Bumblebee Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Iron Man and Green Lantern are a pretty good comparison. One did everything right and broke out into mainstream mega awareness that started the road map to The Avengers and one did everything wrong and flopped completely messing up WBs plans for a DCU. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Iron Man and Green Lantern are a pretty good comparison. One did everything right and broke out into mainstream mega awareness that started the road map to The Avengers and one did everything wrong and flopped completely messing up WBs plans for a DCU. LOL yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 So, what's news since last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 (edited) Iron Man was much, much more famous than Green Lantern prior to the movies. Hell, I was a big comic book fan as a kid and I didn't even know who Green Lantern was prior to about 2009. Now THIS is definitely a minority opinion. Green Lantern was heavily featured in the massively successful Justice League and Justice League Unlimited cartoons of the 90s and early 00s. Also, DC had mega events around Green Lantern in the comics like "Blackest Night" way before the release of GL movie. I would say GL was 5th most recognized DC superhero after Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Flash, not counting sidekicks like Robin and Supergirl. Meanwhile over at Marvel, Iron Man had to contend with Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, and like a gazillion mutants from the X-Men franchise. Even Captain America was a bigger household name than him. Edited May 5, 2013 by Spidey Freak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I've read some of Civil War, not all of it but from what I read it all made Iron Man seem like a massive ----. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawa Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I remember people saying Green Lantern was going to be DC's answer to Iron Man. And then it got beaten not only by Thor and Captain America, but by X-Men First Class. Poor, poor DC. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I remember people saying Green Lantern was going to be DC's answer to Iron Man. And then it got beaten not only by Thor and Captain America, but by X-Men First Class. Poor, poor DC. I remember the original trailer for Green Lantern trying to make it look like a cross between Iron MAn and Star Trek 09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I remember people saying Green Lantern was going to be DC's answer to Iron Man. And then it got beaten not only by Thor and Captain America, but by X-Men First Class. Poor, poor DC. WB beat it themselves a couple weeks later with Horrible Bosses. Though I don't think they were pleased w/ that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I've read some of Civil War, not all of it but from what I read it all made Iron Man seem like a massive ----. Cap and Iron Man are both idiots and assholes in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I remember people saying Green Lantern was going to be DC's answer to Iron Man. And then it got beaten not only by Thor and Captain America, but by X-Men First Class. Poor, poor DC. They deserved that. It was a shit movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 The funniest thing to me about Green Lantern was seeing the level of denial on SHH. Seriously amazing level of denial from the fans on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Now THIS is definitely a minority opinion. Green Lantern was heavily featured in the massively successful Justice League and Justice League Unlimited cartoons of the 90s and early 00s. Also, DC had mega events around Green Lantern in the comics like "Blackest Night" way before the release of GL movie. I would say GL was 5th most recognized DC superhero after Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Flash, not counting sidekicks like Robin and Supergirl. Meanwhile over at Marvel, Iron Man had to contend with Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, and like a gazillion mutants from the X-Men franchise. Thank you, that's exactly the cartoons I was thinking of! So yeah I'm sticking with GL being a bit more known among my gen at least. But I still think the GL movie is a good comparison for what IM1 would have done with bad marketing. They weren't that far apart in relevance among the GA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 The funniest thing to me about Green Lantern was seeing the level of denial on SHH. Seriously amazing level of denial from the fans on there. This is new to me, what did they deny about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Man, just got done catching up on this thread! 30 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 This is new to me, what did they deny about? That it sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pensivepenguin Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 So, what's news since last night? IM3's OW estimate at 175.3M, Avengers effect certified real, RDJ crowned king, etc. The usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Terrific Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Iron Man turned out to be Peyton Manning. Green Lantern turned out to be Ryan Leaf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 That it sucked. Seriously? That sounds fun. It's kinda sad, I had such high hopes for GL, but after watching the trailer, I already have a bad feeling. And the movie is even worse than what I expect it to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 WB has sent out its Man Of Steel. This one needs to succeed critically and box office wise for a Blockbuster sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ban1o Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 About Green Lantern and Iron Man. When I was a female kid in the early 2000's, I didn't read any comics at all. I had no idea who iron man was or even who the x-men were because I never watched the movies. However, I know who Green Lantern was because of the tv show Justice League. in fact when I heard they were making a Green Lantern movie I was surprised to find out he wasn't black. LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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