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Do we have an issue for the start of Grant Morrison's involvement yet?
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I've got a question for the various GL fans... chief among them on here, no doubt is Andrew:
What's the breakdown on all the main Green Lanterns? What's each one's schtick or point of interest? I know all the names, but none of what makes them different from each other and why and how they took up the ring. Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz... I think Alan Scott, way in the beginning before Hal? Did I miss any of them?
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Guy Gardner: Ex-cop. Hot temper but strong will. Sometimes he reminds me of Logan in Marvel John Stewart: Ex-military & architect. Constructs seems more efficient/solid due to his architect background. Kyle Raynor: Artist. More imaginative constructs. Simon Baz: Lebanese-American. Was (unfairly) accused of terrorism when he first became a lantern. Didn't read much about him. Jessica Cruz: Didn't reach much about her. Allan Scott: He was the "first" green lantern, but he's not connected with the GLC. His powers are coming from magic (and not big green battery on OA) So if you like more colorful/hot temper, go with Hal & Guy. If you like more calm/thinking before acting, go with John & Kyle. |
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Hal Jordan: Most of what you've read about him is a lie. He's not a lady's man... for decades he basically went from one monogamous relationship to another, and he pined, whined and cried over all of them -- I know, I own them all. Also a pedo, who banged a twelve year-old girl who used a GL ring to make her body (not her mind) advance into adulthood. Geoff says Hal just makes boxing gloves and simple constructs because he just "does what needs to be done" and that's basically true. When Geoff came on he basically went down a long list of things he didn't like in Hal's past and one by one, retconned things to make him basically Maverick in Top Gun, which he never was, and with a penchant for acting "cool" and punching people a lot. He doesn't really have much character, when it comes down to it, and is sort of a blank slate. He was at his most interesting when he was a villain, a Dr. Doom-like character as Parallax, before Geoff retconned it to be a space fear parasite and Hal to be a great, upstanding (and boring) guy again.
Guy Gardner: Basically loveable brute with a heart of gold. He always charges in, does stupid things but he always endears himself. He's the first GL to wear a yellow ring (Sinestro's after he died, and long, long before Geoff made "the Sinestro Corps") and was wearing a Red one for a few years, basically leading the Red Lantern Corps. Now I have no idea what they're doing with him. They seem to like to completely change his powers every few years. Being an "ex cop" is a new thing, when Geoff junked his whole backstory of being a high school coach that no one was even complaining about. I used to dislike him but he grew on me over the years. John Stewart: Former architect and civil rights activist. His Marine military stuff was grafted on only a few years ago by Geoff "The Hackman" Johns because of what the old cartoon did with him, but it seems to be the only thing morons want to talk about nowadays. There's a ton more to him than that. He's the "straight man" to all the other GLs. He also became a Guardian once when he ate his own ring during "Mosaic." Every writer seems to write him completely differently and no one has a good handle on his character. Mostly writers just like to write him crying about how Xanshi got destroyed on his watch during "The Cosmic Odyssey." Kyle Rayner: Funny, creative, and all around most human GL. He's an everyman who likes to draw and date a lot of women. For 11 years (in our time) he was the ONLY Green Lantern and carried the torch solo. He also resurrected Hal Jordan, resurrected all of the Guardians, and restored the Central Power Battery, and restored Oa after Hal killed himself, made the Guardians kill themselves, and destroyed Oa. Best GL in my book by far. Grant Morrison did a lot with him in JLA in the late 90s, so I can't wait to see what Morrison is about to do in GL when he takes over shortly. He likes to smack around bad guys with anime stuff and giant mechs. He thrives on Earth but the past ten years, writers keep throwing him in big ensemble casts in deep space... which is weird. Most recently he stole Hal's girlfriend, Carol Ferris, which makes sense because Hal is a chump. Alan Scott: He's been around since WWII. Starheart (magic-based) powers. Was a mentor to Kyle and like the dad he never had. Family man with a wife, a son (Obsidian) and a daughter (Jade), he even gave Kyle his blessing to date Jade. Pretty cool guy. Then "Flashpoint" happened and Alan's back on Earth-2, now gay, with no children or wife (obviously). I think the idea is to reintroduce the JSA and the proper Alan Scott within the 8 year-long event with the Watchmen or whatever. Simon Baz: Geoff Johns SJW construct #1. Jessica Cruz: Geoff Johns SJW construct #2.
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How long was Hal Jordan Parallax? Which Green Lanterns was he in conflict with at the time?
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So to answer your question... he was in conflict with no Green Lanterns, because there were no Green Lanterns at that time. Just Kyle, whom Ganthet found in a panic and gave a ring (powered separately from the CPB) to in an alley. There was a lot of talk about GLs dying in space when Hal blew up the Central Power Battery but there was never any actual evidence of that... pretty much all of them were accounted for and alive when the Central Power Battery and GL Corps was restored in "Green Lantern Corps: Recharge" in 2005.
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Though Hal becoming Parallax almost did. The first drafts of the 2011 movie all had Hal becoming superpowered by entering the Central Power Battery at the end, and then noticing the temples of his hair turned white at the end (white temples was retroactively a sign of possession by Parallax in the comics). You can guess who nixed that.
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So, Andrew... who do you fault for the Green Lantern movie's problems? When I saw it, it wasn't terrible... not great, but definitely on par with some of the average MCU movies.
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Here is Krona: And here is Parallax: But they give us a midget (which Geoff made sure and retcon to emulate in the comics at the same time) and a space cloud. And then they merged them together in the first five minutes, lol OK, but beyond that, not a bad movie. Sinestro was perfect. Kilowog was perfect. Oa was great. Hector Hammond was pretty solid. GL costumes were fine by me. The way the powers looked seemed sound. So yeah. Not a great movie but hardly deserving anywhere near the level of hate it got. At some point it just became trendy to hate on it, like, "I hope this movie isn't as bad as the Green Lantern movie! LOL!!!" A second film could have adequately course corrected things and even dovetailed nicely with "Man of Steel." I generally don't assign Geoff much fault in this, though the finger can definitely be pointed at him as he had full veto power and was on set everyday. Mostly it seemed like a movie with an engine of people that didn't understand Green Lantern, and Geoff on the outside mostly trying to do what little he could at that point to sort of guide the ship correctly... while shoveling his own sh**.
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So who was the main guy or guys behind the Green Lantern comics before Geoff Johns became involved?
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So basically everything that happened between Hal Jordan/Parallax and the Third Army event (All Kyle's adventures as GL, GL rebirth, Sinestro Corp War, Blackest Night, the Krona thing) happened in a period of 2 years. I think Tony Bedard just screw up on that one. (the author of New Gardians title) |
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Just ignore the "X years ago" bit.
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In the heyday of Green Lantern, it was guys like Gil Kane, Dennis O'Neil, Len Wein, John Byrne, Steve Englehart, Paul Kupperberg, Gerard Jones. But it wasn't like it is now. There is never like, one writer who rules over GL. You'd get a writer with a respectable 2, 3 year-run overseen by an editor, and that's that. Now it's like... Geoff Johns overseeing everything, writers afraid to even speak his name in any way but overly complimentarily.
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I would like the movie to be about the Green Lantern CORP. It would be fun to let a good place to Salaak, Kilowog, Gardner, Rayner, Sinestro. Hal Jordan in a good character but not THAT interesting. I never got why he's always the center of everything in GL. I do not hate him, but I like to see GL as a team title, and not just "Hal Jordan and his sidekicks". |
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What I always wanted to know is why did editorial think it was a good idea for Hal Jordan to lose the city he protects and thus turn into a mass murdering psycho trying to make emerald constructs of everything and everyone in the city? It does not seem like something Hal would do parallax or not. This cannot be a simple sales gimmick.
Also, I recently uncovered that Hal Jordan protected Evergreen City for a couple of years in the late 60s'. Did Hal just get a new job in a new city and Green Lantern conveniently relocated with Hal? This however, I can see being a sales gimmick.
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