Armored GL suit planned. Do you approve?

[Antonello Blueberry]

A glowing suit? Like this one?
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[Marx]

I think an armor version could be really interesting, as long as it doesn't go over board like the TDK puzzle piece suit.

 

[dnno1]

Would be interesting but i dont think they will do that.

Apparently, at the SDCC, it appears that the industry is pushing 3D in their films, and that some time in the future, most if not all theatrical productions will be in 3D. What are the chances that this could happen to the GL picture?

 

[Banshee]

I think it should look otherworldly. A couple of years ago, back when Johns and Pacheco took over GL, someone touched his costume and reacted to it being rather warm. I'd like it if the costume were to glow like someone sugested, but not obnoxiously. Very very subtly lit, and maybe look fluid (the green parts). The black parts could just be matted black. I'd just like to see something different. No armor or spandex, more like an alien uniform.

 

[Motown Marvel]

definitely dont want armor. its pointless, and just doesnt look good. something along the material or spider-man's costume would suffice.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Why is it pointless? Yeah the ring could protect him but wouldn't he get into actual physical contact? Don't count on that thing guys. This is a movie to make it more exciting.And I'm pretty sure he's gonna go head to head and get a beat down. If not here, the next one with Sinestro.

It's not exciting if the ring can protect him from anything. There has to be more to it. We can't have a GL that is invincible You have to believe in the character.

 

[Nathan]

How much protection do you want the suit to offer when the ring's got no juice anymore? Enough to protect him from a few bruises? Bullet proof?

 

[Bren]

I was under the impression that his suit was created by his ring - So if the ring got no juice, then no armoured suit anyway.
And if the ring had very little juice, would he be using what's left to make armoured clothing? Or a force field or something?

Again though, since he's human, his imagination might add a little armour to the suit. And a little armour wouldn't be a bad thing actually...

 

[terry78]

Yeah, with him being a pilot, I would think he'd go for armor on his own because that's just what they would prefer. Though if you want to justify the spandex, have him be in huge bulkuy armor at first then have the Corps tell him that spandex is standard issue and he can't use it or something.

 

[Gilpesh]

have him be in huge bulkuy armor at first then have the Corps tell him that spandex is standard issue and he can't use it or something.

Or have Kilowog still just beat the crap out of him, even though he's got on huge armor. The reason? Hal was wasting too much of his power and will on armor instead of fighting.

 

[Nathan]

Pilots wear armor?

 

[terry78]

^You know what I mean. The mindset of going big or not going at all...the hotshot mentality he has.

 

[Nathan]

I don't know. Armor would be the last thing I'd be thinking off when I'd have that all powerful ring on my finger. I can walk through explosions, why'd I need an extra layer of armor?

 

[terry78]

You don't know HOW powerful it is yet. He's gonna be skeptical even after seeing the **** he does. If someone tells me how invinicible the ring makes me, reflex will still have me constructing a protective barrier like armor or something.

 

[Nathan]

It's all instinct and reflex. From the start, he won't know what the Ring is capable of, so creating extra armor won't be on the to do list anyway. Then when he gets into his first fight and is being attacked, he'll react and try to defend himself, which would with no doubt raise the barrier around him. Or something similar to the animated movie, where the ship explodes and suddenly he's hovering over a giant crater with a protective barrier. Logic would tell him that the ring protects him from all kind of harm.

I just can't imagine a scenario where he creates an armored suit once he realizes what the Ring can do. The suit will manifest when he dons the Ring based on the users subconscious. So unless he's a fan of battle armor, it'll probably turn out to be a simple form fitting uniform.

 

[BestGirl]

It's all instinct and reflex. From the start, he won't know what the Ring is capable of, so creating extra armor won't be on the to do list anyway. Then when he gets into his first fight and is being attacked, he'll react and try to defend himself, which would with no doubt raise the barrier around him. Or something similar to the animated movie, where the ship explodes and suddenly he's hovering over a giant crater with a protective barrier. Logic would tell him that the ring protects him from all kind of harm.

I just can't imagine a scenario where he creates an armored suit once he realizes what the Ring can do. The suit will manifest when he dons the Ring based on the users subconscious. So unless he's a fan of battle armor, it'll probably turn out to be a simple form fitting uniform.

Fear that the ring will lose its power or something will happen to him that will prevent him from using it? It's sensible to go into any battle with at least some backup prepared.

 

[Nathan]

Depending on how much armor he has, the plan could easily backfire. He's involved in intergalactic battles mostly and fights people with energy weaponry. Unless he's got an Iron Man suit, that little armor he manifested to protect him won't do much good anyway. If he's got too much armor, it'd be difficult to move as easily without the Ring providing some juice.

 

[Kurosawa]

I'm just saying don't use the spandex. Spider-Man's suit wasn't spandex at all.

Spidey really only has one suit, with GL you can do different things tot it. It's about making it look interesting and something we haven't seen before.

However it is made, it should be as close to the comics version as possible. The comics version does not have armor components. In the environments GL deals with, a few pads of Kevlar wouldn't do jack.

 

[dnno1]

They will do their best to put someting out that will interest and sell to the audience, as well as exploit any new technologies or advances in special effects and cinematorgraphy that are available to them. If it means no white gloves and the use of a light armored suit, so be it for the success and interes of the film.

It worked for Batman (and the certainly didn't keep faithful the the comic book costume), so I don't see why not keeping faithful to the comics on the costume won't work for Green Lantern.

 

[Webhead2006]

well material wise they can do alot now with cloth/spandex/etc.... stuff so patterns/looks/material wise we have no clue how it could end up looking, i just hope thy dont go to extreme on the look and atless visually have the soon retain qualities/faithful to the comics, like what happened with the spider-man movie costumes.

 

[Timstuff]

You want an example of armor done wrong? Here you go.

 

[Nathan]

It worked for Batman (and the certainly didn't keep faithful the the comic book costume), so I don't see why not keeping faithful to the comics on the costume won't work for Green Lantern.

Because Batman is a human with no powers or a Ring that protects him from harm with a mere thought. And as mentioned before, in the environment he's in, simple body armor won't do him much good anyway. He's as good as done when he faces aliens with advanced weaponry.

 

[Doctor Jones]

However it is made, it should be as close to the comics version as possible. The comics version does not have armor components. In the environments GL deals with, a few pads of Kevlar wouldn't do jack.

Looks wise yeah, but you're taking it out of the comics and putting it in our world. I know you can argue this is alien technology, but it wouldn't hurt to make it look cool. It would have to make sense though. You would just think that he won't always be protected by the ring, he needs something to protect him when he goes head to head with someone. And it makes it more exciting. I just don't want to see bullets bounce off of a green shield or him throwing a big ass hand, I want to see him get the **** beat out of him. I just don't want to see him as an untouchable guy. You can't pull for someone like that. And it's instinctful, like Terry said, even if I had a ring of those powers, I still would like some protection. It's like having unlimited amounts of gun power but with no bullet proof vest.

 

[dnno1]

Because Batman is a human with no powers or a Ring that protects him from harm with a mere thought. And as mentioned before, in the environment he's in, simple body armor won't do him much good anyway. He's as good as done when he faces aliens with advanced weaponry.

So you want green lantern's cosutme to look similar to this:

Look the fact that the Batman films were successful prooved that staying faithful to the comics as far as the costume is irrelevant, not that it was because he has no powers. Furthermore, it is going to be dificult for the audience to make that connection unless it is obvious (this guy isn't supposed to be Superman), especially if there are scenes where he is taking a lot of abuse and groaning in pain (like it is in the comics).

In closing, even my grandma could take Green Lantern without some type of armor as protection. t:

 

[Nathan]

So you want green lantern's cosutme to look similar to this:

Could you stop the trolling? You know for a fact that there are enough movies that succesfully adapt the comic look with other fabrics without them looking either like cheap fanmade costumes or some bad TV show.