When a Comic-Con panel starts with an excellent new trailer, usually, it’s not gonna get better than that. However, in the case of the upcoming HBO DC show, Lanterns, the trailer paled in comparison to the clips that were shown in Hall H. Seven clips, in total, were shown, each better than the last, setting up incredible drama, action, and tension that have our hopes higher than ever for the show.
There are certainly some spoilers in these so if you want to go in cold, we’d recommend avoiding. Also, the titles are ours, not DC’s. Clip 1: The Test The first clip has John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) standing on a street. Up pulls a black car that’s pumping “Boogie Shoes” by KC and the Sunshine Band. Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) is driving. Hal acknowledges that he’s late, and John says it’s fine. But Hal kind of wants him to be mad and keeps goading him. “Why are you not angry?” Things like that. John keeps calling him “Sir,” and Hal mentions that every time he calls him “Sir” it sounds like “Fuck you.” “No, sir,” says John. Hal explains that he’s been gone for two weeks off-planet settling some kind of galactic dispute. And, again, he jabs at John. “You know how that is.” John says he doesn’t because they haven’t gone off-world yet. He mentions that the Guardians chose him, and Hal hasn’t even let him try the ring yet. Hal then begrudgingly takes his ring off and sets it on the dashboard. He tells John there’s a taco stand about three miles up the road and to meet him there. He proceeds to jump out of the moving, speeding car, which then flies off a cliff. In the air, we see John grab the ring, put it on, and start to manifest something with it.
