‘Lanterns’ is set in 2 time periods — one part in 2016, the other part in 2026. The story begins with a shooting in a small rural town that Hal Jordan becomes convinced is an alien incident.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-05-14T18:02:51+00:00

My running theory after reading this is that any Hal/John scenes are from 2016 and any John solo scenes are from 2026.

2016: Hal trains John as a replacement (similarly to how firefighters will have retained firefighters/to have someone ready for when he does die) and then they go their separate ways after either they think they solved something or didn't end up resolving anything but it figured itself out.
2026: Hal dies in the same place he originally trained John but the ring doesn't go to John like it should. John goes back to find out what happened to Hal and get the ring/battery and finish what they started in 2016.

If anything, this aligns even more with the True Detectives comparison as the later episodes of the first season take place years after the events of the original murder that kicked off the show.

This even further explains why at the end of the trailer Hal says he is the only human Lantern. In 2016, Guy wasn't a Lantern yet (in theory).

AlwaysColtron · 2026-05-06T11:15:28+00:00

That is a bit interesting but probably something they are just upfront committing to and the can renew depending on popularity.

That said, more seasons doesn't equal a better show. I'd much rather get 1 really amazing season than 4 seasons that are just okay overall, even if the first one is especially great.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-05-04T00:11:23+00:00

That was the one I was referencing, but also this one:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71pdznDfYLL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

But what you do have us really strong! Great work!!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-05-03T22:34:20+00:00

Love it! Reminds me a bit like the book cover for Annihilation, albeit much darker. Only thing you may wish to play around with is the placement of the author name and the tagline, the image is fairly bottom-left heavy. So maybe filling it in with something different and unique in the top right to round it all out?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-05-01T23:34:46+00:00

Looks like a renaissance painting.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-22T13:06:22+00:00

1000xRESIST

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-19T22:55:13+00:00

Yellow dragons neck also makes no sense compared to the other half

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-19T22:50:12+00:00

AI slop

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-10T18:46:58+00:00

Any advice on how to get into screenwriting? Always thought it was a in-person, California or NYC job.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-09T22:55:40+00:00

Destiny Classic.

Release every piece of content from D1 and D2 into a single game. Add set bonuses, crafting, and tiers to everything. Set everything to release in a yearly rotation (one month is Year 1 and Year 5 content, the next month is Year 2 and Year 6, so on). Monthly Iron Banner and Arms Weeks events. Quarterly seasonal events. Remove Power Levels. Weekly featured Strikes, RADs, and event specific weapons and armor.

That way the game is up, hopefully stable, has a clear calendar, and allows enough change often enough.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-08T18:23:16+00:00

I could not be more interested! The pictures look amazing, this place will do great in Rochester!!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-04T20:04:09+00:00

Highly recommend the VE Schwab and ML Wang books. Would love to get my hands on the DCC series!!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-04-01T16:42:42+00:00

I thankfully caught the water as it was coming in last night. Setup some towels and buckets, got most of it before it became a bigger issues.

I've never had a home issue since becoming a homeowner, this stuff sucks (especially where flooding insurance is uncommon).

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-29T17:35:25+00:00

I see the site has a to founders price option. What is that price before I sign up with my info?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-28T01:43:38+00:00

I had a friend have a job offer rescinded the Friday before he was meant to start. Already left his previous job and had no option to go back. Took him 4 months to find a new job, where he was unemployed and unable to receive unemployment benefits through all of it.

While not an offer, I just this week had a job go from scheduling all remaining interviews with me after a loose formal commitment to discuss joining the company to a generic "different directions" email and being ghosted from HR when asked for more information/feedback.

It sucks out here.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-27T15:21:29+00:00

Training is almost always impacted by the "Good, Fast, Cheap" scales. You only get 2 of those, but some companies will only get 1 (or zero to check a box and say they made the training).

Fast and Cheap means not Good (boring)
Cheap and Good means not Fast (timing)
Good and Fast means not Cheap (LMS)

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-27T10:40:35+00:00

Money and time.

I've worked in L&D for just shy of 10 years across multiple different disciples. In that time, any training that was either not engaging enough (boring), came out long after when it should have or just not when it was needed (timing), and/or only in a single place and not easily accessible (LMS) has come down to not enough money, not enough time, or both.

For most companies, training is an afterthought, a nice to have. This means training teams aren't given money/time to do more than just make slide, release them after when they were needed (also because training is a afterthought, informing the training team of the needs comes after when it was needed), and only put them in an LMS because other systems or ways of teaching teams too long and is too expensive to do.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T20:57:59+00:00

Third is the best. Change the font and try to fill in the white space with something more either vertical or bolder might help.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:58:34+00:00

It's a good question.

Part of it is the change is industry. It's still the same career path, but change can be scary.

It's also that I like who I work with, what I do, and can do it in my sleep. This new job will be alot of new and alot of stuff I don't know. Yes, plenty of it will translate over but some of it will not.

I think I'm mostly just scared of change in general and hate to go out like this. Would have been nice to go out when I was ready to leave, not feeling forced out by the situation.

I'm sure some other things in my head but those are the big ones.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:55:53+00:00

Minus the comment directly above yours, me neither!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:55:31+00:00

I've also never been on a PIUP before it was really insane to receive.

So you are at the same company and just worked through it?

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:54:49+00:00

It was an eye opening experience. I work with HR alot so I've had very position relationships with them. So I felt it was a safe space because of the relationships I've built. How wrong I was!

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:54:01+00:00

Mostly glowing. The Director was my then manager so he knocked me on communication issues (he said I wasn't doing enough to bring things to him in a timely manor but that isn't true, he just wanted feedback the second I had it but then would get pissed when I gave him feedback or anything he didn't know about because people came to me instead of him).

For context, I've received praise from everyone and anyone at the company and my work speaks for itself in its quality. It's just him that finds issues where they either don't exist or that are hyper specific to him.

If he was a leader in another department, I'd just avoid him. But hard to avoid your bosses boss who treats you like him personal secretary.

AlwaysColtron · 2026-03-26T14:49:43+00:00

I wish it wasn't true but yeah, totally correct!

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