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May 23, 2011

New Green Lantern Trailer Fills Me With The Yellow Light of Fear
— Ace

I like Green Lantern. Yes, I had an opinion when they got rid of Hal Jordan and replaced him with some Gen Y artist. My opinion was I hate you.

And I like Hal Jordan, and oh, here he is.

And I like Ryan Reynolds, who made me laugh in Blade III. And who was good in the not-as-bad-as-you'd-assume Amityville Horror remake.

And I like Blake Lively, ~~who turns in a nuanced, playful performance as Serena every week on Gossip Girl.~~ Oh, I mean she's hot.

I like the Corps. I like the oath. And I know the oath. At least the first stanza. If there's more, okay, I don't know that.

But... did no one question this suit?

The CGI is out of hand here. I can look past the injudicious use of CGI for everything because there are a lot of aliens to represent.

But they're using CGI to create a costume; costumes were, previously, represented on screen by something called "actual costumes."

Okay, I'll still see it. But there's a reason I talk about Captain America and not Green Lantern, and seriously, I like GL.

But my willpower is failing me.

I had hoped there would be some kind of online outcry about this suit that would cause them to stop with this nonsense. I guess there wasn't.

Okay, I am officially starting it then: For the love of Oa, get rid of the flashy light crap on that disco suit.

Piper Laurie and Adam Sandler just both emailed me: "They're all going to laugh at you! They're all going to laugh at you!"

More Geek Stuff: Publicity shot of Tom Hardy as Bane in the Batman movie being shot now (or soon).

Posted by: Ace at 05:03 PM | Comments (142)
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1 Yeah,it looks like they screwed the pooch.Unless women turn out to see a sorta nude Ryan Reynolds.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:05 PM (m3WP2)

2 More shit about the fwench sex pervert coming out...

Posted by: Tough US Immigration Policies at May 23, 2011 05:05 PM (zL6Hj)

3 Capitan Sweatpants (Ace)
is filled with a Yellow Stream of fear......Over a Movie ?

Posted by: AmericanDawg at May 23, 2011 05:07 PM (UuxAH)

4 I liked the Geoffrey Rush voiceover.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 23, 2011 05:09 PM (CLYmB)

5 so the ring is a Greek Phi?
huh

Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2011 05:09 PM (7mSYS)

6 ah thanks for telling me who that was. First I thought Hopkins and thought wow, first Odin, now this. Then I realized it wasn't him.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2011 05:10 PM (nj1bB)

There's always The Dark Knight Rises to look forward to.

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.

Posted by: PBoilermaker at May 23, 2011 05:10 PM (jU2vI)

8 Shame too,it looks decent except for the over the top CGI.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:11 PM (m3WP2)

9 7 I'm more stoked that Bane is in it. I denounce myself.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:11 PM (m3WP2)

10 Ace, it's the CGI man-package that gives him the Moral Authority!

Posted by: Palin Squeal at May 23, 2011 05:11 PM (MMC8r)

11 6 Whatever.As long as it's a British accent it is all good as far as Hollywood is concerned.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:12 PM (m3WP2)

12 Ryan should have done Deadpool first.

I WANT DEADPOOL DAMMIT!

Posted by: ginaswo at May 23, 2011 05:13 PM (oBRAd)

13 Support today's Hollywood? Not me.

Posted by: USA at May 23, 2011 05:13 PM (YZISw)

14 And the writers of Zombieland are already signed on to write the script for Deadpool.

So WHY NO DEADPOOL?? Whhyyyyy?

Posted by: ginaswo at May 23, 2011 05:14 PM (oBRAd)

15 So, with Captain America mentioned up-thread, will the Morons race to be the one to make comment #104?

Posted by: fluffy at May 23, 2011 05:15 PM (SwkdU)

16 12 Didn't he play him in Wolverine?I never saw it.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:15 PM (m3WP2)

17 Reynolds was good for laughs in Blade III and that X-Men Wolverine film. I like the guy, but the suit is a definite clusterfrak.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:16 PM (hA448)

18 Looks like one of my nephew's insufferable computer games.

If they're going to do so much CGI, why can't they make it like the bugs and dismemberment in Starship Troopers?

Posted by: Llarry at May 23, 2011 05:17 PM (SI/pw)

19 16 12 Didn't he play him in Wolverine?I never saw it.

Yes, he did.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:17 PM (hA448)

20 Deadpool? Oooh, he was ruined by the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 23, 2011 05:18 PM (c0A3e)

21 And I must have missed it. What is comment #104?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:18 PM (hA448)

22 Judy's hate mail is really getting to you, ain't it Ace. Cone on, buck up soldier - we need you now.

Posted by: 57 States at May 23, 2011 05:18 PM (K5N29)

23 Keeping an open mind about Green Lantern.
Costume is stupid.

Mr. Gratuitous CGI and Mr. Shakey-Cam need to join hands and dive into a fuckin volcano.

Coby Smulders is going to play a shield agent in The Avengers.
She gets to wrestle with Scarlett Jovapidass. She is so sweet.
I fapt.

Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 05:20 PM (2dbd9)

24 they should have CGI'd that wonder woman suit, that's what they should have done.

Which reminds me, soon even the "actors" will be all CGI (no royalties), I will coin a new term and call those movies "cartoons".

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 23, 2011 05:20 PM (IXLvN)

25 That looks like a horror show. Jam more shit onto the screen, artistic director!

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 23, 2011 05:20 PM (YCfy9)

26 supposedly ryan is going to do a stand-alone deadpool movie but a lot more comic book movies are planned than filmed, if you can believe that. I guess that's changed lately.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2011 05:20 PM (nj1bB)

27 Herman Cain, livin' la vida moron: "My strategy is not top down, it's bottoms up!"

Not "bottom up", mind you, but "bottoms up."

Clearly, he's all for hitting the Val-u-Rite.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 23, 2011 05:21 PM (6fER6)

28 20:

Deadpool is dead to me. Reynolds raped him on the pinball table right next to Lucas raping Indy.

Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 05:22 PM (2dbd9)

29 And I must have missed it. What is comment #104?

How quickly you haters forget.

It was my magna opus on foreign policy and America's role in the world.

Posted by: Palin Steele at May 23, 2011 05:22 PM (SwkdU)

30 >>>That looks like a horror show. Jam more shit onto the screen, artistic director! I'm hoping this is just a highlight reel. I just hope the whole movie isn't so... so.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2011 05:22 PM (nj1bB)

31 And I must have missed it. What is comment #104?

Only the greatest thread OF. ALL. TIME.

Here's a recap.

Oh, and when did this happen, Morons?

June 5, 2009.

Posted by: nickless at May 23, 2011 05:22 PM (MMC8r)

32 9 7 I'm more stoked that Bane is in it.
I denounce myself.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 09:11 PM (m3WP2)

Yeah. You want to see people go at each other's throats over a movie interpretaton of a comic book character, take a look at the fights over what Bane should look like in a Nolan film and who should play him.

They said the same when Heath Ledger was announced as the Joker, though.

Posted by: PBoilermaker at May 23, 2011 05:22 PM (jU2vI)

33 25 In fairness the comic imagery of Oa is like that.They are pretty faithful.The CGI costume is unnecessary though.Not like they couldn't do an actual costume,it's not particularly unusual.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:22 PM (m3WP2)

34 23:

Sorry, S.H.I.E.L.D Agent. Was one-hand typing.

Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 05:23 PM (2dbd9)

35 For those of you who haven't seen Thor yet.. Go!

Even my wife liked it! It's got Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins in major roles.. and it was directed by Kenneth Branagh!

It really surprised me how good it was. And.. they had real costumes!

What fucking idiot on the Green Lantern movie thought CGI costumes was a good idea??? I read every Green Lantern comic I could get my hands on as a kid.. I was excited to hear the oath again.. but those costumes?? Gay! (Not that there's anything wrong with that..)

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 23, 2011 05:23 PM (qsodE)

36 Thanks, Nickless!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:24 PM (hA448)

37 31June 5, 2009.
___________

Palin Steele is the Mahdi?

That actually explains a few things...

Posted by: Anachronda at May 23, 2011 05:24 PM (6fER6)

38 Deadpool is dead to me. Reynolds raped him on the pinball table right next to Lucas raping Indy.

Not just Deadpool. Wolverine himself was raped by that damn movie; Wolverine didn't even start kicking ass until after the bonding process (which didn't even fit the continuity with the other X-men movies). But Deadpool was more rape-raped.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 23, 2011 05:24 PM (c0A3e)

39 32 Yeah,I 'm not THAT nerdified.I trust Nolan to do it well.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:24 PM (m3WP2)

40 Which reminds me, soon even the "actors" will be all CGI (no royalties), I will coin a new term and call those movies "cartoons".

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 23, 2011 09:20 PM (IXLvN)

This makes me wait patiently for the a new James Bond movie starring CGI young Sean Connery and Jack Lord as Felix and set in the 60's. Or possibly a Star Wars Thrawn Trilogy movie with the actors as they looked around the time of the Return of the Jedi filming.

A man can dream.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 05:25 PM (9Uzw8)

41
6 Whatever.As long as it's a British accent it is all good as far as Hollywood is concerned.

Except that Geoffrey Rush has an Australian accent.......

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 23, 2011 05:25 PM (7YzRS)

42 Target has a whole area of Captain America toys.

Bought my boy a bunch of stuff yesterday. Can't afford it, but the kid needs toys more than I need Valu-Rite.

They make some badass toys nowadays.

Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 05:25 PM (2dbd9)

43 They said the same when Heath Ledger was announced as the Joker, though.

I completely trust Christopher Nolan. I thought Christian Bale was gonna be a disaster in the first one. He was great. I thought Ledger was gonna be a disaster. He was teh awesome. I trust him on Bane and Catwoman, because unlike previous Batman directors, Nolan respects the franchise.

And the first pic of Bane looks pretty damned evil.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:25 PM (hA448)

44 When the purple alien appears does a group shout "Frasier!"??

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 23, 2011 05:26 PM (qsodE)

A man can dream.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 09:25 PM (9Uzw

All voiced by some metrosexual hollywood dude.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 23, 2011 05:26 PM (z1N6a)

46 41 Close enough for Hollwood as long as it is Britishy and foreign.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:27 PM (m3WP2)

47 What fucking idiot on the Green Lantern movie thought CGI costumes was a good idea??? I read every Green Lantern comic I could get my hands on as a kid.. I was excited to hear the oath again.. but those costumes?? Gay! (Not that there's anything wrong with that..)

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 23, 2011 09:23 PM (qsodE)

It could be worse. It could have been colored blue.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 23, 2011 05:27 PM (z1N6a)

48 Anachronada, Regarding Cain, the problem with candidates who lack national political/campaigning experience is that they will be eaten alive by the liberal media. Mispronunciations, thoughtless remarks that we all make will be trumpeted and used to beat them. Remember Dukakis in that hat?

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 23, 2011 05:28 PM (seRb5)

49 lol

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 23, 2011 05:28 PM (qsodE)

50 The more trailers I see, the more disappointed with the CGI costume I become. Still going to see it, just meh about it.

Posted by: osoloco at May 23, 2011 05:28 PM (dpAW/)

51 Okay, here's the ORIGINAL Captain America thread.

It's fun to see how it all falls apart after #104.

Posted by: nickless at May 23, 2011 05:28 PM (MMC8r)

52 First look at Bane.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:29 PM (hA448)

All voiced by some metrosexual hollywood dude.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 23, 2011 09:26 PM (z1N6a)

Oh, I don't know. Eddie Izzard does a pretty amusing Connery impression.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 05:29 PM (9Uzw8)

54 Posted by: nerdygirl
.......
This is a freakin' Green Lantern thread! You are NOT living up to your nick!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 23, 2011 05:29 PM (qsodE)

55 38:

My dream crossover movie is Captain America beating the living shot out of Hugh Jackman.

Not Wolverine. Just Hugh Jackman for 90minutes or so. The extended edition would feature an extra 45 minutes of Cap wailing on the cast of Star Trek Next Generation.

Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 05:29 PM (2dbd9)

56 You forgot to mention the greatest Green Lantern of all... Guy Gardner!

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:30 PM (dbYHP)

57 And the first pic of Bane looks pretty damned evil.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 09:25 PM (hA44

That over the shoulder shot in the cave is the only one so far, right?

Yeah, he looks pretty evil.

Posted by: PBoilermaker at May 23, 2011 05:30 PM (jU2vI)

58 31 And I must have missed it. What is comment #104?

Only the greatest thread OF. ALL. TIME.

Here's a recap.

Oh, and when did this happen, Morons?

June 5, 2009.

Posted by: nickless at May 23, 2011 09:22 PM (MMC8r)

--Wyatt Earp has been here a while. He should be embarrassed he didn't know.

Posted by: logprof at May 23, 2011 05:30 PM (BP6Z1)

59 Ok.. enough of this shit.. I'm off to watch catchup episodes of Big Bang Theory!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 23, 2011 05:30 PM (qsodE)

60 That over the shoulder shot in the cave is the only one so far, right?

Yeah, but definitely bad ass.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:31 PM (hA448)

61 Wyatt Earp has been here a while. He should be embarrassed he didn't know.

Yeah, I feel shame. I remember the thread - and the hysterical CA pic - but not the hilarity that ensued.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:32 PM (hA448)

62 If they ever make a movie with Guy Gardner in it, the only actor who could really do him justice is Seann William Scott.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:32 PM (dbYHP)

63 I wish they would leave Catwoman out of it.She is a weak character.I trust Nolan though(though the "romance" parts have been the weakest part of his Batman movies).Batman is a freak,he simply is NOT interested in women.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:33 PM (m3WP2)

64 What fucking idiot on the Green Lantern movie thought CGI costumes was a good idea??? I read every Green Lantern comic I could get my hands on as a kid.. I was excited to hear the oath again.. but those costumes?? Gay! (Not that there's anything wrong with that..)

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 23, 2011 09:23 PM (qsodE)

--Did you see the "Ambiguously Gay Duo" TV Fun Time Cartoon on SNL a couple weeks ago? It was pretty funny, although it should have stayed in animated mode.

Posted by: logprof at May 23, 2011 05:33 PM (BP6Z1)

65 61 i saw pirates yesterday....fell asleep 5 mins into it woke up and saw a vampire mermaid.....stupid movie

Posted by: ✡phoenixgirl✡ at May 23, 2011 09:32 PM (eOXTH)

--Don't tell Rum that.

Posted by: logprof at May 23, 2011 05:34 PM (BP6Z1)

66 So what is the deal with Deadpool?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2011 05:34 PM (i/7Kr)

67 63 Guy Gardners costume was easy to do too,it was basically a leather motorcycle outfit.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:34 PM (m3WP2)

I think everytime I've criticized the trailer has involved blasting the suit. They were fucking idiots to decide to never make him wear a suit and go with a MoCap that they could just "paint" whatever they wanted onto him as the costume. He'll have no realy connection to it as far as I'm concerned.

And then after the trailer is released many criticized the costume and they didn't consider going back and maybe altering it? It couldn't be that hard to alter the CGI of the costume after the trailer if they really needed to. And the really needed to.

Posted by: buzzion at May 23, 2011 05:35 PM (oVQFe)

69 Oh that was funny. I forgot the bleg to call Palin Steele "Dum-Dum." Dum-Dum. That is a funny word.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2011 05:35 PM (nj1bB)

70 Batman is a freak,he simply is NOT interested in women.

Neither is Ahnuld. Well not attractive women, anyway.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:35 PM (hA448)

71
And typically for AoS, the comic book movie thread kills the degenerate sex survey thread.

I. Am. Depressed.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 23, 2011 05:35 PM (7YzRS)

72 Whats wrong with cartoons - the writing for the StarWars cartoon series has been better then the movies -- and we get to see the lefty actors whine as their jobs are off-shored to a PS3 cluster in Taipei.

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2011 05:37 PM (WkuV6)

73 Oh, and by the way... Guy Gardner is a conservative! He loved President Reagan.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:38 PM (dbYHP)

74 the writing for the StarWars cartoon series has been better then the movies

THIS! My kids love The Clone Wars and every ep I have seen was very well done. Lucas must have nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:38 PM (hA448)

75 72 And typically for AoS, the comic book movie thread kills the degenerate sex survey thread. I. Am. Depressed. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 23, 2011 09:35 PM (7YzRS) Morons have the attention span of a mentally retarded fruit fly.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 23, 2011 05:38 PM (kUaEF)

76 I am deeply offended by that, CoolCze... hey, is someone cooking bacon? BRB, gotta go mooch!

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:40 PM (dbYHP)

77 71 Batman is a freak,he simply is NOT interested in women. That's not exactly true. Why do you think he calls me Robyn?

Posted by: The Boy Wonder at May 23, 2011 05:40 PM (kUaEF)

78 How many commercials must feature hipster shitheads at a spontaneus rave waving their arms in the air and holding piss beer?

Posted by: USS Diversity at May 23, 2011 05:40 PM (RPYjQ)

79 Morons have the attention span of a mentally retarded fruit fly.

You gonna eat that rotten strawberry?

Posted by: fluffy the fly at May 23, 2011 05:40 PM (SwkdU)

There's always The Dark Knight Rises to look forward to.

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.

You're kidding right?

They're going with catwoman in the next film??

Jeez....

I think comic movies have passed their prime.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 05:41 PM (DKV43)

Aintitcool news has some epic knock down drag out nerd rage fights.

Captain America: July 22 bitchez!

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2011 05:41 PM (q177U)

82 Come to think of it, I think that aside from Captain America, Avengers, and Batman, I may be out of comic book movies that I'm dying to see, unless they finally get back to making that Sin City sequel. Unless of course, my plan to make a faithful adaptation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ever comes to fruition, will happen around the same time as my Thrawn Trilogy and Cryptonomicon movies get made.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 05:41 PM (9Uzw8)

83 Who should play Bane? Why, Kane, of course!

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:41 PM (dbYHP)

You're kidding right?

They're going with catwoman in the next film??

Jeez....

I think comic movies have passed their prime.

Trust.

The.

Nolan.

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2011 05:42 PM (q177U)

85 74 Yeah,and didn't they use it to emphasize what an asshole he was?

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 05:42 PM (m3WP2)

86 70 Oh that was funny. I forgot the bleg to call Palin Steele "Dum-Dum."

Dum-Dum. That is a funny word.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2011 09:35 PM (nj1bB)

You know he's shown up at least 2 other times in other forms since you originally banned him right ace? Once was as Donkeyhotay, where he would post from his "job" that he was working for free.

And the most recent was as "Cains Pizzeria" And the best I can figure out is that he was posting from whatever braindead idiot would consider letting him perform his fellatio on, and they have since dumped him so he can't use their connection unless one of you guys banned him from that IP too.

Posted by: buzzion at May 23, 2011 05:42 PM (oVQFe)

87 Well, yeah... but, still...

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:43 PM (dbYHP)

Trust.

The.

Nolan.

Friggin' right. Ledger probably won the Oscar because he died, but I still think he deserved the damned thing. No one will ever top his Joker. Evah!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 05:43 PM (hA448)

89 Reminds me of the Entourage episode wherein the studio shows Vince his prospective suit for "Aquaman". Superfluous purple fins, all sorts of other Hollywood goodness.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 23, 2011 05:43 PM (Z05lF)

90 I will watch Tom Hardy in anything. He's very, very good, and very good looking.

Posted by: argie at May 23, 2011 05:46 PM (9Fw7r)

91 Guy Gardner, IMO, is a much better superhero than Superman, who hates Christians and makes the meaningless, cowardly gesture of renouncing his US citizenship (meaningless because Clark Kent will still be a citizen).

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:46 PM (dbYHP)

92 83 Come to think of it, I think that aside from Captain America, Avengers, and Batman, I may be out of comic book movies that I'm dying to see, unless they finally get back to making that Sin City sequel. Unless of course, my plan to make a faithful adaptation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ever comes to fruition, will happen around the same time as my Thrawn Trilogy and Cryptonomicon movies get made.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 09:41 PM (9Uzw

--Wasn't Hobo With A Shotgun based on a comic?

Posted by: logprof at May 23, 2011 05:48 PM (BP6Z1)

93 75 the writing for the StarWars cartoon series has been better then the movies

THIS! My kids love The Clone Wars and every ep I have seen was very well done. Lucas must have nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 23, 2011 09:38 PM (hA44

ohhhhh yes he does...

And so does his daughter. Here's the little insight for you. The original Clone Wars premiere movie. Jabba's gay gangster cousin. They had to go with that voice because that's what Lucas wanted. Also as I said his daughter is involved on the show. She got to be the one to come up with using Darth Maul's brother as a bad guy? The name she came up with? Savage Opress.

But then Lucas got his hands on it and no you can't just call him Savage Opress. It must be pronounced "Sah-vazh" The zh being the same way you would pronounce Zha Zha Gabore's first name.

So yes he does have involvement, and if you see something that seems really dumb, its probably there because of him.

Posted by: buzzion at May 23, 2011 05:49 PM (oVQFe)

94 Batman is a freak,he simply is NOT interested in women.

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 09:33 PM (m3WP2)

What? Dude gets more pussy just standing there doin' nothing. He's like the Silver Surfer of pussy. All he's got to do is say "To me, pussy!" And lo, there is pussy.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 05:49 PM (4q6A5)

95 You know, I feel like Aquaman gets an unfair rap as a "useless" superhero. He still has superstrength, and he's bulletproof. I wouldn't make fun of anyone who could throw a car at me, even if some of his other powers are rarely useful.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:49 PM (dbYHP)

Trust.

The.

Nolan.

Really? Should I?

The Dark Knight wasn't very good. The only reason it got such good reviews was Heath Ledger's Joker.

The Joker is one of the best villans in any comic books.

While I did think Nolan did a great job in Batman Begins, especially with one of the lesser identifiable Batman enemies Ra Al Gul, the Dark Knight's plot was awful. Also as I've said many many times before, Maggie Gyllenhaal is your local bar after 3 beers hot, not big time movie hot. She isn't even a very good actor.

There are plenty of other Batman villans they could have chosen. A very dark and psychotic genius version of the Riddler could be good, as long as they stay away from the fruitie Robin Williams type Riddler that Jim Carey played. If you want to be CGI happy then Clayface. Bane is good character, so I'm glad he's going to be in the next film.

Or even Mr. Zsasz as a semi-believable psychopathic killer if you want to take Batman back to his original "detective" roots as Nolan kinda tried to do in the Dark Knight with all the scenes of Batman doing forensic work.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 05:50 PM (DKV43)

Ace, give into the Rage of the Red Light!

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 23, 2011 05:50 PM (O/onO)

98 Ryan Reynolds is just too happy to play Hal Jordan. Jordan's GL always struck me as a serious guy.

Posted by: Grim at May 23, 2011 05:51 PM (4Q/mm)

99 I think Ryan Reynolds would be better as Kyle Rayner.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:51 PM (dbYHP)

100 I think Ryan Reynolds would be better as Kyle Rayner.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 09:51 PM (dbYHP)

I think Ryan Reynolds would be better as the guy who takes my order at Burger King.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 05:52 PM (4q6A5)

101 I wonder if they considered casting Obama as Black Panther in the Avengers.

No teleprompter I guess.

Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 05:53 PM (2dbd9)

102

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 09:50 PM (DKV43)

They used him already, sort of.

Posted by: buzzion at May 23, 2011 05:54 PM (oVQFe)

103

I think Ryan Reynolds would be better as the guy who takes my order at Burger King.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 09:52 PM (4q6A5)

Now come on. He did have that one line in Blade 3 (the only redeeming part, mind you), when he called Parkey Posey a cock juggling thunder-(word I'm not allowed to say on AoSHQ or else I get banned).

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 05:54 PM (9Uzw8)

104 #102: That's a pretty apt description of Kyle Rayner.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:55 PM (dbYHP)

105 Obama's Black Panther would always take the side of the villain after stuffing ballot boxes for ACORN.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 05:55 PM (4q6A5)

106 buzzion, how so?

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 05:55 PM (DKV43)

107 Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 09:54 PM (9Uzw

Never saw Blade III. Or Blade II for that matter. Loved the first one, though.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 05:56 PM (4q6A5)

108 Ahem... speaking of new interpretations of classic villains... Got one of those in the new Sherlock series. Just sayin'.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2011 05:56 PM (nj1bB)

109

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 09:55 PM (DKV43)

Cameo in a court scene, being sentenced. Easter egg for the fanboys.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 05:56 PM (4q6A5)

110 IMO, if Obama were to play any superhero, it should be John Stewart, the wimpiest Green Lantern.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 05:57 PM (dbYHP)

111

Cameo in a court scene, being sentenced. Easter egg for the fanboys.

in which movie? I must have missed it.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 05:57 PM (DKV43)

112
I think Ryan Reynolds would be better as the guy who takes my order at Burger King.

His best comedy role is as the guy that Sean Penn cuckolded.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 23, 2011 05:58 PM (7YzRS)

113 Yo, I'm King T'Challa from Wakanda. Now let me eat my waffle. I've caught like ten villains.

Posted by: Barak Panther, Social Justice Avenger at May 23, 2011 05:58 PM (2dbd9)

114

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 09:55 PM (DKV43)

Batman Begins. It's very brief.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 05:58 PM (4q6A5)

115 Never saw Blade III. Or Blade II for that matter. Loved the first one, though.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 09:56 PM (4q6A5)

The first one also gave us "Muthafuckas always trying to ice skate up-hill."

It's always applicable.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 23, 2011 05:59 PM (9Uzw8)

116 111

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 09:55 PM (DKV43)

Cameo in a court scene, being sentenced. Easter egg for the fanboys.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 09:56 PM (4q6A5)

Yep, he's the criminal getting sent to Arkham. He shows up later briefly when the prisoners are all broken out.

Posted by: buzzion at May 23, 2011 05:59 PM (oVQFe)

117

The Dark Knight wasn't very good. The only reason it got such good reviews was Heath Ledger's Joker.

Ben those are fightin words, pal. I probably watch TDK once a month or more. Nolan rubbs some people the wrong way, but for some of us he has atained demi-god status. Kissed by the gods inspiration.

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2011 05:59 PM (q177U)

118 IMO, if Obama were to play any superhero, it should be John Stewart, the wimpiest Green Lantern.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 09:57 PM (dbYHP)

Dude, no way! John Stewart was a Marine. Kyle Rayner was the sensative arteest.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 06:00 PM (4q6A5)

119 Barak could play the power-mad retarded President. His catch phrase would be, "I accidentally your freedom. oopsie."

Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 06:02 PM (2dbd9)

120

The Dark Knight wasn't very good. The only reason it got such good reviews was Heath Ledger's Joker.

Ben those are fightin words, pal. I probably watch TDK once a month or more. Nolan rubbs some people the wrong way, but for some of us he has atained demi-god status. Kissed by the gods inspiration.

Clearly you haven't seen Inception.

As I said above, he did a great job with Batman Begins and he did it with a lesser known Batman enemy. So it's not that I don't like Nolan, I do for the most part.However when given probably the greatest comic book villan ever, he screwed the pooch. You can't f%ck up the joker, it's not possible. However you can screw up the rest of the movie.

The plot made no sense. The fight scenes were pointless, specifically the 10 minute car chase. The beginning was awful too. In the last film the Scare Crow is this badass genius who almost turns Gotham into a town of raving lunatics, and in the second film he's a pathetic drug dealer dispatched in 30 seconds.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 06:03 PM (DKV43)

121 John Stewart will always be the wimpy GL to me because of the Crisis on Infinite Earths. When the Guardians of the Universe saw the end of the universe coming, they said, "Oh, this is our fault, and we have to take our punishment rather than do anything about it." A splinter group broke off, saying, "No, because this is our fault, we have to stop it rather than let everybody else die." This latter group made Guy Gardner a GL, and John Stewart actually tried to stop him from preventing the end of the universe. Guy kicked his ass for it.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 06:04 PM (dbYHP)

122 "The beginning was awful too. "

I AM FILLED WITH RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 06:06 PM (4q6A5)

123

The beginning was awful too. "

I AM FILLED WITH RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but it was come on. A major villan from the last movie becomes a lame drug dealer with terrible dialogue.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 06:08 PM (DKV43)

124

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 10:03 PM (DKV43)

When you lose your backing of the mob and the league of shadows you do go down in the world.

Posted by: buzzion at May 23, 2011 06:09 PM (oVQFe)

125

When you lose your backing of the mob and the league of shadows you do go down in the world.

I guess, the scarecrow is a great villan though. But they turned him into a helpless pussy.

Look almost every scene with the Joker in the Dark Knight was good, the rest of the film, meh.

The best scenes in the film is the Joker showing up at the mob meeting, the Joker and Batman in the holding cell, the Joker kidnapping Harvey Dent, and the Joker's dialogue at the very end of the movie.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 06:12 PM (DKV43)

126 Wesley Snipes wanted to do Black Panther and the studio got him to do Blade instead.Worked out well considering Blade was a relatively minor character(although BP was too,kinda).

Posted by: steevy at May 23, 2011 06:14 PM (m3WP2)

127 Roman Polanski should play Hal Jordan. They have similar taste in women, after all.

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 06:15 PM (dbYHP)

128

but it was come on. A major villan from the last movie becomes a lame drug dealer with terrible dialogue.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 10:08 PM (DKV43)

Oh, I thought you meant the beginning-begining with the Joker and crew robbing the bank. Cause that scene was the tits.

Scarecrow went puss because Batman got better.

Posted by: Robert at May 23, 2011 06:15 PM (4q6A5)

129

Oh, I thought you meant the beginning-begining with the Joker and crew robbing the bank. Cause that scene was the tits.

ahh you're right. I forgot the Joker seen was before the drug dealing car parking lot scenes. slipped my mind

Yeah, that was a good opening scene. But the car parking lot seen was dumb.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 06:18 PM (DKV43)

130 scene not seen. shoot.

Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2011 06:18 PM (DKV43)

131 Barack Obama is The Monarch.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 23, 2011 06:19 PM (73tyQ)

132 Here's the little insight for you. The original Clone Wars premiere movie. Jabba's gay gangster cousin. They had to go with that voice because that's what Lucas wanted. That was the biggest WTF I ever had watching any movie..

Posted by: Dave C at May 23, 2011 06:21 PM (Xus7V)

133

"But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and they can't stop you, then you make yoiurself something else entirely...."

"Legend, Mr. Wayne."

PS, saw Inception twice in the theater.

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2011 06:22 PM (q177U)

134 Mr. Gratuitous CGI and Mr. Shakey-Cam need to join hands and dive into a fuckin volcano. Posted by: sifty at May 23, 2011 09:20 PM (2dbd9) Teal&Orange needs to join them.

Posted by: not the droid you seek at May 23, 2011 06:23 PM (aI+Fw)

135 Here's the wikipedia link for the guy I think should play Bane... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_%28wrestler%29

Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 23, 2011 06:24 PM (dbYHP)

136 I liked the trailer. Huge GL fan. Sue me. ;-)

Posted by: itzWicks at May 23, 2011 06:29 PM (zsKNZ)

137 I am not going to like that movie. I don't know why, but also I don't care why.

Posted by: MisterMoney at May 23, 2011 06:44 PM (wN82N)

138 I'm a little distracted by the suit's look -- weirdly stringy over the chest with all those lines -- but I've got no problem with the concept of CGIing the suit for Green Lantern. Hell, his whole power is based on green light that takes form from his will; if that's not a near-perfect analogy for CGI, what is?

Posted by: sistrum at May 23, 2011 09:19 PM (rltQl)

139 130 Roman Polanski should play Hal Jordan. They have similar taste in women, after all.

Don't blame Hal. Who can tell with aliens? Plus, she made herself look over eighteen. (Not kidding. This was actually a thing in the late eighties.) Just about all of his other relationships have been with contemporaries. (The alleged current relationship notwithstanding -- and, as often as they've been seen together in the last two or three years, it's hardly much of a relationship at that.)

Posted by: ykw at May 23, 2011 10:32 PM (66dZi)

140

How nany members to the GREEN LANTERN CORPS and HOW MANY GUARDIANS and from what planet dose ABIN SIRE come from?

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at May 24, 2011 07:31 AM (vA9ld)

141 Yeah, after Green Lantern y'all will be saying how you were too hard on Ben Affleck, and how Daredevil deserves a second look

Posted by: Jones at May 24, 2011 09:21 AM (8sCoq)

142 Isn't the Green Lantern's suit a forcefield projected from the ring, and NOT actually cloth or anything?

Posted by: Dave M at May 24, 2011 05:12 PM (U68tQ)

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