“Just Saw The Green Lantern Trailer…Why Is He Not A Black Guy?”

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Keep in mind that "research" here doesn't mean poring over ancient tomes in a monastery. They use the name "Hal Jordan" in the trailer. Wiki or google that and you'll know in 1 second. Not to mention just googling Green Lantern without his name will show you all these pictures of a white guy in addition to black, green, red, and whatever. You don't even have to read the words.

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Guys, stop being such Green Lantern snobs. (i.e. promoting the nerdish, mouth-breathing imagery of comic readers)

Some of you sound like such dweebs with your "knowledge" of GL. Accept that his era has been marked by John Stewart as the high-profile lantern. Comic enthusiests know Hal Jordan as the original main man. We are the minority here. Even with the nostalgic existence of Superfriends, not many remember or even watched it as you may think. The average person is not gonna rush to their computers to do research on who Hal Jordan is. Comic nerds will. Average Joes won't. For the few times someone has said something about GL being white for the movie, I let'em know that he was the original GL and that John came along later. Simple. And I don't sound like a snob doing it. Try it. You might like it!

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

No WE are not. I know quite a number of people who don't read comics that still no that Hal Jordan was the first GL. If people didn't only get their info from what they are told on television there would be less of this problem. I have no issue with those that think John is the only GL or was the first. My problem is those that you try to teach the history of the hero and they have the nerve to tell you are wrong even with actual proof. And why "knowledge" in quotes? It's not assumed knowledge it's actual knowledge. People know it. It's factual. If being knowledgable in the source material of a film comes from makes me a dweeb than I embrace that fully. I love my geek personality and wouldnt have it any other way. If that makes me a snob so be it.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

My thing is, why give a damn what these people think? What should matter is you think. Also we are the minority

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

It's annoying that these people couldn't take 15 seconds out of their lives and search "Green Lantern" on Wikipedia, instead, they post some ignorant drivel that will ultimately make them look like grade-a morons in the end.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

It's annoying that these people couldn't take 15 seconds out of their lives and search "Green Lantern" on Wikipedia, instead, they post some ignorant drivel that will ultimately make them look like grade-a morons in the end.

So is the comic book fan who doesn't watch sports and thinks that Lebron James plays Football and doesn't bother looking up the correct info, are they a moron?

Why bother paying attention to people who think this way, why waste your own energy.

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

So is the comic book fan who doesn't watch sports and thinks that Lebron James plays Football and doesn't bother looking up the correct info, are they a moron?

Why bother paying attention to people who think this way, why waste your own energy.

It's not like we specifically seek it out, but right now, GL is a hot topic, and so many commenters on the internet are stupid... it sucks you in! Besides, I've spent the last year or so of my online life schooling people (In the nicest way possible) about GL.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

But my question is Why? People will already have a set mindset and most likely that won't change, so to me it seems like energy being wasted

[Doc2814 Anti-Monitor Find all posts View Profile Close Doc2814]

Guys, stop being such Green Lantern snobs. (i.e. promoting the nerdish, mouth-breathing imagery of comic readers)

Some of you sound like such dweebs with your "knowledge" of GL. Accept that his era has been marked by John Stewart as the high-profile lantern. Comic enthusiests know Hal Jordan as the original main man. We are the minority here. Even with the nostalgic existence of Superfriends, not many remember or even watched it as you may think. The average person is not gonna rush to their computers to do research on who Hal Jordan is. Comic nerds will. Average Joes won't. For the few times someone has said something about GL being white for the movie, I let'em know that he was the original GL and that John came along later. Simple. And I don't sound like a snob doing it. Try it. You might like it!

Why would you put the word "knowledge" in quotation marks? I think certainly we are the standard that is to be measured on the Green Lantern mythos. We're the fans that have been reading the book for decades (some of us).

We're the pure fans. We want what is true to the source material, not whatever crap they can hammer out to meet a deadline. Will we be happy that our favorite character got a film? Sure. Will we enjoy every part of it- certainly not.

You sound like a snob trying to "one up us" or "show us what is realling going on" when in fact you just like another moron who will be here for a couple months, get 150 posts, and then fade away.

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

So is the comic book fan who doesn't watch sports and thinks that Lebron James plays Football and doesn't bother looking up the correct info, are they a moron?

Well, for my own part (and it looks like others here), it's not the ignorance that bothers me but the spouting of the ignorance. I don't mind someone saying "hey, I thought Green Lantern was black." When they insist, that's annoying.
A more apt comparison would be a comic book fan tweeting that someone was wrong for showing Lebron James in a basketball jersey because the real Lebron James only plays football. Is that a moron?

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

Well, for my own part (and it looks like others here), it's not the ignorance that bothers me but the spouting of the ignorance. I don't mind someone saying "hey, I thought Green Lantern was black." When they insist, that's annoying.
A more apt comparison would be a comic book fan tweeting that someone was wrong for showing Lebron James in a basketball jersey because the real Lebron James only plays football. Is that a moron?

That could be said about anything, people love insist espcially when on The internet.

That's a better comparison and no that person is not a moron.

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No WE are not. I know quite a number of people who don't read comics that still no that Hal Jordan was the first GL. If people didn't only get their info from what they are told on television there would be less of this problem. I have no issue with those that think John is the only GL or was the first. My problem is those that you try to teach the history of the hero and they have the nerve to tell you are wrong even with actual proof. And why "knowledge" in quotes? It's not assumed knowledge it's actual knowledge. People know it. It's factual. If being knowledgable in the source material of a film comes from makes me a dweeb than I embrace that fully. I love my geek personality and wouldnt have it any other way. If that makes me a snob so be it.

Yes we are. That 'quite a number of people' does not amount to anything among the general public. And so what if an uninformed individual has the nerve to tell you you're wrong? Who cares? If you know you're right, then just go on with your day. It ain't that big a deal.

It's annoying that these people couldn't take 15 seconds out of their lives and search "Green Lantern" on Wikipedia, instead, they post some ignorant drivel that will ultimately make them look like grade-a morons in the end.

I know, right? Cause Green Lantern is sooooo important!

Why would you put the word "knowledge" in quotation marks? I think certainly we are the standard that is to be measured on the Green Lantern mythos. We're the fans that have been reading the book for decades (some of us).

We're the pure fans. We want what is true to the source material, not whatever crap they can hammer out to meet a deadline. Will we be happy that our favorite character got a film? Sure. Will we enjoy every part of it- certainly not.

You sound like a snob trying to "one up us" or "show us what is realling going on" when in fact you just like another moron who will be here for a couple months, get 150 posts, and then fade away.

Why would I try to 'one up' myself when I'm a fan just like you guys. I just choose not to perpetuate the sterotype of "Comicbook Guy". And as for that comment about my allegiance to a comicbook message board--I'll just leave that alone. And now I'll just...fade away...

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

But you are perpetuating the sterotype of Comic Book Guy. You are sitting at a PC posting on a comic book message board. While it may not be in you mother's basement and you may not be grossly overweight it is still happening. Posting on forums is also included in that Comic Book Guy stereotype and all of us here are doing it.

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

I know, right? Cause Green Lantern is sooooo important!

If they felt compelled to say something about it, then yes, it must be "sooooo important" to them, if it was that important, you'd think they could spend a few seconds and do a search before they make themselves sound stupid for the whole world to read.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

If they felt compelled to say something about it, then yes, it must be "sooooo important" to them, if it was that important, you'd think they could spend a few seconds and do a search before they make themselves sound stupid for the whole world to read.

Or maybe they are just attention seeking whores who want you to be "outraged" Some people just say things just to get a reaction. By judging this thread it worked