Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern Costume Officially Retconned

[Ciran]

Well, it's better, but not by a whole lot. For one thing, why is his navel on display? That just doesn't make sense, and the whole toes thing is pretty weird. Other than that I guess I'm relatively alright with it, but then again, I was never exactly thrilled with the actor they picked anyways, so it may be a moot point.

 

[gravestake]

Ehh, still don't like it and it still looks fake.

it is fake. proboly not to much they can do to make a glowing cgi suit look real though

 

[Simon Hadow]

It's better. Not perfect, but better. The toes are pretty silly though, and does anyone else think his left (Our right) foot looks short? That's one thing they should probably scratch. Although I like the fact that they're trying something in a little more off-kelter direction.

 

[manythings]

The toes just look silly. Looks kind of like his feet are just bone.

I was thinking weirdly small, hulk feet. His head also seems to be gigantic.

 

[penguindude42]

The green lighty stuff looks like soggy TP.

It's supposed to be a laser, dammit!

-TOM

 

[K_Dub]

Sooooo much better than the original version. Toes do look a tad silly, but I really doubt that there are gonna be a huge quantity of camera angles that looks directly at Reynold's feet, so I'm cool with it. Overall cool design. I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Outright Villainy]

The suit looks silly. The original (comic version) also looks silly.

But more worrying, the new trailer looks silly.

I am very much unconvinced by this.

 

[putowtin]

They can make the costume as authentic as they want, one thing and one thing alone will stop me from ever watching this movie...

RYAN REYNOLDS!

 

[mikespoff]

I've never been a Green Lantern fan, so I don't really know enough about the comic to judge how faithful/accurate the costume is. That being said, it doesn't look great--I would have much preferred a real costume rather than a CG one. This just looks odd. I'll probably will see it, though, because I have nothing better to do than watch movies and post on forums.

Sadly, this is true for me too.

Also, is it just me or does it look like he is wearing the Hulk's feet??

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

Eh, I think that they need a real costume instead of something so silly looking. But overall, the idea of Ryan Reynolds makes me think of Van Wilder, and that makes me think of the whole "Green Hornet + Seth Rogen --> Thinking about Knocked up; WTF?" thing. The trailer already made him seem rather annoying, and not in any positive way fathomable.

I'm not a superhero fan to begin with, so I only judge the film adaptions based on how good I personally find them. Given the trends, I think it's time that Warner slows down on the superhero/comic train unless it's actually a well made movie that isn't just a cash-in for a name.

 

[Boba Frag]

Personally, I think the movie's suit makes a whole lot more sense than the comic's considering that it is the uniform of many different species of alien, so it kinda should look organic. At any rate, I think staying true to the story is more important than staying true to the costumes.

Said pretty much what I'm thinking- although I actually really like the idea that the suit/uniform of the Corps flows from the ring's power, it doesn't magically appear like Toby Maguire's Spider-Man costume did.

I like the idea that you can see the musculature of the various species as well as the light dancing through the 'seams' of it.

If they do the 3D well, this will look stunning.
I'm actually more concerned about the story and characters being done properly, but this is very, very reassuring for a Green Lantern fan such as myself.
The real test will be making the Guardians less like Smurfs in space and more into the aeons old intelligences that guard the universe.

I'm loving the Hector Hammond casting and the creepy shots of Parallax they've hinted at so far.
Mark Strong as Sinestro is going to rock.

EDIT:
Yeah, the toes look a little daft, but it's not a deal breaker.

 

[Logic 0]

It's ... average make it look like a spandex costume then it will be faithful otherwise it's still bizarre.

 

[DanDeFool]

Question: Is this a physical costume? I swear in some of the early pictures it looks CG-ed on.

 

[Frylock72]

Ergh, I donno. I'm a massive Green Lantern fan (see avatar) and I can't make up my mind about this. The feet to look completely stupid. Boots? Maybe? Heard of them?
I'm not one of those people that say "rage! It's not faithful to the comics so it's shit!" (although that is the reason I'm not a huge fan of Tim Burton's 1989 Batman movie) so I don't mind that they've gone for a half-original design, but it just seems to be trying to juggle originality and faithfulness to the comics at the same time and not doing a great job at it
I'll judge properly when I see the film but, right now, I'm not too impressed by the costume, but the extended trailer looks fan-fucking-tastic (except Parallax, he looks like the Balrog)

I'd like to point out that until recently with the Nolan movies, Burton's movies were the best Batman film adaptations. Ever.

OT: I don't really care one way or another. I think the suit looks fine, but I'm apparently some kind of deviant who likes things other people hate.

 

[walrusaurus]

Also, I think this movie is being made for girls and gays.. Are there any hetro guys out there that needs to be watching quite this much definition of pecs and a 6 pack?

sigh... are your insecurities/homophobia so deep seated that a mere image (and a absurdly unrealistic one at that) of a male body (fully clothed even!) makes you uncomfortable? If you can reject a whole movie based of nothing more than the existence of a single character or image that doesn't reenforce your personal lifestyle, then you've got a lot of growing up to do.

Sadly there are a shocking number of adults that have never matured past such an absurd pubescent mindset; be it about gays, blacks, women, muslims, or anything else. I daresay that people like that are the source of most of the worlds problems, and I hope, for your sake, that you don't become one of them. You owe it to yourself to be better than that.

 

[Rocketboy13]

Am I the only one who can't see any difference at all?

It's a green and black body suit, who cares?

And I'm a comic fan!

 

[Saelune]

Its a comic book hero. All that really should matter is it tries to resemble them without looking too silly. But its hard to make comic hero outfits not look silly when out of the printed/animated world.
Plus the only difference I saw between the new and old version of the movie outfit...is the neck. So I dont know why this one is "so much better".

 

[rsvp42]

I think it looks great and the organic feel is more in line with the concept of an energy-created super suit. Seriously folks, how could a ring generate leather or spandex to create the comic book look? This is more... believable in that sense. Maybe his suit in the comics was real, not created by the ring? Doesn't matter, since this film is doing it the ring-generated way. Gotta go with what fits the concept.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I honestly prefer the last one. Why? Don't know.