Jack Black to play Green Lantern
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Jack Black signs on to play Green Lantern in a "zany" action comedy in the vein of "The Mask."
As a fan of Green Lantern, I have to say this sounds like a terrible mistake. An interesting character and excellent concept for super powers will be presented as an obnoxious moron buoyed by crappy CGI.
Or am I just being pessimistic?
Jack Black signs on to play Green Lantern in a "zany" action comedy in the vein of "The Mask."
As a fan of Green Lantern, I have to say this sounds like a terrible mistake. An interesting character and excellent concept for super powers will be presented as an obnoxious moron buoyed by crappy CGI.
Or am I just being pessimistic?
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Originally posted by Gizzmonic
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Jack Black signs on to play Green Lantern in a "zany" action comedy in the vein of "The Mask."
As a fan of Green Lantern, I have to say this sounds like a terrible mistake. An interesting character and excellent concept for super powers will be presented as an obnoxious moron buoyed by crappy CGI.
Or am I just being pessimistic?
This is kind of bad news as I've always thought of Green Lantern as the most interesting of the super hero types. I've always wondered why they didn't make a movie about Green Lantern so I hope this isn't stupid.
The Power Ring + today's CGI: so many possibilities!
"...beware my power: Green Lantern's light!" has the potential to send even more chills up my geek-spine than "Go get 'em Tiger!" did.
J
Edit by Fran441: Language edit.
btu geez, the green lantern thing could be done in a trilogy very well, with hal jordan being the first lantern, his fall, and then guy gardner and kyle rayner.
well, anyway....
Originally posted by rok
btu geez, the green lantern thing could be done in a trilogy very well, with hal jordan being the first lantern, his fall, and then guy gardner and kyle rayner.
I hadn't thought about that (I'm a Hal guy all the way) but it'd be a really cool way to do it.
3 movies with 3 very different protagonists-sweet.
I was thinking it would be neat to make it an almost GL war movie, where the whole Green Lantern Corps team up to fight an intergalactic army of some sort.
Either of those ideas would set it apart from the other superhero movies.
J
Originally posted by Gizzmonic
presented as an obnoxious moron
I didn't follow The Green Lantern religiously, but there were so many of them (I remember picking up an issue of "Green Lanter Corps" a few decades ago), I'm guessing a few of them were probably obnoxious.
How about this:
1. Abin Sur recruits Hal, Guy (still in a coma), and John from Earth along with countless other prospects as he travels the galaxy recruiting.
2. On the way back to Oa (GL base planet) he is killed by a mysterious storm (later revealed to be Sinestro, the rogue GL).
3. Hal takes the ring and uses it to repair Abin Sur's ship just in the nick of time.
4. Guy is awakened from his coma by the Guardians (GL bosses, like blue Yodas) and he tries to beat up everything in sight. Guardians are seen as aloof holier-than-thou jerks.
5. Hal and Guy are given to Kilowog for training, John to Katma Tui.
6. Big showdown at the end where Legion, the Qwardians, and Sinestro fight the GL Corps. Hal takes all the GL power from the battery to defeat Legion; Sinestro, Katma Tui killed.
7. Hal berated by Guardians, then offered Katma Tui's position as GL trainer...end
Could set up a trilogy where the second is Hal taking all the GL power, Guy quitting the corps and getting the yellow ring, and John becoming the last Guardian...setting the 3rd movie for a Corps reunion maybe featuring Kyle, whaddya think?
Of course all the stuff we're throwing around here is probably a little much for non-comic reading moviegoers to get their minds around, but screw them, right?
On a super-hero sidenote:
Is anyone else here playing the new Spider-Man 2 video game? It rules! The mission mode is fun, but the best thing is web-slinging (which they got perfect) around New York City in the open-ended Grand Theft Auto style solving random crimes. So addictive!
J
That's the only GL character I'd trust him with.