thoughts on ep1
OMG! ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT, i love Stewart's character in this, very captavating.
canonically, earth was purposefully not given much lanterns or attention by the gaurdians as it is kind of a focal point of the universe and i love how it's addressed by both Hal and the alien that the gaurdians don't care about this place, the haven't even been shown yet and i can already imagine those stuck up smurfs perfectly.
main problem which kind of goes into a headcannon (kinda spoilers). This is not Hal, at all(ok maybe some parts). Why is he so racist?(prejudiced against actual aliens)? He's an asshole and arrogant 100% but he's never been racist which is why i believe that the Hal that is training John isn't actually Hal, possibly an imposter. If that's the case then cool, sick, love it. If not, oh god cause this isn't Hal.
edit 1: Earth is a very integral part of the universe so the gaurdians act like they don't care and treat it as a backwater cause they want it to be. No one looking for power goes into a sewer for it. so by not giving attention they keep it hidden.
edit 2: when is said racism i didn't mean actual racism i meant xenophobia, prejudice against actual aliens. i just couldn't find the wording for it and i used a wrong for it, sorry. again not actual racism, prejudice against aliens.
esit 3: scenes which gave me the xenophobic vibe. the interrogation where hal says 'oh you are an alien' after asking the Hogwarts question and more importantly when he recalls his origin and his encounter with Abin Sur, Hal calls him 'bonafide fucking alien' and 'pinko' which is so out of character for him when concerned with Abin Sur cause Hal has deep respect for Abin from all the retellings he's heard of his ring's predecessor and also from his mentor(sinestro) it doesn't make sense for him to call abin any of those things. Hal canonically has always been repectful of every species even when they're enemies. I'm just justifying this as this 'hal' we see in 2016 as an imposter. as it's very out of character for him to even call any extra terrestrial 'alien'.
edit # god i hope this is the final edit: all this is in comparison to the comics and what i know about the character. which is he's arrogant and a loose cannon but still noble.