I don’t think Mark Strong fully understands what he’s getting into, playing Sinestro in the GREEN LANTERN movie. When he talked to USA Today recently, he seemed to only be thinking about the villains’ personality and what he’ll look…
“…for anybody who’s familiar with the Green Lantern and the origin story, the film closely follows the early comics. Sinestro starts out as Hal Jordan’s mentor, slightly suspicious and not sure of him because obviously Hal is the first human being who’s made into a Green Lantern. He’s certainly very strict and certainly unsure of the wisdom of Hal becoming a Green Lantern. He is a military guy but isn’t immediately bad. It’s the kind of person he is that lends himself to becoming bad over the course of the comics being written, but initially he’s quite a heroic figure… That widow’s peak and thin mustache was for some reason originally based on David Niven, and Hal Jordan was based on Paul Newman… Obviously at the time, whoever was doing the original comics must have looked at them as guys doing very well in the film industry, and based those characters on them. So I would like to do justice to the Sinestro that was conceived for the comic books.”
Strong ISN’T aware that when he squares off with Green Lantern this summer, it’ll be a cage match with GL tagging out to none other than the immortal Hulk Hogan. What’s the galactic master of fear gonna do when the 32-inch pythons and all the powers of Hulkamania RUN WILD ON 'EM!?!!?
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The Hulkster has thrown down the gauntlet! And we already know that the he's already has some excellent experience brawling with intergalactic bad guys. I can easily see him carrying Sinestro up to the top turnbuckle for a flying power bomb that would put an end to the 50 years of villainy no power ring or universal Guardian could stop before. I think the next question is who would Sinestro be tagging out to, if this were a fair match? It really is no question, actually. The man has proven his ability to instill great fear on too many occasions to number. Why, even the “immortal” Hulk Hogan has stated his terror of the man. I’m talking, of course, about Jake “The Snake” Roberts.
You know, now that you’ve all got me going here (and, yes, YOU are responsible for this) I think it’d be worthy to discuss which wrestlers would join which Corps during Blackest Night. We’ve Roberts for fear, and Hogan already leads his own "corps" of prayers and vitamin-powered Hulkamaniacs (the emotional spectrum they draw from is Hulkamania) It obviously follows that the Million Dollar Man should be an Orange Lantern, right? If you question that if the man has enough avarice for the job, look no further than below…
I figure the Undertaker would be a Black Lantern. That’s just a GIVEN isn’t it? But what about the Star Sapphires, the Blue Lantern Corps, the Indigo Tribe and, now, the White Lanterns? I want some names people, and feel free to dispute the choices I’ve already made, but you better make a damn good argument as to why my choices are wrong. However, the one, indisputable choice is for the Red Lantern Corps. Wish upon the stars in the Destrucity, because after one look at my favorite wrestler in action below, you’ll know there is no question that this man exhibits more rage than Atrocitus could ever muster…
-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Comics and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia. Watch out for the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover collection this April - - available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.
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