Not to pile on Ravenface-- though clearly he deserves it-- but before I do, let me put this out there:
I predict that Green Lantern will be like Superman Returns and the first HULK. There will be sequels, but they will recast and reboot. They may simply say, as with Hulk, "Now that the origin story is out of the way, let's make a sleeker, cheaper movie with different or unknown actors, picking up after the origin." On to the comments/replies: >> GL had nothing for anyone to hold on to unless you count the hope that ten >> thousand people fell in love with Sinestro and can't wait to see him be the >> bad guy next time. Spoiler warning - they didn't.<< The one consistent thing I've been hearing about this movie from non- comics-fans and comics fans alike has been that they *loved* Sinestro in it and a) wish he'd had more screen time, and b) dearly hope there's a sequel if for no other reason than to see him as the bad guy. I do realize that's a very "anecdotal" sample, but I have heard it consistently, even as I've heard generally bad stuff about nearly every other facet of the film. One thing I'd point out, though-- a very high percentage, IMO, of the complaints of critics about this movie have been complaints about stuff that *Came Directly From the Comics.* If general audience members don't like those concepts, that's fine-- it means they just don't like the whole Green Lantern milleu. But don't go blaming the movie for that. It was a fairly faithful rendition of what's been happening in the comics under Geoff Johns. You can hate that, too, but don't blame the movie for it. It is sort of hard for me to swallow that both Daredevil and Ghost Rider had better numbers on opening weekend (or something to that effect-- I heard it on the news this morning-- it was either overall numbers, or inflation-adjusted, or less dropoff after Friday, or some combination). In any case-- OUCH. I still haven't even seen Ghost Rider, the reviews were so bad. > > I knew Van would, he has books to sell, << I'm not understanding what the one has to do with the other. I don't do books about DC characters. Now, if we're having this conversation next summer, and the Avengers movie is a big turd and I'm praising it, that would be a totally justified comment. But what does it have to do with Green Lantern? I simply like the character and liked the movie. It doesn't matter to me if anyone else does. I have to admit that part of my initially very high ranking of it was influenced by all the negative reviews I saw right beforehand. After those reviews, the fact that it didn't reach out and actually punch me in the face scored it major points with me. --Van -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
