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LGBT in Mainstream Comics, or the Lack Thereof

Go Hal, Go!

Thanks to my husband, I’ve been getting into the world and the mythology of Green Lantern. Last night we continued my education with the new Green Lantern: First Flight on BluRay.

First Flight is the perfect movie for Green Lantern beginners. It traces the origins of Hal Jordan, the first Lantern from sector 2814 (that’s Earth). It gives you the background you need on the core, Sinestro, the guardians, and what being a Green Lantern means.

In a technical sense, the movie is executed well. The animation is good as is the voice talent. It was nice to hear quite a number of familiar voices such as Victor Garber (Sinestro), John Larroquette (Tomar Re), and Kurtwood Smith (Kanjar Ro).

It was also nice to have an animated movie that could hit the PG-13 marker. Not that I require cursing and violence in my cartoons or anything. It just sometimes makes for a more mature film and allows comic-based movies to be a bit more on level of their source material than say, a saturday morning cartoon.

On the whole, Green Lantern: First Flight is a well done movie. You get a good sense for the characters and the world plus the plot is entertaining. The BluRay also came packed with a lot of extras including interviews, a segment on the new Blackest Night comics, some Justice League episodes that prominently feature the Lanterns, and even the Duck Dodgers episode where Daffy gets a chance to try his hand at being a Lantern.

Now I guess it’s back to practicing the oath for me…

In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil’s might,
Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light!

Final Score: 4 out of 5.

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