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Film / Nerd / Fashion Today in Bad Superhero Costume Design
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:20 PM
It's a big day for super-hero costumes! Topless Robot has a roundup, including tidbits about the Wonder Woman costume (there are apparently optional shorts, people!) and a shot of the cast of the Batman play that will be touring Great Britain soon. But the exciting news of the day is this: Warner Bros. has just released shots of Ryan Reynolds' costume from the upcoming Green Lantern movie. Let's take a look:
Okay, that white eyeball thing is really weird, but I guess it's faithful to the comic book. What's not faithful, though, is the weird ropy organic costume. But, whatever! Let's stay positive, right? I'm sure they'll make it work. Let's see what else those myth-makers at Hollywood have in store for us—AAAAAAAAGH!
DEMON BABY EMBRYO TOES! EMERALD GREEN EMBRY-TOES! Green Lantern wears Vibram FiveFingers*, now? This is unacceptable. What's next, Spider-Crocs?
...Oh.
* Incidentally, if you ever can't remember the brand name of Vibram FiveFingers, they will be the first result if you Google "creepy toe shoes."
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Uh, it looks actually nice considering the costume is actually supposed to be another of the magic green 'things' that the Green Lantern "magic ring" creates.
Have you linked the Wondercon footage yet? Because increasingly this film looks pretty bad ass.
Green Lantern is one of the most ridiculous superhero concepts out of all them: each "sector" of space is selected based on their morals to be a "space cop" and given a high science "power ring" that is so far ahead in science it's magic. They can create any object they can imagine, of any size, out of "hard light", and they have to say a special oath when they recharge their power rings every 24 hours. Oh, and they get their mandate as space cops from 30-trillion year old 2 foot tall blue aliens called the Guardians of the Galaxy, who have been around since or before the Big Bang.
They managed to make that look kinda cool. I can deal with toes.
Have you linked the Wondercon footage yet? Because increasingly this film looks pretty bad ass.
Green Lantern is one of the most ridiculous superhero concepts out of all them: each "sector" of space is selected based on their morals to be a "space cop" and given a high science "power ring" that is so far ahead in science it's magic. They can create any object they can imagine, of any size, out of "hard light", and they have to say a special oath when they recharge their power rings every 24 hours. Oh, and they get their mandate as space cops from 30-trillion year old 2 foot tall blue aliens called the Guardians of the Galaxy, who have been around since or before the Big Bang.
They managed to make that look kinda cool. I can deal with toes.
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Did you ever read Adam West's autobiography?
He used to have a line of women outside his apartment who would wait to come in and get with him.
Reason? They were attracted to that cheesy, pantyhose type, Halloween-issue suit.
Would that happen to Ryan Reynolds in his Michelin Man special (better, yet, would he want it to happen...SLOG, be the experts)...
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If we can see his Green Hornet Toes through his costume, I insist that we be able to see his Green Hornet Wang as well. It only makes sense, amiright?
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Most amazing comment over at Topless Robot (from MattKerr):
"In brightest day, with blackest dong!
No evil shall escape my wong!
Let those who think it isn't long,
Beware my privates: Green Lantern's schlong!"
@2 - I get what they're going for, considering the suit is a ring construct. However, the skin-tight visible-toe thing only makes any sense if Hal *strips* before activating the suit. Which the trailer clearly showed he doesn't.
Don't get me wrong. I'll definitely see it. I'll probably enjoy myself to some degree. But it seems like for every decision the filmmakers got right (Hector Hammond? Awesome!) they made pretty poor judgments somewhere else (the suit, Ryan Reynolds)
"In brightest day, with blackest dong!
No evil shall escape my wong!
Let those who think it isn't long,
Beware my privates: Green Lantern's schlong!"
@2 - I get what they're going for, considering the suit is a ring construct. However, the skin-tight visible-toe thing only makes any sense if Hal *strips* before activating the suit. Which the trailer clearly showed he doesn't.
Don't get me wrong. I'll definitely see it. I'll probably enjoy myself to some degree. But it seems like for every decision the filmmakers got right (Hector Hammond? Awesome!) they made pretty poor judgments somewhere else (the suit, Ryan Reynolds)
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I am so excited to see this, even if it turns out to be not all one would wish. The Green Lantern was the only superhero whose main asset was his joory.
My mother had a giant green-stoned ring she said I could borrow. Therefore I was the badass Green Lantern of our little slice of Capitol HIil from age five to twelve.
My mother had a giant green-stoned ring she said I could borrow. Therefore I was the badass Green Lantern of our little slice of Capitol HIil from age five to twelve.
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@2 well it makes sense in that sort of "strips" logic if you consider that his jeans also become skin-tight tights, or a tuxedo turns into that suit. But beats me. As long as Kilowog calls someone poozer and they at least allude to the existence of Alan, Guy, John, Kyle, Gotham, or Metropolis, the movie will please me.
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THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. This film is obviously trying to profit from the newfound popularity of barefoot running.
I hear the SInestro Corps will be wearing Nike Free Run + in the sequel.
I hear the SInestro Corps will be wearing Nike Free Run + in the sequel.
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"Watchman" broke the giant blue penis barrier for super-hero films. I think green boner is the least this film could add....
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@16, DONALD GLOVER FOR SPIDERMAN! (Make it happen internet!)
This will be a terrible movie, I just hope it's SO TERRIBLE that it destroys Marvel and DC and all of comic books. That shit needs to get seriously destroyed so we can make comics better! (Online, more diversity, stories written in arcs)
This will be a terrible movie, I just hope it's SO TERRIBLE that it destroys Marvel and DC and all of comic books. That shit needs to get seriously destroyed so we can make comics better! (Online, more diversity, stories written in arcs)
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