After a rocky start, the DC Universe finally gets a bona fide win with Lanterns—largely because the eight-episode HBO series seems divorced from the fictional comic book-y world in which it exists.
Part True Detective mystery, part Lethal Weapon buddy comedy, and part superhero origin story, Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King’s Lanterns (August 4) features little of the cartoonishness of its big-screen predecessors Superman and Supergirl, instead taking a somber and realistic approach to its tale of a “space cop” known as a Green Lantern, his protégé, and the strange occurrences that threaten to bring destruction to a small Nebraska town.
Structural unevenness aside, it’s grounded even when its superpowered main characters take flight, thanks primarily to stellar lead performances from Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre, which lend this fantastical material its down-to-Earth soul.
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