Stream It or Skip It: ‘Lanterns’ on HBO, Where Comic Book Heroes Hal Jordan and John Stewart Play ‘True Detective’

HBO‘s new Sunday night tentpole Lanterns is maybe the first truly serious attempt to adapt the Green Lantern comics for live action. Sure, Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardiner has been adding a dash of fun to Superman and Peacemaker, but he’s mostly around for laughs — and the less said about Ryan Reynolds’ 2011 Green Lantern flick, the better. So did HBO and DC Studios pull it off? Does Lanterns finally do Green Lantern justice? LANTERNS: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? Opening Shot: It’s 1996 and a female journalist’s voice announces, over the trademark ticking clock effect, that tonight, in a 60 Minutes exclusive, we’re getting the first ever sit down with Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) — and little John Stewart (Cairo Cash Lee) doesn’t care if it’ll make his dad mad, he has to watch! The Gist