Lanterns Isn’t Afraid to Be Green Lantern

HBO’s Lanterns looked like it might turn Green Lantern into a grounded prestige drama and leave the cosmic weirdness behind.After the first two episodes, Adam is pleasantly surprised.Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre establish a strong Hal Jordan/John Stewart dynamic, the central mystery actually makes good use of the detective format, and the series is not shying away from constructs, the Green Lantern oath, Sinestro or the mythology surrounding the Corps.But one question remains: if John Stewart is already doing things other Lanterns seemingly cannot, has the show established enough of the rules for that to feel meaningful?