Why I Don't Plan on Seeing Green Lantern on Opening Week.

Why I Don't Plan on Seeing Green Lantern on Opening Week.

One, simple reason keeps me from seeing this movie on opening weekend.

Editorial Opinion
By Xenix - Feb 19, 2011 05:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: ComicBookMovie.com



The reason I won't see GL on opening weekend is....I just don't trust DC anymore.

It's a stupid reason, I know, especially for a Marvel fan, but I'm just tired of all the crap that DC throws at us, and expect us to just go along with it. The last halfway-decent/good DC movie I saw, RED wasn't even made by Legendary Pictures, like every other DC film. The director of RED was the owner of the studio, diBonaventura Productions, which bought the rights to it.

Another great movie, V for Vendetta, was also done by another company.

Is this really what it's come to? We have to hope DC sells the rights to another company, just to see a half-decent movie? The exact opposite of the Marvel situation, where we hope that the rights go back to Marvel?

I know what you're all thinking: The Dark Knight.



DC seems to care only about two things: Money, and Batman, their main way to GET money. The Dark Knight was a great movie, but that's because DC cares more about Batman than any other character they put effort into. He's their poster boy, and they pull out all the stops for him.

Not to mention, it's obvious the Dark Knight didn't set a standard for DC.




I did some research, and do you know what I found out? You really want to know?

You know what the last DC film was that was a Non-Batman, critical and financial success?




For Non-Nolan films:



Un. [Frick]ing. Acceptable.

DC deserves better than this. The characters deserve better than this. We deserve better than this.

Now, don't get me wrong. I hope Green Lantern is good. I HOPE it breaks the trend of bad films we've seen for the past 20 years. I hope that finally, finally, a non-Batman film can finally be a success. But don't expect me to be there on opening week.

If it's good, then hell yeah I'll see it. But DC needs to earn my trust back.
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manymade1
manymade1 - 2/19/2011, 5:30 AM
Your absolutely right man. Very nice and desciptive.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 2/19/2011, 5:45 AM
Very good point. DC needs to put much more effort into their characters other than Batman. Marvel's already planning films for lower-class heroes like Dr. Strange and Black Panther while DC is struggling to make one for big-name Wonder Woman.
ChrisW
ChrisW - 2/19/2011, 5:53 AM
Wonder Woman is lame (lassos of truth) ?? Green Lantern will only be bad if they don't fix the CGI. I know it, you know it and at this point I'm sure WB knows it too.
dnno1
dnno1 - 2/19/2011, 6:03 AM
Why don't you just come out of the closet and say that you won't go because you are a Marvel fan? It just makes it easier to connect the dots. All I can say after that is you will be missing out on a major event. Hopefully you will have the opportunity to watch it at home on PPV the following month.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 2/19/2011, 6:05 AM
@Xenix last I heard it was in development, and FoxNews.com, Warner Bros is planning to release it in 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman#Live-action_film
Guess we'll see if it will be made at all.
golden123
golden123 - 2/19/2011, 6:14 AM
So then don't see it on opening weekend. I don't get what you were trying to prove.
golden123
golden123 - 2/19/2011, 6:27 AM
@intruder: Spider-man 3 came out in 2007, The Wolverine hasn't got a release date yet, and Ant-man will get 2013 at the earliest. Why you didn't include Jonah Hex is beyond me. I also think Red, The Losers and the Spirit should be on the DC list, and adding those would also make Kick-ass elidgable for the Marvel list. So instead of 5 to 13, It would be 9 to 11. Yeah not such a big difference anymore.
Havok89
Havok89 - 2/19/2011, 6:52 AM
Even if they will fix CGI, Green Lantern can still fail on so many levels.

Hopefully it won't suck;)
TheTalent
TheTalent - 2/19/2011, 7:13 AM
Nice one. I wouldn't want to be sat next to you anyway.
Ethic
Ethic - 2/19/2011, 7:21 AM
@ Intruder

Dude, one guy commented you about editing the list you made and suddenly that becomes "DC fans are too damn desperate to attach other creative works.."
Please stop generalizing.
If it were 2 others and one guy said "Marvel fans all etc etc" you'd flip out.

Not arguing or anything, just stop labeling everyone.


0zymandias
0zymandias - 2/19/2011, 7:34 AM
I thought this out to be a somewhat good article but I must confess that your explicit reasoning:"The reason I won't see GL on opening weekend is....I just don't trust DC anymore" is so obtuse. You admit it's a stupid reason, and you even self proclaim yourself a Marvel-fan. And tired of all the crap? I think this is an interesting approach. What defines good or bad in your mind, when it comes to comicbookmovies? How would you measure this at all? I don't think you really can.
I also think you are fully aware that it is WB's right to control what comes out of movies from DC yet you seem to have forgotten to mention this.
If there is someone you shouldn't trust it would be WB but I can't really see how you can trust a company of such quality, as I would say.

I should write an article explaining I don't trust Marvel and that's why I won't watch Thor or Captain America during the opening week, and I should argue: because X-Men was in my eyes terrible, Wolverine Origins was even worse and Iron Man 2 did not impress me at all. That does not really sound like an established and/or legitimate reasoning for not seeing Captain America or Thor, or even The Avengers when it comes out does it?
After all the comicbookmovies I have seen I have still to be truly content. Why you might ask; no comicbookmovie will be truly as the perceiver(fan/even fanboy) wants it to be. There is almost no way a movie in this industry can fully satisfy each and everyone.

You even end your article with "If it's good, then hell yeah I'll see it. But DC needs to earn my trust back". So your opinion depends on the majority of people's, and obviously not your own innate sense of individualism to think for yourself?
I fully acknowledge that we watch movies or even buy cars and other merchandise according to such for theirs reappraisal. However the concept of good and bad comes up again, and it feels almost supererogatory of you. You end up becoming more informative of your own nescience.
It is good to voice and have your own opinions but this subject does seem to me to be more of an agenda here.

It would also be dumb to hold onto your personal conviction about a company, making you unable or unwilling to watch a certain film SIMPLY because it has disappointed you but to outright say you dont trust a certain company on the grounds that it does follow up your prospective wish is just beyond changeling to me.
This article seems to me to be purely based on your sentiments, not anything else. I am sorry.

(And just to clarify I am 50/50 on the DC/Marvel rivalry, by all means neutral.)
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 2/19/2011, 7:40 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that I saw the DC logo AND the Warner Bros. logo in front of V for Vendetta. Can you explain that?
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/19/2011, 7:45 AM
EPIC and GREEN LANTERN will be SPACE EPIC!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/19/2011, 7:46 AM
[frick] FOX... WB is Gold!

Cept HEX! : p
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 2/19/2011, 7:53 AM
@0zymandias

"I should write an article explaining why I don't trust Marvel and that's why I won't watch Thor or Captain America during the opening week, and I should argue: because X-Men was in my eyes terrible, Wolverine Origins was even worse and Iron Man 2 did not impress me at all"

That's not a fair judgment at all seeing as the only film on your list that was made by Marvel is Iron Man 2, and that is HARDLY a reason to distrust Marvel.

Iron Man 2 > Ever other sh!tty CBM combined.
0zymandias
0zymandias - 2/19/2011, 7:57 AM
@Indoraptor12 - I could mention The Incredible Hulk but I totally forgot. I do apologize. I am not that certain about what company actually creates all these movies, at least when it comes Marvel since a lot of it's comicbookmovie rights has been spread out. There is a lot of co-production in the Marvel universe.
I should've included more Marvel films in my main comment. However, my contention still stands
Ethic
Ethic - 2/19/2011, 8:00 AM
@ Intruder
I didnt say you flipped, just that you might if someone else said it.
That's cool man, I actually didn't know Watchmen came from Vertigo I never had the novel.
But y'know that's not all DC fans it's just some people so no need to throw the DC or Marvel tag on everyone.
Or "fanboy" lol everyone calls eachother that like an insult.
And btw that Guyver film has been in my video collection since I was 7 ha, awesome flick, like hardcore power rangers.
Ethic
Ethic - 2/19/2011, 8:06 AM
@indoraptor12

That was the point he was trying to make man, that listing films from different film companies and then saying you distrust DC or Marvel is unfair.

And yea even though I mucccch preferred Iron Man 1, part 2 was still very good and wipes the floor with half the others.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 2/19/2011, 8:25 AM
@Ozmianias

Dude, The Incredible Hulk is one reason to TRUST Marvel. That was an excellent CBM. Sorry man... you may not have liked it, but most people did, including fans of the character.

@Zeroethic

Your point is exactly what Xenix is trying to make. He's saying that the only impressive movies based off of DC characters WERE in fact made by third-party studios and not DC themselves. As a result, we shouldn't judge DC based off the success of those films.
RoscoeFolgers
RoscoeFolgers - 2/19/2011, 8:27 AM
Good for you. I hope you're happy not enjoying things because you want to convince people who don't care that your preferred company is better.
gmoney0505
gmoney0505 - 2/19/2011, 8:42 AM
LMAO. Even more hate articles about GL. If you are a comic book fan, you need to see GL. Marvel only has 2 out of the four or five movies they made that are good and you are not boy-cotting those.

The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man are great movies. X-Men Wolverine and Iron Man 2 are horrendous.

LOL at the people talking about GL needs to fix the CG to be good when a new Thor trailer was released a few days ago with worse CG than a 3 month old GL trailer and the double standard people who watched that don't complain one bit.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 2/19/2011, 9:12 AM
@gmoney0505

Hahahahaha. Sorry, bud... Marvel has only 3 films out right now. Wolverine is NOT a Marvel film. And Iron Man 2 was excellent, unless you're a DC nut. You guys like to pretend that IM2 is Marvel's Catwoman or Jonah Hex. But it's not, now is it?
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/19/2011, 9:45 AM
you raised some good points,personally i believe if it ain't got batman in the title they're not intrested.

i'm only going to watch the green lantern for sinestro the movies savior.

marvel hasn't made a bad movie yet from iron man - the incredible hulk they've been good - very good & it looks like thor & captain america are gonna continue the trend.

best dc movies are watchmen,superman the movie,superman 2,v for vendetta,batman(1989),batman begins & the dark knight(nolan batmans are over rated there good but not great) & thats it.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 2/19/2011, 10:27 AM
@marvel72

It's interesting that you bring up Watchmen. I actually thought Watchmen was very good, but if you ask the general public what they thought about it, it wouldn't be as well-received as what DC fans make it out be. As a matter of fact, you would find that more people liked Iron Man 2 than they did Watchmen. Yet DC fans like to treat Iron Man 2 like Marvel's leper but they treat Watchmen like DC's golden egg. What a revolting development this is!
Highball
Highball - 2/19/2011, 10:28 AM
@ Xenix - In response to your article: So don't. Don't see it on opening weekend. You're [frick]ing loss.
We'll spoil everything for you here before you see it ;p
gmoney0505
gmoney0505 - 2/19/2011, 10:35 AM
@indoraptor12
Iron Man 2 is one of the worst movie to be a sequel. It looked good that's about it. It had a animated series plot to it. The villain screen time is like 15 minutes and 12 of those minutes are him building robots through the whole movie with a parrot and you see him 30 seconds at the end. Half of his dialouge you can barely understand it. Samuel L. Jackson was dressed up as Nick Fury but was playing himself in the movie. the story was put was aside to build up the avengers movie. Black Widow served no purpose to the movie. Don Cheadle did not fit in the movie well. Too short of action scenes. Character development was non-existence in the movie. Too much boring dialogue. From story wise and character wise it is basically Catwoman and Jonah Hex only just look better. At least CW and Jonah movie had villains in the movie actually do villainous things throughout the movie. Iron Man 2 is even below Fantastic 4 movies.

Iron Man 1 is an great movie. One of my favorite comic book movie. Iron Man 2 just did a 180 degree spin and went backwards.

@Xenix
yeah i read your article. You are basically boycotting the movie if you don't see it until you hear it is good. But you won't know if it is good until you see it for yourself.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/19/2011, 10:55 AM
@indoraptor12

watchmen is the best dc comic movie ever,i'd have to admit the first time i watched iron man 2 i didn't enjoy it as much as iron man,but i think that was down to.

1.expected alot after iron man,maybe too much.

2.annoying little shits with their mobile still on,vibrating & lighting up every five minutes & kids getting up for a piss.

but once i got the movie on blu-ray i enjoyed it 100x more than when i first watched it.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 2/19/2011, 11:25 AM
@gmoney0505

That's the same kind of nonsense that you DC fans always like to spurt out when you try to bash IM2. Unfortunately, it doesn't hold any water when you apply logic to the argument.

First off, the story of Iron Man 2 had NOTHING to do with The Avengers. The Avengers subplot was barely 5 minutes of the entire movie. Was the government's fear of the Iron Man armor relevant to The Avengers? No. Was Ivan Vanko and Justin Hammer relevant to The Avengers? No. Was Tony Stark's palladium poisoning relevant to The Avengers? No. The only things that were Avengers related was Nick Fury and Black Widow, and EVEN THEN they were relevant to the main story as well. Seriously, when you DC fans make this argument it just sounds like you're jealous that DC isn't making the Justice League any time soon.

If you hated the dialogue in the second Iron Man, then surely you must have hated the dialogue in the first one. Because both films had the same kind of banter between the characters. Your flimsy logic doesn't hold water.

Don Cheadle played a badass Rhodey while Terrence Howard played a wuss. Terrence would have looked EXTREMELY awkward in the suit. Trying to say that Cheadle didn't fit in with the movie is just an excuse to bash Marvel for the bad luck they've had with some of their actors.

Ivan Vanko had more screentime than Iron Monger. And the action scenes were far longer and GRANDER than the action scenes in Iron Man 1. (Don't believe me? Get out a stop-watch.) Let me remind you that in the final fight scene with Iron Monger Tony Stark wasn't even wearing a functional armor! At least in the final fight scene with Whiplash and the Hammer Drones we got to see Iron Man and War Machine going full-auto!

But probably where your credibility falls MOST flat was when you put Iron Man 2 beneath the Fantastic Four, Jonah Hex, and Catwoman. That alone proves that you're either A.) a liar, or B.) a moron. I'm thinking it's a bit of both.
Checkmate
Checkmate - 2/19/2011, 11:30 AM
Well, it's not DC, it's WB that do stuff with characters in the DCU.
I'm still glad that WB is at least giving lesser known characters a chance, with Green Lantern, and Flash in development.

And @inruder, Ant-Man is definitely coming out in 2013, I mean come on now, they haven't even started casting, and as far as I know, Superman's farther along than he is.
bigbgl
bigbgl - 2/19/2011, 11:46 AM
i love how the marvel fans have nothing better to do than come on the green lantern site and talk nonsense about dc's movie failures. when in reality it is marvel that has more epic failures under it's belt. at least as far as your guys' standards are concerned

dare devil (absolutely god awful)
spiderman 2+3 (failed attempts to a trilogy, aren't they "rebooting it?")
fantastic four 1+2 (cheesy as hell!!)
xmen 1+2+3 (supreme cheese!! old ass scrawny magneto in miserable attempt for a
_ costume design!! and completely butchered the awesome legacy of
_ x-men!! )
hulk and the incredible hulk (hahahahahahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!)
punisher: warzone (terrible)
xmen origins wolverine (fail. gambit fail. come on, they had to have a black eyed p _ eas member to help sell it.)
and the next epic fail to come - captain america (i don't need anymore government subliminal brain washing.)

and you're right. marvel doesn't have to sell their rights to other side production companies.... they just sorely needed disney's help for funding.

and don't get me wrong, i loved a majority of those movies BECAUSE THEY'RE COMIC BOOK MOVIES!!!!!!!! that's what this is all about. this site belongs to the true comic book fans who want to see their favorite childhood superheroes come to life, not a bunch of ignorant little dweeb children who think they know everything and are cool cuz they are marvel fans.

thus concludes my article on why i WILL watch EVERY cbm that comes out EVERYTIME.. with the exception of hulk 2 and captain america.... hahahahahaaaa!!!
ThreeBigTacos
ThreeBigTacos - 2/19/2011, 11:59 AM
@ GMoney0505 "LOL at the people talking about GL needs to fix the CG to be good when a new Thor trailer was released a few days ago with worse CG than a 3 month old GL trailer and the double standard people who watched that don't complain one bit."

Seriously? You think the Thor trailer had worse CG than the GL trailer? are you blind or just being a hater? LOL I feel bad for you, and your GL tightie whities.
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