Comments on: Ryan Reynolds beats Justin Timberlake, Bradley Cooper for Green Lantern’s ring (updated)

By: BlueNight

BlueNight — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:04:32 +0000

Hal Jordan nothing! I want him as Kyle Rayner receiving the ring from an aging and retired Hal Jordan.

I'm tired of each and every superhero movie being a carte blanche origin story where no other superheros are around. Give us Spider-Man/Fantastic Four! Give us Hulk/XMen Teamup! Give us Deadpool/Giant-Size Man-Thing! (Waitaminnit...) At least give us Batman Beyond (the episodes that didn't suck).

If there's a legacy heritage that goes with the costume, TELL US. If there's a big backstory on the character, TELL US. Watchmen and Hancock broke the mold, and Iron Man promised us Avengers. Give us Marvels!

By: BlueNight

BlueNight — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:04:32 +0000

By: transient

transient — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:52:26 +0000

+1 on Cooper as Indy said, plus …

I think Cooper could bring more 'swagger' to the role, while Reynolds would be more on the goofy/smarmy side. I like Reynolds plenty, and think he's great for Deadpool. But when I imagine Green Lantern, Cooper's Jack Bourdain in Kitchen Confidential is pretty much spot on.

By: Nahtehn Sagataw

Nahtehn Sagataw — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:26:31 +0000

Suddenly I'm having visions of Marvel and DC co-producing a “Green Lantern and Deadpool” movie, with Reynolds playing both parts at the same time. It'd be like smooshing together the “Green Lanter/Green Arrow” comics with the “Cable & Deadpool” series. Or maybe a superhero version of a buddy-cop film, with Hal Jordan being the “Murtaugh” to Wade Wilson's “Riggs”.

By: Indy

Indy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:24:29 +0000

I think either Ryan or Cooper would have been good choices. I perfered Cooper because Ryan already has Deadpool coming soon and it would be good for Cooper to star in a major motion picture by himself.

By: gmcalpin

gmcalpin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:52:29 +0000

For Hal Jordan fans out there, is this a brightest day or a blackest night?