HBO's 'Lanterns' tests the limits of the superhero genre

The Daily Wire's review says HBO's new series tries to copy the first season of True Detective while bound to Green Lantern; the genre is tired.

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Published 5:41 AM ET, Saturday, October 10, 2026

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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Daily Wire reviewed HBO's new show Lanterns and says it shows the limits of superhero stuff. Skip is outside, live, with the evidence.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentKenji, I am outside an HBO building at dawn, which is very True Detective, and I have been told that is the whole problem.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe Daily Wire says the show copies season one of True Detective, but it is stuck holding Green Lantern's expectations.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentStuck how?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe reviewer says put that gloomy look on Batman or The Question and it works.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSlap it on a man with a magic ring, and it does not. I have a ring light and it is working fine.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait. The ring is the suspect?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe ring can make anything you imagine, Kenji, and the review says someone imagined a very serious fog machine. I am damp, and the story is still not promoting me.