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Green Lantern: Ryan Reynolds?

Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 11:21PM |

It's well known among my friends that I'm a huge Green Lantern fan, and so I thought I would share my thoughts about the recent casting announcement of Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

Now, I've been a fan of Ryan Reynolds since his days on the excellent sitcom, Two Guys, A Girl, And A Pizza Place, (a show overdue on DVD) but I don't readily see him as Hal Jordan.

Reynolds is primarily known for his comedic roles, and Hal Jordan isn't exactly known for his humor. Jordan is an Air Force test pilot who was chosen to be the Green Lantern (a galactic police force) from our space sector, a man "who will overcome great fear." He's not exactly known for his witticisms, and he actually tends to be over-serious, thus making him a foil for Green Arrow.

I'd always actually pictured fellow Two Guys... star Nathan Fillion of Firefly fame as Hal Jordan, but of the people in the running, Bradley Cooper would have been my pick.

However, I am still very much excited for the movie because of the involvement of Marc Guggenheim, current Spider-Man co-writer and the man behind the script for the Wolverine video game (which was actually better than the movie) and perhaps more importantly, director Martin Campbell. Having the director of the best two Bond films of the past 20 years (Goldeneye and

Casino Royale) has me convinced that this could be DC's Iron Man. Whew, 2011 can't come fast enough!

Oh, and if you want to get the lowdown on this Green Lantern, I can't recommend the recent revisiting of his origin by Geoff Johns in the accurately titled Green Lantern: Secret Origin highly enough. Top notch writing and art as well as a fantastic introduction to the character's modern identity.

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