The team-up gets its first mission and it’s not an easy one to be sure.
What They Say:
Into the Abyss – Aya can download her sentience into a robotic body.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
The slow but interesting growth of Razer in the previous episode was far more enjoyable than I thought it would be as it worked as an origin story but showed some of his potential as well. With the Lantern’s now dragging him along with them on their mission of this unexplored sector where he’s ostensibly working with them for the moment, having made his choice, the dynamic of the group is definitely interesting. With Razer and Kilowog definitely aggressive with each other, it gives it some tension but there’s also a good bit of humor mixed into it as well as Hal tries to keep the peace between them. The two definitely play well off of each other and in their own way inspire the other to do more.
This relationship gets reinforced with this episode as the trio has to help a ship that’s stuck in a gravity well to a black hole pinhole where there’s a lot of issues coming into play to try and save everything involved. Naturally, everything comes down to a very hands on approach for it all and Hal is doing what he can to try get Kilowog and Razer to work together. While Hal handles the civilian, they have to figure out how to save the ship itself as it has a slew of eggs on it that need to be saved. The two obviously don’t work well together and the aggressive side plays out in some fun ways, both verbally and physically. While I do wish that Kilowog had a bit more of a physical nature here, more mass to him in order to cement him as a bigger guy than he is, he’s still a lot of fun with how he plays against Razer.
Not surprisingly, considering how the show is formulated and entertainment of this nature in general, things do work towards getting everyone to work together as best as they can to save the eggs. It’s a decent examination of their natures as you have Kilowog putting ti all on the line to save everything while Razer complains about it being a foolish endeavor And naturally, Hal is the guy who does everything he can as well as a Green Lantern, but he doesn’t have the intensity that Kilowog has which lets it flow a little differently. Things do play out as one might expect but it has a good sense of adventure and excitement to it as it works through standard space opera/science fiction material of this nature while combining the superheroics about it.
In Summary:
Though I can understand the detractors of this series, the show has definitely earned itself a must-watch label already. Last weeks episode with Razer’s past and this one that has them bringing Razer onto the “team” itself works well, showing what it is that makes each of the Lantern’s who they are, regardless of color, and the lengths that they’ll go to do a job. There’s some simple but effective stuff in here about pessimism, a hallmark of what it means to be a Red, but it’s well balanced and gets the expected talking down. We also get some good fun when it comes to Hal and his pilot days with some funky non-science that lets it harken back to old pulpy space opera that has its place. This is a lot of fun and made me and everyone who watched it with me smile and enjoy it a lot.
Grade: B+