If you're like me, than this week was a huge week in movies, what with trailers for both
Cowboys & Aliens and
Green Lantern hitting the 'net. Already, the debate is on among many of you comic book movie fans about everything from
Ryan Reynolds' seemingly comedic portrayal of Hal Jordan, to the special effects seen in the trailer, to the look of Green Lantern's costume.
While there's nothing that can be really be said about the way Reynolds portrays Hal--c'mon, you knew you were going to get
a little humor with Van Wilder in the lead--and the effects are likely to go through some polishing before the movie's release, let's take a moment to analyze what's going on with Reynolds' transformation into Green Lantnern.
(Note: A big shout out to
ScreenRant for the use of their screencaps. Read their detailed shot-by-shot analysis of the suit
HERE.)
What's immediately noticeable to comic book fans—besides the muscle tone look of the "material" of the costume, which has already been discussed at length since the first image of the costume was released--is that Reynolds' Green Lantern costume appears to be a combination of both Hal Jordan's costume and Kyle Rayner's. In the comics, Jordan wears white gloves and green boots that only come up to mid-calf, whereas the costume seen in the trailer has Rayner's green gloves and knew-high boots. What's also extremely apparent is that the costume is emanating not from Hal's ring, but seemingly from within Jordan himself. The ring sparks only at the beginning and then the energy emanates out from the Green Lantern symbol that forms on his chest. Reynolds even seems to be holding his breath or suppressing a burp, as if the costume was bubbling up from inside of him.
To me, these differences between the movie costume and the comic book costume are minor, but I know that some of you feel differently about it. Please feel free to chime in below and tell me what you like and what you don't like about the costume and the transformation sequence!
And, just in case you were living in a cave these past couple of days since its release, here's the new
Green Lantern trailer once again...
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