Very messy post ahead, but it’s basically my thoughts and an outline on what I’d probaby do with a GL film heheh.
GL film -
First they have to figure out what it will be about. It looks like they’ve done that, they want it to be an origin. Good choice I say.
As mentioned by some, who does he fight? Most people will say Sinestro, his arch-nemesis. Another good choice, but they have to consider that that will be an awful lot to cram in the first film. Sinestro didn’t meet Hal until later in his career as GL, a little after he actually became GL. There’s no reason why they couldn’t save that for the second film, but if they do it in the first film I suppose that’s fine. So, if they’re going to do Sinestro and the origin, the film has to be at least as long as TDK.
I suggest doing the film from mostly Hal’s point of view. I thought it would be cool if they started the film with OA and Abin Sur and the Gaurdians, kinda like the first Superman film started with Krypton, but then I thought it would be better for the audience to witness all that grandeur when Hal sees it. When Hal sees OA for the fisrt time and the GL Corps, the audience needs to be as taken by it as he is. So it’s important, especially since this will be the audiences’ first exposure to the GL mythos, that they learn of this stuff as Hal learns of it. They shouldn’t be aware of it beforehand. Relatability, my friends. I’ve always thought that the GL story was what you’d get if you crossed Superman and Star Wars together. This has gotta be a freakin’ huge movie. I suggest they start the film with Hal as a kid (probably 9 or 10) and establish that his hero is his dad, who is a test pilot. Hal wants to fly a plane when he grows up just like his dad. He’s his father’s kid . He skips out on school to see his dad flying his plane like he typically would - tho it’s the last day he would ever does that. His dad dies in a plane crash before Hal (and the other spectators’
eyes. Hal’s mother forbids him from ever going near a plane again. She is afraid and doesn’t want him to be a test pilot like his father. Hal is crushed. Since his father died his older brother, Jack has now become the man of the house and gets a job. He thinks Hal is always giving his mom stress and is hostile to Hal because of that. Hal’s younger brother, Jim, is over cautious and also worries for Hal. Hal still wants to be a pilot. On his eighteenth birthday, Hal leaves his home and joins the air force. Years later, Hal is a test pilot in the USAF. His mom refuses to see him as longer as he’s flying. One evening Hal recieves some terrible news from his younger brother, Jim - his mom has cancer and is dying. Hal wants to see her, but Jim reminds him about how she f eels about him flying and that even the slightest thing like seeing Hal could cause trauma and her condition could worsen. Hal says this is different, but for their mother’s sake, Jim and Jack won’t let Hal see her as long as he’s flying. Early the next day, Hal takes his plane for a joy ride like it’s his last ride. It is. It’s also the first time Hal doesn’t smile while in the air. he lands the plane and is getting ragged on by his superior officer about how reckless he is and how his jet jockeying the other day destroyed a 30 million dollar jet. All Hal can think about is his brother’s words “mom’s dying”. Hal was never a quitter, so he smashes his superior officer in the face with a left cross and is discharged from the USAF. He gets to the hospital where his mom is at and sees Jim. He tells him that he’s been discharged and he can see his mom now, but Jim tells him it’s too late. Their mom is dead. Hal’s older brother Jack is pissed. he blames Hal and says that he’s a horrible brother and son and blames him for their mom’s death. Hal goes to Ferris aircraft and eventually and becomes a test pilot. All this would have to occur by the first half hour of the film, IMO. Aiiight, by this time, you know the story, the GL Abin Sur is dying and crash lands on earth and summons his ring to seek out a worthy successor, someone who is brave, honest, and has great will power. Hal Jordan is this person. Hal gets the ring from Abin, Abin dies, Hal has no idea what he’s got himself into. He’s been told the ring will do whatever he wills it to and that it is powerless against anything yellow and that it must be recharged every 24 earth hours. Hal commands the ring to fly. He lifts up off the ground slightly and floats. Hal chuckles. He says, “no, ring, I mean ffFLLLYYYYYYYY!!!!” Hal is jerked into the air at a tremendous speed is is coasting thru the sky. Hal lands and tries to keep the ring a secret. A few days later, Hal’s ring takes him into hyperspace to the planet OA for training. He is stunned at what he sees - thousands of GLs. Basically, Hal gets trained, Sinestro, the greatest GL, with the orderliest sector in the universe, is sent to earth to investegate Abin Sur’s death and to further train Hal Jordan. Sinestro takes Hal to his home world, Koruagar. Hal is shocked at what he sees here. The planet is peaceful, but there are GL flags and banners up everywhere. Sinestro has a throne. The people fear Sinestro. Sinestro’s sector is so orderly because he is a tyrannical dictator. Hal brings this to the Gaurdians (creators of the GLs) attention. A battle ensues. Sinestro stands trial for his reign of terror and many other hidden crimes and is banished to the anti-matter world of Qward, home to the GL Corps foes such as the Weaponers of Qward. Sinestro swears vengeance. Sinestro fashions himself a yellow power ring with the weaponers of Qward help (they also hate the GLC) and returns. Sinestro first sets his sie on his replacement GL on Koruagr and kills him or her (I know it’s Katma Tui, but I retconned it a bit heheh). Sinestro kills many other GLs. Sinestro comes to earth and fights Hal Jordan. Hal defeats him, Sinestro is put in a sciencell on OA. Hal flies into space at camera. End of movie.