Topic: Green Lantern (Read 19809 times)

blanktom · « **on:** 17 Nov 2010, 13:59 »

So guys, the trailer is up!

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/greenlantern/

I think it looks awesome, but I have a reasonably limited knowledge of the Green Lantern franchise. I like how comical Hammond looks, but I'm not entirely sure about Peter Saarsgard in the role. That trailer doesn't give a lot away about how he'll play it though, I guess.

Tom · « **Reply #1 on:** 17 Nov 2010, 16:17 »

The costume makes me a little ill.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #2 on:** 17 Nov 2010, 16:22 »

director and/or some other idiot:
"here's an idea: instead of putting Mr. Reynolds in a fancy suit and using some mild CG on it, let's make a full CGI image of him that looks even skinnier than Christian Bale in The Machinist, and use that instead of the real, physical Ryan Reynolds!"

execubots:
"Yes, that will disgust and unsettle the humans. mwuhahaha"

Tom · « **Reply #3 on:** 17 Nov 2010, 17:16 »

Would this really look worse?

No it wouldn't, it's a ring not a witchblade.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #4 on:** 17 Nov 2010, 17:35 »

It definitely looks like they're trying to emulate the tone of the Iron Man movies. I know next to nothing about Green Lantern or DC comics in general so I don't know how well that will play. Looks kinda neat though.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #5 on:** 17 Nov 2010, 17:40 »

I just really want Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, and that's pretty much all.

I will accept no substitutes*

*unless I have to

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #6 on:** 17 Nov 2010, 17:45 »

I always saw Ryan Reynolds as a Wally West Flash, I don't really see Hal being all jokey like Reynolds usually is.

jimbunny · « **Reply #7 on:** 18 Nov 2010, 07:42 »

I wonder if there were any worse lines of dialogue they could have put into that trailer.

valley_parade · « **Reply #8 on:** 18 Nov 2010, 12:31 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 17 Nov 2010, 16:22

execubots:
BUT WILL IT PLAY IN PEORIA.

hack · « **Reply #9 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 18:50 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 17 Nov 2010, 17:40

I just really want Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, and that's pretty much all.

I will accept no substitutes*

*unless I have to

this +1.

Hairy Joe Bob · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 18:56 »

I think it looks really crap, this. And the trailer I saw there were shades of Iron Man, only not good like Iron Man.

JD · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 20:32 »

Would've prefered black green lantern

Tom · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 21:05 »

Quote from: Hairy Joe Bob on 21 Nov 2010, 18:56

I think it looks really crap, this. And the trailer I saw there were shades of Iron Man, only not good like Iron Man.

It looks immateur. The trailer stinks of incompetence.

SirJuggles · « **Reply #13 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 21:35 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 17 Nov 2010, 17:45

I always saw Ryan Reynolds as a Wally West Flash, I don't really see Hal being all jokey like Reynolds usually is.

I'm really not up on comic characters in general, but I agree. I feel like if they want to do it with the comic-relief element they should have gone with The Flash. The humor element is a lot more central to his character and I feel like it could make for a better movie that stays truer to the source.

LeeC · « **Reply #14 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 22:12 »

Well the trailer sold me, I'll check this out.

LeeC · « **Reply #15 on:** 21 Nov 2010, 22:37 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 21 Nov 2010, 20:32

Would've prefered black green lantern

to be honest when I think of green lantern I do think of him, mainly because of the justice league cartoons.

His name is John Stewart

Lines · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 Nov 2010, 05:53 »

I saw the trailer yesterday before HP and mostly I was confused because I thought he was just going to be Deadpool. I really want him to just be Deadpool. (Also I know next to nothing about Green Lantern, so yeah.)

Ozymandias · « **Reply #17 on:** 22 Nov 2010, 08:04 »

Quote from: LeeC on 21 Nov 2010, 22:37

Quote from: Zombiedude on 21 Nov 2010, 20:32
Would've prefered black green lantern
to be honest when I think of green lantern I do think of him, mainly because of the justice league cartoons.

His name is John Stewart

Him name is hopkin green lantern

Coco · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Nov 2010, 13:58 »

I'm withholding judgment. Hal does start out a bit like Tony Stark - alcohol. Green Lanterns are defined by their strength of will, and this often equates to overconfidence. I agree I had hoped to see Ryan Reynolds as either Deadpool or Wally West Flash.
I am just a little disappointed that they decided to do the origin story. Comic book origin movies have been done to death, and Hal Jordan's arc gets very dark and interesting. Maybe I'll just have to hope for sequels.

LeeC · « **Reply #19 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 04:49 »

Quote from: Ozymandias on 22 Nov 2010, 08:04

Quote from: LeeC on 21 Nov 2010, 22:37
Quote from: Zombiedude on 21 Nov 2010, 20:32
Would've prefered black green lantern
to be honest when I think of green lantern I do think of him, mainly because of the justice league cartoons.

His name is John Stewart

Him name is hopkin green lantern

?huh?

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #20 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 16:25 »

According to my local comic book guy there's a website that collects all the facebook updates and tweets that ask, "Why isn't there a black man in Green Lantern?"

neomang5 · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Dec 2010, 19:19 »

I had pretty much lost hope for this movie around the time they announced Ryan Reynolds as Hal. I don't mean to sound rude but I sort of can't stand Ryan Reynolds. Partly because he reminds me Dane Cook (who I loathe) if he took a fucking shower, and partly because I haven't ever really liked any character he has played. I always thought Nathan Fillion would have been a perfect Hal Jordan, and saw no reason he wasn't considered for the part. The trailer just served to confirm all my fears about the movie and add in some new ones. Seriously, I can't for the life of me think of why they chose Hector goddamn Hammond for the villain. He is about as lame as GL villains get, and doesn't really help set up the real villain, Sinestro. Also, hearing him say "The one thing Green Lanterns are is fearless, and that's not me" made me sad inside. They're turning Hal Jordan who is about as fearless and strong-willed of a character as has ever existed into a blubbering pussy, and that's just not okay. DC needs to get their shit together with every franchise besides Batman and start making some good movies for a change. They have the capability to put out a much better product (if you've seen the animated movies of late, you understand how excellent they are) but sit there and fester in what was cool rather than making what will be cool.

tl;dr : The movie sucks and DC sucks for making it.

tHEfOOL · « **Reply #22 on:** 02 Dec 2010, 20:04 »

i saw a much better trailer over a year ago mad by some green lantern fan out of a whole bunch of movies:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1912362

Cammy · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 Dec 2010, 07:49 »

Bottom-line is all we've seen so far is the trailer. Is it in every fans nature to predict the apocalypse when viewing a single trailer? Absolutely. It's fun to speculate the worse in everything, especially when the character that we know might not be represented in the same light how we remember him when growing up.

I myself am a huge fan of Hal Jordan. I have faith in this movie because Geoff Johns (current comic writer for Green Lantern) is on board with the project, and I follow the saying "In Geoff Johns we trust".

I'll reserve any negative judgements until after I've seen the movie. As for fans being furious that John Stewart isn't the Green Lantern, it makes me laugh. Any quick Google search will show you he was no where close to being the original. That one is DC's fault because of the JLU cartoons.

neomang5 · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 Dec 2010, 09:12 »

Trailers can teach us a great deal about a movie though. The trailer for RED made it very clear that I should not expect a movie that was faithful to the comic, but an action comedy with an A-list cast. That helped me enjoy the movie more (though I still wouldn't watch it again). This trailer has told me all the things I was worried about may well be coming to fruition as far as this movie goes, and my love for Geoff Johns's work is not really strong enough to offset the poor characterization and stylistic choices I can already see coming. It's a heads up, to me at least, that I will probably not like this movie and should not get excited.

Cammy · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 Dec 2010, 10:37 »

Who knows? If you go into it with no ethusiasm, it might be easier to catch you off-guard and blow your mind during certain scenes!

neomang5 · « **Reply #26 on:** 04 Dec 2010, 22:39 »

See, I took that attitude going into Dragonball: Evolution, and I still have to drink to forget sometimes.

DavidGrohl · « **Reply #27 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 06:01 »

Quote from: neomang5 on 04 Dec 2010, 22:39

See, I took that attitude going into Dragonball: Evolution, and I still have to drink to forget sometimes.

Which is why they're doing a remake! (with the same actors

)

JD · « **Reply #28 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 06:49 »

hahaha really?

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #29 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 12:49 »

I remember for the longest time I kept hearing rumors that DC was going to do a funny Green Lantern movie, casting someone like Jack Black to be a slacker that some how gets a hold of the ring and then has to save the galaxy or something.

I really wanted to see that, even if it included Jack Black in skin tight spandex

tHEfOOL · « **Reply #30 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 16:36 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 13 Dec 2010, 12:49

I really wanted to see that, even if it included Jack Black in skin tight spandex

oh god i would prolly have to poke out my eyes after that, no matter how funny it was

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #31 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 23:14 »

Y'all fags, movie looks swag as fucc

Cammy · « **Reply #32 on:** 15 Dec 2010, 08:29 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 13 Dec 2010, 12:49

I remember for the longest time I kept hearing rumors that DC was going to do a funny Green Lantern movie, casting someone like Jack Black to be a slacker that some how gets a hold of the ring and then has to save the galaxy or something.

I really wanted to see that, even if it included Jack Black in skin tight spandex

I distinctly remember signing that online petition for that movie to never be made.

neomang5 · « **Reply #33 on:** 15 Dec 2010, 22:49 »

I don't fucking blame you, that movie sounds dumb. I'm fucking tired of Jack Black. Dude is just not that funny anymore.

LeeC · « **Reply #34 on:** 15 Dec 2010, 23:57 »

his highest point was when he ate those mushrooms and became a baby Sasquatch.

Elysiana · « **Reply #35 on:** 16 Dec 2010, 12:08 »

Quote from: neomang5 on 15 Dec 2010, 22:49

I don't fucking blame you, that movie sounds dumb. I'm fucking tired of Jack Black. Dude is just not that funny anymore.

To me it seems like everything he does anymore is just "I'm so SILLY! Look how SILLY I am, isn't that hilarious?!" Then again, I've never been a fan.

The trailer for Green Lantern reminded me too much of the immense ball of corny that was The Fantastic Four. I think I'll pass. But - Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool plzkthx.

neomang5 · « **Reply #36 on:** 17 Dec 2010, 12:13 »

I like Jack Black's earlier stuff, like he was pretty funny back in the days of like High Fidelity, and he does pretty good non-movie stuff, but takes the worst goddamn film roles (Tropic Thunder nonwithstanding). It's disappointing.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #37 on:** 17 Dec 2010, 17:11 »

I'M TALKING TO YOU NACHO LIBRE

NICOAGRANDE · « **Reply #38 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 10:28 »

The reason ya'll want a Black Green Lantern is because Black Super Heroes are always superior and usually have more emotional strength... not to mention you can't really do Green Lantern without an origin story. Haven't ya'll realized yet? We're too stupid to not have origin stories... we all have Wikipedia and all that, but we need origin stories to spark our interest because we like seeing the fumbling and failing and mess-ups of super humans. That's why comic book writers kill so many heroes these days.

Superman.
Spider Man.
Batman.

All of them have died... not to mention the lesser heroes that no one likes and despises (Wolverine, Jean Gray, basically every X-man and X-men villain).

They should just make movie theatre musicals of every super hero movie a la RENT but minus HIV/AIDs. We're that dumb, we need that much inspiration. We need more men in wigs and santa outfits singing about killing dogs and somehow make it as dark as Joker killing Robin with a steel pipe and then somehow give Batman enough STD's that we want him to fail and then make him win.

We won't be happy until super heroes are the last thing in the universe we like.

Long story short... we're obsessed with them, we love them, we need them and we're secretly all pissed Moonknight and Nova and Blue Beetle don't go around fighting crime in our cities and have awesome villains like Venom and Skrulls (which are awesome and if you have to fight me on this, you won't win) and Clayface.

So just get over your psuedo-hipster anti (this movie sucks) psychology.

Shoryuken

- NICO ANOTNIO GRANDE

David_Dovey · « **Reply #39 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 11:26 »

You're adorable

Tom · « **Reply #40 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 11:34 »

Oh, a gnome. Can we keep it?

benji · « **Reply #41 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 17:29 »

Only if you clean up after it and walk it every day.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #42 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 19:51 »

Sure, you say you want it now, but what about in 6 months when it isn't cute anymore? Then all the other forumites will want their own and it'll just turn into a big mess, I'll have to start taking care of it and feeding it; This isn't even mentioning the medical expenses.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #43 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 05:38 »

You forget, we can always take that long drive into the country, push it out of the vehicle and keep on driving. No harm ever came from that, right?

J · « **Reply #44 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 06:05 »

they say the sewers are full of ones that got flushed down the toilet when they stopped being cute

Method of Madness · « **Reply #45 on:** 17 Mar 2011, 12:48 »

Quote from: NICOAGRANDE on 13 Feb 2011, 10:28

super hero movie a la RENT but minus HIV/AIDs

But there's a hero inside of all of us...I'll make them see everyone has AIDS!

Johnny C · « **Reply #46 on:** 17 Mar 2011, 16:28 »

bring back nicogrande imo

LeeC · « **Reply #47 on:** 17 Jun 2011, 13:33 »

well moviebob didnt like the movie, in fact he was pretty pissed about it.

KvP · « **Reply #48 on:** 17 Jun 2011, 14:13 »

People listen to Moviebob huh

Method of Madness · « **Reply #49 on:** 17 Jun 2011, 15:44 »

Being pissed implies he was surprised, and honestly...how could he be surprised?

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