CNN Talks Comic Book Movies and Green Lantern

CNN Talks Comic Book Movies and Green Lantern

Cool video article on CNN I came across about comic book movies and also touched a bit on the Green Lantern movie. The main focus is about how the most successful comic book movies tend to stick to the source material a lot more, therefore having more authenticity. I thought I'd share it with you guys, see it here and tell me what you think...

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By LEEE777 - Sep 15, 2009 07:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: CNN.com



The bit touched on about The Green Lantern movie in development is, it's being compared to Iron Man in that it's not necessarily a household name, but has huge potential! I think it's a amazing character and in an epic setting with a space opera feel to it could be one of the biggest and best comic book movies ever told on the big screen. I can't wait to see it done right and with the past two attempts of The Dark Knight and Watchmen being near perfect, i see this another gem from Warner Brothers in the making! ; )

LEEE777 - Well i hope you enjoyed the video clip, tell me your thoughts below.

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/15/2009, 7:44 AM
; )
charbelelnasr
charbelelnasr - 9/15/2009, 8:18 AM
nice find LEEE.
MatchesMalone
MatchesMalone - 9/15/2009, 8:34 AM
Firsting on your own article, for shame Leee, for shame;) I know most people would've rather seen Ryan Reynolds play the Flash (myself included), but I think Green Lantern is going to be a huge success especially if DC treats this movie like they treated Dark Knight or like Marvel treated Iron Man.
ItsNotASchooner
ItsNotASchooner - 9/15/2009, 8:40 AM
quality video
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/15/2009, 8:43 AM
Thanx @ Charbelelnasr @ Schooner !! ; )

Matches @ Lol, i have no shame, heh heh! ; D

Yeah id rather him WALLY WEST too, but he should make a great HAL (well as long as we don't get loads of One liner REYNOLDS jokes lol), anyway im sue DC with treat GL with respect just like they did the TDK, hopefully this can even be bigger than IRON MAN, ya never know!
prototype87
prototype87 - 9/15/2009, 8:55 AM
hey guys just in case you guys didn't know...i alright finished the dc tribute. it's up on fan fic.

btw thanks for this video clip lee. can't wait to watch iron man 2.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/15/2009, 9:42 AM
Holy BAT-PLUG main time! ; D

Cheers @ BMAN @ TEA!! ; )

PROTO @ Ta, and your DC Superheroes vid is very cool, anyone who hasn't seen it yet, you should go over to FAN FIC an check it out, go treat yourself!
Boogie138
Boogie138 - 9/15/2009, 9:51 AM
comic book flicks are going to keep improving with time
leee knows it
Spideyshawn
Spideyshawn - 9/15/2009, 9:51 AM
cool
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GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/15/2009, 9:58 AM
GOOD FIND.
Spock
Spock - 9/15/2009, 10:02 AM
This was pretty good. Looks like Blair has gained a little wait. She is adorable cute!


@ sirprize Kanye had no class the other night. But karma kicked in quickly on the Jay Leno show. That goes to show u what goes around comes around.
CaptainCanada
CaptainCanada - 9/15/2009, 10:10 AM
lol lovin the burns to Jerkoff West
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/15/2009, 10:15 AM
FANTASTIC VID!!!!!!! hell yeah! AMEN!

These two ladies are speakingmy language lol

And hell yes IM2 will be a freaking home run!!! That will make more bank than any other movie next year!!
Spideyshawn
Spideyshawn - 9/15/2009, 10:16 AM
@ SirPrize thats just wrong lol.I wonder why they didnt talk about the averngers in the interview. props LEEE
Bamf7
Bamf7 - 9/15/2009, 10:17 AM
Sticking to the source material works better? Novel idea.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/15/2009, 10:17 AM
@spideyshawn, Ha, ha, ha. lol. Kanye would be enough of an asshole to do that...........Again!

@sirprize, He would be enough of an asshole to do that a third time!lol
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/15/2009, 10:21 AM
Me too, Cape. lulz

@ Bamf: yeah right? Still there are many who reject that notion it seems.

Personally I think the winning combination is something like this: keep the powers, the origin, and the personality of the character as much like the book as you possibly can. Then use classic stories as your template for plot points but tweak them whereever needed.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 9/15/2009, 10:37 AM
@ mulder

i agree with that, but it seems most film makers confuse "tweak" with totally change. in X3, the dark phoenix story was almost unrecognizable, AND it wasn't even the main plot. but yeah, tweaking is a good idea, just no "changing"!
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 9/15/2009, 10:53 AM
Spideyshawn, lame.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/15/2009, 11:12 AM
Kanye West and Michael Bay should form a tag team called the Douche brothers..they would be unbeaten is the asshole stakes.
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 9/15/2009, 11:14 AM
I agree with her 100%. Stick to the true comicbook origins and make it a little bit of your own, but not too much! An example of that going too far was Hulk. The origin was nothing like the comics and story was so far out there. I can't wait for Green Lantern and I expect great things to happen from the movie.
droopy1317
droopy1317 - 9/15/2009, 11:14 AM
no disrespect to anyone but enough with this ryan reynolds should've been flash! should've, could've would've. he's green lantern so oh well.
Imran
Imran - 9/15/2009, 11:17 AM
Sticking to the source material? What does that mean anyway??

There are a ton of incarnations of the same characters in comics.. It's all about being wise enough to be able to translate the most appropriate for the big screen.. And if none of them are suitable, think of something that will work..

If Samuel L. Jackson was cast as Nick Fury 15 years ago??
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/15/2009, 11:20 AM
Corndogburgler, very very true. Good point.

And as far as I am concerned, the example you gave is probably the worst example of that that we have.
They could have adapted that story to the scope and budget of the trilogy, but still preserved it's essence.

It would have been tricky and maybe even a little more risky but it could have been done.

CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 9/15/2009, 11:49 AM
@ congrats multipurpose!!!!
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/15/2009, 12:07 PM
fotc, actually that's true. That's proof that sometimes tweaks work out well and sometimes they don't. I think Nolan knew he had a home run on his hands even if it was a radical take.
So that is one example that we can think of in which a CBM is quite different form the source and yet still quite good.

So obviously it is indeed possible for that to happen, but it's just doesn't happen very much. I am trying to think of another example...
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/15/2009, 12:30 PM
FOTC @ Atleast in TDK BATMAN and JOKER wasn't brothers lol!

WOLVERINE only made it becoz, he's like one of the most popular MARVEL charcters, if it was any others that movie would've flopped!

There's sticking to the source and totally bending you over and ramming it up ya a$$! : D

SpideyShawn @ Cheers!
lc
lc - 9/15/2009, 2:07 PM
oi @leee be a gd boy and get me cigs plssssssssss lol
bleedthefreak
bleedthefreak - 9/15/2009, 2:13 PM
@Spideyshawn well im not the only one who thought Nicholson was better joker. joker and two face= only good thing about TDK
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 9/15/2009, 2:18 PM
What was wrong with that newscaster? She seemed retarded. They must only use her for late nights or online.
Ryden
Ryden - 9/15/2009, 2:38 PM
good find LEEE but the woman hosting this show is a dumb-ass lol, se obviously knows nothing about comics and did she call Hulk the Hounk??? i'm baffled lol
NERO
NERO - 9/15/2009, 2:42 PM
Ah, the Kanye West douchebag of all time train rolls on...lol
Betty
Betty - 9/15/2009, 3:01 PM
Thanks Leee! Ahhh, hot chicks and comics.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/15/2009, 3:18 PM
Ryden @ Lol!!

BETTY @ ; )
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