@Nolanvoidmusic]

Yeah if I’m being honest injustice 1 had some of the stupidest cutscenes and writing I’ve ever seen in a dc project.

[@koleszgdanska7149]

This entire game is goofy asf

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

This is how two lost losers fight in any pvp game

[@CopperLoveAndKisses]

green lantern when he realizes that he can just turn into anything which his simple little mind can comprehend which isnt basic ass movie bullshit like planes, guns, etc.

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

Ah yes how dare the air force test pilot make planes. What's next the, the Marine sniper making rifles? Or maybe the mechanic making cars? The mechanic is Simon Baz in case you didn't know

[@CopperLoveAndKisses]

@@Dinoman-mo7mt dont make me summon a couch on you bro

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

@@CopperLoveAndKisses ah so the thing you most associate with is being lazy. They make what reflects parts of their personality, and it is extremely unlikely almost anyone could even spark a Green Lantern ring.

[@CopperLoveAndKisses]

@@Dinoman-mo7mt im going to summon a whole house on you

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

@@CopperLoveAndKisses do it

[@shortbread9518]

This is the most epic scene wym

[@yeaboieeyyy5097]

9/12 be like:

[@Wildfiction295]

How

[@Oniri245]

For a character that’s ability is imagination, all he really does is make guns and turrets 😂 he also could’ve just made a counter but really had to stand his ground in it 😂

[@Quasi]

@@Oniri245 the human mind, the human mind

[@karaltar7914]

@@Oniri245 he couldve also just moved.

[@Wildfiction295]

Oh thanks for the answer

[@raeldrews1187]

​@@Oniri245 that is jordan. He can make planes, baseball itens, guns. That is it take it or leave it.

[@Garagelab164]

I’d say there is dumber things that happened in DC. But this one just dumb and so funny to watch.

[@Serai-l7z]

Not as dumb as Martha

[@thenoirknight5729]

Don't disrespect Martha. That dog has got to be pretty smart to talk

[@thenoirknight5729]

Don't disrespect Martha. That dog has got to be pretty smart to talk

[@SirsasthNigam.]

Kingdom Come was better than Injustice

[@MomazosDoritos]

Me not understand

[@Kira22558]

Damn it hal.😂

[@kingpotato7183]

if i were a green lantern i'd create the wackiest of stuff also why doesnt green lantern create a clone of superman? he can already replicate animals and other beings i dont see why he shouldn't be able to create superman,

[@altEFG]

I always assumed that ring constructs didn't get the power of the objects they were recreating, it was just more effective to use that energy if it was given shape. Kind of like it's more efficient to have a sword instead of a rod of metal, while technically a sword is also just a rod of metal. But the power of a construct cannot exceed the raw power of the energy it's made of. So it's kind of like making a robot in a shape of Superman: it will look like Superman, but will not gain Superman's strength and durability, because Superman gets it from his specific biology, which is impossible to recreate as a construct. Or if a Lantern would create a construct in the shape on Zatara, he would not be able to cast magic because it is either a very specific skill or a gift. Something like a minigun works because it's easier to imagine a minigun bullet being shot and therefore gaining necessary speed and destructive force rather than imagining a separate piece of metal that suddenly pops out into existence and accelerates to supersonic speed. So yes, you could create the wackiest of stuff, but it would be like creating cardboard cutouts of that stuff, just out of a very durable piece of cardboard.

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

@@altEFG Makes sense

[@Astroid_Georg]

What strange in this?

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

It's not dumb it's just lazy

[@WTK55]

Trash post as OP is clearly a zoomer what has never read or watched anything GL. What happened in the clip is standard GL stuff. 🙄

[@MidnightPhantom]

The person was basically saying how Hal Jordan's imagination just sucks

[@WTK55]

@@MidnightPhantom Which is standard for Hal. Doesn't change the fact that OP is a dumbass.

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

​@@MidnightPhantomit actually doesn't ironically. He makes whatever he is most comfortable with as most Lanterns do. Sinestro told him make things that mean something to you, not things that look cool or are simple. Hal is a test pilot, he served in the airforce, he flew with his dad, planes are a big part of his life. And as for the guns, he was in the military what do you expect him to think of as a weapon? John does the same thing

[@MidnightPhantom]

@@Dinoman-mo7mt Lanterns are known to be able to create crazy things. Yet Hal only does basic stuff.

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

@@MidnightPhantom no he doesn't. First off Hal is effective and efficient. Second Hal is constantly making mechs and the like. Third name 2 Lanterns other than Kyle who are creative. Fourth again PLANES MEAN SOMETHING TO HIM, they make him feel closer to his father, which strengthens his will. Of course he would make what literally makes him stronger. Fifth all Lanterns make what they are most comfortable with. John makes rifles because he was a sniper and buildings and construction equipment because he is an architect, Simon makes cars because he is a mechanic, Guy makes boxing gloves and practically nothing else because he is just a bruiser

[@BadPojo]

Green lanterns has never been it for me. I just keep thinking, 'Uh, take away the ring lmaooo'

[@Dinoman-mo7mt]

You need to have the will to be worthy of one for that. Even Green Arrow can barely get one to work, henchman number 5 isn't getting it off especially off of Hal

[@anton.chigrinetc.96]

What's so dumb about it?

[@azarado_aziago]

This man's power is to create anything his mind comes up with and he just creates guns 😭 (a fcking plane is coming is his direction)

[@anton.chigrinetc.96]

@@azarado_aziago Practicality comes first. What else could stop a plane coming your way? Hal Jordan is also a literal soldier. He operates in terms most familiar to him.

[@azarado_aziago]

@@anton.chigrinetc.96 Again, his power is limited only by his imagination, he could make the plane get out of its trajectory, he could create a barrier, he could just dodge it, but he tried shooting it down with a machine gun...

[@anton.chigrinetc.96]

@@azarado_aziago Because that is precisely how a soldier would deal with an enemy aircraft: by using anti-air defences.

[@InfernoCleric384]

@@anton.chigrinetc.96 Is that really efficient? Even if you're a soldier, it wouldn't be practical to keep firing at an airplane that takes zero damage from your blasts. Can't he at least dodge, or find a way to split the plane with his powers? Green Hal isn't even in the plane, so Yellow Hal is wasting time by firing at it.