Well, this one completely had me fooled. The episode seemed to be setting up a love quadrangle, with Batman flirting with Carol, Carol being officially attached to Hal, and Hal having some kind of attraction to Star Sapphire, who bore a striking resemblance to the spunky reporter who was doing a story on Jordan.
But the reveal that it was, in fact, Carol who was Star Sapphire, and that she didn't even know it, was a great little misdirect on the part of the show. Not being a big comics guy, I don't know which came first--this storyline or Cyclops/Phoenix--but I like the idea of the powerful supervillainness who's not truly aware, or at least separate, from her powerful, semi-maniacal persona.
And sure, it's a bit cheesy and cliche, but the thing that broke through the hold Sapphire had on Carol being the profession of love from Hal, the same one he couldn't quite vocalize to Bats earlier, was a solid emotional beat that grounded the combat in something based on character rather than just superpowers. It's a well-constructed episode that, in keeping with recent outings from Superman and Wonder Woman, takes one of the D.C. Universe's A-listers, but manages to give him enough depth and comedy to make this Green Lantern feel of a piece with the more exaggerated world of The Brave and The Bold.
(And as for the cold open, I loved the funky 70s, Charlie's Angels-esque theme song for Wonder Woman, and the twist where her boyfriend played the damsel in distress, albeit one who was confident that his powerful love would save him. Some well choreographed fight scenes with a nice sense of fun.)
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2016-02-20T05:46:16Z
Well, this one completely had me fooled. The episode seemed to be setting up a love quadrangle, with Batman flirting with Carol, Carol being officially attached to Hal, and Hal having some kind of attraction to Star Sapphire, who bore a striking resemblance to the spunky reporter who was doing a story on Jordan.
But the reveal that it was, in fact, Carol who was Star Sapphire, and that she didn't even know it, was a great little misdirect on the part of the show. Not being a big comics guy, I don't know which came first--this storyline or Cyclops/Phoenix--but I like the idea of the powerful supervillainness who's not truly aware, or at least separate, from her powerful, semi-maniacal persona.
And sure, it's a bit cheesy and cliche, but the thing that broke through the hold Sapphire had on Carol being the profession of love from Hal, the same one he couldn't quite vocalize to Bats earlier, was a solid emotional beat that grounded the combat in something based on character rather than just superpowers. It's a well-constructed episode that, in keeping with recent outings from Superman and Wonder Woman, takes one of the D.C. Universe's A-listers, but manages to give him enough depth and comedy to make this Green Lantern feel of a piece with the more exaggerated world of The Brave and The Bold.
(And as for the cold open, I loved the funky 70s, Charlie's Angels-esque theme song for Wonder Woman, and the twist where her boyfriend played the damsel in distress, albeit one who was confident that his powerful love would save him. Some well choreographed fight scenes with a nice sense of fun.)