Comments on: Bizarre Green Lantern Rumor (That We Hope Is Wrong)

By: Hardcore Nerdity | Blog | Anton Yelchin is Green Lantern?

Hardcore Nerdity | Blog | Anton Yelchin is Green Lantern? — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:47:37 +0000

[...] ScreenRant offers: Just when the Green Lantern movie was starting to sound cool – epic script and Martin Campbell as director, comes a rumor that is NOT good news. It seems that for some bizarre reason, Warner Bros. wants to go “young” on the Green Lantern movie. The word from Latino Review is that one actor being considered to wear the emerald and black tights is: Anton Yelchin. [...]

By: wallyflash

wallyflash — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:57:56 +0000

he could be wally west i could see it he would be a good choice for rhat role

By: Captain Kirk May Be The Green Lantern - Screen Rant

Captain Kirk May Be The Green Lantern - Screen Rant — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:09:11 +0000

[...] choice – An infinitely better choice than the previous rumor of that other Star Trek actor, Anton Yelchin playing the role. That guy has the Terminator Salvation franchise to play with as Kyle Reese anyway (with Christian [...]

By: Kevin in Seattle

Kevin in Seattle — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:57:37 +0000

My guess would be that it was an “unconscious decision”. Somebody in the casting department probably had Tony Stark’s defects in the back of their minds when RDJ came up.
Whatever the case, it worked.
I can only hope that all of Hals traits (good and bad) are a factor when weighing the decision on who gets the role. My biggest fear is the old “Well, he kinda looks like the drawing” approach to casting films based on comics (case-in-point “Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.” starring David Hasslehoff).
**Shudder**

By: Ken J

Ken J — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:01:13 +0000

Well yes, I know, I think everyone recognizes the similarities, my point is whether or not that was the reason they thought of him for the character. They claimed they thought of him and only realized the similarities afterward. I’m sure RDJ noticed the similarities right off the bat…

By: Kevin in Seattle

Kevin in Seattle — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:30:07 +0000

Robert Downey was acyually pretty quick to point out the similarities between himself and Tony Stark. I can’t remember ths show, but in one interview, he said something to the effect that when the director described Tony Stark, his response was “I know about me, but what’s the character like?”

By: Ken J

Ken J — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:56:06 +0000

Well, I don’t know whether that was their intention or not (they claim it wasn’t), but however the decision was made, it was a good one.

By: Kevin in Seattle

Kevin in Seattle — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:29:49 +0000

@Ken J-

I actually thought Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark was typecasting. I kept expecting this headline:
“Famous, Rich Alcoholic to play Famous Rich Alcoholic.”

By: Ken J

Ken J — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:59:05 +0000

I agree Kevin, look at Daniel Craig for Bond. Although he kind of sucked in QoS, many people thought that ANY Bond film with him in it would suck, but as we saw in Casino Royale, with a good director he is capable of pulling off a great bond.

And there were many other times where a casting choice sounded like a stupid idea but all of the nay-sayers were silenced when they saw the film. Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man comes to mind…

By: Kevin in Seattle

Kevin in Seattle — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:33:09 +0000

@Ken J

This Guy? Heck yeah.
Don’t get me wrong, I think that if they go with theis Yelchin kid, you can write the movie off as an Epic Fail-period.
What I was trying to get at is that it doesn’t necessarrily need to be an instant “OMG, why didn’t I think of that” choice for casting. As long as they don’t go for the young, hip, cute thing with Hal and the rest, it should be at the very least passable.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:03:59 +0000

That’s different though, Ledger wasn’t a “bad” fit physically or anything, most people just haven’t seen him play that type of role before. And he seemed like a pretty boy, but it’s not like he’s not even physically possible to play the part. This is a case where it wouldn’t even make any sense for this guy to play this character. It’s like having Arnold Schwarzenegger playing a short teenage boy that gets picked on in school. He’s too old, he’s too big… This is just the opposite, this guy is too small and young to play this character.

By: Kevin in Seattle

Kevin in Seattle — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:52:25 +0000

So I’ve been thinking about something. I’m sure you all remeber when Heath Ledger was first announced as the Joker. The general response was “WTF?”. It was a reaction I shared and I thought it was a bad choice.
In retrospect, we got one of the most memorable characters in motion picture history (super hero or otherwise) and Heath got an Oscar for best supporting actor.
Maybe lightning will strike twice with GL???

By: Ken J

Ken J — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:14:04 +0000

Yes, “last” word as if I can close the comments section down after I say something so nobody can respond after me. You’ve got me again.

*closes comments*

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:37:06 +0000

Yadda-Yadda-Yadda..Obviously you fail to recognize sarcasm but that’s okay.I’ll let you know the next time I’m being sarcastic ** enter sarcasm** You’re still dancing around the subject of concrete reliable evidence to support your claim (all you,ve mentioned is browncoats..is that the crux of your arguement?)but hey if you want to bury your head in the sand and make it all about me not believing in the existence of fan forums and youtube because you can’t reliably support your claims then carry on dude..knock yourself out..This debate is over but hey I know you gotta have the last word so by all means..have at it Ken..

By: Rumours Place Anton Yelchin as Green Lantern | The Movie Reviewer

Rumours Place Anton Yelchin as Green Lantern | The Movie Reviewer — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:01:00 +0000

By: Ken J

Ken J — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:26:34 +0000

And it sucks that forums don’t really exist either. I like passing time in those too. Now that they are imaginary, what am I to do?? And dammit, I’ve uploaded a lot of videos onto youtube… now they are gone into the world of make-believe. *sigh* And personal websites, those are fake also, chatrooms = fake, conventions = fake. Must be a massive government coverup…

By: Ken J

Ken J — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:20:20 +0000

LOL, whatever you say greenknight, I’ll go tell all of the firefly fans they are made up and browncoats don’t exist. They’ll be very sad that they don’t exist, I’m sure they really wished they were real people… I’ll go throw away the fan-made DVD “Done The Impossible: The Fans’ Tale of Firefly & Serenity” since obviously it’s a fake and doesn’t really exist. I hate having fake imaginary things around my house, bugs me to no end!

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:00:43 +0000

@ Kevin in Seattle

Hugo Weaving would be a great choice for Sinestro!! Good call!!

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:57:44 +0000

WHat is this youtube you speak of? What other ways to express your opinions? You seem so matter of fact about everything that I thought you might have some info I was unaware of..you still didn’t back up your claim with anything substantiative..more like a blah-blah-blah answer to my post but thanks anyway if that’s the best you can some up with Ken..

Cheers

By: Kevin in Seattle

Kevin in Seattle — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:47:38 +0000

Looking at this guys picture one DC Character comes to mind….
The Green Arrow’s sidekick Speedy.

(If you don’t get the refernce, you should really look into it….)