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(See how I used the green border? That’s called attention to detail, you philistines, and you’re welcome.)

Okay. So:

(A) I’m so-so on Green Lantern comics. Dude seems like kind of a buzzkill

(B) Marjorie and I certainly do like that Ryan Reynolds fellow

(C) I’d like DC to have a superhero franchise that isn’t dependent on Christian Bale glaring at me

(D) Well, somebody at Warner Bros. was paying attention when that charming ladies’ man Tony Stark made Marvel all that money, weren’t they?

(E) Hahahahahaa! Good one, Peter Sarsgaard!

(F) HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAAAA!!! GRIMACE IS SOOO ANGRY HE’S GOING TO DESTROY McDONALDLAND

(G) Despite the scorn displayed toward Grimace in (F), I very much like weird-ass space aliens

(H) I especially like when weird-ass space aliens live on weird-ass alien planets

(I) That stupid little mask looks stupid

(J) I am not afraid of anyone who, rather than just punching me themselves, instead has to punch me using their magical piece of sparkly hologram jewelry

PROS: B, C, G, H
CONS: A, D, E, F, I, J

You’d think since the “cons” column has more letters, that must mean I don’t like this trailer, but I actually kind of love it. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If your movie contains a hydrocephalic Peter Sarsgaard and Ryan Reynolds crackin’ wise at Grimace, you really can’t go wrong.

With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.

6 replies on “Here’s Your <i>Green Lantern</i> Trailer, Nerds!”

  2. I was excited by the promise of this movie but now am becoming skeptical due to this trailer. Is it just me, or does the CGI look kind of horrible?

  5. Generally speaking, I find all of DC’s comics incredibly boring. Green Lantern even moreso. That said, I also like Mr. Reynolds. He was good on “Two Guys, Some Pizza and a Girl Who Looks Like Tea Leoni Back When She Was Still Cute.”

    I could see this flick going either way.

  6. Post Script: The CGI costume looks TOO CGI. They have time to fix it, but as is it looks dumb.

    On the flipside, the CGI of Kilowog is pretty damn good. *golf clap*

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