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Ryan Gosling and Emile Hirsch Both Turned Down The Chance To Wield Hal Jordan’s Power Ring In GREEN LANTERN?? HowButWHAT??
I am – Hercules!!
In brightest day or blackest night, some actors can’t be bothered to take on one of the most iconic roles in comicdom?
Latino Review is reporting that both Ryan Gosling (“The Notebook”) and Emile Hirsch (“Speed Racer”) apparently turned down the lead in “Green Lantern,” and Australian Sam Worthington (“Terminator Salvation,” “Avatar”) could not take the role because he’s busy with “Clash of the Titans.”
The movie will reportedly deal with silver-age Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who in the comics is a test pilot chosen by an ancient alien race to protect Sector 2814 of the Milky Way. To aid his effort, Hal is given a "power ring" that allows him to do darn near anything.
(The “Justice League” script on George Miller’s docket apparently features only John Stewart, the latter day Green Lantern featured in the “Justice League” cartoon series.)
Earlier this month, Variety reported that Warner Bros. was pursuing Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale”) to direct "Lantern." This contradicted a 2007 Variety story that had Greg Berlanti (who wrote and directed the 2000 gay romantic dramedy “Broken Hearts Club” before he went on to oversee the TV ventures “Dawson’s Creek,” “Jack & Bobby” and “Brothers & Sisters”) set to write and direct the project.
Latino Review further reports that Anton Yelchin, already on geek radar for nabbing the roles of Pavel Chekov in “Star Trek” and Kyle Reese in “Terminator Salvation,” is now a contender for the role.
Apparently someone like 37-year-old Nathan Fillion is already considered too geezerly.
Find all of Latino Review’s story on the matter here.
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I guess those guys don't really want to be movie stars. This movie is going to be huge and/or a giant piece of crap.
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There's no way people is going to buy he is a brave test pilot... Fillion, on the other hand, has the right age and looks and the charisma and acting skills to pull this right...
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if he were just 10 years younger. Now i cant really pick a good contender i want to see in the green and black tights
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Freddy Mercury proved there's nothing gay going on there...
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First? No fag, you're not. Keep trying, I'm pretty sure you'll be added to the "First" idiot list soon enough! Good Luck!
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I don't usually play this card, but NO WAY. that's ridiculous, he looks like he's 15.
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fuck.
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This has the potential to be a GIANT flop and a silly, laughable movie. I wouldnt expect a good actor to risk their career on it
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He would be perfect.
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There are very few people outside the comic book world who care about the Green Lantern. The comic fanbase is big enough to justify making all these movies, and i'm sure they'll generally all turn a profit, but there's a huge segment of the population that just doesn't really care that much about if they're made or who's in them. Again, people will see these movies, but if guys like Hirsch and Gosling are looking to increase their fame and bankability there are plenty of other projects they'd probably rather work on with a much wider general appeal.
Also, if GL's weakness is yellow, does his pepper shrink every time he does a number one? -
as the dipshit from highschool musical.
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I'm 37 and I ain't fucking geezerly!!!! That's it!!! Gimme the damn ring. I'll do it. I'll be Green Lantern. Mother fuckers. I'll show 'em "geezerly"...dagnabbit!
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You know, I can't really blame actors for turning down a role that is obscure to anyone not deeply involved in the world of comic books. An actor getting a role that is iconic in comic books is like an American band getting big only in Japan - such niches are not enough for a lot of artists.
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He's a good actor who needs a bigger boost than F4, and falls into the same age and exposure range as those three...
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He probably doesnt want to risk heading a sci-fi gerne movie again...
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Maybe it's shit.
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no men left in Hollywood I guess
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Hal Jordan is a test pilot, a man's man. Gosling? Hirsch? The kid from "Charlie Bartlett"? Maybe for Kyle Rayner, but certainly not Hal Jordan.
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Without question.
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Have to agree with this one. Batman, Ironman & Hulk have proved that people are more interested in seeing a more seasoned actor in the roles.
If to want to use tweenies for superheroes use the Teen Titans.
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We haven't had any minority super dudes with mainstream, recognizable super names.
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you wrote "There are very few people outside the comic book world who care about the Green Lantern." really wasn't that same argument we heard for the entire time, leading up to IRON MAN, yeah he was known in Marvel circles but who outside really knew him. You make a good movie and people, no matter what their feelings toward comic book movies, will see it. I have friends that that won't go see anything comic book based, they wanted to see Iron Man and TDK because of reviews and trailers. Like I said, it doesn't matter WHO the char. is if they make a good movie then people will go see it
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just another boring white guy...until he goes evil and tries to destroy the universe and ya, if they are going jordan, they need to cast hamm
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Feb 27, 2009 3:37:50 AM CST
I don't know anything about Green Lantern, but...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
"Hal Jordan, who in the comics is a test pilot chosen by an ancient alien race to protect Sector 2814 of the Milky Way." My god that sounds shit.
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way better.
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I completely agree that people will see this movie if it's as well marketed and reviewed as TDK and Iron Man were, I'm just saying maybe this kind of project isn't what Hirsch and Gosling are looking for. There's also a chance this movie could turn out to be another F4 (aliens and actual super-human abilities instead of mortal men with fancy toys), but that's an argument for another day. My point is that (Speed Racer aside) Hirsch and Gosling seem more likely to go for Serious Thespian roles and not superheroes. I'm still wondering about the GL pee though. Does he just stay really well hydrated so it comes out clear?
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We should all thank our lucky stars that he was not cast in the role.
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You need someone like Paul Newman in the 60's (who GL is visually based on) or Scott Glen, Dennis Quad or Fred Ward type (when they were in their 30's), or maybe Josh Brolin now...,maybe.
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He'd be amazing in this...but in all honesty, I always thought The Green Lantern was kinda lame.
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Too Bad about Gosling. I guess Matthew Fox is too much of a geezer for them too. Anton Yelchin is a great actor but he's too gawky plus wouldn't it be weird that in one universe Batman and Green Lantern aren't just father and son but they're fucking John Connor and Kyle Reese. That's lazy Franchise nepotism.
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fucked up nose and upper lip would compliment the GL mask?
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They probably care enough about their careers. And Hirsch feels he's learned his lesson after the Speed Racer fiasco.
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He was great in The Hurt Locker. That said, this still sounds like shit and I'm not surprised they're struggling to cast someone well known. Get Renner and Campbell to direct and it'll sound a lot better.
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What about the kid who played Iceman in the X-Men movies? Or the fat kid from Superbad, either one.
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about Yellow being GL's weakness... not if he drinks enough water.
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He was the bomb in Half-Baked.
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Shia as the star and Brett Ratner to direct. You know Warner is thinking this.
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I'm sorry folks, but the fact of the matter is they're not likely to higher anyone older than 32 to lead because they want a potential franchise that they can also sell to the MTV crowd. It aint gonna be a current TV star (the Jensen Ackles crowd = Welling fanatics), Nor is it likely to be Fillion, especially since his new Moonlighting-esque show starts this year. I'd say be ready for them to offer this to Hayden Christiansen or Robert Pattinson. Is that ideal? Hell no. Is that what we're likely to get? Yeah.
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This could be a fantastically good movie. If, and I can't stress this enough, if they take the source material seriously, and cast appropriately. Nathan Fillion would be an amazing choice for a veteran Hal Jordan. That doesn't seem to be what this film is going to be. If it's going to be an adaptation of Emerald Dawn, or something similar, Jensen Ackles would be better.
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yes he's doing lao uk, but he';s like on the show for half an hour! he's got plenty of time to do a movie. for fucks sake! Anton Yelchin seriously? he looks like the fucking curly hairedd version of justin timberlake - this has got disaster written all over it.
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Green Lantern should be someone like Jamie Bamber or, if they want to be awesome, a short-haired Josh Holloway.
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Come on, he has the role in "Speed Racer" and some "Speed Racer" ads under his belt. Plus probably some recalled commercials for "Speed Racer" merchandise and maybe even a voiceover for a canceled "Speed Racer" game... that's a lot.
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Don't even bother looking at anyone else.
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If they hire that kid from Star Trek i'm boycotting it. I don't want to see Channing Tatum in that role either but something tells me the offer has probably been put out already. Damn this sucks. I thought Gossling was a huge fan of GL . Makes we worry about the script.
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...Because he's a nobody right now, but are you suprised about the others? What self respecting actor would fucking do Green Lantern? Batman, Iron Man, Superman, Hulk...All cool to varying degrees, but Green Lantern is almost as gay as doing Captain America or The Flash.
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Children wearing their fathers' suits - I mean, costumes - and trying to look hilariously "grim".
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Well this project is already fucked. first of all he's about 4 feet tall, trust me I've stood next to the guy. Secondly he would play it with all false bluster and silly intense looks. We dodged a bullet. Gosling is MAYBE the only young actor who could have pulled it off and without him any attempt to case young is totally gonna be fucked. You need a real man to play Hal Jordan. SOmeone Classic. Hopefully this film never gets made.
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He looks like he's spent his whole life in a dark corner of a Russian Gulag. Seriously even studios cantbe that stupid. He's so pathetically wrong for a superheroes superhero like Hal Jordan. Then again they cast him as Kyle Reese and he couldnt look less like Michael Biehn if he were Chinese.
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this is bullshit. these rumours are killing this project before i even starts. take a note from Jon Favreau playbook and get some fucking order on the project. If you're shopping around for kids and not men, don't make this movie. they cast Robert Downey jnr for iron man. not Zac fucking Efron ( dont tell me how i know this kids name)
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Why does this surprise you? The actors who accept these rolls are whores for the industry. Kudos to these two for turning down the money and taking rolls that matter, that actually require skill, that actually have something to say besides, "We want your money." Green Lantern? Seriously?? Who cares?
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They obviously want a big name known actor if they asked Ryan & Emile. Next choice is Leonardo DiCaprio or Jake Gylenhal.
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speed racer is perhaps. but not green fucking lantern
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Feb 27, 2009 5:54:04 AM CST
"take a note from Jon Favreau playbook"
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Yeah, cast someone, then dump them, then cast someone else, then lowball them, then cast someone else, then release them to another film.
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Fuck you give it to Nate. MAKE IT SO:
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I don't think so.
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That's the studio logic- which makes sense on one level (a second-grade reading level) and is otherwise extremely frustrating! This is the same reason they won't go with other geek faves, like Jamie Bamber (my pick) or this Ackles fellow you guys keep yapping about!
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Ben Browder: Guy Gardner.
Anton Yelchin : Kyle Rayner
Eric Roberts : Hal Jordan.
The captain (Sisko) off of DS9 : John Stewart.
Its not really about who plays the characters. Its the story thats important here. and those actors mentioned will tell the story most effectively. Roberts has got the range to carry a character that goes from heor to insanity from loss.
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It won't translate well. This is why Whedon wised up with Wonder Woman. You can either be true to the source material, and it will look retarded on screen, or you can strip away all the retarded stuff and be left with nothing that resembles the original product, which in Hollywood inevitably becomes a dude in black leather doing martial arts.
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Feb 27, 2009 6:17:09 AM CST
Should get Martin Scorcese and Robert Deniro
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
*stupid nerd comic book movie casting chatter stupid nerd comic book movie casting chatter*
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Hal Jordan should be an little older. In teh 30-32 years old range.
George Eads from CSI looks perfect for Hal.
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Sean Penn, so no, you will not see him in a superhero movie. I predict he'll try to build an 80% Oscar-bait resume throughout his career.
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http://tinyurl.com/3dcovn
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Jon Hamm, Nathan Fillion also great choices. Here's the thing, and don't kill me for saying this: I really think Tom Cruise would be a great Kyle Rayner. He has the look.
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OMFG YES!!!! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!!! YES!!!!
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Either Phillipe or Renner. Directed by Campbell. Only way I'll see it. God I'm bored.
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As for Emile Hirsch, given 'Speed Race' nearly ruined his career why would he ever go near a big budget sci-fi flick again?
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...not Green Lantern. Just take a look at the guy.
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They want to get an early 20-something actor to play a test pilot??
In actuallity, how many test pilots and astronauts are in their 20s? To be a test pilot or astronaut takes years of training and thousands of hours of flight time.
But then Hollywood is known for casting roles featuring 20 year olds as Colonels and 30 year olds as Generals in their movies so why not a 20 year old pilot who's been testing aircraft since he was 6. -
why would they ask him?
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George Eads would be on the youngish side to be a test pilot/astronaut.
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That is all.
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He's perfect for the role, but I accepted the fact that he's too unknown for a studio to build a tent-pole franchise around. But you know what? Fuck it, Anton Yelchin isn't any more bankable and he doesn't fit the part at all. If WB can make a $150 million movie out of Watchmen featuring lesser known actors AND characters, then surely it can work for GL.
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The guy is a lump of fucking wood. I know some of you tasteless assholes who enjoy shitty TV love trying to lump crappy soap actors into movie roles, but just go rent The Fog and see how Tom Welling faired. No, if we are looking to drag a moderately talented TV hack into the movie mainstream, Fillion is a much, much better choice. At least he has actual, you know, presence and charisma. Jensen Ackles? You realise this is a MOVIE right? Like, it's not just gonna be still photograph panels? You actually need someone who can move his face and read lines without sending people to sleep (granted, the 13 year old girls will be too aroused to sleep, but still). That rant said, he's still a better choice than Yelchin. Thats even more bizare. On what planet does that seem even remotely plausible?
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Anton Yelchin and Emile Hirsch?! DC is Retarded.
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I have a magic ring! GO SCREW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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He's a good TV actor, but c'mon fellas. He's NOT gonna get cast as a frickin' superhero at 40. Go see him at the convention.
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Kyle Reese? What, was Michael Cera busy? I understand the studio slobbering over Worthington. Hes a good looking arrogant jock asshole type. He's got the stuff. He looks like he could kick your ass and fuck your girlfriend. Yelchin...just, well, he IS a poor mans Michael Cera. Only more...Jewish.
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Then I'm in trouble. But hey, Rambo was pushing sixty when he killed 238 men in Burma.
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...as Gilbert Gottfried is to Bruce Wayne.
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Alright look, in no way is Yelchin a believable, "experienced" but reckless test pilot. God. I'm just tired of this. Why do they insist on kids playing late 20 or 30 something superheroes, like everything needs to be "Smallville." Green Lantern isn't "green" metaphorically. Sure. He doesn't quite know how to use the ring at first. BUT COME ON. It seeks him out because he's fearless. And by the by, Fillion has the chops and the fanbase to fill seats in the theater. In addition, 40 or no, he's still young enough to play Hal. In fact, he's about the perfect age. Guys like Emile Hirsch and Yelchin can Spidey or Speed Racer types, but not Hal Jordan. That's just stupid.
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I've recently caught up on Supernatural and Ackles is actually a very good actor, definately above par for tv. Maybe he was wooden in the first season, but he's definately grown into the role, and injecting gravitas into what is ultimately pretty silly subject matter is no easy task. If you want to say Padalecki sucks, I'll give you that, he's pretty one-dimensinal, but Ackles basically carries the show.
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They're remaking this movie and I was not informed? WTF?
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i'd like to see fillion too, but seriously, everyone mentioned to be involved, or dream cast to be involved....are fucking involved in EVERYTHING already. i am tired of the same 6 or 7 names getting thrown around in every superhero franchise. give me 1 day, and access to imdb and i can come up with a list of 50 people that would be great for lantern, not just the same recycled 20 something handful
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will always be Zack Mazursky, begging for his life at the end of Alpha Dog in my eyes. That fuckin kid looks so much like my younger cousin it was ridiculous trying to get through that scene. Yeah, he's way too young for the part. Nathan Fillion is way too old and has been a failure in every opportunity he's been given, despite all of the love he gets here on AICN. Castle will fail as a tv show. Mark those words. With that said, if this is the script that was originally designed for Jack Black in a kooky version of the character, I can see why no one wants to touch it. Who the fuck is this original attached director? A gay romantic dramedy? PFFFFT!
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Hal Jordan should look like he can take a punch and give as good as he gets. Gosling is the only name they had in the article that I would even consider, and he wouldn't be high on the list. If WB goes the young route, this had better be one hell of a script, to make up for the handicap they are giving themselves. Go ahead and cast someone in their mid-to late thirties. The nice thing with GL is the Corps, so you could always logically hand it off to another actor in a later film. You guys will probably want to reboot the series in 10 years anyways.
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Feb 27, 2009 7:36:16 AM CST
ANTON YELCHIN AS THE MANLIEST DC CHARACTER???!!!
by most excellent ninja
WHAT THE FUCK?!
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that Jon Hamm could pretty much play any superhero character in the known Universes.
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Man stay ignorant. Green Lantern is the best comic of the decade.
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I used to think you were alright to degrees but now I know you're a fucking idiot and an ignorant idiot. Green Lantern and Captain America are thw two best comics of the decade. Green Lantern is basically Star Wars, calling Green Lantern which had a story called Sinestro Corps War where people were getting dismembered during a giant cosmic war gay is fucking retarded. Kind of ignorant to say that about GL and Cap, considering Captain America has become this serious espionage saga that is lauded everyehere.
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Jordan is about 27-28 and he's a prodigy, sometimes talent overcomes experience.
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Dude's too old to sustain more than 1 movie. And Jordan is not Tony Stark in that an older guy can play him.
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I don't care if Fillion plays him or not. Though (and I've made this point before) he's the only guy I can think of who can somehow find a way to lend gravitas to a hero that solves his alien invasion problems with giant, green boxing gloves. It's similar to no one being Tony Stark like Robert Downey Jr. can be Tony Stark. (I would also argue that Fillion isn't at fault for shows he's cast in getting cancelled. Still, "Castle" WILL fail. Then again, so did "Cupid", and Jeremy Piven still wins Emmys.--The Actor's Curse: You have to earn your stripes before you have a hit.) Either way, I would've been fine with Matthew Fox (but he burned out on SPEED RACER), or anyone in their 30's or early 40's. But fer fuckin' out loud, just give me a guy with a jaw line, that shaves, and can buy a pack of smokes.
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Feb 27, 2009 7:54:20 AM CST
Hal Jordan needs to be a cocky hotshot, like a young Ben Browder
by spyguy
I don't suppose Browder has a younger brother?
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With Jake Gylenhaal as the Yankee and Jim Carrey as the Devil? http://tinyurl.com/agklyo
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You posted that just as I was writing about Stark. But, I would argue that he may not be as old as Stark; but he's older than 25, or even 27. Jordan should be in his 30's, which Fillion could do. Again, not that he's the only choice. But Jordan can't be a kid. It just doesn't work.
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They need to stop trying to cast children in these roles.
Nathan Fillion would have been damned good.
Or is it all about the franchise?
Give me adults any day of the week.
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Feb 27, 2009 8:09:50 AM CST
Brody77: Matt Smith is only 3 years younger than Davison was...
by spyguy
...when he started and he was brilliant. Check out Smith's BBC Confidential interview on YouTube. He'll be just fine as the Eleventh Doctor.
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is that of a petrified ginger kid. If the role your casting says 'petrified ginger kid' then he's your man. Otherwise, don't cast him please, especially in a tough guy role.
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Franchise or no, we are talkiing about a guy who's temples go white after a relatively short period of time because he's possessed by the univeral embodiment of fear and holding it at bay. It's okay if Hal ages pretty rapidly over the course of 3 or 4 movies. That's how they can show how he becomes, "The Best of Us." They can build a legend around that, and introduce Kyle, Jon, and Guy later. Who cares if by movie 4 or 5, Fillion (or anybody else of that age) can't do it anymore. Hal can die in a sacrifce saving the world or something. Then you've actually made a series with an already ancient, legendary, epic feel behind it, instead of an intergalactic HARRY POTTER. (No offense to POTTER. It's great. But GREEN LANTERN isn't a David vs. Goliath story. It's more like a Michael vs. Lucifer story.)
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He's the next Christian Bale... without the whole, abusive thing. Sturgess will be huge this time next year
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Feb 27, 2009 8:23:38 AM CST
most excellent ninja and the general population
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I will stay ignorant, thanks. The only funny book I've read in the past decade is Watchmen and that was because I wanted to know what all the fuss is about. Since I was unbelievably underwhelmed by that and my life remains unchanged since reading it I don't think I'll be rushing out to read a funny book about a character who is described as... "Hal Jordan, who in the comics is a test pilot chosen by an ancient alien race to protect Sector 2814 of the Milky Way." If it's great, then good on you. Read away. But going on the description, it sounds shit, and would be laughable on screen. Which is why anyone remotely bankable is balking at the prospect of starring. Lastly, everyone on this site bandies about the same bloody names whenever a comic book movie gets mentioned. Fillion, Hamm, Ackles or the guy from Angel. WTF is it with TB'ers trying to cast tv actors in big screen flicks? 99 times out of 100 they're on TV for a reason. Willis and Clooney are the only actors i can think of in the last 20 years to make the leap successfully.
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Fucking really? What the public sees in this piece of garbage I will never understand. His perma-smirk makes me feel like shitting blood.
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Did I see someone post that he should be a young Ben Browder? Ben Browder is at a perfectly acceptable age to play Hal Jordan. To be honest, his involvement in Stargate after Farscape made me neglect him as an option.
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Sturgess is reasonable. I think taht would work okay. He's young, but can at least vote and drink.
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well said, well said...GL is something to get really excited for.
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I thought Timothy Olyphant could do it.
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I mean, seriously? Another damn comic book movie. I'm glad Gosling told them to shove it. Guy has integrity. Childish crap.
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Your handle is a line from "Star Wars" and you are on a talkback bashing Green Lantern??!? You are one strange motherfucker.
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It will do extremely well, both critically and financially, for the following reason; Whenever you have a geat actor playing the role of his life in a fantastic, creative above par show, and the show gets cancelled by clueless execs, then a short while later he lands a role on a run of the mill, boring cookie-cutter buddy cop show, he inexplicably gets critical acclaim for making sitcom quips while pretending to examine evidence and annoying his hot partner. See: 'Bones'.
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Green Lantern is a man not a boy. No offense to all the Anton Yelchin fans but he is so wrong for this role.
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Feb 27, 2009 8:34:59 AM CST
"The only funny book I've read in the past decade is Watchmen"
by lovecraftian
Then why do you care what we bitch about? If this is a thread you can't stand, because you're not into flicks about "funny books", why comment? Seems like a bigger waste of time to me than reading funny books and complaining about the casting of their movie adaptions.
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Well done, sir. An observation worth learning from.
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...THE GREEN LANTERN is not cool. This has Worse Than Daredevil written all over it.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147147/
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147147/
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My apologies. I didn't realise liking Star Wars automatically signed me up to the Green Lantern bandwagon. I like other things. How about I tell you some of them and you can tell me the completely unrelated products I'm required to like as well. Cheese. Football. Beer. Cars. Sleeping.
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You are correct. I don't care. I'm just making comment on the repetitious fantasy casting. I don't read the funny books, but invariably end up seeing the flicks. Just saying, as a person who doesn't know the first thing about GL, from that description, it sounds shit. I'm not saying it is, or an adaptation would be, but it's got a long way to go to convince someone like me (and other non-fans). The first way to do that is to get a good cast and crew. Campbell to direct is a good start. A TV actor in the lead role is not.
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Wow. Thats a mouthful. GET IT? HAHAHAH!
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and put Judd Apatow as Executive Producer. That is the direction Hollywood is moving towards anyhow.
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You aren't *required* to like GL as a fan of Star Wars, but they share a few similarities.
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It's not going to take that long. Once you see the effects, it won't matter. I'm not saying you just like "'splosions." But the effects will get people in the seats. The rest is in the movie. You don't need names to sell this franchise. And I would guess, if they have any head for business, the people green lighting this already know that about this property. (Of course, if they're talking to Yelchin and Hirsch, that's already up for debate.)
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But if they want to kill this before it starts keep floating boys for the role of a grown man.
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that when/if they introduce Kyle Rayner, Kyle will be a toddler?
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If the Warner's/DC people have any brains, they'll stay away from actors who look like fresh faced teenagers and get somebody with some character to play Hal Jordan. It doesn't have to be an established star either. Just keep in mind that you're setting up a franchise here, so do it right the first time!
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I suppose you also dismiss the original STAR WARS film, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, BLADE RUNNER, or just about any non-sci-fi story that can also be told through comic books. Unless your problem is just guys wearing tight-fitting costumes, which is just probably some form of latent homophobia.
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I don't know why, but when I think of live-action Green Lantern power-ring effects I picture Jim Carrey "The Mask" type cartoony fx like giant hammers and fsts.
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a very different (headache inducing) look and was based on a product that probably has a very similar sized fan-base to GL and it tanked everywhere. What it needed was a star. Hirsch is not a star who puts bums on seats. A product like this NEEDS someone well known. It's why Ghost Rider was a hit even though it was complete shit. Nic Cage puts bums on seats. IMHO, this is what GL needs to be successful. (Plus a good script!)
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all 3 of those would have been horrible. It needs to be someone older. I havent seen the script, but if it delves into the Spectre (after green lantern dies, he comes back as an evil entity called Spectre)
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Maybe. Just saying he seems kinda older and young at the same time..
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Then I think the answer is obvious...Nic Cage is...GREEN LANTERN!
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They all seem bad choices at first, but depending on which era, storyline, and version of hal jordan they go with, either of them could have been good choices. I am glad the producers are at least thinking outside the box when casting this one. There are a lot of cool characters that appear in Green Lantern comics, and some truly epic storylines. I mean, the guy is the most powerful thing in this corner of the milky way. An intergalactic cop with a badass ring-of-whateverheneeds as his weapon. PS: What makes comic books different from the myths and epic poems of the past 3000 years? anyone who disses comics and at the same time praise film need to take a good hard look at the two mediums.
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...about SPEED RACER. But GL is no SPEED RACER. If they were going for the same kind of pallette and feel as the Wachowski brothers did in emulating a 60's cartoon show, you'd be absolutely right. That would be a mistake. (Which they may very well make.) However, there were no names in STAR WARS (which is closer to GL--It's a sci-fi, space opera.) There were, however, names in WING COMMANDER and BATTLEFIELD EARTH, and look how those turned out. I'm not arguing with you that a name wouldn't be a positve thing. It would. But I don't think it's as crucial to the success of the frachise as you think it would be, if for no other reason than even a faux, geek joint like "Goth Topic" has been selling GL shirts for years to kids who grew up with him on "Superfriends", "Justice League" and "Justice League Unlimited", or even currently, with the "Brave and the Bold." Now that we're back to cartoon shows, I'd still like to re-emphasize that I doubt they're considering that route, at least not if they've seen the ORIGINAL source material.
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If Gosling turned GL down, and a B-lister like Hirsch turned it down, the only direction left for WB is an unknown or not well known TV actor. It's just like when Warren Beatty and Nick Nolte both walked away from the title role in Superman The Movie. Donner turned to an unknown stage and soap opera actor named Christopher Reeve.
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Sean Patrick Flannery isn't bad.
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And not only for GL, but for most comic heroes, period. The rub is that a lot of them can't act for shit.
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works. Go see him in that Iraq veterans come home movie ... shit! i can't remember the title. Phillippe would be a very good choice; far superior than Ackles, Welling, Fillion, or who ever is the current tv-geek wet dream.
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Hamm now has a lot of name recognition. They won't spend that capital with a GL movie, and I bet his agent knows it. That dude has a huge movie career in front of him; he'll be taking the type of parts that went to Harrison Ford in the 1980's.
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Feb 27, 2009 9:24:01 AM CST
Orbots - Hamm is likely lined up for a much larger role
by spartan_im_not
... if he wants it. If Superman can get going under new direction, then Hamm has got to be a front-runner for it. If not Supes, then Hamm should be on the short list for Captain America.
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NATE FILLION FOR CAP!!! NATE FILLION FOR CAP!!!
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...I'm not wanting to play Superman....yet. He likely fears being typecast. If WB really wants him for Supes, what they can do is throw him a bone and cast him in some other high profile movie that has 'hit' written all over it. He can play, say, a lawyer in a John Grisham adaptation. Then he can play Superman.
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Josh Holloway?
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Hal is a modern day Chuck Yeager not the little punk from Alpha Dog! He needs to at least be 30-35. Yelchin turns 20 in March (20!!!) according to IMDB, give me a fucking break. Hal Jordan is not a young character searching to find himself through the wonders of his ring...No...He is a mature, confident, fearless, hard charging, experienced fighter and leader, who is given the ring BECAUSE he already has these traits. He was a hero already; the ring just made him a Superhero. Jesus I hope they reconsider this casting; they are skewing waaay too young to play Hal. Good Christ, if they feel the need to raid the cast of Alpha Dog for a Hal since they already hit up Hirsch then why not ask Justin Timberlake or Ben Foster. (I kid, though I do like Foster, just not as Hal.)Hell hit up the cast of Star Trek, ask Chris Pine if they want a pretty boy. Carl Urban is good though, hell even Bana at least they're the right age range. But Simon Pegg has to be G'Nort. Seriously there are a hundred other actors out there better suited to this than a 19 year old like Yelchin, come on WB use your heads here, if you're worried about the actor aging out, that's the beauty of GL there are other men to replace him, three came after Hal and one before him.
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I think you're right. Harrison did Indy and Han, but soon after abandoned that stuff for "serious" thrillers. He knew when he could move on from genre stuff to "legitimate" acting. Hamm's already there. He's probably not going to take a chance on something so clearly attached to a specific fanbase. I think there's a transition point from B to A (call it, "B+" or "A-") when genre stuff might actually hurt you. You can always go back to it (e.g. Cage, Downey Jr., etc.) But you can't chance veering away from your possible Oscar career either. (Though it's probably not as big of a deal today as it was in the 80's.)
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Not likely.
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they must have seen The legend Of Zorro and knew for sure Casino Royale was a fluke.
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This could potentially. As a matter I fact it probably Will. I want it to be great because I know it could be... But not going I happen. Definately the hardest big name superhero movie to make and get right. Too many things can go wrong and they will. I love gl but it tales a Ballsy director to make this considereig I've always thought that it would
Be the superhero movie that couldn't be made. God speed but if you pick a child
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Downey showed that you don't have to have someone in their 20s play one of the capes, and having Hamm as Jordan would not only get the fanboys' asses in seats, but fans of Mad Men, and females as well.
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about the difference between tv actors and movie actors. nathan fillion? seriously? look, i like the guy most of the time, but just because he was in some joss whedon stuff doesn't mean he is perfect for every single role that comes out. he has about the same screen presence as noah wiley or john stamos. he'd be fine for ER or whatever TV drama he is in now, but he's not going to be making the jump to movies. it's the same thing with tom welling. the guy is NEVER going to have a big movie career because he is just not cut out for it as an actor. he doesn't have presence. and he is totally wrong for playing a big screen superman.
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I know he was in the spiderman movies but those are terrible anyway and in need of revamping in a few years. Plus He was the only acting talent
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...Maverick in Top Gun? Except he's now down on his luck and works as a test pilot instead of wearing stars on his shoulders in the military. So he could legitimately be an older actor. Hmmmm, if Cruise wanted a big career revival....
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john hamm should stay far far away from this. he's a tv guy who could make the jump to movies just fine, but he ought to skip the superhero thing. it likely wouldn't do anything positive for his career at this point other than give him loads of cash.
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Val Kilmer!!!!!! anyone?
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He knows how to accessorize fabu looking Green unitard outfits and a big butch green ring. It would beee so dreamyyyy right fanbois?
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Chris Pine, a.k.a new Kirk, seems like a great idea to me. at this point, he should still be cheap to hire.
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the only other re-watchable Bond film of the past 2 decades, Goldeneye. So no, Casino wasn't a fluke, I'd say it's more likely that if he has a cool project that he's interested in he delivers.
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You obviously have no idea what an actor is.
To name a few. Daniel Craig -The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Our Friends in the North. James McEvoy - Shameless. George Clooney - ER, Friends. Clint Eastwood -Rawhide. Steve McQueen -Wanted: Dead or Alive.
I don't want to bore you but the amount of actors that have graced both TV an motion picture could be endless. That's before you include big screen outings of popular TV shows. -
GEORGE EADS, mutherfuckers!!
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if I was sitting on a chair in mexico watching Antonio Bandaras ponce around in silk shirts and an Errol Flynn mustache all day pretending to cut Zs into shit.
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just had the best idea of the day.
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Hal is supposed to be in his late 20s in the script, so an "older" actor isn't going to cut it, not if you really intend for this to be a franchise. You need someone 25-33 or that general range, not someone 40 or pushing it. Gosling I think could have been a good choice, but the other two names in the article make you scratch your head.
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He'd be perfect!
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I've been preaching Eads on other boards for about two years now.
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...how do you explain that awful Chris O'Donnell mountain rescue movie? That flick is only barely watchable because of Bill Paxton as the villain.
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A movie franchise, for the most part, lasts how long? Maybe 3 movies? By then any franchise starts to show its age and is done. Three GL movies, and by the third introducing John Stewart to carry it further if desired, for an actor in his late 30's, early 40's is fine.
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Terrence is free too.
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Tell me you didn't watch Superman Returns and think, 'That's Green Lantern!'.
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RDJ is 44, whos to say he was too old to play Tony Stark, Someone like Fillion would complement him well in the eventual Avengers pairing.
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...he's about to get as annoying as Shia soon.
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OK, this has officially gone into meltdown. When they are desperate enough to offer the role to a guy who looks like a nerd-a-rific high school freshman, things are in a tailspin. Green Lantern, like Superman and Batman, needs to be portrayed as he is in the comics, as a MAN. This isn't looking promising.
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I'll enjoy the fantasy and pretend this is MY movie.
I would have "4" Green Lanterns from Earth. They would face an enemy that threatens our entire planet, be it established comic book history or something created just for "my" movie. (Golly, this is fun.)
I would cast Dennis Quaid as Hal Jordon, Henry Simmons as John Stewart, Neal McDonough as Guy Gardner, and Shia LaBeouf as Kyle Rayner.
These characters, having their own histories and individuality, bring their own unique talents to the ring. When these guys use the power ring, it also reveals something about their personality, in the WAY that each character utilizes such power.
And I think that's the strength of having these "4 horsemen" share the screen, together.
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I mean Berlanti and Campbell are okay, but I'm not shocked or anything that Hirsch and Gosling turned it down. Anyway I don't think they should be afraid to skew older. I mean, Robert Downey Jr. and Christian Bale aren't exactly portraits of youth. Learn from your lessons, guys!
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This is a kick to the fuckin nuts...Yelchin is fuckin horrible "whaa I don't wanna die, Timberlake got me laid, don't shoot me, whaaaaaa..." Some much hope and know this fuckin bullshit, who's next Jaden Smith as Aquaman???
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it's because anyone outside the world of geekdom has no idea who he is. i certainly wouldn't have heard of him if i didnt frequent this site. there are a few personalities that this site seems to just cream over...fillion, doug jones, stephan chow, etc., that Joe Public couldn't give two sh*ts about.
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This is so fuckin bad right now I would rather have Affleck...
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In my fantasy flick, of having 4 Green Lanterns, I would LOCK Dennis Quaid for Hal Jordon and Henry Simmons for John Stewart. Having thought for a moment, Viggo Mortensen would be a great choice for Guy Gardner. As to the character of Kyle Rayner, I find much more flexibility. Shia LaBeouf just happens to be the first name that popped into my head.
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& that's why I'm not gonna get all that upset over it. You wanna cast Boreanez, or Hamm, Marsden or Browder, I'm cool with that. Personally I think that Jason O' Mara from Life on Mars just screams to be cast as GL......but Chekov??? Really??? He's about as physically intimidating as Carrottop, and that dude's on a sick amount of steroids nowadays. Look, I was never a fan of GL up until a couple of years ago when Geoff Johns came on board to the book and rebooted the character from the beginning. This guy has written Jordan so masterfully since then that it has beecome my favorite comic of the past 3 or 4 years, and in the comic he's about 6'2-6'3, square jawed ladies man with a wild streak in him and the charisma to boot. That just screams Chekov right?
If I could say one thing to WB it would be this: you cast Christian Bale as Batman when the time came around and now have a billion dollar franchise on your hands. Before he was even cast he was the fans choice of who would be their selection to portray the perfect screen Batman. Please don't try to reinvent the wheel with Green Lantern. Young 20-something actors will not embody what this guy is about. Worthington was a decent choice but other than that I see nothing but dreck in the other choices, especially Hirsch and Chekov. If you give the fans what they want on this one you may have another billion dollar franchise on your hands becasue of how huge the mythology for this character is with the Corps, the other colored lanterns, and so on. Don't cast a baby; go with the fans on this one. Please. it'll work out. Promise.
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Hal Jordan's supposed to be a daredevil test-pilot! Does Yelchin scream that? No. You might as well get Michael Cera for the role if you're going to cast Yelchin. If they want to go younger, then Jensen Ackles is absolutely, 100% the best choice. Hell, he kinda plays Hal Jordan every damn week. Move that to the big screen and you'd have a new franchise and new A-list action star.
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MAYBE it could work if they got a true bad ass like Christian Bale or Jason Statham. Thats what today's market wants. If they get another tap-dancing tool like Hugh Jackman pretending to be tough, no fucking way.
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then treat the film as a sequel to Top Gun. They can have a homoerotic beach volleyball scene with the other members of the JLA topless. Except for Wonder Woman, of course. Kilmer for Aquaman. Why is he waterman instead of iceman? Maverick's man-heat melted his heart and his edible panties..
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That's what we need another fuckin actor draws 20 million dollar movies...what do you want the movie to last two weeks at the box office??? Remember when Bale was a bad ass being tapped from behind in the Velvet Goldmine??? tap-dancing and singing in Newsies?
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Is not only to young but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to geeky looking to play Hal Joran.
David Boreanaz would be perfect if the studios wanted to go a little older, he did a great job in Justice League: The New Frontier.
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Feb 27, 2009 11:34:17 AM CST
They're smart to turn it down: it will probably be kinda silly.
by bob cryptonight
I hope it works out, but GREEN LANTERN is a character that is cool when you are a kid (or, as an adult, enjoying the comics with a kid's mindset), but the reality is kind of dumb. The ring. Making giant objects out of the "green" energy. The little mask worn for no apparent reason. WHITE gloves??? Who dresses him--Mrs. Howell from Gilligan's Island? Even the name: green & lantern? I'll bet that they really depart from the source material.
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You totally missed my point. It's not that TV actors CAN'T make the jump to the big screen. It's that ONLY CERTAIN ONES CAN. George Clooney jumped from ER to the big screen. Noah Wiley couldn't do it. Bruce Willis did it. Cybill Shepherd did not. Johnny Depp did it. Will Smith did it. David Caruso did not. Don Johnson did not. Steve Carrel? Done. David Schwimmer? Not so much. Everybody has been waiting and waiting for David Boreanaz to become a movie star, but it hasn't happened. I think John Hamm has as good a shot as anybody right now. Nathan Fillion probably won't ever be more than a fanboy favorite TV star. He just doesn't command the screen the way the successful ones do. Tom Welling definitely won't be able to make the jump, no matter how loud the Smallville fans cry.
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Feb 27, 2009 11:40:37 AM CST
They can go ahead and try to cast a normal kid....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and pull a Spider-Man/Tobey Maguire. But get real. Spider-Man had worldwide recognition as a character. Most people either don't know, or can give a fuck about the Green Lantern. So if its a hero no one knows, they want to see some ass kicking. If he's gonna kick some ass, he's gotta be a bad ass. None of these little punk motherfuckers with their dancy choreography looking all pretty and shit. If he's gonna bust someone's face in-- I want to believe the motherfucker really could bust someone's face in. They gotta go balls to the wall hardcore 80s style gritty action or this shit ain't gonna work. BELIEVE THAT. -
Come on y'all... he's already a bad as fighter pilot.He's got the diplomacy down pat that a Lantern needs.He can play cocky and confident and still relay vulneralbility.Plus, like Robert Downey, Jr and Christian Bale, Jamie Bamber has incredible geek cred.And if not Bamber, than why not Tahmoh Penniket?And then, to play Cowgirl, Katee Sackhoff, with Grace Park playing Carol Farris, Aaron Douglas as Tom, and of course, to play Sinestro, you have to get James Callis.BSG does Green Lantern, motherfrakkers!
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Feb 27, 2009 11:42:47 AM CST
bluetunehead -- Mr. Don Johnson didnt have time.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....to make it on the big screen. A faceful a cunt and a fistful of ass were occupying most of his time for about 12 years.
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I'd be on board with Ben Browder. As far as someone like Fillion being too old... it's not like they care too much about replacing the actors in the future installments anyway, so it shouldn't matter too much.
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in the young actor with potential pool.
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Feb 27, 2009 11:52:50 AM CST
and honestly...people will be confused by LANTERN/HORNET....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....both of them being GREEN. Both coming out in the next few years. The general movie goer that doesn't know fuck all about either really won't know whats up. And much like state propositions, when people are confused-- they vote NO.
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And he seems like he has violence in his past. I could see him bashing the fuck out of someone's face with a crow bar.
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except it's brown, and I keep it in back of my pants.
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Rainbow Vampire Boogaloo
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Considering Levitt was on "3rd Rock" for his entire adolescence and then graduated from Columbia University, I doubt he has much violence in his past. That said, he is an awesome young actor.
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I am an Adult and Read GL and i do not read it with a childs mindset, its a pretty adult book these days with some heavy themes and some heavier violence blood and gore. And sure a green ring that makes objects could be silly if you make silly things with it such as a giant hammer and what not but you can do so much more and not all of it has to be silly, such as John Stewart putting together a sniper rifle, or Hal in a giant suit of green Armour. A Gl movie would not have to move far from the source Material, Just like the THOR movie would be Lord of the Rings with Gods and Super Heroes Thrown in, a GL movie would be Star wars with Super Heroes.
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Love it! That's gonna be the one when they transfer to the all-vampire dance academy and they have to "BRING IT!"
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Feb 27, 2009 12:16:55 PM CST
Ribbons -- he never graduated. He dropped out.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Because....of violence. Look it up.
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There has to be a reason, if geek fandom accepts him in a heroic or captain-esque role, why wouldn't Joe Public follow suit?
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Yeah...probably. Good thing Antman doesn't suffer from that terrible anonymity though...
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What's that? His balls just dropped? Okay, never mind then.
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James Marsden would make an excellent GL. He's really the ideal age and way under rated as an actor.
Also,Jamie Bamber is a great choice as well. He's been working along side of movie star actors on BG for the past 4-5 years now, so that quality helps.
Chris Evans is another great choice. His performance in Sunshine was amazing. So, I feel strongly the he could pull it off.
While I understand the love for Nathan Fillon, the whole "young rookie pilot" aspect doesn't work with him in my opinion. If he'd been chosen for the role right after Firefly, then that would be different. Plus, I think Nathan actually looks a little older than his real age.
Iron Man with RDJr worked because he was expected to be wealthy and intelligent. For GL to be 35+ yrs. old and still trying to get his life together by becoming a "rookie pilot" just comes across as someone who's a loser.
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Deadpool, The Flash & Hal Jordan.
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I always thought he'd be a great Hal Jordan. Too old now, I guess.
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The kid's good.
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Okay, so in the comics Hal was already in late 20s/early 30s when he got the ring, so why not cast someone in that age-range? Thus not making it 'The G.L. 2814-10' BAH!
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What the fuck are they trying to do?!!!! This is not Batman where you can get different Bruce Waynes you studio fucks! Jordan has to look like similar on celluloid. How about I got Stifler to play Thor, you fucks!! Fuck avant garde casting fuck it in the ass with hot iron bars! GOD DAMN TIM BURTON AND KEATON!!!!!
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Part of the Hal Jordan character is the emotional baggage he carries. How could a twenty-something handle that? I have ALWAYS said that the PERFECT Hal Jordan is GARY SINISE!!! Come on DC/WB, make it happen!
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Feb 27, 2009 1:25:49 PM CST
Chewoffal Joweloralfuk for John stewart instead of Yelchin Hal.
by damien chowder
If they can't find a Hal Jordan just get Chuffybul Eyefulduff from Serenity! He is serious dude! Serious dudage! Kill you with a glimpse of backside!
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Because Charlie Bartlett was such a massive runaway hit, right? FUCK that. FUCK HIM. And FUCK anyone that goes along with that sorry ass pitter patter of kid gloves on pussy lips. Throw that little fucker back in the Gulag and get HIM THE FUCK OUT OF MY WEEKEND. -
Hal Jordan is a borderline washout test pilot, who has lived his life trying to measure up to the legend of his father and always seeming to come up a little short in his own mind. He is not an angst-ridden twenty-something rookie hot shot pilot. The fact that he is so personally driven, not an obnoxious little jerkweed, is what makes the ring choose him.
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I wouldn't sign on for a project if I didn't know who was going to direct it. Only an idiot would.
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Super Heroes + The Mask + Star Wars= Green Lantern. It's as epic as Star Wars and LOTR. Not piddley earth adventrues ala Batman and Superman. I recommend GL to everyone.
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too bad he's been in superman and the x-men movies already.
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Emile probably was scared off by Speed Racer (which was great, but that's another topic), but he's wrong for the part.
Gosling is kind of a weird type and I don't think this is his cup of tea.
I love Fillion, but I think he's a bit too quirky for Hal. He'd have to act a little more than usual.
Want a Kyle Rayner? This dude looks just like him: Brian Hallisay
And hell, if we're talking about dudes that are on Privileged (whaaa?) and WB wants someone young then this guy looks the part of a Hal Jordan too: Michael Cassidy
Note, Dennis Quaid 20-30 years ago would be the perfect Hal, but we can't have that.
Also, I love the mythos of Green Lantern (in large part due to Geoff Johns), but if Martin Campbell isn't doing an Berlanti is then I couldn't give a shit who they get. -
Start with Green Lantern: Rebirth by Geoff Johns and any of the other trades in the 37+ issues he's done so far.
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I decided to read GL because the movie was getting fast tracked.
Even if the movie turns out shite I'm glad I read the graphic novels.
Available from most online stockists.
All titled Green Lantern.
1. EMERALD DAWN.
2. EMERALD TWILIGHT.
3. REBIRTH.
4. SINESTRO CORPS WAR vol 1 & 2
5. THE BLACKEST NIGHT (summer 09 release)
Anything in between shouldn't matter if this is the route they are taking. The graphic novels will explain most back story that we have missed out. I read them all consecutively, would have hated to wait monthly! -
Stick with it until you get to Rebirth then it's overdrive time. Amazing writing with stunning art.
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Feb 27, 2009 2:24:56 PM CST
Good God, they are going to screw this up ala, Superman Returns.
by p2rock
No no no. Not impressed by any of these directors. Gosling was the best fit of actors i heard but i remember in the early nineties (or probably 80's) geeks were saying the best guy would have been Harry Hamlin. But now he's ancient. Fillion, whom i think is great, is also too old. To do GL justice it neess a cameron/ ridlkey scott type, additionally i think it would be the film that would best make use of 3D cinema (ala Avatar) this film is too big for WB to comprehend and i think they'll fuck it up. They would be better of doing a Flash film which is easier with Ryan Reynolds. Please listen you dipshit execs
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suck it he was made for the role.
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i want real superheroes
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Arman Shimmerman.
also, the reason this role has been turned down twice is because its a crap comic with a crap concept that didn't emerge from crap into remotely detectable levels of 'not crap' until the mid 80s when Green Lantern Corp had its own monthly run.
My favorite was that purple jabba looking pseudopod that looked like a squid with a ring on one of its tentacles. It would always be in the background of a massive group shot, holding its ring bearing tentacle up like a jello gollum. -
green is so yesterday.
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blue penis
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And thats the problem with doing GL too soon and wrong. It is the hardest DC character to adapt to the big screen, and if done wrong will look ridiculous. Thats why WB almost gave up on a serious GL film a few years ago by casting Jack Black in the role ala the MAsk. I fear for this movie :( wait a couple years at least. Also Snyder is not suitable
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with a blue penis.
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blue penis
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they needed more blue penis
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coz it aint blue
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no one here is as rich as i am i guess. i dont have to work.
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its not about what you can do for your blue penis but what can your blue penis do for you...baby.
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blue penis: you disobey me?
slave with asshole: please have mercy!
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you wealthy as well? i dont have to work
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mining for gold is something blue penis knows how to do well. in fact he mined for treasures many times, sometimes with two mines at the same time.
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I still say younger than older, also because you want the younger audience to be relate somehow to the character. If they were doing Kyle, would you cast a 30 something to play Kyle? No, you would cast someone who can bring the vibe and essence of a young artist who gets the most powerful weapon in the universe dropped in his lap. If you are casting Hal, you need someone who has that cocky, not as young but still young, attitude he has and show the growth as he inherits the tremendous amount of responsibility laid on his doorstep. Plus, if you are going to change GLs to continue the franchise, I would suspect that is when they would bring in Kyle, not John or Guy. I fully expect Guy and John to be in the Hal part of the franchise. Someone mentioned Chris Evans above in relation to previous roles. Chris Evans would be a great Hal Jordan. He has the looks, the presence and attitude.
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Dr. blue penis can help...just remember to take your extra sticky medicine, it also soothes the throat.
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blue penis is a must for every home.
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if you want more action!
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fuck Green. Fuck Earth. Fuck Liberals. Fuck it all.
Hail Blue Penis !!! -
blue penis would like to direct your attention at its size and color.
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Is the current GL storyline frying your brain? Or are you selling viagra?
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penetrates china and its great wall, to free people from horrible government. run like the wind Chinese people!
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penetrates china and its great wall, to free people from horrible government. run like the wind Chinese people!
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No politics. Just don't go there. We'll be here all night.
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blue penis likes pollution it keeps is safe and warm. green is bad.
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done swiftly
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they are guardians of worlds. like fucking jedi, you have a whole new scfi mythologhy world to be created out there if warner fucking bros realised what the fuck they have in their hands. and for you fuck that think of gl as only being able to create boxing gloves and baseball bats.. the ring can create anything the wearer can visualise. you want intricate watchmenesque clocks you got it. comics have moved on. iron man no longer has rollerskates in his boots. ps i like he idea of marsden, but he's been in x-men movies and superman movies. give bamber the break! He'll be fucking cheaper then those other fuckers.. which mean more money on fx!
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blue penis has open marriage and can do whatever he likes with whores. viva la blue penis
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COMING to theaters near you!
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Or you're racist.
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blue penis likes to grab attention
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he got a dirty mouth
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And Mister President Obama Sir to you dioxhead.
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hal is skywalker/solo. kilowog is chewwie. the guardians/ yoda/ council of jedis. the ring is the force. the different worlds.. the world that the corps protect. vader is sinestro the sinsetro corps are empire.
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http://tinyurl.com/b67gz2 See dioxhead? There is a blue one already. We don't need yours.
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Feb 27, 2009 4:53:54 PM CST
Great news! Hirsch can't act his way out of a fucking nutsack!!
by tallboy66
Seriously, this kid is one of the worst actors working nowadays, and I've seen Alpha Dog and Speed Racer and Milk and he stuck it up in all of them (Milk slightly less, but he's still awful)
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like UltimaRex who likes to fuck dinosaurs for pleasure.
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She's a classy lady. And how the fuck do you know about my time machine anyway? Who do you work for dioxhead? WHO DO YOU WORK FOR!?!
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Franco and Somerhalder are two good actors who look the part and havent been mentioned yret as possiblities. I agree that Yelchin is disastrously wrong for the part.
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Franco seems a little off to me.
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And to the person saying they won't go after someone over 32, and won't go after TV personalities because...they somehow hate those guys' fans...well, that's just nuts because there are not many established name actors out there who are under 32 and worth the risk of headlining a movie and who can come even close to fitting the part. If they'd been that way for Iron Man, the movie would not have been made.
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So no GL. Unless Richard gets the ring. Which would be "interesting"...
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Two men enter, one man leaves!
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...I like you but...you and I are done professionally!
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"Just what the world needs, another comic book movie
by kwisatzhaderach"I've heard people say this before and I think its the most idiotic comments I've ever heard on a blog. SERIOUSLY, how many comic book movies are made a year??? 3? 4? How many movies are made a year??? If you don't like comics or comic book movies, that's perfectly fine, but tell me, WHAT THE FUCK is the logic behind complaining about 4 movies a year you don't like? No one will make you watch them. No one will make you discuss them. No comic book movie will prevent you from seeing another movie you're interested in. Just because the shit you put on your own pedastal may not make as much as a comic book movie doesn't mean the world doesn't need them. Comic book movies have been successful and they have a devoted fanbase, but beyond that, the average moviegoer is responding very well to comic book movies... how the fuck do 4 movies a year affect you in a negetive way? and the ignorance on this talkback about green lantern doesn't suprise me, but at the end of the day its still complete ignorance because green lantern is great and is currently one of the best comic books coming out every month. -
Dean from supernatural was born to be green lantern. He has the complete package required for the role. to try to argue against this without having seen a fair amount of supernatural will only further the ignorance of talkbackers with regards to this movie. There isn't a more perfect actor who has the age the studios want, has the look, and without a doubt can be the tough as nails guy hal jordan needs to be.
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How old is Downey? Iron Man worked out pretty damn well, didn't it? A young actor as a young Jordan, but Fillion as Jordan/GL. Jensen Ackles isn't a bad idea, though. He could do the cocky flyboy and alkie emerald dawn Jordan, but not as well as Fillion (uh, make-up for younger years?). Browder, however, would probably be my #2 choice.
Don't F this up Warners! -
boring, pretentious 'art' film that's a load of self-indulgent, depressing crap. And no, I'm not 25 or even 35 you pussy, I'm older, dickwad
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SCOTT PORTER!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2187603/
SCOTT PORTER!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2187603/
SCOTT PORTER!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2187603/
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When you said 'boring, pretentious 'art' film that's a load of self-indulgent, depressing crap' I immediately thought: DOUBT. Oh, the wind is always blowing, Oh windows are cracked open, Oh they need a cat to catch the mouse...look at all those symbols! they're making a metaphor! Please. Whoever wrote/or directed all that self-indulgent crap was probably on cocaine and that movie was written and directed for one reason and one reason only: awards. That was a movie going for an oscar instead of going for a good movie.
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David Boreanaz would be perfect casting- a"name" actor without being too well known......
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He was the only interesting thing in Superman Returns. Sadly, he's probably hurt by the fact that FOX demanded that the X-Men movies were really the sequels to Wolverine.
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Should've been Kirk.
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perfect hal jordon
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like the JLA pilot
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the green professional who doesn't need a fucking ring. fucking ass.
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They claim it is going to be "Silver Age" GL. To me, that means giant green energy hands and mallets. Besides that, I think the whole GL Corps is a cool idea (sort of like the original Jedi), but not with that costume as shown above. I just can't see it working. Even if you add gore and pathos and violence.
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He'd look good in a still photo, but the guy has to ACT and be aggressive!!! He's strictly soap opera material. His voice is narrow & whiny and usually struggling to rise above a whisper. Not to mention his annoying "sibilant S"...
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This generation's Tron. You heard it here first.
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the 70's and the 80's know of Green Lantern from watching the Superfriends on Saturday morning cartoons. And I suspect kids who grew up with the Justice League show in the early Naughties are familiar with John Stewart as GL. Hell, the new Batman, The Brave and the Bold had an episode the other day with the Green Lantern Corps.
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give him the gig for 10 years then introduce stewart to carry on [doesn't jordan go bonkers or something]
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Every other person mentioned here looks like some sort of late teen metrosexual pussy, not a bad-ass test pilot who later becomes a quasi-god.
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I never saw GL as a twenty something.
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fuck this youth casting bullshit. THis shit better have some period to it.
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or fuck you and die.
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blue penis too a break to fuck all your mothers doggy style.
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Why are these idiots going to ruin a franchise with this potential? Hal Jordan needs to be older and not a girl. Hell, I'm surprised they didn't pick Cate Blanchett to play Hal (though it's better than Hirsch, Gosling's nasal ass, or Yelchin.) WTF? GL has every bit as much potential as Batman. The coolest hero in the DC canon. Damn it. I like Marsden, but I'm sure there are plenty of other choices that don't look like women in drag.
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Keep trying, dioxholster. First it was annoying, now it's so pathetic that I am amused. I like to be amused.
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WTF?
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Hal Jordan: Jon Hamm or Timothy Olyphant (or James Marsden, who can do anything)
John Stewart: Chiwetel Ejiofor or Michael Jai White
Guy Gardner: Jason Segel or Danny McBride (or James Marsden, who can do anything, again) -
Did I read someone here call the Spectre an 'evil entity?'
Evil? Really? -
in tight outfit. Great suggestion!
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He is a very talented actor, except he was turned down for Anakin Skywalker because they didn't think he could handle the physical nature of all the stunts, fights, etc. The guy they cast in his place, Hayden Christensen was actually pretty good in Broken Glass and Life as a House. So he can act. You don't judge Natalie Portman's acting ability off the prequels and those horrid scripts, so don't judge Hayden by them either.However, Hayden is very athletic and can handle action sequences quite well. He'd be cheap, and he wouldn't turn the role down.
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They won't let Fillion star in a tent-pole because he is unproven in box office success, but they'll let Tatum Channing star in a tent-pole. I bet dollars to doughnuts that Fillion is a bigger draw than Channing.
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spectre is not evil, technically, but the 'god' he works for is, in my opinion. Please understand, I am not judging anyones religion, I'm just saying that my belief is that no loving god would condemn someone to eternal suffering. I believe the closest thing to hell is life on earth, and if you lead a bad life, you need to go through another life on earth that is worse than your previous one. I do not believe that a loving god would actively seek vengeance, which is what the spectre's god makes the spectre do.
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you serve your name well. now go away.
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dioxholster--bottom line, that wasn't funny at all. i think you're the only one who got a kick out of it. now go away.
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you sir are a bastard. dont let me go dirty on you.
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it seems that problem is you go dirty on yourself so much you dick has become shriveled and blue, which explains why you seem to love blue peni.
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oh no you didnt! its on now bitch. ur mama is so fat that a truck has to carry her ass to work everyday.
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Henry Cavill is currently upstaging that Rhys-Meyers guy on "The Tudors." He was almost James Bond and should've been Superman but lost out to Routh. Take a look at this guy, he's the right age, square-jawed and physically Hal Jordan.
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I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS SHIT!!! Why does Hollywood keep casting 20 year olds who look like 12 year old girls to play grown men? As a kid I grooved on Chris Reeves and Michael Keaton as my superheroes...and in the cartoons they were all adults. Hell,in Spiderman and his Amazing Friends Peter Parker was drawn as being in his late 20's with a receding hairline! Now we get a Superman movie where Lois and Clark both look too young to drink and upcoming animation from Marvel Studios featuring Teen Iron Man and Thor babies. Jesus...you know how many kids saw Iron Man this summer and laughed their asses off at the drunken whore-mongering antics of Tony Stark? Its OK to cast grown-ups in these films Hollywood....
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but I like your thinking.
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None.
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If they want to make something that's faithful
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broke back fucking green lantern
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HEATH LEDGER!!!
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I still think that Cavill should have been Bond rather than Craig. I loved Casino Royale, but I think that the Craig casting was a mistake.
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