Official Green Lantern News & Discussion Thread - Part 2

[protocida]

As long as it pays itself and makes some extra money, Warner will be happy.

 

[Motown Marvel]

As long as it pays itself and makes some extra money, Warner will be happy.

unfortunately thats not true...i.e. superman returns

 

[arman200]

This was not good. The only thing I could say about the article is that it's not very certain if the people polled actually saw any of the trailers/film clips that were presented. Another thing to note was that they were not allowed to vote on their own film (if they were associated to one), so, in a way there was an inherent bias since they might or might not have had to vote for the best film in their opinion.

The thing is, they all went with safe choices. The "hit" movies were just sequels of other big box office hits (Transformers, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the hangover). The "bombs" are just the movies based on existing franchises that don't have the attention of the general audience yet(captain America, GL, Conan,etc.). The sleepers were for the most part Super 8(JJ Abrams and Paramount tend to pull in a crowd) or the comedy flicks(which aren't as hard to sell).

 

[Micromind]

It will be a close match between Thor, Cap. America and GL, but in the end I fear GL will be the one that will be behind the Marvel movies in terms of worldwide collections.

 

[The Morningstar]

This was not good. The only thing I could say about the article is that it's not very certain if the people polled actually saw any of the trailers/film clips that were presented. Another thing to note was that they were not allowed to vote on their own film (if they were associated to one), so, in a way there was an inherent bias since they might or might not have had to vote for the best film in their opinion.

So you think it was bias because people were NOT allowed to vote for the movies they were involved with?

Why do you think it was some conspiracy? Maybe, just maybe, Green Lantern didn't impress people?

 

[JAK®]

Yeah, that poll can be safely ignored.

 

[DieSmiling]

I don't see what's concerning about that article. Thor was mentioned more frequently as a potential bomb. The only movie that should be really worried is Cowboys and Aliens. That's clearly the consensus bomb.

 

[dnno1]

So you think it was bias because people were NOT allowed to vote for the movies they were involved with?

Why do you think it was some conspiracy? Maybe, just maybe, Green Lantern didn't impress people?

There might have been people who legitimately thought that their film either was a hit or stunk and they were not allowed to vote at all for it. This by definitions instills bias in your poll. I'm not saying (nor did I ever say) that it was a conspiracy, I'm just saying that that is not an accurate poll. You really want to sample people from the general audience who could possibly go to these films. You also want the poll to be as random as possible.

 

[Chewy]

I don't see what's concerning about that article. Thor was mentioned more frequently as a potential bomb. The only movie that should be really worried is Cowboys and Aliens. That's clearly the consensus bomb.

Thor and GL were both mentioned 3x as a potential bomb. I don't see what the big deal is, though- they picked the sequels as hits, and the newcomers as bombs. The entire thing seems silly and inconsequential.

 

[dark_b]

i think no footage will leak.

 

[Sam]

The brazillian journalist Rodrigo Salem just said this on his twitter 10 minutes ago (in portuguese):

"Just saw Green Lantern footage and I need to confess that my hope is renew. The effects are amazing"

 

[dnno1]

Thor and GL were both mentioned 3x as a potential bomb. I don't see what the big deal is, though- they picked the sequels as hits, and the newcomers as bombs. The entire thing seems silly and inconsequential.

I like how the article said that Paramount and Marvel Studios' "Thor" may be about a Norse god comic-book figure, yet it's actually funny." The sad thing is that it has comedic scenes and it get a pass over here and other places. Green Lantern tries to do something like that and it gets pummeled for not being serious and dark.

 

[JAK®]

I like how the article said that Paramount and Marvel Studios' "Thor" may be about a Norse god comic-book figure, yet it's actually funny." The sad thing is that it has comedic scenes and it get a pass over here and other places. Green Lantern tries to do something like that and it gets pummeled for not being serious and dark.

The last Thor trailer got a lot of criticism for it's humour. I think it gets less criticism because we have seen a lot more of it than Green Lantern.

 

[dnno1]

So still not Guardians? No sign of constructs? What's up with that?

 

[protocida]

Here we go again...

 

[Figs]

I like how the article said that Paramount and Marvel Studios' "Thor" may be about a Norse god comic-book figure, yet it's actually funny." The sad thing is that it has comedic scenes and it get a pass over here and other places. Green Lantern tries to do something like that and it gets pummeled for not being serious and dark.

Make no mistake, there are a few of us that couldn't stand Dennings line delivery in the Thor trailer.

Personally, I didn't see what was so bad about the humour in the GL trailer. Pretty much the only humerous bit of dialogue was that "I KNOW RIGHT!" line.

 

[Showtime]

I remember some felt the same way about Iron Man. I think if the movie is good people will probably go see it. And the second trailer may be amazing, and really attract the masses.

Anything is possible, they want it to be Iron Man, little to early to make that type of comparison in my opinion.

Iron Man had complaints about a generic teaser trailer, and got a lot more support from a far superior second trailer. But people were still saying it was nothing special before it came out.

You can never predict these things.

Nope, you can't.

Same difference between people saying "The First Trailer Suckz Itz Gonna Bombz!" and the people saying, "Webmaztaz Lovez It! It will beatz everything!"

Hmm, i have heard some people talking that, thats the reason to talk it.

No, just routine maintaining of the site.

 

[Showtime]

I don't see what's concerning about that article. Thor was mentioned more frequently as a potential bomb. The only movie that should be really worried is Cowboys and Aliens. That's clearly the consensus bomb.

Funny because after the first footage we saw, Aliens looked like a hit to me.

I personally think that Thor and First Class are going to perform worse than Captain America and Lantern.

 

[dark_b]

what about the girl in the bed? or teh last scene with hes suit and friend?

 

[Willi Berg]

Funny because after the first footage we saw, Aliens looked like a hit to me.

I personally think that Thor and First Class are going to perform worse than Captain America and Lantern.

I agree. Cowboys & Aliens looks like a hit. it's just because these movies are unknown quantities to them and they don't know what to make of them if the footage doesn't explain everything to them (whereas a sequel or popular book will.)

I feel that way too- Captain America and Green Lantern will be the biggest out of the superhero movies.

 

[Sam]

I really dont understand all the critics about the first trailer (a teaser trailer). Looks pretty good to me.

Its not possible that people having issues with "humor" really knows Hal Jordan attitude.

 

[rashad]

Poster on display on WonderCon! Holy **** this thing is awesome!

 

[Willi Berg]

Poster on display on WonderCon! Holy **** this thing is awesome!

Looks fantastic.

I'm tired of stressing out about GL and whether it will be liked or a hit etc. I just want to be excited about it. I think it will be EPIC. It feels more epic to me than the other superhero movies coming out this year, in terms of how far it can go with its story. I just want to finally look forward to it and not stress out about everything else.

 

[Motown Marvel]

thats a pretty effing cool poster! we need that in better resolution!

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Nice. Kinda reminds me of the very first image we saw. He looks a little wall-Eyed though. Maybe thats just the photo...