That looks genuinely awesome. I'm not too sure about the visor, but I can dig it. Hadn't seen that rendition before. Seems like RR has gone through more than a couple of redesigns/tweaks. I'll admit that I'm not particularly well-versed in any of the previous continuity (I know the highlights) since I started reading with the New 52. Hopefully that won't completely nuke my credibility on this site.
No, it made a bad suit worse. Red Robin was and is a terrible name/mantle to begin with, and the Kingdom Come design looked like a knockoff Doctor Mid-Nite. It was bad all around. Then the reboot happened and somehow they managed to make it even worse.
If anything, I agree that they should go with the "unternet" suit.
@SmashBrawler said:
I prefer this one:
Although that would probably be too close to the red Nightwing suit.
I like this one more than the completely covered head, but the wings in the New 52 costume really seal the deal for me.
I know some haven't really been liking the New 52 Teen Titans, but I just got Vol. 1, and I'm really enjoying it. Whether you like the book or not, though, I was just wondering what everyone thinks of the New 52 Red Robin design. I think it's completely awesome and way better than the pre New 52 design (which I was never a big fan of).
I don't think this is likely since they don't want to confuse people into thinking that the new continuity is connected to the Nolan trilogy. That is if they are doing the total reboot, but keeping JGL for batman. On the other hand, if it does tie into the Nolan trilogy, then we would have a Justice League without Bruce Wayne, which would be not good.
Here's my take: The movie was far from perfect. Hector Hammond is almost more likable than Jordan, until about midway through the movie where he tries to kill his father. On the other hand, Hal is in the exact opposite position until that same point in the movie (he got a ton of people fired, he's a reckless jackass). However, that's Jordan's arc. He's a reckless jerk who has to learn responsibility. The film fumbles on this point, but doesn't fail. He spends a lot of the movie moping, but he does get it together by the end.
Parallax was decently well done. He gives a good intro to the yellow-green feud, and introduces the idea that fear is the antithesis of will which is basically the driving force behind a lot of the Green Lantern mythos. As for Carol, she was boring, but not because of Blake Lively. She just didn't have anything to do except be rescued and then nag people.
Sinestro was also done in a pretty accurate albeit abbreviated way. He's established someone who is willing to sacrifice the good of the few for the "greater good" and it sets up the conflict between Hal's wanting to save everyone mentality.
Overall, the movie had problems. More than a few problems to be sure, but it laid a good framework for what is one of the more complicated super hero stories, and it didn't compromise any of it for the sake of casual audiences. Parallax could have been saved for later. Having just a mad scientist type would have been better and easier for people to wrap their heads around than having a big gaseous cloud that sucks the skeletons out of people.
@Agent9149 said:
Sinestro getting the yellow ring. We never see him use it or wear it. Nor is there even an explanation of what it does. Completely useless.
Sinestro getting the yellow ring is the set up for the Sinestro Corps war-esque story line they had planned for the sequel which may not even be happening now.
Okay, I've seen this movie about 4 times now, and I honestly can't understand how it didn't succeed. It barely made its budget back, and I thought it respected the source material. Geoff Johns took a direct hand in a lot of it (say what you will about the guy, but he knows GL). I mean if stuff like Transformers can succeed and be the most profitable movies in the years they come out, why didn't this? I don't think GL was perfect, but while it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, it was nowhere near the train wreck that critics called it. It's a lot more high concept than most heroes, and I guess that was a draw back for some of the mainstream audience. Anyway, did anyone else enjoy it? What did you like/dislike about it?
im excited for this,but i hope scott doesnt turn into a geoff johns,and him and greg are still friends because i think thats probably the reason why batman has been so good.
I'd have to agree with that. I think Snyder and Capullo are still good, but I really hope that Snyder doesn't get spread as thin as Johns has been.
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