Rate Green Lantern's Film Costume

[manaman]

Why, whenever there is a comic-superhero-to-movie adaption, do people get so... er... opinionated about the costume?

Because the costume is part of the superheroes identity as much as anything else. Fans don't want to see it changed, most people don't mind a little change, and others like yourself don't care. I personally don't care as long as it doesn't look idiotic, but I can still see where fans come from.

Wait till someone starts messing with something you care about, you will understand.

 

[Tarakos]

While I'm certainly no GL expert, I'm not too happy with the costume. It's probably one of those things you need to see in action to really appreciate the full effect, but from what the mag shows, it's a little off target.

 

[Cabisco]

Personally I think it looks fine although I'm not actually a fan of the Green Lantern comics, I just kind of know he exists and thats it.

Same here, but it should be worth seeing just to watch Ryan Reynolds. He's fucking hilarious.

Thats what I'm thinking, I suffered through The Proposal just because he was in it, so I'm sure a Marvel movie will be fine

 

[Shadowseraph]

As a fan of the series, I think the costume is... interesting. I don't think it deviates from the original enough to justify calling it different. Batman, Joker, Two-Face, Scarecrow, and Ra's al-Ghul had significantly different looks to them. Batman had all black with his costume resembling armor more than black and grey/blue and grey cloth/spandex like in the comics. Joker had a much bigger coat and his costume was less brightly colored than in the comics., with no oranges, yellows, or blues that occasionally appear on his shirt, and of course his make-up and hair were just grease paint and greasy hair rather than actual skin and a slicked back green do. Scarecrow and Two-Face only had their faces to identify them, and Ra's was pretty unremarkable. And of course there's the X-men with their stupid leather jumpsuits, and Catwoman's skimpy leather clothing. Whatever.

GL's only real difference in costume is the veins of light that run down his chest, and quite honestly, I don't think it's that bad of an idea. The whole "light in darkness" thing is obviously one of the major themes of the series and this reflects that. On a less pretentious level, it does look cool to have something that illuminates Jordan's cheesy rubber bodysuit. But again, I don't think this is a significant enough change to justify thinking too much about.

 

[swolf]

I'm still not too fond of the costume. I don't see why they couldn't have gone witha traditional, tangible costume. Plus, why is his mask painted on?

So, that he can remove it with brand name Makeup Remover (they've got to fit in the advertising!!!) Um, I think the suit looks cool. It kinda reminds me of "The Hurricane" from "pro wrestling" fame.

 

[Shadowseraph]

Ah, so that is Ryan Reynolds...

Honestly, not a good choice. In X-men Origins: Wolverine, he played Deadpool. Which was absolutely perfect. It's a shame his role was, at best, underplayed. At worst, completely ruined. If there was ever a Deadpool movie, Ryan Reynolds should play him. Not the Green Lantern.

Gonna have to agree with that.

 

[TheEnglishman]

Well I suppose they're following the interpretation that the suit is just an extension of the rings powers, so therefore the suit if just the rings energy (the suit itself was entirely CGI) formed through the mind of Ryan Reynolds. It would also explain the indiviudal differences between members of the Lantern Corps due to us all being different.

Anyway, it looks O.K, practical, stylish, but not to camp or out there. It isn't a deal breaker or a deal maker, I'd probably need to see a trailer first.

To me the only real jarring thing is the fact its Ryan Reynolds, I was raised to believe that John Stewart was the true Green Lantern darn it. I was quite happy when they announced Common was going to play him in the Justice League Movie! But I'm weird like that. I liked League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

 

[nick n stuff]

deadpool can't be green lantern. the universe will implode.

also, the mask looks lame

 

[TheEnglishman]

Does anyone else think they should ditch the mask all together and go with the glowing green eyes look that they give John Stewart?

They operate in space a lot and they are friggin super cops so it doesn't seem like alternate identities are truly necessary to the character.

Hal does it as he has family he wants to protect.

Yes, because we all looked at the movie still and said, "I have no idea what actor that is, if only I could see the area around his eyes! I heard it was Ryan Reynolds but that mask just makes it impossible to tell!"

If Super-Hero films want to play it realistic (to a certain degree) than they need to give a super hero a little more than a domino mask.

 

[Zeromaeus]

As a fan of the series, I think the costume is... interesting. I don't think it deviates from the original enough to justify calling it different. Batman, Joker, Two-Face, Scarecrow, and Ra's al-Ghul had significantly different looks to them. Batman had all black with his costume resembling armor more than black and grey/blue and grey cloth/spandex like in the comics. Joker had a much bigger coat and his costume was less brightly colored than in the comics., with no oranges, yellows, or blues that occasionally appear on his shirt, and of course his make-up and hair were just grease paint and greasy hair rather than actual skin and a slicked back green do. Scarecrow and Two-Face only had their faces to identify them, and Ra's was pretty unremarkable. And of course there's the X-men with their stupid leather jumpsuits, and Catwoman's skimpy leather clothing. Whatever.

GL's only real difference in costume is the veins of light that run down his chest, and quite honestly, I don't think it's that bad of an idea. The whole "light in darkness" thing is obviously one of the major themes of the series and this reflects that. On a less pretentious level, it does look cool to have something that illuminates Jordan's cheesy rubber bodysuit. But again, I don't think this is a significant enough change to justify thinking too much about.

Trick is, its not the same. Green Lantern Corps members typically have a green and black color scheme going on, with the emblem at the center. This is just green with the emblem in the center (and a wonky mask). Anyway, its a small change, but it shifts the aesthetics completely. I don't care about the Crysis lines, I just think he looks silly in a solid green suit.

 

[Shadowseraph]

As a fan of the series, I think the costume is... interesting. I don't think it deviates from the original enough to justify calling it different. Batman, Joker, Two-Face, Scarecrow, and Ra's al-Ghul had significantly different looks to them. Batman had all black with his costume resembling armor more than black and grey/blue and grey cloth/spandex like in the comics. Joker had a much bigger coat and his costume was less brightly colored than in the comics., with no oranges, yellows, or blues that occasionally appear on his shirt, and of course his make-up and hair were just grease paint and greasy hair rather than actual skin and a slicked back green do. Scarecrow and Two-Face only had their faces to identify them, and Ra's was pretty unremarkable. And of course there's the X-men with their stupid leather jumpsuits, and Catwoman's skimpy leather clothing. Whatever.

GL's only real difference in costume is the veins of light that run down his chest, and quite honestly, I don't think it's that bad of an idea. The whole "light in darkness" thing is obviously one of the major themes of the series and this reflects that. On a less pretentious level, it does look cool to have something that illuminates Jordan's cheesy rubber bodysuit. But again, I don't think this is a significant enough change to justify thinking too much about.

Trick is, its not the same. Green Lantern Corps members typically have a green and black color scheme going on, with the emblem at the center. This is just green with the emblem in the
center (and a wonky mask). Anyway, its a small change, but it shifts the aesthetics completely. I don't care about the Crysis lines, I just think he looks silly in a solid green suit.

I don't know if they're even doing that though. It looks more like it fades to black at certain points rather than having definite lines that separate the two colors. It looks green because of the green light shining off it's shiny rubber surface.

 

[300lb. Samoan]

Looks good. I don't expect we'll see any high-dollar super hero come out now (read: after Spider-Man) without some form of piping worked into the outfit, gives it more Hi-Def appeal. I mean, flat green just doesn't look that cool on Blu-Ray

 

[Zeromaeus]

As a fan of the series, I think the costume is... interesting. I don't think it deviates from the original enough to justify calling it different. Batman, Joker, Two-Face, Scarecrow, and Ra's al-Ghul had significantly different looks to them. Batman had all black with his costume resembling armor more than black and grey/blue and grey cloth/spandex like in the comics. Joker had a much bigger coat and his costume was less brightly colored than in the comics., with no oranges, yellows, or blues that occasionally appear on his shirt, and of course his make-up and hair were just grease paint and greasy hair rather than actual skin and a slicked back green do. Scarecrow and Two-Face only had their faces to identify them, and Ra's was pretty unremarkable. And of course there's the X-men with their stupid leather jumpsuits, and Catwoman's skimpy leather clothing. Whatever.

GL's only real difference in costume is the veins of light that run down his chest, and quite honestly, I don't think it's that bad of an idea. The whole "light in darkness" thing is obviously one of the major themes of the series and this reflects that. On a less pretentious level, it does look cool to have something that illuminates Jordan's cheesy rubber bodysuit. But again, I don't think this is a significant enough change to justify thinking too much about.

Trick is, its not the same. Green Lantern Corps members typically have a green and black color scheme going on, with the emblem at the center. This is just green with the emblem in the
center (and a wonky mask). Anyway, its a small change, but it shifts the aesthetics completely. I don't care about the Crysis lines, I just think he looks silly in a solid green suit.

I don't know if they're even doing that though. It looks more like it fades to black at certain points rather than having definite lines that separate the two colors. It looks green because of the green light shining off it's shiny rubber surface.

Green Lanterns are always surrounded by green light. That's kind of their thing. I don't know, it doesn't look like the way I think the Green Lantern should look on the big screen. Does that matter? No. Would it be better if it were a little more faithful? I think so. Whatever. It hardly matters. As long as Sinestro doesn't look like a flying banana I'll be cool with it.

 

[TheEnglishman]

Yes, because we all looked at the movie still and said, "I have no idea what actor that is, if only I could see the area around his eyes! I heard it was Ryan Reynolds but that mask just makes it impossible to tell!"

If Super-Hero films want to play it realistic (to a certain degree) than they need to give a super hero a little more than a domino mask.

Because when you watch a movie like Watchmen or Dark Knight you didn't know that Batman was Played By Christian Bale because his face was covered? How about Watchmen Did you know Rorschach was Jackie Earle Haley? We know who the actor is but if you started wearing a costume and people weren't privy to the information that you were going to be doing it would they know its you?

Lol. Just had the thought that ryan Reynolds is playing himself as green lantern..... that'd be funny.

Batman and Rorschach have masks that cover the majority, if not all of their faces so identifying their faces isn't possible.

The point I was getting at is that the poster said GL wore a mask to protect his identity, and I was just saying a Domino Mask isn't enough to hide a secret identity as it only guards the area around the eyes. People would. recognise him. It's like if Superman only guarded his identity by wearing a pair of gla..... you know what never mind.

 

[Technicka]

Costume is okay...if it were a Green Lantern movie about Kyle Rayner - who has a rep for tinkering with new looks for his uniform. For Hal Jordan? It just looks odd.

The point I was getting at is that the poster said GL wore a mask to protect his identity, and I was just saying a Domino Mask isn't enough to hide a secret identity as it only guards the area around the eyes. People would. recognise him. It's like if Superman only guarded his identity by wearing a pair of gla..... you know what never mind.

Unless a person knew the hero personally, they wouldn't be able to tell even with the domino mask. Most of the Lanterns aren't hiding themselves from friends and family - as they already know who they are - but from total strangers who wouldn't immediately recognize them.


As for Superman, he does more than just put on glasses, he drastically alters the way he carries himself and plays on the fact that people discount Clark as a bumbling idiot that can barely hold a cup of coffee, never mind catching a falling plane.

 

[nagi]

OK costume, apart from the lousy mask.

 

[Rafe]

Wasn't Seth Rogen meant to be the Green Lantern at some point?