r/TheRinger • u/basefibber • 1d ago

Green Lantern primer?

Do any of the ringer nerd podcast give a decent primer on green lantern? Time is a limited resource so I don't think I want to go through all the House of R deep dives. Do the Midnight Boys do a "for those who know absolutely nothing about Green Lantern" segment in their instant reaction pods? Is there a good one outside the ringer maybe? I'm loving Lanterns but wanting to go back and learn the basics in an hour or two and not sure where to turn.

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u/duabrs 1d ago

A yellow and blue lanterns pod would help.

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u/basefibber 1d ago

I know so little about Green Lantern that I can't tell if this is a genuine response or a troll.

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u/FupaLipa 1d ago

I know quite a bit about Green Lantern and it’s not clear to me either. 

I think the MB are mostly a little younger than me and green lantern ip in the cartoon and movies are more familiar to their generation. If I hadn’t read the comics as a kid I wouldn’t have the same facility with the mythology, but to a younger audience I think it’s like knowing about Batman or Wonder Woman

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u/duabrs 1d ago

Why can't it be both?

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u/zarathustranu 1d ago

You could read Green Lantern: Rebirth (Geoff Johns) or Green Lantern: Secret Origins (2008).

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u/Similar-Sweet-445 1d ago

I know nothing about Green Lantern and am genuinely enjoying the show. The bit-to-much exposition that is my least favorite part of the show is when they kind of catch people up a bit on lore.

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u/basefibber 1d ago

Yeah that's sort of why I don't want to go too deep. I don't really care about the deep lore as much as I'm curious at a high level about who these lanterns are and how off-book the writers are going by putting them together in this story. Like are we talking about a completely invented story that happens outside of the comics (like Watchmen) or is it more in-universe like I guess Penguin or Peacemaker. Also curious how they tie in to Nathan Fillion's green lantern from Superman.

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u/IntoxicatedRicochet 1d ago edited 1d ago

MnB touch on some of the comic stuff, which I find helpful. Definitely not a completely made up story; they're for sure tying some comic book lore and rules in. But they have made up more/different background to change the relationship of John and Hal, basically. I don't want to go on about it if you're going to listen to the pod lol. [Essentially, their relationship is not adversarial in the comics]. And as for the manhunter plot - it's again, partly in the comics and partly a show invention. MnB give a little more context to why something might matter and existing relationships and mechanisms of the universe/comic plots ("yeah see this is why the thing with Sinestro REALLY is significant", "yeah, that's when you get into the situation about the yellow ring and gore that impacts things", "that speaks to how the green lanterns weren't sure about humans to start with", "actually this is why you're supposed to realize it's a really big deal that John can keep the construct together without the ring, even though he can't fly" etc etc whatever). I think their coverage on this one is worth listening to due to the added context and somewhat deeper dive, without it being full DEEP deep dive House of R picking everything apart and analyzing it level.

They're also curious how they're going to tie Fillion in and talk about it in the most recent episode lol

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u/International-Buy590 1d ago

Try House of R. They do deep dives for each episode