Green Lantern - w/ Nerds & Jesus Podcast on The "Sam's Club" Tire-Buying Movie

Send us a Question!PARTY PLEASER: Guest: Nerds & Jesus Podcast & Instagram  Mary Howell, lead host of the Nerds & Jesus Podcast, joins Melvin in summarizing a formative experience in Ryan Reynold's Hollywood career, Green Lantern! This stupendously expensive cinematic-universe starter failed to meet expectations, disappointing moviegoers the world over! And now it's time for us to be disappointed!  Topics: (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 41-minutes discussing "Cinematic Universe" intrigue and fatigue, as well as specifics like Marvel's current cinematic woes, the coming universe-change to DC, and a plethora of other cinematic universes (Monsterverse, Dark Universe, Conjuring-Universe, etc.). (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)Mary shares about her various creative outlets, from podcasting to cosplaying.The pervasive criticism against Green Lantern had been its usage of CGI. From the start, Mary & Melvin have thoughts.Melvin observed an editing mistake, so he spends some time explaining what went wrong.Mary shamefully exposes her greatest sin: seeing Black Adam four times in theaters. Further criticizing the suit and visor.Green Lantern as a narrative puts the concept of "fear" entirely in the negative. Mary & Melvin talk about how fear is actually a useful tool in the emotional toolbelt.Melvin wishes the movie got into more weird sci-fi space stuff.It takes an hour and thirty-five minutes for the action to finally get started in Green Lantern. It's criminal.Recommendations:Set a timer on your mobile device!The Fly (1986) (Movie) Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers & PinsSocial Links: ThreadsWebsiteInstagramLetterboxdFacebook Group