Green Lantern Movie News Discussion Thread

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12:24 Kevin Kelly: It's definitely not the same ring we saw in the footage. Looks like he bought one.

Damit.

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Kevin Kelly: Talking about flying, Reynolds says that all the Lanterns have their own way of flying. Reynolds, "We get to really spend up in the air and fly. We can bank and make right turns and do somersaults. The flight part for me has been one of the most fun parts of filling the Green Lantern shoes for me."

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Kevin Kelly: Mark Strong is talking about flying as well, "It feels like being a kid again. It's amazing."

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12:26 Kevin Kelly: "Is aviation big in the film, given Hal's background?" Saturday July 24, 2010 12:26 Kevin Kelly

12:27 Kevin Kelly: Martin Campbell, "Yes, and Carol Ferris is a pilot as well. There's a scene where they both have to go up and fly to F-35's as part of a demonstration. Hal and Carol go up in competition with robotic planes, it's a very exciting sequence."

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Kevin Kelly: Ryan is talking about the ring he's wearing. "It's been with me for the last six months. As you know, these are passed on from one Green Lantern to another. I think it would be fitting if I passed this on to an audience member in the crowd."

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Kevin Kelly: Ryan is talking about the ring he's wearing. "It's been with me for the last six months. As you know, these are passed on from one Green Lantern to another. I think it would be fitting if I passed this on to an audience member in the crowd."

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12:29 Kevin Kelly: There's a piece of paper taped to someone's seat... they get the ring! Saturday July 24, 2010 12:29 Kevin Kelly

12:29 Kevin Kelly: I wish this was like Oprah and we would all get rings. Saturday July 24, 2010 12:29 Kevin Kelly

12:29 Kevin Kelly: Reynolds: "This means we're married. But like in Space."

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It seems Parallax won't be a Legion/Parallax mix anymore.

Well, I think we all expected him to be the fear manifestation, but he's used as a Legion-like plot device.

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and thats all she wrote.

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Ryan is talking about the ring he's wearing. "It's been with me for the last six months. As you know, these are passed on from one Green Lantern to another. I think it would be fitting if I passed this on to an audience member in the crowd."


AWESOME!

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it was cool to hear about hal jordans dad being in the film

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FULL TRANSCRIPT FROM G4 LIVE BLOG

11:53
Kevin Kelly: And here's the moderator, Jeff Boucher of the LA Times.
11:54
Kevin Kelly: "In brightest day... in blackest night....."
11:54
Kevin Kelly: He's pumping the crowd up for next summer's Green Lantern.
11:55
Kevin Kelly: Here comes Geoff Johns.
11:55
Kevin Kelly: "It seems to me like Comic-Con is taking over Hollywood, not the other way around."
11:55
Kevin Kelly:
Geoff: "I'm super, super excited, this is the first Green Lantern movie panel in history."
11:55
Kevin Kelly: Geoff: "Being on-set was one of the most exciting times of my life."
11:55
Kevin Kelly:
They're going to show us some footage! Very first look at it.
11:57
Kevin Kelly: Whoa.
11:57
Kevin Kelly: Just, whoa.
11:58
Kevin Kelly: Footage starts out, a voice talks to us and welcomes us as "Inhabitants of Sector 2814" and tells us to focus on the green light on screen.
11:58
Kevin Kelly: As we do, the footage begins. You see Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan discovering Abin Sur's crash site.
11:59
Kevin Kelly: You see the ring in his hand. It's sizeable, dark green, and looks semi-transparent.
11:59
Kevin Kelly: Brief looks at the fin-headed Lantern from the Green Lantern Corps... I've forgotten his name.
11:59
Kevin Kelly: Reynolds swipes down three baddies with a huge green fist.
11:59
Kevin Kelly: Then there's a brief shot of OA.
12:00
Kevin Kelly: And that's it. The whole time, Reynolds' voice is reciting the Green Lantern code.
12:00
Kevin Kelly: Looks pretty amazing.
12:00
Kevin Kelly: Very amazing.
12:00
Kevin Kelly: We didn't get a full suit shot of Reynolds yet.
12:01
Kevin Kelly: Now they've brought everyone out: Ryan Reynolds, Mark Strong ...
12:01
Kevin Kelly: Blake Lively (wow, she's hot in a very revealing top)
12:01
Kevin Kelly: Greg Berlianti, the writer
12:01
Kevin Kelly: Peter Sarsgaard
12:02
Kevin Kelly: Reynolds said he was attracted to the role because he gets to throw a punch, tell a joke, and kiss the girl. He's hoping for 2 or 3 more movies.
12:02
Kevin Kelly: Sarsgaard is talking about how big his head gets in the film. "Pretty big!"
12:03
Kevin Kelly: By the way, the footage we saw was all in 2D.
12:03
Kevin Kelly: Mark Strong says he felt like Bono coming out on stage.
12:04
Kevin Kelly: Director Martin Campbell is talking about the tone of the movie. It's fun, there's humor, the action is very real, and the relationship between the characters is real.
12:04
Kevin Kelly: He's never done a superhero movie, "Unless you count James Bond, but he's nothing like Green Lantern."
12:05
Kevin Kelly: Now they're talking about the costume, which has had a big fan reaction.
12:06
Kevin Kelly: Martin Campbell, "The costume is always a work in progress. We have the black and green, and we lost the white gloves. We felt it looked cooler and far more interesting without them. There are certain lines on the costume, and it's more like a skin on GL than a costume. The lines are all lines of musculature, which our designer came up with. It is a work in progress. It will eventually look incredibly cool."
12:07
Kevin Kelly: We go to Oa in this film, and we get to see the 3600 Green Lanterns.
12:07
Kevin Kelly: They will be featuring many of the well-known and famous Green Lanterns, including Kilowog.
12:08
Kevin Kelly: You'll see the classic Corps characters in the film.
12:09
Kevin Kelly: Including The Green Man and Bzzd.
12:10
Kevin Kelly: Geoff Johns is telling a story about how they tried to make a Green Lantern 10 years ago, and the first thing the studio exec asked was "Can we make the movie without the ring?" That's when he thought there would never be a Green Lantern film.
12:10
Kevin Kelly: Reynolds is talking about how great it was to shoot in New Orleans. They have three weeks of shooting left to go.
12:11
Kevin Kelly: Boucher: "Your wife is a Marvel character... does that cause any strife?"
12:11
Kevin Kelly: Reynolds: "Well, we probably have more comic books lying around then other married couples ... although that might not be true for this crowd."
12:11
Kevin Kelly: Blake is talking about Carol Ferris and how she's a strong character.
12:12
Kevin Kelly: "The best part of getting this job was getting to call my nephews to tell them I was going to be in a superhero movie."
12:12
Kevin Kelly: "Or course, Carol becomes a villain later, and I can't wait to kick his butt."
12:13
Kevin Kelly: Sarsgaard is talking about his character, and how he becomes an expression of what he keeps inside. "He's the kid that licked the battery... or went on the roof during a thunderstorm with a coat hanger."
12:13
Kevin Kelly: Questions from the audience coming up...
12:14
Kevin Kelly:
To Peter Sarsgaard, "What got he hooked to this project?"
12:14
Kevin Kelly: Sarsgaard, "Well, I came in and talked to Martin one day, and he told me the story of the film through the eyes of my character. It felt like an amazing arc ... a great journey for a character."
12:15
Kevin Kelly: They're talking about including the Green Lantern Corps, and Geoff Johns said it's said an important part of Hal Jordan's development as a Green Lantern, so they needed to include them.
12:15
Kevin Kelly: "Could this be the beginning of a shared DC universe on film?"
12:16
Kevin Kelly: Geoff Johns, "There will be a lot of DC movies coming up soon, but I can't talk about them."
12:16
Kevin Kelly: To Mark Strong, "Will your character in this movie kick ass?"
12:16
Kevin Kelly: Strong: "I certainly hope so. I shall do my best to, as you say, kick ass."
12:17
Kevin Kelly: By the way, Reynolds is wearing a pretty sweet Green Lantern ring on the stage while he's answering questions.
12:17
Kevin Kelly: Reynolds is talking about how he got the part. He screen tested a couple of times, and "They made me work for it."
12:18
Kevin Kelly: "I saw this guy who is arrogant and cocky in the film who is given this amazing gift, and that becomes humbling for him. I thought that was a great arc for a character in a superhero film."
12:19
Kevin Kelly: Martin Campbell on Hal's Father, "Martin Jordan, Hal's father, dies at the beginning of the film in a plane crash, and Hal is there when this happens. It affects him very much, for the rest of his life. It's important to him becoming a fully-fledged Green Lantern."
12:19
Kevin Kelly: Someone is asking if there could be a Justice League movie.
12:20
Kevin Kelly:
Johns: "Anything is possible, but I think the Green Lantern movie will lead the charge for anything that comes later."
12:20
Kevin Kelly: What do you want to dress as if you could wear a costume at Comic-Con?
12:20
Kevin Kelly: Ryan Reynolds, "I'd like to be a Wookie, because I could be cute and dangerous."
12:20
Kevin Kelly: Blake: "Harry Potter. I mean, come on!'
12:21
Kevin Kelly: Mark Strong: "I'd love to show you Sinestro!"
12:21
Kevin Kelly: Peter Sarsgaard, "I always loved Captain America."
12:21
Kevin Kelly: Greg Berlianti, "Barry Allen, the Flash."
12:21
Kevin Kelly: Geoff Johns: "Ryan Reynolds."
12:22
Kevin Kelly: The cutest kid in the world in a Green Lantern t-shirt gets up and asks Ryan Reynolds what it's like to say the Lantern oath. Ryan obliges by telling him it's awesome... then he does it for the entire room while brandishing his Green Lantern ring. Okay, I'll admit, it gave me chills.
12:22
Kevin Kelly: "Is there room for Alan Scott in the Green Lantern mythology?"
12:22
Kevin Kelly: Geoff: "There's always room."
12:23
Kevin Kelly: "Will we see Ion or Parallax in these films?"
12:23
Kevin Kelly: Reynolds, "Parallax is in it. I better be able to say that..."
12:23
Kevin Kelly: "He's the emotional manifestation of fear in this."
12:24
[Comment From Andrew Carl]
I wonder if the ring is a film prop, or if Reyonlds was enough of a fan to buy a repilca
12:24
Kevin Kelly:
It's definitely not the same ring we saw in the footage. Looks like he bought one.
12:24
Kevin Kelly: It's chunky and just the insignia.
12:24
Kevin Kelly: "Is Mogo in the movie?"
12:24
Kevin Kelly: Geoff: "There's a lot of Green Lanterns in the movie."
12:25
Kevin Kelly: The crown cheered incredibly loudly for both the footage, and for Reynolds reciting the oath.
12:26
Kevin Kelly: Talking about flying, Reynolds says that all the Lanterns have their own way of flying. Reynolds, "We get to really spend up in the air and fly. We can bank and make right turns and do somersaults. The flight part for me has been one of the most fun parts of filling the Green Lantern shoes for me."
12:26
Kevin Kelly: Mark Strong is talking about flying as well, "It feels like being a kid again. It's amazing."
12:26
Kevin Kelly: "Is aviation big in the film, given Hal's background?"
12:27
Kevin Kelly: Martin Campbell, "Yes, and Carol Ferris is a pilot as well. There's a scene where they both have to go up and fly to F-35's as part of a demonstration. Hal and Carol go up in competition with robotic planes, it's a very exciting sequence."
12:29
Kevin Kelly: Ryan is talking about the ring he's wearing. "It's been with me for the last six months. As you know, these are passed on from one Green Lantern to another. I think it would be fitting if I passed this on to an audience member in the crowd."
12:29
Kevin Kelly: There's a piece of paper taped to someone's seat... they get the ring!
12:29
Kevin Kelly: I wish this was like Oprah and we would all get rings.
12:29
Kevin Kelly: Reynolds: "This means we're married. But like in Space."
12:30
Kevin Kelly: And that's all she wrote! More Green Lantern in upcoming weeks/months.

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Well, I think we all expected him to be the fear manifestation, but he's used as a Legion-like plot device.

When they first announced him as being a villain in it, they said his origin would be different than the comics, but now it seems like they've changed that.