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Zeus posted...

At any rate, Atrocitus would also be a good way of introducing the concept of other Lantern Corps for when Sinestro eventually does a heel turn. It's also more organic than Sinestro just coming up with the idea for a yellow lantern.

The way I saw it, you basically make "FEAR" the running theme of the entire trilogy. In the first movie, it's emphasized that Abin Sur fails (and dies) because Atrocitus made him afraid, and fear is the greatest weakness of the Green Lantern power ("Fear is the enemy of Will" as a snappy running mantra works great).

In the first movie, Hal gets the ring, and does some minor cool tricks with it, maybe saves some people or beats up some criminals. Then he fights Atrocitus, and gets his ass kicked - and his powers start to fail him, which is later emphasized as being because his fear is weakening his will. Then Sinestro shows up, actually explains these sorts of ground rules to him, and he sort of goes through his soul-searching 80s montage moment and discovers new-found motivation and courage, potentially bolstered by having Carol's life in danger or Sinestro explaining to him just how fucked Earth is if they don't catch Atrocitus (cue description of Ysmault, blaming it on Atrocitus).

In the final battle against Atrocitus, Sinestro gets decked allowing Hal to get the finishing blow, which he does by blowing up the yellow construction truck Atrocitus was going to beat him to death with (as a reference to the comics and the weakness being yellow, which we won't use because modern audiences think that's kind of stupid), because he's apparently JUST SO BADASS he's become immune to fear, and thus, THE MOST POWERFUL LANTERN EVER.

(But really, as we eventually learn in a later movie, the real trick is that he's always terrified, but has sort of come to terms with that fear in a way that just galvanizes his will even more, making him the only Green Lantern who is essentially using his fear as motivation rather than spending all of his time trying to deny or negate it.)

All of this is actually in the revised Green Lantern origin story from Rebirth, so it's not as if I'm making anything new up here.

Then the second movie continues to emphasize a lot about how emotions like fear and hate are weaknesses that sap will (and possibly throws love and compassion in there as well, to Hal's objection), while Sinestro is slowly becoming frustrated with how the Guardians are handling things, eventually learning that the Guardians lied about Ysmault (ie, THEY'RE the ones who destroyed the world, thus justifying Atrocitus' hatred of them), turning him against them. He embraces fear because it's the one power that truly makes Green Lanterns weak, and because it's the power of control and imposed order (see also Batman's entire philosophy).

After the first trilogy, and assuming it's popular enough to warrant sequels, you could always introduce other Lantern Corps, though I'd be hesitant - Orange, Blue, and Indigo are more support flavors than concepts that can carry an entire movie on their own. Violet might be a theme worth exploring, especially if the relationship with Carol is maintained over multiple movies (or possibly better, if he breaks up with her because the Guardians tell him love is forbidden and he's trying to do the right thing), because then you have something to work with if she becomes Star Sapphire, but that's another concept that might work better as the B-plot to a story with a strong main plotline.

Blackest Night is always an option, but that seems like it would be terrible as a film even though it was great as a comic.



Zeus posted...

I was just happy they didn't go with Kyle since I've never liked Kyle.

I'm not sure anyone likes Kyle.

Even Kyle doesn't like Kyle.


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