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I bet none of that is in the video game tie-in. I like that Parallax is now symbolized by giant yellow-tinged diarrhea... 
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I wonder if Tommy approves?
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I bet none of that is in the video game tie-in. I like that Parallax is now symbolized by giant yellow-tinged diarrhea... you have become statler to g-man's waldorf
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Parallax is. . . giant. . .diarrhea... that's the way I've always seen it.
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This movie better not have any space bugs!
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I just played the Wii movie tie-in game, and it sucked.
It's a 2d sidescroller using 3d models (2.5d?) and there's something with the controls that totally ruins the experience. I think it has to do with the fact that there's no such thing as a jump, you just press up and Hal automatically flies all over the place (he controls like a sluggish spaceship), and you walk when your feet touches the ground. You also get knocked around a lot, which makes you feel more like Ryan Reynolds than Green Lantern.
I have pretty low expectations with the mechanics involving their magic imagination rings, since I doubt it's workable in a video game right now, so I don't mind the very limited selection of constructs. I also don't mind the primitive graphics since it's the Wii we're talking about.
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Rotten Tomatos is savaging the thing, while CNN calls the reviews "mixed." Meanwhile, Fox is running a piece called " Reynolds: Worst Superhero?"  I may still go see it just because I decided to see every one of the big comic book movies this summer but I'm definitely starting to waiver on that vow.
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What?? Shock! Gasp! Impossible!! I mean, I've been saying that for pretty much the ENTIRE time. I bet Rob is going to be really pissed at CNN, Rotten Tomatoes, etc. 
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I think the important thing is that you are of the same mind as...Fox news
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" Let's get these pants off and fly some planes!"
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The New York Observer said the film was "a dumb, pointless, ugly, moronic and incomprehensible jumble of botched effects, technical blunders and cluttered chaos."  Observerman?
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Wow that is quite a difference on the tomatometer. 22% from reviewers, the theater goers gave it over 70%.
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That's what Lothar says daily in the men's locker room.
Minus the 'planes' bit. Bullshit! I always say the part about the planes. Doc is so excited to get his pants off that he doesn't hear everything I say.
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I don't care what critics say.I saw Green Lantern last night and it was awesome...I do wish they had spent more on fleshing out the corps and some more action with them,but otherwise,I was happy with it.Bring on the sequel baby!!!
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The New York Observer said the film was "a dumb, pointless, ugly, moronic and incomprehensible jumble of botched effects, technical blunders and cluttered chaos." impossible!! pro can't be right!! we spent too much time trying to prove him wrong!! nooooo! zod!!!
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the observer said it was poo. allan said it was good. their opinions, though opposing, are valid. because they've, you know, seen the movie. message boardily altering quotes and flagrant besmirching of zod will not change the fact that your "prospective" remains worthless.
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Green Lantern Poised to Shine at Box Office: they're reporting it's a hit and a franchise has been launched. Pro, what are the sequels like? Better or worse?
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SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM, 4TH UPDATE: Warner Bros' Green Lantern ($21.6M Friday, dropping -21% for $17.1M Saturday, and only a $53M weekend) underperforms, unable to meet even the studio's lowered expectation for North America.
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This was a fun movie. Screw anyone who didn't like it.
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I agree. I saw it shrooming at the midnight showing thursday and thought it was decent, entertaining at least. Honestly tho they could have made it a lot better. An extra half hour they could have shown a lot more of him getting the ring, time on Oa, training with Kilowog and the final fight with Parallax, and less of a romance. The final battle just ended way too quick. I liked how they did develop Hal as a character show his relationship with Carol, Tom, Hector, his family, and Dad. Not too many unnecessary Van Wilder-esqe jokes thrown in. Casting was good. Everyone pulled off their characters very convincingly. I was actually surprised how good Blake Lively did. Parallax could've been designed better or not done at all but it was legit. I just didn't like the whole floating fart cloud of skulls thing. CGI was pretty impressive. I felt like I was watching a Marvel movie and not a WB superhero movie the whole time. And they've definitely set up for a franchise. That final scene was sick.
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http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2011/06/restoring_under_god_to_the_gre.phpRestoring "Under God" to the Green Lantern Oath
Dear Warner Brothers and DC Comics:
I am writing as a concerned fan and parent, and not at all as some kind of smart ass satirist. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to see Green Lantern finally hit the big screen, and with Ryan Reynolds portraying Hal Jordan I think we can all be assured of a faithful adaptation of one of the most influential comics of all time.
However, I was disturbed to hear that the film version has omitted the phrase "Under God" from the famous Green Lantern pledge, and as big a fan as I am, and how much I dearly want to share this experience with my daughter, I'm not sure I can support Green Lantern unless the phrase is rightfully restored. I do not think that such a noble hero's solemn oath should be subject to censorship just because of political correctness.
Some may pretend otherwise, but the Green Lantern pledge, as I learned it, should read:
In brightest day or blackest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let all who worship evil's might
Beware my wrath... Under God... Green Lantern's light!
Now, I am well aware that the pledge that golden-age Lantern Alan Scott uttered was completely different to begin with, and that times do change. However, the pledge has been under attack from all sides by minority interests for decades.
First the pledge changed "blackest night" to "darkest night" under protest from African-Americans against a negative connotation to the word "black" (I am happy to see it restored to original form on the film's poster). Then, an entire new pledge was penned simply to accommodate Rot Lop Fan, whose alien species does not have the sense of sight. What will happen next?
Will ACLU lawyers representing imprisoned criminals demand the word "evil" be replaced with "those who suffer from malign hypercognitive disorder?" Will all but Satanists and Cthulhu Cultist be exempt from the justice meted out by the brave men and women of the Corp because they do not "worship evil?"
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In 1954, the United States government voted that "Under God" be used in the Pledge of Allegiance. As the Green Lantern Oath is clearly a pledge of allegiance, I feel that there can be no debate on this subject. When Michael Newdow filed suit in Sacramento challenging that the phrase constituted a violation of church and state, America saw that its faith was under attack.
Because of Newdow, there are a handful of public schools in California whose children are forbidden to mention God in their morning affirmation of their love of America. Such children need their heroes now more than ever, but apparently Green Lantern, who has successfully defended earth against so many interstellar threats, has no defense against activist judges and rampant secularists.
In closing, I would like to thank DC Comics and Warner Brothers for many years of wonderful stories. I have as much faith in the excellence of the Green Lantern film as I do in God Almighty. I would like you to ask yourselves, though, what lesson will we teach out children by leaving God out of the plot?
I, for one, refuse to believe that the Central Power Battery on the Lantern Corps' homeworld of Oa that each Lantern uses to recharge their power rings while reciting the oath can possibly be powered by anything other than the will of God. And how else would a man be able to overcome the being of ultimate fear, Parallax? Through simple humanity and willpower? I doubt that.
Green Lantern's power ring makes the imagination of the wearer into reality in the form of solid light constructs. Such a power cannot remain in the hands of humanity without acknowledging the rule of God. Failing to do so within the Lantern's solemn oath risks our children forgetting God's place in comic books.
Thank you for your time. I have the honor to remain...
Yours Truly,
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http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2011/06/restoring_under_god_to_the_gre.php Restoring "Under God" to the Green Lantern Oath
Dear Warner Brothers and DC Comics:
I am writing as a concerned fan and parent, and not at all as some kind of smart ass satirist. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to see Green Lantern finally hit the big screen, and with Ryan Reynolds portraying Hal Jordan I think we can all be assured of a faithful adaptation of one of the most influential comics of all time.
However, I was disturbed to hear that the film version has omitted the phrase "Under God" from the famous Green Lantern pledge, and as big a fan as I am, and how much I dearly want to share this experience with my daughter, I'm not sure I can support Green Lantern unless the phrase is rightfully restored. I do not think that such a noble hero's solemn oath should be subject to censorship just because of political correctness.
Some may pretend otherwise, but the Green Lantern pledge, as I learned it, should read:
In brightest day or blackest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let all who worship evil's might
Beware my wrath... Under God... Green Lantern's light!
Now, I am well aware that the pledge that golden-age Lantern Alan Scott uttered was completely different to begin with, and that times do change. However, the pledge has been under attack from all sides by minority interests for decades.
First the pledge changed "blackest night" to "darkest night" under protest from African-Americans against a negative connotation to the word "black" (I am happy to see it restored to original form on the film's poster). Then, an entire new pledge was penned simply to accommodate Rot Lop Fan, whose alien species does not have the sense of sight. What will happen next?
Will ACLU lawyers representing imprisoned criminals demand the word "evil" be replaced with "those who suffer from malign hypercognitive disorder?" Will all but Satanists and Cthulhu Cultist be exempt from the justice meted out by the brave men and women of the Corp because they do not "worship evil?"
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In 1954, the United States government voted that "Under God" be used in the Pledge of Allegiance. As the Green Lantern Oath is clearly a pledge of allegiance, I feel that there can be no debate on this subject. When Michael Newdow filed suit in Sacramento challenging that the phrase constituted a violation of church and state, America saw that its faith was under attack.
Because of Newdow, there are a handful of public schools in California whose children are forbidden to mention God in their morning affirmation of their love of America. Such children need their heroes now more than ever, but apparently Green Lantern, who has successfully defended earth against so many interstellar threats, has no defense against activist judges and rampant secularists.
In closing, I would like to thank DC Comics and Warner Brothers for many years of wonderful stories. I have as much faith in the excellence of the Green Lantern film as I do in God Almighty. I would like you to ask yourselves, though, what lesson will we teach out children by leaving God out of the plot?
I, for one, refuse to believe that the Central Power Battery on the Lantern Corps' homeworld of Oa that each Lantern uses to recharge their power rings while reciting the oath can possibly be powered by anything other than the will of God. And how else would a man be able to overcome the being of ultimate fear, Parallax? Through simple humanity and willpower? I doubt that.
Green Lantern's power ring makes the imagination of the wearer into reality in the form of solid light constructs. Such a power cannot remain in the hands of humanity without acknowledging the rule of God. Failing to do so within the Lantern's solemn oath risks our children forgetting God's place in comic books.
Thank you for your time. I have the honor to remain...
Yours Truly,
Jef With One F
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