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"Jonathan Harris? I might have to do an imdb search there. I don't usually envision actors when I read comics, but for some reason I "heard" Rene Auberjunois ("Odo" from ST:DS9) as Salakk."
Hmm. I'll have to see if I "get" that in the next issue. I'm a big fan of Odo. Of course, Englehart's GLC was years before DS9-- but I've been a fan of LOST IN SPACE since late 1965!
I do have a habit of trying to "cast" actors in roles-- particularly if I have the feeling that the ORIGINAL artist who first drew a character may have actually done so. Take Hal Jordan! Gil Kane was on record that he based Hal on Paul Newman. But I've NEVER seen that in about 99% of all the GL comics I've ever read, because nobody but Kane ever drew him that way... and under early-60's DC house-style "smooth" inkers, how could you tell? (The joke I heard was that by the 50's or 60's, "Superman looked like he was drawn in a BANK.")
The one time I MIGHT have taken Hal for Newman was the O'Neil-Adams issues... when Hal, Ollie & Dinah seemed patterned after Paul Newman, Robert Redford & Katherine Ross from the then-recent movie, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. (Redford, with a moustache, was a REAL argumentative hard-head in that film! Newman was the easy-going one... for a change.)
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Not that it would have gotten Guy anywhere - that bloke used to be so level-headed before the accident which turned him into a loud-mouthed obnoxious jerk! When did this change in personality occur?
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LAM - After he woke up from his coma during the Crisis.
I thought this was a great first issue and I'm totally on board for the rest of this mini! After the shuddering disappointment that is Rann-Thanagar War I decided I was never going to buy anything Gibbons-written again. But when I saw this I thought 'Oh well its only 6 issues and I like the GLC so what the heck?'. Now I wish it was an ongoing! Loved it! (Though that's probably more down to Johns than Gibbons but what the hey!)
Random thoughts :
- I didn't love Soranik Atu as much as the rest of you but she definitely has potential. - Loved seeing old GL's like Sallak, Brik, Kilowog and especially Stel again! Who was that nameless green guy from Uxor though? He can't have been the Green Man as he died in Invasion (rather grossly). Is it someone else from his planet? - Was very impressed to see some consistency with the new alien GLs in Green Lantern #4 also being shown here - specifically that rodent GL and that frog GL who were having trouble with yellow. - Gleason's art was fantastic! - Great to see lots of very alien looking GLs in the background. All those new GLs we were introduced to in the GLC Quarterly of a few years ago being humanoid was one of my biggest problems with that series. - The characterisations were spot-on all round I thought. - Some nice, intriguing mysteries brewing. - I wish Soranik Atu had been more purple like Katma Tui and Sinestro. She looked more hispanic than Korugaran.
Very much looking forward to the rest of the series!
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"After the shuddering disappointment that is Rann-Thanagar War I decided I was never going to buy anything Gibbons-written again."
Dave Gibbons has been one of my favorite artists since his run on the Tom Baker DOCTOR WHO strips. But his "writing"... EH! Didn't he write the WORLD'S FINEST mini-series illustrated by Steve Rude? I looked forward to that for so long... INCREDIBLE artwork... and a story I couldn't follow for the life of me. (Yeah, it's been a while...)
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quote:Originally posted by Blacula: I wish Soranik Atu had been more purple like Katma Tui and Sinestro. She looked more hispanic than Korugaran.
Put this into an Earth perspective and it works out. Make an assumption that Korugar, like Earth, has people with different skin colors.
The funny thing is that normally I'm all for this sort of diversity of skin colours on alien planets. I think it was that Shadow Lass issue of 'Legends of the Legion' that showed all those Talokians of different hues of blue - and I loved it!
But here it majorly annoys me for some reason. Actually now that I think about it - I think its because her current skin colouring means she could too easily pass as an Earthling - and I'm all about the GLC looking 'alien'! If she were another shade of purple or violet or even bright pink I'd have absolutely no problem with it. Hopefully future colourists, or even issues of this series, will make her more purple.
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I'm curious about the plot and I really enjoyed a lot of the dialogue but I thought the art was somewhat lacking. Though the Guy-mooning-Bats moment was the Best. Thing. Ever.
I really liked Kyle's role here. I like that the Guardians appreciate what he's done for him and that he's not the rookie anymore even if he still feels weird sometimes. Since Kyle's "my" GL (he was the GL when I started reading comics -- yes, I am that young ), I really like seeing him grow. Finally. And he's also my favorite so I'm really curious as to what his fate will be.
All in all, I really liked the series. Go team Geoff!! But, then, I bet y'all knew I felt that way...
-------------------- Abin: You know what to do with a Cali sandwich? No but neither do Cobie and CJ! CJ: Yeah, we do. She's smiling, isn't she?
Context... who needs it?
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You know reading this again reminds me how much of a miss the new Hal Jordan series has been for me. I think it's been announced that GLC will be an ongoing after Crisis.
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quote:Originally posted by Tamper Lad: You know reading this again reminds me how much of a miss the new Hal Jordan series has been for me. I think it's been announced that GLC will be an ongoing after Crisis.
Really? When/Where/How did you hear about this? And will it be Geoff Johns at the helm or someone else? We need info here!
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Starting in March of next year, the Green Lantern Corps: Recharge creative team of writer Dave Gibbons (Rann/Thanagar War) and artist Patrick Gleason (Aquaman) launch the DCU's stellar peacekeepers into a new ongoing Green Lantern Corps series.
"The thematic elements of Green Lantern Corps will be friendship, duty, and honor as well as rebuilding, not only physically, but emotionally for many of these characters," Editor Peter Tomasi explained. "Not being set on Earth, this book will also have a distinct grand space opera pedigree that sets it apart from the solo Green Lantern title."
While Kyle Rayner, kilowog and Salakk will be key members of the GLC cast, Gibbons makes no bones about who he considers the star of the book:
"Guy Gardner is our prime Lantern," Gibbons shared. "He's a roaming troubleshooter with no fixed sector and through him we get to explore a universe feeling the reverberations of Rann/Thanagar War and Infinite Crisis."
But while Guy will recieve his share of the focus, Tomasi is quick to ensure that this is very much an ensemble book.
"Green Lantern is Hal's book, but Green Lantern Corps focuses on the dynamic of a large group and how things like recruiting and training work," said Tomasi. "The first arc will focus on how different members view the Corps very differently."
In addition, Tomasi promises several guest stars and a classic GL villain with a creepy new outlook.
"This is a majestic new era not just for Hal Jordan, but the entire Green Lantern mythos," teased the editor
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: No Arisia.
And Katma Tui is deceased I believe
So is Arisia.
Coincidentally, my two favorite GLs of all time, especially Katma Tui. I guess that's why I've had a harder time getting worked up over the various shake ups to the GL status quo for the past decade or however long it's been. On the plus side, I guess because of that, I was more relaxed and able to enjoy Kyle's stories than some of the die-hard Hal fans.
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