here's the trailer for the green lantern -- another hollywood big budget popcorn masterpiece. frankly, i'm shocked that it isn't in 3-d.
i have no idea why i don't love ryan reynolds as much everyone else does. this movie probably won't change my mind but the special effects look awe-inspiring -- and there'll probably be enough sassy one-liners to hold my interest if the script sucks.
did you know that the green lantern from the non-comic books -- the one in the cartoons who hung out in the justice league in the 80s -- was a black man named john stewart? when it was time to make the movie, fans of the chartreuse superhero were left bitching, uh, i mean wondering why they put a white guy in the on-screen role. or so says my permanent boyfriend, who knows such things because lives deep in the geek forest, in a mancave filled with comic books and beer. oh, but don't believe him -- this trailer tells the entire history of the green lantern, in so much high brow supernerdy detail, it's actually a little weird.
here's a thought: if they're really going to troll through every comic book ever written to make movies, when are they going to bring black lightning to the masses?
You said you were wondering why they put a white guy in the onscreen role of the Green Lantern.
ReplyDeleteI guess the producers and studio didn't think that a black man in the Green Lantern suit would bring in the green so they brought in Reynolds.
And I too ask why does everybody love him so much because to me his acting is gangrene!