Kind of spoilerish, but if you've seen the movie, read on!

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Kind of spoilerish but feel free to read after you've seen the movie, if you already have then read on...

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Iron Man 3 is Tony Stark's search for the answer to Captain America's question back in The Avengers: "Big man in a suit of armor. Take that away -- what are you?"

Tony had been holding onto his arc reactor chest piece because he thought it defined who he was as Iron Man, which is also why he spent a lot of sleepless nights building and building more armors.

In the end of IM3, with the help of the Extremis formula on Pepper, Tony could use it and also finally let his arc reactor go because he finally understood that Iron Man is the man who "built" the armor (The Mechanic) and not the armor that wears the man.

That similar meaning is also conveyed between Aldrich Killian and the real meaning behind The Mandarin. In other words, Killian was Tony, while The Mandarin was just Killian's suit of armor.

"I am the Mandarin" was what Killian said to Tony during their final

battle

, which did two things: 1st it highlighted probably Mandarin's most famous line "You'll never see me coming." 2nd it also reverberated the last thing Tony said before the end.

And despite that Tony no longer has any Iron Man suits to wear, it didn't matter anymore because like Tony said in the end of the film even without the armor, "I... AM... Iron Man".

P.S.

On a different sidenote, Killian was the human version of The Mandarin's Fing Fang Foom complete with dragon tattoos and fire breath!

For those that haven't seen the film, this shows you why the critics have given this film such NEGATIVE REVIEWS because of all the messy PLOT HOLES and inconsistencies the movie entails. For those that have already seen the movie, simply... enjoy! Btw, here's the Actual Plot / Script of the movie - Link to Green Lantern WIKI - to compare and follow along! Oh did I mention... PLOT HOLES? Enjoy!
 
Credit By "Topless Robot": http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/06/topless_robot_presents_the_best_scenes_from_the_gr.php 
 

Scene 1 - Ferris Air Base (Control Center)

Blake Lively's Dad: As head of Ferris Air, I want to sell my super-awesome drones to the military. So I'm going have Hal Jordan and my daughter Blake Lively, my own two test pilots, fight them and presumably lose.

Military Guy: Huh? Why would you do that? Why would you think we would be okay with that? You could have just secretly told your pilots to lose on purpose so we buy your drones. If you were even slightly intelligent, you would have definitely done that instead.

Blake Lively's Dad: Don't worry, gentlemen. Hal Jordan is such an a--hole, he will be unable to resist trying to win. I promise.

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Scene 2 - Ferris Air Base (Blake Lively's Dad's Office); after Hal and Blake return from air drone training

Blake Lively's Dad: Well, Hal, you used my daughter as a decoy and then cheated to defeat the drones.

Blake Lively: Specifically, you used me as a decoy, but didn't actually use that to your benefit, meaning you had me shot down for no reason whatsoever.

Blake Lively's Dad: Now the military is going to refuse the contract, I'm going to have to fire countless employees. Good men will lose their livelihoods because of you.

Blake Lively: And although you're supposedly such an awesome pilot, you had a total freakout for no reason whatsoever and also ended up destroying your incredibly expensive plane too.

Hal Jordan: (shrugs) Oh well. Whatcha gonna do?

Blake Lively's Dad: Christ, what an a--hole.

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Scene 3 - Off the Coast; Abin Sur's spacecraft crashed

Abin Sur: Hal Jordan. The ring has chosen you because you are fearless.

(1 minute earlier - inside an energy ball)
Hal Jordan: I'm afraid of being in this crazy green energy ball!

(10 minutes earlier - during air training)
Hal Jordan: I'm afraid of dying in a test plane like my dad!

(15 minutes after getting the ring - in a bar with Blake)
Hal Jordan: I'm afraid of intimacy!

(25 minutes later - in Oa)
Hal Jordan: I'm afraid of being a Green Lantern!

(30 minutes later - in Hal's apartment)
Hal Jordan: I'm afraid I suck as a Green Lantern!

Blake Lively: You do suck. Hard

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Scene 4 - Outside the bar

Newly Unemployed Man: Hal Jordan, you needlessly cost us our jobs at Air Ferris, apparently just to be a dick. We are going to beat you up outside this bar.

Hal Jordan: Hyah! (tries to throw punch, ends up throwing giant green fist; men go flying into walls and car windows)

Newly Unemployed Man: Really? The first use of your superpower is going to beat several men who you got fired unconscious?

Hal Jordan: Guess so!

Newly Unemployed Man: Christ, what an a--hole. (falls unconscious)

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Scene 5 - Government Laboratory

Hector Hammond: I am a quiet if awkward Xenobiology 101 teacher that shows no aggression or ill will toward anybody. I hope I don't get infected with an alien parasite that makes my head grow and makes me evil, because at the moment, I'm significantly more sympathetic than Hal Jordan! Now, to dissect this purple alien!

(sticks hand in Abin Sur's wound, immediately gets infected with Parallax)

Hector Hammond: Well, sh**.

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Scene 6 - Oa; after Hal Jordan flies to Oa where 3,000 other Green Lanterns are gathered by Sinestro

Sinestrop: Lanterns! There is a new evil loose in the universe. It's killed a few Green Lanterns including Abin Sur and two whole planets. It's coming here to Oa. So prepare yourself for battle. It may take our lives... but it will never take... our freedom!

3,000 Green Lantern Corps: Bravehea-- we mean, Green Lantern Corps! Green Lantern Corps! Hurray for battle cries and making planets glow in the dark with our rings!

(a minute later)

Jeremy Clarke Kilowog: Hal Jordan, now that you've arrived on Oa, let's train for two minutes.

(they train for two minutes; Sinestro arrives)

Sinestro: Hal Jordan, Abin Sur was the greatest Green Lantern ever. You embarrass him by wearing his ring. And even though my name sounds pure evil, and though I also may look like a bad guy with my pencil-thin mustache, the fact is... I've been fighting for good in this whole movie so far.  And since you've just been a huge douchebag throught the film, I am obviously right about my assessment. The audience even says I'm more likeable than you too, even though the Mom's think I look like an intergalactic pedophile.

Hal Jordan: This Green Lantern sh** is hard. I quit.

Sinestro: What?

Hal Jordan: Yeah, I'm going home. See if I can bang Blake Lively or something.

Sinestro: Seriously? You're chosen to guard part of the universe, and not only are you quitting after two minutes, leaving countless lives in jeopardy, you're not even going to try? How the hell are you the hero of this film?

Hal Jordan: Not sure. Sniff you jerks later! (flies off)

Jeremy Clarke Kilowog: Christ, what an a--hole.

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Scene 7 - Oa; Guardian's Circle

Sinestro: Guardians! There is a new evil loose in the universe. It's killed a few Green Lanterns including Abin Sur and two whole planets. It comes from the planet where Abin Sur imprisoned Parallax. Also, survivors say it's really yellow and evil, just like Parallax. Also, it looks like Parallax.

Guardians: ...

Sinestro: I think it might be Parallax.

Guardians: Okay, we'll get around to that.

Sinestro: Really? You're going to be morally ambiguous here? I know you've been dicks in the comics for years, but this is the very first movie. If you aren't clearly good, it makes the entire Green Lantern concept questionable to people who are learning about Green Lantern for the first time. And frankly, Hal isn't earning us any good will either.

Guardians: Um... we have to go do our hair.

Sinestro: Goddammit.

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Scene 8 - Huge Party at Blake Lively's Dad's Mansion

Blake Lively's Dad: Well, Hal, despite you being a total prick, we got the military contract anyways. You are invited to this big fancy party that I'm throwing with the money I ended up saving after I fired all those people.

Hal Jordan: Awesome. (steals people's drinks even though there's an open bar)

Hector Hammond's Dad: I am going to think mean things about you, son, and then get on a helicopter.

Hector Hammond: I'm going to hear those mean things, because of my new ill-defined powers, and then I'm going to break your helicopter while it's in flight.

(Hector Hammond's Dad gets in helicopter, it takes off, Hector Hammond breaks it with his mind, it crashes at the edge of the party and slides length-wise through a pool of panicking party goers, potentially killing dozens of people)

Blake Lively: Oh no! The helicopter is getting close to me!

Hal Jordan: I have finally decided to help! (puts helicopter on elaborate, ostentatious giant Hot Wheels track instead of just stopping it)

Every Single Other Person at the Party: Christ, what an a--hole.

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Scene 9 - Oa; Guardian's Circle; Sinestro and Guardians part 2

Sinestro: Well, guess f**king what? It was Parallax. Killed a bunch more Green Lanterns, too. Mind telling me what you know about Parallax now?

Guardians: (sighs) Okay. At one point we thought about fighting evil with the yellow emotion of fear in addition to the green emotion of willpower.

Sinestro: Willpower is not an emotion.

Guardians: Shut up. Anyways, turns out that the yellow power of fear was too powerful and uncontrollable and totally evil, and it even possessed one of the Guardians, who transformed into Parallax. So really, our messing with the yellow power of fear is what caused this entire problem in the first place.

Sinestro: I have an idea: Let's do that exact same thing. And maybe make a yellow power ring or something.

Guardians: That is the BEST. PLAN. EVER.

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Scene 10 - Hal's apartment; after attacking Hector Hammond in Laboratory

Hal Jordan: I'm seriously afraid of being a Green Lantern.

Blake Lively: Jesus, really? Still? The movie is two-thirds over at this point. Can't you do something heroic?

Hal Jordan: Well, I just fought Hector Hammond. Although he totally kicked my a** and managed to kill his dad while I was there.

Blake Lively: That's not heroic at all. How did you even get away?

Hal Jordan: I don't really know. I kind of put my ring on him and it pushed him across the room. And then the scene just ended.

Blake Lively: You mean, you didn't follow him or anything?

Hal Jordan:Nope. Actually, the very next scene was Hector waking up in his cozy bed in his own cozy apartment, so it's not like he's even trying to hide or anything. Apparently I just couldn't care less what he does.

Blake Lively: Ugh. Look, Hal. You're clearly afraid of everything, ever. So obviously what the purple alien dude meant is that you aren't fearless, but that you have the power to overcome fear. Even though he specifically called you fearless and you've given zero evidence that you can actually overcome fear to any degree.

Hal Jordan: Huh? I wasn't listening. Anyways, I'm going to go away for a while and let Hector capture you in your sleep. (flies off)

Blake Lively: Christ, what an a--hole.

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Scene 11 - Hector Hammond's apartment; after getting beat up by Green Lantern

Parallax: HEY, HECTOR.

Hector Hammond: Hey, Parallax.

Parallax: I AM GOING TO THE PLANET OA TO EAT EVERYBODY. WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?

Hector Hammond: Well, you made me evil, so I'm going to f**k around with Hal Jordan and Blake Lively because of some tenuous connection in our past that the movie only alluded to like five minutes ago,

Parallax: OKAY, COOL. HEY, HAL JORDAN WEARS THE RING OF THE DUDE WHO IMPRISONED ME, RIGHT? I THINK I'LL COME TO EARTH, EAT HIM AND ALL OF HUMANITY, AND THEN I'LL BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GO TO OA AND DEFEAT THE GUARDIANS AND ALL THE GREEN LANTERNS!

Hector Hammond: ...doesn't that mean you aren't powerful enough to defeat the Guardians and Green Lanterns right now?

Parallax: WELL... YES.

Hector Hammond: So... why were you going to Oa?
(pause)

Parallax: OH SH**! I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN! I WAS ABOUT TO GET MY A** KICKED!

Hector Hammond: Yeah, you were!

Parallax: I'M SO GLAD I CALLED!

***********************************

Scene 12 - Oa; Guardian's Circle; Hal flies to Oa to speak with the Guardians

Hal Jordan: Guardians! I'm ready to be a hero now! Parallax is heading to Earth! And we don't have much time, because the movie is like 6/7ths over!

Guardians: Okay... what do you want?

Hal Jordan: I want you to send all the Green Lanterns to Earth to fight Parallax!

Guardians: (pretending to think) ...nah.

Hal Jordan: Really?

Guardians: Really.

Hal Jordan: Well, let me fight on Earth's behalf!

Guardians: Huh?

Hal Jordan: I said, let me fight on Ea--

Guardians: We know what you said. But did we ever tell you, that you couldn't fight for Earth?

Hal Jordan: Well... no...

Guardians: Actually, have we told you anything at all in this movie? Ever?

Hal Jordan: Um... I guess not.
 
Guardians: Have you even been introduced to us in this movie?
 
Hal Jordan: ... Hi! I'm Hal Jordan!

Guardians: Have we ever appeared to have given the tiniest sh** about you? Even when you quit the Green Lantern Corps but still took your Power Ring with you?

Hal Jordan: No, not really.

Guardians: So why would you ask us permission to fight for your own planet?

Hal Jordan: Well... I guess I needed a plot device for a reason to fight the Parallax solo, rather than look like a tool fighting alongside the other 3,000 Green Lantern Corps that came by to hear Sinestro's Braveheart speech about an hour ago.

Guardians: Go ahead. Knock yourself out.

Hal Jordan: Oh. I guess I'll be going then. (flies back to Earth)

Guardians: Christ, what an a--hole.

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Scene 13 - Ferris Airbase Hanger; Hector captures a sleeping Blake Lively

Hector Hammond: I have captured Blake Lively!

Hal Jordan: You certainly have. Let her go, and you can have my Green Lantern ring.

Hector Hammond: Bullsh**. Only people who are worthy can wear a Power Ring. I've never read a Green Lantern comic and even I know that.

Hal Jordan: No, it's cool. Seriously. (tosses ring to Hector, Hector puts it on)

Hector Hammond: Holy sh**! (uses ring to blast a wall) Uh-oh, the GL fanboys are going to lose their sh** over this.

Hal Jordan: Ha ha! I lied! You have to be chosen to use the ring!

Hector Hammond: Dude. I just used it. You saw me. I clearly don't have to be chosen.

(ring suddenly tases Hector for no discernable reason; Parallax breaks into the building)

Parallax: I SEE THAT GREEN LANTERN! HE'S STILL ALIVE! HECTOR HAMMOND, YOU HAVE FAILED ME! I EAT YOU NOW! OM-NOM-NOM-NOM.

(Parallax eats Hector's soul, drops body to the floor, which is still wearing the Power Ring)

Hal Jordan: Hey.

Parallax: HEY. SO... YOU GOING TO SUMMON YOUR RING TO YOU AND FIGHT ME OR SOMETHING?

Hal Jordan: Apparently I can't do that. I have to walk over there and pick it up.

Parallax: REALLY? THAT'S BULLSH**. OH WELL, YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR TIME TO GET YOUR RING AND TALK TO BLAKE LIVELY, AND GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME MORE TIME TO COLLECT YOURSELF. I'LL JUST GO LEAVE AND EAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY OR SOMETHING.

Hal Jordan: Thanks, dude!

Hector Hammond's Corpse: Christ, what an a--hole.

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Scene 14 - Outer Space; after Hal uses a propeller to blow past Parallax into space

Hal Jordan: Parallax!

Parallax: VAN WILDER!

Hal Jordan: It is the final battle! I am one lone, incredibly sh*tty Green Lantern!

Parallax: SPEAKING OF SH*T, WHERE ARE YOUR OTHER 3,000 FRIENDS?

Hal Jordan: Oh, I used a plot device earlier to have them all scrapped. We couldn't afford to go over our $150 million budget. (...oops!)

Parallax: WELL IN THAT CASE... I AM PARALLAX! THE ULTIMATE EVIL IN THE UNIVERSE WHO CAN DESTROY WHOLE PLANETS AND HORDES OF GREEN LANTERNS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ABIN SUR!

Hal Jordan: Yes! But when you were chasing me I flew really close to the Sun! And now you're being sucked into its gravitational pull!
(pause)

Parallax: OH, SH**.

Hal Jordan: Yep!
 
Parallax: GOD, THIS IS EMBARRASSING. IT'S THE GALACTIC EQUIVALENT OF NOT LOOKING BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET.
 
Hal Jordan: Seriously. I can't believe all the Green Lanterns had such a tough time with you, because you are one stupid motherf**ker.

Parallax: HOW THE HELL DID THIS EVEN HAPPEN? WEREN'T WE JUST PASSING BY THE ASTEROID BELTS BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM? HOW THE HELL DID WE GET TO THE SUN?
 
Hal Jordan: I dunno. Who pays attention to all these details anyway? Not the audience.
 
Parallax: SERIOUSLY, IT'S LIKE A LOONEY TUNES CARTOON, WHERE WILE E. COYOTE MAKES A PIT AND COVERS IT WITH STICKS OR SOME SH** THEN FALLS OFF A PIT. I CAN'T BELIEVE I EVEN FELL FOR IT.
 
Hal Jordan: You know what the best part is? Even though you were defeated by your own stupidity, we're all going to pretend that this fulfills my heroic journey and all the Green Lanterns will like me now! Even Sinestro!

Parallax: F**K. REALLY?

Hal Jordan: Yep!

Parallax: CHRIST, WHAAT AN AAAAAASSSSHHHHOOOOOLLLLL-- (gets sucked into the sun and burns up)

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Scene 15 - Oa; after the credits roll

Sinestro: I have been significantly more heroic than Hal Jordan this entire film. I tried to protect the universe. I actually fought Parallax instead of just tricking him into flying into the sun. I called Hal Jordan a douche, but only while he was totally being a douche. I only wanted the clearly evil Yellow Power Ring to fight the evil of Parallax and save lives. And just a minute ago, I talked about how awesome Hal was in front of the whole Green Lantern Corps for the film's final scene.

Sinestro: (continues) I have been a good guy for the entirety of the movie... while Hal's only been a hero for maybe 10%, 15% tops.

(roll credits)

Sinestro: I'm not putting on the Yellow Power Ring.

Hal Jordan: Oh yes you are.

Sinestro: No I'm not. I have no motivation to do it. Parallax is dead, albeit in a very stupid way. I've been a good guy the entire film. It's totally against my character as established throughout the movie.

Hal Jordan: Sorry, you're the bad guy in the sequel.

Sinestro: There's not going to be a sequel! This movie sucked! It doesn't even look like we're going to break even!

Hal Jordan: Maybe, but you still gotta put it on. Just in case.

Sinestro: Goddammit. (puts on Yellow Power Ring, his outfit transforms into his Sinestro Corps uniform)

Hal Jordan: Thanks, dude! Sniff you later! (flies off)

Sinestro: Christ, what an a--hole. 

We have 2 conflicting and contradictory stories from DC Vice President of Sales - Bob Wayne.
 
Is it a reboot or not?
 
Bob Wayne on May 31st:

Storytelling is what makes these characters tick for the last 70 years, not rebooting them
 
My personal take on the DC Universe relaunching in August.

Honestly, I was never fond of reboots, as seen from my history of criticizing Crisis of Infinite Earths and even Brand New Day, because it basically just throws out all the years of stories ever told about that character as if it was nothing. We the fans spent years and years following these characters. To just simply erased those stories out of thin air is not a nice feeling. Reboots are simply the easy way out.

I joked initially when this was first being speculated that DC, even calling it: "Final Crisis of Infinite Flashpoint Earths - Birthright of Secret Origins 52". 
 
But unlike all the other reboots, this one is in such a massive scale that long time readers may not be able to find themselves able to relate to new personalities, and the new personas of the characters they grew to love and follow for years and years.

I'm 26 now, but have been reading comics since my Mom bought me my first Superman issue when I was just in grade school:



I've had my disappointments of DC never-ending reboots of Superman's origins: from Man of Steel, to Birthright, to Secret Origins, but this new relaunch of all the DCU is unnerving.

I find it like reading let's just say Amazing Spider-Man, and then the following month you pick up the same book, but yet it reads like Ultimate Spider-Man #1. It has the same characters, the same powers, but the personality is just so different. I could even use the Uncanny X-Men and Ultimate X-Men as well; same characters, but VERY DIFFERENT personality.

Imagine reading Detective Comics and the next issue happens to be All-Star Batman & Robin #1. It's tough to digest.

I understand that this is a business, and that bringing in new audiences are important to generate the cash flow.

I also understand the concept of bringing new life to characters that have been around for 70 years. But that's just it - these characters have evolved over time for the last 70 years. Why the need to reboot them now and start them from scratch? Why not have them evolve over the decades like they've been doing all the way since? These characters have enticed every generation without having a major overhaul, so why start now?
 
Last time DC thought of doing something similar to a partial character reboot, this little number happened:
 

Reading forums and even news sites, it's come to my attention that people are not seeing the big picture, and that they seem to be asking the wrong question in regards to this topic.

Why are people attacking Superman?

If there's anyone to blame it should be the writers who turned this non-issue, into a big issue.

I have no problem with Superman "denouncing" his US citizenship.  I'm American and yet I don't label Superman as strictly a US citizen. Like most everyone else I think Superman belongs to the world.

However...

The issue with this WHOLE issue is simply this:

Why even write about it?

It was a non-issue that turned into this big controversial issue.

It was one of those things that you don't expect to read; something just catches you off guard, and you go "Huh? Where did that come from all of a sudden?"

Superman's citizenship is one of those things that generally people don't even think about openly. It's one of those things we know subconciously; keyword: subconciously. It's not like Superman is out there fighting crime wearing a Captain America outfit proclaiming to everyone that he's American.

No.

He just does his business (mostly in the US ironically, aside from outer space and/or other dimensions), and from time to time in other countries.

Like other fans from other countries have said, Superman's citizenship was never questioned in their minds. They just accepted who he is and is just glad to read about his adventures. Not only that, but they accept him not as a US citizen, but the World's citizen.

So there's no reason to really write about the issue.

It didn't help that Bin Laden's death came after but around the same time frame as this issue, especially when America feels so much more patriotic. Unintentional, but really bad timing.

Simply put it was a non-issue, that turned into an issue.

Just imagine if a story about Professor X was written where he denounces the functionality of his leggs and he tells the reader that he is so sick of not being able to walk with his two feet. Why even write a story about this and basically hurt all your readers who may have handicaps?

If anything, at least just have him denounce Rogaine and tired of being bald.  Ok, just kidding.

But again, the whole thing was a non-issue, so why even write about these non-issues?

This somewhat reminded me of a Batman issue where he proclaimed that he used to pee his pants in his Batman suit during his first few times as Batman.

I mean we all figured (again subconciously) that we can understand that normal human beings would be scared their first time too. But to even write about him peeing his pants? Why even write it?

Let them stay as non-issues.    

These kinds of things are better left not even written about.    

 
  
 
Captain America: The First Avenger  
(July 22, 2011) 
 
Pretty close to the concept art: 
 
   
 http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/amyandrews_gossipgirl/photo-released-of-captain-america-chris-evans-113777734.html

One of the biggest Green Lantern fans since the early 90's considering I only read him and Superman (feel free to read my posts in the DC Forum), I really was looking forward (and still am) to the upcoming GL film. 

So as I did with my criticism of Superman Returns (this was way before discovering Comicvine - quick summary: Superman Returns = basically a remake of 1978 Superman film version 1.5)... pending a full review down the road, I too am going to humbly do so with my first impression of Green Lantern.  All of this of course is criticism based on love, otherwise I just wouldn't even bothered to care at all.

 
First impression of the GL preview was that this felt like WB's version of "Iron Man". 

 
But after watching the full trailer, aside from the fact it feels as if it could be the movie "The Proposal" but only with superpowers, does anyone else feel like WB's character portrayal of Green Lantern was that, instead of turning the actor Ryan Reynolds into the one-and-only Hal Jordan himself, they basically went the other route, and turned Hal Jordan into Ryan Reynolds instead?
 

Yes, I fortunately had the unfortune of seeing this movie.  It's actually pretty funny though.

  
Sure Ryan Reynolds has this Hollywood stereotype of being a "funny guy", a "comic relief", the Van Wilder type of character.  But instead of having Ryan Reynolds molded into the role of Hal Jordan, it seems like they basically just wrote Green Lantern to be portrayed just like the actor himself. 

I'm seeing Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern, more than I see Hal Jordan as the cosmic ring wielder himself.
 
Imagine if Tim Burton would've gone the same route when they casted comedian Michael Keaton as the new Batman back in 1989...? 
 
Here's hoping that Marvel Studios doesn't take this route when they release Captain America starring another "comic fun guy" in Chris Evans.  Which by the way from the looks of it, seems set on a much more serious tone. 

 
But can you imagine Steve Rogers acting like Johnny Storm?  
 
Of course not!  
 
Which is why it's weird seeing Hal Jordan acting like Van Wilder.
 
Does Ryan Reynolds always have to do comedy?   He's shown he could be serious in movies like "Fireflies in the Garden" and even "Amityville Horror".  He doesn't need to be Van Wilder in Green Lantern. By the way, someone mentioned that Ryan Reynolds felt more like Kyle Rayner with a hint of Guy Gardner; totally agree.

 
I really do not, repeat, DO NOT want this to "feel" like "Iron Man".  I love "Iron Man" don't get me wrong, but I don't want another movie to have a similar theme, feel, and atmosphere from another movie of the same genre.  It's basically like playing "Medal of Honor" when you've already played "Call of Duty".  You just want a different feel, a different experience... like (going by my video game analogy) more of a "Gears of War" feel.   
 
Other than that, I am still going to see this movie, along with every other upcoming comic book themed movie in 2011, and getting the Green-Ray later that year too!

RBTL Recap Edition:
(aka Reading Between The Lines)

Intro to both characters:

How he got the roles:

Future of the films:

Who means more:

Green Lantern vs Deadpool:

****QUESTIONS****
 
Green Lantern fans:
Does this worry you about his committment to the future of this franchise?

Deadpool fans:
Does this give you hope that a movie will eventually be made despite his GL committments?