"Green Lantern" the tv pilot?

Except without actually mentioning "Green Lantern" or anything
sci-fi/fantasy-related. Sounds like something CW would do.

record hunter...

Isn't Hal Jordan Green Lantern, though? That's only a recurring part
according to the listing.

Bill Steele...

Presumably Jordan recruits Stewart in the pilot, then shows up
occasionally as a mentor.

Poor, neglected Alan Scott.

Arnold...

Alan Scott was never part of the Corps.

Arnold Kim

Bill Steele...

Good for him. I always thought the Silver Age remake was a crock. Why
would anybody call a policeman a "Green Lantern?" Magic is a much more

Anim8rFSK...

Because he had a Green Lantern? Because he had the symbol of a Green
Lantern on his chest and on his ring? Because he used his personal
Green Lantern to recharge from a gigantic Green Lantern?

Bill Steele...

You're confusing cause and effect. All that just follows once you decide
on the name. How about the interplanetary corps of Magnenta
Refrigerators: a fridge on the front of the costume, and they recharge
their powers from a fridge they keep in the house, whose coldness is
recharged from a giant fridge on another planet. Does all that make it
sensible?

Sorry, I just have a prejudice toward Golden Age rationales, and I think
the Silver versions were a little rushed and sloppy.

Dale Hicks...

I thought it was Black Condor learning how to fly by watching condors
fly.

urban...

Or rather, by being raised by condors (in the worlds dumbest variation
of the 'Tarzan' trope).

Clell Harmon...

The magic ring from a pandimensional fly civilization has to rate right
up there too.

Michael S. Schiffer...

I always liked Roy Thomas's (I think) recounting of the process: "In

Arthur Lipscomb...

I'm not a comic geek. So I though that was a joke. Mongoose blood?!?!
Yes, radioactive spider is much better than mongoose blood!

Anyone else remember Wombat-man? Or according to the theme song,
womBAT-man.

a triumph of environment over heredity..."

satisfactory explanation, but they decided everything had to be science
fiction. Not that "hard water fumes" made more sense than lightning...

David...

John Stewart and Katma Tiu are Green Lanterns too. Not sure if the
other characters are from comics as well.

record hunter...

I haven't read Green Lantern since the early 60s. Are these his kids?

David...

John Stewart was Hal's backup and later replaced him. He was also the
main Green Lantern in the recent "Justice League" cartoon. Katma Tiu is
a Green Lantern from another planet.

How did Hal Jordan become Green Lantern?

Edward McArdle...

Since nobody ever gets older in comics, his kids, if any, would still
only be one year old. And yes, I just made that up.

Arnold...

Some characters don't age. Others do age, just very slowly. Dick Grayson
was about 9 in 1940, and Peter Parker was 15 in 1962. Both are in their mid
20s now.

Eric D. Berge...

Bah, that's nothing - Bruce Wayne was an adult in the 30s, so,
assuming he started his career as a the Batman in 1939 at age 30 would
make him 97 now.

Clell Harmon...

That was not the Bruce of current comics, that was the Bruce of 'Earth
2' (why the original would #2 is a mystery for the ages)

Invid Fan...

At least the Bruce of the animated shows aged (last seen in his 90's in
the episode 'Epilog' of Justice League Unlimited).

markr1000...

Note to everyone: That Bruce is the same that showed up in nearly
every episode of Batman Beyond, or is least the closest possible copy.
You never know with Hypertime.

jayembee...

Not really a mystery.

The person who discovered the existence of an alternate Earth
(Barry Allen) was from the Earth where lived the modern incarnations
of the characters, and therefore his world was the one designated
"Earth-1". So the other Earth became "Earth-2".

From their perspective, while the Earth-2 Batman (and Superman, and
Flash, etc., etc.) had his career in earlier decades, the "Earth-2"
designation is for the world, not the person. Technically, neither
Earth came before the other one.

If the characters themselves were designated "Batman-1" (for the
Silver Age version) and "Batman-2" (for the Golden Age version),
you might have a point. But they aren't. In fact, when referring
to the characters, it was the other way around. In WHO'S WHO IN
THE DC UNIVERSE, they referred to the Golden Age Batman as
"Batman I" and the Silver Age one as "Batman II".

Clell Harmon...

In the most recent megacrossover 'crisis' series, Kal-l mused on the
arrogance of Barry Allen to name his world '1'.... As long as super
powered kryptonians agree with me, I'll go with the mystery.

Then there are his contemporaries, Reed Richards and Ben Grimm, both
of who were combatants in WWII (OSS and pilot, respectively, IIRC).

Anim8rFSK...

The worst part about that is that they acknowledge Nick Fury (who they
fought side by side with) as being 90ish now (he took a rejuvination
formula).

In the new FANTASTIC FOUR THE END mini, everybody's been taking a new
rejuvination formula Reed invented. :)

David...

It's about time that these people shared.

Clell Harmon...

Not any more. The current mythos has their service post Nam.

Highlandish...

Captain America was in his late 20's during WW2 as well, including
Wonder Woman and all other characters that came out during the time of
WW2

Arnold Kim

David...

This is the sort of thing I love wikipedia for

Edward McArdle...

I think it was Katma Tui. But perhaps she was resurrected with a new
name.

Goro...

Whither Guy Gardner....?

(he was my favorite)

record hunter...

I'm reading up on GL now:

jayembee...

Hal Jordan hasn't been the primary Green Lantern (even the primary
GL for Earth's space sector) for most of the last 20 years, in
terms of comics publishing.

record hunter...

He was my only favorite superhero (I guess you can only have one
favorite).

Lobster Man...

The majority of the real TV networks use union talent. This ad calls for
non-union talent specifically. My guess is it's for a fan-film.

David...

Syndicated shows and some cable networks don't use union talent. Plus

jayembee...

Most likely because the bulk of them are filmed outside the US.
Aren't professional productions required to use SAG members if
they're shot in the US?

(Not that there's any indication of where "The Corps" will be shot.)

it's listed as a series pilot.

Steven L....

Sounds like The Sci-Fi Channel then.

Steven L....

Does the Sci-Fi Channel use union talent? Maybe it's them.