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 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 - Gray DeLisleOffering a 1-hour tease just before its weekly return the coming year, "Eco-friendly Lantern: The Animated Series" is really a superbly made adaptation from the emerald super hero, representing Warner Bros. Animation's first computer-animated foray under creative guru Bruce Timm. Cartoon Network already includes a strong hang on boys with "The Clone Wars," which operatic space saga -- which is a part of a significant Electricity Comics push -- must further cement the connection. Frankly, when the movie featuring the ring-bearing character have been this satisfying, they'd be focusing on a follow up. Obviously, there is a reason it had not been. Eco-friendly Lantern provides a huge canvas, the opportunity to produce a "Star Trek"-style space adventure spanning the cosmos, having a hero who's a part of an intergalactic space pressure. But wisecracking aliens and references towards the "Eco-friendly Lantern of Sector 2814" don't always translate quite as nicely from four-panel page to reside-action. Animation solves this problem, and Warner Bros. went full bore in to the CGI dimension having a bold, sleek design which more than anything resembles "The Incredibles." Toss in Frederik Wiedmann's rousing score, also it creates a near-motion picture experience. The plot -- pretty adult in theme and execution -- creates a sweeping struggle, as villains using red-colored energy rings ambush and kill Eco-friendly Lamps inside a distant sector. Word from the attacks prompts a rogue save mission by Earth's headstrong representative (voiced by Josh Keaton) as well as an ill-tempered pig-like creature, Kilowog (Kevin Michael Richardson). A significant fight develops, using the fate of the world on the line. Furthermore, the conclusion creates a ongoing red-colored-eco-friendly war, and that's why it's equally well the show will not return until after Christmas. When Warner Bros. greenlit the animated Cartoon Network series, the studio doubtless wished it might together keep your light flickering between tentpole blockbusters, however the creative disparity separating this show in the Ryan Reynolds movie only fires up why animation is frequently a lot better at getting superheroes to existence. The dialogue here, for instance, is crisp and sparse, the greater to stress action over exposition. Because it stands, the end 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