Green Lantern Movie News Discussion Thread

[Old School Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Old School]

We've seen Salaak.



I haven't seen or heard anything about Arisia.

Arisia no, Salaak yes.

thanks

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

That's because in the the old days there was at least some effort to have shit make sense.

True. I mean, as cool as it may look, Oa as a planet-wide cityscape is nonsensical. I don't know how many Guardians there are in the movie world, but I imagine it is still a handful, and I expect the total number of GLs is similar to the comics, too. Even if we assume a totally ludicrous prison population in Sciencells (on the order of a few million), and some support workers to maintain stuff, we are still looking at something that SHOULD easily fit into the area of New York City (and probably FAR less, given how built-up Oa looks). What would the REST of a planet-wide city be FOR?

(True, if they set up monuments for EVERY fallen GL, after a few billion years that's gonna take up a lot of space.)

(Also, I suppose the views we have had of Oa aren't clear enough to say that it IS a PLANET-WIDE city, but it sure looks like far more of the surface is in use than would be explained by a couple dozen inhabitants, a few thousand sometime visitors, and even a LARGE prison population.)

[Jack T. Chance Really knows where his towel is! Find all posts View Profile Close Jack T. Chance]

They have to do something to decorate the place. In the old days, Oa was drawn like Tattooine with a couple of yellow building clustered together in one spot. Pretty bland, and I'm all for them jazzing up the place in the comics AND the movie.

Funny story, true story... Oa being a yellow planet made perfect sense at the time, too! If you remember, the Guardians had said at times that the yellow weakness was there to ensure that GLs weren't too powerful, i.e. unstoppable. And when you saw that everything on Oa was yellow, it all made sense: A rogue GL wouldn't have been able to do much damage on Oa back in those days!

Of course, many Geoff-cons later, that's all changed now.

My opinion on the small robot looking things. Ive always pondered who did the day to day runnings on Oa. You know maintaining the buildings, cooking the food, all that stuff. I couldnt see hardened GL's wanting to do that, so Ive always figured the Guardians hired volunteers to do those things. Maybe those things are shuttles to transport workers on Oa?

I'm thinking that the movie-makers took TOO much inspiration from George Lucas' Star Wars planet Coruscant, and the repair droids that maintained the buildings there. But there's one major flaw with having the Guardians use robot workers: The whole Manhunter debacle.

If they won't trust robots to wield the green light to defend the universe (with the exception of Stel and maybe a couple of others that have proven themselves worthy,) why would they want to have a bunch of droids floating around all over the place? Remember that the Green Lantern Corps, comprised of SENTIENT, ORGANIC LIFEFORMS was created BECAUSE the machine men known as the Manhunters had proven themselves untrustworthy. And we know the Manhunters are meant to exist in the movie continuity, because the video game that ties into the movie is all about the Manhunters returning to cause trouble!

And besides, when you wield the emerald energy of willpower, why do you have to have ANYONE do anything for you? You can do anything you want, anytime, as quickly as you can THINK IT. And as comic readers have known for decades, no one's more adept at wielding the emerald energy than the Guardians of the Universe! They don't patrol the universe themselves, they delegate that responsibility to the Corps. And they've got to do SOMETHING with their time. Might as well use their powers to clean up after themselves and their Corps... unless you think they just sit around watching porn on the interwebz all day!

great means i wont even find tickets at my local theatre until about july

If true, that means it's time to find yourself a new cinema to go to.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

I don't think the Manhunter problem would necessarily sour them on all robotic tech. I mean, if it isn't sentient, and it doesn't have access to the Green Energy, what's the big deal?

And I can totally see them being "above" any menial tasks, even if performed with GL energy. Their attention would be reserved for other, more important things.

[Muthasucka Parallax Host Find all posts View Profile Close Muthasucka]

I realized after I posted that that was a possible interpretation of what he said. I'm just so used to people thinking Red, Yellow, and Blue are THE primary colors (which isn't strictly accurate for pigments either, but close enough) that I overlooked that possibility initially.

Yes, I meant the "primary colors" of the color wheel - Red, Blue and Yellow (which correspond to the cyan, magenta and yellow (with black, CMYK) of the "subtractive" printing process). When mixing colors (not light) you use those three to make the other colors, so blue and yellow make green, blue and red make purple, red and yellow make orange, which are considered "secondary colors."

If you think about it, most superhero costumes are made from primary colors (along with black, white and gray) - Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Batman, Iron Man, Captain America, Flash, Thor, Captain Marvel... well, you get the idea.

But, to clarify, I personally don't think Green isn't a cool color, I'm just wondering what the average moviegoer will think, and if it will be a factor at all. I mean, look at all the criticism the first Hulk movie got for the exact shade of green they used. People made similar comments about the first GL trailer, too.

Just trying to figure out what the general audience might think. Though, of ally concerns, the color is probably the least of them.

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

My boss just commented the other day about seeing the wondercon footage, he said he thought it was incredible, and he thinks it's pretty obvious now why I'm so excited for it

[Superlantern mmmm Beer! Find all posts View Profile Close Superlantern]

ya know today would be a great day for a trailer leak

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

As opposed to yesterday or tomorrow...I'm sure there's something super about today though that makes it extra great. lol

[IonFan Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close IonFan]

and with the release of the new pic (now a wp )

[Superlantern mmmm Beer! Find all posts View Profile Close Superlantern]

As opposed to yesterday or tomorrow...I'm sure there's something super about today though that makes it extra great. lol

after last night plus this royal wedding shit today, i need something today

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

after last night plus this royal wedding shit today, i need something today

I'm sorry for your loss.

[Superlantern mmmm Beer! Find all posts View Profile Close Superlantern]

yeah after last night our main guy is out of here

[Jack T. Chance Really knows where his towel is! Find all posts View Profile Close Jack T. Chance]

and with the release of the new pic (now a wp )

Wow, I guess the movie version of Boodika really does it for you, eh?

Or are you more of a R'amey Holl kinda guy?

[IonFan Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close IonFan]

i'll never tell lol

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

its whichever one has the better hourly rates.