I'm still in disbelief that they're making a Green Lantern sequel. Not because I hated the film or anything - I thought it was perfectly average - but because it bombed really hard, and the sequel is almost guaranteed to do even worse. Most people HATED this movie - from a business standpoint, it would have been smarter to wait a while, and then just reboot it.
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TheCodeisBosco posted... I'm still in disbelief that they're making a Green Lantern sequel. Not because I hated the film or anything - I thought it was perfectly average - but because it bombed really hard, and the sequel is almost guaranteed to do even worse. Most people HATED this movie - from a business standpoint, it would have been smarter to wait a while, and then just reboot it.
What I find weirder is that they're focusing so much money on Green Lantern of everything. Batman already has a series, sure, and maybe they want to let Superman cool off after Returns, but what about Wonder Woman? She's still better known than Green Lantern.
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From: TheCodeisBosco | #008 I'm still in disbelief that they're making a Green Lantern sequel. Not because I hated the film or anything - I thought it was perfectly average - but because it bombed really hard, and the sequel is almost guaranteed to do even worse. Most people HATED this movie - from a business standpoint, it would have been smarter to wait a while, and then just reboot it.
......A reboot would be far worse. I don't see why that'd be "smarter."
I'm pretty sure WB wasn't expecting to make a gain on the $300 MILLION they invested for some crazy reason. What they did do was get the character out there and into public knowledge. And now they can license toys, games, the animated series, and they already have the premise and characters set up from the first film so they can just take the loss and move on with a sequel. You can tell in the movie that they were writing for a sequel from the start, too.
Why would a sequel do worse? I've really only seen critics and analysts complain about the movie.
Anagram posted... TheCodeisBosco posted... I'm still in disbelief that they're making a Green Lantern sequel. Not because I hated the film or anything - I thought it was perfectly average - but because it bombed really hard, and the sequel is almost guaranteed to do even worse. Most people HATED this movie - from a business standpoint, it would have been smarter to wait a while, and then just reboot it.
What I find weirder is that they're focusing so much money on Green Lantern of everything. Batman already has a series, sure, and maybe they want to let Superman cool off after Returns, but what about Wonder Woman? She's still better known than Green Lantern.
To be fair, I think Green Lantern is more well-known than a lot of people think. My generation loves the guy, thanks to the Justice League series that aired on Cartoon Network way back when. Wonder Woman is more well-known for sure, don't get me wrong - but a lot of people seem to think GL is a C-list superhero, and that's flat-out not true.
Personally, though, I don't think WB was investing in Green Lantern himself, so to speak; more than anything, I think they just thought a superhero flick with Ryan Reynolds was a surefire success. And hey, maybe that would have been the case last year - but 2011 has had a ton of superhero movies, so GL had to deal with both awful reviews and superhero fatigue. The writing was on the wall for it once X-Men: First Class fell short of expectations; if a really well-liked superhero movie couldn't make a dent, there was no way a poorly-reviewed one would.
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted... From: TheCodeisBosco | #008 I'm still in disbelief that they're making a Green Lantern sequel. Not because I hated the film or anything - I thought it was perfectly average - but because it bombed really hard, and the sequel is almost guaranteed to do even worse. Most people HATED this movie - from a business standpoint, it would have been smarter to wait a while, and then just reboot it. ......A reboot would be far worse. I don't see why that'd be "smarter."
Why do you think that? The 2008 Hulk made a mint at the box office, and vastly outperformed the hated original.
HeroDelTiempo17 posted... Why would a sequel do worse? I've really only seen critics and analysts complain about the movie.
Where have you been, man? :P EVERYONE'S been hating on it!
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Jolie had minor success with the Lara Croft movies as well, but a couple movies over the course of a decade aren't indicative of a trend towards female action heroes.
I don't know about you but I'm having a hard time coming up with an actress who has enough pull at the box office as Angie and could carry a (fairly hokey, conceptually at least) film like Wonder Woman.
Bran_Stark posted... Anagram posted... the icon ownz all posted... movie studios are not so keen to invest $100 million+ in an action movie with a female lead.
I don't know about you but I'm having a hard time coming up with an actress who has enough pull at the box office as Angie and could carry a (fairly hokey, conceptually at least) film like Wonder Woman.
They somehow convinced Harrison Ford to star in Cowboys and Aliens. Anything's possible. :P
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TheCodeisBosco posted... They somehow convinced Harrison Ford to star in Cowboys and Aliens. Anything's possible. :P
I'm not saying they couldn't get a big name actress to do the part, actually, it'd be quite the opposite with Wonder Woman, but asking who'd you think would be good enough for the part.
Bran_Stark posted... TheCodeisBosco posted... They somehow convinced Harrison Ford to star in Cowboys and Aliens. Anything's possible. :P
I'm not saying they couldn't get a big name actress to do the part, actually, it'd be quite the opposite with Wonder Woman, but asking who'd you think would be good enough for the part.
Sarah Michelle Geller of seven years ago?
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