Green Lantern reboot ideas.

[Airwings]

Yeah he's been suggested for that, Batman, and pretty much every other male superhero.

I need to watch more of Zegers... i keep seeing him suggested for stuff but I'm not that familiar with his work

Cooper haas been the flavour of the month for a very long time now.

But you should indeed check out Zegers' work

 

[aNarcHy2day]

I would love to have Hal Jordan in either Arrow(pre-ring Hal) or Flash (full blown Lantern) and try to get the character over with the audience.

 

[cleverusername8]

I would love to have Hal Jordan in either Arrow(pre-ring Hal) or Flash (full blown Lantern) and try to get the character over with the audience.

Or taking it a step further and using Hal as a bridge between the two shows. Since they're clearly in the same universe and Hal has a friendly relationship with both Ollie and Barry, they could get the actor to appear in both shows semi-regularly and make references to events that happened in the other to help the universe feel more unified t:

 

[dnno1]

I would love to have Hal Jordan in either Arrow(pre-ring Hal) or Flash (full blown Lantern) and try to get the character over with the audience.

Just keep in mind that this would pander to just 5 million people at most. If you really want to expose Green Lanten and his mythology, you've got to embrace chidren and young adults with a succesful cartoon series on one front and with a presence in some other medium for adults. I still think that Green Lantern should be packaged to embrace Star Wars and Star treck fans since it too is space based SciFi and the two former franchises have a large fan base.

 

[aNarcHy2day]

Oh... And what I said earlier would be in addition to the Rock turning up as Green Lantern in the 'films'. That would cover the entire demographic, one would assume.

And once they do that and bring some positive word of mouth with the general audience about the character and the mythos they can restart the frankly awesome Animated Series!

 

[DrCosmic]

I think that a GL reboot would not excite many people. The 2011 movie followed Hal Jordan's origin story more or less faithfully, redoing the same would be a bad idea as the story itself is not that exciting or complex.

Best way would be to recast Hal Jordan, introduce John Stewart as the new GL and move forward. After all, The Incredible Hulk did not do well commercially and critically but still, Marvel Studios have wisely avoided a reboot of Hulk and included him straight in Avengers team instead of ignoring the earlier movie (TIH.)

Similarly, don't ignore the 2011 Green Lantern movie, take that parts that worked , Mark Strong as Sinestro, Angela Bassett as Amanda Waller and Geoffery Rush as Tomar Re and move forward.

I see it differently.

Well, to be honest, you seeing it differently doesn't change that both MOS and GL2011 portray first contact with alien life, and how the Earth responds to that. They both then show an extensive widely broadcast world-ending threat, that only one hero responds to, because they are the only one who can, and everyone knows it. That's just the surface stuff, details like Carrie Ferris and Carol Ferris having totally different actresses and backgrounds also abound.

Just like with Hulk, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt were outstanding, imho, but keeping them and moving forward and keeping that association with the bad parts of the film would be a mistake. Doing it the Marvel way would be incorporating John Stewart GL into the JLA, and never looking back at the previous incarnation, and TIH was actually in continuity.

Also, I think that Chiwetel Ejiofor, is perfect for John Stewart than "Rock" who I think is a better fit for Black Adam / Lobo.

Ejiofor was one of my picks too before Rock threw his hat in the ring. There's no major issues: 1) there are absolutely no plans for Black Adam/Lobo movie, so saving the Rock for something that may never ever happen, is a waste. 2) Rock will fill seats and is more charismatic. It wouldn't be the first franchise he's saved. Ejiofor is a higher skilled actor, but he's not as entertaining as the most electrifying name in sports entertainment.

 

[Micromind]

Well, to be honest, you seeing it differently doesn't change that both MOS and GL2011 portray first contact with alien life, and how the Earth responds to that.

First contact is a term describing the first meeting of two cultures previously unaware of one another.

According to wiki a first Contact means meeting of different cultures /species who can interact with each other, Abin Sur was a dead corpse, Amanda Waller getting hold of his dead body does not qualify as "First Contact"

Parallax cannot be called as representing some alien culture who wants to establish first contact with humans in any meaningful way, he was like a giant alien bug who just attacked Earth.

They both then show an extensive widely broadcast world-ending threat, that only one hero responds to, because they are the only one who can, and everyone knows it. That's just the surface stuff, details like Carrie Ferris and Carol Ferris having totally different actresses and backgrounds also abound.

Only few hundred people of Coast City witnessed Cloud Parallax, which could be described as attack by some cloud like alien microorganism or something like that, nobody will call that thing as some intelligent being.

Carrie Ferris character in MOS has nothing to do with Carol Ferris, MOS movie did not gave us any info to make any connection.

Just like with Hulk, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt were outstanding, imho, but keeping them and moving forward and keeping that association with the bad parts of the film would be a mistake.

Doing it the Marvel way would be incorporating John Stewart GL into the JLA, and never looking back at the previous incarnation, and TIH was actually in continuity.

Avengers story did not require Tim Roth and William Hurt, I am sure that Marvel will use them in future if required.

Add John Stewart and replace Ryan Reynolds with some other actor,why not keep Angela Bassett and Mark Strong ?

Ejiofor was one of my picks too before Rock threw his hat in the ring. There's no major issues: 1) there are absolutely no plans for Black Adam/Lobo movie, so saving the Rock for something that may never ever happen, is a waste. 2) Rock will fill seats and is more charismatic. It wouldn't be the first franchise he's saved. Ejiofor is a higher skilled actor, but he's not as entertaining as the most electrifying name in sports entertainment.

Ejiofor is my first choice too, but if getting Rock could rejuvenate the dead GL franchise, then so be it. So far things are not looking good for this particular franchise.

 

[mace1]

So if JL comes out in 2017, Rock will be 44. And at the very earliest, a solo GL movie would come out in 2020, where he will be 47. Certainly getting up there.

I think they'll reboot the GL series after Justice League with one movie with John Stewart, where he will probably die, leaving the ring for an Alan Scott, or Hal Jordan, or Guy Gardner?

John does not need to die,and hal and the others could show up later and they could have teams up etc..

 

[flickchick85]

Dwayne Johnson doesn't fit my image of John Stewart at all, but I don't think he'd be a bad choice if they want to rejuvenate the GL name. The guy's got charisma and can really hold the screen. People like him and he's got that "cool" factor. The way I see it, they could introduce John in one of these Batman/Superman AKA Justice League movies and make an off-handed comment about there being another GL of that sector that he's never met (who's busy on some deep space mission ala the GL animated series). Then they could make a sort of soft reboot GL movie starring Dwayne and a new (better) Hal Jordan, as Hal returns from whatever he was doing with news a of new threat to Oa that they need to investigate or something, as he meets John for the first time, and they could sell this new one as a kind of buddy cop movie (notice I didn't say "comedy") in space. The key would be finding a Hal who has great chemistry with The Rock.

With GotG and Star Wars coming up, I think the GA will have a renewed interest in that kind of thing, and it would of course be less comedic than GotG, but still fun. And most importantly, NOT. SET. ON. EARTH.

Also, I don't see Dwayne's age becoming an issue any time soon. That the guy is in amazing shape goes without saying.

 

[brainchild81]

Ditto on the Rock. IT DOESN'T MATTER how old he is! It only matters how old he looks. As far as the other lanterns go: after John the next one they bring to live action should be Guy. If they want the "serious police force" thing for the corps they need to avoid domino masks because they look silly &cops don't wear them. If this means modifying or excluding certain lanterns, so be it. Some fanboys may complain, but once again they won't really matter

 

[Lantern Venom]

Or taking it a step further and using Hal as a bridge between the two shows. Since they're clearly in the same universe and Hal has a friendly relationship with both Ollie and Barry, they could get the actor to appear in both shows semi-regularly and make references to events that happened in the other to help the universe feel more unified t:

That's a great point.

Oh... And what I said earlier would be in addition to the Rock turning up as Green Lantern in the 'films'. That would cover the entire demographic, one would assume.

And once they do that and bring some positive word of mouth with the general audience about the character and the mythos they can restart the frankly awesome Animated Series!

Despite being a fan of Rock's acting since his SNL appearance in 2000, I'm still shocked by how many media outlets are running articles on the Rock-as-GL rumor. This rumor alone has given John more mainstream mentions that he's ever had. No wonder they call the Rock "franchise Viagra".

I also agree on the 'toon. I wasn't a huge fan of the overly-stylized animation, but the storylines were amazing for a kid-centric show. I still can't believe that DC and WB fumbled the marketing on that show so much.

 

[The_Manhunter]

I had an interesting idea I think. What if they do a film with all 5 of the main GLs - Hal, John, Guy, Kyle, and Simon Baz - and give the franchise to whichever one the audience responds best to?

 

[DrCosmic]

According to wiki a first Contact means meeting of different cultures /species who can interact with each other, Abin Sur was a dead corpse, Amanda Waller getting hold of his dead body does not qualify as "First Contact"

Parallax cannot be called as representing some alien culture who wants to establish first contact with humans in any meaningful way, he was like a giant alien bug who just attacked Earth.

Only few hundred people of Coast City witnessed Cloud Parallax, which could be described as attack by some cloud like alien microorganism or something like that, nobody will call that thing as some intelligent being.

Carrie Ferris character in MOS has nothing to do with Carol Ferris, MOS movie did not gave us any info to make any connection.

Avengers story did not require Tim Roth and William Hurt, I am sure that Marvel will use them in future if required.

Add John Stewart and replace Ryan Reynolds with some other actor,why not keep Angela Bassett and Mark Strong ?

Okay, let's throw out the words first contact. Here's the issue: Perry's question is: "Do you know how people would react if they knew someone like this existed." Which is utterly pointless if the world knows about other superpowerful beings. "You are not alone." is pointless if its known that aliens exist.

When you say 'only a few hundred people' saw Parallax, that's like saying only a few hundred people saw Superman and Zod fight or the twin-towers fall. It is a culture changing disaster in the middle of a huge metropolitan area, with thousands of people in eye view, dozens of which will have running cameras.

And if Zod threatens the entire world, why does the Green Lantern of the sector do nothing? Each story is based on them being the only superhero, the only alien force/presence in the story. This is why they are not compatible, and any finagling to try and say "What he really meant when he said you are not alone..." is a poor retcon of an obvious intention that gives the story much of its power and relevance.

That's why they can't use anything from GL2011, actors included, because the power of each story comes from them being the only superhero, and the first interaction earth has with aliens.

Ejiofor is my first choice too, but if getting Rock could rejuvenate the dead GL franchise, then so be it. So far things are not looking good for this particular franchise.

I disagree. Rock's interest is the best news this franchise has ever had.

 

[Mach2Infinity]

It's a shame that they can't include GL (2011) into the MoS universe as I thought Ryan Reynolds was quite good and besides the odd bit of miscasting (Tim Robbins and Peter Sarsgaard) the remaining actors such as Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Geoffrey Rush were good. I think they'd fit in well I think with the MoS/JL setup.

Is there any way they can keep Ryan Reynolds and the other actors I mentioned and sort of reboot it?

 

[brainchild81]

Wouldn't mesh well.

I had an interesting idea I think. What if they do a film with all 5 of the main GLs - Hal, John, Guy, Kyle, and Simon Baz - and give the franchise to whichever one the audience responds best to?

Doesn't sound good. They haven't done well w/1 GL. I doubt they can properly manage 5 of 'em. Hal already got a film all to himself &it flopped hard. John deserves a film of his own &I'd rather not have it held back by the negativity/apathy Hal got in live action. They should get one of them right b4 they start teaming them up

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

They should get one of them right b4 they start teaming them up

Like they did with X-Men?

You don't need to have solos, a group film could please everyone.

 

[Rorschach2012]

The central relationship in the GL mythos is between Hal and Sinestro. If John is the lead of the next GL movie, Hal HAS to be a supporting character. A GL franchise without Sinestro/Hal conflict sounds pretty lame to me. I want John and Hal against Sinestro . They're at odds at the beginning and eventually become close partners once they've defeated Sinestro. That sounds like the perfect GL movie to me

 

[flickchick85]

I kind of agree. I'm fine with just John Stewart being in a Batman/Superman/Justice League film - in fact, I think that's the smartest way to go at this point - but I'd really prefer any subsequent GL solo film to feature both John AND Hal.

 

[brainchild81]

Like they did with X-Men?

Nope. X-Men wasn't preceded by a horrible solo film featuring one of it's members(The horrible solo films featuring an X-man came afterward They were somehow successful tho ). First live action film for the X-franchise was a hit. First live action film for GL was a critical & financial disaster

You don't need to have solos, a group film could please everyone.

True. They should have thought about that before they gave Hal a film. If they wanna have a team film, I'd like for it not to have any members on it who've already failed miserably in live action on their 1st attempt at a film. A buddy cop movie w/John & Guy would be more suitable for live action. I'd be fine w/that. They can get John right in BvS or JL 1st

The central relationship in the GL mythos is between Hal and Sinestro. If John is the lead of the next GL movie, Hal HAS to be a supporting character. A GL franchise without Sinestro/Hal conflict sounds pretty lame to me.

Which is understandable. You're a fan of the comics & Hal/Sinestro is very familiar to you. Hal/Sinestro doesn't mean much to the GA tho. John/Sinestro could & probably would easily mean more to them.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

The central relationship in the GL mythos is between Hal and Sinestro. If John is the lead of the next GL movie, Hal HAS to be a supporting character. A GL franchise without Sinestro/Hal conflict sounds pretty lame to me. I want John and Hal against Sinestro . They're at odds at the beginning and eventually become close partners once they've defeated Sinestro. That sounds like the perfect GL movie to me

I'd like an epic battle between Hal and Sinestro on Korugar (perhaps in front of the yellow lantern battery).

...while John learns to embrace his past as a soldier and leads the Green Lantern Corps (Guy Gardner included) in a war against the Sinestro Corps outside Earth.

(think Return of the Jedi, where we have Luke vs Vadar and Han/Rebels vs the Imperials)

 

[Rorschach2012]

I'd like an epic battle between Hal and Sinestro on Korugar (perhaps in front of the yellow lantern battery).



...while John learns to embrace his past as a soldier and leads the rest of the Green Lantern Corps in a war against the Sinestro Corps outside Earth.



(think Return of the Jedi, where we have Luke vs Vadar and Han/Rebels vs the Imperials)

Sounds amazing dude.

 

[Lantern Venom]

It's a shame that they can't include GL (2011) into the MoS universe as I thought Ryan Reynolds was quite good and besides the odd bit of miscasting (Tim Robbins and Peter Sarsgaard) the remaining actors such as Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Geoffrey Rush were good. I think they'd fit in well I think with the MoS/JL setup.

Is there any way they can keep Ryan Reynolds and the other actors I mentioned and sort of reboot it?

The problem with that is that WB never made any effort in the GL film to set up a shared universe. Even if Wonder Woman was oblivious on Themiscyra and Supes was being held in check by his dad, a world-consuming threat like Parallax would have surely gotten the attention of Batman and Flash.

Likewise, a JL film would have to answer the question of why the GL of sector 2814 didn't appear to fight a group of super-powered Kryptonians invading his home planet. This is WB we are talking about, so long-term planning and competency isn't something on which we can count.

The central relationship in the GL mythos is between Hal and Sinestro. If John is the lead of the next GL movie, Hal HAS to be a supporting character. A GL franchise without Sinestro/Hal conflict sounds pretty lame to me. I want John and Hal against Sinestro .

That's true, and interest in Sinestro is at an all-time high. Not only did Strong get critical acclaim for his portrayal, Sinestro is getting his own comic now. He's a lot like Magneto in that he can be the villain, anti-hero, or reluctant hero in the GL/JL mythos. Of course, it's personal with Hal, and you're right that the relationship deserves another turn on screen.

However, Sinestro has had his issues with the GLC and the Guardians, so his story isn't completely tied to Hal. He came to earth looking for Hal's ring on Batman: B&B, and he did likewise with Kyle (albeit a Hal-ish version) on Superman:TAS. It would be easy enough for SvB to have Sinestro upset about another human with a ring, which is something Sinestro have never been fond of, even though he and Hal genuinely liked each other during the more modern incarnations of Hal's origin.

I kind of agree. I'm fine with just John Stewart being in a Batman/Superman/Justice League film - in fact, I think that's the smartest way to go at this point - but I'd really prefer any subsequent GL solo film to feature both John AND Hal.

I'm for any and all routes that bring GL back to movies or TV. It's completely unacceptable that WB bumbled the live-action movie's budget and killed the sweet cartoon because they didn't market it properly. They have a chance to restart with JL and Arrow, so they better not topher up those opportunities, too. Believe me, GL fans are as rabid as ever to see the GLC back in live-action.

I'd like an epic battle between Hal and Sinestro on Korugar (perhaps in front of the yellow lantern battery).

(think Return of the Jedi, where we have Luke vs Vadar and Han/Rebels vs the Imperials)

A Sinestro Corps War movie would have been an awesome animated feature, but it seems like most of the non-Batman releases in the future are going to be New 52 related.

 

[Rorschach2012]

The beginning of the movie can focus on Dwayne Johnson/John Stewart's life as an architect in Detroit. Early on, it's established that John Stewart used to be a marine, we flashback to a scene where all of the members of his platoon are blown up by an IED. It's established that John Stewart feels guilty about being the only survivor of his platoon. Even though he's a gifted architect, he feels uncomfortable in his new position. He's finally able to overcome the demons that haunt him from his days as a marine once he puts the ring on. It is through becoming a Green Lantern that his life finds meaning again.

John receives the ring, experiments with it for a few quick fun scenes, and then he's rapidly transported to Oa. When he arrives on Oa, his arrival is met with hostility, and there is no immediate explanation for his arrival. Tomar-Re meets with John Stewart and informs him that the Guardians did not choose him to be a Green Lantern, and they speculate that the ring has come to John Stewart without the Guardians consent or knowledge. It is particularly unusual because Sector 2814 already has a Green Lantern. Hal Jordan. Hal was trained by Sinestro and they are best friends and partners. Hal feels threatened by John Stewart because he's cocky and thinks he can handle his sector on his own, and since it's unprecedented for one sector to require two Green Lanterns, Hal feels slightly embarrassed, so he doesn't give John Stewart an easy time. Sinestro is shown to be suspicious of John Stewart. He believes the Guardians are lying and chose John in secret..

At first, Tomar- Re is the only one to treat John Stewart with any respect. After his initial arrival and quick meeting with Sinestro and Hal, John is escorted by Tomar to meet with the Guardians. They are weary of letting John keep the ring, but Ganthet is able to convince the others to let John keep the ring. John at this point doesn't really have any idea what's going on, but decides to stick around since he doesn't really want to go back to his other life. During a discussion with Tomar-Re about what it means to be a Green Lantern, John is able to notice some similarities between the marine corps and the Green Lantern corps. Also during this conversation, Tomar tells John that he thinks John was chosen for a reason. He doesn't elaborate any further, before he tells John that he'll be doing combat training with Kilowog. Meanwhile, Sinestro is trying to convince Hal to go on a secret mission with him. Hal and Sinestro are shown to have a close relationship, it's clear they've been partners for a while so Hal agrees to keep the mission a secret from the Guardians.

Sinestro tells Hal that they are going to planet Ysmault to interrogate a creature known as Atrocitus. On their flight to Ysmault, Sinestro confides in Hal Jordan that he overheard the Guardians talking about a prophecy called "Blackest Night". He also thinks that John being chosen as a Green Lantern is related to the prophecy. On his own, Sinestro had done some digging to find out more and discovered that the Guardians imprisoned a creature known as Atrocitus on planet Ysmault. And this creature knows about the prophecy.

The planet Ysmault is a great opportunity to have some beautiful visual effects. Hopefully a reboot can have more visually appealing space scenes.

So they arrive on Ysmault and they discover the Atrocitus' prison. Sinestro initiates the interrogation and initially, Atrocitus tells him nothing, only expressing his hatred for the Green Lantern corps and the Guardians. Sinestro gets progressively more violent in his interrogation until Atrocitus is close to death. Hal intervenes just in time, and Sinestro lets up. Bloodied, Atrocitus just laughs and basically tells them that there will be a war between all the different colored lanterns. Sinestro's gotten the information he needs so him and Hal decide to leave. Sinestro verbally attacks Hal for making him look weak in front of Atrocitus. He argues that the situation calls for serious measures to be taken.

The Atrocitus interrogation is intercut with scenes where Kilowog is basically kicking John Stewart's ass/"training" John until Kilowog gets John angry. John shows an abnormal amount of will and knocks Kilowog on his ass. Kilowog is stupefied, its the first time someone has done that to him in their first training session.

After Kilowog's training session, Tomar- Re tries to teach John to make complicated constructs, but with his job as an architect, it's already easy for him to do, and the more complicated constructs come naturally. Hal and Sinestro arrive around the same time that Tomar Re decides he couldn't even really teach John anything. John asks about both Hal and Sinestro. It is here where we get brief origin explanations for both of these characters. A brief gloss over of Hal's origin and Sinestro's origin (with emphasis on the fact that he frequently disagrees with the Guardians and is known for a wicked temper and his willingness to get violent when deemed necessary) it's established that Hal Jordan and Thaal Sinestro are generally regarded as the best Green Lanterns.

As soon as Hal and Sinestro arrive on Oa, they go straight to the Guardians to confront them about the prophecy. The guardians unanimously deny knowledge of any prophecy, but Ganthet and Scar both act suspiciously (its clear they both know full well what's going on).

Sinestro is furious that the Guardians would lie to him. Sinestro angrily asks Hal Jordan to leave so he can speak with the Guardians alone.

Hal leaves and notices John Stewart talking with Tomar and decides to approach him. Hal is initially somewhat hostile but he says things in a joking manner to make himself feel okay about being a *****e. John shouldn't have a high threshold for disrespect, so he'll reciprocate the hostility.


Sinestro, alone with the guardians, pleads with them to let him forge a yellow power ring in order to combat what he knows is coming. He suggests that the yellow element is more powerful, and would be more effective, but the guardians deny this. They prohibit Sinestro from forging a yellow ring and discourage him from even speaking about it. They suggest that the energy that powers the yellow element is too uncontrollable and unpredictable. They also keep up the lie and deny any knowledge of a prophecy, further infuriating Sinestro. In an effort to change the subject, they inform Sinestro of a mysterious distress signal in Hal Jordan's sector. They suggest that Hal and Sinestro investigate the disturbance. Sinestro suggests that John and Hal investigate it together. Sinestro furiously leaves the guardians and Oa without speaking a word.

The Guardians inform Hal and John of the mystery distress signal, and Hal begrudgingly agrees to take John along. They travel for a while until they arrive on the planet where the signal was coming from. The source of the distress signal is apparently within a seedy space bar. We see here how the sight of a Green Lantern costume strikes fear into the hearts of seedy looking space criminals.

They ask around trying to find out who activated the distress signal, but no one knows. A hooded woman with skin the same color as Sinestro's sits at a table nearby, eying them from the corner Aragorn in Fellowship of the Ring style . John, clearly intrigued by her otherworldly beauty decides to approach her. She explains that she is Katma Tui of Korugar and that she activated the distress signal. The distress signal was given to her by her late father, who had received a device after saving the life of the deceased Green Lantern, Abin Sur. The device somehow notifies the Green Lantern corps if trouble is afoot. When asked why she is all the way in sector 2814 if she is from Korugar, she responds that she needed to go somewhere as far away from Korugar as possible in order to feel safe activating the device. She apologizes for not approaching them immediately, but wanted to make sure that Thaal Sinestro wasn't with them. Before she can tell them why, we cut back to Sinestro.

After abruptly leaving Oa after his heated conversation with the Guardians, Sinestro has returned to his home planet, Korugar. It is revealed that he has already forged a ring using the yellow element. He has forged multiple rings in fact. Korugar is ruled with an iron fist by the element of fear. Sinestro has already assembled an army on Korugar, powered by the yellow element. Arkillo, Sinestro's right hand man is in charge when Sinestro is on Oa. I say in this introduction scene to the way life is on Korugar, we should get a scene to establish how ruthless Arkillo is. Perhaps a thief is brought to Arkillo, and the man cries and falls to his knees in front of him begging for his life. Arkillo creates a yellow blade and cuts the thief's hands off, and the thief is escorted away.

Sinestro then tells Arkillo that there is no hope for the Guardians. That they will only get in the way of his plan. He explains that their lies created a rift that can't be repaired, and that their plans must be hastened. He plans an assault on Oa. He's planning this because he knows that the Yellow Lantern corps won't be allowed to exist as long as the Green Lantern corps exists. He also intends to forcefully extract information from the Guardians regarding the prophecy. His plan is for the Yellow Lantern corps to be the ruling force of the galaxy, he wants his corps to protect the universe from the prophecy, and the Green Lanterns will only get in the way as long as they exist. Before the assault however, he intends to return to Oa in an effort to convert Hal.

Back to Hal, John and Katma...Katma reveals to John and Hal how Sinestro is ruling Korugar. Katma was the leader of a rebellion against Sinestro and eventually was forced to leave Korugar for her own safety. Her entire family was heavily involved in upper level positions in the rebellion, but they were all wiped out. Katma was the only one able to escape, and she hitchhiked across the galaxy, downplaying her identity and beauty in an effort to stay hidden. As soon as she felt safe enough she activated the distress signal. John is clearly enamored by this woman and believes what she's saying, but it's clear that Hal isn't so sure of her. He's not so ready to believe that his partner and best friend would be capable of such things, but then he remembers how he acted against Atrocitus and once again isn't so sure what to think. They assure Katma that they will look into it, and ask her if she needs a lift anywhere, she declines, feeling safe in the seedy space bar.

Hal decides that they should stop at Oa first to see if Sinestro is there. Hal wants to confront Sinestro himself first. When Hal and John arrive, Sinestro is already back on Oa, as he is ready to make an attempt to convert Hal Jordan. Hal and John confront Sinestro about the things Katma told them, and it's clear Hal is really conflicted here. Sinestro is able to somewhat convince Hal that John and Katma are working with the Guardians to keep things from Hal. Sinestro tries to convince Hal that the yellow energy is necessary, and plays on the fact that the Guardians have lied to Hal before about the prophecy, and are working against Hal and Sinestro. Hal is eventually able to come to his senses and rejects Sinestro's offer to join him. Sinestro is sad about what he has to do, but he drops his Green Lantern ring and puts on his Yellow Lantern ring and calls in the assault on Oa.

The GL's are shown to be utterly unprepared, and there are hundreds of casualties. We need to get a quick Sinestro/Hal fight sequence, where Sinestro tells Hal how they could have ruled the universe with Hal at his side. We then follow the GL ring that Sinestro dropped , and we see it approaching a familiar planet.. the planet Katma is staying on. She receives the GL ring and before she has any time to learn to use it, she's transported to Oa...into a battlezone. When she first arrives, she's caught off guard and ambushed by multiple Yellow Lanterns. John swoops in and saves her and gives her a quick tutorial on how to use the ring. She proves to be a natural though. She's able to positively channel her emotions about Korugar into more power from the ring.

There should be a scene where Arkillo and Kilowog are fighting each other. We cut to the Guardians all retreating to an underground cave where they keep the central power battery. Protecting the central power battery is crucial. John and Hal realize that the only way to win the battle is to take out the central yellow battery. Luckily, Katma can show them exactly where it is on Korugar. Hal, John, and Katma race back to Korugar after the battery. Once they arrive, they face off against a large number of Sinestro Corps members, but eventually dispatch them. Katma leads Hal and John to the central battery.

The green element is the only weakness of the yellow element so with enough willpower and concentration, the 3 Green Lanterns are able to crack open the yellow battery just enough for the energy to start seeping out. At this time, an infuriated Sinesto arrives and unleashes a vicious attack on the three of them. His rage makes him powerful enough to take on the three of them at once. The energy seeping out of the battery appears to be sucked into Sinestro's ring, powering him even more. John and Katma decide to continue their attempt to break open the battery, while Hal holds off Sinestro. Eventually Sinestro gains the upper hand and is about to kill Hal when John swoops in and saves Hal. It's here that we finally see both Hal and John respecting each other. Hal and John take down Sinestro together, and then focus their efforts on the Yellow battery. but the battle isn't over... the fight is still raging on Oa.

Hal, with the help of Katma and John is able to fully crack open the yellow battery, but as soon as he does, there is a massive flash of bright yellow light, and we get a quick half second look at an enormous yellow monster emerging from the battery and entering Hal's body. Hal screams like someone would if the essence of fear were entering their body, his temples grey, and he's then weirdly calm. John and Katma believe they have saved the day, and try to brush off Hal's weirdness after breaking open the power battery.

They return to Oa to find the depowered Sinestro corps defeated. The Guardians soon gather around Hal, John and Katma and ask them how the lantern rings were depowered.. John and Katma tell the guardians that they broke open the yellow battery. The normally emotionless guardians appear to be terrified as soon as they found out the battery had been broken.

Hal begins to laugh maniacally and Parallax begins speaking through him. He eventually leaves Hal's body and returns to the monstrous yellow form that we saw before it entered Hal. Hal's body drops to the floor, apparently dead.

So now a giant yellow monster that is literally the embodiment of fear is unleashed on Oa. Eventually with the help of the guardians, John, Katma, and the remaining Green Lanterns, the monster is able to be contained.


After Parallax is defeated, Hal wakes up and he and John shake hands, and of course, John and Katma kiss. It is also revealed that Ganthet secretly sent the Green Lantern ring for John Stewart. He had a vision that John Stewart would be a major part of the prophecy. He reveals that John Stewart's role in the prophecy is yet to be revealed, and that his help in defeating the Yellow Lanterns and Parallax was merely a bonus, unrelated to the prophecy. I'd end the movie with John deciding not to return to Earth, but to keep working alongside Hal and Katma. This is the first time he's felt like his life has had any meaning in a while. He sees Hal and Katma and the other Green Lanterns like members of his platoon now.

 

[The Endless]

Has anyone considered GLs failure with general audiences may have something to do with the entire concept of Green Lantern? With the ring and the Oath and everything?

It can't really be compared to Star Wars/Trek in my eyes.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

It's entirely possible. That's why I'd rather see an Alan Scott film before a film that just ignores Hal Jordan. Not only is Alan better than the other Lanterns, he's also a different genre, his magic ring is genuine magic, he has magical foes and is Earth based.