Green Lantern Review Thread (Spoilers)

[detective392]

It's not real it's a photoshopped picture of robin from the batman and robin movie.

[GreenScar]

Isn't that Clooney's chin?

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by detective392

It's not real it's a photoshopped picture of robin from the batman and robin movie.

Actually it's batman. Check the mask and chin. That's clooney.

[GreenScar]

The picture on the right does look pretty cool though

[PH3AR]

I had my doubts at first, but it looks like it could turn out to be a fine movie!

[Diesel]

If they are going to make an April Fool's joke....at least do a GOOD photoshop please. I mean, is effort really too much to ask for?


On the subject of the suit though, I hope it looks more like the one from First Flight than say the one from Justice League.

[Diesel]

Abin Sur's space ship?

[Kryptonic]

Definite photoshop. It looks like the Batman Forever robin suit.

[vegeta88]

That ship looks pretty cool but the round stuff near the blue light looks crazy! Can't wait to see what it will eventualy look like.

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Mark Strong on Sinestro in Green Lantern

"For anybody who's familiar with the Green Lantern and the origin story, the film closely follows the early comics," Strong said. "Sinestro starts out as Hal Jordan's mentor, slightly suspicious and not sure of him because obviously Hal is the first human being who's made into a Green Lantern. He's certainly very strict and certainly unsure of the wisdom of Hal becoming a Green Lantern."

Strong added that "[Sinestro] is a military guy but isn't immediately bad. It's the kind of person he is that lends himself to becoming bad over the course of the comics being written, but initially he's quite a heroic figure."

The actor said that the costume and other aspects of the character closely follow the character's early days. "That widow's peak and thin mustache was for some reason originally based on David Niven, and Hal Jordan was based on Errol Flynn," said Strong, who recently got fitted for special Sinestro contact lenses.

"In the '30s and '40s, they shared an apartment together in Hollywood when they were making movies and they were great friends. Obviously at the time, whoever was doing the original comics must have looked at them as guys doing very well in the film industry, and based those characters on them. So I would like to do justice to the Sinestro that was conceived for the comic books."

Opening in 3D and 2D theaters on June 17, the Martin Campbell-directed comic book adaptation stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Robbins, Strong, Taika Waititi, Temuera Morrison, Angela Bassett and Jay O. Sanders.

Is Sinestro's skin going to be red like the comic books? I wonder how they're going to pull that off.

[JTStarkiller]

Shouldn't be too difficult. Just some simple skin paint or something, and it's really only his head that is showing anyway. Maybe his hands too.

[Diesel]

Last week, the Green Lantern film crew moved the production to the University of New Orleans (UNO) Science Building, located on Founders Ave in New Orleans, LA. Though the majority of filming that took place were for interior scenes, the movie crew had local law enforcement and private security block off the entire building's perimeter from a few blocks away.

Thanks to CBM scooper Sean Brewington, who managed to snap these pictures before being noticed by studio security, we can at least get a peak of the exterior of the closed set:

If you look closely at the crane in the first picture, you can see the artificial 'rain' being used for the scene.

Where does this location fit into the Green Lantern film?

[Show spoiler]The UNO Science Building fits perfectly as the backdrop for Hector Hammond's introductory scene as well as the laboratory where a certain GL induced accident happens to him. . . Get ready to see Peter Sarsgaard with a big freakin' head.

Well that explains all the police cars I saw blocking off streets, as I was less than a mile from there when I went last week.

[GreenScar]

Jason Palmer is a comic artist who specializes in artwork from the movie Serenity (and the TV series Firefly it was based off of). Last week, he posted the following message to his Deviant Art journal:

Hello all,

"Been busy with, among other things, two movies each based on DC comic characters (one has a scar, one has a ring) I'll share with you when I can. I've also done prints for recent shows. This weekend I'll be in Seattle at the Emerald City Comicon. Stop by my booth #1110 and if you like pick up a copy of the exclusive print I've done for the show!

I'll also be at Wonder Con in San Francisco April 2-4 where I should finally have the River vs. Reavers print!

-Jason"

If what he says is viable, the only two DC comic based films that fit the description are Jonah Hex, starring Josh Brolin and Megan Fox, and Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds. Johan Rex is scheduled for a summer release this year while Green Lantern is currently filming in New Orleans, LA.


Jason also uploaded this artwork and caption to his site:

"I did some work for the upcoming Green Lantern movie. I can't show the submitted art, but this is some extra art I did as a cover to the submission pdf, but was strangely not included in the submission. Oh well. For this art, I didn't use costume designs or Reynolds ref that was provided by WB, so I can share it with you.

[zahinn]

I like the white gloves. However, it needs to be modernized a little.

[GreenScar]

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't let this get posted if it were accurate. Still pretty good rendition.

[Diesel]

Something like this is the best option imo:






Go the Batman route, no tights, armor (or armor-like)

[Clark Kent]

Please no armor...Green Lantern has always had a bright, colorful costume. The ring provides the costume, and responds to the thoughts of the ring-bearer. Why would Hal Jordan wear armor when the ring always projects a force-field around him?

[Diesel]

Because live action tights look stupid.


He doesn't need it to protect him obviously.

That wasn't my point.

It would look infinitely better than tights like in the comics/cartoons.


The look of the costume in First Flight is great for a basis.

[GreenScar]

Could work. Worked for Spider-man and Superman

[Diesel]

Yea, it can work as long as its done right.

But I've just never been a big fan of the 'tights' costumes.


The black Spider-Man costume being the exception