Green Lantern Prequel: Hal Jordan and Flashpoint: Hal Jordan

Have you seen the first 20 minutes of Ryan Reynolds' part in the Green Lantern movie? If yes, good, you've basically read this comic. If not, do it. The only thing worth noting here is that there is a discussion between Sinestro and Tomar Re about human being Green Lanterns. Apparently, Sinestro knows Hal's entire life story and requests that the ring be sent after another human. Currently, only one other option exists: a football player for the University of Michigan named Gardner. Yeah, folks, its already been leaked that another human Lantern will play a role in the sequel to this. There's your answer. Guy Gardner will be the new GL. I cannot wait. How are you feeling, Ryan?

Onto Flashpoint...

Adam Schlagman and Ben Oliver

"Rising Tide:" Dying alien. Magical ring. Fearless pilot. If you don't know who Hal Jordan is at this point, I don't know what else to tell you. But as you will see, the Flashpoint world is a bit different.

Summary: Hal's life actually remains, for the most part, unchanged in this new world. Still in love with Carol. His dad still died in a plane malfunction. Still as reckless as ever. The difference is that Ferris Aircraft is a primary training ground for the military in their attempts to take down the Atlanteans. Hector Hammond is still around, serving as acting head of Ferris, after Carol's father has passed. After he and Carol are doing a test flight over the ocean, a shark man, that may or may not be King Shark (who is definitely in Deadman & the Flying Graysons), jumps out and begins attacking Carol's plane with its bites and punches. Carol cannot shake the shark to save her life and in a last ditch effort, Hall drives his plane right into hers, killing the shark and saving her, at the cost of the planes. Hammond fires Hal, but he still takes a jet up to get some air. Another ship comes crashing down, barely missing Hal, who lands to run and check on the pilot. Inside is Abin Sur, still healthy, and asks if Hal wants to save the universe. Pretty simple story... almost the exact same, just with a different timeline.

Highs: The art was still good, and the story managed to work while not feeling too weird or similar to the original.

Lows: The dialogue here is just hokey. Really stiff.

Verdict: B-. I would score it higher, but its the same story we have heard time and again. We shall see where this goes, but this whole comic could have been summed up in a third of the space it used. Van Der Beek, Ryan kinda brought the smolder, care to retort?