"It's a departure for me, I've never done a super hero before. What I like about this hero and this story is it's all about will power. It's also about fear and about courage. It's not just a spandex suit movie. He doesn't just put on the suit and fly off and face evil kryptonite and all that. There is a Flash Gordon element to it, this is a superhero who goes to another planet and that's different than the rest. That opens up a lot of interesting options." 

"[t]he hotshot military guy who is slightly f###ed up. He screws up a bit. He may be a hotshot as a pilot, but he also has chinks in his armor, which is what makes him interesting. In fact if anybody should not be chosen as Green Lantern, it would have been Hal Jordan. That's the journey that film takes, about somebody who on the surface of it is the least likely candidate to become one of the greatest Green Lanterns."

I've sid it before & I'll say it again; I have a good feeling about this.

Sounds good.  I haven't actually read those stories but do know there are a few fans who were miffed about him being made out to be an alcoholic and sent to jail.  I have no idea why.  Iron Man/Tony Stark had been an alcoholic for years and people weren't as worked up about it.  I like the idea of making characters more human than Superman, it makes them easier to relate to.

agreed

I really hope that this movie turns out good.

really looking foward to this , and not just becasue it will speed up deadpool realese either lol, thats just an added bonus

I think Green Lantern has a pretty fair footing in popular culture outside of your regular comic book character. I doubt most even knew Wanted! was based on a comic.  I think Green Lantern is a bit easier, because of his role in the old cartoon The Super Friends.
 
I would probably be pretty surprised if this will be as successful as Dark Knight. What the Batman movies have going for them is that they are more grounded in reality. Well, at least the most previous movies. Green Lantern really is just a man with a ring, but I'm curious how much reality you are going to lose once he starts creating constructs out of green light energy.

I read Emerald Dawn and half of New Frontier still have not read Geoff Johns' Green Lantern Secret Origin it might be the most retold superhero origin other than Batman and Superman's but that origin is needed for superheroes not as known.

As i've said before, i'm really excited for this movie!! and i think they'll do a good job!

I think it can be successful, if it is done right. But I'm having doubts at the special effects side of things ... because I can just see it going totally cheesey.
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This is going to be a great movie...^^

Will it be as successful as The Dark Knight? 
 
Uh, only if Heath Ledger plays the Joker in it.

I want this movie to be good, but what about non comic book fans this seems a little too out of there and well all we can do is hope.

"I want this movie to be good, but what about non comic book fans this seems a little too out of there and well all we can do is hope. "

This is shaping up to be an awesome movie!

I've got a good feeling about...

" I've said it before & I'll say it again; I have a good feeling about this. "

I've read Emerald Dawn, not the sequel. I'll have to pick that up.  
 
If this movie is done well, it could be DC's Iron Man. They need something like that. We're sort of waiting for the next Batman movie, the next Superman movie. Hopefully this will not have a "grim and gritty" approach. Maybe this will get some movement on DC movies...  

" Have you read Emerald Dawn and Emerald Dawn II? "
 YES, they're really great books, but in my opinion, Secret Origin is much more a heroe's journey story, than the self-pitying, self-hating, drunk, dumbass, who gets his friend killed-story from ED. I like the GL part of Emerald Dawn better though. 
 
" Do you like the elements of Hal being a little messed up at first? "     
Yes, I just hope we don't get a Sam Raimi-like take on Hal, Hal's stubborn, headstrong and doesn't really know what to do with his life prior to getting the ring, but he's NOT a loser who never gets anything in life right... (yes, spidey is just that...)
 
Do you think this movie can be as successful as The Dark Knight?      
Simply put?...NO. It took 6 Batman films to get a really great one. And Bale in TDK wasn't all that great with his Batman... I mean, when have you ever seen Batman crying over a dead girlfriend in the comics?! that was a little too "Twilight" for me... 
 
I'm a huge GL fan, so everything coming from Cambell, especially the "It's my first superhero movie" bit, makes me anxious... =$

" I've sid it before & I'll say it again; I have a good feeling about this. "

I am definitely going to see this.

Looks likt this movie will be pertty good, after all.

It's not just a spandex suit movie. He doesn't just put on the suit and fly off and face evil kryptonite and all that. There is a Flash Gordon element to it, this is a superhero who goes to another planet and that's different than the rest.  

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It's not just a spandex suit movie. He doesn't just put on the suit and fly off and face evil kryptonite and all that. There is a Flash Gordon element to it, this is a superhero who goes to another planet and that's different than the rest.  

 Going to another planet is not all that unique in comics, but I can appreciate what Martin Campbell means by this. "

Indeed I am looking forward to this, if Iron Man could work, Green Lantern can too. To people who don't read comics, movies and television are the most access they have to comic lore. This movie will make GL more accessible...and those people who don't read comics, but know who GL is... will just be surprised he isn't black.

Green Lantern needs to be powerful as Superman and more human than Batman. The perfect movement to this franchise will be make a trilogy based on:
First Movie: Green Lantern origins 
Second Movie: Green Lantern Emerald Dawn II
Third Movie: Sinestro Corps War

 "In fact if anybody should not be chosen as Green Lantern, it would have been Hal Jordan."
 
of course because the ring was supposed to chose Guy Gardner...
 
This movie will rock especially if they include some of the other more obscure lanterns.

I prefer Emerald Dawn and  Emerald Dawn II over Secret Origin personally. I wonder if they'll keep Guy in it if they go down the  Emerald Dawn route.