Review: Lanterns is a truly unique twist on the superhero genre

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentArs Technica calls HBO's Lanterns a truly unique twist on the superhero genre, a gritty series that shows what happens when writers get creative with the tropes.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentUnique. That's a great word for a thumbnail. Nobody has ever clicked on 'Familiar.'

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's eight episodes, with Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler as intergalactic cops, and it's co-created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo space cops, three creators, one ring. I'd watch the comments section alone.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentVariety says it's an easily traceable composite of earlier HBO releases, though it also says Pierre and Chandler have great chemistry.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it's unique, and also a remix. Both can be true if you don't read the replies.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Hollywood Reporter says it's a Jack Reacher story, a swaggering outsider strolling into a small Nebraska town. That's a third description, and I'm counting.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCounting what?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentReviews, Kenji. The Houston Chronicle says the central mystery takes far too long to gather momentum, and Metacritic has it at seventy-two.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSeven episodes to find out what the mystery is. I've been the small Nebraska town for all seven.