I have to disagree. There’s any number of adventure stories where the “conclusion” is that the immediate conflict is resolved and the characters go off to continue their lives in a changed state. Lanterns wasn’t perfect, and I know it was smaller in scope than some GL fans were hoping, but…
Rushville was saved
A manhunter was unconvered and dealt with
Hal’s murder was solved
Hal’s legacy as a heroic but tragic figure is established for the people who matter
John got his powers on his own terms, climbing out from under the thumb of his mom and the Guardians.
He is now physically and emotionally equipped to function as Earth’s Green Lantern. At the end, it’s almost literally “Second star to the right, and straight on til morning.” While it certainly seems like we will see some of them, we don’t have to experience every single challenge he’s ever going to face, even the ones introduced in season 1, for his origin to have been a meaningful and self-contained story.
There’s a second Manhunter that they revealed right at the end and didn’t kill, John finally got his powers but it’s doing it on his own terms which sets him up to be an anti hero, and he made a new oath right at the end that definitely sounded like he fucked up the phrasing and is now in service to the lantern itself. The guardians were really dodgy, and Sinestro is just chillin through the portal still. It was all cliffhanger.
I have to disagree. There’s any number of adventure stories where the “conclusion” is that the immediate conflict is resolved and the characters go off to continue their lives in a changed state. Lanterns wasn’t perfect, and I know it was smaller in scope than some GL fans were hoping, but…
He is now physically and emotionally equipped to function as Earth’s Green Lantern. At the end, it’s almost literally “Second star to the right, and straight on til morning.” While it certainly seems like we will see some of them, we don’t have to experience every single challenge he’s ever going to face, even the ones introduced in season 1, for his origin to have been a meaningful and self-contained story.
There’s a second Manhunter that they revealed right at the end and didn’t kill, John finally got his powers but it’s doing it on his own terms which sets him up to be an anti hero, and he made a new oath right at the end that definitely sounded like he fucked up the phrasing and is now in service to the lantern itself. The guardians were really dodgy, and Sinestro is just chillin through the portal still. It was all cliffhanger.