In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm super excited about the upcoming Green Lantern animated series. They recently aired an hour-long sneak peek of the series and I must say, I was impressed.

At first I was hesitant because it's going to be completely done in CGI. To make matters worse it's being done by the same animators who did the Star Wars Clone Wars series. Now, while the animation was great, the character design left a lot to be desired in my opinion. Also, I'm a huge fan of DC's 2-D animation department. Even since 1992 when Batman The Animated Series came out they've been pioneering animation. Some of their other great series were Batman Beyond, Justice League, Superman The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited (my personal favorite). Their feature length animation films have been even better. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths has some of the best animation I've had the pleasure of viewing. Warner Premiere (their feature length animation studio) also came out with two stellar Green Lantern movies, First Flight and Emerald Knights. First Flight in particular is very, very good. I honestly believe that if they had gone with the storyline from First Flight instead of the Parralax angle in the live action movie with Ryan Renolds, it would have been met with better reviews and box office revenues. But to my point. Why, if they hav had such succes with 2-D animation in the past, would they choose the more expensive and risky route of computer animation? Well, the answer lies in the backdrop. The new Green Lantern series will be taking place primarily in space and on alien worlds (a top cmomplaint of the live action movie). By using CG they can actually re-use the same designs and tweak them a little bit instead of fresh drawings every single time.

Anyway, my doubts were unfounded. The series was excellent and it goes ahead and makes the primary antagonists the Red Lanterns which makes the story interesting, engaging and takes away the need for an origin story! Case and point, If you're a fan of Green Lantern, animation, or both you will enjoy this series immensely. Even if you're a fan of sci-fi shows you'll probably enjoy this incarnation of the Green Lantern saga.