Unpopular DC Comics hot takes:
I liked the Green Lantern movie.
Starfire is a fun date but Barbara Gordon is marriage material.
I like Geoff Johns. He’s a stellar idea guy, and he displays a genuine love and passion for these characters IMO.
I liked the Superman design sans red trunks. The post Rebirth suit with the red boots is my favorite.
John Constantine was better as a separate entity from the DCU proper.
Young Justice (1998) was meh to me at best.
Orange shirt Aquaman over shirtless tattooed Aquaman everyday.
The DCU could take with a page from the Marvel universe as having one cohesive government agency to deal with superheroes, a la SHIELD. Maybe Checkmate on a global level, the DEO on a United States national level.
I dunno, I guess that’s it for now. Feel free to engage for friendly discourse.
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Green Lantern Cinematic Universe Pitch
Now that we have all the major Green Lantern allies and villains covered, here is my pitch for a Green Lantern series couched within the Cinematic Universe already set up for Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, incorporating most of the major players. We will start with:
GREEN LANTERN: This movie would take place in Phase One, just like Wonder Woman, and would establish early on the greater cosmic aspects of the world. This movie would feature Hal Jordan, with Atrocitus as the main villain, seeking after Abin Sur's ring, and would also feature Sinestro, Hal working out his corruption over the course of the movie. Arisia, Salaak, and Ch'p would all feature as part of Sinestro and Abin Sur's team.
GREEN LANTERN II: The sequel would focus on Star Sapphire as the villain, with Carol Ferris discovering the Zamaron's crystal in the first's post credits scene. This would also be an intense character drama between Carol and Hal. Guy Gardner would appear as Hal's new partner, and some of the more street-level villains would appear in this, with Hector Hammond creating minions from alien artifacts, including Tattooed Man, Dr. Polaris, and Sonar working for him. He would be a secondary villain, and he and his minions would serve as setups for Hal and Carol's conflicts, with Carol doling out harsher punishments on them instead of seeking justice as Hal is training to do.
GREEN LANTERN III: This one would see Sinestro returning from his banishment, having fully assembled a Sinestro Corps of his own. Members of the Sinestro Corps would include Amon Sur, Lyssa Drak, Karu-sil, and the Anti-Monitor, who Sinestro treats as his big silent muscle, but little hints would be spread throughout, directly setting up Crisis on Infinite Earths. Atrocitus and Star Sapphire would both come to act as allies by the end, helping to defeat the Sinestro Corps.
Also starting in Phase One, we will have a second trilogy that will also act as a Green Lantern-adjacent series:
MARTIAN MANHUNTER: This series would see J'onn J'onnz coming to Earth and getting stranded there, encountering John Stewart who agrees to help him. His presence on the planet would attract the attention of Green Lantern Katma Tui, as well as the Manhunters, hunting J'onn down to destroy him for what they interpret as invasion.
MARTIAN MANHUNTER II: Not sure if we'll keep the same titling, but it would be a sequel to this nonetheless. When the Justice League was formed to fight Zod and his Kryptonians, Hal and J'onn were both recruited, and Hal met John through this. John's actions to help earned him being offered a Green Lantern ring and joining the corps, working with and under Katma Tui. The sequel would involve J'onn out hunting Evil Star, and accidentally crossing into the Vega System, drawing the ire of Larfleeze. Seeing that John and J'onn are friends, Larfleeze declares war on the Green Lanterns. Saint Walker would also show up, healing John and J'onn from their wounds after that initial attack.
MARTIAN MANHUNTER III or WARWORLD: While on a mission, John and J'onn would find themselves attacked, and then wake up inside of Mongul's Warworld, trapped as combatants in his arena. Larfleeze would also be trapped there, as would Lobo and Big Barda. Katma and Saint would appear as the main duo trying to find and rescue the others.
Of course, as this is going on, we would also have that separate universe of animated movies based on the old Golden Age comics, including:
ALAN SCOTT: This would tell Alan Scott's origin, and feature Solomon Grundy as the main villain, restored to life by the energy of Scott's lantern.
Possible ALAN SCOTT 2: I'm still working out just how things are going to play out with this universe and its inhabitants once we reach Crisis on Infinite Earths, but if Alan gets a sequel, his villain will be Icicle.
Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hal would witness the destruction of Coast City and nearly everyone he cares about during the events of said movie, allowing Parallax to take control of him, leading us into:
KYLE RAYNER ORIGIN MOVIE: With the Green Lantern Corps nearly all wiped out, Ganthet would pass on the last ring to a young artist named Kyle, who would work with him and a mysterious girl named Jade, to fight and defeat Hal turned Parallax.
BLACKEST NIGHT: Not sure if this would be a two-parter or what, but, yeah, we'd witness William Hand become the first Black Lantern, raise an army of the dead, including Hal, and allow Nekron to break free, forcing all seven Corps to finally work together, and unleashing the power of the White Lantern in the end to defeat it, with Hal being restored to life as a result. I also imagine Alexander Nero would show up toward the beginning or something.
This movie would directly lead us into what I plan to be the grand finale of the Cinematic Universe, with the multiverse restored and Superboy-Prime getting his home back, so I'm sure Krona will play some part in that finale. Also, either in Blackest Night or the finale, we would see Kyle training Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz to be new Lanterns. After the finale, the Cinematic Universe would be done, but I would allow for more simple continuing adventures-style projects to be made if anyone wanted to (my allowance for that series I mentioned with new recruits all as members of the seven corps working together as a team).
And that's it! What do you think? Would you watch a series like this?
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Honestly, this could probably be an unpopular idea but what if in the next Green Lantern Movie (if DC makes one that is) we don't have Hal Jordan become a Green Lantern and instead we focus on Abin Sur and Thaal Sinestro?
I would honestly prefer to see a movie that explores Sinestro's back story especially if they plan to go into other events later on like the creation of Sinestro Corp or Darkest Night. Therefore, by the time they do have a film where Hal becomes a Green Lantern they won't have to spend as much time explaining everything. This could benefit in reviews as another Green Lantern film will be judged with the last movie in mind, especially if Hal Jordan is the main character. A main criticism of the past live action Green Lantern movie was that they focus a lot on verbally explaining everything rather than having the character interact with information from time to time. Long lines of dialogue can only be entertaining for a limited period of time.
I also feel like doing this could explain to a greater audience what the Green Lantern Corp is like. They can only do that so much with Hal Jordan because he also has a responsibility of protecting his city and the hero community through the Justice League. I also think starting out a Lantern Corp series like this will make it easier for people to adjust to have multiple Green Lanterns of Earth at a time. We will then be able to bring in people like John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, or Jessica Cruz just to name a few. But I'm not a film maker or anything of the short so what do I know?
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Green Lantern Ally Movie Ideas, Part V: The Guardians of the Universe
The Guardians are a highly advanced alien race, originally coming from the planet Maltus until moving to Oa and founding the Green Lantern Corps to maintain justice and order in the galaxy. Branched groups from them include the Controllers, who wanted to maintain order through tyranny, and the Zamarons, who kept aloof from their interests and instead founded the Star Sapphires. Notable members include Ganthet and Sayd, functionally the mentors of the main Lanterns; Appa Ali Apsa, who experienced life as a mortal and chose to wander the universe; Scar, a more villainous member; and Krona, the rogue who created the multiverse.
Origin Movie: Obviously, all of them would appear in any given origin, though possibly just the generic group and not any of the notable ones. If they did, I imagine we'd see Ganthet, Sayd, and Scar at least.
Sequel Movie: If we leaned into Ganthet and Sayd's involvement in creating the Blue Lanterns, then they'd be introduced in the sequel. Likewise Scar could just as easily be aiding any given villains in the sequel as well, and Appa could show up for a number of reasons.
Finale Movie: Likewise, Krona is an easy finale villain to go for using a number of different storylines.
Standalone Movie: I mean, it's not one you think about, but I suppose it could be cool. Hmm . . .
Here are my rankings of them:
Sequel Movie: This setup allows for the more distinct personalities of each to come through.
Origin Movie: With an origin, they'd probably be about as stale as they were in the original movie, but necessary nonetheless.
Finale Movie: Krona certainly has to be involved.
Standalone Movie: Could be fun.
What do you think? Tomorrow, I will put together my plan for a series including most of those covered here.
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