The superhero genre continues to be wildly popular, and there's a new shared universe in town courtesy of DC co-CEO James Gunn. In addition to the highly anticipated upcoming DC movies, there are also some shows that will expand the first slate of projects, titled Gods and Monsters. Chief among them is Lanterns, but fans have been bummed that we haven't seen any of the cosmic powers in the footage so far. Although the EP has invoked the name of two HBO legacy shows when explaining his approach.
What we know about Lanterns has been limited, but fans were shocked when the first trailer didn't actually show Hal Jordan and John Stewart using their powers. Writer/producer Chris Mundy was asked by ComicBook about crafting a non-conventional superhero show, where he said:
