New Green Lantern movie concept art

[Cicero]

Re: Green Lantern's Light!

Well, Alan's a special case. But I do love him. How can you not love a character named Green Lantern whose costume features so much red and purple?

Oh, I love him too, being a JSA fan. Though I can't decide if it's in spite of the costume or because of it...

I've always loved the Golden Age feel (and the naiveté) of Alan's costume. Whenever they try to modernize or change his outfit, it just leaves me cold. He's a character from the 40s, and I have no problem with him looking it.

I really liked his costume in Zero Hour. It updates the 40s design without dramatically altering its feel. (As it happens, Zero Hour was only the third Alan Scott story I read; I didn't even realize that his costume had changed until I read an issue of JSA about ten years later.)

 

[Admiral_Young]

Re: Green Lantern's Light!

Yes, in the first draft of the script (do a google search if you want to read it) Alan appears at the end of the movie as the director of Meta-Human Affairs or some such and is questioned by Clark Kent (the Kent cameo was removed during the second re-write for obvious reasons) and he has a line where he says to Hal something like "I knew what it was like wearing a ring once".

 

[Christopher]

Re: Green Lantern's Light!

Had to see what it would look like:

Doesn't work for me. It's too unbalanced, too top-heavy with green. The contrast between the green cape and red tunic works better visually. If the cape and tunic are both green, it's more of an indistinct blob of color, and the green/yellow chest emblem is somewhat lost in the blob rather than standing out against the red. Contrast is good.

There's nothing wrong with the colors of Alan Scott's costume. The one problem I see with it is that high collar, which would obscure his peripheral vision. Plus a shorter cape would be more functional.

 

[SalvorHardin]

The first is a mountain outcrop on Oa which looks like Memorial Hall – a place of dedication to fallen Lanterns. If you look closely, you can see Hal Jordan going to meet Sinestro, and what looks like Morrow (the Lantern version of Cryptkeeper) floating around. In the distance, you can see the massive tower that acts as the Guardians Chamber, housing the Guardians of the Universe as they lord over the Lanterns and the charge of keeping an orderly universe.​

The second is a clear, wide-open shot of Oa with a great green beam shooting out of the chamber deep underground where the Lanterns meet and get assignments.​

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/fe...-pieces-go-a-set-visit-report-will-follow.php

 

[Gojira]

Very nice! I am really looking forward to this movie and so far nothing has disappointed me.

 

[Admiral_Young]

They both look amazing and I'm highly anticipating an "The Art of Green Lantern" book as well as the novelization next summer. The more stuff they show us, the more excited I get. I can't wait for the teaser trailer next month.

 

[doubleohfive]

very cool.

 

[Gojira]

They both look amazing and I'm highly anticipating an "The Art of Green Lantern" book as well as the novelization next summer. The more stuff they show us, the more excited I get. I can't wait for the teaser trailer next month.

Is it going to be a full trailer or just a teaser?

 

[Thestral]

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I really liked his costume in Zero Hour. It updates the 40s design without dramatically altering its feel. (As it happens, Zero Hour was only the third Alan Scott story I read; I didn't even realize that his costume had changed until I read an issue of JSA about ten years later.)

That's a nice costume, but for me there's something appealing about the "pants with belt" look that Alan's traditional costume (and Jay Garrick's for that matter) have going for them that the Zero Hour/Sentinel costume loses. And the yellow cape... things.

Here's somebody that's put the different Alan Scott costumes side by side.

Yes, in the first draft of the script (do a google search if you want to read it) Alan appears at the end of the movie as the director of Meta-Human Affairs or some such and is questioned by Clark Kent (the Kent cameo was removed during the second re-write for obvious reasons) and he has a line where he says to Hal something like "I knew what it was like wearing a ring once".

Heh, nice. Minor, but an obvious shout-out to those who know.

There's nothing wrong with the colors of Alan Scott's costume. The one problem I see with it is that high collar, which would obscure his peripheral vision. Plus a shorter cape would be more functional.

The high collar/long cape look I think adds to the mix of sorcery/The Cape that the character's taken on, and it's not as though it's significantly longer than Batman's, for example.

 

[Christopher]

Re: Green Lantern's Light!

Looking like a sorcerer may be cool, but it's no good if it gets you killed because your stupid high collar kept you from seeing the bad guy sneaking up behind you. At least Batman can theoretically turn his head and see stuff to his sides or behind him (though cinematic versions of the costume have often lacked that ability).

 

[JacksonArcher]

I'm assuming a full trailer. They showed a teaser at Comic-Con that didn't really have much of the film's finished special effects yet. I'm assuming now that principal photography has wrapped, we'll get a look at Hal Jordan in costume and some of the film's special effects.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

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Most superhero costumes are best not taken too literally. That way lies madness.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I stated a teaser because that trailer from comic con was never released to the public (as far as I know) and movies normally have their first trailer in a teaser format. For instance I think it possible the Lantern trailer will resemble or be similar to the "Scream 4" teaser (it wasn't a full length trailer) maybe a minute or so. It will have some kind of voice over and have rapid cuts showing what JacksonArcher suggested. Just my feeling, even better if I'm wrong and we get a full trailer!

 

[Christopher]

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Don't tell me, tell Alan Kistler, who writes the intriguing "Agents of S.T.Y.L.E." column over at Newsarama. Capes with high, vision-obscuring collars (such as Mister Miracle's) are something he's criticized for their absurdity more than once. That column is also where I learned about the importance of balance in a costume's design and colors.

 

[Mr Light]

Those paintings look nothing like the comic book version. In the comics Oa is an actual city of buildings, built up crazy like a mini Coruscant.

 

[Admiral_Young]

That is why the article says they wanted to give the planet more depth and substance than the comic book version has which I think is great.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Looks great!

And no, it doesn't look much like the comic book.

 

[Sigh]

Squee?

 

[JonnyQuest037]

That is why the article says they wanted to give the planet more depth and substance than the comic book version has which I think is great.

I hate it whenever the filmmakers make disparaging comments about the source material like that.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

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I've read several of those, even though I don't always agree with his conclusions. I particularly love it when he brings in Tim Gunn in to critque the costumes.

Mr. Miracle's costume (high collar and all) has always made perfect sense to me, because he's as much a performer as he is a superhero. His costume should be flashy and ostentatious. And the colors are nicely balanced.

But then, I graduated from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art back in '97, so I've thought about superhero costumes a LOT more than is probably healthy.