Eco-friendly Lantern: The Animated Series

'Green Lantern: The Animated Series'Produced by Electricity Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. Executive producers, Mike Register, Bruce Timm producers, Giancarlo Volpe, Jim Krieg company company directors, Mike Liu, Ron Morales authors, Krieg, Ernie Altbacker voice director/casting, Lisa Schaffer editor, Joe Gall music, Frederik Wiedmann. 60 MIN.Hal Jordan - Josh Keaton Kilowog - Kevin Michael Richardson Razer - Jason Spisak Aya - Grey DeLisleOffering single-hour tease right before its weekly return next season, "Eco-friendly Lantern: The Animated Series" can be a fantastically made adaptation in the emerald superhero, representing Warner Bros. Animation's first computer-animated foray under creative guru Bruce Timm. Cartoon Network already features a strong hold on boys with "The Clone Wars," which operatic space saga -- the industry a part of a substantial Electricity Comics push -- must further cement the bond. Frankly, once the movie featuring the ring-bearing character happen to be this satisfying, they'd be concentrating on a follow-up. Clearly, there's grounds it was not. Eco-friendly Lantern supplies a huge canvas, the chance to make a "Star Trek"-style space adventure spanning the cosmos, getting quite the hero who's part of an intergalactic space pressure. But wisecracking aliens and references for the "Eco-friendly Lantern of Sector 2814" don't always translate as nicely from four-panel page to reside in-action. Animation solves this issue, and Warner Bros. went full bore to the CGI dimension getting a bold, sleek design that anything resembles "The Incredibles." Add in Frederik Wiedmann's rousing score, plus it produces a near-film experience. The plot -- pretty adult in theme and execution -- produces a sweeping struggle, as villains using red-colored-colored energy rings ambush and kill Eco-friendly Lamps in the distant sector. Word in the attacks prompts a rogue save mission by Earth's headstrong representative (voiced by Josh Keaton) plus an ill-tempered pig-like creature, Kilowog (Kevin Michael Richardson). A substantial fight evolves, while using fate around the globe at risk. In addition, the final outcome produces a ongoing red-colored-colored-eco-friendly war, which explains why it's as well the show won't return until after Christmas. When Warner Bros. greenlit the animated Cartoon Network series, the studio doubtless wanted it could together keep the light flickering between tentpole blockbusters, nevertheless the creative disparity separating this show within the Ryan Reynolds movie only fires up why animation is often better at getting superheroes to existence. The dialogue here, for example, is crisp and sparse, the higher to worry action over exposition. Since it stands, the finish result should leave WB Animation's film brethren feeling eco-friendly, okay -- with envy.With: Kurtwood Cruz. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com