Reviews for Lantern are coming in... And they're ugly.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Yes, what I read was very in consistent. The critics came across as uninformed. From what I've seen in the trailer, it's all right there.

I think GL has some buzz going. Folks have asked me a bout it at work. It's not a known commodity like Transformers was, and there is some confusion with the Green Hornet being recently released, but folks know it's based on a comic, so they ask me about it.

I have my GL shirt on today, and I'm taking a half-day vacation to go see it with the boy this afternoon.

Chris

[MIB41]

^Yes, what I read was very in consistent. The critics came across as uninformed. From what I've seen in the trailer, it's all right there.

I think GL has some buzz going. Folks have asked me a bout it at work. It's not a known commodity like Transformers was, and there is some confusion with the Green Hornet being recently released, but folks know it's based on a comic, so they ask me about it.

I have my GL shirt on today, and I'm taking a half-day vacation to go see it with the boy this afternoon.

Chris

Awesome Chris. Let us know what you think!

[BlackKnight]

I work Heavy Construction ...
And The Men's Men at work .. ages 35to50 ... are Talking about it ..., and None of them even have a Clue as to what a Green Lantern is. The Buzz is out there ..., and The Marketing for this Movie is as Huge as Spider-man was imo ..., That Made 114.00 Mill in it's opening week ... I expect a Huge Take home 1st week out ..., if it really does suck, it will drop 50% in week 2 like Ang Lee's Hulk did ..., and that Movie did Suck .

[jwyblejr]

Oh...don't worry about that...lousy movies can certainly be blockbusters too...like your before-mentioned Transformers' movies...crappy...but highly successful.

Plus there's going to be a third Chipmunks movie,so yeah I wouldn't worry either.

[The Bat]

I know my Butt will be firmly planted in the theater tomorrow morning for the first showing!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I posted in the other thread, but we had a pretty good crowd for 2:15 on a Friday.

Mr. Popper's Penguins looked to be taking a lot of the kiddie dollars though. It may put a dent in it's income a bit. Cute penguins and sanitized Jim Carrey will appeal to some parents and grandparents more. But the kids would rather see GL I bet.

Chris

[jemboy2004]

I dunno, I predicted Transformers would be a huge hit and it was. I think a lot of time you can tell how a movie is going to do based on the vibe heading into the release. Transformers had huge, positive buzz. Green Lantern does not.

You can't trust a hardcore movie critic's review of a comic movie necessarily, but you can get information from it. I've since read about a half dozen reviews from comic fans who loathed the film as well. And not in the typical "waaah they ruined our favorite character" kind of way, but in the "this was just a terrible movie" kind of way.

I still expect that it'll do okay and probably get a sequel like FF did, but I don't think it's going to be the hit property that DC wants and needs it to be. I suppose we'll see in the days and weeks ahead.

You seem to be all knowing. I look forward to you saying you were totally wrong when GL does very well. I will be seeing this for myself and I'm hoping I really like it.

[jemboy2004]

I don't. If it stinks I hope it tanks hard.

You're going to see more DC properties turned into movies no matter what.

WB owns DC - they make a killing off licensing and merchandising properties they already own with or without box office to support their ventures. There's no reason for them to stop. They don't finance movies to watch - they finance them to sell. It's about marketing. The people who finance these things don't see superheroes, or characters, they see brands. Making something watchable, something that earns box office is secondary, and that's the problem right now.

Gahh - I'm ranting now and I need sleep...

Yeah except they've done nothing except Batman and Superman so I don't know if we will see other's from DC if this fails. Only time will tell.

[Brazoo]

Yeah except they've done nothing except Batman and Superman so I don't know if we will see other's from DC if this fails. Only time will tell.

I disagree, they've tried many times to do non Batman and Superman movies - from my memory. It's just that they've only had incredible success with Batman and Superman.

Usually because people just don't think those other movies are that good.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The only traditional DC universe characters that were adapted to film outside of Superman and Batman were Steel and Catwoman, characters spun from those two franchises. And they stunk. Before that, Hop Harrigan, Vigilante and Congorilla got movie serials, in addition to the World's Finest. Later DC properties Blackhawk, Spy Smasher and Captain Marvel got the serial treatment too.

Chris

[jemboy2004]

I disagree, they've tried many times to do non Batman and Superman movies - from my memory. It's just that they've only had incredible success with Batman and Superman.

Usually because people just don't think those other movies are that good.

Well why not tell me which one's they did? Please don't say Catwoman that was a batman character(which was awful).... What else? Watchmen not really counting as that is a different universe. I'm talking about the hero's from JL and stuff not the watchmen type. I can't think of anything else besides these and Catwoman is a Batman character so I say only Watchmen but that just seems like a WB thing not a DC hero to me.

Chirs are talking about stuff that happened in the 40s or something as I have no idea what those are and if you got to that far really say's how much DC is willing to do and alot less if this GL fails IMO.

[Brazoo]

From memory I was thinking of other secondary heroes like Swamp Thing, Catwoman, Watchmen, Jonah Hex, The Losers, yeah. I see your point in not thinking of them as main roster DC Universe heroes, I was just thinking about it differently.

Uh... League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Spirit (kinda counts), V for Vendetta...

Of course not movies, but in TV there was Flash and the new Wonder Woman show - both flopped with fans, critics and normal mainstream folks.

My point is still that comic fans, regular people and critics all didn't really love these things - they didn't sell great - and yet they keep on coming. I wouldn't worry, GL can tank or not, DC is WB's well and they'll keep drawing from it.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Man, how could I forget Jonah Hex and Swamp Thing. Well, maybe I should have.

Looks like GL is doing well, but I think WB would probably still pull from DC even if it tanked. BUT, I think they would be more hesitant to go with another super hero franchise for at least a few years.

Chris

[jimsmegos]

Well why not tell me which one's they did? Please don't say Catwoman that was a batman character(which was awful).... What else? Watchmen not really counting as that is a different universe. I'm talking about the hero's from JL and stuff not the watchmen type. I can't think of anything else besides these and Catwoman is a Batman character so I say only Watchmen but that just seems like a WB thing not a DC hero to me.

Chirs are talking about stuff that happened in the 40s or something as I have no idea what those are and if you got to that far really say's how much DC is willing to do and alot less if this GL fails IMO.

Not the same Catwoman. Big mess, crappy movie none the less.

[Brazoo]

Turns out Swamp Thing 1 & 2 weren't WB projects - so they don't count for my point. My main point being that WB might just not be very good at doing these kinds of movies and maybe need to change the way they attempt these projects.

Again, reserving my personal judgment for GL until I actually see it.