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Grant Morrison on LANTERNS and Damon Lindelof
“The moment I toss out a single snide remark, suddenly I dominate headlines for days, and somehow a top-tier Hollywood writer gets dragged out to apologize—just because, two years ago in some interview, he casually called a certain color “stupid”
Why does no one report how much I love Absolute Martian Manhunter? Or, closer to home, how I’ve praised Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series? Why is it that every week I write sincerely, enthusiastically about things I genuinely love—and no one cares? But the second I drop a few cranky, off-the-cuff complaints, everyone loses their minds?
I don't know Damon Lindelof personally, but he's clearly a talented writer-and by all accounts, a decent guy. The apology he wrote over this whole thing was gracious, measured, and full of class.
That "green = stupid" comment of his struck me as careless-especially coming from someone involved in a Green Lantern project, saying that to Green Lantern fans. I came across some angry fan reactions to the show's teaser, saw the interview link in the comments, and his tone just rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like venting a bit-just enough to pad out a paragraph or two in my weekly post.
I never imagined those heated complaints would be taken seriously-let alone spread this far. Making a show is hard with negative press on top of that is even harder. I regret that my words pushed him into having to respond publicly, and l apologize to him. I genuinely thought he'd never see something | posted on a subscriber platform for die-hard readers. I never expected an offhand remark to be amplified like this.
I underestimated online media-they love turning a spark into a wildfire. And sure, exposure is supposedly always good-but seeing a fellow creator dragged into the storm like this doesn't sit right with me.”
