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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2010 0:26:50 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2010 8:14:12 GMT
Hmmm, downgraded from cinema trip to DVD 3-beer watch methinks.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 18, 2010 15:59:01 GMT
Looks a bit too unfocused for my liking. A poor man's attempt at Iron Man.
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Post by legios on Nov 23, 2010 20:40:00 GMT
I'm not sure what to make of it from that footage. They seem to be going for a sort of composite Green Lantern in terms of personality, but with Hal Jordan's backstory front and center. Not sure how well it is going to work at the moment, and I am not convinced about the CG uniform really.
Will I go and see it in cinemas? If there is a two-dee showing then I might well find myself going - it is Green Lantern and I have a lot of affection for the concept. (Besides, Killowog will shout at me for deserting my post otherwise...).
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 8, 2011 18:24:17 GMT
Just seen a TV ad. Tempted.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 8, 2011 18:37:10 GMT
I am looking forward to the GL film.
Andy
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Post by Hero on Jun 8, 2011 19:02:12 GMT
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Post by legios on Jun 8, 2011 19:23:34 GMT
I am quite looking forward to it as well. Not sure how well it will do with the general audience but as an on-and-off fan of Green Lantern over the years they have sold me on it.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 8, 2011 20:54:33 GMT
I'm only going to see it so Andu does not shout at me!
I will admit my interest is low as it does not have the Green Lantern chap from the cartoons (who I like) but has the chap from the comics (who I don't like) and I had not the slightest idea what was going on in the trailer that was in front of X-Men. But Martin Campbell the director has helped reboot Bond twice (very well, in my opinion) so we shall see.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 10, 2011 21:44:38 GMT
The GL animated film First Flight is on sale on DVD in the UK at long last. £5.00 in Asda.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2011 22:15:47 GMT
It's also a fiver in Tesco and Sainsburys.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 11, 2011 11:56:12 GMT
This might sound silly, but I'll be giving the GL movie a miss. The reason why is that now I've seen better pics of the costume it gives me the screaming heebie jeebies. It looks like his skin has been peeled away and we're looking at the muscles and tendons underneath. Horrible. I, er, changed bus stops to get away from a big picture of it.
I know that sounds daft, but there you go. Sorry, it's how it looks to me!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jun 11, 2011 12:05:29 GMT
This might sound silly, but I'll be giving the GL movie a miss. The reason why is that now I've seen better pics of the costume it gives me the screaming heebie jeebies. It looks like his skin has been peeled away and we're looking at the muscles and tendons underneath. Horrible. I, er, changed bus stops to get away from a big picture of it. I know that sounds daft, but there you go. Sorry, it's how it looks to me! -Ralph Looking at something in motion is different to seeing it standing still, just look at the Transformer movie designs. They are horrible and ugly for the most part, but they actually work on film, whereas something more traditional and boxy wouldmn't. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 11, 2011 12:15:47 GMT
I just can't. The design freaks me out too much and I don't care enough about GL to try to get past it.
The TF designs look arse in stills and fine in motion, but they don't freak me out in stills.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jun 11, 2011 12:16:28 GMT
The TF designs freak me out in stills ;(
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 11, 2011 12:17:00 GMT
Surrender your ring Lantern Burns!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 11, 2011 12:21:17 GMT
We're back to spooning again aren't we?
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Post by blueshift on Jun 11, 2011 12:28:13 GMT
Surrender your ring Lantern Burns! Andy I think Lantern Burns is infected by a big yellow space bug! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 11, 2011 12:38:44 GMT
Leave me alone!
*weeps*
I'll probably watch that cartoon DVD though.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jun 12, 2011 1:07:48 GMT
I'll probably watch that cartoon DVD though. -Ralph A loan of said can be easily arranged. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 12, 2011 9:32:03 GMT
£5 saved!
*activate Scottish stereotype mode*
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2011 17:53:19 GMT
As it costs me nowt, I will try, but that 'ripped skin off' costume still makes me feel a bit off.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 17, 2011 18:05:50 GMT
Nothing about the trailer tempts me to see it, so I won't unless I hear rave reviews from people.
I'll save my June cinema allowance for Transformers.
Martin
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Post by legios on Jun 17, 2011 20:04:23 GMT
Nothing about the trailer tempts me to see it, so I won't unless I hear rave reviews from people. I'll save my June cinema allowance for Transformers. Martin I will be going to see Green Lantern, it is pretty much inevitable. Didn't go this evening though - the 2d showings were inconveniently timed for me finishing work and I felt more like coming home and vegging on the sofa with a Gojira film. I have seen the Green Lantern animated film though, now that it has finally had a release over here. Quite liked that, good use of the Space-Cops aspect of the mythos and a good voice cast - even if hearing Trisha Helfer playing anything other than a Starships AI does sound odd to me. (The Transformers newspaper ads so far lack the all-important "also in 2D in selected theatres" small print, so I don't know if I can go and see that yet). Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2011 21:11:43 GMT
Tis fine. 2-D evening showings are listed on the Cineworld website from the 29th.
Green Lantern: Rarely has a superhero movie bored me so. I'll give the cartoon film a go though.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jun 18, 2011 6:02:57 GMT
Tis fine. 2-D evening showings are listed on the Cineworld website from the 29th. Ah, ta for the info. That clarifies that then. Owch not good. But does accord with what both the reviews I read yesterday were saying. Animated film has been sorted out for loan to you. Karl |
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Post by kayevcee on Jun 18, 2011 20:53:16 GMT
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Post by legios on Jun 19, 2011 12:54:07 GMT
Just back from seeing the Green Lantern live action film. Not impressed at all. A lot of the pieces to make a film were there but just kind of sitting there limply. The direction was surprisingly leaden and the film didn't really flow at all, and it seemed like a very good cast was floundering around a little at a loss to know what to do. Mark Strong was very good, but didn't really have a lot to do other than stand around looking pensive a lot, and Ryan Reynolds seemed to be a victim of the fact that he never seemed to know what tone a given scene was supposed to be.
A film about Intergalactic Cops who have rings that give them awesome cosmic powers should not be that boring.
It seemed to be going down well with the younger kids in the audience but I don't think it offers an adult audience much. Far inferior to the direct-to-DVD animated film, which I thought had a much stronger story and more interesting character interplay.
Karl
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Post by kayevcee on Jun 20, 2011 6:17:16 GMT
Went to see it today. The space/action bits were okay but everything in between was unbearable. The reasoning behind Hal being able to take on Parallax because he understands that fear is something to be overcome rather than ignored, while the Guardians with all their wisdom and experience AND the entire Green Lantern corps couldn't figure it out? Bullshit! Not to mention Parallax getting taken out like a total chump by a manoevure that I could have seen coming, never mind a planet-munching eternal cosmic dealiewhacker . Hal Jordan came over as such a thoroughly unlikeable character too- it's fair enough to give the protagonist flaws and weaknesses that he has to overcome on his journey to become a hero, but being a clueless self-absorbed berk that screws up the lives of everyone around him and just generally acts like a tosser just makes them unsympathetic. Having someone pathetic rise to awesomeness as the film goes on worked for Scott Pilgrim, but I don't think it worked here. There were a few genuinely funny lines, but mostly it wavered between 'meh' and 'argh'. Hector Hammond was good but had little to work with, and Carol Ferris was a lump of finely chiselled wood. A damn shame. -Nick |
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jun 26, 2011 20:58:12 GMT
Nick and Karl - totally spot on. I've been a fan of the GL comics since the early 90s, and this was just an underwhelming as hell movie. What really happened to be honest? Damn all ring constructs, Parallax being taken out by the stupidest reason ever, and not even a fun Rocky montage to show Hal's training. Getting a 3 minute arse kicking from Kilowog and Sinestro does not suddenly imbibe one with a full dose of training.
So disappointed with this. Thor beat the crap out of this one by a mile.
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