The More You Know
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Warner Bros. just needs to wait about 5 years for the stink to wear off the Green Lantern Franchise and reboot the series, except this time about Kyle Rayner instead of Hal Jordan. "Fans hate Hal movie, flock to Kyle movie" is so ironic that this can't possibly not work.
uhh.....Jon Stewart?
OH! Different Jon. Thank you, google.
They should get Jon Stewart the pundit to play Green Lantern. Colbert should be Sinestro.
Wait up...that could actually work so well...
Stewart's senior correspondents could be other members of the corps, and Kieth Olbermann could be Green Arrow or something.
OH! Different Jon. Thank you, google.
They should get Jon Stewart the pundit to play Green Lantern. Colbert should be Sinestro.
Wait up...that could actually work so well...
Stewart's senior correspondents could be other members of the corps, and Kieth Olbermann could be Green Arrow or something.
Hollywood spins press info? Wait, you mean to tell me that one of the biggest entertainment industries on the globe frequently misinforms the public for the sake of business?
That statement is only slightly less obvious than predicting that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning.
Press Buzz and Marketing exists solely to get you pumped; to get you to spend. It doesn't really matter what the overall quality of the movie is.
Those sexy trailers you saw in advertisements and online? Those are sometimes the only good parts of the movie.
Those casting announcements? I've seen A-list actors give completely abysmal performances due to direction and writing (Natalie Portman immediately springs to mind).
MovieBob is absolutely correct here: Every movie exists as mere POTENTIAL(for better or worse) until your ass in the seat and the movie is on the screen. Now, there obviously must exist some substance to these rumors, or people will just start ignoring them entirely.
That statement is only slightly less obvious than predicting that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning.
Press Buzz and Marketing exists solely to get you pumped; to get you to spend. It doesn't really matter what the overall quality of the movie is.
Those sexy trailers you saw in advertisements and online? Those are sometimes the only good parts of the movie.
Those casting announcements? I've seen A-list actors give completely abysmal performances due to direction and writing (Natalie Portman immediately springs to mind).
MovieBob is absolutely correct here: Every movie exists as mere POTENTIAL(for better or worse) until your ass in the seat and the movie is on the screen. Now, there obviously must exist some substance to these rumors, or people will just start ignoring them entirely.
...Common...MovieBob said:
That would have been such a sweet casting I would have seen it in a flash. (Not being the type that has a previous emotional/nostalgic attachment to the franchise).
Well, although it doesn't matter that much, that's pretty much a retrospective potential £11 lost from me.
Maybe, just maybe ... a Directors Cut DVD of the Green Lantern will be released, and will be awesome. And once everyone is on board with the awesome Green Lantern version, the sequel can commence.
Aside from Bat-nippl- err, Green Veiny suit, a lot of the problems in GL could have been fixed in post production. Sure the CGI was kinda meh (especially Ryan Reynolds disembodied head floating through space) and the actors were phoning it in ... but a decent narrative would have made the whole silly mess at least palatable, imo.
Easy example in the first 5 minutes. You start with the HUGE exposition explaining exactly who/what Parallax is. Then Parallax escapes and kills Abin-Sur, who just barely manages to send a message to his buddy Sinestro: "Parallax." To which Sinestro replies: "huh?"
It's jarring, as an audience member, to spend time learning about what's going on and then have the characters in the movie NOT know what's going on, literally 2 minutes later. That whole exchange would have been better without the exposition at the beginning. That way, while Sinestro doesn't know what Parallax is, neither does the audience (not counting the geeky fans who already know everything) Easy, simple, and allows a bit more empathy with the character. Especially as Sinestro butts heads with the Guardians about info regarding Parallax.
Aside from Bat-nippl- err, Green Veiny suit, a lot of the problems in GL could have been fixed in post production. Sure the CGI was kinda meh (especially Ryan Reynolds disembodied head floating through space) and the actors were phoning it in ... but a decent narrative would have made the whole silly mess at least palatable, imo.
Easy example in the first 5 minutes. You start with the HUGE exposition explaining exactly who/what Parallax is. Then Parallax escapes and kills Abin-Sur, who just barely manages to send a message to his buddy Sinestro: "Parallax." To which Sinestro replies: "huh?"
It's jarring, as an audience member, to spend time learning about what's going on and then have the characters in the movie NOT know what's going on, literally 2 minutes later. That whole exchange would have been better without the exposition at the beginning. That way, while Sinestro doesn't know what Parallax is, neither does the audience (not counting the geeky fans who already know everything) Easy, simple, and allows a bit more empathy with the character. Especially as Sinestro butts heads with the Guardians about info regarding Parallax.
I thought it was OK. Not that good, but enjoyable. Also related: there's evidence that if it turned out how the director wanted it to, it could have been much better. That's an annoying waste of potential.Nooners said:
