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[Salvor.Hardin]

I still find the complete 180 some people have done on this film remarkable. I remember when Snyder was first announced there was so much vitriol and hate. A rare few people had faith in the film.

Happened with Watchmen as well. His films always make for decent trailers.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Just say my name jerk you know you want too.

I was actually thinking of jett, but thanks for reminding me.

 

[DrBo42]

He's already doing Pacific Rim and is playing a lead role there. Del Toro apparently hired him for this exact reason you mentioned. Giant Robot blockbuster is about as big as it gets.

Ah, didn't know he was casted.

 

[Clay Davis]

I just think it's unfortunate that such a splendid tune that is already attached to the franchise is not used (in any way) by them, instead we get ... well...I'd almost say "generic epic music". Just didn't do it for me. Hopefully Zimmer can finally deliver something that is also memorable, something which I miss these days. Trailer itself is okay, it's really the music that kinda ruins it for me. Cast is great and I liked the shots, the leaked plot sounded awesome as well, so let's hope Zimmer delivers.

I think that's the way it has to be. they need to make a clean break from the donner movies, they have become a noose around the neck of this franchise. time to cut the rope before it chokes the life out of the franchise for good and that would be a terrible thing to happen.

Superman Returns had a whole host of problems, but nostalgia for the old films was a big one. Let it die. That nostalgia has been holding back Superman for a long damn time.

agreed. the williams theme is synonymous with the donner movies and reeves. as good as it is, it's time to put the theme to rest and come up with a new one, otherwise the spectre of reeves and donner will continue to haunt the franchise.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Well, I guess we're never seeing Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern again. A shame.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/11/16/green-lantern-2-movie-report-false/

Well, that didn’t take very long.

News of an ambitious first draft for Green Lantern 2, which would feature Warworld, the Sinestro Corps and reunite much of the cast from the first film have hardly begun to circulate from a Cosmic Booknews report we just covered, and already we’ve been in contact with one of the writers of the supposed draft, who says the report is totally without merit.

“Absolute bulls–t,” writer Marc Guggenheim, who is cited in the report as being one of the writers of the draft in question, wrote us back in an e-mail when linked to the story in question.

Guggenheim offered no other comment on the matter, so the larger question–whether there is a draft, either already submitted to Warner Brothers or at least in the works, for Green Lantern 2–will have to remain a question mark for now. In any case, the one described in great detail in our last report is apparently not real.

I guess it's dead?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I still haven't seen Green Lantern. No real desire to.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

There's something very superman-esque about the music at 1:40-1:56. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think the trumpets. It gets a bit generic after that.

I still haven't seen Green Lantern. No real desire to.

You are a clever man.

 

[Clay Davis]

Well, I guess we're never seeing Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern again. A shame.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/11/16/green-lantern-2-movie-report-false/

I guess it's dead?

good riddance. the first movie was poor on all levels. poor lead, poor villain, poor supporting actors, poor female lead, poor pacing, poor plot but worst of all what that bloody mask.

don't get me wrong, the cg for almost everything else was amazing, but bloody hell that mask was atrocious. just horrifying. ugh.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I still haven't seen Green Lantern. No real desire to.

Even if you did you'll forget about it like 5 minutes later. It's just a completely empty and unremarkable movie.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

GL is now the Hulk of DC films.
They shouldn't even refer to him as GL in the JL film. They should just call him Jon.

 

[jett]

GL is now the Hulk of DC films.
They shouldn't even refer to him as GL in the JL film. They should just call him Jon.

That's quite the insult to Hulk. GL is more like the Fantastic Four of DC films.

 

[TheKaeptain]

I think you mean Kyle? I mean he is the only Green Lantern with a personality. Just skip the boring boy scouts.

 

[bluemax]

I didn't think it was possible to make a more boring super hero film than the Dark Knight Rises, but here we are.

 

[Clay Davis]

I didn't think it was possible to make a more boring super hero film than the Dark Knight Rises, but here we are.

are you referring to the trailer or GL? if it's the trailer, can I ask what you find boring about the trailer and why you think it's going to be as boring as rises?

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Uh, just noticed the first shot of Zod is him floating in space right outside of the earth's ionosphere.
Superman vs Zod battle in space. Give it to me.

 

[overcast]

I didn't think it was possible to make a more boring super hero film than the Dark Knight Rises, but here we are.

TDKR is a lot of things, boring isn't one of them. Pretty damn entertaining. I love the movie though.

 

[jett]

I didn't think it was possible to make a more boring super hero film than the Dark Knight Rises, but here we are.

 

[Clay Davis]

Uh, just noticed the first shot of Zod is him floating in space right outside of the earth's ionosphere.
Superman vs Zod battle in space. Give it to me.

I've watched the trailer a dozen times and haven't noticed this. where does it show this? can someone gif it or screencap it please.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

1:52 in the trailer. Look to the righthand side of the frame. See Earth.

 

[Clay Davis]

TDKR is a lot of things, boring isn't one of them. Pretty damn entertaining. I love the movie though.

coming off of the dark knight, it didn't pack as much of a punch in comparison. it was also deathly slow at times and suffered from too much exposition, which is something I never thought I would ever say.

at least for me. I know people who think it's the best batman movie of the trilogy with others claiming it's the worst. I don't know where I rank it personally, but batman begins in the best of the trilogy in my opinion. dark knight an rises are probably tied second with dark knight ever so slightly coming out ahead because of the action and joker.

1:52 in the trailer. Look to the righthand side of the frame. See Earth.

huh, can't believe I didn't see it before. thanks.

 

[greendomo's ghost]

Don't get me started on GL. What an epic disappointment. I'd have rather had the Jack Black version, because then at least you could say "Well they didn't have the right elements" etc. the film we got was wildly inconsistent in tone, poorly marketed, and contained just enough of the mythos as to harm any chance of doing a faithful reboot.

The only good thing was Mark Strong as Sinestro, and they still screwed that up with the after credit scene that came out of nowhere.

I'm a huge GL fan, and watching the trailers I hoped it would be good, but knew in my gut there was something very wrong.

With this Man of Steel trailer, my gut is happy. I'm a lot more positive this will turn our well.

 

[BadAss2961]

Don't get me started on GL. What an epic disappointment. I'd have rather had the Jack Black version, because then at least you could say "Well they didn't have the right elements" etc. the film we got was wildly inconsistent in tone, poorly marketed, and contained just enough of the mythos as to harm any chance of doing a faithful reboot.

The only good thing was Mark Strong as Sinestro, and they still screwed that up with the after credit scene that came out of nowhere.

I'm a huge GL fan, and watching the trailers I hoped it would be good, but knew in my gut there was something very wrong.

With this Man of Steel trailer, my gut is happy. I'm a lot more positive this will turn our well.

It'll turn out well. Some people are underrating Snyder, but he's a good fit for this. Especially with Goyer and Nolan doing the story.

 

[Dram]

So was Green Lantern quality Campbell's fault or Warner Brothers?

 

[Dead Man]

It'll turn out well. Some people are underrating Snyder, but he's a good fit for this. Especially with Goyer and Nolan doing the story.

I don't think that is something to soothe the worries.

 

[BadAss2961]

I don't think that is something to soothe the worries.

Billion dollar movies, bro.

 

[duckroll]

So was Green Lantern quality Campbell's fault or Warner Brothers?

The movie was so bad that I think there's enough blame to go around the entire block.

 

[zoukka]

So going by the trailer the story is that humanity can't handle superman, but sees its error in the end and he'll make a "sacrifice" and saves humanity? So what's new compared to the previous turd of a superman movie?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

So going by the trailer the story is that humanity can't handle superman, but sees its error in the end and he'll make a "sacrifice" and saves humanity? So what's new compared to the previous turd of a superman movie?

Well for one, Superman Returns was the exact opposite of 'humanity can't handle superman'. They were cheering his return.

 

[Reiko]

Well for one, Superman Returns was the exact opposite of 'humanity can't handle superman'. They were cheering his return.

Not only that... Where was the military in Superman Returns?

 

[zoukka]

Well for one, Superman Returns was the exact opposite of 'humanity can't handle superman'. They were cheering his return.

Shows how much I remember about that movie. Maybe it was the jesus fall that made me think of it that way.

 

[Aaron]

I still haven't seen Green Lantern. No real desire to.

Find something that makes you cringe and watch it a dozen times. There, you've simulated watching Green Lantern.

 

[DrBo42]

Not only that... Where was the military in Superman Returns?

There's a worldwide "at ease" when Superman is within the atmosphere. It's canon.

 

[jett]

Green Lantern is an unbelievable waste of time. I don't understand how a movie like that gets made. It's definitely the worst modern comic book movie, worse than anything Marvel has released.

 

[DrBo42]

Green Lantern is an unbelievable waste of time. I don't understand how a movie like that gets made. It's definitely the worst modern comic book movie, worse than anything Marvel has released.

I haven't seen Daredevil or Elektra, is GL worse?

 

[TheKaeptain]

I haven't seen Daredevil or Elektra, is GL worse?

No. It's more like Ghost Rider.

 

[Funky Papa]

I haven't seen Daredevil or Elektra, is GL worse?

No.

No, no, no.

No.

 

[jett]

I haven't seen Daredevil or Elektra, is GL worse?

lol, well, I had actually forgotten about those two. I haven't seen Elektra, but I'd be hard-pressed to say if GL is worse than Daredevil. I know some people really like the director's cut of that movie, which I have not seen.

 

[dabig2]

The only thing that I've seen of the Green Lantern movie other than those first, hilarious screencaps is that final trailer where everyone convinced themselves that it actually was going to be a good movie. I said the trailer looked like crap and never devoted another second of my life to the movie. Looks like a good choice in retrospect.

Wish I would've done the same for Superman Returns.

Ah, just kidding. It was okay in parts...very small parts. Thank god they're rebooting this shit.

 

[Funky Papa]

lol, well, I had actually forgotten about those two. I haven't seen Elektra, but I'd be hard-pressed to say if GL is worse than Daredevil. I know some people really like the director's cut of that movie, which I have not seen.

Don't do it. It's shit.

I already made that mistake for you.

 

[Kinyou]

No.

No, no, no.

No.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Daredevil is the worst movie I've seen in theatres. Well, either that or The Longest Yard (Sandler)

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Never would have believed that guy would become an amazing director.

 

[Always-honest]

i... i.. i liked it?

 

[Gazzawa]

I really like this trailer.
I also enjoyed Superman Returns.
Clarke Kent looking like a sweet drifter in this one.
Hype.

 

[Tugatrix]

Never would have believed that guy would become an amazing director.

I think if anyone told that in those days, people would burst laughing...

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Good week for trailers between this and Oblivion. Hopefully Pacific Rimjob keeps it up.

 

[DrBo42]

Good week for trailers between this and Oblivion. Hopefully Pacific Rimjob keeps it up.

Intentional pun?

 

[strafer]

Nice rims.

 

[Blablurn]

I have faith that the pacific rim trailer is gonna crash everything.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Good week for trailers between this and Oblivion. Hopefully Pacific Rimjob keeps it up.

After Earth was cool too. More Sci Fi the better.