‘Lanterns’ Co-Creator Damon Lindelof Says ‘I Was Sloppy and Careless’ for Claiming ‘Green’ Was Taken Out of Title Because It’s ‘Stupid’: ‘I Made a Dumb Joke’
Wow this is a whole bunch of horseshit over nothing.
PR people gotta be thrilled to have such a tiny thing to make into a (entertainment) news item.
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LooseSeal88Mar 18, 2026
+27
Why is this man going on a multi-paragraph apology about the color green? It's not that deep.
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Foreign_Rock6944Mar 18, 2026
+49
Probably because certain fanbases tend to start riots over minute shit like that.
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Ninjamurai-jackMar 18, 2026
+26
And because Grant Morrison (one of the most beloved DC Comics writers of all time), complained about Damon’s comments too.
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Existing_Set2100Mar 18, 2026
+6
Grant also says a lot of shit a lot of the time.
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Ursus_Unusualis_7904Mar 18, 2026
+5
I thought they dropped it because it was going to be showing more than just the Green Lanterns.
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Ninjamurai-jackMar 18, 2026
+2
That is probably the actual reason, Damon was just joking
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iterationnullMar 18, 2026
+3
and it was incredibly obvious he was doing so
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Ninjamurai-jackMar 18, 2026
+2
Like, he was literally wearing a green shirt lol
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AppalachianMusicMar 18, 2026
+5
I get why Grant Morrison and fans took issue with Lindelof's comment. I can imagine you writing comics all your life and then some guy working on the TV show more or less belittles the material (joke or not).
But its clear that the show is hiding more under the surface.
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EyeraGlassMar 18, 2026
+11
Y’all we have real problems to deal with
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wd_plantdaddyMar 18, 2026
+13
There are people dying, Kim.
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AllISeeAreFireworksMar 18, 2026
-11
I still don't understand his comment when the color represents the very nature and character of Green Lantern. How can someone be that densely unaware?
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Ninjamurai-jackMar 18, 2026
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He is aware, at the time he was just joking in a comedy channel.
He doesn’t believes that Green is stupid, Damon was literally wearing a green shirt when he made that joke lol
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AllISeeAreFireworksMar 18, 2026
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Out of all of the "jokes" he could have made, it's one of the poorest. It wasn't even funny.
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FireZord25Mar 18, 2026
+7
he knows he got carried away though.
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MichaelMyersEatsDogsMar 18, 2026
+5
It was a dumb throw away joke during a casual conversation. Is this really what you spent your life getting worked up over?
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AllISeeAreFireworksMar 18, 2026
-2
I'm not worked up over anything. The joke didn't make sense, given the nature of the character and what it means. And it wasn't funny. I'm not the one talking about someone's life, like you all are. If anyone is worked up, it's you.
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MichaelMyersEatsDogsMar 18, 2026
I’m juts going to take it you don’t have friends. Because if you did you’d know dumb jokes and silly throw away lines are pretty common in conversation
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AllISeeAreFireworksMar 19, 2026
+1
No, my friends just aren't corny. Sounds like you are and your little childish friends are. Go away.
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andr0medamusicMar 18, 2026
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“Green is stupid” is one of the poorest jokes he could have made? *That* crosses the line of poor taste for you?
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AllISeeAreFireworksMar 18, 2026
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Do you all think before you comment? Like, who am I communicating with right now?
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SirRichardLoveMar 18, 2026
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This is going to suck so much, isn't it?
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echoplex21Mar 18, 2026
+10
Leftovers and Watchmen are in my favorite shows of all time so I’m pretty excited lol
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