Since Warner Bros. unveiled the official trailer for the Martin Campbell-directed
Green Lantern adaption, fanboys have expressed mixed opinions on the "jarring" CGI, and overall tone. With most of the CGI used for the 'Green Lantern Corps' and it's plethora of bizarre creatures, one of the film's concept artist Neville Page speaks briefly with
Crave Online on his approach and comic influences.
"Well we had to be true to the franchise and fair to the fan base. If you're given some of these crazy characters, they need to be recognizable as that character as much as you can. It's funny that you bring up Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials because I've always considered Wayne to be one of the most creative designers out there in the creature world. I mean he does some really crazy, abstract stuff. But when I was looking at some of the Corps characters from Green Lantern, I thought some of the creatures made Wayne Barlow look conservative. They're so nutty. It was an inspiration, of course, because you're seeing these ideas that are just so creative, but sometimes they are so creative that it really poses a challenge of how to make this viable and plausible and real on camera. When you have some wacky thing standing next to Ryan Reynolds for example, that's when you really balance the expectation of the franchise with infusing the character with a sense of life that is plausible."
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, & Angela Basset,
Green Lantern hits theaters June 17, 2011. What do you think?