We owe you all a huge apology. As you’ve probably noticed, our beloved Green Lantern forum has been out of commission for the last few days. We ran into some technical issues that left us in the dark—no, not the literal Blackest Night kind, but it sure felt that way for a bit.
We know you’ve been missing your regular dose of cosmic conversation, and trust us, we’ve missed it too. In times like this, we can’t help but think of Carol Ferris. She’s been through her share of cosmic chaos and always finds a way to get things back on track. If she can keep Ferris Aircraft flying despite Hal’s best distractions, we can definitely get our forum back online.
The full DC Comics solicitations for August 2024 are here, and of course it features month two of their summer event series, Absolute Power and the finale to Green Lantern: War Journal. Check below for everything Green Lantern related!
The Green
Lantern Corps, which are a part of the DC Universe
for many years possess a power that is given to them by the Green Lantern Rings
they wield. The power is exceptional, some might say it is the most powerful
weapon in the whole galaxy. Anything can be done only by wearing the most
powerful ring in the galaxy.
This ring gives
extraordinary abilities like, breathing in space, creating solid objects, just to
name a few things from many that are possible with this ring. Kyle Rayner has
also created fully functioning legs some time before, completely with willpower.
The most important thing that is needed to be eligible for this mighty weapon
is unruly willpower. One must believe, so one can create. If uncertainty, fear,
or anxiety is present the Green Lantern Ring loses its power. Warriors who have
crippling fears or anxiety make a poor choice for such a weapon. Even though
that’s true this changed when Jessica Cruz received a Power Ring.
Jessica Cruz had been a
witness to the brutal murder of her close companions. She managed to escape,
but the event had left deep scars on her psyche. She felt like a coward for not
giving them the helping hand and escaping by herself. Full of anxiety, fears,
and self-doubt, Jessica locked herself in the house for three years. In this
time, The Ring of Volthoom had left its subject and came to Jessica and forced
itself on her.
She went through a long
journey, Batman helped Jessica conquer her fears. Hal Jordan – who might be
played by Tom Cruise in the upcoming
2020 movie – was there to teach her the path to controlling
the ring’s power, along with Guy Gardner, a failed football superstar, who
joined the corps after injuries stopped him from being
one of NFL
future wagers. Difficulties arise when it came to
making constructs, it was obvious that her willpower wasn’t strong enough. In
Green Lanterns: Rage Plant, she overcame her anxieties and fears and helped
save the world.
She had such an
exhausting and crippling fear, that when she left her house or be anywhere else
it would make her skin crawl. However, she remained a warrior. Defeating
frightening beasts whose main source of power was the rage. There was a lot of
self-doubts and a lot of moments when she wanted to quit, there were moments
when there was no hope, however, she came up on top.
Jessica Cruz as a hero
and a warrior defeated the inner voices of doubt and low self-esteem and she
came out mighty. Her inner thought process of self-doubt and when she started
to freeze, but then trying and succeeding to motivate herself to push through
took a lot of guts and willpower. The murder of her close companions had really
left a deep searing mark on her, but Jessica even in times of self-doubt and
fear managed to take a huge leap of step which shows courage and willpower.
She found a way to
wield the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, which feeds of willpower and
managed to make it reach its potential. With all the excess amount of anxieties
and fears, not to mention issues with self-worth, she had been glorious being
able to dig deep to overcome something she couldn’t for years.
Even though her
willpower was so low before that she couldn’t even create a boxing glove with
her ring, she succeeded in creating a construct that abolished the Red
Lantern’s tower. Every great hero has a huge story that shows a path full of
obstacles. One of the most amazing parts of this story was that Jessica
acknowledged her fears and she pushed through gloriously. This story resembles
that no matter how hard it might be, a hero will arise in oneself.
I wish I could whip up program code for aggregate movie views across all platforms to see which movies about gambling got the most views in 2020. Learn how to gamble successfully gaining casino experience and knowledge.
But alas, I’m not a programmer and there doesn’t
seem to be such an esoteric code available on the fly for people like me. But
that’s ok. I originally set out to figure out the top three in general for the
year, but we’ll just check Netflix reports, and then I’ll mention what I think
are the top three all-time as well.
The Top 10 most-watched Netflix Originals are all
non-betting related. Extraction leads the way with 99 million views, followed
by Birdbox at 89 million. Then we have shows like Lupin with 70 million viewers
and Cobra Kai Season 3 with 41 million.
Upon digging and digging for specific view stats,
I came up with absolutely nothing on movies outside the top Netflix views
all-time, which didn’t include any gambling movies. That said, I think that
it’s safe to say that Uncut Gems is most likely the highest viewed movie about
gambling on Netflix in 2020 – and no, the stats for this one were not listed
either.
So, although I doubt it’s anywhere near the all-time most viewed on Netflix, as movies like Casino are a part of Netflix’s expansive content list, we’ll just drop it here at No. 1 for 2020.
The DC Universe enters its next phase this March with the release of Infinite Frontier #0, a 64-page one-shot from the most creative and innovative storytellers in comics that sets the table for new tales, talent, and characters for 2021 and beyond.
