As one of the big brains behind Lost, Damon Lindelof is something of a polarizing pop culture figure. Watchmen and The Leftovers are two of my all-time favorite TV shows, so I'm always on board with whatever he does, including the upcoming HBO series Lanterns., where he's an EP alongside the brilliant (and also subversive) DC Comics scribe Tom King. Some of Lindelof's past comments about Green Lantern sparked some recent negativity from a GL writer, and he's now aiming to clear the air.
Lindelof's comments were made on the podcast Loveitt or Leave It in 2024, long before the surprisingly sizeable backlash to the non-vibrant Lanterns trailer, which was leaked online before a hasty release by HBO (which also trolled griping audience members). But when the always brilliant comic writer Grant Morrison reacted to them online this week, particularly the "green is stupid" quote, the floodgates were reopened.
