Which Green Lantern should be used? - Part 2

Hal works as an older guy, i've always seen Hal as one of the older members of the JL. Also he doesn't necessarily need to be the same age as Barry. Hal being closer in age to Aquaman or Batman works for me


I could see MM pulling off Hal with the gray-streaked hair quite nicely. After seeing the trailer for Interstellar, he looks naturally gifted when it comes to playing a pilot.
 
yeah i've grown really attached to McConaughey as Hal

i like the idea of Hal being a troubled guy suffering from ptsd after his time with the Air Force in Iraq . It'd basically be a modernized New Frontier Hal. Hal could maintain a cocky, carefree exterior, but he should have some demons, it makes the character more dynamic
 
I actually love that idea, Rorshach. That could actually work very well in which could give GL a better approach than how he was portrayed in the 2011 film. At the same time, McConaughey as Hal Jordan would be a great choice. He did gave me more of a veteran vibe-like essence to him from the Interstellar previews.
 
Yeah exactly! Were on the same page. I feel like if Hal had some demons like that, McConaughey would be more drawn to the role. There's more substance for him to work with
 
If I recall correctly, the show wasn't canceled because it wasn't popular, it was canceled because it was popular with the "wrong" demographics, much like Young Justice and The Clone Wars.
What do you mean the DVDs? I assume your talking about the animated movies? Both did well. The GL animated series was canceled because of the movie and the toys. The only GL thing that wasn't successful was the movie, and I guess the lack of toy selling.
I've heard it wasn't popular enough w/the right demographic. I've heard it was lack of toy sales. At the end of the day, the ratings weren't anything to write home about & the show wasn't doing whatever WB/Cartoon Network wanted it to do so now it's gone.

I mentioned DVDs because LV did. Makes sense because VHS was pretty much dead IIRC. The bar for success for those isn't even close to that of a live action big budget film. They don't rely anywhere near as heavily on GA support to be successful. I'm sure you can count almost all of the people who bought those animated films amongst those who paid to see the live action film. Film still flopped.
It should be John Steward played by Idris Elba since that's the GL we're going to use for JLA
I think you're wrong, but sure as hell want you to be right. Dris is far more interesting than anybody who's small-time enough to want to be Hal Jordan at this point and he's expressed interest in being John Stewart. This is an easy one to get right, but I just don't see Geoff Johns letting anything cool happen if he's got any power over it. WB'd have to bench him, which would be awesome.
 
Hal Jordan is a horrible character because of that movie. They should never again attempt to do another movie with him in it.

Same deal with Batman, Robin and Wolverine. It'd be idiotic to ever use Batman, Robin and Wolverine again after Batman & Robin and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Clearly the problem with X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Batman & Robin was the characters, not the writers.


Really though, the problems with that movie were with the writing and directing. Hal is a great character.
 
The poll results say it all, as far as I know this is the most populated comic book forum on the internet and the result is Hal. It should be Hal Jordan (not just based on these poll results), it's supposed to be Hal Jordan with the other human Green Lanterns introduced afterwards as sidekicks or eventual main Lanterns after Hal's story progresses.
 
I don't know if its been suggested but I think a movie with them all would be pretty good. Hal, John, Kyle, Killowog...just make it a Green Lantern corps movie. Have John Stewart recruit a young Kyle Rayner to stop Hal Jordan/Paralax....or no?
 
I can't imagine that being worse than what we got w/Hal's film. I'd rather not see Hal again tho. Idris Elba & Robert Kazinsky would be perfect as John & Guy in a GLCoprs film.
Hal Jordan is a horrible character because of that movie. They should never again attempt to do another movie with him in it.
I STRONGLY DISAGREE! Hal was horrible long before the movie was even a studio executive's godawful idea. They should never have attempted to do a movie w/him as the main character to begin with :oldrazz:

Same deal with Batman, Robin and Wolverine. It'd be idiotic to ever use Batman, Robin and Wolverine again after Batman & Robin and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Clearly the problem with X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Batman & Robin was the characters, not the writers.
This is lame & never works. Name dropping iconic characters to defend Hal only shines a bright green spotlight on how insignificant he is compared to them. These are icons that have already proven they can be box office draws(not sure how a solo Robin movie would do, but Robin's pretty well known). Hal isn't and damn sure hasn't. Even if we take my negativity towards Hal out of the equation &I pretend for the sake of argument that Hal's not horrible, his 1st foray into a big budget live action movie was a critical AND financial disaster, AND a very expensive one at that. Can't say that for Wolvie or Bats or any of the other folks people like to bring up to support Hal. Hal belongs to a massive corps w/thousands of members who have pretty much the same weapon & powerset. That also can't be said for Wolvie or Bats or any of the other folks people like to bring up to support Hal. Even if you like Hal, you can't deny that because he belongs to a huge corps, he's much more replaceable than Wolverine or Batman(or Supes, or WW, or the Flash, etc). We've seen a DC universe where Green Lanterns were present sans Hal and it was awesome. This is one of the key strengths of the GL franchise. The corps aspect gives you options that you just don't have w/other heroes. Instead of trying to build up Hal's popularity at the expense of the corps like his film did (and failed at massively), they should play up the corps aspect & let the replaceable character that they epically failed with already sit this one out
 
I always get excited when I see that brainchild just posted in this thread. I always want to read what he has to say about Hal.
 
lol. I'd much rather entertain than aggravate. That was me trying not to be negative towards Hal. Wasn't easy. It's cool to have a following, but unfortunately, I'm going back on vacation from this stuff again. Last time I tried it, one of my "fans" missed me so much he had to drop my name to bring me back to posting here again. Hopefully they can cope w/my absence better this time. I'll probably view the thread every once in a while, but I don't think I'll find the motivation to post on it again until an announcement is made on the casting and I think we're many months away from that. You guys & gals take care & be safe.
 
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I can't imagine that being worse than what we got w/Hal's film. I'd rather not see Hal again tho. Idris Elba & Robert Kazinsky would be perfect as John & Guy in a GLCoprs film.I STRONGLY DISAGREE! Hal was horrible long before the movie was even a studio executive's godawful idea. They should never have attempted to do a movie w/him as the main character to begin with :oldrazz:

This is lame & never works. Name dropping iconic characters to defend Hal only shines a bright green spotlight on how insignificant he is compared to them. These are icons that have already proven they can be box office draws(not sure how a solo Robin movie would do, but Robin's pretty well known). Hal isn't and damn sure hasn't. Even if we take my negativity towards Hal out of the equation &I pretend for the sake of argument that Hal's not horrible, his 1st foray into a big budget live action movie was a critical AND financial disaster, AND a very expensive one at that. Can't say that for Wolvie or Bats or any of the other folks people like to bring up to support Hal. Hal belongs to a massive corps w/thousands of members who have pretty much the same weapon & powerset. That also can't be said for Wolvie or Bats or any of the other folks people like to bring up to support Hal. Even if you like Hal, you can't deny that because he belongs to a huge corps, he's much more replaceable than Wolverine or Batman(or Supes, or WW, or the Flash, etc). We've seen a DC universe where Green Lanterns were present sans Hal and it was awesome. This is one of the key strengths of the GL franchise. The corps aspect gives you options that you just don't have w/other heroes. Instead of trying to build up Hal's popularity at the expense of the corps like his film did (and failed at massively), they should play up the corps aspect & let the replaceable character that they epically failed with already sit this one out

Ouch. It's so true though.

I think the "Hal is THE Green Lantern" has done a lot to hurt the GL mythos. Too bad. It could have enjoyed an Iron Man like rebirth.

I don't know if its been suggested but I think a movie with them all would be pretty good. Hal, John, Kyle, Killowog...just make it a Green Lantern corps movie. Have John Stewart recruit a young Kyle Rayner to stop Hal Jordan/Paralax....or no?

Sounds like a lot of fun.
 
the appeal is Sinestro. and you can't have a proper Sinestro movie without Hal
 
No idea why, but there's a Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) burger right now in Hong Kong. Random, but awesome!

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with Flash fries :)
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yeah i've grown really attached to McConaughey as Hal

i like the idea of Hal being a troubled guy suffering from ptsd after his time with the Air Force in Iraq . It'd basically be a modernized New Frontier Hal. Hal could maintain a cocky, carefree exterior, but he should have some demons, it makes the character more dynamic


Agreed. McConag would be good as Hal. I also like Pine.
 
No idea why, but there's a Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) burger right now in Hong Kong. Random, but awesome!
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with Flash fries :)
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How random! International McDonalds' always have better stuff than the American ones, lol.
 
i will never be okay with a John Stewart vs Sinestro movie. If Sinestro is the villain, Hal has to be the hero.

That's basically like a movie that features Dick Grayson Batman vs The Joker
 
It has to be Hal. If they get it right the second time, then Kyle and John can easily get their own spinoffs.
 
Which Lanterns should be used?

My Answer- All of them. I've always said I would love to see a short story based super hero movie.I did pitch a short story based GL movie here. Why not have short 20 - 30 minute stories showcasing Green Lanterns from different Eras? That way you could still have the Green Lantern from the modern DCCU while still having past and future Green Lanterns.
 
Hal Jordan with either Ryan Gosling in the role or Chris Pine or even Garrett Hedlund
 

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