“Attack” and its him being real and calling it like it is. Paramount is aiding in the genocide and that merger is absolutely stupid .
Variety stop smearing Palestinian supporters
The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.
@StebobM Lolol yall are still going with the “Olsen show”
Numbnuts it’s an in universe documentary about how grodd got taken down and sent to court and maybe got wrongly convicted…
Who tf do u think took him down 💀 jimmys DSLR?
✨🇨🇳A Chinese veteran in his 90s just tried a powered exoskeleton suit — and walked up stairs with ease.
“I feel decades younger,” he said. “Completely comfortable.”
Technology that truly changes lives. ❤️
Hal is simultaneously the O.G. and the G.O.A.T., and that's not something I'm putting into question. That said, I'm not upset with 'LANTERNS' (yet) because my Green Lantern fandom isn't wrapped up in Hal and Hal alone.
I'm a fan of the franchise as a whole. To me, it's much more important that an adaptation gets the CORPS right than that it gets one individual Lantern exactly right. Of course I want our POV characters to be accurate, too, but the overall adaptation of the mythos matters more to me.
Do I like Hal? Absolutely. Do I wish he were a younger man and that they didn't (seemingly, at this point) kill him off in the first episode? Absolutely. But he is portrayed as self-assured to the point of arrogance, depending on who's reacting to him. He's a flirt. He's VERY good at his job. He has a soft spot for kids. And he VERY much comes up with his plans on the fly.
I mean, the MOMENT the Sheriff told Hal he couldn't interrogate the alien, he asked John if he wanted to get a drink. Then, once they were there, he immediately selected the song to play multiple times and loudly drew attention to himself when he stepped away from the jukebox so everyone would KNOW it was him.
Did his plan work? No. But he came up with it instantly. And that's the thing. What I love about Green Lantern isn't just Hal.
It's the fact that you don't need to be born under a red sun and travel to a yellow one. You don't need to be splashed with chemicals and struck by lightning at the same instant. You don't need to be obscenely rich and devote your mind, body, and soul to a crusade funded by your wealth.
You just have to be capable of overcoming the things that hold you back and you're a hero. "You have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps."
They're sentient beings who can push past their own fear to help the people around them. Who don't shy away from something because it's hard, or because it puts their own safety at risk.
A community of like-minded individuals from across the stars, made up of thousands of species from across the galaxy, who despite their vast differences still share this one core thing in common.
They're galactic peacekeepers flying into the inky blackness of space to light up the dark corners and protect anyone who needs them. "In brightest day, in blackest night. No evil shall escape my sight."
To me, the mythos is larger than any one person in the Corps.
Now, the people who stand by Hal as their be-all, end-all for this franchise, as their preferred POV character? They're not wrong. That's how they choose to define their fandom.
Maybe everything else could disappear, but as long as Hal was still Green Lantern, that's all that mattered. Maybe they love the Corps, too, but Hal is personal to them in some deeper way. They're not wrong for dipping out because they feel "their guy" was treated badly. Because that's their POV.
But I'll be damned if I'm going to sit here and listen to someone who hates this show for that reason try to gatekeep who is or isn't a "real fan" just because they like this show and you don't.
I've said this for a LONG time: I don't CARE who your favorite Lantern is. Welcome to the Corps. Glad to have you. Me? I can't stand Simon Baz, and I've explained why a thousand times. But if Simon is your favorite? Welcome to the Corps. Glad to have you, too. The same goes for your entry point into this mythos.
Was it Super Friends as a kid?
Welcome to the Corps.
Was it JL/JLU?
Welcome to the Corps.
Was it pre-Crisis?
Welcome to the Corps.
Was it Emerald Twilight?
Welcome to the Corps.
Was it John?
Welcome to the Corps.
Was it Guy in JLI? Welcome to the Corps.
...and so on.
Even if it was that god-awful animated "Beware My Power"? Welcome to the Corps.
If you're a Green Lantern fan who hates 'LANTERNS', I'm sure you have your own personal reasons for it. Just as the people who like it do. But like lots of things in this life, just because you believe you're right doesn't automatically mean everyone else is wrong.
And we don't need to go seeking out everyone with a different opinion than ours just so we can argue with them.
You don't have to love LANTERNS. You don't have to love Hal. You don't have to love John, Guy, Kyle, Jessica, Simon, Jo, or any other Lantern.
But if you love Green Lantern? Welcome to the Corps. Glad to have you.
@BlakeA86137 Yes but the reason why he’s being usurped is juxtaposed by what Odin stands for.
Odin and Jesus are both sacrificial figures, as shown in the scene but they sacrifice for different aims. For Jesus it’s for the sake of others and for Odin it’s for his own sake.
@TEBerry2 I always took Jesus's presence in the series as a representation of the world moving on from Odin; of how ultimately the power of the Gods he knows being ephemeral, and by extension, making him ephemeral.