Green Lantern (2011)- Casting News

[Tripe]

That's certainly how I'll be playing him if I get the part in a Green Lantern audio drama I know of.

[Sharktopus]

That's certainly how I'll be playing him if I get the part in a Green Lantern audio drama I know of.

That sounds like a great idea - a radio drama of possibly the most visually oriented character in superhero comics.  "Wow, look at that giant emerald boxing glove materializing out of nothing! Spectacular!"

[Tripe]

The magic of radio man

[Sharktopus]

I must admit that radio dramas mystify me, as I didn't grow up in Britain or the 1940s.

[Tripe]

Go listen to The Archers, you can do it from the BBC's website.

[Thom_Serveaux]

I must admit that radio dramas mystify me, as I didn't grow up in Britain or the 1940s.

Well there was at least a couple of episodes of a Superman radio drama here in the states.  I came across a casset tape back when I was in junior high. 

It had a pair of unrelated episodes from the show.  In one of them Superman apparently rescued an unconscious Robin.  He took him to a doctor, after he changed himself and Robin into civvies.  The doctor examined the apparently unconscious Robin and declared that his only injury seemed to a cut, and indications of a burn, as though a hot knife had cut him. 

Once the doc left the room Supes informed Robin that he knew he was feigning unconsciousness, and Robin in turn reveals the cliffhanger for that episode, that Batman had disappeared!

Sadly, I never did manage to tarck down the finale of the story arc, even thorough it piqued my curiosity...

[Sharktopus]

In fact, quite a few traditional aspects of the Superman mythos first originated on the radio show, most notably Kryptonite and the famous "Look up in the sky..." introduction.

[a pretty girl is like]

In fact, quite a few traditional aspects of the Superman mythos first originated on the radio show, most notably Kryptonite and the famous "Look up in the sky..." introduction.

Same with Perry White and Jimmy Olsen, Superman's pal.

[Darth Geek]

In fact, quite a few traditional aspects of the Superman mythos first originated on the radio show, most notably Kryptonite and the famous "Look up in the sky..." introduction.

Wasn't it the radio show when he was first able to actually fly? Before that I think he could just leap really long distances.

[Sharktopus]

In fact, quite a few traditional aspects of the Superman mythos first originated on the radio show, most notably Kryptonite and the famous "Look up in the sky..." introduction.

Wasn't it the radio show when he was first able to actually fly? Before that I think he could just leap really long distances.

Possibly. I know he could only leap in the Fleischer cartoons. Superman not flying seems so silly in retrospect, doesn't it? (Even though there's no plausible explanation for his ability to fly...)

[gbeenie]

The Fleischer cartoons introduced the idea of Superman flying, as opposed to leaping (but not at the beginning).

[Sharktopus]

Green Lantern's Suit Will Be CG

Director Martin Campbell has been filming Green Lantern  down in New Orleans for over a month now, and there was bound to be some leaked information from the set. The latest is from /Film, who have discovered that Ryan Reynolds has spent his time on set wearing a grey motion/performance capture suit, the reason being that the Green Lantern suit in the movie will be created using computers.

But /Film picked up on more than a few clues as to the reason why the suit might be added via CG later which all sound perfectly legit. The following are the three we find the most intriguing:

Ngila (Dickson, costume designer) was tasked with trying to find a way to do something that stands apart from all of the other superheroes spandex suit designs we've seen in the past.

The Green Lantern suit is something that should look alien — it needs to seem other worldly. It encompasses any creature that wears the ring, and Hal Jordan is the first human to ever wear the suit. This was a chance for Dickson to do something different. You also have to consider that Hal changes into the suit multiple times in mid scene, and the cg also allows him to do this.

I've heard that when the cg is complete, the suit will look like a manifestation of his power.

That last bit is the one that really drives the nail home because Green Lantern's costume is in fact created by the ring; it's not something he takes out of the closet and puts on. Clearly Martin Campbell and his team want to make sure that Reynolds isn't just wearing the same spandex or leather costume we've seen in so many superhero movies and using CG to create and/or enhance would go a long way to make Green Lantern look really cool and unique from other comic book characters.

Cool. I was hoping they'd treat the costume this way. Also, this is the first I've heard that Ngila Dickson is doing the costumes. She knocked it out of the park on Lord Of The Rings.

[bratpop]

I watched all the Fleischer and post-Fleischer cartoons, and as much as they may have stopped implying that he jumps, they never actually said he could fly. The only telltale moment I could pinpoint was in Japoteurs when, as I recall, he jumps out of the plane, then turns around in mid-air and sort of jumps back. But he certainly didn't do loop-de-loops or hover a few feet off of the ground in those cartoons. I thought it was a little weird when the documentary said that's where he started flying, but didn't back it up with any evidence. I rather see it as them increasingly ignoring physics.

If you ask me, he's flying in the very first radio episode when he is commanding himself to move "up, up!" or "down, down!" You can't really do that if you're just jumping, even if you jump really far. Once you start controlling altitude, you're pretty much flying. At no point did he say, "Gravity is pulling me down!"

[Sharktopus]

At no point did he say, "Gravity is pulling me down!"

"Crap in a hat! I forgot all about gravity for a moment there!" Thus my main issue with radio dramas: people saying things they'd never say in a movie or book, let alone real life. "Say Lois, that's an awfully swell looking periwinkle blue dress with frilly accents you're wearing today." "Why thank you, Clark. That new crimson necktie sure looks sharp with that your navy suit."

[Tripe]

At no point did he say, "Gravity is pulling me down!"

"Crap in a hat! I forgot all about gravity for a moment there!" Thus my main issue with radio dramas: people saying things they'd never say in a movie or book, let alone real life. "Say Lois, that's an awfully swell looking periwinkle blue dress with frilly accents you're wearing today." "Why thank you, Clark. That new crimson necktie sure looks sharp with that your navy suit."

Does that actually happen in the Superman radio show? I've never heard people do that in other audio dramas.