Green Lantern Script Review

[Saint]

Thing is, with what Geoff Johns has done with the GL franchise, you'd need to have movies based on the Crises for characters like Anti-monitor and Superboy-Prime, who have become kinda regulars in GL.

No they haven't. They appeared as antagonists in the Sinestro Corps War for a few issues, and that was it.

 

[Evil Twin]

He hasn't directed a live action film in a loooooong time....and there were reports from crew members that said the JL film had some good elements but also had plenty of not so good elements. Plus the man wanted to cast guys names Arm and Hammer and DJ Corona as Batman and Superman?? Those type of decisions has me questioning his rational and judgement. I mean if Clark Kent makes a cameo in this GL film....will he cast DJ Corona or someone else other than Routh as Clark?? That wouldn't be good IMO.

So, what you're saying is that you judge actors on their names and you don't know what Miller actually intended beyond some unconfirmed unspecific scuttlebutt. Ok.

 

[The Major]

Yea i am willing to let greg stay director and see if he could make a hit like bb/tdk did with nolan, or the examples you posted lestat.

Nolan made sense for Batman. He'd already made a few critically acclaimed big budget movie in a similar genre by the time WB hired him.

Berlanti is primarily a tv writer and producer with only one film made as a director. It was of a completely different genre and tone then GL.

But if wb wants a bigger name director take over hopefully they find a good guy to take over and he doesnt change to much in the script.

Agreed.

 

[The Major]

hows Nathan Fillion(Serenity)

He's my favorite choice.

 

[The Major]

That said, he does have a highly capable crew pretty much assembled for one now apparently cancelled superhero movie (JL:M). I don't imagine it would take too much to move onto something like this, which would be equally complicated and expensive to make.

Do you honestly think GL would be as expensive as JL? Wouldn't they be able to lower the effects scenes much easier on this then on JL?

 

[Superman-Prime]

hows Nathan Fillion(Serenity)

That would work. I like that. Nice choice as Hal Jordon/GL.

 

[arman200]

No they haven't. They appeared as antagonists in the Sinestro Corps War for a few issues, and that was it.

But they were setup to be re-occuring characters. Anti-monitor is now the Black Lantern leader entity, and Superboy-prime has been fighting GL's since he appeared in infinite Crisis, odds are he's coming back.

What I meant was they feel more like Green Lantern villains now, and while it would never happen in a movie, their origins are from the "crisis" stories, and the Sinestro Corps would seem like a much smaller threat without them.

 

[The Major]

But they were setup to be re-occuring characters. Anti-monitor is now the Black Lantern leader entity, and Superboy-prime has been fighting GL's since he appeared in infinite Crisis, odds are he's coming back.

In the comics they are.

Their presence wouldn't be required in the movie. They'd be to much of a distraction.

What I meant was they feel more like Green Lantern villains now, and while it would never happen in a movie, their origins are from the "crisis" stories, and the Sinestro Corps would seem like a much smaller threat without them.

Which is another reason they don't need to be in it.

The Sinestro Corps. would be intimidating enough without them any way.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea for months/yr or so people been pitching fillion's name for hal jordan/green lantern. Now i never saw his show but i agree he would probably make a great hal jordan. But i pointed this out before i read an interview i dont remember were off the top of my head but it was with fillion and the person asked him if he would want to do any live action superhero films and fillion said he isnt into doing it. But who really know if wb went to him he may agree to do it or not. But we dont have a green light, or anything yet for the film. So casting the leads is still a long while to go.

 

[arman200]

They don't.

They can just take the parts relating to Hal and Sinestro, change or merge some characters and condense it into a good story. Just limit to the Sinestro Corps. and GLC. The rest of the DCU doesn't need to get involved.

Super-boy Prime, Cyborg Superman and the Anti-Monitor can be ignored but they'd need Parallax.

Have a movie where Hal gets temporarily taken over by Parallax before to set up a Sinestro Corps War trilogy or duology.

I can understand not having Superboy-prime and Anti-monitor, but Hank Henshaw destroyed Coast City, and was the whole reason Parallax took over Hal Jordan. His story was told in a GL one-shot, so they could just do a quick scene like that to show who he is. With Marvel doing what they're doing, WB has to be open to the idea of crossovers, and Green Lantern does involve a lot of stuff from the rest of the DCU. Not all of it has to be covered, but at least some of it should stay.

 

[The Major]

I can understand not having Superboy-prime and Anti-monitor, but Hank Henshaw destroyed Coast City, and was the whole reason Parallax took over Hal Jordan.

Henshaw destroying Coast City could make a movie in itself. But he's better off being set up in the Superman franchise first before moving to GL.

Since that isn't an option at the moment he's not useful enough to keep around in a SWC adaption.

His story was told in a GL one-shot, so they could just do a quick scene like that to show who he is.

What works in comics doesn't always work in movies. This is not an example which can do that. That screen time would be better used for events which move the story forward.

With Marvel doing what they're doing,

DC doesn't have to copy everything Marvel does to succeed.

All it does need to do is make great comic adaptions.

WB has to be open to the idea of crossovers,

They can do that with franchises in their own continuity where characters meet each other like JLA, Outsiders, _______ vs ____, Teen Titans, World's Finest, Brave and the Bold, Suicide Squad, Super Max etc.

and Green Lantern does involve a lot of stuff from the rest of the DCU.

Green Lantern's mythos has so much potential they could do several films without interacting directly with the DCU at all.

Not all of it has to be covered, but at least some of it should stay.

They'll keep what works and scrap the rest.

I know its hard not to have every detail in adaptions of your favorite comics but it's unfortunately something adaptions can't avoid most of the time.

 

[arman200]

Henshaw destroying Coast City could make a movie in itself. But he's better off being set up in the Superman franchise first before moving to GL.
Since that isn't an option at the moment he's not useful enough to keep around in a SWC adaption.
What works in comics doesn't always work in movies. This is not an example which can do that. That screen time would be better used for events which move the story forward.
DC doesn't have to copy everything Marvel does to succeed.
All it does need to do is make great comic adaptions.
They can do that with franchises in their own continuity where characters meet each other like JLA, Outsiders, Teen Titans, World's Finest, Brave and the Bold, Suicide Squad, Super Max etc.
Green Lantern's mythos has so much potential they could do several films without interacting directly with the DCU at all.
They'll keep what works and scrap the rest.
I know its hard not to have every detail in adaptions of your favorite comics but it's unfortunately something movies can't avoid most of the time.

I could see Henshaw in another Green Lantern movie destroying Coast city, but I don't think they should wait and introduce him in a Superman movie(partly because it'd never happen). Personally, I think Henshaw is a stronger GL villain than a superman one.

Yeah that screen time could work further the story, but if there were two movies simply based on Sinestro Corps, then that'd be enough time to flesh out Henshaw and explain his reason for joining in the first place.

No, I personally like DC better than Marvel, but their movies would be a LOT better if they took the obvious choice marvel did and started making more flicks that strived for accuracy.

I realize that not everything could be kept in an adaptation. I'm not going to say everything should be kept, but those things that we all know would never show up, are really a shame to lose. Plus, I think little cameos and references to other DC characters would make sense because Hal Jordan mainly just patrols his planet, going all over the world all the time. Places like Metropolis and Gotham are bound to pop up and the characters are bound to interact.

 

[Keyser Soze]

If Hank Henshaw is introduced in the Green Lantern films, I see it being in a radically-altered form. For example, I could see them introducing him as the Grandmaster of the Manhunters, while reworking his origins to make him totally unrelated to Superman.

 

[The Major]

Keyser:

Agreed.

 

[Katsuro]

If Hank Henshaw is introduced in the Green Lantern films, I see it being in a radically-altered form. For example, I could see them introducing him as the Grandmaster of the Manhunters, while reworking his origins to make him totally unrelated to Superman.

I hope not. If anything, just make it some other villain that destroys Coast City. Or better yet, have the destruction happen in the JLA movie (not Justice League Mortal, but a real JLA movie, with Routh and Bale).

So, what you're saying is that you judge actors on their names and you don't know what Miller actually intended beyond some unconfirmed unspecific scuttlebutt. Ok.

The guy he cast as Batman is currently 21 years old. He's only 4 months older than me, for christ's sake! I am nowhere near old enough to play the goddamn Batman!!!

 

[Saint]

If Hank Henshaw is introduced in the Green Lantern films, I see it being in a radically-altered form. For example, I could see them introducing him as the Grandmaster of the Manhunters, while reworking his origins to make him totally unrelated to Superman.

Or simply rework his origin so that Green Lantern serves Superman's role in an otherwise (mostly) unaltered origin.

That said, I don't know if I'd like to see Cyborg. I think if we're lucky enough to get subsequent films, it should be a trilogy, with the final chapter being the Sinestro war. We get Sinestro on his own in film two, and the Sinestro Corps in film three. Not sure if Parallax (the entity) could be included in there anywhere... Hm, something to think about.

 

[Spade]

The guy he cast as Batman is currently 21 years old. He's only 4 months older than me, for christ's sake! I am nowhere near old enough to play the goddamn Batman!!!

I don't know what Miller was thinking when he got Armie Hammer. The guy's a decent actor, but I really can't see him as Batman. His role as an Abercrombie Boy makes more sense than Hammer playing Bruce Wayne.

 

[BojacRedleif]

Well I see they pretty much went the way I'm going in my version.

My main problems are 3 words.

Guy, Friggen Supes.

The way I'm going looks to be the same but Stewart instead of Guy, Bruce Wayne instead of Supes, and I totally have Barry Allen and Oliver Queen in mine.

 

[DarkSuperman]

hows Nathan Fillion(Serenity)

Hell Yes!

There goes my brightest day right there... :gl:

 

[protocida]

What's the problem with Armie Hammer being 21? There is something called make-up to older him. If he get the acting chopps, people should be cool with it.

And Routh and Bale won't be on the FRICKIN JLA MOVIE! Get over it!

 

[Keyser Soze]

 

[Webhead2006]

^??

 

[The Major]

Web:

Keyser was making a reference to being in denial.

 

[Webhead2006]

ah ok i get it now.

 

[Octoberist]

in the nile

too clever!!