What Happened to Green Lantern: The Animated Series? (Cancelled Season 2 Plans)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ม.ค. 2023
- Green Lantern had one of the greatest superhero cartoons ever made, beloved by most people who saw it, and yet... it was tragically cutshort. In this video I breakdown every unmade storyline the creators' of the show planned to make in the cancelled Season 2.
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It's a shame that Green Lantern: The Animated Series never had a season 2 and season 3, I mean this show was a masterpiece, why they don't understand true action and art anymore?
Because the show was banking on the green lantern movie success to create an incoming crowd of viewers.
Think about how cold Warner Bros are, that they abandon their fans in our own flesh and blood
Cuz all they understand is numbers and dollar signs.
There is a season 2 actually
Yep. Toy sales weren't good either.
I remember that time period. Green Lantern took over the entire DCU, delegating The Holy Trinity to supporting characters.
They actually had plans to adapt Blackest Night in the second half of season 2. They got away with a lot of the deaths in season 1 because they told the higher ups they were going to bring them back anyway as Black Lanterns. So, the BLs would've been composed of everyone who died so far in the show. They even foreshadow this with both Scar being in the show and the Black Lantern book in her shelf.
That's so awesome! I didn’t remember about that one detail, it would’ve been amazing to see Blackest Night get adapted on the show.
I don't remember that many characters that died, can you refresh my memory
@@vasko.t_ Ilana, M'Ten, Dulok, Shyir Rev, Grood, Neuroxis, Ghia'ta, the Anti-Monitor, and probably more I'm forgetting. Plus they could always kill more in the Sinestro arc, and I could see them adding backstory characters like Abin Sur and Kilowog's family.
This series MADE me into a Green Lantern fan. I never really cared for the character until I decided to give this show a shot and to this day it’s still one of my favorite shows.
Omg you too?! I didn’t care for either but LOVED this show! I used to run around pretending I was a green lantern because of this show
Thought I was the only one who thinks the same way
As incredible season 1 was, season 2 could’ve been ever better. What a tragedy
A few months ago, Bruce Timm's pitch art for season 2 was revealed. It featured Hal with a new costume, Arisia, Hawkman, and a yellow ring-wielding Sinestro looming over the three.
I wish that would happen
I watched it in full for the first time a few months ago after Razer appeared in YJ and was hooked! I’m so bummed that it was cancelled. Thanks for this video man
Thank you for watching! GLTAS deserves all the praise
Bit of a bonus addon to Young Justice throwing Razer back into the mix, there's also an Aya easter egg in Justice League Action. In one episode, the hero(?) Space Cabbie is helping Hal Jordan against Lobo, making use of an onboard navigation system to assist, which is heavily implied at the end of the episode to be Aya when she notes that she's actually a disembodied AI and flies off in search of 'someone'.
Really hope DC can flesh out this ship at some point, those two have been apart long enough.
Idk if you've been keeping up with the animated movies, but Crisis on Infinite Earths pt. 3 has Aya at the end of its trailer and one of the listed VA's for a character is "Blue Lantern Razer"
"Who's my replacement?" "John Stewart" "The fake news guy?"
Aya also had her story continue in Justice League Action
imagine Green Lantern as a Anime , it would be amazing and fire
Hell yea a Green Lantern Shonen Anime would be insane to see
I wish they do bring back Green Lantern the animated series with a new Season with introducing of The Sinistero Corps
Me too! Maybe they could've even introduced Parallax and the other emotional entities, it had so much potential
@@SantiBarrios yeah
I wish Green Lantern The animated series to get more seasons and a proper ending.
And with Green Lanterns expanding their human roster, I would love to see Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, Jessica Cruz, Jo Mullen, and even possibly Teen Lantern in the series. I always thought that Green Lantern has so much lore and stories that are just as good or if not better than the lore and stories that is based around Batman, but DC and WB are always so inconsistent and rely on Batman so much that it wastes those characters potential in popularity.
I would’ve loved to see all the human lanterns characters appear on the show! Especially Kyle Rayner personally, but they all bring something unique to the GL mythos and they all deserve to get adapted outside the comics
It's a shame bc I enjoyed the animated series.
I recently introduced this show to my kids 4 and 6 and they love it. I think Young Justice might be harder for them to follow at a young age. GLAS is truly a perfect show to introduce kids to DC without being too dark.
That's awesome and really wholesome! Thank you for being a great parent. It's a great show for everyone and a great entry point into the DCU
Tomar-Re also mentions Krypton when talking about how his sector is dead (If I am remembering that correctly)
I love green lantern the animated series it was really awesome and badass and such a amazing series in my opinion that did the comics justice in my book.
Agreed! It really did a great job in adapting the comics
@@SantiBarrios indeed it really did a great job of adapting the green lantern comics done justice.
I know the red lanterns are different in the comics, but I didn't mind the Red Lantern Corps in this show better. They aren't zombie-like beings that can'take constructs. There is no reason EVER to put that ring on. But in this show they seemed to run with basically green lanterns but less control more power.
Just watched the show. Ive always loved Green Lantern, have watched all the movies and stuff, but I never watched the series for some reason. Safe to say though, I finally got to it and it's my favorite DC show ever. I never watched Young Justice either, but I did watch the episode with Razer in it and I was freaking out. Makes me so sad that there is no season 2. Really really loved this show, and Razer is probably my new favorite DC character.
Also, the blackest night is also references at Episode 24, Scarred at around 3 minutes in, when they go into the science directors room, you can see the whole book for it.
I also would love to see some connections to other characters, when I saw the Thannagarians I was so hyped, it reminded me that there is a big universe out there, and that Batman, Superman, and the whole league can very well exist.
I'm very worried that this show will never be renewed though, James gunn is making his new universe and he wants it to all be connected through movies, shows, ANIMATION, and video games. Which means likely that we will not see a Green Lantern Animated Series Season 2, I am excited for Gunns universe though, I am just upset to think that we may never see Razer and Aya ever again...
Why does nobody know how to adapt Green Lantern into media outside of comics that at least properly tackles what Geoff Johns had added?
Thank you for clarifying that the version in YJ is different.
I actually didn’t know before making this video and I looked it up on twitter haha, felt like something worth mentioning in the vid
@@SantiBarrios oooh that twitter rabbit hole goes deep my friend. I'm working on a vid right now about that episode.
@@BovineDesigns Oh that's awesome! There’s a lot of material there to make a great vid, I'm looking forward to seeing it :D
I used to love this show as a kid
I would have loved the first black lantern, Blackhand.
Completely agree, Black Hand was one of the villains I most wanted to see on the show
I just recently finished the series, razer's episode in Young Justice, which striked my interest. And I was totally hooked. I had watched GL movies that are available on Hbo Max, but this was on a different level. I can't believe they shelved this brilliant show
That's awesome! it’s never too late to get introduced to an overlooked amazing show like this, so glad to know that you had a great time with the series
I think it’s great that this show folded into Young Justice and continued part of Razor’s story in one episode in season 4
GL is perhaps my favorite DC character as the general concept
And just like Spectacular Spider-Man and other Canceled Cartoons,Green Lantern the Animated series is Long overdue for a Comeback.
Completely agree, it's crazy that both GLTAS and Spectacular Spider Man are some of the best superhero shows ever made and both of them lasted so little, they had so much unfulfilled potential it's insane
A shame both of those great shows got axed early. If it's any consolation to you though at least you'd have two nickels for every time a show with such ambition to tell much more dynamic storylines with love and care to the source material that unfortunately got canceled after 1 season/26 episodes, and starring Josh Keaton in the leading role. Weird and sad when you sit down and think about the fact it happened twice.
0:53 I would like to see that adapted
Another thing I would have liked to have seen in Green Lantern the Animated Series season 2 would have been some of Hal Jordan's enemies from Earth like Hector Hammond. Major Disaster. Tattooed Man. And Dr Polaris.
Couldn't agree more! I love that they focused on the outer space side of the GL mythos, but by doing so they glossed over all the great Earth-based villains that the GLs have, it would've been awesome to have even more variety in villains
Did you know that Aya appeared in one episode of Justice League Action? Oh yeah, she's alive and searching the Multiverse for Razer. Despite what the directors said about his appearance in Young Justice, i still headcanon that it is the same person. I also like to think that Killowog's comment about the potential of Razer also wielding a green lantern ring, ontop of red and blue would make him powerful enough to open portals to other dimensions and continue his search.
Aya did show up on an episode Justice League Action though I forgot to mention it, it's also a very underrated show imo. And a green/blue/red hybrid lantern is a cool idea!
They really need to bring this series back it worked for young justice it can work for GLTAS
They even brought him back in young justice so y can’t they just bring GLTAS back
A year later, so you might not see it, but there was a man who called himself Green Lantern wearing an outfit like Alan's but he wasn't Alan Scotr.
THIS SERIES WAS EPIC. THE WRITING WAS EXCELLENT! WISH MORE PEOPLE WATCHED IT BUT I THINK IT LOOKED TO CARTOONY TO BRING IN THE MATURE AUDIENCE THAT IT COULD APPEAL TO.
I wish this would come back too. It was one of my favorites along with Tron: Uprising. But alas, as adults we're weren't the intended audience of these shows. Kids were as they wanted toy sales and we (mostly...and you know who you are, lol) didn't buy toys. We liked the animation style and the storytelling aspect. Disney created a hell of a show with mature themes, rich storytelling and assembled an incredible cast (RIP Paul Reubens) for Tron: Uprising. Cartoon Network did exactly the same with Green Lantern too. But until they realize that animation isn't just for kids (i.e. Archer, Family Guy, South Park, the Simpsons, etc.), then we are doomed to have 1 season or less shows like this. It sucks, but I guess it's the current reality. Which is a shame, because you can pull from a larger voice actor pool too as age isn't necessarily a factor in animation!
For hope burns bright! #saveTronUprising #saveGreenLantern
Maybe Dawnbreaker can be used in the show as a way to introduce Jessica Cruz one of two female green lanterns from earth.
7:27 we need an faithful adaptation of that storyline, and the parallax story line.
there was also the death lantern symbol in one of the episodes i can’t remember which one but i barely caught it and i was like nooooo wayy
I like his appearance in young Justice as a bigger fan of GLTAS but I think it would also kinda ruin GLTAS for potential new fans or confuse them on what’s going on.
Watch Justice League Action “Barehanded” GL( Hal ) )voiced by same actor as GL animated series loses his ring. gets in space taxi to track down ring. The cabbie just downloaded a new GPS(voiced by Aya voice actress). At the end GPS says she’s a disembodied AI who is on a quest to find something or someone. She turns into a green ball (resembling Aya original orb form) and starts her quest. This is after she said that GL seemed familiar to her. So Aya is out in DCEU looking for Razer.
Also granted Justice League Action has Space Cabbie having Ailya as his cab AI
In episode 24 scarred you can see a black book with the black lantern symbol on it
I think there was a small hint to blackest night in the show if i rememer. one of the guardians had a book with the symbol and later got injured and the line "mearly scarred" was how they refered to it and I remeber there was a scarred guardian on the black lanturn's side
I think the black lantern corp was reference in one of the book in the science directors Quarters. In the episode scarred
You really know your history!
Thanks! I watched your video on GLTAS a while back and it was great :D made me wanna rewatch the show lol. Your videos are fantastic!
@@SantiBarrios aw hey thanks man! Glad it did its job! I hope to keep getting better! You keep making stuff too!
If S2 ever gets created i woud love to see Jessica Cruz and indigo 1
I hope some day it’ll come back
I love Green Lantern! I will await the time the Sinestro Corps takes focus on the big screen.
Same! It'd be awesome if they adapted the Sinestro Corps War storyline for a GL movie
@@SantiBarrios oh hell yeah! I would pay top dollar for that!
I think the animation style held this cartoon back. I never watched it until recently because it looked like it was targeted at little kids. Hal almost looks like Buzz Lightyear in a different suit. I thought the show was alright but I've never been a fan of all the other lantern corps. A few more Earth-related episodes would have been nice too.
Really earth related episodes no one wants that
I would like to see the show, get it’s animated movie
I'd love it if GLTAS got revived for an animated movie, they've done it for other old shows so it's possible
@@SantiBarrios that’s what I would like to since a lot of DC animated shows yet their movies, anyway, and the ones that don’t, deserve to have them because it felt wrong for them, not having one
My favorite part about this series is that it's not afraid to get dark. I mean, the Red Lanterns straight up kill someone in the opening scene.
I love it when action cartoons aren't afraid of getting dark and serious at times
We could have more awesome stories, if only...
they should at least make a movie
5:39 what about there story lines
I want GLTAS revived
I'll never lose hope. If the 90s X Men show can get revived almost 30 years later anything can happen
Bump
I truly believe the movie tainted GLTAS that was actually pretty enjoyable. Young Justice revived was just the worst.
Oh absolutely, the movie bombed so spectacularly that it hindered Green Lantern as a brand and the animated series' chances of success, it was a huge failure
If this had been 2-D art with CG ring effects we'd be watching the 13th season today.
I love that show and was sad to see it cancelled so early. Young Justice was great as well...but should've stayed cancelled as the revival SUCKED.
I honestly agree with you there, I love Young Justice's first 2 seasons and I don't think the later seasons are completely bad, but after the revival the show's quality really got worse
Every good show gets cancelled, idk why the world is so gay like that
Love to hear a MF DOOM track for background music
One of the greatest beats from one of the greatest rappers of all time
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