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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#126: Apr 2nd 2011 at 12:52:13 PM

That is starting to look better and better. I find it's giving off a pulp novel-style sci-fi vibe, which is entirely appropriate giving that we're talking about magic rings and alien law enforcement. If it tried to be too Star Trek-y (even though that isn't particularly hard sci-fi to begin with) I think you might lose the suspension of disbelief.

Best line "Speak the oath, like every knows the oath. I, Hal Jordan, do... solemnly swear to... pledge allegiance... to a lantern... that I got from a dying purple alien."

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#127: Apr 2nd 2011 at 2:03:44 PM

I'd be more excited if the costume weren't so... absolutely horrible.

eX 94. Grandmaster of Shark Since: Jan, 2001
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#128: Apr 2nd 2011 at 2:37:38 PM

Looks alright. Honestly, the generic trailer look makes it hard to give an accurate statement. One minor nitpick, I am a little sad that the ring doesn't "speak".
I was looking forward to hear: " Hal Jordan of earth. You have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps"

edited 2nd Apr '11 2:38:01 PM by eX

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#129: Apr 2nd 2011 at 4:19:13 PM

The ring won't speak? Lame. The rings talk all the time in the comics.

Anaheyla Since: Jan, 2001
#130: Apr 2nd 2011 at 7:08:08 PM

I'm glad they kept the oath as "In Blackest Night" instead of changing it to Darkest Night. I'm not usually one nitpick such insignificant details, but that would have been a deal breaker for me.

edited 2nd Apr '11 7:08:16 PM by Anaheyla

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SpaceJawa UTINNI! from Right Here Since: Jan, 2001
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#131: Apr 2nd 2011 at 11:35:07 PM

Wow, that was great. I'm sold!

Looks alright. Honestly, the generic trailer look makes it hard to give an accurate statement. One minor nitpick, I am a little sad that the ring doesn't "speak". I was looking forward to hear: " Hal Jordan of earth. You have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps"

Have we had confirmation of that somewhere?

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#132: Apr 3rd 2011 at 12:57:18 AM

Want.

"He could not know it. For it was not all a joke."
eX 94. Grandmaster of Shark Since: Jan, 2001
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#133: Apr 3rd 2011 at 2:29:10 PM

^^

I was talking about the trailer. I don't know about the movie, I just thought it would have made a great scene for the trailer if the ring would have the said the above phrase to him, with a cool, mystical voice.

edited 3rd Apr '11 5:46:52 PM by eX

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#134: Apr 3rd 2011 at 5:38:15 PM

Now THAT looks bloody fantastic. Loved the oath scene and the bits on Oa. You just know the SFX guys had fun with all those aliens.

metaphysician Since: Oct, 2010
#135: Apr 3rd 2011 at 6:52:50 PM

Is it just me, or does it look like they are mixing the Parallax "yellow fear monster" concept, with that giant cosmic protoplasmic death blob that once tried to devour Oa?

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#136: Apr 3rd 2011 at 7:27:55 PM

It looks that way to me.

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metaphysician Since: Oct, 2010
#137: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:07:40 PM

( btw, I can't for the life of me remember the name of that cosmic blob monster. I just remember that it was massacring the Corp, and Hal had to merge with the Central Power Battery to defeat it. )

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#138: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:39:34 PM

Oh yeah, ol' painless as a construct was pure awesome.

Aleclom The Fastest Man Alive from Chicago Since: Mar, 2010
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#139: Apr 4th 2011 at 10:45:09 AM

@meta Was that Legion? He wasn't a blob, but at the end of his attack he became pure consciousness or something and tried to take over Oa.

edited 4th Apr '11 10:45:25 AM by Aleclom

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metaphysician Since: Oct, 2010
#140: Apr 4th 2011 at 11:49:23 AM

I don't think so. I distinctly remember a giant aggressive blob of goo, devouring basically everything ( including tons of Lanterns ), and mostly laughing off everything the collected Corps did.

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#141: Apr 6th 2011 at 11:57:39 AM

Okay, this is pretty cool so far, I was really diggin' the change in Ryan's eye color during his announcement of the oath.

Yes, Ryan, because I cannot see him as Hal Jordan. He's too young and he's too.... "Fun"? Like "We're trying to draw in the same audience that liked Tony Stark".

Anyhow, was anybody else put off by a lot of the CGI? Like you know how there's CGI but you don't care that it is because it just works and there's CGI that you just know is CGI. To me, a lot of this looks like the latter, like nothing is meshing from the stupid and uncanny looking mask to Sinestro who just doesn't look right. I think he looks too young too.

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Aleclom The Fastest Man Alive from Chicago Since: Mar, 2010
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#142: Apr 6th 2011 at 12:07:52 PM

Everyone's forgetting that Hal hasn't always been the cynical asshole he currently is, that was after all that Parallax stuff. Go read DC: The New Frontier for a good look at Silver Age Hal.

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#143: Apr 6th 2011 at 12:11:04 PM

[up] I could barely get through twenty pages of that because I had no idea what the hell I was looking at. Care to summarize?

And While I am aware that Hal wasn't always a... Cynical Asshole? I thought he was just conservative, dull, and straightforeward. I mean they had the guy using a big machine gun thing. If they wanted Kyle Rayner they should've just named him Kyle Rayner, that's more his style.

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Aleclom The Fastest Man Alive from Chicago Since: Mar, 2010
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#144: Apr 6th 2011 at 12:14:50 PM

At his core he's this noble, if cocky, guy who has his whole world opened up into something much larger, and he jumps right into it. Early Hal and Kyle (and Tony Stark, since that comparison keeps getting brought up) have always been similar. The main difference between Hal and Kyle is that Kyle is more imaginative and mild-mannered than the reckless Hal.

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#145: Apr 6th 2011 at 12:29:09 PM

Thank you, now I get it, especially after going through out own character pages. Now it makes sense and appreciate their choice much more.

edited 6th Apr '11 12:29:38 PM by MousaThe14

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Aleclom The Fastest Man Alive from Chicago Since: Mar, 2010
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#146: Apr 6th 2011 at 12:34:16 PM

Yeah, between that misconception and the whole "Isn't Green Lantern black?" thing, I feel that the majority of complaints about this movie (the non-CG ones, anyway) is just a case of Older Than They Think.

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#147: Apr 6th 2011 at 12:44:10 PM

Dear lord, people are thinking about John Stewart...?

I now have motive to finish my GL "Known and Unknown" blog....

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#148: Apr 6th 2011 at 1:42:25 PM

Strangely enough, as someone already posted in the Film Green Lantern page, the Conspicuous CG almost adds to the visuals because it looks surreal and out-of-place. That's not an excuse for plain bad visual effects, but nothing so far seems to be an outright Special Effect Failure.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#149: Apr 6th 2011 at 2:32:01 PM

Yeah, JLU probably informed most kids who don't actually read comics about Green Lanterns.

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metaphysician Since: Oct, 2010
#150: Apr 6th 2011 at 3:13:38 PM

Hey, DCAU John Stewart was cool. Much better than the comics version. . . and better than any recent Hal Jordan version.

Which is why, IMO, they are grafting a lot of Kyle's personality traits onto Movie Hal. Because strictly by canon, Hal is either cardboard and boring, or destructively arrogant such that even early Tony would notice. Seriously, people complain about Hal's sudden heel turn. . .

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