https://www.cbr.com/green-lantern-damon-lindelof-lanterns-trailer-criticism/

The Lanterns controversy continues with a Green Lantern writer personally jumping in to cry foul.

Lanterns co-creator Damon Lindelof apologizes for his “green is stupid” comment: “I was sloppy and careless with my words” (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/damon-lindelof-green-lantern-controversy-1236536050/)

Lindelof has taken heat from Green Lantern fans for joking on the Lovett or Leave It podcast a year ago: “It’s called Lanterns, because we all agreed that the ‘Green’ was stupid, so now it’s just Lanterns.” On Sunday, acclaimed Green Lantern comic book writer Grant Morrison lashed out at Lindelof’s comment (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/green-lantern-damon-lindelof-hbo-lanterns-controversy-1236534606/), saying: “Why does a writer attach himself to this kind of narrative if he thinks it’s fundamentally ‘stupid’? … What is this jockish dismissal of superhero conventions intended to prove anyway?” In an Instagram post (https://www.instagram.com/p/DV-ONaCleI5/) Monday night, Lindelof (with a photo of him wearing a Green Lantern shirt at his first Comic-Con) acknowledged the controversy. “I made a dumb joke on a comedy podcast,” he wrote. “I’m not going to bob and weave about context, the joke was dumb, the fandom is not. I owe them an explanation and a genuine reflection of my actual feelings. The very first time I appeared on a ComicCon panel was for the Lost Pilot, back in the summer of 2004. I wore my favorite T-shirt as I had long grown out of my favorite underoos, those being the uniform of Hal Jordan, Green Lantern of Sector 2814. For a quiet, uncoordinated kid, there was nothing cooler than a hero whose superpower was his imagination. And green is not stupid, it is my lifelong favorite color and I have a questionnaire that I filled out in third grade to prove it. Green is f***ing awesome. More importantly, it would be a betrayal to everyone I worked for and alongside to say anything other than I was absolutely honored to be a part of the team that manifested the incredible construct that is Lanterns… because it was. I was sloppy and careless with my words, ironic considering I care so much about Hal, John and the entire Corps. I can and will do better to be worthy of the oath… until then, I’ll let the show speak for itself and I can’t wait for you all to hear what it has to say.” ALSO: Lanterns star Nathan Fillion and James Gunn express their support for Damon Lindelof (https://deadline.com/2026/03/damon-lindelof-nathan-fillion-green-lantern-james-gunn-lanterns-1236757808/).