10 DCEU Theories Better Than What's In The Movies

10. Why Green Lantern Wasn't In Justice League

There was a lot wrong with Justice League (even before Joss Whedon butchered it with those now infamous reshoots), but Green Lantern's absence remains an infuriating decision. Why Hal Jordan - or John Stewart, for that matter - didn't appear is hard to say, especially as Zack Snyder had more than enough opportunities to make it happen.

Regardless, one very compelling theory shared by fans before Justice League's release pointed to there being a good reason for Green Lantern being M.I.A. from the DCEU.

In the comic books, Hal was possessed by the personification of fear, Parallax, for a time and ended up becoming a deranged villain. While his sanity was ultimately restored, he did some terrible things during that time, and this theory suggested that the League would eventually meet "Parallax" and help restore him to being the heroic Green Lantern.

That would have been fun to see, but we're forced to assume that the bad taste 2011's Green Lantern movie left is why Warner Bros. was perhaps reluctant to bring him back. For what it's worth, Snyder confirmed that the Green Lantern Corps existed in the film's flashbacks, but that was an Easter Egg which never paid off for fans.