An extended look at Green Lantern screened at WonderCon this weekend, delighting nerds looking to see some of their favorite intergalactic comics characters rendered in relatively convincing CGI. Now, an abbreviated edit of that footage has come online and you too can see all the really cool and recognizable scenes that will break up the tedium of the love story, roommate scenes, and "this is toooo weird" wisecracks. Have at it:
I'm still finding it odd that they intentionally made the Green Lantern mask look like it's fan-photoshopped on. And it's also sort of off-putting that, in lieu of all-white eyes typically seen in the comics, they nervously went only halfway, so that he basically gets Garfield eyes. Still, though, considering how the current standard of non-Batman DC superheroes has been looking lately (this), not actually as corny as I would have expected. What's your thought?
Not a ton of new stuff in this trailer, but with extremely detailed narration from Geoffrey Rush, this is definitely the one to show family and friends confused by this Lantern Man's complicated mythology. His urbane manner makes all the stuff about special colors and magic jew... / Continue →
Warner's last minute thought that mayyyyybe they should start promoting next month's Green Lantern release, instead of just discreetly slipping it out there and seeing how it goes, has already resulted in one new, CGI-filled trailer. Now there's another that shows off even more... / Continue →
One of the bigger question marks on my personal Will-It-Be-Shitty? superhero movie board has been Martin Campbell's adaptation of Green Lantern. Up until this trailer, I wasn't too convinced either way, and now that I've watched it a couple times... I'm still not that convinced... / Continue →
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'Green Lantern' WonderCon Trailer: Here's All the CGI We Were Promised
\n\nAn extended look at Green Lantern screened at WonderCon this weekend, delighting nerds looking to see some of their favorite intergalactic comics characters rendered in relatively convincing CGI. Now, an abbreviated edit of that footage has come online and you too can see all the really cool and recognizable scenes that will break up the tedium of the love story, roommate scenes, and \"this is toooo weird\" wisecracks. Have at it:
