Monday, August 20, 2012

Green Lantern - Emerarld Knights




Written by Geoff Johns, Alan Burnett, Peter Tomasi, Eddie Berganza, Todd Casey, Dave Gibbons, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim, this DC Universe released co-directed by Chris Berkeley, Lauren Montgomery, and Jay Oliva is a culmination of six different tales about six different Green Lanterns throughout history. Each story is written by a different pair of writers, and although they have similarities in animation, each has their own unique style and flare when it comes to details, backgrounds, tones, and color palettes. These changes in tones reflect the nature of the characters they're dealing with, and the personalities of the Lanterns in question.






I really enjoyed this feature. Like Gotham Knights it tells six different tales of the GL Corps but the animation style is more cohesive and each story is connected to a larger arc. The film is exciting and vibrantly colorful. This is how a Green Lantern cartoon should be - bursting with life and power. If you are a fan of the comics or a newby to the Green Lantern Universe you will be entertained.

4 comments:

Super-Duper ToyBox said...

gotta see this one...!

Kal said...

I had forgotten about it and there is was in my download file just begging to be watched.

david_b said...

Love these GL Animated flicks. I bought First Flight and it keeps my interest pretty well (Love the Daffy Duck GL short as well, priceless...).

I watched the CGI series for a dozen or so episodes, also really well done. Good characterzation.

Kal said...

The newest series started slow but got great at the end. GL works so much better as an ensemble. It's the only way to tell those stories.

Daffy Duck's GL was brilliant - as was the entire Duck Dodgers Series