^ A GL television series does not have to be Earth-centered to be "affordable".
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Well.. with the constructs, I belive in the first season of Justice League cartoon with John, he said his imagination isn't that robust, so he has more.. simple scope of constructs.. so we could start with that.. make a brick wall, a sphere, simple energy blasts.. start out plain and the add to it..
first few episodes could have him getting the ring, then fly off to Oa to train, maybe with Sinistro.. so first few episodes could be a "Boot Camp" of sorts.. there would be a lot of rock quary, forested planets to go to
CGI Set extentions have gotten quite good.. as well.
Were not saying that there wound't be compromises, and wouldn't look as good as a movie, but just saying.. It is possible to do one today, where maybe 10, hell 5 years ago you couldn't
first few episodes could have him getting the ring, then fly off to Oa to train, maybe with Sinistro.. so first few episodes could be a "Boot Camp" of sorts.. there would be a lot of rock quary, forested planets to go to
CGI Set extentions have gotten quite good.. as well. Were not saying that there wound't be compromises, and wouldn't look as good as a movie, but just saying.. It is possible to do one today, where maybe 10, hell 5 years ago you couldn't
I don't know if they'd have to, they've done effects for stuff that didn't film in the UK before, Farscape filmed in Sydney for example. There are also a done of movi
Superman has been done many times and would be too close to Supergirl.
Batman Beyond would be an interesting one but could run into budget issues as it would have to be SFX heavy for the futuristic look (not impossible on a TV budget though probably a stretch for the CW though).
James Robinson's Starman.
Not that I think it will happen though
Not that I think it will happen though
I can imagine a CW version losing all of its raw, rough, Silver Age appeal (where the concept was at its best), and probably altered to the degree where it would be "Challengers" in name only.
Green Lantern Corps = Big Brother, the reality TV show.
Perhaps. Just thought it’d be easier on the vfx department than GL.
I remember watching Farscape for the first time on HBO Latin America. Everyone had Australian accents except for Ben Browder and a couple of other characters. It was the first time I had ever scene Browder and I was really impressed with his American accent--I kept trying to find flaws in it. At times I would even think he was putting too much effort into trying to sound American.
Must be the first time some-one has thought an American was trying too hard to sound American
Must be the first time some-one has thought an American was trying too hard to sound American
The same thing happened to me with Glenn Quinn on Angel -- I thought he was doing a blatantly fake Irish accent, and then I learned he was really Irish.
I don't think it is beyond the realm to pull off a GL series. The beauty of the property is that everything you want is already in the source material. I would not mind an Earth based GL series either. Space could be used in special episodes with the rest of the GL Corps. Let's not forget Supergirl is an alien.
Personally, I would love a good Hal Jordan series, but knowing CW, they would want John Stewart.
And that's fine, because John Stewart is a great character, and if they could somehow use Diggle as John Stewart (like a post-COIE change in his history), it could be exciting.
I wouldn't do what the Justice League Cartoon did, and ignore Hal Jordan.
My thinking would be this:
I would use COIE to make some changes in the Arrowverse. It's a great chance to do that.
Traditionally, Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen are close friends. But we haven't seen Hal Jordan yet.
No problem.
One thing I would do is that as Arrow ends, Oliver still has a good life and is still going to fight the fight. I just wouldn't focus on Star City anymore. The COIE can provide a new future for Oliver.
Whatever the ending for Oliver is, I would cast Hal Jordan as a friend of his. If COIE can rewrite the past, then fine. Let's make Hal Jordan someone who has been active. Oliver did know him, and he knows Barry as well.
But his duties could take him to deep space, which is why on this show, we will rarely see him. If this show is going to be John Stewart focused, then Hal would be a supporting character. Even if Hal is the main GL of the sector, John is the star of the show.
The story would be similar to the comics where Hal's backup, Guy Gardner, is hurt and John is selected by the Guardians to get the job. But unlike the comics, I would not want conflict between John and Hal early on.
The John Diggle we know is a different man than the John Stewart that was introduced in the comics, and I feel that the John Diggle we know would never rub Hal the wrong way.
Stewart's origin was retconned and is much more like Diggle.
On occasion, maybe they would have differences, but I wouldn't start it out that way.
The pilot would establish Hal as someone who might pop in with the big episodes, but John will be defending Earth while Hal is on a long term mission.
While I wouldn't have Hal and John butt heads, I would keep Guy Gardner on the show and John and Guy would be frenemies. Guy is a much better person to contrast with John. Hal is kind of the perfect GL. Guy is not. John Diggle and Hal are cut from the same mold, but Guy is different.
So the pilot would set everything up. Hal would be doing his thing, kicking ass, and being an all around great guy, not necessarily on Earth, and John and Guy would be doing their thing mostly on Earth.
John would be the lead. Guy would be a supporting character. Of course John's wife would be on the show, and we would take it from there.
Personally, I would love a good Hal Jordan series, but knowing CW, they would want John Stewart.
And that's fine, because John Stewart is a great character, and if they could somehow use Diggle as John Stewart (like a post-COIE change in his history), it could be exciting.
I wouldn't do what the Justice League Cartoon did, and ignore Hal Jordan.
My thinking would be this:
I would use COIE to make some changes in the Arrowverse. It's a great chance to do that.
Traditionally, Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen are close friends. But we haven't seen Hal Jordan yet.
No problem.
One thing I would do is that as Arrow ends, Oliver still has a good life and is still going to fight the fight. I just wouldn't focus on Star City anymore. The COIE can provide a new future for Oliver.
Whatever the ending for Oliver is, I would cast Hal Jordan as a friend of his. If COIE can rewrite the past, then fine. Let's make Hal Jordan someone who has been active. Oliver did know him, and he knows Barry as well.
But his duties could take him to deep space, which is why on this show, we will rarely see him. If this show is going to be John Stewart focused, then Hal would be a supporting character. Even if Hal is the main GL of the sector, John is the star of the show.
The story would be similar to the comics where Hal's backup, Guy Gardner, is hurt and John is selected by the Guardians to get the job. But unlike the comics, I would not want conflict between John and Hal early on.
The John Diggle we know is a different man than the John Stewart that was introduced in the comics, and I feel that the John Diggle we know would never rub Hal the wrong way.
Stewart's origin was retconned and is much more like Diggle.
On occasion, maybe they would have differences, but I wouldn't start it out that way.
The pilot would establish Hal as someone who might pop in with the big episodes, but John will be defending Earth while Hal is on a long term mission.
While I wouldn't have Hal and John butt heads, I would keep Guy Gardner on the show and John and Guy would be frenemies. Guy is a much better person to contrast with John. Hal is kind of the perfect GL. Guy is not. John Diggle and Hal are cut from the same mold, but Guy is different.
So the pilot would set everything up. Hal would be doing his thing, kicking ass, and being an all around great guy, not necessarily on Earth, and John and Guy would be doing their thing mostly on Earth.
John would be the lead. Guy would be a supporting character. Of course John's wife would be on the show, and we would take it from there.
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Must be the first time some-one has thought an American was trying too hard to sound American
Of course it was just my mind playing tricks because I was convinced that Browder was Australian. This was the nineties remember, and I only had internet at work.
To be sure.
Not only would the Berlanti production low ball FX as they do with the majority of their series, but we must remember the elephant in the room: it was Greg Berlanti who co-wrote the story & screenplay for, along with co-producing the amateurish piece of crap known as the Green Lantern movie from 2011, so his deep involvement with that film illustrates how he turned the GL concept into an absolute disaster. There's no reason to believe giving him another shot at the property would produce better results.
I'm still trying to figure out why it didn't work. They had some good ideas, though I guess there were issues with casting. It's amazing how a great actor in one role could be so wrong in another, and I think Ryan Reynolds as Hal was a mistake. A movie like that did some of the right things--it introduced Hal and the Corps, but maybe it was TOO effects focused and not enough story focused.
You're right that the effects could be less than you would think, but the way I would do it, an Earth based show, the idea would be that less effects would be needed. I don't foresee a concept like this involving more effects than Flash or Supergirl.
Is no one here for bringing back the original Laurel? I found killing her off and replacing her with her Earth 2 doubleganger in Arrow was a big mistake.
There wasn't nearly enough interaction between her and Sara. As both sisters almost never appeared simultaneously in the show.
There wasn't nearly enough interaction between her and Sara. As both sisters almost never appeared simultaneously in the show.
It cheapens death when characters are resurrected too often, or purely out of sentiment. It's a trope that should only be used when there's a good reason, a good story to tell -- ideally one that doesn't just erase the original loss, because that's just a copout. Bringing back Cassidy as Black Siren worked because it didn't erase the characters' loss, but reinforced it through the contrast between the Laurel they wanted and the Laurel they got. Same with Sarge on Agents of SHIELD this past season.