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Raph's Girl
01-08-2010, 10:16 PM
Casting has begun! We already know that Ryan Reynolds is Hal Jordan. Well now Carol Ferris has been cast. Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) will play Carol.
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/01/08/gossip-girl-blake-lively-cast-as-green-lantern-female-lead-carol-ferris
Godzilla
01-09-2010, 12:24 PM
Looking forward to seeing this. About time WB got a well known DC comics character besides Superman and Batman on the silver screen.
MikesPizzaShack
01-09-2010, 11:35 PM
im actually excited about the possibility that this movie could be really fun.
Raph's Girl
01-13-2010, 02:15 PM
And we got a villain! Buuut it's not Sinestro!
Peter Sarsgaard has been cast Hector Hammond....A man who gains psychic powers from a meteor. He also has daddy issues as his father (a senator) sees him as a disapointment.
Sinestro will reportadly be in the film, it's just that he's not the main villain.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i3602f61793f3cd88a976d58846b36b76
Raph's Girl
01-29-2010, 12:39 PM
Looks like filming for the film starts in March in New Orleans. There's currently an open casting call for stunt people.
http://www.open-casting-calls.info/2010/01/warner-brothers-holding-open-call-for.html
Meanwhile take a look at the concept art for the movie:
Oh looky... Oans... er uh...:
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000005/69/55/5907eaa933a50915_large.jpg
Sinestro!:
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000005/70/55/4963411de2728c50_large.jpg
Kilowag (Yikes!):
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000005/73/55/e042211cb33eddbb_large.jpg
Abin Sur and Tomar Re:
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000005/74/55/5138790789b8bea1_large.jpg
Andrew NDB
01-29-2010, 02:01 PM
Those were leaked to me over a year ago. They're real, but by now there's no way the current designs resemble those.
I like the depiction of the Guardians, Kilowog, and Abin Sur, though.
Raph's Girl
02-15-2010, 09:07 PM
Some casting news... No Sinestro hasn't been cast yet. But they DID cast Tim Robbins as Hector Hammond's father, Senator Hammond.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=9074
Andrew NDB
02-15-2010, 09:20 PM
Some casting news... No Sinestro hasn't been cast yet.
Mark Strong is the frontrunner. He's Campbell's favorite and it's very likely Campbell will have his way.
Samhain
02-19-2010, 05:40 PM
This movie is gonna rock. Loooking at the CP, it looks like they are heading in the right direction.
Raph's Girl
02-22-2010, 12:25 PM
Geoff Johns has tweeted that Mark Strong is indeed playing Sinestro!
http://www.mania.com/strong-confirmed-for-green-lantern_article_120771.html
Raph's Girl
03-16-2010, 02:50 AM
More casting!
Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett in the Star Wars films) has been cast as Abin Sur
New Zealand's Taika Waititi (Cuz apperantly Maori look enough like Eskimos?) has been cast as Pieface.
Taika Waititi:
http://reporter.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451d69069e201310f9e87f2970c-pi
http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/03/green-lantern-taps-two-kiwi-actors-exclusive.html
Raph's Girl
03-16-2010, 12:08 PM
Aaand behind the scenes pics from the set in New Orleans are now popping up! Not really showing anything except Ryan Reynolds standing around. But he is wearing the ring in one of the pics...
http://thegreenlanterncorps.com/forum/showpost.php?p=341434&postcount=370
Spacebabie
03-16-2010, 11:12 PM
Thanks for the info so far. I'm looking forward to this movie. Well to be honest I'm looking forward to anything with Ryan Reynolds in it.
Raph's Girl
03-25-2010, 02:07 AM
Whoa! Angela Bassett was just cast as Amanda Waller!
Currently the character is being played by Pam Grier in Smallville.
Ok now Im curious about the storyline for this movie if they're involving Checkmate!! :o
Im not sure if this is a good thing or not. Im having a hard time picturing Angela Bassett as an overweight woman.... :ohwell:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100325/film_nm/us_bassett
Brodie
03-25-2010, 02:35 AM
Gonna go out on a limb and say they probably wont make her overweight.
Brodie
03-29-2010, 02:14 AM
Double post, Don't care:
Apparently Green Lantern is being shot for 3D....Which makes sense, doubly so because it's Green lantern. 3D I care about.
Leo656
03-29-2010, 04:19 AM
I honestly can't remember Waller or Checkmate (or even the Suicide Squad) having any significant relationship to the GL mythos (aside from Alan Scott being White King at some point, but that has nothing to do with this). My guess is the producers did the same thing they did on Smallville until very recently: pulled a random DC character out of the blue to make comic fans somehow care more, even though they're usually portrayed nothing like the comic version. My guess is that this "Amanda Waller" character will be loosely at best related to the comic version. Which would kind of annoy me, because it might hurt the chances of /WallerCheckmate getting their proper due in a future film.
Either way, I don't care at all if Waller is in it. I know for a fact that Guy Gardner won't be, despite being the one, TRUE Green Lantern (chosen first by Abin Sur's ring before his spaceship crashed closer to Hal Jordan, deemed equally worthy), and that makes me sad. Even an "Emerald Dawn II"-type cameo where he's Hal's lawyer or whatever he was in that mini would be better than nothing.
Venting aside, I can't wait for this flick. I'm hoping for a big epic sci-fi trilogy. Now, any word on the eternally-delayed Flash flick? There's no reason with every other character getting a movie that they can't get this done already...
Andrew NDB
03-29-2010, 11:01 AM
Having read the first draft I suspect they're substituting Alan Scott's little role with Waller. Probably Geoff's idea.
oldmanwinters
03-29-2010, 11:37 AM
Sinestro!:
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000005/70/55/4963411de2728c50_large.jpg
Tom Selleck? Ha!
Ninjinister
03-29-2010, 05:54 PM
Holy crap, The Wall is in this? Sweet.
Anybody know what's going on with SuperMax currently? I'm actually more psyched for that than this at the moment.
Leo656
04-03-2010, 01:25 AM
I haven't heard about that in forever. That was that "Green Arrow in jail with all the supervillains" flick, right? I swore I heard they gave up on that at least a year ago. Sounded interesting though.
That was back when they were still talking all big about doing Flash, Wonder Woman and JLA movies. It's cute whenever Warner Bros. acts like they actually know what the f*ck they're doing. Usually they don't, but at least they pretend.
Raph's Girl
04-14-2010, 12:36 AM
The Closer's Jon Tenney has been cast as Martin Jordan, father of Hal Jordan. So yay... we get to see Martin Jordan die on the big screen...how fun.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=9267
Did you say "Ben Parker"?
Raph's Girl
04-14-2010, 01:34 AM
Did you say "Ben Parker"?
:lol:
While Uncle Ben is killed by a criminal, Martin Jordan is a test pilot who dies in a plane crash when Hal's a kid. And yes that has always somewhat haunted Hal, especially since he watched happen.
Ninjinister
07-15-2010, 10:30 AM
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100714/EW-1112-cover-comiccon_308.jpg
I approve.
Brodie
07-15-2010, 11:34 AM
The body suit looks a bit too much like the Spawn costume.
Raph's Girl
07-15-2010, 11:42 AM
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100714/EW-1112-cover-comiccon_308.jpg
I approve.
Nice. Full suit is reportadly gonna be revealed at Comic Con.
The Stryker
07-15-2010, 04:08 PM
Really weird looking. I don't like that theres no black on the costume.
Raph's Girl
07-15-2010, 08:08 PM
More pics:
Hal Jordan and Carol Farris:
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/19602/_1279228372.jpg
Senator Hammond, Hector Hammond, and Amanda Waller (too skinny):
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/19602/_1279228360.jpg
Hal Jordan and the Power Ring:
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/19602/_1279228348.jpg
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Three-New-Green-Lantern-Images-Show-Off-The-Rest-Of-The-Cast-19602.html
Samhain
07-17-2010, 03:53 PM
Awesome! I love the way the suit looks.
Leo656
07-20-2010, 01:15 AM
I'll get used to it. Not as big a departure as it could've been. I bet it'll look even better in motion. Ring looks neat.
Raph's Girl
07-22-2010, 04:22 PM
Announced at comic con (watching the Geoff Johns panel right now):
Geoff says Parallax is in the Green Lantern film.
o_O He's a separate character now?
Raph's Girl
11-16-2010, 07:39 PM
Green Lantern trailer's up!! Killowog!!! Tomar-Re!!! Looks SW33T!
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=71620
Krutch
11-16-2010, 11:40 PM
Looks good to me;)
Ryan seems to be playing himself in the trailer but I have a feeling the lightheartedness will be few and far between. Or at least the majority of it will be at the beginning of the film before he gets the ring.
Blake though... She kind of stood out in a bad way. But I dont like to judge movies and performances based on a few minutes of footage, so we'll see :D
ToTheNines
11-17-2010, 07:50 AM
Looks cool, way more promising than the clip that surfaced over the weekend.
Blake though... She kind of stood out in a bad way. But I dont like to judge movies and performances based on a few minutes of footage, so we'll see :D
I haven't seen her in anything else, but she seems like a bad actress.
EDIT: She was the trashy ex-girlfriend in The Town, and she was good in that. But it was a minor role.
Fugitoid Jones
11-17-2010, 04:20 PM
Looks good to me;)
Ryan seems to be playing himself in the trailer but I have a feeling the lightheartedness will be few and far between. Or at least the majority of it will be at the beginning of the film before he gets the ring.
Blake though... She kind of stood out in a bad way. But I dont like to judge movies and performances based on a few minutes of footage, so we'll see :D
I think the movie has to be lighthearted to an extent. I mean, it's about a character that makes giant catcher's mits and t-rexs using a ring. You can't make it like The Dark Knight. It looks like fun. I'm excited.
And really? Everyone is complaining that Angela Bassett isn't fat? As if being fat defined Amanda Waller's character. Guess everyone would be happy if that girl from Precious played her.
Raph's Girl
05-04-2011, 02:54 PM
The theatrical Green Lantern trailer is now up. This one showing an Oan!! Whoever he is (Ganthet?) he looks grey in colour and appears to have a dome thing over his brain.... And also.... Kilowag speaks!!
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1105/04/greenlantern.htm
ANOKDWOgoSw
Samhain
05-04-2011, 04:04 PM
God this movie looks so sketchy. Im not sure if Green Lantern translates to live action very well. I dunno, maybe it's just me.
Jester
05-04-2011, 04:32 PM
Michael Clark Duncan is Kilowag! I like it. Although it's odd having Deadpool and Kingpin in a Green Lantern movie.
Candy Kappa
05-04-2011, 07:19 PM
love that trailer, this looks so freaking sweet
Raph's Girl
05-21-2011, 12:21 AM
New trailer's up. This one explains the plot of the movie and shows some more Oans....
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1105/20/greenlantern.htm
ToTheNines
06-15-2011, 03:52 PM
Anyone gonna see it this weekend? All the advance reviews idicate that it's a great big turd.
Raph's Girl
06-15-2011, 05:27 PM
Anyone gonna see it this weekend? All the advance reviews idicate that it's a great big turd.
Im seeing it on Friday. Thankfully morning showings here are only $5. it's showing in regular format and 3D here. Im not about to fork over an extra $3.50 to see it in 3D tho. :P
Ninjinister
06-17-2011, 12:58 PM
Flick's been getting s**t on by the critics, but those that I know that have seen it say it's decent-to-pretty good. Nobody's calling it the second coming of superhero movie Christ, but from what I've seen from previews and heard from other GL fans that have seen it, it might be worth watching.
ToTheNines
06-17-2011, 03:28 PM
Flick's been getting s**t on by the critics, but those that I know that have seen it say it's decent-to-pretty good. Nobody's calling it the second coming of superhero movie Christ, but from what I've seen from previews and heard from other GL fans that have seen it, it might be worth watching.
I can second this post. Definitely not DC's "Star Wars" from what I hear, but a cool movie either way, according to a few friends.
Was gonna see it this weekend, but you know how plans go.
Raph's Girl
06-17-2011, 03:36 PM
Just got back from seeing Green Lantern. It was a pretty ok film. The CGI was slightly better than what was shown in the trailers and it was cool to see Killowog, Bzz'd and Tomar Re (he's a fish...huh...always thought he was a bird) on the big screen.
Also they got Clancy Brown to voice Paralax! :D
Oh and Amanda Waller's not in it much but we did get kinda a look into her background.
Ninjinister
06-17-2011, 05:47 PM
Also they got Clancy Brown to voice Paralax! :D
Win.
Oh and Amanda Waller's not in it much but we did get kinda a look into her background.
They had her background in the Abin Sur prequel.
Andrew NDB
06-17-2011, 05:57 PM
Yeah, this movie sounds pretty embarassingly horrific. I've heard it being compared to Wolverine and even Catwoman. Yikes.
Who listens to critics, anyway? According to them A Goofy Movie isn't great, which we all know is a lie.
ToTheNines
06-17-2011, 11:03 PM
Ended up being able to go and just got back, and I definitely liked it.
Ryan Reynolds was a pretty good Hal. He was really funny, which was good and bad because a lot of people in the theatre were laughing at parts that I felt weren't meant to be laughed at. Sinestro was really cool and Paralax was neat.
Peter Sarsgard as Hector Hammond was kind of a disaster, then again I've never liked that character. Me and my friends laughed pretty hard every time he was on screen, he wasn't so bad before his transformation but damn.... some of the screaming was way over the top.
BLAKE LIVELY IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Slap-Happy
06-17-2011, 11:22 PM
Mark Strong was really great as Sinestro.
But his using the Yellow ring Against the gaurdians wishes kind of comes out of nowhere. The film never mentions that Sinestro is going to far with his obsession with justice and order. But it was a little cool when he put the ring on and the costume changes.
That also reminds me, shouldn't the costume immediately go away once the ring is removed? When Abin gives the ring to Hal, the costume only goes away once he dies, but later, Hal takes off the ring, and the suit immediately disappears.
Ryan Reynolds was a pretty good Hal. He was really funny, which was good and bad because a lot of people in the theatre were laughing at parts that I felt weren't meant to be laughed at. Sinestro was really cool and Paralax was neat.
Peter Sarsgard as Hector Hammond was kind of a disaster, then again I've never liked that character. Me and my friends laughed pretty hard every time he was on screen, he wasn't so bad before his transformation but damn.... some of the screaming was way over the top.
Mark Strong was really great as Sinestro.
But his using the Yellow ring Against the gaurdians wishes kind of comes out of nowhere. The film never mentions that Sinestro is going to far with his obsession with justice and order. But it was a little cool when he put the ring on and the costume changes.
That also reminds me, shouldn't the costume immediately go away once the ring is removed? When Abin gives the ring to Hal, the costume only goes away once he dies, but later, Hal takes off the ring, and the suit immediately disappears.
I agree here, especially the points on Reynolds' humor. He's a funny guy but he can also convey seriousness. Some people in the audience laughed at everything that came out of his mouth, even his argument with Carol. Ugh.
As for the rest, it was classic summer movie stuff I've seen many times before. I knew it to be as much, so I didn't go in with high expectations or come out disappointed. It was fun.
Ninjinister
06-18-2011, 02:20 AM
Who listens to critics, anyway? According to them A Goofy Movie isn't great, which we all know is a lie.
I f**king love A Goofy Movie.
ToTheNines
06-18-2011, 03:44 PM
I don't know why everyone's bullying this movie, it wasn't perfect but it was good. And I feel like it set up what could be a very awesome sequel. You can tell something's up with rotten tomatoes when this movie has a 15% and Spider-man 3 has a 40% from top critics. I was literally depressed when I left the theatres after that one.
I will admit that it was extremely pompous of the people behind this movie to declare that it was this generations Star Wars, cause it's not even close. However, comparing this movie to Catwoman is just plain wrong.
Brodie
06-18-2011, 08:34 PM
I liked it. There was a lot that wasn't great, but it was entertaining.
Was it as good a movie as Dark knight? No. But it was way more ****ing fun to watch than that movie.
And considering this, how it left off? I'd be more interested in seeing GL2 than a new Superman, or what have you.
It was a fun movie to watch, not much more, but it didn't need to be.
Ninjinister
06-19-2011, 09:13 PM
BLAKE LIVELY IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I haven't seen a lot of her in more provocative dress but she doesn't seem to have the body for Carrol. Especially if a sequel takes her in the direction her character is in now....
ToTheNines
06-19-2011, 11:24 PM
I haven't seen a lot of her in more provocative dress but she doesn't seem to have the body for Carrol. Especially if a sequel takes her in the direction her character is in now....
I would certainly hope they don't make her Star Sapphire, they have plenty on their plate with the impending formation of the Sinestro Corps. Plus there's bigger fish to fry: The Weaponers, The Manhunters, Kanjar Ro, adding John, Guy or Kyle to the Corps, etc. etc.
Fugitoid Jones
06-20-2011, 05:34 AM
I wasn't really thrilled with this movie. I'm not saying it's as bad as Catwoman or Elektra or Batman Forever, but I def wouldn't rank it with the best either. Some of the plot holes bugged me, I didn't like the romance between Hal and Carol (I know it's in the comics, I just didn't like the way it came off on screen), I felt like we didn't see enough of the Corps, and overall alot of the time I just felt like I didn't care. The climax action scene was pretty weak too.
I would certainly hope they don't make her Star Sapphire, they have plenty on their plate with the impending formation of the Sinestro Corps. Plus there's bigger fish to fry: The Weaponers, The Manhunters, Kanjar Ro, adding John, Guy or Kyle to the Corps, etc. etc.
Well from what I've read, we probably won't have to worry about a sequel. With the reviews being as bad as they are and the movie only making around $53 million in the US this weekend, they probably will just reboot the series in another couple of years.
cqb101
06-20-2011, 09:20 AM
Green Lantern is the first bomb of the summer...
Green Lantern's start landed behind X-Men: First Class's $55.1 million and Thor's $65.7 million, and its Friday-to-Saturday drop of 22 percent was steeper than those movies' eight percent. The gross was also less than The Incredible Hulk and the two Fantastic Four movies, and the attendance disparity was only greater. Green Lantern's estimated attendance was even lower than Daredevil and Ghost Rider.
Sorry kids, no Sinestro Corps sequel to this one.
Brodie
06-20-2011, 02:10 PM
How well did Scott Pilgrim do again? Didn't 'Eat Pray Love' do better than that flick opening weekend?
Similar, I mean GL only had to content with Pirates 4, X-Men First Class, Kung Fu Panda 2, Thor, etc,etc,etc.
Edit: Don't get me wrong, Its not a great movie, and it didn't do well at the box office. But to be posting things like this when so adamantly defending Pilgrim in lieu of box office intake? That people shouldn't care how much it made? Come on.
Peanut
06-20-2011, 03:38 PM
Maybe cause Pilgrim is awesome and everything to do with Green Lantern is f*cking dumb.
Brodie
06-20-2011, 03:48 PM
The broccoli headed green lantern is NOT dumb....wait..
Peanut
06-20-2011, 03:48 PM
I like the one that's a squirrel.
Brodie
06-20-2011, 03:49 PM
The cat is also good.
Candy Kappa
06-20-2011, 04:15 PM
They should have made a Alan Scott movie, purple cape and all.
ToTheNines
06-20-2011, 04:18 PM
Maybe is Hustler makes "This ain't Green Lantern XXX", it'll help fund the sequel.
cqb101
06-21-2011, 10:41 AM
How well did Scott Pilgrim do again? Didn't 'Eat Pray Love' do better than that flick opening weekend?
Similar, I mean GL only had to content with Pirates 4, X-Men First Class, Kung Fu Panda 2, Thor, etc,etc,etc.
Edit: Don't get me wrong, Its not a great movie, and it didn't do well at the box office. But to be posting things like this when so adamantly defending Pilgrim in lieu of box office intake? That people shouldn't care how much it made? Come on.
My point is, people keep bringing up sequel talk for Green Lantern, and it's never going to happen. This isn't going to turn into WB/DC's next big film franchise. Just goes to prove the WB can't handle any comic book property that isn't Batman.
A week or so from now, when Transformer 3 opens to over 100 mil are you going to say it has no competition? Because all of those flicks you mentioned Green Lantern had to contend with will still be out, plus Cars 2. How about Harry Potter, just a couple weeks after Transformers? In the summer movie season, when you have huge blockbusters like Green Lantern, Thor, Transformers, Harry Potter, etc. movies that came out weeks before aren't competition. If people want to see them, they'll open huge, regardless of what came out the weeks prior.
Brodie
06-21-2011, 04:30 PM
Stating it had to contend with those movies wasn't implying it "has no competition." The exact opposite.
This summer is a ****ing joke for movies. They're all going to cannibalize eachother.
****ing Winnie the Pooh opens against HP, and Disney is either sending it out to die, or they're ****ing cocky as hell.
You mentioned "if movies are gonna be big, they'll open huge," but didn't Super open and make less than GL did in their respective opening weekends? And Super 8 went on to make progressively more money as word spread.
Difference being, word for Gl is that its atrocious (har har).
Guitar_Raph
06-22-2011, 02:27 AM
Awesome costume! I like that charged up look!
Ryan Reynolds didn't do a bad job portraying Green Lantern. When they casted, they considered a couple of stars that have musical experience including Justin Timberlake &
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/PCenter/Brian%20Austin%20Green/BAG_Green_Lantern.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/PCenter/Band%20Instruments/Organ.jpg
Brian Austin Green. I always pictured the Lantern as a keybaord master.
Ninjinister
06-22-2011, 06:41 AM
The cat is also good.
That one's Red.
Brodie
06-22-2011, 11:25 AM
I'm aware.
Leogeddon
06-23-2011, 10:54 PM
My point is, people keep bringing up sequel talk for Green Lantern, and it's never going to happen. This isn't going to turn into WB/DC's next big film franchise. Just goes to prove the WB can't handle any comic book property that isn't Batman.
A week or so from now, when Transformer 3 opens to over 100 mil are you going to say it has no competition? Because all of those flicks you mentioned Green Lantern had to contend with will still be out, plus Cars 2. How about Harry Potter, just a couple weeks after Transformers? In the summer movie season, when you have huge blockbusters like Green Lantern, Thor, Transformers, Harry Potter, etc. movies that came out weeks before aren't competition. If people want to see them, they'll open huge, regardless of what came out the weeks prior.
Well, the people behind the Scary Movie franchise is coughing up a Scary Movie 5 or something of the works, when they keep losing money by making such god-awful films, you'd expect THEM to stop, but they didn't, I can't say that GL won't get a sequel, the possibility is still up there, Spider-man is being rebooted (again) with a whole new cast, X-Men has been rebooted for the 2nd time but focusing on the older mutants. After Wolverine's little reboot, you wouldn't really expect yet ANOTHER reboot but more of a sequel. Don't count out sequels, hell, Saw had how many now?
CyberCubed
06-24-2011, 12:20 AM
The whole first half of the movie was actually really good, its the second half where things went sour. What should have happened is Sinestro put on the yellow ring halfway into the movie and become the second big-bad, rather than dome head.
And yes, I know they were saving Sinestro for a sequel as the villain, but since a sequel may never get made, I would have preferred to see it in this movie.
cqb101
06-24-2011, 09:16 AM
Well, the people behind the Scary Movie franchise is coughing up a Scary Movie 5 or something of the works, when they keep losing money by making such god-awful films, you'd expect THEM to stop, but they didn't, I can't say that GL won't get a sequel, the possibility is still up there, Spider-man is being rebooted (again) with a whole new cast, X-Men has been rebooted for the 2nd time but focusing on the older mutants. After Wolverine's little reboot, you wouldn't really expect yet ANOTHER reboot but more of a sequel. Don't count out sequels, hell, Saw had how many now?
Seriously, dude? Every single movie you listed has turned a moderate to huge profit. Green Lantern won't. It's really ****ing simple, honestly.
ZariusTwo
06-24-2011, 01:36 PM
Saw the movie, and it reminded me a lot of Spider-Man 3 's problems, aka trying to squeese multiple stories and ideas into two hours and expect everything to gel, it failed compeltly at that, add also to the fact there's no real dramatic tension involving anybody, not even Hal and Sinestro
Spitfire
06-24-2011, 03:00 PM
Well, the people behind the Scary Movie franchise is coughing up a Scary Movie 5 or something of the works, when they keep losing money by making such god-awful films, you'd expect THEM to stop, but they didn't, I can't say that GL won't get a sequel, the possibility is still up there, Spider-man is being rebooted (again) with a whole new cast, X-Men has been rebooted for the 2nd time but focusing on the older mutants. After Wolverine's little reboot, you wouldn't really expect yet ANOTHER reboot but more of a sequel. Don't count out sequels, hell, Saw had how many now?
First Class and Wolverine aren't reboots. One is a prequel and the other is a spin-off. The Spider-man reboot happened because there was no where to go with the franchise where they left it. Rami made his films distinctly his way. It'd be easier to make a whole new series then try to follow his. I'm sure the same will happen after Nolan leaves the Batman franchise. The Scary Movie franchise has banked 100+ mil per movie since the first one came out. The movies cost almost nothing to make so it's instant profit for them. Saw is the same thing. The movies cost 1-10 mil to make and easily pull in over 100 Mil in profit.
Green Lantern cost 200 mil to make, that's more then Dark Knight, and had a lackluster opening weekend. Cars 2 is coming out next weekend and even though it's getting panned by critics people will flock to see it. It actually has a higher rating then GL funny enough.
ToTheNines
06-25-2011, 06:20 PM
Holy hell... Green Lantern earned an estimated 6 million on Friday night. Yikes.
shuriken
06-26-2011, 12:43 PM
I'm gonna go watch it. Just for the sake of hilarity.
Candy Kappa
06-26-2011, 09:08 PM
saw it, and I liked it
Raph's Girl
06-27-2011, 12:38 AM
Welp. Despite the box office numbers Green Lantern 2 is still a go:
http://collider.com/green-lantern-2-warner-bros/98896
Brodie
06-27-2011, 01:56 AM
Good. It'll be entertaining. And considering the best part of the movie was the set-up for part 2? I'm interested.
Now, if only it was about Red Lanterns.
ToTheNines
06-27-2011, 07:26 AM
I have no doubt that they'll learn from their mistakes and keep most of the sequel on Oa and in Space, and probably not make the budget so massive, but that's still very suprising.
TheCanadiandrome
06-27-2011, 03:20 PM
can't wait to see a sequel. and i need to read up on Green Lantern comics
Raph's Girl
06-27-2011, 04:21 PM
Now, if only it was about Red Lanterns.
Oh don't worry. We'll be getting 13 episodes about the Red Lanterns in the upcoming Animated Series.
Krutch
07-14-2011, 12:18 AM
I have no doubt that they'll learn from their mistakes and keep most of the sequel on Oa and in Space, and probably not make the budget so massive, but that's still very suprising.
I'm not sure if that works together. Space and Oa stuff is the most expensive part lol
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