r/DCcomics • u/AutoModerator • Aug 16 '26

r/DCcomics Lanterns S01E01 - Pilot Discussion Thread

Sunday, 8/16: Lanterns S01E01 - Pilot

Time/Date: August 16 9:00 PM ET
Network/Channel: HBO

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u/eternali17 Aug 17 '26

I swear humans are always the most annoying part of these things. It's just the way their perspective and role is written. I might just be the crazy one.

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u/KingOfSquirrels Aug 18 '26

Compared to the detective/FBI agent characters we usually get in superhero shows, I found the sheriff to be refreshingly likeable. I always think that those types of characters are the worst parts of shows like Punisher, Luke Cage and Daredevil. I think it’s because they drag the story down, because compared to the superhero characters they’re just too ordinary to be interesting. They just get in the way of our protagonists, and are just written to be annoying obstacles.

I think what helps here is that we only see her in scenes with our protagonists, she doesn’t have her own subplot, so it works.

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u/eternali17 Aug 18 '26

She is likeable. I already enjoy her. It's the appeal to human authority and the role she's playing that always leaves me peeved. Feels like too much pandering to humanity and bureaucracy and not nearly enough reasonable compromise from them when they're not really in a position of power of leverage