I can see that.
John Stewart or Hal Jordan
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Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China IS Guy Gardner.
Good god that man/character could talk some self-obsessed bollocks.
Good god that man/character could talk some self-obsessed bollocks.
Guy would have to be portrayed by someone who could pull off cock-sure and self-aggrandizing, but also play the subtler moments where you realize he's a good guy underneath it all.
Kurt Russel could certainly do that.
Kurt Russel could certainly do that.
The "good Guy" under it all kind of ruined the character for me.
Even finding the back issues that situated that he was brain damaged from a coma ruined it for me, then when they retroactively said that alien godmonsters fought through time in his mind kicking the shit out of his decency in the pages of Warrior just made me want to cry.
Guy Gardner is not complex.
He's a bit of a dick.
besides, who else but the braindamaged are completely devoid of fear?
Even finding the back issues that situated that he was brain damaged from a coma ruined it for me, then when they retroactively said that alien godmonsters fought through time in his mind kicking the shit out of his decency in the pages of Warrior just made me want to cry.
Guy Gardner is not complex.
He's a bit of a dick.
besides, who else but the braindamaged are completely devoid of fear?
Of course he's a dick, but he's also a good person... for the most part.
He's not that good a dude, but it really depends on the writer. Sure, he always had heart, but still an asshole. Of coure, these days he's not nearly as scummy as he was when Giffen and deMatteis wrote him. He's merely abrasive. It's a bit of a shame, since the awfulness made him more unique.
Oh, and of course, the answer to the OP is Kyle Rayner. Especially from a filmic standpoint, the Rayner era is potentially the most interesting, because he would have the best villain. Specifically, Hal Jordan.
Oh, and of course, the answer to the OP is Kyle Rayner. Especially from a filmic standpoint, the Rayner era is potentially the most interesting, because he would have the best villain. Specifically, Hal Jordan.
Kyle Rayner is fail.
True nuff. Though in fairness, there aren't a lot of movies period with $150 million+ budgets, and few of those (that I can see) are focused on a single person. And a couple are animated.
Reynolds is 34 and Will Smith is 42, so...
Chiwetel Ejiofor? (33)
Idris Elba? (38)
Terrence Howard? (41)
They may be somewhat obvious choices though, I guess.
Ten years ago, Keith David, Laurence Fishburn, or Forest Whitaker would've been great choices. Probably too old to serve as the main lead now (David almost certainly), though I'd be happy with any of them.
Consider every single super hero movie from the past decade. Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine, Green Hornet, Superman, Iron Man
Or the Harry Potter movies.
Almost now ALL the summer tent pole movies are over 100 million, if not 150 million.
Since no one else is going to say it.
I am going to say it...
Wanye Brady.
How about Cockroach? Y'know from ER and Lie to me?
Malcolm Jamal Warner looked goooooood on Community last week.
John is a marine and an architect. I think he used the marine corps to get an education, but he was quite young in the 70s when he begun histaining as the emergency replacement lantern.
But then it's not like Hal Jordan didn't have to sneak out of prison to fight evil in the beginning that it was so outrageous if John had to risk being classified AWOL if Hector Hammond orthe Shark were proving to be difficult assholes.
I am going to say it...
Wanye Brady.
How about Cockroach? Y'know from ER and Lie to me?
Malcolm Jamal Warner looked goooooood on Community last week.
John is a marine and an architect. I think he used the marine corps to get an education, but he was quite young in the 70s when he begun histaining as the emergency replacement lantern.
But then it's not like Hal Jordan didn't have to sneak out of prison to fight evil in the beginning that it was so outrageous if John had to risk being classified AWOL if Hector Hammond orthe Shark were proving to be difficult assholes.
$100 million, absolutely - even Catwoman and Fantastic Four cracked that number. But most of the 41 $155 million plus crowd (especially for superheros) are sequels or threequels, and only one Harry Potter cracked $155 million. Spider-Man, Batman Begins, XMO: Wolverine, The Green Hornet, and Iron Man were all at $150 million or less (Iron Man, Spider-Man, The Green Hornet were less). Hancock's apparently going to get a sequel, and I'm betting it gets a larger budget.
I think you've got a good point overall though - it just requires a little more trust in the non A-Listers (or even B-Listers sometimes) of the comic verses.
ISTR John's marine background was retconned in because of the Justice League cartoon, wasn't it?
Not sure.
I have a Green Arrow and John Stewart comic from the early 80s, and there's no way he would have survived in the military with that attitude. Chip on his shoulder acting like a baby assuming he is being patronized by the superhonkeys.
I have a Green Arrow and John Stewart comic from the early 80s, and there's no way he would have survived in the military with that attitude. Chip on his shoulder acting like a baby assuming he is being patronized by the superhonkeys.
I agree. But, sadly, I don't think the studios have that trust. Maybe on a 50 million dollar movie.
Sure, but in an affable way, whereas Hal Jordan is a humorless dick, a drunk driver, an ephebophile, and a mass-murderer.
But I never really disliked him till he came back. Same deal with Barry Allen and Ollie Queen. I think I just hate zombies.
(And John Stewart is okay.)
It's true that Jordan is an overachiever, which just heightens the contrast with emo whiner Rayner.
What this thread is missing is an image of Jon Stewart dressed as a Green Lantern.
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
Howard is headed for a fall, just like Charlie Sheen, or so I've heard. The first two guys are fine, though.
