2/14/2013
Green Lantern: The Animated Series only has five more episodes unless the forces of stupidity at the Cartoon Network reverse their course. This week's episode "Love is a Battlefield" features the return of both Atrocitus and Carol Ferris and it looks like there will be more fireworks than that time Hal forgot to buy Carol flowers and chocolate for Valentines Day!
If you are participating in this weekend's Twitter campaign, the hashtag phrase that pays is #LoveLanternJustice which you should include in your tweets - but remember not to use it until Saturday morning and make it the only hastag in your tweet. More information on what you can do to try to save both DC Nation shows can be found here and here.
Here's the official description of the episode as well as two preview clips and some new official promotional images provided by Warner Brothers.
"The evil Aya Monitor invades the planet Zamaron, blaming the Star Sapphires for the pain she feels from her heartbreak. The unsuspecting Carol Ferris is summoned to represent Love in a battle against Hate's champion, Atrocitus of the Red Lantern Corps.
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"Green Lantern: The Animated Series" © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. "Green Lantern" and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. Clips provided by Warner Brother Television.
"Green Lantern: The Animated Series" © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. "Green Lantern" and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. Clips provided by Warner Brother Television.
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13 comments:
Wow...how sad Aya's become the very element she evolved against. Hope she's a reckoning with Razer who may, other than Hal... bring her back.
Sadly the Guardians superiority resulted in another failure.
Love this show. Slightly too convenient way of bringing Atty back, but Im looking forward to the fight!
This show has so many twists and turns...and so much cool storyline...keeps me riveted weekly. Man I HATE the MORONS at Cartoon Network. This show appeals to a wide variety of ages...not just toy buying children. Why don't you WATCH the show and witness how superior it is to the other stupid crap you air.
So incredibly sad to see Aya turn to the Dark Side. Really ironic how in "Blue Hope" she said she was "nothing like a manhunter," and now she is their Queen. Love is meant to conquer all but that remains to be seen...Pity that Razer really didn't love her, such a great pity...
I was thrilled to hear Carol recite a few lines from I Corinthians 13, the "chapter on love".
Aya's mistake is to think that infatuation is the same as love. "Romance" is a word which also means "fictional storytelling" (look it up!). I've been happily married for decades now, but I credit this longevity to the fact that when the "zing" is occasionally misplaced due to stress or illness or whatever, the respect and affection between two half-decent human beings (and God's grace) is enough to carry us past it all.
Queen Agapo's name is based on "agape", the ancient Greek word for "love" which is also used in I Corinthians 13. Sometimes it's mistranslated (IMHO) as "unconditional love", but I prefer to translate it as "cherishing". I hope that the remaining episodes of the series will focus on the types of love and heroism, for they are many. And the greatest, as both Christ and Gaeta demonstrated, is the self-sacrificing love which saves the beloved one.
Also: this show should be up for a writing Emmy, not as a cartoon, but as a dramatic series. Just my $0.02.
This has proven time and time again that Aya is really more than a machine. She disobeys, makes her own decisions, follows no one. How soul-destroying it is that with all that power she has amassed now, that she chose out of her own free will corruption and destruction instead of forgiveness and letting go of Razer who no longer loves her. It does appear that she is too far gone - but there was a tiny small hope there that she stopped - even for a second - she stopped when Razer appeared and asked her what she was doing. There is so much tension now between the two and Aya will never return to how she used to be. And yet, she did sacrifice herself for Razer in 'Loss' - she saved him only for Razer to reject her later in "Cold Fury." Her pain is way too deep. Only time can heal that now but there is no more time left for us fans as there are only 2 more episodes of this series before it is cancelled.
Aya, you are a superior intellect and fell for the oldest love drama throughout history, nice girl falls for bad boy.
Even though she resembles his late wife Razer admitted she helped him change and he helped her evolve. They still both care... evident by his concern and her hesitation.
Hate this show's ending... from here it can only get better. So much more story... Sinestro
I too get the feeling that all is not lost - she DID hesitate. For a moment there, she dropped her hand and she was about to annihilate Hal and Carol, when Razer appeared and she waited. She had the anti-monitor power and she could have obliterated everyone there and then but Razer appeared, called her name and flew right up to her, asking her what she is doing. She was "lost" for awhile there - she was looking at Razer only for a moment - then decided to fly away without hurting anyone...all that talk about destroying emotion was her way of distracting herself to return back to her primary objective. But I for one have this glimmer of hope that she still carries a torch for Razer, and I believe, just like Carol said that Hal will always be in her heart, Razer will always be in Aya's "heart.."
Excellent episode and entertainment. WHY can't the IDIOTS on Cartoon Network see this series value. It's not just for children.
Hal was awesome and Carol brave. Atrocitis is no easy oponent, I wouldn't want to fight him. These stories are so compelling and tastefully executed. Great job to all.
Razer's still Aya's only hope... but an encounter might only prove fatal for them both.
Best animated show EVER! I was particularly impressed with the pairing of Carol and Hal...he was truly heroic and Carol the consummate professional. I'm beginning to see why the Guardian scientist felt that Aya was a mistake and required termination after having created the Anti Monitor.
Kilowog is becoming an excellent grounded advisor because he's right...Aya's becoming a deeper threat knowing as much about them as she does and if they cannot change her they will have to destroy her if they can.
It's becoming all too obvious that Aya is already caused a lot of damage having killed a lot of innocents and I don't believe as a higher evolved AI that she could live with that if she reformed. No matter Razer's influence and their both having shared the extremes of emotional spectrum this will only wind up tragically for both of them if she refuses to yield and he has to attack to protect himself. Perhaps the only way for this to end is for one or both to make the supreme sacrifice like Greita.
Too bad WB and CN are run by Neanderthals... this show is gold.
Love this show.
Was surprised for all Hal's done for Aya she could destroy him so thoughtlessly. Wow... guess she has to go cause I think she's too far gone.
This show is fabulous. My friends and I watch all four showings on the weekend. We are all heartbroken that it will be canceled. I cannot understand the idiots on Cartoon Network thinking their other programming is superior, it is flawed.
We've all been discussing the Aya, Razer story arc and believe logically this can only end in tragedy. Logically (and I'm a scientist) the two can never encounter an intimate relationship physically, they cannot have offspring and she's already done so much damage I do not believe she'll ever return to the way she was in her current mental state. There is no other way except to destroy her.
IF she were to return and I doubt she'd concede, they'd have to erase her memory restoring her to an original nav state. Something the Guardian scientist was probably considering knowing their track record with AI.
Wish this show could go on forever. Actors do a REALLY great job conveying character.
Destroying Aya is probably the only logical conclusion but this is where it is all so sad. The writers took such skill and dedication building up this character, having a love story between her and Razer only to destroy her character in the end. It is such a great shame. It would have been better in "Cold Fury," if she was written to sacrifice herself for the good of her team, even at the expense of really "dying" this time rather than turning her into a villain. There are other villains the writers could have chosen rather than using a former team-mate who had risked her own existence time and time again to save the crew - it is just not consistent with the way they have built up this character. Such a great shame. Really wish there was a better ending for both Razer and Aya - something more positive and upbeat rather than depressing. It would have been a better way to end the series that all is not bad - that there is some good in cartoonland.
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