Okay, Batman, that’s enough. Come along now, and stop making bad jokes that Green Lantern himself won’t make.

Thanks for making this, Marco!

(From Justice League #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee)

So Magnusarkade is totally raging right now because of the conclusion of the War of the Green Lanterns, which [SPOILER FUCKING ALERT] left Hal Jordan banished from the Corps after killing Krona. LOL.

Anyway, the solicit and the alternate cover of Green Lantern #1, released in time for the rebooted DCnU, just came in. And we have some disturbing news for you, son. The cover is after the cut. Spoiler alert again.

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Okay, so it’s no secret that the recent Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. Except for Bim of Comicology, who seems to have genuinely enjoyed it. As for us Comicgasm writers, the biggest question in our minds when we left the theater last Saturday was will we get a non-comic book adaptation of Green Lantern that actually gets it right? You see, First Flight wasn’t that good and Emerald Knights was a great adaptation of the comics, but it was made for the hardcore fans, not for people who know nothing of Hal Jordan and his balls of emerald energy. (continue reading…)

Comicgasm editors Ade and RJ have seen the much-anticipated movie adaptation of the fan-favorite comic book series, Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds as the title character. Was it the best comic book adaptation ever or was it a steaming pile of turd? Read on to read the editors’ opinions about the movie.

As always, this review will be FULL OF SPOILERS. If you have not seen Green Lantern yet, do not read on.

Ade: Honestly, I didn’t go in the theater with high expectations. The costume sucked, Ryan Reynolds never struck me as the perfect guy to play Hal Jordan, and the movie has an embarrassing 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With that, I kept my expectations low, and went in hoping for an entertaining dumb flick along the lines of Green Hornet. I can’t believe that hoping for an entertaining movie was asking too much.

RJ: To be honest, I kinda needed this movie to work. And by “work”, I mean “NOT SUCK”. The Green Lantern books have been so disappointing lately (and by “lately”, I meant ever since “Brightest Day”) that I needed something to, forgive the pun, Recharge my faith in Green Lantern. Emerald Knights helped, it helped a LOT. But then they gave us THIS? Really, DC? REALLY? I wasn’t asking for something that’ll blow my mind, just a movie that doesn’t TOTALLY SUCK DONKEY BALLS. It’s like you WANT me to be ANGRIER at you, DC!

Ade: Before anything else, though, let me just say: I FUCKING HATE PEOPLE WHO TALK IN MOVIES. Yes, I am talking about you, woman who was loudly describing everything that was happening on screen as it was happening to her boyfriend. Also, your boyfriend too, the idiot who did not put his phone on silent and talked to his mom for a good five minutes. Choke on a bag of dicks, you two.

RJ: It’s like the entire day was made just to piss us off. The weeaboo horde at Toy Con (wait for our Toy Con experience post!), 1:43 posters, assholes seated behind us, and to top it all: the Green Lantern movie. It really was a good idea that I wore my Red Lantern shirt that day.

Ade: At first glance, this movie looked like the one fanboys everywhere have been clamoring for: awesome special effects, a stellar cast, an amazing director, and a very faithful, almost reverent, adaptation of the comic book mythos. So why the hell does this movie suck? (continue reading…)