Would you want a Green Arrow film?

[Hypestyle]

So, should the film get into his origin, or jump straight into the story? I'd vote for the latter.. Also, I'm not a GA scholar, so who are his villains?

 

[Manic]

I want the movie to jump right in. They could briefly go over his origins. It's nothing special, really. Ollie got stuck on an island and became a good archer until help arrived, the end.

As for his villains, there's an archer named Merlin. Other than that, Ollie professes in sticking it to The Man.

 

[Motown Marvel]

defenitely gotta go over the origin. a general audience isnt gonna buy a billionaire with a robin hood complex jumping around on rooftops fighting crime without a solid origin to back it up.

as for villians: i'd go with deathstroke hired by a corrupt corporate CEO. Drakon would work as well...but he may come off as a bit too agent smith.

 

[Manic]

defenitely gotta go over the origin. a general audience isnt gonna buy a billionaire with a robin hood complex jumping around on rooftops fighting crime without a solid origin to back it up.

Why not? General audiences accept a nobleman fighting crime in the woods with Robin Hood.

 

[GL's Light]

Yes to a Green Arrow film for me.

Keep the budget in the $ 40 million range, release it in March or April.

Danny Boyle would be a good choice for the director's chair, or it could be a comeback vehicle for Stephen Norrington. LXG was very disappointing, but Norrington deserves another crack, and GA would be a more manageable project than LXG. Zach Snyder would do a great job, too.

I'd have Ollie and Dinah both feature (Dinah wouldn't have her sonic powers, she'd just be a kick-ass martial artist). A big affirmative to GA using trick arrows.

I wouldn't go too grim 'n gritty with the tone. No The Longbow Hunters/Dinah tortured/Ollie kills people kind of stuff. The film should have a good mix of seriousness and whimsy.

 

[dnno1]

Yes to a Green Arrow film for me.

Keep the budget in the $ 40 million range, release it in March or April.

Danny Boyle would be a good choice for the director's chair, or it could be a comeback vehicle for Stephen Norrington. LXG was very disappointing, but Norrington deserves another crack, and GA would be a more manageable project than LXG. Zach Snyder would do a great job, too.

I'd have Ollie and Dinah both feature (Dinah wouldn't have her sonic powers, she'd just be a kick-ass martial artist). A big affirmative to GA using trick arrows.

I wouldn't go too grim 'n gritty with the tone. No The Longbow Hunters/Dinah tortured/Ollie kills people kind of stuff. The film should have a good mix of seriousness and whimsy.

I liked "The Longbow Hunters".

 

[GL's Light]

I liked "The Longbow Hunters".

I liked it, too. I have the graphic novel, but I don't think it's the best way to go with a GA film. I think most superhero films should be serious and weighty enough to entertain adults, but still accessible to children.

 

[Nightwing 52]

So, should the film get into his origin, or jump straight into the story? I'd vote for the latter.. Also, I'm not a GA scholar, so who are his villains?

Green Arrow has plenty of rogues.

Archers:
Merlyn
Blue Bowman
Rainbow Archer
Spider

Meta-Humans:
Brick (Has the ability of turning his body into brick)
Deathstroke (Superhuman; use 3/4 of brain)
Dr. Light III (Sentinent light that can control light; world's authority on light-based technology)

Technology villains:
The Calculator (Keypad on his chest to foresee opponent's actions; beam on his head that brings particles in air together to make constructs)
Clock King (Clock themed weapons and tools)
Count Vertigo (Implant that affects opponents' inner ear to throw them off-balance)
Red Dart (Various trick darts)

None of the above:
Drakon (One of the top 5 martial artists on Earth)
Onomatopeia (Uses guns and acrobatic skills)
The Riddler (Genius that delivers riddles to opponents foreseeing crimes out of a psychotic fixation)

 

[Motown Marvel]

Why not? General audiences accept a nobleman fighting crime in the woods with Robin Hood.

medieval nobleman jives well with the idea of chivalry and fighting for your beliefs. that idea works fine with the time period its set in. but in a modern world and setting, why would a billionaire dress up like a character from a medieval folk tale and fight crime with a bow and arrow when he could just as easily and effectively do it in a far less ridiculous, preposterous, and extreme way? all that comes from the origin.

 

[Manic]

medieval nobleman jives well with the idea of chivalry and fighting for your beliefs. that idea works fine with the time period its set in. but in a modern world and setting, why would a billionaire dress up like a character from a medieval folk tale and fight crime with a bow and arrow when he could just as easily and effectively do it in a far less ridiculous, preposterous, and extreme way? all that comes from the origin.

What part of his origin explains why he dresses up like Robin Hood? I've never known a reason for him to pick that ridiculous medieval theme; I just suspended my disbelief enough to accept it.

Ollie Queen isn't Bruce Wayne. He doesn't have some tragic, life-changing origin that inspired him to pick a persona that'll strike fear into criminals. He's an idealistic fighter for the little guy. You don't need to see him honing his archery skills to accept that. That's just the way he thinks.

The only thing his origin could explain is why he's so damned good at what he does. And as I said earlier, they can go over that briefly.

 

[Motown Marvel]

What part of his origin explains why he dresses up like Robin Hood? I've never known a reason for him to pick that ridiculous medieval theme; I just suspended my disbelief enough to accept it.

Ollie Queen isn't Bruce Wayne. He doesn't have some tragic, life-changing origin that inspired him to pick a persona that'll strike fear into criminals. He's an idealistic fighter for the little guy. You don't need to see him honing his archery skills to accept that. That's just the way he thinks.

The only thing his origin could explain is why he's so damned good at what he does. And as I said earlier, they can go over that briefly.

his origin is totally a life changing moment. before, he was a greedy arrogant corporate CEO who could care less about the failings of society and the struggles of the lower class, because he was above that. then after being shipwrecked on an island, he was left with nothing. for the first time in his life he had nothing and had to rely on himself for survival. when he returns, he's a reborn man with a social conscience (sp?). he now understands the lower class and their struggles to survive, and how rich men like him were always capable of helping them, but instead never gave a damn. and looking at his city through new eyes, he recognizes social problems like crime and poverty....things he was always too arrogant to recognize before because it never affected him. so, with this new set of morals and conscious, he seeks retribution for his past ignorance......and bang a lot of chicks while doing it.

as for the costume, i have a cool idea on how that could be worked in...but i dont want to get into it now. but seriously, i dont know why its suddenly uncool around here to support a characters origin on film. its a NECESSITY. these characters dont just spring out of nowhere. honestly, we're talking 10 minutes of film in a 2 hour movie.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

As with any and all characters: there is a story there.

The Question, Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Iron Fist, Red Wolf, heck even Son of Satan all have the potential as movie properties. Blade stands as proof of this, that you can take a character even as obscure as him and market it. The question with Green Arrow is how good would the movie be done, and I think in all likelyhood the story would be either another "catwoman" or could be treated well as a more Indie type film (something allong the lines of Collateral or Momento in tone). However chances are it would go the way of a catwoman and be destroyed in the process.

 

[Manic]

Just a note: the Blade movie gave the character powers he never had in the comics. I believe his only power in the comics was that vampires don't like the taste of his blood.

 

[Speedball]

As with any and all characters: there is a story there.

The Question, Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Iron Fist, Red Wolf, heck even Son of Satan all have the potential as movie properties. Blade stands as proof of this, that you can take a character even as obscure as him and market it. The question with Green Arrow is how good would the movie be done, and I think in all likelyhood the story would be either another "catwoman" or could be treated well as a more Indie type film (something allong the lines of Collateral or Momento in tone). However chances are it would go the way of a catwoman and be destroyed in the process.

Holy Crap!
I can see a Blue Beetle film work, and in the end of the Third or Second film, Max Lord kills him!!!

 

[Drakon]

Green Arrow has plenty of rogues.

None of the above:
Drakon (One of the top 5 martial artists on Earth)
Onomatopeia (Uses guns and acrobatic skills)
The Riddler (Genius that delivers riddles to opponents foreseeing crimes out of a psychotic fixation)

Wow, learn something new each day.

 

[StorminNorman]

If they ever were to make the Green Arrow into a film how would people think about Ewan McGregor playing Ollie?

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

sure, why not.