First Look: Green Lantern Footage

It seems the suit still needs some digital work, too shiny, but for the rest, looks decent, not blown away, not dissapointed, still on board.

Peace

Funny how Ryan Reynolds is mentioned SECOND.

Wow. As a huge Green Lantern fan my whole life, this looks like a dream come true.

Is the guy with the glasses supposed to be Tom Kalmaku?

We should thank Marvel for sweeping the floors, pouring the punch, and hanging the Disco ball. Some of us have been waiting for DC to get this party started, and I’d say after looking at the clip that that’s about to happen.

I feel like he’s trying to land properly and accidently hits whoever is standing there.

Woohoo! I can’t wait!

I’m not sold on the bad guy, but there will be a link with parralax. It looks like they’ve put some work on this…this is essentially DC’s answer to Iron Man in terms of tone and cheekiness. At this point it could go either way. Reynolds appears to try to sell this one in terms of realisim in his reactions to an insane situation.

its a bit comedic but hopefully it wont be like that throughout.. visually it looks ok.

I just think Ryan Reynolds is too much of a clown to be Hal Jordan GL.

RE: multispaz

It still looks subpar, no matter how much “guts, bravery, humor, and vulnerability” is involved in its conception. If things weren’t up to snuff yet, then they shouldn’t have released the teaser.

This looks…challenging. I think that’s the politest way of putting it.

It’s a movie. No more, no less. If it’s good or bad, if we love it or hate it, that’s all it is, ever was, or will be.

So dial back the melodrama, why don’t you?

Kilogwog looks good. Oa looks very good. This overall looks like a great trailer! However, the “goofy” nerd, Tom Kalmaku, kind of lets me down a little. I know we still have over 6 months and the film will probably be re-edited a few times after public screenings and such, but I reallly hope we don’t have a bumbling sidekick character. To me thoses are usually what kills great stories. I guess it goes back to Ned Beatty’s Otis in Superman the Movie, but we should be well past that by now.

I still have high hopes for this movie!

Hal Jordan has always seemed a serious guy in comics. But Ryan seems to play as another character of the various university comedy he’s done, the little I’ve seen.

I’ve read on some comments over this on other sites that the complaints on the mask at the end are due to it looking painted on. BUT the things I feel they aren’t considering are…

1. The movie just finished principal photography in August and is still in the middle of post-production…including cgi. Over on Newsarama’s thread on this footage (the first vid put out on YouTube that is lower quality than this one up top) comic artist Kyle Baker chimed in on how he’s seen early test footage and how the big moneyshot stuff probably won’t be in this first trailer in that those things can take awhile to do yet, even up to a week or two before the film’s release. Another thing about Baker’s comment that amused me was that some of the fanboys are ranting on one another in disagreements over details in this first footage, yet none so far seem to have chimed in on Mr. Baker’s comment over there. ;)

2. The mask, like the suit, are cgi due to the idea that the suit and mask are light constructs from the power ring. Some have complained the mask looks painted on or even misshapen in that final shot. But look at the earlier moments in the footage. The mask looks a little more like the traditional Hal Jordan mask in those. The reason it looks off is the expression on Hal’s face. He’s excited and wide-eyed. So the cgi mask is following his expressions. Much the same as when he’s flying with his ring lit as he pumps his fist forward and when he saves the kid earlier on in the footage. The mask follows his facial expressions. That possibly wouldn’t work the same way if they had just put a latex mask on Reynolds. It, like the suit is made from the ring’s light so it will be cgi like the rest of the suit.

3. The reason I think some believe the suit is too shiny, especially in that scene where he shows his friend what’s up with the ring, is due to not only is the suit glowing, but the shot is also set in broad daylight. ;)

P.S. I’m anxiously awaiting this flick….Heck! Look at my online handle! ;D

Still I’m awaiting seeing the actual trailer online and in the theater on the big screen. Just seeing it on Entertainment Tonight won’t do. They have a tendency to pick and choose certain shots (like the joke lines in this footage causing many too freak out saying it’s just Reynolds’ usual schtick and they’re going for comedy….no they’re not…those are just a few funny moments from the film). E.T. also seems to talk over the trailers they show a lot too. So I’m awaiting the full un-E.T. trailer. ;)

The suit is ultimately not what makes or breaks this movie. It’s the star underneath like with RDJ in Ironman. And RR is no RDJ and never will be. From what little this snippet shows I’m just not feeling RR in the role.

Excellent points somedude. Before I start, I’m going to tone down the “melodrama”.

This stuff takes a lot of money to conceive, cast and promote. Despite the extreme lack of super hero content in movie houses I think a lot of fans still think this effort is routine.

Finally uses the technology to make Hal feasible visually and you guys cry that it’s still not good enough.

On the Marvel end we’ve seen some powerful heavy hitters like Galactus, Silver Surfer and Phoenix yet no one near as unique as the construct building Green Lantern.

I’m sorry maybe I just don’t get it but I think were getting a huge prize.

for all of you people who -think- you know Green Lantern, Hal Jordan was presented as a womanizer who took nothing seriously and took risks that kept him not only in the spotlight but also in trouble.
the closest comparison to the actual character of Hal Jordan would be Tom Cruise as Maverick in TOP GUN.
When compared to that, Ryan Reynolds is perfect.

For those of you that reeally only know the character as he is portrayed in comics currently, should consider context. He is a Hal Jordan who became evil, Died, continued as the Spectre punishing people in cruil ways and then was reincarnated. so he IS more serious now.

But in the beginning he was not as serious.

the trailer looks pretty good overall. Ryan is super ripped looking in costume and actually looks like a comic book hero.
The trailer has a very Last Starfighter feel to it, and that is a major plus in my book.

We know it’ll be beautifully shot, that’s for sure.

It doesn’t matter how “extreme” the “lack of super hero content in movie houses” is or whether the effort required to make the movie is “routine” or not. When we step up to that box office window and plunk down our cash, the only thing that matters is results. Period. Audiences aren’t required to give movies extra points for effort or good intentions. If the movie is crap, the fact that they tried hard doesn’t make it any less crap. (If anything, it makes it even crappier, because all that effort failed was wasted.)

The whole point of releasing a trailer is to generate reaction and opinion among the potential audience. And the funny thing about opinions is that everyone has one and they’re rarely all the same. If you think the footage looks great, then that’s your opinion and no one can deny you that, nor should they try. So how about giving similar consideration to those whose opinions are different than yours?

I’ll be as polite as possible, but Matt Damon as Hal Jordan is retarded….

Opps! I didn’t care much for this trailer piece. Makes the Hornet look better all the time ( did I write that ). The costume won’t be the problem, it’s what kind of character Hal Jordan will be. Right now it’s no. Still the movie to wait for.

Then don’t go see it. If you don’t like what you see, make your own movie. I am sure you think you have more than enough skill and talent to do so. So, quit your bitchin’ and go do it.

As any released footage from teasers, tv spots and trailers is supposed to make you interested and go ‘Oooh’ and all that I’m saying this purely from that angle, my reaction to what I’ve seen so far.

I like it. Reynolds is the spit of Gil Kanes gl in a contemporary version of the costume that (now I’ve seen it properly) looks quite good. In a lot of up close shots in the original comics you can see Hal’s eyes. I agree the double footed kick is a clumsy bit to put in a ‘teaser’ but everything still worked. Early Hal would have been cocky and he’s always been quick witted so bear in mind this is an origin.

And to those that say ‘cgi’ ‘cgi’! sod off, what exactly is a ‘Green energy construct’ supposed to look like?

Comparing this to the Thor footage? (because these are going toe to toe) I’d go with this. It looks like GL where as Thor just doesn’t look like Thor somehow. It’s like there’s too many little things and it’s scale seems tiny.

I’m still going to watch them both lol

He looks less like Green Lantern in a movie and more like looking at someone’s photoshop art on SuperHeroHype’s message board.