Armored GL suit planned. Do you approve?

[Octoberist]

yeah, it needs to have the same pattern.

 

[Webhead2006]

Ya keep the basic look of the character intact, with some modifications like that gloves vs guadlets thing, to the shape/look of the lantern logo on chest, and all that. Then with the right materials like for example the material use in the spidey suits it could come out looking great.

 

[Nivek]

Hopefully it will be something similar to the "Fantastic Four" suits. Their costumes are pretty much the best thing about those movies.

Agreed, but i wouldn't Mind the suit to have some parts of Armore. I just want it to look like it's made of something otherworldly. Not cloth, not sculpted rubber.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I like the mortal kombat vs dcu costume imo. But the one on the first page is cool too.

 

[Webhead2006]

what if around the chest area it was kelvar like material, while the rest of the suit is like spiderman movie suits?

 

[Nivek]

what if around the chest area it was kelvar like material, while the rest of the suit is like spiderman movie suits?

Well, a GL doesn't need armor, do they? They have the forcefield.

 

[darthlaney]

I'm not a huge GL fan, but am looking forward to the movie - correct me if I'm wrong but the ring works based on the wearers will power - more will the stronger they are - also it only works based around there awareness of what is around them - so if a bad guy gets a complete drop on them they might be in a position where they have no ring protection.

That being said - it sort of makes sense to me that some armour would be benefitial as added protection in the case where they don't have time to protect themselves with the rind or as a new comer to corp, who is just learning the ropes or isn't as powerful as he might be able to become.

 

[darthlaney]

^^
With that said - the first thing I will be looking for with this character is an awesome looking suit.

I personally think the MK vs DC game costume is awesome - I'm not a purist, so if I saw this on a movie poster I would think it looked good and would get me curious in seeing the movie.

 

[Webhead2006]

well ya they dont really need armor, and i am in the mindset they dont really need it. i was just throwing out another costume ideal to go for the folks who do want armor and for the folks we dont. Maybe a little of both could work out well.

 

[M.O.Steel]

teh MK vs DCU suit doesn't look like armour in the traditional sense. it looks like some harder cloth material like rubber or leather. i dont' think there is anything wrong with that.

 

[DavidTyler]

I'm not thinking traditional armour but rather something sleek and NOT spandex. This is the one character who that rubberized suit would work well with. I'd even like to see the emblem with a raised edge around it.

Keeping in mind that the ring creates the costume, it would probably create something that would work as protection.

I'd like to see the black areas in that same shiny material they used for Catwoman in Returns and the green areas can be the standard rubber plates. They can 'metalize' them if they like.

 

[Keyser Soze]

The funny thing is, in just about every mainstream, non-geek article on the Green Lantern movie I've read since Hal was cast (at least all the ones written by women, anyway), they end with "Ryan Reynolds in skintight spandex? SOLD!" So we might have mass disappointment if he ends up wearing armor.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Keeping in mind that the ring creates the costume, it would probably create something that would work as protection.

You know, since the ring does create the suit, I think it would be interesting to see the suit be mostly CGI. Kind of do an Iron Man thing, have a base suit that the actor wears, but go back in post-production and create a good amount of the suit with CGI.

 

[StanLee Wannabe]

Wow. This thread is a bit crazy. I guess most of you aren't costumers or you'd know that there are lots of different weights and textures to spandex. Moleskin is spandex that is thick enough to have a good weight and shadow to it.

Obviously Kyle's suit in the comics has pieces of armor (the gauntlets and knee shields) that the ring creates. He also uses ring constructs as his primary shields. Whether the force shield around the GLs is an automatic thing or whether the GLs choose for it to be around them really has no bearing on the costume issue for me. Why? Because the costume is whatever the GL wearing it wants it to be.

Yes, Spiderman's costume WAS spandex (whoever said that, I'm sorry to burst your bubble - well maybe lycra to be uber-technical) and it looked great.

This brings up the whole "do we stay true to the comics and risk geek hatred or can we do something new and have it still be cool" debate. Obviously the comics and the movies are different. Favreau (and others before him) have shown that you can veer off the comics a bit and still have a fun, kick-ass movie with the character you love...just told a little differently.

As for my personal choice, stick with something skin-tight. Maybe rubberized, maybe spandex with a nice texture. I wouldnt mind a little plating on it if they feel that makes the whole thing a bit more realistic or sophisticated. As long as it looks like a uniform / space-worthy outfit. Dont kill it with a thousand symbols and dont be afraid to use white (gloves / symbol).

 

[Webhead2006]

good points man.

 

[Mindreaper21]

Spiderman's suit worked better for him because he's an acrobat. GL's suit needs to be thick, something like the X-men attire. Considering the power of the rings, the movie would not be as enjoyable nor as believable watching an epic battle where the hero is wearing "indestructable spandex". Though if GL wore a X-men-like suit and it started tearing, then I would know just how rough the battle is.

 

[Webhead2006]

well xmen suits were black leather deals i wouldnt want to see gl in a leather outfit. I rather go with spidey look over leather.

 

[Mindreaper21]

It doesn't have to be leather, thats why I said "something like" X-men suits. I just want the suit to look thick. If muscle definition is the issue with some people, the same concept used for Spiderman's suit can be used, with those "muscle pads" inside of the suit (I don't really know what to call them, but if you've seen them, then you know what I mean).

 

[Octoberist]

no way to leather. Leather does not looks good especially if you want to see details in the suit.

 

[PIBagent]

the armor is good for him you can see it as a suped up Space Suit. it will protect him when the ring or the guardians cant he's not superman you know.

 

[dnno1]

no way to leather. Leather does not looks good especially if you want to see details in the suit.

Did you know you could do this with leather?

Roman Muscle Armor

And as far as details:

what kind of details do you want?

 

[dnno1]

... Yes, Spiderman's costume WAS spandex (whoever said that, I'm sorry to burst your bubble - well maybe lycra to be uber-technical) and it looked great...

Replica of Spider-Man Costume
(by Yuri Schuurkes)

Yes, it was spandex, with rubber detailing and airbrushed musculature (and Lycra is just a trademark name for the same fabric), but a lot of the action scenes were done using CGI, so that went unnoticed.

... This brings up the whole "do we stay true to the comics and risk geek hatred or can we do something new and have it still be cool" debate. Obviously the comics and the movies are different. Favreau (and others before him) have shown that you can veer off the comics a bit and still have a fun, kick-ass movie with the character you love...just told a little differently...

The answer should be to go with what the masses will buy. The geek community is just a smaller subset, and they have learned to accept changes in the past (like Batman, X-Men, The Punisher, et. al). You have pretty much answered that question in your second statement.

 

[Brian Braddock]

I guess what we've got to wait for is just how armoured the costume actually is. Storywise, Hal woudnt actually need armour due to the protection provided by the ring so we're probably only talking about aesthetic aspects that the designer will decide to throw in there to make the costume look more visually appealing (I certainly hope they dont go too bulky though).

I'm more concerned about the mask at this moment in time - has it been confirmed whether we would be able to see Hal's eyes when he's got the mask on or are they gonna go all-white like in the comics?

I've knocked up a quick comparison sketch while on my lunch break - one with eyes and one without;

I gotta say, in this instance, I'd prefer to be able to see Hal's eyes during the movie. I dunno, it's just that amidst all the exotic inter-stellar settings and weirdly wonderous aliens, it would be nice to still see the humanity and emotion in Reynolds eyes.

 

[terry78]

Spandex only really works when the character is kind of lean. Spider-Man is one of the skinniest mother****ers in the Marvel Universe, even moreso than some of the women. Jordan is a big dude.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Hmmm, I dont know about that - I mean,personally, I always preferred the way the likes of Gil Kane (argueably the quitessential GL artist), Alan Davis and Carlos Pacheco have drawn Hal. He's well built certainly, but not the biggest of guys in terms of muscle mass.

WE've got the same kind of deal in Reynolds.