everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Admirable film.

A Masterpiece!

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

My first experience with this series was catching the occasional episode on free-to-air TV, and it honestly struck me as kind of stupid. But tempted by the art design, I sat and watched the series consistently and got hooked.Off in the Frontier Zone, someone is killing Green Lanterns. Hal Jordan, Earth's Green Lantern, and his colleague Kilowog discover the Red Lantern threat and are tasked by the Guardians of Oa with gathering intelligence. On their ship the Interceptor, run by an AI (dubbed "Aya" by Hal), they start their return to Oa, meetings friends and foes along the way. But the Guardians have not told them everything ...I love the art design and music for this series, but it's the characters that kept me watching. Hal, the maverick pilot who is always ready to accept people and give them a chance; Kilowog, gruff and by-the-book, but noble at heart; Aya, a genuine personality who develops a mind of her own; and Razer, a Red Lantern who makes the journey from despair to hope. The voice actors are well cast and genuinely good, able to make moments of drama or comic relief equally believable.The story arc for each half of the series is broken up by some standalone stories, but many elements that seemed to be over and done with are brought together in later episodes. While the overarching plot is gripping, some of the episodes along the way are less strong as you might expect in a series. There are quite a few clichés and plot holes, it's true, but for me they are well and truly outweighed by the strengths of this series. One thing that particularly struck me with the scriptwriting was the adult approach taken. Strong emotions are in play here, sometimes justified, sometimes not; and while there are times when the characters make good decisions, at others times they don't. It's refreshing, and realistic, too, to see characters struggling with situations where there are no easy answers. You don't have to be a Green Lantern fan to enjoy this, as the scriptwriters did a good job of making the core concepts of the Guardians-Green Lanterns easy to pick up.If there is a message from this series, it is that hope is never wasted; anger has its value; and love and friendship matter most of all. I'm not a Green Lantern follower, so I can't say whether this is a good addition to the history/concept or not. What I can say is that I love this particular version and I am genuinely gutted that no more episodes will be made.

First, let me say that I am not at all a Green Lantern fan. I've never read the comics, and the character has never appealed to me before. I am, however, a huge fan of Bruce Timm and the DCAU (DC Animated Universe). Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, and Justice League/Unlimited are my favorite animated shows of all time. BTAS, in particular, had a huge influence on me as I started watching it at a very early age as a child in the 90s.When I first heard about Green Lantern: The Animated Series, I wasn't interested at all. Then when I heard that Bruce Timm was the executive producer, I thought it might be worth a try. I forgot about the series for a time, until I stumbled upon it again on Amazon. They had the complete series on Blu-ray. I read a couple reviews, and on a whim I decided to purchase it. The price was excellent for getting the complete series on Blu-ray, but I was really just taking a chance because I had never viewed an episode or talked to anyone who had. That was possibly the best Blu-ray purchase I have ever made!This series is fantastic. I went into it pretty skeptical and not at all a Green Lantern fan. All I really knew about GL was from what I'd seen on JL/JLU. The writing and dialogue is very sharp, the plot is solid, the characters are fleshed out and well developed, the music is epic, the voice cast is incredible, and everything is really top notch! The cg animation and the designs are beautiful! I wasn't sure if I would really like the cg, but it really grows on you and I have really come to appreciate it. All this to say, if you haven't seen this yet, please give it a shot. I'm not certain but it seems like this show is under-appreciated and I have no idea why. Maybe people simply don't know about it. If you like any of Bruce Timm's previous work, you will LOVE this show. Its maturity level and overall tone is right up there with the greats like BTAS, BB, and JL/JLU. This is seriously, one of the best animated series of all time!

While a different take on the Green Lantern mythos, as compared to the comics, Green Lantern: The Animated series is a wonderful cartoon.My first thoughts on the show were this was a fairly standard DCAU- styled show, (Note: This is in no way a bad thing, the DC Animated Universe made up some of the greatest animation of my childhood) but I was blown away by both the visuals and the performance of the voice actors. Jason Spisak as Razer is particularly compelling, and Josh Keaton plays a wonderfully funny and caring Hal Jordan.Admittedly, the series plays fast and loose with the existing canon, but it does this in the name of fun and a good story. Ideas that just don't make sense in this format are adjusted slightly to make it so. The Red Lanterns in particular actually come out, in typical Timm style, more menacing for being less obviously violent than their comics counterparts.Onto the visuals. simply saying that the entire series is beautiful is not doing it nearly enough justice. Every character has a distinct style, as does every planet, from Mogo's forests and mountains, to the ruins of Biot, and every single image is compelling. The characters manage to say as much through body language as words (exemplified in the most recent episode at the time of writing, Babel) and the animators have gone out of their way to ensure that characters who are not currently part of the conversation, but are on screen do not simply stand static. The backgrounds are beautiful in their own right. I have started using stills without characters or vehicles from the show as desktop backgrounds, and have been asked on numerous occasions if some of the images from space are in fact real. On top of this, there is a massive boost in animation quality by episode 14.While the series does have a somewhat shaky start, by episode 5 (if one counts the double-length premier as two episodes) it has found what it is, and where it is going, and from there, only improves. I would urge anyone who tries the series to give it the chance it well deserves.

When I heard that Green Lantern would get his own animated series, I was excited. I am a HUGE fan of Green Lantern, and it would be nice to see Green Lantern in his own series, instead of guest-starring in someone else's (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) or being part of a team that is the focus of the cartoon (Justice League). I was especially glad when I found out Hal Jordan was going to be the protagonist. He is my favorite Green Lantern. I don't get why so many people hate him.When I found out it was going to be CGI, my expectations were lowered a little. CGI may work for some shows, but not EVERY show. It's "Green Lantern: The Animated Series" not "Green Lantern: The CGI Animated Series". But that changed when I saw the pilot. Instead of having Sinestro and the Sinestro Corps, the series has Atrocitus and the Red Lantern Corps. I did not expect the Red Lanterns to be in control of their actions and not be killed when their rings were removed, but I like the Razer guy. This show is wonderful. Ignore those negative reviews! I can't wait to see Saint Walker, the Manhunters, and Carol Ferris as a Star Sapphire, and I hope Sinestro, Larfleeze, and Indigo-1 make appearances soon. I also can't wait to see more episodes coming in 2012. I am looking forward to them.