TOMAR-RE: Billions of years ago...
... a race of immortals harnessed the most powerful force in existence:
The emerald energy of willpower.
These immortals, the Guardians of the Universe...
... built a world from where they could watch over all of existence:
The planet Oa.
They divided the universe into 3600 sectors.
A ring powered by the energy of will was sent to every sector to select a recruit.
In order to be chosen by the ring, it was said one must be without fear.
Together, these 3600 recruits...
... formed the intergalactic peacekeepers known as the Green Lantern Corps.
Of all the threats the Corps ever faced...
... the gravest was an entity of fear known as Parallax.
Only the legendary Green Lantern Abin Sur...
... was capable of capturing and imprisoning this beast...
... which he did on the lost planet of Ryut.
COMMANDER :
You are afraid.
Good.
Sinestro, I'm traveling at maximum velocity. Tell Fentara I should...
Fentara is dead.
The planet's inhabitants?
Your mission to evacuate them is no longer necessary.
It's just as it was on Talok.
Every life form destroyed and their essence absorbed.
Traces of yellow power everywhere.
And the Guardians?
The Guardians are silent.
I've demanded an audience with them.
PARALLAX: Abin Sur.
ABIN SUR: I'm badly wounded.
Heading to the nearest inhabited planet for the selection process.
Tell the Guardians it's Parallax.
No. No.
Sorry, I gotta run. Make yourself at home, okay?
There's, uh, water in the tap.
HAL: No!
Yup.
Asshole.
MAN: The Ferris Sabre III is state-of-the-art of artificial-intelligence fighter planes.
It has all of the flying and combat capability of a human pilot...
...but with none of the human error that comes with it.
Carl isn't just blowing smoke to get a contract, general.
Your staff, these contractors, my office...
...we've all been part of this from the ground up.
Well, I appreciate that, senator.
HAMMOND: But today the rubber meets the road.
We have a simulated combat situation. Two Sabres against Carl's two best pilots.
Carol. Was gonna do a little flying t Okay, hey, listen.
We're gonna get you to a hospital, okay? Okay? One that carries purple blood.
ABIN SUR: The ring...
...it chose you.
Take it!
Place the ring in the lantern.
Place the ring, speak the oath...
- What? - Great honor, responsibility...
I don't understand. Breathe. You gotta breathe, okay?
All you gotta do is breathe. Just breathe, okay?
Hey, hey, hey. No, no, no. Hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey. Come on, man. No, no, no, don't do that.
Hey, now, don't do that.
Oh, come on.
COMPUTER: X- 97 systems check complete.
Yo.
Come again?
Hmm.
Is that a spaceship?
Yeah.
Is it real?
It's real.
Did you see what kind of power source this thing uses?
- Do you understand...? - We can't stay.
- We can't stay here. - What?
- Gotta go. - What?
HAL: Pilot.
He wore a uniform. I think he was a soldier.
He gave me this.
He proposed?
We're gone. We're gone, now!
They're gonna know someone was there. Alien pilots don't bury themselves.
I couldn't just leave him there.
I hope this thing isn't radioactive.
- Yeah, well, you're the genius. You... Aah! - Aah!
HAL: Jesus! - Aah! Whoa!
Got it!
He said that the ring chose me.
He said it was a great honor. Responsibility.
Responsibility?
- Yeah. - You?
Well, maybe on their planet "responsibility" just means "asshole."
Let's hope so.
A great light has gone out in the universe.
Abin Sur is dead.
Four of my Lantern brothers killed.
The inhabitants of two worlds annihilated by an unknown enemy.
An enemy that possesses the yellow power of fear.
We know it originated from within the Lost Sector.
We know it grows more powerful with each encounter.
According to Abin Sur's last transmission, he seemed to know what it was.
His only words were, "It's Parallax."
We are aware of the threat. We are assessing the situation.
While you assess, innocent lives will be lost.
Let me take the fight to this enemy.
There is much of which you are not aware, Sinestro.
If the danger is as great as we suspect...
What are you saying?
You believe this enemy can defeat us?
Guardians, if your faith in our power has faltered, let me renew it.
Let me take a squadron of my strongest Lanterns against this enemy...
...and I'll prove to you our best days are not behind us.
Dr. Hammond?
Dr. Hector Hammond?
We need to ask you to come with us.
Did Adam put you up to this?
Get out of the car, please.
Whoa.
Dr. Hammond?
Dr. Amanda Waller.
I must apologize for the theatrics, but the government does like its protocols.
Please, follow me.
Is that what I think it is?
An alien life form, doctor.
The first that mankind has ever encountered...
...despite what the conspiracy theorists would have you believe.
We want you to do the initial assessment of its physiology.
My God.
Why me?
As a xenobiologist, your skills are specifically suited to the task.
Beyond that...
...I'm not at liberty to tell you.
Hello.
The eyes, nose, ears and mouth are humanoid.
In the left anterior thoracic region is a 10-centimeter wound...
...with jagged edges containing attached cyanotic-colored coagulum.
Okay, all right.
Place the ring, then speak the oath.
The oath.
Because everybody knows the oath.
Used to sing it in camp.
I, Hal Jordan...
...do solemnly swear...
...to pledge allegiance...
...to a lantern...
...that I got from a dying purple alien...
...in a swamp.
HECTOR: The epidermis is magenta.
It appears transparent and is extremely thin...
...allowing visualization of muscles and individual muscle fibers.
"To infinity and beyond."
"By the power of Grayskull."
What the hell?!
If you can fly me 100 miles in the middle of nowhere, you'd think that you...
No!
In brightest day, in blackest night...
...no evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might...
...beware my power:
Green Lantern's light.
Carol.
- Everything okay in there? - It's fine.
Well, can I come in?
No.
Yeah, no, because we're... Uh, do you wanna get a drink?
- Can we talk? - Yeah.
We can talk and drink.
HECTOR: My initial analysis. - Thank you, doctor.
I don't need to tell you that the mere fact that it's humanoid is extraordinary.
It's indicating a convergent evolution, or perhaps a common ancestry...
...and the implications of that are staggering.
I mean, where did it come from?
This could completely change the way that the world views itself.
You imagine the way that the public will react to this?
Um, but I know that that won't happen. I do.
Like yourself, doctor, I'm a seeker of truth.
But the people who pay for facilities like this...
...have other priorities and the power to enforce them.
So I keep it a secret.
People like us have to work within the system, doctor.
We do the best we can.
Right.
WOMAN: Pick that up.
I, um...
I'm really sorry.
Did you just apologize?
You haven't been replaced by an alien or something?
No.
I'm good.
Ah. I'm good.
I'm good, totally good. Uh...
Do you think I'm irresponsible?
No need to answer. That's fine.
Hal. Ha, ha.
You look pretty.
And we haven't been in this place together since...
...that night.
- You forgot it was my birthday. HAL: Did I?
Mm.
That was also the night... The first time that we ever...
...flew together.
You've been flying ever since with anyone who'd get in the plane.
Oh, yeah.
- Oh, no. HAL: Come on.
- No, yeah, let's go. CAROL: Mm-mm.
HAL: Dance with me. - No.
No.
Hal. No.
No.
I really am sorry.
Oh. It's okay. The contract isn't quite dead yet.
I told you I was good at this.
I wasn't talking about the contract.
I would've screwed this up. You know?
Even if I didn't go to the Air Force...
...I would've found some way to...
- You and me, I would've blown it. - Yeah, is that what you tell yourself?
Mm. What do you tell yourself?
That you were scared I was getting too close.
You know what I spent my afternoon doing?
What?
Worrying about you.
I went over every inch of the flight data. There was nothing wrong with the plane.
- What happened up there? HAL: Thanks for the dance.
BOB: I told you to watch your back.
You cost us all our jobs, you son of a bitch.
Pathetic.
Bastard's been living off his old man's reputation his whole life.
Hey.
Hey!
My face is just getting warmed up.
Whoa.
Have you concluded admiring yourself?
Uh...
Yeah.
Well, your ring translator is functioning properly.
Your mask will appear when protection of your identity is required.
There is no need for it on Oa.
A talking fish.
Actually, my race is Xudarian.
Our DNA does somewhat resemble your own ichthyological species.
I am Tomar-Re, protector of Sector 2813 and home to...
80,012 galaxies, 2.34 million sentient species.
How do I know that?
The induction process.
It activates the ring's higher functions, including a working knowledge base.
In truth, we were curious.
The process had never been attempted on a species as young as humans before.
As you are the first to be chosen, I've been sent to welcome you here.
And here is?
TOMAR-RE: Welcome to Oa.
This planet has been our home for countless millennia.
It was created for us by the Guardians.
Guardians?
There stands their Citadel.
They are immortals, among the most ancient of races.
They made all you see and are responsible for all we are and do.
Since time immemorial, the Green Lantern Corps...
...has served as the keepers of peace, order and justice throughout the universe.
To be chosen to join its ranks is the highest of honors...
...and the greatest of responsibilities.
Yeah. Yeah, that part I heard about.
We're going to fly now.
- Fly? - Absolutely.
All right.
I can do that.
Join me.
I can do that.
Yeah!
Whoa!
What is that?
TOMAR-RE: It's the energy that's generated from the Central Battery.
Its power comes from the will of every living creature in the universe.
It, in turn, charges your lantern, which, in turn, charges your ring.
Even your suit is comprised entirely of energy.
What's with all the green?
Green is the color of will.
The Guardians harnessed will...
...because it's the strongest source of energy in the universe.
HAL: There's so many.
TOMAR-RE: The stars you can see from your home planet on the clearest night...
...your sector is a thousand times larger.
And 3600 Lanterns, each with a sector just as vast.
Lanterns, I've called you here to this unprecedented gathering...
...because we face an unprecedented danger.
Our four Lantern brothers were killed by an enemy called Parallax.
An enemy we don't yet fully understand.
We do know it's powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations.
Powerful enough to defeat even Abin Sur...
...our finest warrior...
...whose light can never be replaced.
SINESTRO: The Guardians have charged me to lead a squadron of Lanterns...
...in an assault on Parallax.
We will seek out and find this enemy.
And we will destroy it.
Alone, we are now vulnerable.
United, we are still invincible.
We have never been defeated.
Will we be defeated now?
ALL: No!
SINESTRO: It was for this moment that we were created.
But I don't need to tell you your duty.
I don't need to tell you who we are.
LANTERNS : We are the Corps! We are the Corps!
TOMAR-RE: Your will turns thought into reality.
To master the ring, you must learn to focus your will...
...and create what you see in your mind.
The ring's limits are only what you can imagine.
Do that again.
Now you try.
Concentrate.
The ring will inform you where there is an imminent threat.
TOMAR-RE: This particular threat's name is Kilowog.
He'll be your combat training officer.
HAL: Whoa! - Never let your guard down, poozer.
Welcome to Ring Slinging 101.
Or as I like to call it:
The worst day of your worthless life.
The human. Ain't never seen one before.
- You smell funny. - Ugh.
I smell funny?
Yeah, I heard about humans. Think you're the center 46,623 --> 01:01:49,387 I was talking about your dress.
Nice jacket.
Last time I checked, you didn't even own one.
Yeah, I've been shaking up the wardrobe lately.
Congratulations on the contract. How'd you manage to pull that off?
I pointed out you only won because you broke the rules of engagement.
And Tom figured out how to give the Sabres more altitude.
So I guess in a way, without even meaning to...
...you actually did us a favor.
Look...
...I'm uncomfortable with the word "hero."
SINGER : Hey
CARL: Thank you. Thank you all for joining us.
Great evening.
My daughter, Carol Ferris.
Come on!
Congratulations, Carol.
I take one look at you, young lady...
...or at Hal Jordan over there, spitting image of his dad...
MAN 1: Whoo! - You give us hope.
A toast to our future.
MAN 2: Hear, hear! MAN 3: To the future!
HAMMOND: We're in good hands.
Hector! Oh, my God! Hey!
- Congratulations. Um... CAROL: Thank you.
Here's to you and Hal, the future.
Yeah, heh, I'm sorry.
I know it couldn't have been easy growing up with your dad.
But, hey, you're doing great, so... Ha, ha.
I am. I'm doing great. Ha, ha.
- He's right, though. I'm not a doer. CAROL: Ha, ha.
Although I did get to examine an alien body recently.
That was very cool.
I can't tell anyone about it, but, hey, you can't have everything.
Hector telling you another of his science-fiction stories?
HAMMOND : What the hell's wrong with him?
Can't keep his mouth shut.
You really do have a creative imagination.
Bye.
ASSISTANT: Senator.
I apologize. We really must go.
- Good night, Carol. - Good night.
MAN 4: Senator!
Hey.
MAN 5: Thanks for everything.
WOMAN 1: Bye, senator!
Get the crash crew here. Our helicopter's going down.
Oh, my God.
WOMAN 2: What is that? What is that?
What happened tonight took place in just a matter of seconds...
... but people will be talking about it for years to come.
A helicopter careening out of control, headed toward certain tragedy...
... when all of a sudden, a mystery man, a hero, saves the day...
... incredibly diverting the helicopter from destroying innocent people...
... and miraculously rescuing Carol Ferris.
The real question tonight is who is this amazing hero and where is he now?
Start talking.
- A racetrack? - Yeah.
TOM: Hmm.
That's the best you could come up with for your first big appearance? Racetrack.
Oh, I'm sorry. Did I disappoint you?
I materialized a track out of pure energy, saving hundreds, and you're disappointed.
I'm sorry about that.
No, I wanna see this stuff. Show me.
I don't think that's a good idea.
Come on, I wanna see this stuff.
I wanna see the outfit, the flying... You gotta show me.
Hal, being your best friend's no picnic.
- It's for emergencies! - You owe me!
Hal, I wanna see it.
Fine.
Hold on to your glasses.
HAL: All right.
Question:
- You ready to have your mind blown? - Yeah.
Ring.
Finger.
Here we go.
- Did you break it already? - I didn't break it, okay? It's just...
It's out of juice. I have to recharge it.
Now pay attention.
Aah! Green!
- Wow. - I know, right?!
Whoo!
Not bad, huh?
You're a superhero.
Don't they always get the girl?
Evening, ma'am.
Didn't get a chance to say goodbye.
Are you okay?
Uh, yeah, no, I'm glad to have a chance to thank you.
Just doing my job. No thanks necessary, miss.
No, it is.
You saved my life.
You saved all of our lives. That was a very...
Hal?
Miss?
Hal?!
Oh, my Go... Oh, my God!
- Oh, my God! Hal! - How did you know it was me?
What? I've known you my whole life! I've seen you naked!
You don't think I would recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!
What is this?! Why is your skin green? Why are you glowing?
What the hell is with that mask?!
It came with the outfit.
Cool, huh?
CAROL: So it all works because of this magic ring? Ha, ha.
HAL: No, there's no such thing as magic.
Intergalactic green peacekeepers, thousands of them.
CAROL: Ha, ha. - But, no.
I'm not making it up.
CAROL: I mean, when we were kids, who'd have thought?
- I did, actually. I called this early on. - Ha-ha-ha.
I said, "One day I'll be a green space cop." Here I am.
Okay, so at the party, how did you make that big green ramp thing?
Anything I see in my mind, I can create. I just have to focus.
Anything?
Anything.
Happy birthday. Better late than never.
Um...
Okay, so how does it work?
They just, um, call you on your cell, "Cat in a tree, downtown Milky Way"?
No. I don't think it works exactly like that.
Well, technically speaking, um...
...I actually sort of, uh...
...quit.
What do you mean? How?
Well, I mean, it's a lot like quitting anything else, really.
I don't understand.
How do you walk away from something like that?
Is that even possible?
Oh, I think we both know I'm pretty good at walking away.
If for once you didn't quit something you cared about...
...what's the worst that could happen?
Well, thank you. This has been really something.
- I know I've made a lot of mistakes... - Look, Hal, I'm not mad at you.
I feel bad for you, really.
You've been given so much so often.
And you just...
Good night.
WALLER: Dr. Hammond?
There is something I'd like to show you.
Something I'm fairly certain you'll want to see.
SON: See you later, Mom.
DAUGHTER: I love you. JOSEPH: Bye, baby.
WALLER: No!
Physical contact accesses mnemonic data.
I can see your memories.
Dad.
Son, this is my fault.
But I'm gonna fix it.
We're gonna get you well again. Whatever it takes.
I don't know what you're talking about.
We detected traces of a second alien life form...
...buried within the body of the first.
You've been exposed.
I've never felt better in my life.
We know everything, son.
I've never felt better in my life.
TOMAR-RE: To be chosen to join its ranks is the highest of honors...
... and the greatest of responsibilities.
The ring never makes a mistake.
HAMMOND: It's gonna be all right.
They just need to run some tests, that's all.
Keep him under.
I only want what's best for you.
Run.
- Hector. HECTOR: Shh, shh.
Don't worry.
I only want what's best for you.
The ring, it chose you.
Take it!
HECTOR: Hal.
Hi.
The alien was one of you.
How did we end up so different?
Hmm? Hmm?
Sit down!
Now...
...how's Carol?
- That came out wrong. - Please.
HAL: I've made mistakes... - Look, Hal...
I feel bad for you, really. Good night.
You're just as much of a failure as I was.
And just as afraid.
Well...
...I used to fight my fear.
But now that I've tasted its true power...
...I'll never go back.
HAL: No!
You wear the ring of the Lantern that imprisoned me.
You will suffer the same fate.
Once I have devoured your world...
... I will have all the strength I need...
...to defeat the Corps and destroy the Guardians.
TOM: Let me get this straight.
This thing that's out there attacking planets is connected to Hector?
Somehow it infected him after it killed Abin Sur.
- Well, you're just gonna have to stop it. - Oh, I'm just gonna have to stop it, huh?
Well, I tried that and I failed.
And the senator died. I told you, the ring made a mistake.
Wait, go back. How did the ring make a mistake?
The one thing that a Green Lantern is supposed to be is fearless.
Fearless is the job description.
That isn't me.
So you're just gonna walk away again?
Explain this to me, Hal. Please explain to me just once, why.
Because I'm afraid!
You don't think your dad ever felt afraid?
If he did, he figured out some way to beat it.
Yeah, well, there's a word for that:
Courage.
They said that the ring wouldn't have chosen me if it didn't see something.
Something I don't see. Yet.
I see it.
I always have.
The ring didn't see that you were fearless.
It saw that you had the ability to overcome fear.
It saw that you're courageous.
Which you are.
Just like your dad.
PARALLAX: The Lantern is a threat.
Eliminate him.
SINESTRO: Our new weapon is ready.
Once I've mastered its power...
...I'll begin training the Corps to do the same.
Though Earth will be lost...
...we'll be ready to make a stand against Parallax before it reaches Oa.
Then the power of the enemy will be ours.
HAL: At what cost?
SINESTRO: You dare enter this chamber? - I need your help.
You gotta help me save my world.
I know that humans aren't the strongest species, or the smartest.
We're young, we have a lot to learn.
But we're worth saving.
This new weapon of yours, you can't use it.
Once you cross that line, once you've given in to fear, you'll never go back. I've seen it.
Look, I know right now you're afraid.
You dare accuse the Guardians of feeling fear?
Yes, I do.
That's exactly why Parallax is beating you...
...because you're afraid to even admit you're afraid.
I know.
I spent my entire life doing it.
You know, we have a saying on Earth.
We say, "I'm only human."
We say it because we're vulnerable, we say it because we know we're afraid.
It doesn't mean we're weak.
Help me save my planet.
Don't give in to fear.
Fight it. Fight it with me.
GUARDIAN: Your words are compelling, young human.
But as immortals, we must measure our actions over billions of years...
...and the fate of the universe.
We simply cannot risk losing everything on the chance you might be right.
Then don't. Don't risk any more lives.
Just mine.
Let me go fight for my world...
...and I'll show you that will is stronger than fear.
There is no way you can succeed.
You will die, Hal Jordan.
Then I'll die trying.
Good luck, Green Lantern.
I wouldn't do that.
Look closely.
She's beautiful, isn't she?
I loved her from the moment I first saw her.
But she could never see me, as you were always standing in the way.
But not anymore.
No! No! Don't! Don't do this, Hector.
Please.
I know how you feel.
Come on,