Ryan Reynolds is Hal Jordan

[anarky]

Fuck.

I guess that means another movie based on a character I like that I'll never see. Watching that assclown gives me zits on my peckerhead.

[vynsane]

i dunno... he was really actually acting in an understated way in 'adventureland'... personally i find him funny, but to each their own. but i was impressed by his performance in 'adventureland' in a completely different way.

[Diabolical]

I like Ryan Reynolds, but I hope they do Green Lantern fairly serious and don't make him into a wise-cracking GL, since Reynolds has a knack for that type of character.

[anarky]

It's more that I don't want a GL movie like every other Ryan Reynolds movie I've seen.

Abin Sur: I am Abin Sur, the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. We are protectors of the cosmos, using our power rings to defend the innocent and downtrodden from evil. I am dying, and my last act must be to pass on my ring to one who is fearless and true of heart. What, sir, is your name?
Ryan Reynolds: Hi! I'm Ryan Reynolds. I'm so pretty. Don't you think I'm pretty? I'm funny, too. I think I'm funny. Did I mention my name is Ryan Reynolds? That's because I'm really an actor who specializes in one role, and that's me, Ryan Reynolds. Get it, I'm Ryan Reynolds and I play Ryan Reynolds. I'm so funny. Ha ha ha ha. Oh, I love the way my dimples do that when I giggle. I've got to show my long-lost twin sister, Megan Fox; she'll appreciate that. She might also be able to tell me why people are calling me "Hal" when my name is Ryan Reynolds.
Abin Sur: Why didn't Sinestro just cut my god damned head off?

My opinion is not infallible, of course. It took seeing a true masterpiece like O Brother, Where Art Thou? to recognize that George Clooney wasn't personally responsible for the shitstorm that was Batman & Robin, so I could at some point change my mind. It would take Reynolds doing anything other than just being his daft pretty-boy self on camera, though, so I'm not holding my breath. (I've not seen Adventureland; not even 100% sure I've heard of it. Worth seeing?)

Of course, being started in 2009, this movie is sure to be bogged down with all the "We never told you, but there are multiple Corps throughout the galaxy, of Red Lanterns and Purple Lanterns and Vermillion Lanterns and Striped Lanterns, and so on and so forth. I'm a little surprised none of you have ever run into a single one in all your eighty-ish years of publications. Well, aside from the retcons about Carol Ferris and Sinestro, of course. Yeah, guys, that was your real purpose in the universe. Sorry for not telling you for the past several hundred issues. If you don't like it, Mephisto might make a deal with you."

[Diabolical]

It's more that I don't want a GL movie like every other Ryan Reynolds movie I've seen.

Abin Sur: I am Abin Sur, the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. We are protectors of the cosmos, using our power rings to defend the innocent and downtrodden from evil. I am dying, and my last act must be to pass on my ring to one who is fearless and true of heart. What, sir, is your name?
Ryan Reynolds: Hi! I'm Ryan Reynolds. I'm so pretty. Don't you think I'm pretty? I'm funny, too. I think I'm funny. Did I mention my name is Ryan Reynolds? That's because I'm really an actor who specializes in one role, and that's me, Ryan Reynolds. Get it, I'm Ryan Reynolds and I play Ryan Reynolds. I'm so funny. Ha ha ha ha. Oh, I love the way my dimples do that when I giggle. I've got to show my long-lost twin sister, Megan Fox; she'll appreciate that. She might also be able to tell me why people are calling me "Hal" when my name is Ryan Reynolds.
Abin Sur: Why didn't Sinestro just cut my god damned head off?

Sounds like someone has a crush on Ryan Reynolds and is afraid to admit it.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

As to Adventureland, yes, I'd recommend it. It's from Greg Mottola, who directed Superbad and previously worked on Undeclared (I think), and it's got a similar, true-to-life feeling to those two but is less of a straight-up comedy.

[vynsane]

As to Adventureland, yes, I'd recommend it. It's from Greg Mottola, who directed Superbad and previously worked on Undeclared (I think), and it's got a similar, true-to-life feeling to those two but is less of a straight-up comedy.

seconded on everything. it was marketed and hyped as a 'LOL summer comedy' but was more of a 'coming of age, learning nothing is as straight-forward as you thought' type of flick.

funny aside, the movie is semi-autobiographically based on writer/director greg matolla's summer working at long island, ny's own 'adventureland' amusement park in farmingdale, which i had frequented as a kid.

in the link above he also laments the influence 'superbad' had on reactions while shopping this script around. seriously, if you go by the trailer you'd expect a more 'raucous and raunchy' type of comedy movie. this is much more heartfelt.

the movie also got me back to thinking about the semi-autobiographical 'no diving' comic about my days/years working at the 'garden city pool'. that's why i own the domain name.

[anarky]

The details that are leaking do not sound especially promising. The Green Lanterns are fighting Parallax and need a human because they lack humanity? Is Benji going to fucking co-star?

[Rollo Tomassi]

I watched Adventureland. I was waiting for it to get funny. I'm still waiting.

[vynsane]

I watched Adventureland. I was waiting for it to get funny. I'm still waiting.

why were you waiting at all? didn't you read where i said it was mis-marketed as a "raucous teenage summer comedy the likes of animal house and porky's" when it's actually a teenage drama with a bit of funny thrown in?

[Rollo Tomassi]

The more and more I see about the new Green Lantern film, the less enthused I am to see it. And I'm not even a Reynolds hater like anarky is.

Of the four tentpole "Comic" movies this summer, I think this one looks the least promising. And this is with X-Men:First Class in the running. Actually those two are neck and neck for worst comic film of the summer. They keep flip-flopping.

[anarky]

Holy shit.



Is there an "eating your words" smiley? As it appears there is not, I nominate this one: .

[Rollo Tomassi]

I wouldn't eat your words until you see the whole thing. But that looks better than the first trailer for sure.

How bitchin' would a live action shot of Hal, Guy, John, and Kyle look? I realize that's a sequel or two away, but that would send my nerd-wiener into overjizz mode.

And I'm going to start an Alan Tudyk as Guy Gardner internet campaign.

[Ran]

Looks kind of cool, but my knowledge of Green Lantern doesn't go much beyond the 70s' Super Friends and an episode of Duck Dodgers.

[anarky]

Third trailer is up, and even better than the previous one. Holy shit, this movie looks like the superhero version of Speed Racer.

Let me go on record by saying that, if there are sequels, and they introduce Guy Gardner (which they should), Denis Leary had better be the only person considered for the role. Imagine him with a bowl cut, dressed as a Lantern, acting like himself. I don't think you could get any closer to post-coma Guy Gardner. (Pre-coma Guy, of course, is too dull to even bother with.)

Terence Howard should be cast as John Stewart. Mostly as a "fuck you" to Marvel Studios for kicking him off Iron Man 2. It would be funny to somehow work a Daily Show reference onto there, since Jon Stewart is far more famous than John Stewart at this point, and that will likely remain the same for at least a generation.