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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Green Lantern: Green Lantern takes Giant Step

Cover to DC Comics' Last Day of the Justice Society Special. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It’s not the most surprising coming out of all time, but it’s definitely one of the biggest. He’s super. He wears a skintight green leotard and a flashy ring. He’s a powerful part of the Justice Society. And yep, he’s gay.

Every superhero has a few reboots in him. The nearly 72-year-old Alan Scott — a k a the Green Lantern — has already gone through numerous incarnations in his evil-fighting existence. He’s been married. He’s had kids. He’s inhabited an alternate universe. You know, the usual life stuff. But his much-ballyhooed reinvention in DC Comics’ “Earth Two” No. 2 is a milestone in comics history. Because now the hunky blond is an openly gay man who gets to kiss his boyfriend and propose marriage to him. He’s just your ordinary hero, balancing his private life and the fate of the planet. Hell, yeah.

It’s been a good year to be a gay comic book character. Later this month, Northstar, who made history 20 years ago by becoming one of Marvel’s first gay characters, will marry his partner, Kyle. And earlier this year, Archie Andrews’ compatriot and Riverdale, U.S.A.’s first openly gay citizen, Kevin Keller, married his African-American boyfriend. One Million Moms had a predictable fit. The issue sold out.

Shaking up any franchise is a time-honored strategy of luring in new readers — and essential for economic survival. But just because something is a smart business move doesn’t mean it isn’t also awesome.

If we assume the universe is riddled with both superheroes and regular small-town citizens, why wouldn’t some of them be gay? Because it has taken so long to acknowledge that, there’s nothing to do now but celebrate that it’s finally happening.

It helps that Alan, Northstar and Kevin are all monogamous, decent do-gooders. Imagine how far we’ll have come when gay characters are so commonplace that they can be ubervillans. too. (Though James Moriarty did pretend to be gay in last year’s season of “Sherlock.”)

Meanwhile, simply by being present, by becoming part of the vernacular of comic book culture, the new characters are giving gay readers images to identify with. They’re also sending straight readers the necessary message that gay people are no longer going to be invisible, even in the most fanciful, fictional, two-dimensional places. And though the Green Lantern may exist in an alternate universe, in this one, in his own mighty way, he’s truly a hero

http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/13063261-452/green-lantern-takes-giant-step.html

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Green Lantern: Green Lantern Going Gay to Help Boost Stagnant Comic Book Business

Green Lanterns of two worlds: The Silver Age Hal Jordan meets the Golden Age Alan Scott in Green Lantern #40 (Oct. 1965). Cover art by Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Blockbuster movies like ‘The Dark Knight’ rake in billions, but sales of the comic books on which they’re based have been stalled at $670 million annually for years. DC’s gay Green Lantern gimmick is part of an effort to freshen aging characters and boost flagging sales.

In New York’s scorching summer of 1940, Alan Scott toiled on the railway lines. His prospects were limited and his job, perilous. In mid-July, a tragic bridge collapse would have ended his story—were it not for the appearance of a magic space lamp. Alan Scott picked up the powerful lantern, and took its name for seven decades of green flaming and Justice League-ing.

Last week, DC Comics announced that it will reintroduce Alan—the first of at least six Green Lanterns, depending on how you count—as an openly gay man. Normally, when an octogenarian comes out of the closet, it’s fodder for an endearing Christopher Plummer performance. But DC’s PR move is a window into a changing industry. It’s a decision that may have less to do with diversity than it does with new dynamics in the comic-book business, which has seen about as many booms, busts, “zooms,” and “thwacks” as its characters. Switching up sexual orientation is a cunning way of compensating for flagging sales and aging characters. In the meantime, the industry is rebalancing: toward independent publishers, author ownership, and cross-platform digital tie-ins. As small studios sap talent from the giant conglomerates, comics are changing—and there’s a lot of money to be made in the process—just not in the comics themselves.

The business world of comic books is a curious place. The “big two,” DC and Marvel, own the rights to pretty much all the superheroes you know, but most of the artists and writers who actually created them—and those who now draw them—have no intellectual property. Although most artists would love to start at DC or Marvel, the comics’ classic heroes just aren’t selling as well as they used to. In the meantime, investors and creators are seeing major opportunities at independent studios, like Image, Dark Horse, IDW, and Man of Action. In the past year, these groups’ successes have inched up comic sales for the first time in several years, bringing other titles with them.

The heroes of yesteryear—Batman, Superman, Iron Man—still have tremendous value. But today, their worth has almost nothing to do with their printed personae. All the power is in the merchandise or on the silver screen. Marvel is owned by Disney, and DC, by TimeWarner. To the parent corporations and their mega movie studios, the core comic business is practically a rounding error. According to Tony Wible of Janney Capital Markets—who has covered Marvel, DC, and their parent companies—the comics are “too small to move the needle.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/05/green-lantern-going-gay-to-help-boost-stagnant-comic-book-business.html

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Green Lantern: Is Green Lantern #0 Among the Worst Superhero Redesigns of All Time?

English: Cosplay: Sinestro Corps, Larflize, Red Lantern Corps vs. Star Saphire, Green Lantern Corps. Dragon Con 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Superhero costumes get redesigned all the time, for any number of reasons. There are story reasons, trademark reasons, merchandising reasons and, once upon a time, it used to drive enough interest to change it for sales reasons all on its own.

While it’s unclear what motivation, exactly, there is for adding a new Green Lantern–an apparently-Arab one with a tattoo and a pistol in his hand–or for redesigning his costume to look more like an S&M gimp suit filtered through Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass, that cover jumps right out at me as one of the worst of the 55 mainstream superhero titles DC will publish in September.

Here’s the thing about superhero redesigns: good ones will often stick with you for a while, but then just fade into the background of the character’s look and stop being something you really think about. Because of the cyclical nature of mainstream superhero comics, no change tends to take hold for long and so the bad ones are forgettable. It’s only the truly atocious ones that remain a part of the conversation forever.

So here’s a look at some of the worst, most misguided and hideous superhero redesigns of all time. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not an authority on the matter–the last time I talked about some awful hairstyles, almost all of the readers disagreed with me, and I actually have a soft spot in my heart for a couple of the looks on this list, which are included for the simple reason that they’re objectively bad in the opinions of the broad majority of the audience.

Keep in mind, by the way, that this is just about the actual design aesthetic, not about whether or not the stories worked. Something like the ghost/angel Punisher doesn’t count, becuase frankly while it was the worst idea ever foisted on a character who had seen his share of bad ideas, it didn’t look sufficiently different from his regular outfit to really stick out on the shelf as monumentally ugly.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/06/13/is-green-lantern-0-among-the-worst-superhero-redesigns-of-all-time/

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Green Lantern: Green Lantern Might Reboot

Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan in Green Lantern. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Now that Warner Bros. and DC's Justice League movie is back on track, lots of little details are emerging about the rest of their superhero slate. That includes Green Lantern, which could be facing a reboot already.

Variety has the inside track on the DC projects, with the latest word being that the studio is "figuring out whether to bring back Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern in a sequel to last year's actioner or relaunch the character in a completely new way." Michael Goldenberg, who co-wrote the first film, was commissioned to write Green Lantern 2 back in 2010, a year before the first film debuted. It would seem, however, that script may never see the light of day. (Don't cry for Goldenberg. He's now on the newly re-energized Wonder Woman script, as reported earlier this week.)

Obviously, the notion of rebooting Green Lantern doesn't come as much of a surprise considering the financial and critical hit Warners took with the film. To spitball for a second here, maybe the studio figures they can just relaunch the character in the Justice League movie, perhaps going with the John Stewart version in order to bring some diversity to the team?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/09/green-lantern-might-reboot

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Green Lantern: Rise of the Red Lanterns Coming to DVD

Green Lantern: The Animated Series (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series, currently part of Cartoon Network’s DC Nation programming block (Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET/PT), is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and animation legend Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series; DC Universe Animated Original Movies). The two-disc DVD set featuring the first 13 episodes of the CG-animated action series will be available on August 28, 2012 for $19.97 SRP.

“Green Lantern: The Animated Series has really taken us into a realm we hadn’t explored before: our first completely CG-animated series,” enthuses Sam Register, Executive Vice President, Creative Affairs, at Warner Bros. Animation. “Like Teen Titans and Batman: The Animated Series, it’s an incredible, groundbreaking action series, combining the legendary instincts of Emmy®-winning executive producer Bruce Timm and the incredible artistry of WBA’s CG animators. It’s a beautifully rendered, epic space adventure with a scale that’s simply breathtaking.”

“With the release of the live-action movie last summer and the wildly popular Cartoon Network series, Green Lantern mania is at an all-time high,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Vice President of Family and Animation Marketing and Partner Brands. “Warner Bros. Animation is known for creating outstanding animated series, and we are thrilled to be able to bring these new super hero adventures to DVD.”

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperHeroTooniverse/news/?a=59777

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Green Lantern: McDonald’s launches Green Lantern happy meals

Happy Meal logo, English (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Fast food restaurant chain, McDonald’s celebrates the arrival of the new Happy Meal Green Lantern: The Animated Series, in a special way. As part of this promotion, McDonald’s restaurants in Trinidad will light up in green, allusive to the characters and plot of this popular TV series. During the promotion period, guests will experience the Green Lantern effect when they visit McDonald’s at night, as the exterior lighting will change to green. Additionally, kids will be treated to free face painting at all three restaurants (The Falls at West Mall, Grand Bazaar and Cipriani Blvd) on and May 5, from 2 pm to 4 pm. A release from the company stated that as part of new menu innovations introduced in McDonald’s, the Happy Meal now has more vitamins and minerals and less sodium, sugar and calories.

http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2012-04-23/mcdonald%E2%80%99s-launches-green-lantern-happy-meals

Monday, April 9, 2012

Green Lantern: Green Lantern The Movie review

The Green Lantern (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)
When I heard Ryan Reynolds was attached to play the titular role of the Green Lantern, I didn't complain. I knew he was a good actor so I had no problem with the casting choice. Last year prior to the film's release I copped Green Lantern: Secret Origins to fuel my anticipation for the film. A week before the release I see a plethora of reviews on the net filled with nothing but disappointment about the film. When I saw the film for myself I understood why.

I had high hopes for the film, very high hopes. The film could have been the new Star Wars. It could have been brilliant, but the film was plagued with thinly written dialogue from a script that elicited uncertainty and clumsiness on the big screen. What happened?! There was a good director, there was plenty of time to get the story right. Geoff Johns was attached as a consultant for the film!

Maybe there was a disunity among the people involved in the film, maybe the pressure got to everyone. We may never truly know. What we do know however is that Mark Strong was a solid choice for Sinestro and the choice of Blake Lively as Carol Ferris was equivalent to Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane in Superman Returns.

As you already know, the movie was an embarrassment to Warner Bros. It was a critical and commercial failure. The chance of seeing a Justice League movie has never seemed more unreleastic until the Green Lantern movie hit theatres. If I'm honest, the film had it's good moments but they were few. Marvel dominated the theatres with Captain America and Thor. Thor was relatively an unknown but the movie raked in 450 million in the box office. There was no excuse for the failure of 'Green Lantern'.

November last year I decided to watch the pilot for Green Lantern the Animated series. I was more frustrated. I was frustrated because the likes of Bruce Timm brought to us 'Green Lantern' on a television budget. The TV series was much better than I hoped for. It is simply awesome, colourful, funny, well written and chuck-full of brilliant voice talents. This was true entertainment. From the pilot is was obvious the show had no intention of shying away from the theme of death.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Olu/news/?a=57609

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Green Lantern: Ryan Reynolds Reflects On 'Green Lantern,' Uncertain About Sequel

Green Lantern panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International with Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
MTV News caught up with the actor while he was promoting his next film "Safe House," and Reynolds opened up about how he looks back on his films, "Green Lantern" in particular.

For Reynolds, the key to working as an actor is the way he approaches completed films. It's more journey than destination. "I think it's very wise advice: never congratulate yourself too much, and never berate yourself too much. This is very sage advice," he said. "I look at moviemaking more as the experience than the outcome, which is by and large a pretty healthy way to look at it."

Reynolds described fixating on the final product as an ultimately unsatisfying activity. "If you're invested in the outcome of every single movie, you're bound to have moments where you aren't going to be as happy," he said. "I've had movies that were very successful that I wasn't happy with."

The actor's last superhero movie, "Green Lantern," was far from the out-right failure many paint it as. The film's decent opening weekend returns led Warner Bros. execs to recognize an audience for the film, and President Jeff Robinov has said he remains hopeful about a potential sequel.

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2012/02/01/ryan-reynolds-green-lantern-sequel/

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Green Lantern: What If The GREEN LANTERN Sequel Is Inspired By TRAINING DAY?

Sinestro as a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Art by Alan Davis. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If the Green Lantern sequel was looking for ideas to surpass its predecessor, then perhaps a movie like Training Day could serve as inspiration to not only make it more interesting, but more poignant and resonating as well. Denzel Washington earned an Oscar for his role in the film which was well received from critics and viewers alike. It also did not rely on heavy CGI or special effects to tell a genuinely fascinating story.

Training Day is a gritty cop drama where the suave and experienced cop Alonzo Harris (“Sinestro”) mentors new narcotics recruit Jake Hoyt (“Hal Jordan”). The movie features young and idealistic rookie cop, Jake (Ethan Hawke), assigned to spend 24 hours with veteran detective Alonzo (Denzel Washington) whose optimism has been quashed by crime and corruption. Alonzo is a Los Angeles cop whose questionable methodologies blur the line between right and wrong and thinks his ethics are right. As a result, the morally ambiguous Alonzo’s ethics lead to him deal out his own form of justice and profit in the process.

He [Alonzo Harris] sees himself as a Machiavellian prince of the city, serving the cause of greater justice; his impressive arrest record and his decorations speak for themselves, and if the weak are sometimes sacrificed to the strong in the process, that’s the way of the world.

Alonzo’s view of the world is essentially that his variety of evil is necessary to protect dewy-eyed civilians like you and me from worse varieties.(Andrew O'Hehir: Salon)

The above quotes echo Sinestro’s views in that he regards his ideals to be of a greater good for all citizens who fall under the jurisdiction of the Green Lantern Corps. Unlike Alonzo, Sinestro is not corrupt but his ideals do see him wanting to serve out justice in a way that would not be approved by the guardians. Ultimately, Sinestro thinks his way is the right way and that of the guardian’s is outdated. Although Sinestro’s methods are somewhat dubious, he is of the belief that the end justifies the means.

Before the 24-hour training period is complete, Hoyt is asked to consume narcotics and alcohol (while on duty), take part in illegal drug raids and commit murder. Unfortunately for Hoyt, he becomes a pawn to be used by the corrupt Alonzo who initially seems keen to allow Hoyt to become part of his crew.

Training Day does go along familiar lines with a good cop turned bad. Like Alonzo, Sinestro was once good at heart and keen to make a difference but has come to question the ideals which he has sworn an oath to uphold. Alonzo quickly learned that the legal ramifications hinder his ability to perform his duties as a cop and that in order to get the job done he has to often break the very law he is authorized to enforce. He also learns that bending the rules gives him a sense of power.

The formula used for Training Day could work for a Green Lantern sequel: Sinestro is ordered by the guardians to mentor rookie Hal who is instructed to accompany Sinestro on a “training day” where the guardians expect Hal to learn from Sinestro’s wisdom. It is during this time that Hal is the first Green Lantern to bear witness to Sinestro’s idea of justice. Sinestro is almost smug in his confidence and although he does garner the respect of the citizens and criminals it is more out of fear than admiration. The guardians remain unaware as to how exactly Sinestro always manages to achieve his objectives but they do hold him in him in high esteem because he gets the job done. Hal goes along for the ride observing Sinestro both in admiration and in shock and it becomes apparent to him that Sinestro’s ideals have deviated from that of the guardians and he begins to question his mentor’s process of handing out justice.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/6of13/news/?a=53796

Friday, December 23, 2011

Green Lantern: Warner Bros. Registers 'Green Lantern 2'

Warner Bros. tower (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
Green Lantern didn’t exactly set the box office on fire this summer, but its opening weekend did well enough to get Warner Bros. thinking about a sequel. It’s been a while since we’ve heard any significant updates on the project, but a look at some recent domain registrations by the studio suggest it hasn’t forgotten about the project.

MovieHole reports that Warner Bros. has just renewed its registration for GreenLantern2.com. While a domain renewal isn’t solid confirmation that another Green Lantern film is imminent, MovieHole points out that Warner Bros. wasn’t scrambling to pick up just anything, as it didn’t reserve domains for other rumored projects like Blade Runner 2, Lost Boys 4, and The Goonies 2.

http://www.slashfilm.com/sequel-bits-warner-bros-registers-green-lantern-2-domain-seth-rogen-talks-pineapple-express-2-gi-joe-2-synopsis/

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Green Lantern: Green Lantern 2 Could Still Happen Says Geoff Johns

Flash and Green Lantern stand around outside the Daily Planet shop at Warner Bros. Movie World. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Despite the hype leading up to its release this summer, Green Lantern disappeared from the public consciousness quiet quickly. It wasn't necessarily a bomb, making $219 million globally, but it wasn't the hit that Warner Bros. expected, and since it came and went, not much has been said about a sequel.

The Green Lantern Blu-ray and Green Lantern DVD were released this past Friday, just in time for NYCC 2011. It was there that DC Entertainment's Creative Chief Geoff Johns revealed that a sequel could still happen, and that he remains hopeful that it will get made sometime in the neat future.

This is what he had to say about Green Lantern 2.

"There is the hope that we will eventually see (Green Lantern 2). I hope that the character gets another film, and it will be live-action again - I guarantee."

Geoff Johns hopes that the recent home video release, and the upcoming animated series, will help push toward a sequel to Green Lantern.

"There was a lot of really good stuff in the movie. With the new animated series, Green Lantern is only going to get bigger."

http://www.movieweb.com/news/green-lantern-2-could-still-happen-says-geoff-johns

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Green Lantern: ‘Green Lantern 2’ will be edgier

Mark Strong as Sinestro in Warner Bros. Pictures action adventure Green Lantern. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Green Lantern may have a future on the big screen, but likely not with the same director.

Despite the big-budget superhero movie’s disappointing box office performance so far, Warner Bros. executives still want to find a way to make a sequel work. Bringing superheroes from its DC Comics unit to the big screen is a top priority for the studio, and executives believe that the problem with “Green Lantern” was in execution, not concept. They even have ideas on how to turn things around next time.

“We had a decent opening so we learned there is an audience,” said Warner Bros. film group President Jeff Robinov, pointing to the film’s box office debut of $53 million. “To go forward we need to make it a little edgier and darker with more emphasis on action…. And we have to find a way to balance the time the movie spends in space versus on Earth.”

After its so-so opening, “Green Lantern” fizzled at the domestic box office, ending up with only $114 million. Its overseas performance in important countries such as Great Britain, Germany and Russia has also been weak. (For much more on the fate of all four of this summer’s superhero movies, see our analysis of the genre’s cinema season.)

Warner Bros. already has an outline for a sequel on hand written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, who all worked on the script for the original. However, several people familiar with the thinking of executives there who were not authorized to speak on the record say Warner will likely make significant changes to the outline, if not start over from scratch, in developing a sequel.

One change the executives are quite certain of, however: They would like a new director. Warner Bros. was not thrilled with the work of “Green Lantern” director Martin Campbell, the people said, and would likely seek a new director for a sequel should one go into production.

However, one person close to Campbell said the director’s contract gave him an option to work on a sequel, meaning the studio would likely need to reach some accommodation with the “Casino Royale” and “Legend of Zorro” director in order to go ahead without him.

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/08/02/warner-green-lantern-2-will-be-edgier-flash-has-solid-script/

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Green Lantern: Warner Bros. Still Planning GREEN LANTERN Sequel

Image via WikipediaDespite an underwhelming box office and middling reviews, Warner Bros. is apparently still moving forward with a sequel to Green Lantern. Back in August, we reported that screenwriter Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) had been hired to pen the follow-up, working from a treatment by the first film’s writers Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim. However, director Martin Campbell has stated that he won’t be back for another go around. THR reports that Warner Bros. “still believes” in the franchise and is hopeful that it will have long legs in theaters. Hit the jump for more.

http://collider.com/green-lantern-2-warner-bros/98896/

Green Lantern: Warner Bros. has plans to follow through with Green Lantern sequel

HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 15: (L-R) President Warne...

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One of Warner Bros. huge summer blockbusters opened up with great numbers at the box office, but the fall off for Green Lantern in its second weekend is almost disturbing. Mixed reviews of the film kind of live up to that expectation though and while disappointing, the studio still has plans to follow through with a sequel.

Green Lantern may have come in third at the box office this weekend, but it brought in a mere $18.4 million. That is a huge 66% decline for a domestic total of $89.3 million. Warner Bros. is of course "somewhat disappointed" with these results but sources say that the studio still believes in the franchise.

http://www.examiner.com/movie-in-new-orleans/warner-bros-has-plans-to-follow-through-with-green-lantern-sequel#ixzz1QSGeOjNs

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Green Lantern: After Green Lantern, What Comes Next?

Green Lantern #1 (July 1941). Cover art by Purcell

Image via Wikipedia
DC bet it all on Green Lantern, and it looks like things won't pay off. Will fans have to wait even longer to see their favorite DC characters on the big screen?

Well, I guess the title is pretty self explanatory. The future of the DC movie universe has been a hot topic during the past few weeks and I decided to throw in my own two cents.

To say that DC Entertainment bet it all on Green Lantern would be an understatement. Word has it that the budget was well over $300 million dollars, and that DC was already developing a sequel and a Flash film, banking on GL's box office success. Warner Brothers have been very open in stating that the heroes of the DC Universe would be the future cash cows of the studio after the Harry Potter franchise wraps up this summer.

How much things can change in a week.

So overall, is the failure of Green Lantern a good or bad thing for DC movies? Ultimately, I think a lot of good can come from it. While I'm sure we'll hear multiple excuses from Warners over why GL failed (Twenty bucks says they'll blame the competition), I just hope they learn from their mistakes. I really want to see the DC heroes up on the big screen because I'm a huge DC fanboy, but I want to see my favorite heroes done right.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Jamedog/news/?a=40156

Monday, June 20, 2011

Green Lantern: Green Lantern has lowest summer debut for a superhero movie

Image via WikipediaThe knives are out for Green Lantern, but are the lights? Overall, US critics haven't enjoyed this movie, and the $53m (£33m) opening weekend won't have helped franchise prospects. It's the lowest debut of the summer so far for a superhero movie. Several years ago this would have been a decent opener but, given that the movie reportedly cost Warner Bros around $200m (£124m) to make and market, this simply wasn't good enough.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jun/20/green-lantern-ryan-reynolds-jim-carrey

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Green Lantern: 'Green Lantern' wins Friday with $21.6 million

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 31: Actress Blake Livel...

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeAs expected, Green Lantern lit up the box office yesterday: According to early estimates, the emerald-superhero romp grossed $21.6 million. By comparison, Thor — another film about a cosmic superhero without much mainstream name recognition — grossed $25.7 million on its opening day last month. Since reviews haven’t been too kind, I’m betting Lantern will experience a bit of a drop-off on the way to a weekend gross in the area of $55 million. (It also grossed $3.4 million in midnight screenings on Thursday.) It’s hardly a disappointment, although the PG-13 film will have an uphill battle trying to recoup its $200 million budget. It’ll be interesting to whether Lantern‘s foreign grosses can bolster the film’s overall performance. (Never underestimate the cross-cultural appeal of colorful, semi-abstract space battles.)

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/06/18/box-office-green-lantern-mr-popper/

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Green Lantern: Why Hal Jordan Would Make a Terrible Boyfriend

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Remember when I pointed out all the qualities that would make Thor undate-able? Well, with the release of the Green Lantern movie in less than a week (June 17th), I figured I could probably give Hal Jordan the same kind of treatment. I mean, it's only fair, right? And no, it's not because I can so easily find qualities in the opposite sex deeming them undate-able; it's just that Hal Jordan is just so friggin' easy. No, I don't mean that way...even though he kind of is easy that way too...So here it is! My top four reasons why Hal Jordan (even more-so than Thor) would make a terrible boyfriend!

He has multiple-personality disorder...sometimes.
He's never home. Ever.
Why should Hal settle for just one girlfriend?
Do you really want to compete with Carol Ferris?

http://www.comicvine.com/news/why-hal-jordan-would-make-a-terrible-boyfriend/143216/

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Green Lantern: DC Comics Relaunch

Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, written by Wolfm...

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The relaunch of DC comics has fans talking. Will this usher in a new era for the classic publisher or just further muddle up their already confusing continuity?

Yes, this article really isn't comic book movie related, but news and talk of this event has been all over comicbookmovie.com enough that I'm sure people won't care. And yes, this is another fan boy rant on the new DC comics relaunch. This was a topic that I was going to avoid seeing how so much has already been written about it, but my friends and I have been talking about it so much that I found that I did have a lot to say on the subject, so here it is.

Well, unless you've been living under a rock, you know that DC made the controversial decision to relaunch their continuity in September, restarting 52 of their titles at issue #1, with updated costumes and origins, modern storytelling, etc. Of course, fans were divided down the middle over this news, but you can't deny one thing...

It got people talking.

All eyes are on DC now as people want to know what will happen to their favorite characters, what events will be retconned, who's origin will be changed, etc. Many have said that it's nothing more than a publicity stunt, which I kind of have to agree with. But if it's a publicity stunt, it's already paying off huge. My friends and I have been talking about this since it was announced, and I have to say, I'm still a little torn on the subject.

I can see a lot of good coming from this event. It's clear that DC wants to use this new continuity to bring in new readers by starting off fresh, giving us stories not bogged down by years of continuity, and this is one thing that excites me. In high school, I was a big comic reader, usually waiting with baited breath for my monthly comics to come out, following them like an old lady follows soap operas. Sadly, college happened and I didn't really have the time or cash to keep up with comics so Wizard Magazine became my window into the comic book world. But Wizard closed it's doors this past winter and I decided that it was a good time as ever to finally dive back into reading comics again, except there was one problem: I had no idea where to begin. Batman, my personal favorite, now had an annoying son now and was leader of a world wide army of Batmen. Wonder Woman had been re-imagined to a street wise last survivor of the Amazons, and now there were multiple Lantern Corps. For the most part I played catch up, but there were still little bits and pieces that I was missing.

When I heard about the DC relaunch, I was kind of excited because it would give me a fresh start back into comics. I was especially excited to read Batman again because I'm not a fan of what Grant Morrison has been doing on the title. I'm sure there's many other fans like myself who want to get back into reading comics but don't know where to start, and this relaunch could help them. The last time DC did something similar to this was after they consolidated their continuity after Crisis on Infinite Earths, and it was a great new beginning for DC. Post-Crisis, we got John Byrne's run on Superman, Batman: Year One, Green Lantern: Emerald Knight, and many other classic stories. Much like post-Crisis, this relaunch could lead to many exciting possibilities for DC, but it could also bring many new problems.

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