i just saw this. i think it makes your "proaction" even stranger! i can see a fanboy flipping out over things they feel don't fit the character. but if that's not you, why are you so outspoken?
Exactly why I said: it looks like a bad film. Not just a bad comic book movie, but a bad film overall. I rate this in the same dislike category as 'Fast & Furious'-type movies or country music. It doesn't appeal to me. At all.
As far as being "outspoken" about this, how so? The fact that I've taken the time to come into the thread and voice my dislike about how they've cast it, and the fashion in which it's presented? I give this thread no more attention or voice in negativity than I do any movie thread where I have nothing but passionately positive things to say. It just so happens I'm in the minority on this one. So be it. But, it doesn't mean I'm standing outside theaters picketing and boycotting. Just means I calls'em like I sees'em.
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I'm okay with the character, but would honestly prefer Kyle if had to have anyone at all.
in that regard, as mxy pointed out, this is essentially kyle using hal's name. so, you're basically getting what you'd prefer
No, I'm not. I'm getting Ryan Reynolds as he attempts to mimic Robert Downey Jr, and spout vapid one-liners (theoretically, as you point out, depending on how they edit the film). The Reynolds character and Kyle Rayner bear absolutely no resemblance to each other, except they're both young white guys who get a GL ring (although isn't Kyle Latino these days?)
So, really, you're not getting either Hal or Kyle. Thus, at least one of my points about the film.
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Meanwhile, it doesn't look like a good film to me. It looks exactly like the kind of glossy, spandex-laden over-CGI-ed silliness that I was hoping films like The Dark Knight would have moved us away from. But, hell, this is from the SAME company that gave us TDK.
i guess i just don't see the need for every film to be TDK. that was a heavy mother fucking film. it's a nearly exhausting 3 hours of dark opera. but batman's character is (or at least can be) a grim and gritty, dark and dirty type of persona, so that was a specific, catered fit. 99% of other characters (and i'd include GL in that pile) don't warrant that type. they're lighter, more "comic book"ish. for all the flack the fantastic four movies caught, i thought they were fine, because that's how silly the actual books are (most of the time). yes, there are the collection of us uber-nerds that have seen the 10 issues on record where comics are taken seriously - but in the great scheme of things, in the wide-spread history of the characters and their medium, they're not. just think about what got you into super heroes, and more than likely it was something like the super-friends.
And I suspected this would be the counter-argument against such a short inferential statement on my part. I, as always, support moderation of influence. In no way do I mean that GL should be as "dark" or "serious" as TDK. It shouldn't have the same themes, and should create its own identity, as it were. However, why not give the subject material the same attention to detail and dedication to realism? Why not at least attempt to give it a sincere eye for substance? Which leads to the next point...
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green lantern, alone, is about all-powerful smurfs, imagination jewelry, animal humanoid space police, a 1920s magician villain, and dozens of other ridiculous concepts. in all of the comic book world, GL might be the best example of "glossy, spandex-laden ... silliness". i wouldn't think that a misappropriation in cinematic form. and even with that said, i think this most recent trailer shows an effort being made to address folks like you, looking for a less-silly film.
Yes, yes, all superhero comics are "silly" in essence, if translated literally. And if this were twenty-years ago, I'd probably be excited about this level of comic book movie. But, it's 2011. We've had bigger, smarter, and better. If you're going to make something like Green Lantern into a movie, then the least they could do is not make it look like a Hollywood Conveyor Belt Marketing Cartoon.
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not that i'm trying to debate you into liking the movie... i guess i just don't understand why this seems to be such a ... well... a bug up your ass.
LOL@bug-up-ass reference, since it's about Green Lantern, and Parallax is a bug that crawled up Hal's ass. Also, you like Nintendo, Hulk Hogan, and Batman.
But, seriously, if anyone is reading any kind of more-than-normal hostility from me over this subject, you're simply reading me wrong. I'm down if people want to waste their time and money on this drivel. It's just too bad it will give Hollywood the impression they can churn out any level of comic book shit and the fans will lap it up...
