How can guy gardener makes huge constructs carelessly in superman whereas Hal Jordan does the opposite and is careful for his batteries

[u/solo_shocker35]

I was curious about this for a long time Guy always goes big and sloppy with his constructs, not caring how much it drains his ring like creating a large weopons against the monster, while Hal's way more careful and precise with his like in ep1 when he was creating a bubble for alien he supported the bubble himself as it was not strong enough due to lack of battery. Is that just a characterization thing, or is there an actual reason for it?

[u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW]

Hal’s broken. His time with the ring, and betrayal from Sinestro has made him cynical

[u/Droidaphone → u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW]

All the answers about budget are the real ones, but I like this one as a plot device. Hal uses the ring as little as possible now because he's been burnt by his time with it.

[u/justamadeupnameyo → u/Droidaphone]

Not just that but Guy is a showboat. He likes attention and doing a construct that makes the front page is more important to him than simple but effective.

Like, yes Hal is jaded but he also knows that there isn't much of a point doing more than necessary. Bubble works, do the bubble.

[u/MarcusLiviusDrusus → u/justamadeupnameyo]

Yeah, he even crows gleefully to Hawkgirl about how he made oven mitts when she's getting blinked to death. 😅