Green Lantern’s Ring Gets an Upgrade

I’m not quite sure how to take this.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Warner Bros. will now be filming Green Lantern in 3D. This could be a good thing or a very bad thing. Let me explain.

Any fan of the Green Lantern comic book series knows that the Green Lantern’s ring is capable of creating three dimensional objects, and so the idea of seeing a 3-D Green Lantern isn’t a strange idea. I just know that if done wrong it could get very cheesy, really fast.

Imagine you’re sitting in the theatre and a bunch of green objects start projecting out of the screen at you. Perhaps Green Lantern will shot his ring off while facing the screen. Don’t get me wrong I like 3-D, as long as, there is a real vision behind using it. Many very bad films, are now adopting 3-D for the purpose of getting people in the sits and I don’t want Green Lantern to be one of those films.

I want to be able to go out to see The Green Lantern film, wearing my Green Lantern shirt and not have to hide after the film. That’s all.

So what are your thoughts? Do you like 3-D in films?

Green Lantern Gets the Go Ahead

This news is currently going around the Internet with many crafty puns.  Like, Green Lantern gets a Green Light, or Green Lantern Green lit.  So I decided to just leave it at “Gets the Go Ahead. No more puns.

In any case, I’m really excited for this film project.  Green Lantern has been my favourite comic book character for sometime now and to finally be able to see him on scene is just great.

Certainly, I have a little bit of a reservation with Ryan Reynolds playing Hal Jordon. Not that Ryan Reynolds is a bad actor, I just haven’t seen him really play a serious character and Hal Jordon strikes me as a serious character.  Well, that is assuming that they don’t decide to redefine Hal’s character like they did with Sherlock Holmes. 

But with a $150 million budget and a great director in Martin Campbell at the helm.  I have faith that these guys know what they are doing.   So what are you thoughts on Green Lantern? 

Tarantino Could Have Directed the Green Lantern

For those of you that didn't hear about this little piece of news over the weekend.  Director Quentin Tarantino, revealed in an interview with MTV, that he was offered the opportunity to direct the forthcoming 'Green Lantern' film.

Now,  the Green Lantern is my favourite comic book superhero.  You might even say that the Green Lantern was what got me into reading comic books.  (Well for the short time I read comic books.)  This is why I have been excited for the film project ever since it was announced. 

I also very much like Quentin Tarantino's work.  I have Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 in my DVD collection.  (Still haven't picked up Pulp Fiction sadly.) Inglorious Bastards was an awesome movie.  Quentin is a comic book fan.  (Always a plus.)

So, when I heard that Quentin had the opportunity to direct the Green Lantern film and turned it down,  I was disappointed.   Then I thought about it. Normally when two things that are good are put together you get something good.  Like chocolate and peanut butter.  But, in this case I feel that Quentin and Green Lantern would make a bad marriage.

Why do I say that?

For one, Quentin is an R-rated director.  I can't recall any film that Quentin Tarantino has directed that was PG-13. (Tell me if you find one.)  Green Lantern is a PG-13 character.  I can't see Quentin wanting to work in a PG-13 environment, as he likes his blood, his four letter words and adult themes.  (And I can't blame him for liking those things.)  And so, I feel that he would probably find himself feeling constrained on a PG-13 film project.

Also, Quentin Tarantino loves to use a non linear story telling method.  Green Lantern uses a linear story telling method.  Could Green Lantern's story be told non linearly?  Certainly Green Lantern's story could be told non linearly, it just probably wouldn't be the best way for people to be introduced to him. (I could be wrong.)

So, I really don't believe that Quentin would be a good fit for Green Lantern, which doesn't say anything about him as a director.  I just feel that Green Lantern wouldn't be Quentin's style.  Also, whoever offered Quentin Green Lantern was mistaken to offer it to him.  I sincerely hope that someone else is on board the Green Lantern project that has a better grasp of who should be directing the film, or we may be disappointed with the film we eventually get.

In any case,  tell me what you think of this story.  Am I wrong?