How's about...?

I know, two posts within a week? That's unpossible!





So, after thinking about it after my last post, I decided to start thinking about my OWN Green Lantern cast.



Because, ya know...I've got a direct line to Hollywood.



First, Nicholas Brendan as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern. He's can pull off the cockiness, and I'm pretty sure that the new kid at school part when Hal goes to Oa should be easy for him. Plus, he's due for a break.



Next, Michael Emerson as Ganthet. Whoa...I just blew my own mind. Reason for this: Ganthet is a manipulative sumbitch. Mr. Emerson can do that, so I've heard.


The next one should be fairly obvious to...well, everyone. Adam Baldwin as Guy Gardner. Book it, done. Baldwin is one of the better action-oriented actors out there, who can pull off both the toughness and quiptasticness (My word, but you can use it.) needed to be Gardner, as well as work with a team. Although...Adam Baldwin in a Moe Howard haircut? Maybe, MAYBE that could change.


The next one is kinda hard for me. John Stewart is a pretty cool GL, but hard to cast. A bunch of names came to mind, first off Chiwetel Ejiofor. But, honestly, I'm not a big fan of casting British actors in American roles (Or vice versa.), so that's kinda hard for me to admit to. I think Mr. Ejiofor has the toughness to pull off former Marine, and the sensitivity to pull off architect. But if I want to stick with an American, well...a buddy and I were discussing it, and a bunch of names came up. Mos Def aka Ford Prefect...Will Smith...Don Cheadle...and, my personal pick, Terrance Howard. Although, either of the last two could pull off the role, and, again, work well with a team. I also think DB Woodside would do well in this role.


Here's another easy one: Ron Perlman as one of my favorite GLs, Kilowog. The other way that one could have gone was with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson or Vin Diesel, but I see the former as not tough enough, and the latter, while a nerd (Skip the parts about the dating, look for the D&D stuff.), doesn't have the maturity, nor the experience, needed to pull off the GLs drill sergeant. (No, I do not want R. Lee Ermey to voice him. Shut up, you're wrong.)


Followed by another hard one, Kyle Rayner. Yeah, one of the more controversial GLs, taking over for Hal after he goes nutty cuckoo and a little bit dead. Dominic Monaghan was the first name that came to mind. But, again, I don't really want to cast a British actor in an American role. Zachary Levi could work, but he's a bit too nerdy. I'm gonna postpone this one for a while. I just can't think of anyone.


Oh, and stick Doug Jones in some funky make-up and he could be, like...half the GL Corps, but I'll settle for Tomar Re.



The next one doesn't, strictly speaking, have to be in the movie, but it was a fun one to cast. Alan Scott, the original, magic infused Green Lantern. Gotta have an older actor, who still looks like he could take on Solomon Grundy. Viggo Mortenson is way too grizzled, Ed Harris, honestly, doesn't seem action-y enough, not too mention being too old. Anthony Head is too British, but otherwise perfect. So who to choose? How's about Dennis Quaid?


That's all I got for now. Next time, I'm gonna work on the villains.

In brightest day...

So, where was I? :-)

Yeah, sorry, folks, I know it's been a while...a LOOOOOOOOOONG while since I last posted. Lots of doings a transpiring and whatnot and what have you. But I'm back. I'll be posting...irregularly, but more than once every...15 months, don't worry.

As you may have noticed from my little pic over yonder -->, I'm a Green Lantern fan. Just about always have been. Something about a weapon that isn't limited by anything except what YOU think, what YOU believe, by YOUR willpower...always struck me as fairly cool. I'm not even going into the weaknesses...those have been, esentially, done away with.

And the Oath! I've always been able to recite the Oath:

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!

Gives ya a thrill up the back, huh?

I say all this as a sort of preamble for my talking about the upcoming Green Lantern movie, due out in 2011.

Hold on, just got a chill typing that.

I'm good now.

Now, there have been a few other portrayals or GL over the years, but the only solo flick he's gotten has been a direct to video cartoon, where he was voiced by Christopher Meloni. I haven't seen it yet, but there was a lot of good buzz over it.

This one...I'm not sure about the casting decisions, honestly, and I'm starting at the top.

Now, don't get me wrong, I like Ryan Reynolds as an actor. Definitely, Maybe was friggin' genius, and he was friggin' awesome in Blade: Trinity...(Again, secondhand info, but that's the general concensus.) but I just don't think that he has the right KIND of cockiness to pull off Hal Jordan. Someone more like...Nathan Fillion or David Boreanaz. (The latter, you'll notice, has already voiced Hal, in Justice League: The New Frontier...so, come ON!)

Complaints aside, though, I like him, and I'm willing to give him this one...but I still think he's a better Deadpool. His delivery style fits better there, his comedy fits better there...hell, even his LOOK fits better there.

These next two bits, I hope, are reversed.

First, we have Peter Sarsgaard up for Hector Hammond. Now, looking through the dude's IMDb page, there's a lot there that I've heard of, if not seen, Garden State being the only one. And, I'll be honest, I don't remember him much from that.

Next, Jackie Earle Haley is rumoured to be cast as Sinestro, the former GL, and Hal Jordan's mentor, who turns evil. Which, really, with a name like Sinestro, it HAS to be evil. Now, JEH, I like. He was perfetly cast as Rorschach in Watchmen. He's creepily cast as Freddy Kruger in the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street remake. And, for God's sake, the man was a Bad News Bear! Okay, I haven't seen him in as much as I'd like to have, but I still like the dude.

Anyway, back to my point. These two guy's should be playing each other's role. JEH, who could pull off Sinestro wonderfully, just looks more like Hector Hammond than Sarsgaard. Hammond's not supposed to be tough, good looking, or built. In fact, in all of the appearances I've read, he's creeped me out a bit. So I say, recast them in each other's roles, and bam perfect villains.

Plus, it sounds like Hammond's going to be the main villain, with Sintestro training Hal (Yay, canon!), and I'd rather JEH get more work, honestly.

I dunno, though. I'm basing this mostly off look. I wasn't thrilled with Heath Ledger as the Joker at first, and look how THAT turned out. I'm going to have to just...wait until 2011 to find out, I guess.

Damn it. :-)

A couple other films notes:

How awesome is this poster for Iron Man 2? Super awesome is the answer.

Almost as awesome, in fact, as the last few seconds of the first trailer. Now, that trailer is chock full of awesome...but come on, who doesn't geek out seeing Iron Man and War Machine back to back, kicking ass?