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Campbell Closing in on Green Lantern! (http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=8049)
Campbell made me think Bruce Campbell. Don't deny that he would be the greatest Hal Jordan imaginable. =P
Bruce would be the greatest EVERYTHING imaginable.....he would have been the PERFECT Platicman, but he's gotten a bit too old these days.
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 05, 2009, 05:49:09 PM
Bruce would be the greatest EVERYTHING imaginable.....he would have been the PERFECT Platicman, but he's gotten a bit too old these days.
Heck, Plasticman (if done right) would be 90% CGI anyway... why
not Bruce Campbell? Put his face in CGI and use his voice.
I always Weird Al would make a great Plastic Man. Cal me crazy, but Weird Al looks and acts like the character, to me anyways.
I like Weird Al, but I think Campbell brings more theatricality. Yancovic doesn't really work well on camera--UHF? It was funny and weird but he wasn't as good an actor as he is a musical comedian.
Quote from: Gremlin on February 05, 2009, 10:36:11 PM
I like Weird Al, but I think Campbell brings more theatricality. Yancovic doesn't really work well on camera--UHF? It was funny and weird but he wasn't as good an actor as he is a musical comedian.
I agree.
Though honestly I would watch Bruce Campbell's talking brain in a jar if it remained as entertaining as I've found him throughout his career.
Brain Jar Romance starring Renee Zelwoggar (I'm not even trying to spell her name) opposite Bruce Campbell. I'm not sure she does anything other than romantic comedies anyways.
Green Lantern, Sherlock Holmes & Jonah Hex Release Dates (http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=8117)
5 hardcase Reasons Why Fans Will Love The Green Lantern Movie (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/10/07/5-reasons-why-fans-will-love-the-green-lantern-movie/)
Donald De Line on the Green Lantern Movie (http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=8152)
Quote from: Midnite on March 11, 2009, 06:02:19 PM
5 hardcase Reasons Why Fans Will Love The Green Lantern Movie (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/10/07/5-reasons-why-fans-will-love-the-green-lantern-movie/)
Donald De Line on the Green Lantern Movie (http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=8152)
YESYESYESYESYES.
I think the writer got some spittle on my computer screen. It does sound very cool. But it's a very long road from screenplay to screen . . .
Green Lantern to Start Filming in September (http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=8177)
:spoiler:
Green Lantern script 1st draft (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/12/12/502027/GREEN%20LANTERN.pdf)
Quote from: Midnite on March 28, 2009, 06:37:25 PM
:spoiler:
Green Lantern script 1st draft (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/12/12/502027/GREEN%20LANTERN.pdf)
Well I don't particularly want to ruin the movie plot for myself. But I read the beginning, and short of some cheezy dialogue, it's pretty good!
Read through it and aside from some dialog its a good story...
I agree with baroness, the dialogue could use some cleaning up, but I was fairly impressed with scope of the story.
Quote from: GrizzlyBearTalon on February 09, 2009, 10:23:40 PM
I agree.
Though honestly I would watch Bruce Campbell's talking brain in a jar if it remained as entertaining as I've found him throughout his career.
Brain Jar Romance starring Renee Zelwoggar (I'm not even trying to spell her name) opposite Bruce Campbell. I'm not sure she does anything other than romantic comedies anyways.
LOL!...Okay, from now on, I'm going to only think of a certain actress as Zelwoggar the Terrible.
Dana
Renee does have a horror flick coming out called "Case 39" later this year.
and with regards to this script, it IS a first draft. The dialog is likely to be tweaked in future drafts and, depending on who is cast, ad libbed on set.
Chris Pine Confirms "The Green Lantern" Rumors (http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=12843&count=100)
Look who else is on the Hal Jordan shortlist:
http://www.hitfix.com/posts/2009-5-5-hitfix-exclusive-does-the-green-lantern-have-a-hangover]
Bradley Cooper (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177896/)
Ryan Reynolds Lands Green Lantern! (http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=8499) Wuh? :huh:
I think Reynolds is an excellent choice.
I concur, tho hopefully there will still be time for a deadpool movie >_>
I'm not seeing it, myself. I don' hate it, just kind of "meh."
Ehhh... could be worse.
That's GREAT news :thumbup:
This just hit me... Murs has gotta be pumped about this! I mean, this means Deadpool IS Green Lantern!!
Not bad, still think that David Borreanaz would be the best Hal Jordan. Reynolds would make an excellent Wally West, but I guess it could`ve been much worse.
WHAT!? All of the names they've been bandying about sounded pretty good to me, but how in the world did they end up with him?! Reynolds is a semi-decent actor and everything, but he doesn't strike me as anywhere close to the right kind of actor to play Hal.
Quote from: bat1987 on July 11, 2009, 02:21:27 PM
Not bad, still think that David Borreanaz would be the best Hal Jordan. Reynolds would make an excellent Wally West, but I guess it could`ve been much worse.
Yeah, I have to agree. David is the better choice.
I liked Nathan Fillion from that fan film
Quote from: TheMarvell on July 11, 2009, 03:30:45 PM
I liked Nathan Fillion from that fan film
Yeah, I STILL say he'd be perfect!
I wouldn't be terribly surprised if this kills the Deadpool movie, well, dead. Fox didn't much care for Bryan Singer taking time away from the X-men franchise to make a DC comic book movie; I can't imagine they'll be any happier about Ryan Reynolds doing the same.
I'm going to regret this but... I agree with Benton. Reynolds is a GREAT Deadpool (not so good as barakapool, but whatever) but Hal... not so much. That to me is in the same realm as Robert Downey Jr. as Barry Allen.
Of course, I agree that David would have been a better Hal, but I think they could have done better than him. Ryan, on the other hand, while a horrible choice for Hal (unless they're modeling the character on the time in Hal's career when he was just kind of bouncing between jobs, then it might work), may be their choice for Kyle, or god help us, Guy.
ooh, here's a disturbing thought -- Danny Bonaduce as Guy! :o :lol:
From what I read, they narrowed their choices to Reynolds, Justin Timberlake(wtf!) and Bradley Thomas. Best choice of the three IMO. I could see Reynolds as Kyle or Guy. But who knows, maybe he can pull off Hal. I mean, most people balked(myself included) at Ledger being casted as Joker and look how well that turned out.
Quote from: murs47 on July 11, 2009, 05:25:16 PM
From what I read, they narrowed their choices to Reynolds, Justin Timberlake(wtf!) and Bradley Thomas. Best choice of the three IMO. I could see Reynolds as Kyle or Guy. But who knows, maybe he can pull off Hal. I mean, most people balked(myself included) at Ledger being casted as Joker and look how well that turned out.
oh dear.
i hope playing Hal doesn't kill Mr. Reynolds.
Quote from: murs47 on July 11, 2009, 05:25:16 PM
From what I read, they narrowed their choices to Reynolds, Justin Timberlake(wtf!) and Bradley Thomas. Best choice of the three IMO. I could see Reynolds as Kyle or Guy. But who knows, maybe he can pull off Hal. I mean, most people balked(myself included) at Ledger being casted as Joker and look how well that turned out.
Yeah... I was sure guilty of that. I think most of us have a tendency to 'type-cast' actors in our own minds. We see them playing a role we thought they did well... suddenly we can't invision them playing another role with very different characteristics.
Sometimes the type cast is dead on. I know that I considered actors like Patrick Stewart, Christian Bale, and Wesley Snipes for the comicbook movie roles they eventually landed long before the movies were in the planning stages. Other actors I thought would be terrible choices for thier roles like Ledger and Hugh Jackman... turned out to be more than perfect.
I think the main quality which determines whether or not any actor does a good job at the role is basic good acting ability. And if combined with a passion for the genre... they can do a great job in the role. Of course their are some situations where good acting ability and a passion for the genre simply cannot help a really bad cast... Nic Cage in Ghost Rider for example.
David Boreanaz I think has the better 'look' for the Hal we're more familiar with. But I think they wanted to go with a softer... warmer hal rather than the square jawed guy we're familiar with. Ryan Reynolds is a pretty good actor with good range (I've seen several of his movies and some TV)... I tend to believe he'll do a very good job. No matter what role I've seen him in... he's always 'likeable'
Reynolds wouldn't be my first choice for Hal but what can you do...not that I have high hopes for this movie to start. <_<
This is great news! I'm excited! I think he'd be equally good as Hal.
EDIT: Said something so stupid I later poked myself in the eye.
bad bad bad choice, i'm sorry reynolds should only be deadpool or flash
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on July 11, 2009, 07:48:42 PM
bad bad bad choice, i'm sorry reynolds should only be deadpool or Wally West
Fixed
Quote from: Tomato on July 11, 2009, 04:42:09 PM
I'm going to regret this but... I agree with Benton. Reynolds is a GREAT Deadpool (not so good as barakapool, but whatever) but Hal... not so much. That to me is in the same realm as Robert Downey Jr. as Barry Allen.
Now why would you ever regret that?
Hal Jordan isn't nearly cool enough to be played by Ryan Reynolds.
Quote from: Tomato on July 12, 2009, 04:07:40 AM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on July 11, 2009, 07:48:42 PM
bad bad bad choice, i'm sorry reynolds should only be deadpool or Wally West
Fixed
well that was a given, sorry flash to me is wally west
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on July 12, 2009, 08:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tomato on July 12, 2009, 04:07:40 AM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on July 11, 2009, 07:48:42 PM
bad bad bad choice, i'm sorry reynolds should only be deadpool or Wally West
Fixed
well that was a given, sorry flash to me is wally west
To me he is Barry, but I actually don't think Reynolds would be a bad Barry Allen.
Reynolds will be a fine Hal Jordan.
Test pilot, Womanzier, cocky as hell, Fearless. He can pull that off.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to this. :)
Quote from: B A D on July 13, 2009, 03:28:15 PM
Reynolds will be a fine Hal Jordan.
Test pilot, Womanzier, cocky as hell, Fearless. He can pull that off.
I like my Hal with a bit more depth. For example, I didn't care for how he was portrayed in the retelling of his origin from a few years ago. That character seems pretty much like you describe.
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 13, 2009, 08:34:20 PM
I like my Hal with a bit more depth.
You like something that doesn't exist. WB could have saved a ton of money just using a cardboard stand-up and voice over.
Quote from: murs47 on July 13, 2009, 09:19:04 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 13, 2009, 08:34:20 PM
I like my Hal with a bit more depth.
You like something that doesn't exist. WB could have saved a ton of money just using a cardboard stand-up and voice over.
Hal from "Justice," Hal from "New Frontier" (to an extent, as he only manned up in the end), Hal from "Sinestro Corps. War"...the character does exist in a better shape....sadly not in great numbers.
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 13, 2009, 09:42:33 PM
Quote from: murs47 on July 13, 2009, 09:19:04 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 13, 2009, 08:34:20 PM
I like my Hal with a bit more depth.
You like something that doesn't exist. WB could have saved a ton of money just using a cardboard stand-up and voice over.
Hal from "Justice," Hal from "New Frontier" (to an extent, as he only manned up in the end), Hal from "Sinestro Corps. War"...the character does exist in a better shape....sadly not in great numbers.
*reads Benton's description utilizing modern comics to describe something done right about a character*
Benton, are you ok? Are you having problems at home, or issues with someone at work? We're here to help you if you need it man.
*slaps self*
did someone steal Bent's avatar?
*slaps self again*
have i been drinking?
what's going on here!
You goofballs. :P This just goes to show that no-one actually listens to me. You just think, "ohh, Benton hates all modern comics, so I know what he's going to say before he says it." Nope, I don't like a lot of the larger trends in modern comics, but there are several stories that I think are actually quite good. I just can't really enjoy them the way I'd like because of their reliance on bad continuity. As I've said before, what I want from comics is something that has never existed in its entirety at any point in time, but there are aspects of it in every age.
False alarm folks, BG's back to saying stuff I can't comprehend. Whew! Close call.
Quote from: murs47 on July 13, 2009, 10:24:57 PM
False alarm folks, BG's back to saying stuff I can't comprehend. Whew! Close call.
Silly Murs.
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 13, 2009, 10:21:14 PMYou just think, "ohh, Benton hates all modern comics, so I know what he's going to say before he says it."
Yeah, what the heck are they thinking. That's me. ;)
I recall several times Benton has said he liked Justice. In fact, we're both fans.
Quote from: yell0w_lantern on July 14, 2009, 02:25:11 AM
I recall several times Benton has said he liked Justice. In fact, we're both fans.
No one is allowed to admit liking the New universe except me!
...Wait what?
I'm confused.
I think Ryan Reynolds should play Justice!!
Quote from: yell0w_lantern on July 14, 2009, 02:25:11 AM
I recall several times Benton has said he liked Justice. In fact, we're both fans.
Does
Justice count as a modern comic?
Ah Justice, Vance is too cool.
Reynolds can probably do a good Hal, but Hal still doesn't deserve to be played by him.
Also I think almost every casting in this (http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/07/13/cast-off-green-lantern/#more-12179) article would be fun. Especially House as Sinestro.
:lol:
Lil Formers #155: Green ?Pool (http://www.lilformers.com/index.php/2009/07/20/lil-formers-155-green-pool/)
Green Lantern Gets the Official Green Light (http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=8959)
Quote from: Podmark on July 14, 2009, 05:10:11 AM
Quote from: yell0w_lantern on July 14, 2009, 02:25:11 AM
I recall several times Benton has said he liked Justice. In fact, we're both fans.
Does Justice count as a modern comic?
I also love Project Superpowers and Atomic Robo....both modern books.... :P
I sorta' thougth filming had already started...silly me. :D
This is troubling:
http://geektyrant.com/news/2010/1/8/green-lantern-finds-its-lead-female-role.html
She's pretty enough, but I can't buy her as Carol Ferris.
Apparently she's only 22.
I think we'll be seeing Hal Jordan take on more of a Van Wilder role.
Yeah, she looks like a teenager! Come on, Carol Ferris was the original capable woman, and this girl looks like she'd be more at home in a frat party than running a billion-dollar corporation....
Well, as the writer said, Ledger surprised just about everyone, so this girl may do the same.
That being said I'd rather have someone bit more mature looking in the role.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on January 09, 2010, 05:46:06 PM
Well, as the writer said, Ledger surprised just about everyone, so this girl may do the same.
That being said I'd rather have someone bit more mature looking in the role.
Anything possible, but WB has a long way to go still to win back my confidence.
Why Green Lantern won't be a cheesefest; plus, the villain! (http://scifiwire.com/2010/01/why-green-lantern-wont-be.php)
Well, that sounds fine, but....who is this guy going to be playing?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sarsgaard
Not Sinestro, I hope....
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 19, 2010, 05:20:52 PM
Well, that sounds fine, but....who is this guy going to be playing?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sarsgaard
Not Sinestro, I hope....
Might be Hector Hammond. I'm pretty sure I saw something about that the other day.
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 19, 2010, 05:20:52 PM
Well, that sounds fine, but....who is this guy going to be playing?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sarsgaard
Not Sinestro, I hope....
I dunno, he's got the forehead, it'd just be a matter of makeup. Then again, Sinestro scores a good 7.2 on the cheese-o-meter. His uniform is even the color of cheese. That may be too high.
Quote from: Podmark on January 19, 2010, 06:13:58 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 19, 2010, 05:20:52 PM
Well, that sounds fine, but....who is this guy going to be playing?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sarsgaard
Not Sinestro, I hope....
Might be Hector Hammond. I'm pretty sure I saw something about that the other day.
After reading the wiki on HH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Hammond)... I'm really not impressed.
I'd have to say that beats Sinestro on the cheese-o-meter, hands down. GL should be handling intergalactic/cosmic threats, not DC's lame version of MODOK.
(Yes, I get that HH came before MODOK. Still...)
Quote from: BWPS on January 19, 2010, 07:03:59 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on January 19, 2010, 05:20:52 PM
Well, that sounds fine, but....who is this guy going to be playing?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sarsgaard
Not Sinestro, I hope....
I dunno, he's got the forehead, it'd just be a matter of makeup. Then again, Sinestro scores a good 7.2 on the cheese-o-meter. His uniform is even the color of cheese. That may be too high.
Nah, they can totally make Sinestro a great character. He was actually interesting, and even a little compelling at times in some of the recent GL books. His obsession with order, with his version of morality...he's more than just another mustache twirling guy out to be evil just for the heck of it. Then again, you could be trying to be sarcastic.
He might work for Hector Hammond...and Hammond IS supposed to be in the movie...
Ehh, Hammond is actually a pretty creepy villain in his way. He's got the whole "trading his humanity for power" thing going on.
wasn't there a recent retelling of hal history in wich we saw Hammond? maybe a tie-in to sinestro corp or something....It was a flashback-based book, maybe in 3-4 issue that was retelling hal's story. We saw him young skipping school to go see his dad fly, meeting carol just before his dad's plane crashed, then coming back when he was an adult to receive carol's dad confession that it was his fault the plane crashed...Hammond was trying to date carol, but then Abin sur crashed; and while examining the ship hammond got his powers...
Now that i recall, i'm pretty sur it was oriented on the hal/sinestro relationship, because it ended with sinestro beating hammond by making a bubble around his head to suffocate him, something hal didn't though and so was beaten. damn i can't find/remember in what serie it was! but if they do an origin movie of this green lantern, i hop it looks like this because it had everything (the hothead young hal, the trauma of his dad's death, the mentoring from sinestro...)
after re-reading that, i wonder if i havent wrote the exact same thing a few pages earlier in this exact same topic...wierd d?j?-vu
edit:nope, must have been somewhere else
Still, i can't find that book. any ideas what serie it was? maybe a "tales of" green lantern corp or something...i'll keep searching
Quote from: Trelau on January 19, 2010, 10:56:48 PM
wasn't there a recent retelling of hal history in wich we saw Hammond? maybe a tie-in to sinestro corp or something....It was a flashback-based book, maybe in 3-4 issue that was retelling hal's story. We saw him young skipping school to go see his dad fly, meeting carol just before his dad's plane crashed, then coming back when he was an adult to receive carol's dad confession that it was his fault the plane crashed...Hammond was trying to date carol, but then Abin sur crashed; and while examining the ship hammond got his powers...
Even in Silver Age issues, Hammond was originally cast as Carol's snooty boyfriend, was before he was a villain.
they're doing the right thing, rushing Sinestro's story would be terrible. let it build in the first film
In at least the earlier versions of the Script Sinestro would be Hal's trainer, not a villain, so I think they have the same idea in mind already.
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on January 19, 2010, 11:47:32 PM
they're doing the right thing, rushing Sinestro's story would be terrible. let it build in the first film
I am entirely alright with that. It shows remarkable prescience on their part.
Well yeah...except if the film crashes. I'd hate to say but...Superman Returns. It was supposed to relauch the franchise. If the GL movie fails and they cancel the 1 or 2 follow-up, we'd never get to see Sinestro as a villain...
Quote from: Trelau on January 20, 2010, 11:15:18 AM
Well yeah...except if the film crashes. I'd hate to say but...Superman Returns. It was supposed to relauch the franchise. If the GL movie fails and they cancel the 1 or 2 follow-up, we'd never get to see Sinestro as a villain...
Sometimes you have to take those risks. Of course if Sinestro isn't the villain they need to make sure the villain they use is strong enough. I don't think Green Lantern is really brimming with tons of villains that general audiences will like.
Quote from: Podmark on January 20, 2010, 01:19:20 PM
Quote from: Trelau on January 20, 2010, 11:15:18 AM
Well yeah...except if the film crashes. I'd hate to say but...Superman Returns. It was supposed to relauch the franchise. If the GL movie fails and they cancel the 1 or 2 follow-up, we'd never get to see Sinestro as a villain...
Sometimes you have to take those risks. Of course if Sinestro isn't the villain they need to make sure the villain they use is strong enough. I don't think Green Lantern is really brimming with tons of villains that general audiences will like.
I believe they are basing this off of the retelling of Hal's origin from some years back, and that Hammond won't be the main villain of the film. I think the main one will be that gold fellow (not Goldface) who attacked Oa in that book.
Quote from: Trelau on January 20, 2010, 11:15:18 AM
Well yeah...except if the film crashes. I'd hate to say but...Superman Returns. It was supposed to relauch the franchise. If the GL movie fails and they cancel the 1 or 2 follow-up, we'd never get to see Sinestro as a villain...
Off-Topic... If they ever do get another Superman flick off the ground, I hope they get Kevin J. Anderson on board to write the story for it. This is a guy that totally gets Superman... his retelling of the legend of Krypton (The Last Days of Krypton) and of the first time Superman and Batman run into each other (Enemies and Allies) are each imaginative and tie in comic-book continuity very well.
Quote from: Trelau on January 20, 2010, 11:15:18 AM
Well yeah...except if the film crashes. I'd hate to say but...Superman Returns. It was supposed to relauch the franchise. If the GL movie fails and they cancel the 1 or 2 follow-up, we'd never get to see Sinestro as a villain...
Superman Returns a relaunch?? Singer has stated in interviews that he intended it to be more of a sequel to the Richard Donner stuff. I think a relaunch without trying to be a sequel to the Donner films would've been much better. Especially with a director who doesn't try to turn Superman into a creep at a few points in the film and gets the characterizations right for several people like Superman, Clark, Lois, and Perry White.
Back to GL, if you factor in Hector Hammond, there is a potential for three villains in the movie.
Hammond
Sinestro
Star Sapphire
I don't think all three will be in it. I figure Sinestro will turn on GL and Hammond will be a villain. They will at least have Star Sapphire on deck for a sequel.
Okay, here's something that's bugging me and I don't get...
Hal originally gets the ring from Abin Sur, who crashlanded on Earth in a spaceship...
What was Abin Sur doing in a spaceship? If he was a GL, couldn't he use the ring to fly without a ship???
(Okay, I read wikipedia... and it still sounds lame.)
Quote from: BlueBard on January 20, 2010, 09:23:41 PM
Okay, here's something that's bugging me and I don't get...
Hal originally gets the ring from Abin Sur, who crashlanded on Earth in a spaceship...
What was Abin Sur doing in a spaceship? If he was a GL, couldn't he use the ring to fly without a ship???
(Okay, I read wikipedia... and it still sounds lame.)
Doing a bit of internet searching on GL lore, I found the following explanation:
In the course of Abin Sur's career, he received a prophecy that his death would come when his power ring failed him at a critical moment. Hence, he started using an actual starship for long voyages to help preserve the charge in his ring.
Of course, the same webpage (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Abin_Sur's_Starship) that provided this info also states that the origin of the starship has been changed several times. For that matter, in the animated straight-to-DVD movie
First Flight, part of the backstory is that Abin Sur had been doing some undercover investigation when he was found out and gravely injured before making his escape. One might infer that suffering from a big sucking chest wound would interfere with the concentration required to use the power ring for long-range space flight to a greater degree than using a starship.
Not saying that they're perfect explanations, but they exist.
To me there's a perfectly simple explanation. While the Green Lanterns can fly around in out space with their rings, this would hardly be confortable on long voyages. To me, it just makes sense that a space ship would be far more comfortable, if one happens to be available, but they would be more a luxury reserved for longer voyages. I mean, who would want to be left hanging out in outer space for hours on end, with absolutely nothing to do and no way to actually relax or rest or anything?
In the re-telling I mentioned earlier, that yellow villain (who's name still escapes me) had been tracking Abin Sur, and his ring wasn't able to effect it, so he was trying to escape in the spaceship when the thing attacked.
Hum...and what about atrocitus? In the "rage of the red lantern" act we have yet another retelling of Abin Sur's crash, where atrocitus is his prisonner tied in the ship. he openly mocks abin for being afraid of the prophecy (sinestro even says later that since this prophecy, abin had change and lost the favor of the guardian). when the ship crashed atrocitus was freed, and so the first ennemy sinestro and hal fought together was atrocitus.
But the big yellow guy...yeah, i remember him. he was actually a fusion of mutiple spirit/soul from a dead planet if i recall.
blast! i have an early script of the gl movie somewhere. be right back
edit: ok, according to first draft of june 2008, that villain is named Legion (so i'm betting i was right about the multiple spirit thing). Also, SPOILER (possible, but since it's a first draft it may have change)
Spoiler
abin sur is not alone in his ship, tomar-re is there too, and they are carying a metallic coffin with a dead green lantern inside, the third one of the same sector killed in action; so probably by legion
I don't remember where i got this, but if anyone is interested it a pdf file of 105 pages (about 4 Mo). And it's a script, so you read it kind of like theatre (dialogue, description of attitude and movement of the characters, indication on what the shot looks like). re-edit: silly me, i got this on page one of this topic :wacko:
and in the most recent telling in the comics Sur died because he was transporting Atrocitus.
Green Lantern concept art (http://www.latinoreview.com/news/green-lantern-concept-art-9068)
(http://www.latinoreview.com/images/stories/articles/greenlanternkilowog.jpg)
(http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/uploaded_files/images/1264529947-mov3.jpg)
That all looks pretty good, but I always saw Killowog as being a bit more hard-skinned. These all are pretty cool looking, though.
Yeah, I'd be perfectly happy with these. I can clearly recognize who all these are supposed to be, but with obvious realism changes. I hope they stick fairly close to these.
Yeah those aren't bad.
not sure if i should say anything on this... mostly because I don't have 100% confirmation on this.
Some of you may know that the Green Lantern production was moved to New Orleans (well to that area) from Australia.
Well... a few days ago, a friend of mine posted a cryptic message on facebook about how she and her husband were off to an audition for a live action superhero movie. She is a model and does costume design work. (She models a lot of the costume design work she does actually.) And she gets paid to dress up like various Super Heroines. (including stints at The San Diego Comic Con and Dragon Con) Her husband is a very talent (and a bit difficult) method actor who is based out of Atlanta.
I am trying to get a hold of them about if they can put me in touch with who I need to speak to about being a Production Assistant on the set.
Cross your fingers.
Good luck!
More Green Lantern concept art (http://www.latinoreview.com/news/more-green-lantern-concept-art-9079)
LOL, the 1st 2 comments are too funny. :lol:
(http://www.latinoreview.com/images/stories/green_mov2k.jpg)
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The Guardian is properly cosmic and strange....but what's with Sinestro's space mullet? Also, the costume doesn't really work for him. It seems to me that he'd be all the more fastidious, being as obsessed with order as he is.
The Guardian looks great, but that's supposed to be Sinestro? Honestly I never would have guessed.
who's playing sinestro in that picture? john travolta? :lol:
I don't mind the sinestro suit, i just think it would be more obvious that he was sinister and was going to lead a mutiny(since your suit is supposed to reflect your personality and all). A bit of a MEGA SPOILER.
Director Martin Campbell discusses with MTV News how the power of the ring will be realized in the film (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24705)
As far as the ship question, I agree with Cat. There wouldn't be many rest stops in space and much fewer trees. Hmm, sounds a lot like Kansas.
Quote from: Tawodi Osdi on February 05, 2010, 12:37:04 AM
As far as the ship question, I agree with Cat. There wouldn't be many rest stops in space and much fewer trees. Hmm, sounds a lot like Kansas.
and parts of Jersey
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Tim Robbins joins the cast of Green Lantern! http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=26963 (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=26963)
Hmm... sounds promising.:)
Geoff Johns: Back from an amazing trip to Green Lantern town a.k.a. New Orleans!! Ryan IS Hal. And Mark Strong is going to be a brilliant Sinestro. (http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=9092)
Alright, good news!
Well that does sound good, doesn't it? If it impresses Geoff Johns, I'd say that's a good sign. :D Still...I find it hard to believe that Reynolds IS Hal....but people can certainly surprise you!
Source link (http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=9203)
QuoteIn the Warner Bros. release, Bassett will play Dr. Amanda Waller, a government agent who's a staple of the DC Comics series. There's a good chance that she's being introduced to set-up the proposed Suicide Squad movie announced last year.
I really want a Suicide Squad movie. If it happens they have to have Deadshot in it. :D
Wow, she better start circling the McDonalds drive-thru.
my thoughts exactly! Great cast, but part of Amanda Waller's fierce some features is her...Um...girth.
Enh... Special effects. Either way Waller isn't really obese. She's big.
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Peter Sarsgaard as villain Hector Hammond in Green Lantern
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hmm... not bad. :) Now to wait and see the full version.
Ugh... the promo poster is so uninspired and boring. Way to not up my interest:
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Wow, way to justify casting Ryan Reynolds. :lol:
That slogan must make all the green lanterns proud.
I wouldn't join any organization that would have the likes of me in it.
No, thats not true. NOT anyone can be chosen. I mean, what the heck were they thinking with that as a tagline?
Quote from: docdelorean88 on June 08, 2010, 03:30:04 PM
No, thats not true. NOT anyone can be chosen. I mean, what the heck were they thinking with that as a tagline?
It's like the "anyone can cook" from Ratatouille. It doesn't mean everybody has talent, but that talent can appear everywhere.
Same goes for green lanterns: they are probably gonna make a part about Hal being the first human GL, and being deemed "not worthy" by the others. Probably until Sinestro supports him, then becoming his friend.
Otherwise, unimpressed by the poster.
Okay, i gotcha. That was definitely not what i initially thought of though. It makes sense i suppose. The logo is also troubling me. The curve at the top of the circle comes closer together than the curve on the bottom. Just my dose of ocd talking, but still.
For the record, that's not a poster for the movie, per se, it's a poster advertising to companies who might want to make licensed GL products based on the movie. (That's why it discusses Warner Bros Consumer Products at the bottom.) There's a whole bunch of posters from WBCP floating around right now, all using that slogan of "Anyone Can Be Chosen." It's all saying that "Anyone can make DC Comics Merchandise," heh.
I worked for Walt Disney Consumer Products last year and saw posters like this allll the time for various properties; they go out to toy companies, clothing companies, etc.
-CM :cardmaster
edit: That being said, the art seen in the background will likely be used in the first theatrical poster.
Ryan Reynolds as GL pic (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/15/green-lantern-ryan-reynolds/)
I read that the costume will be all CG, which is...interesting.
I'd need a full body pic but so far I don't like it. It's just weird looking.
That......looks fairly terrible. I'll reserve judgment until I see more, but that shot doesn't inspire confidence.
The outfit looks .....organic? :blink:
Meh. Reminds me of that Spawn flick from over a decade ago.
Is it just me or is that costume only green with no black?
Oh dear. :(
Ha HAH! What is it with comics and hollywood? :lol:
Quote from: herodad1 on July 15, 2010, 09:02:11 PM
Ha HAH! What is it with comics and hollywood? :lol:
What is it with comics and Warner Bros? :(
Promotional Images From Green Lantern (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Poniverse/news/?a=20090)
Looks okay, but I don't like the mask. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if they ditched the mask altogether. However it looks pretty cool and the idea of it being in CG so that it will look like it's made of energy sounds pretty cool. I just hope they don't make the bad guy a black cloud with lips.
First impression I had of the costume is that it looked very alien. Which could be what they are going for. I'd like to see another shot before I formed an opinion one way or the other.
That's a pretty poor first showing of his costume. I'll hold off commenting until they actually let us see all of it.
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Quote from: herodad1 on July 15, 2010, 09:02:11 PM
Ha HAH! What is it with comics and hollywood? :lol:
What is it with comics and Warner Bros? :(
Pretty much sums it up. Still one image does not a movie break.
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/07/15/ryan-reynolds-green-lantern-costume-new-high-res-image/#more-37570
Higher Res image and a close up on his face. A few things...One, his eyes scare me. Two, there is little definition on the edges of the mask(specifically around the nose) giving it the effect that it is an altered skin color. Three, is his suit supposed to look like green veins? I think this concept could have potential, but as of now it seems to have "mother earth" vibe going on.
It just looks fake. I'd like to see it in motion.
Ok, I personally really like the costume GL had in DC vs MK, but it would look to much like a leather/cloth suit in real life. I can see where they are going with this CGI costume. The Lantern's costumes are made of energy so it should look like energy and not organic materials. Going with a CGI costume was a good idea but unless the CGI is fantastic, it will not work. From what we are shown, the suit reminds me of the nano suit in Crysis. Hopefully it will look better in live action.
WARNING! Possible spoilers abound!
New Details On Green Lantern (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MovieTheaterLad/news/?a=20293)
Quote from: Midnite on July 21, 2010, 01:47:29 AM
WARNING! Possible spoilers abound!
New Details On Green Lantern (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MovieTheaterLad/news/?a=20293)
That is great news! ^_^
SOUNDS REALLY GOOD! IM GLAD ABOUT THE MASK!
I'm thrilled to hear that the CGI wasn't finished (but why show it if that is the case?), but I am very concerned by another item on that list:
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8) Writers have already outlined ideas for the second and the third movie, which include Sinestro's downfall; The Sinestro Corps War; the destruction of Coast City; Hal Jordan becoming Parallax and etc.
Yes, let's repeat one of the biggest mistakes EVER in comics! I don't know that I particularly believe any of this, but if that is true, someone needs to step on that idea, HARD. Some of the concepts may have been rehabilitated in the Corps. War and later books, but that doesn't make the original story any less horrible.
Quote from: BentonGrey on July 21, 2010, 04:38:50 AM
I'm thrilled to hear that the CGI wasn't finished (but why show it if that is the case?), but I am very concerned by another item on that list:
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8) Writers have already outlined ideas for the second and the third movie, which include Sinestro's downfall; The Sinestro Corps War; the destruction of Coast City; Hal Jordan becoming Parallax and etc.
Yes, let's repeat one of the biggest mistakes EVER in comics! I don't know that I particularly believe any of this, but if that is true, someone needs to step on that idea, HARD. Some of the concepts may have been rehabilitated in the Corps. War and later books, but that doesn't make the original story any less horrible.
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Well if they are going to use the whole Parallax story it will be their own take on the story, probably largely based on Geoff Johns' Green Lantern Rebirth work. And I could see that working, but at the same time Spider-Man 3's emo Peter didn't go over very well so maybe an evil Hal Jordan would also fail. If I was in the writers room for the GL movie franchise I'd at least throw the story around, see what could be made of it.
So their using Secret Origin for the first film, and their future ideas include stuff from Rebirth and the Sinestro Corps War. They should just get it over with and add Geoff Johns to the writing staff.
I have new hope for this movie. One thing I didn't like with the costume was that it was all one piece, at least let the gloves be a separate part of the outfit.
SDCC Green Lantern Panel (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=20619)
I gotta say, I don't have much hope here.
It seems to me that DC/warnerbros (or the suits involved) are trying really hard to get Green Lantern a little lime light (pun unintended) against the stage-stealing Avengers and the handful of flicks that accompany it. Either they let out that botched-job of a costume out to Entertainment Weekly in a hurry, or they decided that their costume wasn't finished after they heard the bad reviews. Personally, I imagine its the former. But what other corners are they gonna cut?
Seriously, who designs these movie costumes? I'd feel physically uncomfortable watching Hal Jordan in that.
I heard that they showed a "trailer" or something. Did anybody else hear or see this?
The Majority of the script is based on Geoff John's "Secret Origins" Story after Rebirth.
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Parallax was originally the Silver Age Villian Legion, but was changed in the script to reflect the Modern Age "yellow menace" Also the script does a great deal to explain the yellow impurity, And yes Alan Scott is in and has an also reveal at the end of the film.
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I wouldn't even mind this, so long as the green areas are distinctly different from the black. none of this fading light stuff.
Geoff Johns keeps saying on Twitter how excited he is about the film and how it's looking... (he was on set the past couple of days; apparently they wrap filming this week) I keep hoping beyond hope that that's a good sign and that what we've seen so far is just rushed and not quite ready for public viewing...
That being said, I'm also fully aware that it could just be him, y'know, being the COO of DC and hyping it. Haw.
-CM
The costume, as it looks, is (a word I cannot say here due to the family environment), however, this is just one shot and I'd need to see it in motion to make a final judgment. I'm still excited for the movie. The comic/superhero genre is still doing pretty good business at the box office, so long as it is a "name brand". Green Lantern has that, unfortunately, Kick-arse and Scott Pilgrim didn't. With this, and Thor coming as well, next year looks pretty exciting. Now, if only I knew more about the Superman reboot... :doh:
Green Lantern Trailer to Debut in November (http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/108524-green-lantern-trailer-to-debut-in-november)
New Green Lantern Movie Character Teased (http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/108546-new-green-lantern-movie-character-teased)
First Look at the Green Lantern Power Battery (http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/109021-first-look-at-the-green-lantern-power-battery)
(http://cdn.superherohype.com/images/stories/lanternpowerbattery.jpg)
Meh. Not sure I care for the "circuitry" look they're going for, in both the battery and the costume. And that big glass "lens" seems to be taking the lantern imagery a little too literal. Really, how hard would it be to come up with designs that more closely reflect what's been used in the comics for all of these decades? Do they think that audiences are so jaded (pun not intentional) that they can't accept fantastic things unless they're decked out in leather & full of nanites/nano-bots? Why is it that the first batch of Superman movies are the only ones that worked within the confines of the original costume design, and actually made it work? <_<
*waits for C6 and Benton to chime in*
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on October 18, 2010, 05:16:11 PM
Meh. Not sure I care for the "circuitry" look they're going for, in both the battery and the costume. And that big glass "lens" seems to be taking the lantern imagery a little too literal. Really, how hard would it be to come up with designs that more closely reflect what's been used in the comics for all of these decades? Do they think that audiences are so jaded (pun not intentional) that they can't accept fantastic things unless they're decked out in leather & full of nanites/nano-bots? Why is it that the first batch of Superman movies are the only ones that worked within the confines of the original costume design, and actually made it work? <_<
*waits for C6 and Benton to chime in*
Agreed, i would have preferred a straight forward lantern... I mean, if this can be made with dollar store items, just imagine a Hollywood budget prop: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Green-Lantern-Power-Battery-Hal-Jor/
Ehh, it looks like an alien power device, so I can certainly understand why they went with that. I think a slightly more traditional looking device would have worked just fine, but this doesn't bother me as much as the all green costume.
It certainly makes more sense if the power battery doesn't look exactly like an old railroad lantern, just kind of vaguely resembles one. And Hal can be the one who makes the connection and coins the term "Green Lantern", in lieu of whatever weird unpronounceable alien word the Guardians use.
Reporter: "Wow, you saved that bus full of nuns and orphans! Who are you?"
Hal: "I'm a member of the Xzysrgrm...the Xyzsgrm...the...aw, screw it, I'm Green Lantern!" :lol:
Entertainment Tonight will be airing a first look at the trailer for Green Lantern on Tuesday, but today the program teased fans with the first footage which you can watch HERE! (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=71645)
Hopefully the trailer footage will look better on Tuesday.
Reminds me of fantastic four... and before somebody says I'm being negative let me say I'm in the 5% who really liked fantastic four (as a fun, upbeat superhero movie).
I'm hoping the "Greatest American Hero" flight sequences are all about him learning to use the ring . . .
He looks good, but I notice most of the scenes he's not wearing his mask. I hope it won't be like Spidey 2 every 10 mins he's taken off his mask.
Parts of it look really good, parts of it look quite terrible. The scene where he's "suiting up" to show his friend looks like bad CGI from a B rate sci-fi film with a head pasted on to it. I have always thought that the CGI costume just seems to be a bad idea. It looks good in scenes where the background and action is ALSO computer generated, but like most overt effects work like that, it screams fake when meshed with real life surroundings and people. Now, that was just a really quick glimpse, so maybe it will look much better on the big screen, or perhaps the effects weren't finished. I'll hope so. On the other hand, some of the space scenes looked great, and I am very happy to see that the costume looks MUCH more like the comic version that the concept shots we've seen.
Quote from: JeyNyce on November 13, 2010, 02:59:48 PM
He looks good, but I notice most of the scenes he's not wearing his mask. I hope it won't be like Spidey 2 every 10 mins he's taken off his mask.
That is a problem with movies... unless you are Ron Pearlman (who you can recognize encased in a slab of concrete) you will want to do a lot of no mask time for the sake of your career and popularity. You know that "no mask time" is probably negotiated into contracts too.
That said I kind of go to movies for the "alter ego" moments, they seem to do those better than comics do.
Btw anyone surprised to see the corps? They are bitting off a lot more than they really have to with that, and I respect it. If I adapted the film I would certainly leave the offworld stuff for a sequel.
The CGI uniform does look pretty terrible, but I'm willing to put up with a movie that doesn't look quite as good as it should if the movie itself is any good.
By the way, from what the directors and producers and such have said the overly artificial look may be partially on purpose as they said they wanted the costume to look like it was generated by the ring. This may be a case where realism should take a backseat, to making the costume look good, though.
Movie versions of my favorite heroes always leave me somewhat peevish. I would rather watch movies about heroes that I have little or no emotional involvement. Green Lantern is high on the list of my favorites in spite of the fact that he probably has one of the worst comic book histories as far major characters go. I think I will wait for Netflix for this one.
Official Green Lantern Trailer (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/greenlantern/)
There's something about it I don't like......maybe it's the costume. It looks like he have spandex on and they CGI over it.
Eh. Not impressed, but not filled with doubt either. I'm not really sold on Ryan as Hal, unfortunately. I have enormous respect for him (and I think he'll end up as a fantastic Deadpool if/when that one comes out) but he doesn't feel like Hal at all to me. At the same time though, I'm loving the designs and graphics, and there are aspects about the story they showcased that do appeal to me.
So yeah, I'll be happy to see it, at least. I don't see it being as eh as Wolverine or as bad as X3, but it's not exactly TDK or Iron Man 1/2 material either.
I hear the name Hal Jordan, but it just feels more like Kyle Raynor.
Wow. I normally quite like Blake Lively, but could she be any more wooden in this?
Rest of the trailer looks good though.
Looks cool. Needs white gloves tho.
QuoteIt looks like he have spandex on and they CGI over it.
That's basically what they did. Reynolds never actually wore a Green Lantern outfit.
Quote from: RTTingle on November 17, 2010, 03:52:50 AM
I hear the name Hal Jordan, but it just feels more like Kyle Raynor.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS!! I feel the same way!!
Eh, I don't see Kyle personally, I see Guy if anything (and a watered down version at that).
The trailer looks decent. I'm still not sold on the costume, but I'm glad they haven't gone the route of most comic book movies and scrubbed out the sci fi alien stuff, although that would certainly be a bit hard to do. Still, they didn't have to bring in OA and the full corps, which they did. The alien and space FX are very impressive and look quite good. Overall, I have hopes for this film. It may not be quite as good as Spiderman or Iron Man, but as long as it's decently well done, it will be far better than any other recent DC movies that didn't feature a man in a bat costume.
I D/L'ed QuickTime just to watch that trailer. Didn't want to.
But I think it was worth it.
people on other sites are going insane on the weak cgi, but they film is still 7 months away so i'll leave it at that
i can see where people are coming on the hal thing but hasn't he always been a cocky SOB, yeah maybe not crack jokes funny like reynods but it could work.
i just want to know who is voicing killowog
See, I noticed the CGI too, but to me it feels more like some scenes they used just weren't done yet (that one at the end being the most glaring) because you definitely had great CGI in certain parts of that trailer. Reminds me of one of the early Spiderman 3 trailers, which featured Peter trying to rip the symbiote off... they threw it in despite none of the CGI being complete, so it just looked like Tobey ripping his costume off. It came out fine in the end, it just looked goofy in the one trailer.
Here is my take on it.
The only place where the CGI was that distracting was where he put the suit on. I can deal with the rest. However, that bit in the apartment where he is showing the suit to his friend looked like it needed some work.
As for Hal, I'll go with it. It seems everyone complaining about the depiction wants to see Hal after he's had the ring for a while but not see him before the ring. More importantly, they don't want to see him becoming the man he eventually becomes. As an added note, there is a scene in there that DIRECTLY hints at Parallax being in one of the sequels and at the reason for the yellow impurity that the ring originally had.
As for Reynolds, I've had the opportunity to watch him work on set two days now. He's does seem to take stuff seriously on set. I suspect if the script is good then Reynolds will do everything he can to deliver. He gets the fan base for Deadpool and for Green Lantern, I think. And more than that, he seems willing to embrace it. I actually walked away with more respect for Reynolds than I had going in. (That probably sounds worse than I mean it.)
(Oh, and the film is called The Change Up and I am an extra in two scenes.)
Yeah the suit CGI kinda looks strange, but maybe it looks different in 3D...the way it's meant to be viewed. haha!
And now that the actor playing GL is the sexiest man alive....I just gotta see this movie!
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on November 18, 2010, 04:40:21 AM
As for Hal, I'll go with it. It seems everyone complaining about the depiction wants to see Hal after he's had the ring for a while but not see him before the ring. More importantly, they don't want to see him becoming the man he eventually becomes.
I totally agree with this. This is Hal before the ring not after he's had it awhile. Everything is new to him, the aliens, OA, everything.
Quote from: RTTingle on November 17, 2010, 03:52:50 AM
I hear the name Hal Jordan, but it just feels more like Kyle Raynor.
And why not?
Kyle's story is about a normal guy who suddenly finds himself in possession of a "magic ring" that can do nearly anything the wearer can imagine, if his willpower is strong enough. Unlike Hal's original debut, DC had the luxury of being able to explore that idea with Kyle and work through it. In more recent memory, Hal in the comics has been through the wringer... he's had to wrestle with his weaknesses in ways that had never occurred earlier in his history, and he's come out the better for it.
Why wouldn't they draw on some of those ideas when Hal is being reintroduced to a modern audience?
They can do that and still leave room for Hal's personality. If they do it right, we'll get the awesome chance to watch Hal being forged into the Greatest Green Lantern.
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on November 18, 2010, 04:40:21 AM
As an added note, there is a scene in there that DIRECTLY hints at Parallax being in one of the sequels and at the reason for the yellow impurity that the ring originally had.
Actually, the plot synopsis at the bottom of the site that the trailer is posted on mentions Parallax directly.
Quote from: docdelorean88 on November 18, 2010, 10:20:16 PM
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on November 18, 2010, 04:40:21 AM
As an added note, there is a scene in there that DIRECTLY hints at Parallax being in one of the sequels and at the reason for the yellow impurity that the ring originally had.
Actually, the plot synopsis at the bottom of the site that the trailer is posted on mentions Parallax directly.
but the plot synopsis doesn't play in the theater. my point is that it foreshadows Parallax directly if you are a fan of the character and watching in the theater.
I think he means that the synopsis calls parallax the main villain of the movie.
Has there ever been any connection between Green Lanterns and the current global push for green...everything? Now Green Lantern sounds like a clean burning, environmentally friendly light.
Seems fun at least.
The problem is they want to put waaay too much stuff into it: the origin, the corps, sinestro, hammond, parallax etc.
Its not necessarily a bad thing though, we shall see.
Quote from: bat1987 on November 19, 2010, 11:54:18 AM
Seems fun at least.
The problem is they want to put waaay too much stuff into it: the origin, the corps, sinestro, hammond, parallax etc.
Its not necessarily a bad thing though, we shall see.
Haven't seen the plot synopsis, actually. You see Hammond and Sinestro in the trailer, as well as the Corps, so those are no surprise.
Sinestro doesn't have to be the bad guy in this first movie, could they simply be setting him up for later?
Besides, the Corps and Sinestro are really part of his origin so it's natural for them to be included. (Wasn't Sinestro retconned in as Hal's trainer?)
I must say, I'm not a huge GL fan and I originally didn't have a lot of interest in this movie but after seeing the trailer I'm actually starting to get excited about this.
Quote from: BlueBard on November 19, 2010, 02:02:12 PM
Quote from: bat1987 on November 19, 2010, 11:54:18 AM
Seems fun at least.
The problem is they want to put waaay too much stuff into it: the origin, the corps, sinestro, hammond, parallax etc.
Its not necessarily a bad thing though, we shall see.
Haven't seen the plot synopsis, actually. You see Hammond and Sinestro in the trailer, as well as the Corps, so those are no surprise.
Sinestro doesn't have to be the bad guy in this first movie, could they simply be setting him up for later?
Besides, the Corps and Sinestro are really part of his origin so it's natural for them to be included. (Wasn't Sinestro retconned in as Hal's trainer?)
I must say, I'm not a huge GL fan and I originally didn't have a lot of interest in this movie but after seeing the trailer I'm actually starting to get excited about this.
It's been stated that Sinestro is not a villain in the first one. From what I have heard, he has some sort of "downfall" in this film that leads him to becoming the villain we are all familiar with. I'm guessing that Parallax is teased but not confronted though it could be easy to slide him in somehow. I have also heard there are seeds planted for Blake Lively to become Star Sapphire. But Hector Hammond is the primary villain for the first movie.
As for the GL Corp. I think it's absolutely necessary to include them in SOME capacity. It shows how big of a deal being a Green Lantern is over the course of several worlds.
I saw the trailer in theatres last night. Looks pretty good on the big screen! The only odd point is that scene where hes showing his friend and stretching, but it doesn't look bad. :)
Yeah, it does look better in the theaters
The CGI and costumes in a few parts is what's making me so excited for this movie. Also that it just looks epic. I hope a good bit of it is on alien planets because these are the best looking aliens, like ever. Did you think Abin Sur, Kilowog, etc. were going to be so true to the comics AND look so awesome? They could have taken some "visible penis is kinda uncool" liberties with the costume vs. it's made out of powers liberties but I'm not sure the CGI is done on that since it looks worse than some of the coolest parts of the trailer:
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These frames should make any GL fan in the world excited. Or anyone really.
Also "there's water in the tap" is a funny line. And RR is so likable. I'm pretty pumped. It seems like a very full-assed film, unlike Wolverine or Ghost Rider types. It also seems to be covering a lot, so I hope it's pretty long, like 2.5 hours without getting boring.
Guys, I wanted to point something out here right fast.
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to work in the art department on a movie with actor Doug Jones. (Who played Abe in Hellboy 2 and a bunch of other stuff you all know). That film should not be discussed in much detail here because of the subject matter but it's quite a remarkable and well done film. Doug's work in it is brilliant. I mention this for a reason.
I got to see two cuts of the movie. The first cut I saw was actually a second rough cut. It was made after the trailer was created after the first rough cut if not from some raw footage. Anyways, that rough cut had some noticeable CGI issues and colorization issues. Those of us who saw the cut knew that going in, though. The second cut I saw was the final cut shown at the premiere and watched with the audience. If you hadn't known certain bits were CGI then you'd never know that this bit or that big had been CGI.
The point here is this. There are going to be some elements that we can tell are CGI. A lot of that is just going to be from the fact that we were told going in that this or that was going to be CGI. That said, if the CGI is good then it's not going to be all that noticeable most likely up on the big screen. Of course, there always could be some poor shots like in Superman Returns with the bullet nearing the eye, but let's hope not. If the worse CGI in the film is the scene where Hal is showing his "uniform" or GL suit to Thomas then we should honestly be thankful that is it. Because it could be a lot worse.
I sit there and look at those two screen shots and I don't really think the suits look all that bad on either of them. They look pretty sweet in fact. Especially considering they are CGI.