{"id":1162,"date":"2011-12-12T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2011-12-20T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T22:19:00","slug":"episdode-52-green-lantern-first-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"Episode 52: Green Lantern &#8211; First Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7218\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1162-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep52.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep52.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep52.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep52.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1162-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep52.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep52.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1195\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gl_dvd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1195\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gl_dvd-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"The REAL Green Lantern movie\" title=\"Green Lantern First Flight\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gl_dvd-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gl_dvd.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green ring do your thing!<\/p><\/div>How is it that a movie that is literally half the length of the Ryan Reynolds <i> Green Lantern<\/i> can pack a more cohesive story?  Well, you take out all the boring stuff, for one thing.  Next, you severely truncate the origin story down to only a few minutes so that it doesn&#8217;t drag the story down.  Then you completely ignore that Paralax ever existed and tell a story that people actually care about.<\/p>\n<p>My goodness.  Even though I probably would have preferred a story that took place on Earth and left the Green Lantern Corp. to the wayside, I cannot deny that this was one hell of a movie.  I was impressed that the passing of the ring to Hal Jordan was only the beginning of the story and didn&#8217;t encompass and overpower the story.  The characters were great.  Even though we knew who the bad guy is, there were surprises to be had, anyway.  This is a very spoileriffic review, which is why I&#8217;m getting my impressions out of the way right now.  You might want to see the movie first. <\/p>\n<p>And, of course, joining us again this week is TFG1 Mike for our continuing crossover with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekcastradio.com\/?cat=25\" target=\"_blank\">Tooncast Beyond<\/a>.  The episode wraps up before the 40-minute mark, but dread not, dear listeners!  We have another 30 minutes worth of nonsense in our post-show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Show Topics:<\/strong><br \/>\nBruce Timm: Straight-to-video gold<br \/>\nRyan Reynolds: Box office lead<br \/>\nChi&#8217;p: Is he the one in the wheelchair?<br \/>\n&#8220;You wanna fly, Bobby?&#8221;<br \/>\nPoozer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus Content Topics:<\/strong><br \/>\nLineman Diags<br \/>\nBiggest box office bombs<br \/>\nYouTube and iTunes trolls<br \/>\nKunio, Renegade, Double Dragon, and River City Ransom<br \/>\nDipping your breakfast sausages into the syrup<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1165\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1165\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/butterworth_sausages.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs. Butterworth and Banquet Brown &#039;N&#039; Serve breakfast sausages\" title=\"Mrs. Butterworth and Banquet Brown &#039;N&#039; Serve breakfast sausages\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/butterworth_sausages.jpg 320w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/butterworth_sausages-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/butterworth_sausages-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The greatest flavors brought together since Mr. Reese got chocolate in his peanut butter!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is it that a movie that is literally half the length of the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern can pack a more cohesive story? 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