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Grant Morrison on LANTERNS and Damon Lindelof
“The moment I toss out a single snide remark, suddenly I dominate headlines for days, and somehow a top-tier Hollywood writer gets dragged out to apologize—just because, two years ago in some interview, he casually called a certain color “stupid”
Why does no one report how much I love Absolute Martian Manhunter? Or, closer to home, how I’ve praised Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series? Why is it that every week I write sincerely, enthusiastically about things I genuinely love—and no one cares? But the second I drop a few cranky, off-the-cuff complaints, everyone loses their minds?
I don't know Damon Lindelof personally, but he's clearly a talented writer-and by all accounts, a decent guy. The apology he wrote over this whole thing was gracious, measured, and full of class.
That "green = stupid" comment of his struck me as careless-especially coming from someone involved in a Green Lantern project, saying that to Green Lantern fans. I came across some angry fan reactions to the show's teaser, saw the interview link in the comments, and his tone just rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like venting a bit-just enough to pad out a paragraph or two in my weekly post.
I never imagined those heated complaints would be taken seriously-let alone spread this far. Making a show is hard with negative press on top of that is even harder. I regret that my words pushed him into having to respond publicly, and l apologize to him. I genuinely thought he'd never see something | posted on a subscriber platform for die-hard readers. I never expected an offhand remark to be amplified like this.
I underestimated online media-they love turning a spark into a wildfire. And sure, exposure is supposedly always good-but seeing a fellow creator dragged into the storm like this doesn't sit right with me.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, Austin Butler, Adam Driver, Bradley Cooper are all circling roles in Michael Mann’s ‘HEAT 2’
Amazon has acquired the rights to develop the film.
(Source: https://t.co/Ap6jSVDTqt)