Official Green Lantern Casting and Discussion Thread

[Wesley Dodds]

hal has sucked imo since he stopped being paralax. turning evil made him a much richer character and allowed for kyle to show up. kyle is a more human character so i tend to like him more than any of the other earth gl's. hal could have become kyle's sinestro and would have made for some fantastic stories but instead editorial decided that they hated progress and wanted to put the book back where it was 10 yrs ago. bringing hal back was the equvilent of spiderman's one more day to me

Wow! Okay, well, im afraid its a truth universally recognised that Hal Jordan got dicked over... He didnt die a heroes, sacrificial Barry Allen death... the kind of thing that would make you think twice about bringing him back... No. First he was destroyed in the eyes of everyone who cared about him then he died a pathetic death repairing the mess he'd made...At this point i'd like to remind you that we are talking about one of the greatest superheroes in history here... The writer's punked out. Nobody, and i mean NO-BODY got hit by "90's comic book syndrome" worse than Hal Jordan The Greatest Of All Green Lanterns.
But now its okay because hes back and better than ever and all of that nasty Emerald Twilight/Zero Hour stuff has been so brilliantly retconned that now it actually adds to the characters legacy, rather than takes away from it.
And for you to say that they've placed the book back were it was ten years ago, only confirms my suspicions that you dont actually read Green Lantern... Geoff Johns is, right now as we speak, basically single handedly writing one of the all time great comic book runs...
Pick it up.

 

[Gilpesh]

which is exactly how they viewed sinestro before he turned! that's what makes it great!!! now imagine how much it would suck if sinestro was returned to a good guy and became the focus of the gl book...that's how i feel about hall

No... it just makes it a copy of Sinestro's story... and very lame.



Also, I'm going to be unoriginal and say Nathan Fillion for Hal Jordan.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

I don't know if Scott is a GL but I heard that he had a cameo from the second draft of the Berlanti script. I'm more worried that they would somehow try to shoehorn Mogo into it

I can't take a talking planet that shifts it's plant life around to make a Lantern symbol all that seriously. It would be a treat for the fans though...

 

[lixdexia]

Wow! Okay, well, im afraid its a truth universally recognised that Hal Jordan got dicked over... He didnt die a heroes, sacrificial Barry Allen death... the kind of thing that would make you think twice about bringing him back... No. First he was destroyed in the eyes of everyone who cared about him then he died a pathetic death repairing the mess he'd made...At this point i'd like to remind you that we are talking about one of the greatest superheroes in history here... The writer's punked out. Nobody, and i mean NO-BODY got hit by "90's comic book syndrome" worse than Hal Jordan The Greatest Of All Green Lanterns.
But now its okay because hes back and better than ever and all of that nasty Emerald Twilight/Zero Hour stuff has been so brilliantly retconned that now it actually adds to the characters legacy, rather than takes away from it.
And for you to say that they've placed the book back were it was ten years ago, only confirms my suspicions that you dont actually read Green Lantern... Geoff Johns is, right now as we speak, basically single handedly writing one of the all time great comic book runs...
Pick it up.

i do occasionally, the rainbow corps are meh to me. the sinestro corps was good but after that meh. i;ve heard the hal got dicked over stuff before and i just don't buy it. turning evil differentiated him from the rest of the basic male hero group he fit into. you need him back that's your deal but i'm about moving forward not back. to illustrate this for you know that i am a batfan who honestly hopes bruce wayne is dead

 

[AnorexicBatman]

I think Emerald Twilight should be treated more like a Shakespearean tragedy. The story of a great hero who fell and passed away in grief while trying to mend all that he had broken. It makes his legacy all that more important. It is a warning to all future lanterns.

However, if the movies don't kill him off, we would end up with 4 earth lanterns
The way around is that you can say Gardner is on Oa busy training recruits, John is doing his own thing visiting various planets (travel for inspiration? He's an architect after all), finally Hal and Kyle can have a Obi-Wan Luke Skywalker thing going on

Also, I'm enjoying Rainbow Lantern Saga
Star Sapphire: Beware! THE POWER OF LOVE!!!

 

[protocida]

Alan Scott:

Spoiler

Alan Scott appears in the Script as a governmental agent. He's refered as "Pipe" because he smokes one. He finds Abin Sur's corpse and call Hector Hammond to make an autopsy, which causes Hammond to become a villain. In the ending, he talks with Hal Jordan and is noded that he had a power ring before he becomed a governmental agent, and that the Guardians took it of him, because he wasn't a "official" Green Lantern. Is also noded that he was good friends with Abin Sur.

 

[Keyser Soze]

It's been posted on this very forum many times. But I don't have the link offhand.

But I'm sure someone here can link you.

That concept art is obscelete. It came from an artist who ultimately didn't get the job of costume designer.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Alan Scott:

Spoiler

Alan Scott appears in the Script as a governmental agent. He's refered as "Pipe" because he smokes one. He finds Abin Sur's corpse and call Hector Hammond to make an autopsy, which causes Hammond to become a villain. In the ending, he talks with Hal Jordan and is noded that he had a power ring before he becomed a governmental agent, and that the Guardians took it of him, because he wasn't a "official" Green Lantern. Is also noded that he was good friends with Abin Sur.

aw that could be cool.

 

[Keyser Soze]

And I think some Kyle fans still resent Hal because they were rubbing their hands together with glee at the thought of Hal's resurrection being a total disaster, but instead it kickstarted the Green Lantern title being taken to new heights - both in terms of critical acclaim and financial success - that a Kyle-led Green Lantern title could never have ever dreamed of reaching.

 

[The Major]

And I think some Kyle fans still resent Hal because they were rubbing their hands together with glee at the thought of Hal's resurrection being a total disaster,

I agree some Kyle fans thought that but there are many who do not.

What really turns the moderate fans off is that Kyle was essentially fired for his own title when Hal showed up and relegated to sidekick duty without his own title or access to high level talent like Hal has been. There is no equality between Hal and Kyle. If that had been done all sides would have been satisfied. All this does is indirectly push the conflict going between the fan bases for another generation.

but instead it kickstarted the Green Lantern title being taken to new heights

Why couldn't this be done with Kyle in the flagship title or with Kyle with his own satellite solo title?

- both in terms of critical acclaim and financial success -

Which aren't a co-incidence with the high profile creative runs Hal has gotten.

Kyle was mostly with Marz, Winnick and Raab. While talented they are not in Johns' league in skill or success. Combine that with artists who are their equals not EVS, Pacheco, Reis equals.

that a Kyle-led Green Lantern title could never have ever dreamed of reaching.

A Kyle-led GL title never had the chance at getting that potential due to external circumstances. They could have tried getting Morrison to write Kyle's ongoing with high profile artists, for example. They could still attempt this on a Kyle spin-off ongoing but I see no actual motivation that DC will do this.

 

[Keyser Soze]

It's easy to say a Kyle-led title could have done just as well under the pen of Geoff Johns. But Rebirth was about more than the return of Hal. That was a key unifying element, and provided the sense of a fresh start required with the continuity quagmire the Green Lantern title had dug itself into. But it wasn't just the return of Hal. It was the return of Sinestro, of Coast City, of the Green Lantern Corps, of so much of the mythos that had made Green Lantern a great concept in the first place, that had all been abruptly wiped out in order to give Kyle Rayner a niche.

And when you consider that Hal was turned into a villain, wiped out much of his supporting cast and the stuff that made his mythos special to fans, before ultimately dying himself, I'd say that Kyle fans got off relatively lightly. By comparison, being relegated to a prominent role in GL's secondary title (which is also great in its own right) isn't such a bad fate for Kyle.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

Listen to Kevin Spacey... I mean Keyser Soze, he's right!

 

[cerealkiller182]

None of it matters since they are all still pretty boring by themselves.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Yeah. I can see how a test pilot right out of the Right Stuff who loves good beer and fast women would be boring. Especially one who has Alladin's Lamp and plays Super Cop to the Galaxy.

Very boring.





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[Lobo]

Am I the only poster in here who actually likes both Hal and Kyle?

 

[Chewy]

No, I like both. And John.

 

[Franklin Richards]

I like 'em all. I just had to listen to the Hal Haters for a decade while Kyle was racing his way towards mediocrity. Now that the master has returned to the house, the Kyle fans are getting payback and I don't think the bitter taste agrees with their palette.


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[BlackLantern]

probably if Rebirth didn't take off like it did(to be honest, I never looked at it that way)...Kyle might have had a shot at a more prominent role or his own title...

 

[BlackLantern]

the main question (to me anyway) has always been, what caused Hal to be bought back...was GL not performing to expectations, did the shine come off of Kyle Rayner...??

 

[Keyser Soze]

Am I the only poster in here who actually likes both Hal and Kyle?

I like them both, and John, Guy and Alan too. But Hal is my fave of the bunch, so I felt the need to defend him here.

 

[The Sage]

I like Hal more than the rest, but that's because I missed Kyle's run and have only been reading GL since Rebirth.

 

[batman44]

What about Mark Ruffalo for Hector Hammond.

 

[Lane & Kent]

Just curious, will someone please tell me what are Hal Jordan's Vital Statistics in the comics.

 

[Lobo]

the main question (to me anyway) has always been, what caused Hal to be bought back...was GL not performing to expectations, did the shine come off of Kyle Rayner...??

Johns love of the Silver Age

 

[Franklin Richards]

Sales were in the tank again. It seemed no one wanted to read about Kyle unless he was with Wally. JLA was doing just fine. Too bad he couldn't keep the main title going by himself. But I've always found the Green Lantern storyline better when it's a police precinct. Yeah, Hal is Vic Mackey but we get Shane, Ronnie, and Lem too.


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