GL In 3D - Wowee - Not.
For, truly folks, years ago thinking that there would be, one day, a Green Lantern movie released in theaters using the 3D technology, was pure folly indeed. You might as well dream of seeing a Silver Surfer flick all made out of CGI (which was extremely hard to predict since CGI, computer-generated imagery, is such a relatively NEW TOY as it is for filmmakers today) or wish for a Justice League ensemble cast featuring, basically, the cast of Ocean's Eleven as the World's Greatest Super-Heroes? You might even dream of seeing obscure comic-book characters like Kilowog, Sinestro and Tomar-Re brought to life on the big screen, while you're at it - or an entire feature featuring a CGI Hulk - ha! Oh, wait a minute...
Anyways... GREEN LANTERN has arrived, for better and for worse (knowing DC, it is always both) so if you want to see old-fashioned super-heroics, just slightly retooled for the tastes of the day, sparkled with just a zest of campiness for good old times' sake (that's the way DC accustomed us to it, you know it) - go for it! Guy Rayner... no, Kyle Gardner... that's not it, dammit... Hal Jordan; that's the guy! Although he was D-E-A-D dead, just a short time ago? But he obviously got all recovered from that and now he has his own MOVIE! Yay. Casual fans though (and they all are, nowadays) cannot even remember the hero's true name anymore - so forget about anyone remembering his arch-nemeses, fellow Corps members or that unnecessarily-long oath that he seems to have to speak each time he dons the ring, let alone the costume...! (We are a long way from simple formulas à la "Wonder Twins Powers - Activate!", "Power Rangers - er, Attack?" or "Flame On"...! No, it is nothing like that - for it originates from the Silver Age, folks...! Gardner Fox > Stan Lee... you know it! Lest it is Julius Schwartz > Stan Lee...? Mort Weisinger > Jim Shooter! There you go! But I digress...)
A snippet of the movie, now... perhaps?
OK. Never mind...
Having said all that - I am not like the typical forgetful fanboy here.
I remember! (THE OATH, that is!)
I only had to hear it/read it ONCE - and it stayed with me forevermore!
Just like the classic Aquaman intro: "Aquaman - King of the Seven Seas! Able to summon and command every creature of the deep!" (...). Or the nearly-iconic Six Million Dollar Man intro: "Steve Austin, astronaut. (...) Gentlemen, we have the means to rebuild this man. Make him stronger, faster." (Cue in the music!) I may paraphrase, but it is not out of disdain as I confess to have for the Power Rangers there...! It is out of sheer creative retrospective embellishment; 20/20 hindsight...! Yes!
And so, that annoying oath, I REMEMBER IT AND I CAN RECITE IT - without copying and pasting either! (And do not even think to infer that watching the clip above refreshed my memory about it!)
In Brightest Day
In Blackest Night
No Evil Shall Escape My Sight
Let Those Who Worship Evil's Might
Beware My Power - Green Lantern's Light!
A bit self-serving as far as oaths go, but hey - who else will praise this guy's virtues these days? The Didiot of DC? Geoff Johns? The ghosts of Gil Kane and Jim Aparo? That's about it, right?
GL isn't even all that powerful in the Light department - he just isn't the brightest bulb in the JLA pack; everyone knows that! But he is the closest thing that DC has got that amalgamates (here is that accursed word again! Come back to haunt all the geekboys - again! Boo-hoo.) withering super-heroics and Star Wars/Star Trek style space operatics! And so he got the nod over The Flash, The Ray, Doctor Fate, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Captain "Shazam" Marvel, Captain Atom, Captain Carrot and many more!
SO there it is - GL - try and enjoy the show (because there will be no sequels!)
;)
Having said all that - I am not like the typical forgetful fanboy here.
I remember! (THE OATH, that is!)
I only had to hear it/read it ONCE - and it stayed with me forevermore!
Just like the classic Aquaman intro: "Aquaman - King of the Seven Seas! Able to summon and command every creature of the deep!" (...). Or the nearly-iconic Six Million Dollar Man intro: "Steve Austin, astronaut. (...) Gentlemen, we have the means to rebuild this man. Make him stronger, faster." (Cue in the music!) I may paraphrase, but it is not out of disdain as I confess to have for the Power Rangers there...! It is out of sheer creative retrospective embellishment; 20/20 hindsight...! Yes!
And so, that annoying oath, I REMEMBER IT AND I CAN RECITE IT - without copying and pasting either! (And do not even think to infer that watching the clip above refreshed my memory about it!)
In Brightest Day
In Blackest Night
No Evil Shall Escape My Sight
Let Those Who Worship Evil's Might
Beware My Power - Green Lantern's Light!
A bit self-serving as far as oaths go, but hey - who else will praise this guy's virtues these days? The Didiot of DC? Geoff Johns? The ghosts of Gil Kane and Jim Aparo? That's about it, right?
GL isn't even all that powerful in the Light department - he just isn't the brightest bulb in the JLA pack; everyone knows that! But he is the closest thing that DC has got that amalgamates (here is that accursed word again! Come back to haunt all the geekboys - again! Boo-hoo.) withering super-heroics and Star Wars/Star Trek style space operatics! And so he got the nod over The Flash, The Ray, Doctor Fate, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Captain "Shazam" Marvel, Captain Atom, Captain Carrot and many more!
SO there it is - GL - try and enjoy the show (because there will be no sequels!)
;)
TEN YEARS FROM NOW...
GL will be an FG
(sorry, Blake...!)
LOL
~ from the future
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