I don’t think there are many superheroes I’m more apathetic about than Green Lantern. While I don’t share Devin’s outright scorn for the guy, I’ve never been fired up by any version of the character except Guy Gardener. And Guy was only alright when Giffen, DeMatteis and Maguire pit his childish self-aggrandizing against Batman in 1987.
So when Latino Review’s El Mayimbe, who is often perfectly on the money in matters like this, reports that WB wants Ryan Gosling to be Hal Jordan in the upcoming Green Lantern flick…well, it’s not Gosling’s fault that I don’t feel that Robert Downey, Jr. = Tony Stark ‘click’.
In truth, though, Gosling would be a solid choice for the role. He’s under-exposed for the half of the popular consciousness that doesn’t have ovaries and has the chops necessary to humanize Jordan enough to carry the movie between action sequences.
Despite LR’s good sources, this is still just a potential deal in the making, not something that has been formally offered to the actor. But if the studio wants it and can point to the outrageous success of other comic book properties, what’s the chance that Gosling could resist if the offer did go out?
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Ryan Gosling has the charisma of a wet paper bag. He's soooooo cute in the notebook tho.. ;p LOL WTF IDK HAG FGT GTWEI JHSI SOK!!! ZOMG!!!
I hope it's dark.
Know what doesn't fire me up? This sites fucking pop up ad's that appear in the middle of my fucking screen.
Agreed, Michael. The current Quarantine full-page pop-up is ruining my CHUD experience even more than the return of the comments section (and those who think it's an AICN talkback and respond as such).
In regards to Gosling as Green Lantern, he's a compelling enough actor. Honestly, it was inevitable that he take on some kind of superhero property, like most other talented actors on the edge of public consciousness. While I enjoy the concept and aesthetic of GL in comics and cartoons, I can't say that I give much of a damn about this becoming a movie, unless some absurdly imaginative filmmaker(s) get attached.
Guys, get a popup blocker and quit complaining already! This problem is completely within your power to stop. As for the article, I don't get a Hal Jordan vibe off Gosling. I suppose it might work, but the choice doesn't seem inspired. Surely there are better possibilities.
hey there scott buddy, you DO notice you're complaining about the comments section ON the comment section, right? Anywhoo, Im all for Gosling on this….he has the power to elevate a crappy or substandard movie (half-nelson, fracture) to watchable and even enjoyable status
I guess no one on this site has read Johns' Green Lantern, especially Devin, if he did there would be no scorn. Johns has turned Green Lantern into the new Star Wars. And Hal Jordan is basically Han Solo so find a young Harrison Ford and there's your Hal Jordan.
The last time I really cared about Green Lantern is when I accidently flushed his action figure down the toilet when I was five. Heartbreaking
If nothing else, GL would be a much more visually interesting superhero than most of what's left. I don't know how Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Thor, etc can be done in a way that isn't corny, but I can see a guy in green light armor creating forcefields, shields, etc working on the big screen.
As long as they avoid giant boxing gloves.
While I agree that Green Lantern's cinematic appeal is problematic – the powes of the character are sooo divorced from what the actor is actually doing – hiring someone like Baz Luhrman to direct could make this movie a completely fresh, honest, important contribution to cinema and to popular mythology.
I think I liked the idea of a GL movie better when it was suppose to have Jack Black and was all gonna be played as a joke. Ryan Gosling sucks, which is why he got fired from the lovely bones, and why he can only get garbage like Lars and the blow up doll or whatever the fuck that was.
Anyone else get the feeling that the first film, likely an origin story would be oretty much earthbound, while a sequel would pretty much pull the character from the relative "reality" of the story and throw him into outer space shennanegins? I can see it already, and it has yet to happen. Fuck.
Also, fuck the ads. The site is now unreadable beyond hyperbole. Also, fuck the next eighteen people to post below who do not reference the top half of my GL post before layering on the gaity about my ad-rant.
Gosling as GL ? Sweet! A sloe-eyed, mouth-breathing ring slinger who looks and sounds as if he needs to blow his nose. Brilliant casting, truly.
This movie will tank beyond anything that came before. I'm talking 'Steel' tanking. Nobody outisde his relatively small fanbase gives two turds about this character. To most people he's known as 'that green queer with the ring, oooh!' I'd rather see a fucking Plastic Man movie than this.
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