Ok now this is my first article concerning Green Lantern...ever since I've joined this site. But I came to a funny thought...and it's an idea I've seen bounced around by a few people here on CBM.
What IF the infamous Nolan/Goyer team were to revitalize Green Lantern? Now i know a lot of you are going to tell me "Nolan doesn't operate outside of the realm of reality" but he has on occasion pushed the bounds of reality- Inception and he is known for giving all of his films, deeply-layered stories with psychological twists.
I think that could totally work for Green Lantern! Take Batman Begins for instance, we saw Ras Al Ghul as a friend to Bruce...then turned into his enemy but we had to kind of guess the real Ras. I'm not saying to do the same thing with whatever villain in GL...but I could kind of see Sinestro in that light.
Another good thing about Nolan/Goyer taking on Green Lantern is that yes Nolan doesn't want his versions of the heroes to coexist with each other but at least we'd get to see the Nolan-take on Green Lantern and who knows...money talks...and if Nolan by that point were in charge of- Batman, Superman AND Green Lantern who knows...we might see SOMETHING come of it.
This just may well be some wishful thinking from a fan's perspective but it's a fair idea too nonetheless!
Plus what better way for Nolan to take his first big leap into the Scifi genre than to do that with Green Lantern!
It could be Star Wars meets Inception -_^
Plus with Nolan having started out with Batman...a completely grounded character...now he's moved on to Superman...a character who is more fantasy than Batman obviously but still somewhat grounded- (usually operates in Metropolis and sticks around earth) then the next logical step for Nolan in his progression would be to go with Green Lantern.
Outer space epic with a deeply layered story and psychological twists.
I'm not saying WB should just hand over EVERY single superhero to Nolan and crew. But they ARE a proven talent, Nolan has yet to make a terrible or even less-than-satisfactory film yet. And if we want to see our favorite heroes brought to the big screen in refreshing and successful ways, then it's better to go with the sure-bet success- Christopher Nolan rather than trusting some other hack directors out there.
Superman and Batman have always been my top2 heroes, Supes being my #1 of course. And Nolan being the overseer to both films may be what has prompted me to write this up but I really think Nolan could make a great Green Lantern film.
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