Green Lantern reboot ideas.

[Rorschach2012]

I wouldn't mind a television show called Green Lantern Corps. Treat this show like Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1... something like these shows, where it's a team of Green Lanterns on a ship, maybe led by Hal Jordan and John Stewart as our Kirk and Spock, and they're buddy-cops in space who run a ship with actors in alien make-up, and they're all wearing the same Green Lantern uniforms (like Star Trek, but they're all green), and they just patrol the galaxy as space-cops. You have different alien villains every week, little-to-no CGI, just a spaceship set and actors in make-up, and you can have all the CW-drama you can handle, with intergalactic politics and crazy-ass stories. The fans refer to it as GLC, and we're all bickering and raving about this week's new episode.

This is a fantastic idea. Im not sure how theyd pull off the GL constructs on a tv budget tho

 

[Rocketman]

This is a fantastic idea. Im not sure how theyd pull off the GL constructs on a tv budget tho

This will sound blasphemous, but I would just drastically limit the ability of construct-building. I think that's one of my pet-peeves with Green Lantern in the first place - I don't like how their imaginations are so unlimited that they can just make ANYTHING. I think that destroys a lot of real obstacles they face, because it's like, "Oh, a giant rocket headed toward Earth? I'll just create this giant catcher's mit and catch it!" - It's like, Uggghhh. I get that that's a huge part of the Green Lantern mythos, coming up with fun and playful ways to solve problems like that, but when it gets to the point where you're making giant trampolines and sliding boards to save people falling from buildings, I get INCREDIBLY bored. There's no real danger or threat at all, and I think that's why I haven't connected with the comics as much as other characters. Just me personally.

 

[DrCosmic]

I wouldn't mind a television show called Green Lantern Corps. Treat this show like Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1... something like these shows, where it's a team of Green Lanterns on a ship, maybe led by Hal Jordan and John Stewart as our Kirk and Spock, and they're buddy-cops in space who run a ship with actors in alien make-up, and they're all wearing the same Green Lantern uniforms (like Star Trek, but they're all green), and they just patrol the galaxy as space-cops. You have different alien villains every week, little-to-no CGI, just a spaceship set and actors in make-up, and you can have all the CW-drama you can handle, with intergalactic politics and crazy-ass stories. The fans refer to it as GLC, and we're all bickering and raving about this week's new episode.

I think Green Lantern is especially unfit for CW drama, as it lacks any discernible Earth-like social situation. I'd still go for a GLC show, but it'd be more of a procedural than a social drama thing. And though it would need some CGI, i think it could be very cool in the fact that CGI doesn't have to be high quality, because it's not supposed to be real.

I think a good changeup for TV would be dramatically limiting how often a GL could charge, thus limiting the use of their ring. I'd focus on just two lanterns as the main ones. Perhaps start with Sinestro and Hal first season, then second season do Hal and John. Something like that.

 

[Lord]

With the limited powers i think it would be interesting to have an episode about the team trying to blow up a meteor heading towards Earth, something that is more fun and pays tribute to dumb Hollywood movies like Armageddon.

 

[DrCosmic]

I'm sure that'd be an episode, some meteor heading to a planet. Honestly, they can really just copy the plots from all those Sci-fi TV shows and just run those, albeit, hopefully with new twists. They go to a planet, all the people are sick. They pick up a distress signal, the ship is abandoned, what happened? This is all very classic stuff. The power of the show comes from the interaction of the leads.

EDIT: I think another good example of how the main interaction could/should go is Dr. Who, where you have one expert teacher (Sinestro in season 1, Hal in season 2), and one who is the guy learning all of this crazy stuff. (Hal in Season 1, John in Season 2).

 

[Rocketman]

I mean, the possibilities are endless. You could have a crew on the GLC ship consisting of Hal Jordan, Sinestro, John Stewart, Kilowog, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, etc. The first season could show Sinestro slowly becoming a traitor and being like a "Judas" to the team, who is secretly working with the villains they're trying to stop. There could be all kinds of stuff like Battlestar Galactica, where enemies are playing one another, and Hal Jordan is sort of our Han Solo who tries to keep the seriousness of the situation light, while John Stewart is sort of the badass who plays "Bad Cop" to Jordan's "Good Cop." Kyle can be the rookie on the ship, the youngest member - kind of like a Wil Wheaton/Wesley Crusher type - who is being trained by Kilowog and others, etc. The damn thing writes itself.

 

[Lord]

I would keep it at 5 at most, and there could be a subplot with the lantern that stays on earth, could be Kyle. I'm not sure Sinestro should be a Judas, i like him more as a Magneto kind of character, a person who thinks he doing the right thing, and in a way is, However his means are harsh.

 

[Lantern Venom]

I wouldn't mind a television show called Green Lantern Corps. Treat this show like Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1... something like these shows, where it's a team of Green Lanterns on a ship, maybe led by Hal Jordan and John Stewart as our Kirk and Spock, and they're buddy-cops in space who run a ship with actors in alien make-up, and they're all wearing the same Green Lantern uniforms (like Star Trek, but they're all green), and they just patrol the galaxy as space-cops. You have different alien villains every week, little-to-no CGI, just a spaceship set and actors in make-up, and you can have all the CW-drama you can handle, with intergalactic politics and crazy-ass stories. The fans refer to it as GLC, and we're all bickering and raving about this week's new episode.

I'm drooling at the thought of this.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Yeah Rocketman that's actually a sick idea, i can't stop thinking about it.

I say the team should be Hal, Sinestro, Kilowog, John and Guy. Do the Hal/Parallax story in season 2 or 3, and intro Kyle after.

And i think they could afford to have their powers toned down a bit.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

I imagine the animated GL show could have involved into something like this.

I only watched a few episodes, but the home base was a spaceship, and they had a team of Lanterns.

 

[dnno1]

Whatever they do, if they want to reboot the Green Lantern franchise, they should do their best to lure in both Star Trek and Star Wars fans (while their still around), even if it means copying some of the great characteristics of the two franchises that those fans like. That's one of the major problems that the Green Lantern franchise has. Although a global brand, there aren't enough fans to help support a TV series let alone a film franchise.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Whatever they do, if they want to reboot the Green Lantern franchise, they should do their best to lure in both Star Trek and Star Wars fans (while their still around), even if it means copying some of the great characteristics of the two franchises that those fans like. That's one of the major problems that the Green Lantern franchise has. Although a global brand, there aren't enough fans to help support a TV series let alone a film franchise.

Yeah completely agreed.

I think a good way to lure scifi fans into this GL tv idea is to take the Star Trek formula. Scifi tv show where the main set is on board a ship. I'm trying to think of just how toned down the GL rings would have to be to pull this off on a tv show... and i think they'd have to tone it down a lot. Maybe they can put an emphasis on how the GL's strength is in numbers. Also they could frequently have to charge their rings.

I imagine the animated GL show could have involved into something like this.

I only watched a few episodes, but the home base was a spaceship, and they had a team of Lanterns.

I'm a huge animated DC fan, and a huge GL fan, but i couldn't get into that show at all. There were so many good storylines they could've chosen from, but the stories they chose were weak, and the show's style was too childish. BTAS and JL TAS prove you don't have to dumb these kids shows down as much as GL TAS did.


I'm thinking a live action GL corps tv series is a lot more likely than another movie would be. Man the possibilities for this series are pretty exciting to think about.

Some plot points that could be done on the show: Sinestro turning to the dark side, Sinestro corps war, Hal being infected by Parallax, Carol becoming a Star Sapphire, Katma and John's relationship, Atrocitus and the creation of the Red Lanterns, i could go on and on...

I think this should have a pretty big budget, but they could definitely cut costs by having episodes where a GL is stuck somewhere and their power ring is uncharged.

I like the idea of some GL's getting stuck on Warworld with Mongul, also Despero could be a major villain too.

This idea is brilliant... I hope something like this happens. It's a lot more realistic to hope for this than to hope for another GL movie.

Jensen Ackles for tv Hal!!!!!!

 

[metaphysician]

*cough* Really, whether in comic, movie, or TV, Green Lanterns *shouldn't* be "unlimited in power". Its another example of silver age crud, where powers are defined as "absolutely anything as long as you can apply ____ adjective".

The power rings should have *quantitative* limits on their power, no matter how imaginative you are. You can imagine a giant catchers mitt all you want, if you try to put it in front of a planet-busting death ray, it gets punched through. That kind of thing. The ring can only deal so much damage, block so much damage, lift so much weight, etc.

 

[Rorschach2012]

*cough* Really, whether in comic, movie, or TV, Green Lanterns *shouldn't* be "unlimited in power". Its another example of silver age crud, where powers are defined as "absolutely anything as long as you can apply ____ adjective".

The power rings should have *quantitative* limits on their power, no matter how imaginative you are. You can imagine a giant catchers mitt all you want, if you try to put it in front of a planet-busting death ray, it gets punched through. That kind of thing. The ring can only deal so much damage, block so much damage, lift so much weight, etc.

Yeah i agree with this. It makes him work better within the context of the Justice League. It'd make fight scenes a lot easier to write too

 

[Young Superman]

Scott Porter would be my pick for the new Hal Jordan.

 

[Jordacar]

Scott Porter would be my pick for the new Hal Jordan.

Mine to. He's already a huge comics fan. He'd slip into the role immediately.

 

[Lantern Venom]

I just wish WB would announce something in relation to GL in SvB or the sequel thereafter. The wait is excruciating.

 

[Arach Knight]

I believe the simplest strategy would be to take First Flight and tweak it into a live action script. The plotting, the pacing and the action are all excellent. Plus, since that film is only 75 minutes (the average length of a modern film is roughly 110 minutes http://www.slashfilm.com/by-the-numbers-the-length-of-feature-films/2/) there would be ample opportunity to explore other elements on screen, or to increase the decompression of certain sequences.

The other approach is to not make an interpretation of the source material in and instead make an adaptation of a popular story from the comics. It worked for Batman Begins, which is effectively a tweaked version of "The Long Halloween." Spider-Man 2 is a tweaked version of "Spider-Man No More!" X2: X-Men United is a tweaked version of "God Loves, Man Kills". The formula is there and it works.

 

[DrCosmic]

The First Flight remix would be simplest, and I have to admit, I would enjoy that. I don't think the pacing is really that good. It moves too fast to be truly enjoyed outside of hardcore comics fans. I think though with an extra 40 minutes the First Flight story can really REALLY shine for the gem that it is.

I can't think of any GL stories I'd like to see. Secret Origin and Emerald Dawn seem to have informed GL2011 enough as it is. Stewart doesn't have an origin story all at once. I would love to see GL Mosaic adapted, but that would be a very, VERY different type of film.

 

[Rorschach2012]

How does GL travel through space and to Oa so quickly without having superspeed?

 

[DrCosmic]

Sometimes it's warp gates, sometimes the rings have a warpspeed function, it depends on the continuity.

 

[Arach Knight]

How does GL travel through space and to Oa so quickly without having superspeed?

Power rings have the ability to grant light speed travel, or open warp gates.

 

[Rorschach2012]

i don't like the idea of GL being able to travel at lightspeed... makes him too powerful, i guess warp gates work

 

[Arach Knight]

i don't like the idea of GL being able to travel at lightspeed... makes him too powerful, i guess warp gates work

If it makes you feel any better, that speed is only achievable in space ^_^

 

[Powerman34]

I think the movie handled his speed great. When he is going to OA and back home the ring opens up a wormhole specifically for the corp to travel long distances through. I think the GL saga shoul be the right mix of Star Trek (all the different alien species) Star Wars (the political intrigue among galaxies) and Training Day(a badass police drama).