I do wonder what Hal’s alert system looks like. Is he monitoring the police radio? Does he have someone in the town that activates his alert system? I forget who says it but “hail” meant alien, but we see a shooting; how did the shooting activate the ring? The answer might just be “Green Lantern Magic” and that’s fine I suppose, but I feel like we might learn more.

Also the message is coded. Why is Hal hiding coded messages in his ring? Does he think someone else is going to get his ring/message? Training John is a relatively new thing, this was setup back in 2006 or so.

Bur if everyone is super, no one will be.

So hopefully you find the planet on your own.

I guess the question is, does Lex hate all aliens or just Superman. Hal gave his interview in 1996, and the sheriff mentioned the townsfolk knowing about aliens from TV, so aliens are well known at some level.

I’m guessing, like Macon, Lex wants to be ready to fight any alien invaders. But his hatred of Superman comes more directly from the fact that Lex can’t beat him.

There’s a Hamich prequlel movie coming soon as well.

In November, it’s the reason they’re putting out this five film run.

I like Ghost Rider. I like Ryan Gosling. He certainly wouldn’t have been my pick, but let’s see how it goes.

Sorry, son, but we’re going to be very busy.

Mel’s movie really stinks. Correct!

The series has not faced cancellation in a cultural sense, even as social mores have morphed over its two decades on air.

In 2020, a spate of sitcoms on streaming platforms and in syndication, including “Community,” “30 Rock,” and “Golden Girls,” pulled episodes that showed their characters using black- and brownface; likewise, FX took down five episodes of “Sunny.”

That sounds like facing cancellation in a cultural sense to me.

I could see that, although I hope it isn’t Lex just so there are more villains in the world. Although if Macon wants to buy some LuthorCorp weapons I’d be good with that.

Because it’s just showing up on the menu now? Ha! Classic Chicken Sandwich, always showing up late.

Excellent point! I knew we were missing something but figured it would be revealed next episode.

So,

• 1986 Hal reveals himself.
• 1996 Hal interviews on TV.
• 2006 Hal stops updating his Halogram.
• 2016 Hal investigates in Nebraska.
• 2026 Hal dies.

Hal mentioned Abin Sur dying was out of the ordinary so he setup a watch for aliens in the area. Logically he would have done that immediately, but I wonder if instead he setup the warning system last time he was there, in 2006.

Well. I am intrigued.

So to start with a timeline, Hal Jordan makes himself known in 1986 by stopping a meteor. In 1996 he gives the TV interview we see at the start. In 2016 he goes to Nebraska to solve an alien plot we see for most of the episode. In 2026 Hal Jordan is dead, in that same town, and without his ring.

To add to all this, in 2016 it doesn’t seem like our third Green Lantern, Guy Gardener, is known.

Even if Hal is dead in 2026, it’s likely a Halogram will still be around, although how up to date it is… is up for debate. Also, where is the ring? Also why did Hal choose to return to this city? Will Hal learn the alien plot in 2016 but decide to keep it covered up but also it looks “solved”?

John said he was patient, the wife said otherwise. What has John been up to for the past ten years? He might have done some training with Hal, but probably not for ten years, especially if another human (Guy Gardner) gets the ring essentially passing him over.

Maybe the Bard put him up to it. In 5e a 5th level bards Bardic Inspiration is a d8.

Every employee must win worker of the week at least once, “regardless of gross incompetence, obesity or rank odor.”

Correct!

I think it’s a little bit of a misdirect, because we don’t actually know what exactly Doom is up to.

For Thanos we knew going into the film that he was collecting the Infinity Stones, but we didn’t know why.

We know going into Doomsday that Incursions are happening, but we don’t know why. Is Doom causing them? Is Doom choosing to save one universe over another? The marketing is conspicuously missing other characters like Doctor Strange, is he on Doom’s side?

While Doomsday/Secret Wars are going to be a similar one-two punch that we had for Infinity War/Endgame, we can’t (or probably shouldn’t) do the same story. Thanos was the big bad who destroyed half of the universe. Doom could just be the big bad who destroys multiple universes…but he is probably up to something else… But for the something else to work as a setup, you market Doom as something more simple.

Oh, lousy Smarch weather.

“Treehouse of Horror VI” Correct!

Well if Weird Al is in it then I guess I should at least watch episode four.

Homer skateboarding on the Squeaky-Voiced Teen in cheese was great. Also tons of cameos, this has a couch gag vibe to it.

Shout out to Sarah Halley Finn who has been the MCU casting director since the beginning. It’s one of those hidden roles that she continues to nail year after year.

They’re not all crap, but no.

Obviously I haven’t seen the movie so I don’t actually know for sure, but I would expect it to be like Infinity War where you also didn’t need to have seen everything that came before it, but if you have then you’ll probably notice things from those films.

As an example in the opening of Infinity War we find Thor, Loki and Hulk in space. Is it required to know the events of Thor Ragnarok in order to appreciate Infinity War? No. But is it a bonus to know what Thor, Loki and Hulk were up to? Yes.