Definitive GREEN LANTERN movie suit thread

[GeneralFROSTY]

Is it too early to start talking about this suit? I think not! Even as we ponder to ourselves and speculate with one another, at this very moment there is a production designer and an FX house doing the same thing - only in an 'official' capacity.
My first order of business with this thread is to call to attention any and all board members whom may have information leading to whom exactly will be making Ryan Reynold's movie suit.
Starting from the gound up, I hope this thread will grow with a plethora of information, including what methods and materials were used in creating the movie suit we will eventually see and all want.
I have seen a few of the fan-made concept art pieces as I am sure some of you have as well; I have posted the best one below.
The first is, if what I have read is correct, a concept drawing that comes from the official production of the movie - though an early design, I am hoping they go in a different route that preserves the traditional logo.
The second image is probobly one of the best photoshopped renders I have ever seen. This wonderful fan art gives us our first view of what Green lantern would realistically look like in a live-action movie.

I will keep checking back with my guys over at www.thegreenlanterncorps.com and see if they get any info ahead of us.

 

[Maelstrom]

I could live w/the costume in the second pic, but IMO the mask looks dumb.

 

[TMP]

I whould love to do one of these costumes.
How ever i got some points and thoughts to how i belive the costume will look like.

I do not belive they will use the eye mask like it is now. It goes good with the comic book versions but not toward the modern idea of superhero that whey whould try to make us belive in existing time.

I belive either will it be a full mask, or it will be a headband. Posslbe glasses.

I also belive the costume will be more with armor plating design and emathise protection and not muscles and unvonrebility. Clothing gets damaged in was and if only textile or leather it will be damaged. So i belive they will go towards having a futuristic suit with tecnical aspects and a story behind.

I belive for captain america they will use the new boddy armor called dragon skin. This is among the best bulletprove and antisplint suit mades.

Look at the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kMCZlSfUW4


A nice way to bring real life tecnology into the super hero realm.

 

[MattMurdockYLW]

I want the suit as close to the comic as possible. It does NOT need armor.
The ring crates the suit based on the wearers imagination. The suit is already invulnerable so armor is not needed. Spiderman didn't need armor and he can get hurt. Superman didn't need armor, Green Lantern does not need it either.
However, I feel as if in the new fad to be "Realistic" armor will be present.
It's a scifi fantasy, why does realistic need to come into play?

 

[TMP]

I want the suit as close to the comic as possible. It does NOT need armor.
The ring crates the suit based on the wearers imagination. The suit is already invulnerable so armor is not needed. Spiderman didn't need armor and he can get hurt. Superman didn't need armor, Green Lantern does not need it either.
However, I feel as if in the new fad to be "Realistic" armor will be present.
It's a scifi fantasy, why does realistic need to come into play?

Well i also like the comic books and scifi. But i belive the studio will go away from the spandex idea over to some more modern type materials.

Remember spandex fas in the 1960 the future wear on everyone... I belive it was only the in arround 1980 the girls used it allot :lol

I BELIVE that they will keep it close to the carracter as close as possible, but i still BELIVE they will do some changes to it to make it become more realistc wear costume. For instance the mask.. What holds the mask? Does the superhero glue it on everytime.. Time will show what they come up with.

 

[duck]

Here's my biggest problem with so many literal interpretations of Silver Age superhero costumes. 95% of all characters who wear any type of mask covering the eyes, whether it's GL or Batman or Wolverine, the mask is drawn like colored skin going right up to the eye and the eye is drawn solid white without pupils. (Captain America and Hawkeye being some notable exceptions) This was done because it looks cool as hell and mysterious. And for some reason, even in this day and age of every movie suffering from CGI diarrhea (or CGIarrhea, as I recently heard it described), every costume designer/art direction/FX team has decided to still go with big fat leather or plastic looking mask with big eye holes and make-up around the eyes and no CGI solid white eyes.

Now, I understand that even when a mid-level star like Ryan Reynolds signs on to be a masked superhero (as opposed to A-Listers), they and their agents make damn sure that their faces are as unobscured and recognizable as possible. But in a case like this, where GL will (should) be wearing essentially a smallish goggle sized masquerade mask that fits the contours of his face and doesn't really alter his face in any significant way. His whole face and hair will be very evident. But a faithful recreation of the comic mask will look basically kinda stupid without the white eyes. And since GL has fantastic energy powers, unlike the semi-rooted in realism of Batman, there is no reason, story wise or art direction wise, that GL couldn't have white eyes. It would do almost nothing to effect the recognize-ability of the actor and only serve to make him look totally badass.

I'm not exactly sure why I'm rambling on like this, but anyway, I guess my point is I hope they keep the mask pretty damn close to the comic, even if they thicken it up like Chris O'Donnel's Robin mask, use green make up to cover the transition from mask eye-hole edge to Reynolds actual eye, and use CGI to make his eyes a solid glowing white.... which, of course I'm sure they won't do, because no one else has done it in all these damn superhero movies and that would make perfect sense.

See? Now that wasn't so hard, now was it?

 

[blownhemi]

Now, I understand that even when a mid-level star like Ryan Reynolds signs on to be a masked superhero (as opposed to A-Listers), they and their agents make damn sure that their faces are as unobscured and recognizable as possible.

Based on what Ryan Reynolds was saying for Deadpool (is it still happening?!?), I don't think he would mind having his face obscured. Deadpool is horribly scarred and Ryan was pushing for that look, among other comic correct things. Fourth wall breaking and whatnot.

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

I agree totally about the white eyes - glowing eyes looks really badass.
I still don't expect any kind of fabric to be used for the suit - not entireley anyway. Perhaps we will see some kind of textured, mesh fabric used for parts of the black, but the green parts will be made 'Batman' movie style.

 

[Nightwing Returns]

They should use the suit from Mortak Kombat vs. DCU. Its like a modern leather suit, kinda like UDReplicas Dark Knight suit.

-Kevin

 

[Darth Mule]

Ilike the direction of the costume in the second pic although certain elements need tightened up (the edges of the gauntlets are smooth while all the other edges on the suit are angled). However, I've seen, but can't place that design before. That's an existing movie suit that someone has just photoshopped color and a GL emblem on.

 

[Capn_Jack_Savvy]

His hands look naked!:lol

GL needs gloves! Nuff said!

 

[DarthVader1]

In the second pic, it kinda looks like THE FLASH (from the early 90's TV series)....just a little bit....somehow.

 

[CSMacLaren]

In the lore of Green Lantern as defined by Geoff Johns, the costume isn't cloth or any physical material, but is actually light. I think Green Lanterns have a default force field that makes any armor-like appearance to their costume unnecessary.

I think they'd opt for a subtle approach to GL, kind of like what they did with Superman Returns for which they kept the classic costume but added very subtle things that you didn't quite make out when the actor was moving, but yet you picked up enough to know there was a great deal of refinement.

As with all super heroes, they'd do some accents to bring out the muscles and the heroic "V" shaped chest.

I think anything that looked like armor would work against the fact that Hal Jordan solely relied on will power to protect him. If he needed armor, he could will it - like in his fight with Morgul.

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

The MK vs DC suit is certainly my favorate interpretation of the costume ever and I think it would translate well on film - but we all know it won't look like that - the production designer will have thier own take on the suit, but here are some things I am hoping for:
1- Stay true to the design of the comic book (i.e. don't make it an all black X-Men suit)
2- If the logo is going to be altered, keep it close to the comic version like what was done for First Flight or the logo used for that photoshopped pic.
3- The green parts would look great as a rubber-batman style armor, while the black can be a mesh or textured fabric.
4- Of course Hollywood producers are going to want to showcase Reynold's face as much as possible. Fortunately, the mask is not something a GL puts on, rather something the ring creates. I would be OK if his ring turns the mask 'off' and 'on' depending on his company and situation - glowing white eyes would be good, especially in battle!
5- Don't make the suit so complicated that RPF members can't replicate it!!:lol
6- The ring design needs to be simple - not overly designed like the direction they were goin in for First Flight.:thumbsdown

That's all my nitpicking right now. Still hoping for some more concept art to make it's way on the web so we know what we are dealing with...

 

[MattMurdockYLW]

this is pretty much what I want to see, white or opaque eye would be great as well.

 

[DuneMuadDib]

Yes, do the costume like the FF movie ones. That photo-manip looks great, but I'd want taller boots personally.

 

[Kodiakc]

I like the armored look from Green Lantern First Flight but the white gloves have to go.. black, green or no gloves but no more white! :eek









My Faith protects me, my Kevlar helps.

 

[Nexus6]

Disclaimer: I am a GL freak. More specifically, I am a Hal Jordan GL freak.

Having said that, I also would not mind if they gave his costume a treatment similar to what they did in Green Lantern: First Flight.

I also understand everyone's dislike of the armored concept, since, as stated, the Lanterns' ring (being one of the most powerful weapons in the DC universe) is what protects the "slinger," and the appearance of the uniforms are the result of the wearers imagination.

HOWEVER, I also think, again as previously-stated, that the studio will make the uniform have an armored appearance. And the way I excuse that, is that a new Lantern (especially one from Earth) might subconsciously manifest his uniform in an armor-like fashion; since that is how people from this planet have historically protected themselves from bodily harm. *shrugs*

And I concur with Kodiakc, they need to lose the white gloves in the live action version.

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

That image above is my favorate version so far! The 'Fantastic 4' look goes good here.

 

[Primrodo]

Lets not forget the lastest fad...we'll see little overdyed GL logos all over the darn thing.