Parallax and Ion to complicated for film?

[SatEL]

What do you guys think of the eventual introduction of both characters in later sequels to the Franchise. I personally think it would be awesome. Of course I am talking about the original Ion who was all powerful and could turn and alien force away with a mere thought.

 

[That-Guy]

I think the Ion saga might be a little bit too complicated but if they could make it work, it'd be pretty awesome.

As for Parallax, that would be even tougher to pull off because it would definitely require multiple films and you'd be putting your money on a lot of good faith that audiences wouldn't be turned off by the hero becoming the villain. Of course, Hal would be eventually be redeemed (a film version of Rebirth would be incredible) but by that point, people might not be interested anymore (mainstream audiences, I mean).

 

[Steelsheen]

hmm, i dont think its too complicated for either. they may need to simplify things though, since there's quite a bit of backstory and we only have a 3 hr max running time.

 

[bunk]

I don't think it's about how complicated as much it ends up being about well the audience knows the characters. Think about how long Jordan was around before Parallax, or Rayner with Ion. It would be pretty sweet if they made a couple Jordan movies than Rayner movies and then hit us with a Parallax story.

 

[Nirvana]

I see no need for a Parallax story. I think it would just complicate things.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

No to Parallax, yes to Ion. They don't even have to go too deep into the Ion Saga, just introduce him as a GL powered up by the friendly space-whale

 

[The Major]

Parallax could work with a trilogy. They'd need to do serious set-up to make the audience understand how it fits in the GL mythos by slowly making it bigger and bigger in each installment.

A simpler way would be starting with Kyle where he discovers Parallax origin while fighting a corrupted Hal after he destroyed the GLC, but the former would be a better execution since it allows the public to care about the GLC, Oa and Hal before they get introduced.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

I'm still betting it will go:

Origin

Parallax

Rebirth

For a trilogy...


Hal gets the gray temples at the end of the first film (in the script), hinting at his fall to darkness being apparent.

Parallax is likely how they'd introduce Kyle too.

 

[Drakon]

Parallax is best for a second film.

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm still betting it will go:

Origin

Parallax

Rebirth

For a trilogy...


Hal gets the gray temples at the end of the first film (in the script), hinting at his fall to darkness being apparent.

Parallax is likely how they'd introduce Kyle too.

I agree, but I had to laugh at "Hal gets the gray temples at the end of the first film (in the script), hinting at his fall to darkness being apparent."

Him looking older means he's getting evil, don't trust anyone over thirty. t:

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Haha.

Yeah, Geoff Johns and his whacky explanations.

But I love that they included that in the script, nice nod to the comics.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

On the contrary... I feel that Hal should become the villain in the Third Film and sacrifice himself. The movie ends with a shock twist... the hero is now evil, his ring falls into the hands of a young animator named Kyle Rayner and the newcomer must defeat kill him...

For the first time in superhero history... a hero falls from grace and makes a final valiant sacrifice to save the universe... a tear jerking moment...

Kyle's trilogy would revolve around the theme of revival. With him becoming Ion, restoring the central battery, stuffing Parralax's dirty yellow ass into it and the last scene of his trilogy would involve Hal mysteriously appearing as THE SPECTER!!!

Then a rebirth film with every earth Lantern versus Sinestro and his minions....

7 movies seems like a stretch.... but STAR WARS did it!

I think Green Lantern is the only DC superhero who seems to have too many stories to tell...
Star Sapphire, Sinestro Corps and the upcoming Blankest Night...

 

[SuperFerret]

I think the "hero sacrificing himself to save the universe" angle should be saved for Barry Allen.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

But that would have to be in the nigh impossible to pull off INFINITE CRISIS trilogy...
I dare WB to bring THAT to the big screen... i will eat my hat...

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

7 movies?

This is WB and DC.. we'd be VERY lucky to get three realistically.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

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[AnorexicBatman]

Then they are better of sticking to Hal....
I the near future... I see Marvel churning out regular superhero movies thus making it a genre of it's own. DC/WB however... not so sure...

What is WB scared of? That DC heroes are not as good as MARVEL?

 

[SuperFerret]

But that would have to be in the nigh impossible to pull off INFINITE CRISIS trilogy...
I dare WB to bring THAT to the big screen... i will eat my hat...

Change "universe" to "world", and have Barry die fighting Professor Zoom or someone similar, and it still works in a Flash only movie. My point is that Barry's big moment is his heroic sacrifice and should be kept his. Hal's is his fall from grace.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

Fine... I think some bits and pieces from FINAL NIGHT (the sacrifice I spoke of) were actually retconned for REBIRTH. So, I guess your idea could work... also we need the FLASH to have something special as well... I'd love if in a JLA film Superman admits to FLASH being most powerful of the bunch...

 

[The Guard]

Elements of Parallax could definitely be woven into a sequel. Probably the third film, and Kyle Rayner could come in at that point. Use the other major GLs like Jon Stewart and Gardner in the second film.

 

[Construct]

Those two events and the breadth of material in the GL universe make it seem that a more preferable alternative to a film would be an HBO miniseries leading up to Hal becoming the Spectre while telling the stories of the other Earth GLs, with Kyle being in the last installment. Afterwards, a feature film based on "Rebirth" would be released.

I know that sounds very ambitious story-wise and financially, but I think that it would give more time to the other GLs, provide a great background for the film as the characters would be already known (no need for origin stories), and it would be a different way for a DC property to be seen: a big-budget miniseries event.

It may not happen, but a guy can dream .

 

[Jordacar]

When it comes to characters that have been around for ages, there's plenty of those drawn out story arcs that would just be too unweildy on film, which in a way is what makes the comics so fantastic, all these stories that seem to work exclusively on the comic page. GL seems to have way more than anyone else (at least that's how it may seem when reading this thread). It might be possible to hit notes like Parallax and Ion on film, but they'd probably have to take totally different routes on film to get there.

 

[cerealkiller182]

I dont think its complicated at all. In fact, the mythos that was birthed from fixing Parallex by Johns is what is making Green Lantern currently so interesting.

On a fairly superficial level, the Parallax and Ion entities serve a very similar purpose as say Poseidon or Zeus in classic mythology. They were pulling strings even when not seen. And they chose heroes to tamper with. So I think the concept in general would not be hard to understand.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea i think if written well into the script it could easily be pulled off in future sequels for the gl characters.

 

[The Major]

7 movies?

Easily.

This is WB and DC.. we'd be VERY lucky to get three realistically.

Which is a shame for both WB, the public and the fans.