Melancton

"Drunk tigers"--- whereabouts are they? Did they come in with the last patch?

(Later, on a Paragon City street...)

Caller: OUTTA MY WAY, HERO! And THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for stopping at Wentworths before answering my call!

*shoves hero aside and keeps on walking*

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And once again, Steelclaw clears up a mystery about our fair city.

Is there any way for a Praetorian lowbie to log out and get the Police (Law Enforcer) Day Job badge?

You can get the Banker Day Job badge by logging out in the Vault in Pocket D, but I have not found a location yet that would allow the Police badge. If I could get that one as well, I could have the handy Tear Gas temp power.

Have I missed something?

The Circle of Thorns has a gruesome backstory (kidnap and murder of children) and makes no secret of its servitude to Hell. They easily rank Number One on my list of groups to eliminate. (I will stop and throw an AoE on any green bonfire as I pass, even on my level 50s.)

These folks in your video are clearly challenging for that top slot.

Nicely done.

Melancton on Justice needs to have a cape to help out, so I will have to hit some levels. He has a nice bright Silver Age costume, as you can see from the forum avatar.

What is the general timeframe you have for filming?

(I also have an Earth/Storm/Fire Controller at 50 on Justice already-- not quite as photogenic, but could certainly provide Thunderclouds, Tornadoes, Snow Storms and Freezing Rain. )

Aha. Thanks.

*bows*

Uncle Melancton continually emails Jetpacks and salvage to his Praetorian nephews. (As well as Plasmatic Tasers, Backup Radios and a ton of other equipment.)

That is how I worked around Ye Olde Moate.

I am not sure how Inherent Fitness helps.

"Green Lantern" is enjoyable overall, and I had a good time. Quite frankly, I was primarily relieved that it was not a sneering camp-fest take on GL. Hollywood does not look kindly on anyone who sets themselves up a as a foe to "Evil," but fortunately this was not another Batman TV series or something worse.

Super hero films that do very well seem to have one or more of the following: 1) a riveting performance 2) an engaging/compelling story 3) a sense of fun and some "wow." Green Lantern could have easily had more of the last two if the creative team had done just a bit better.

Story: As others have noted, there are scenes that are too short, and others that do not logically flow into each other. Plot holes show up. Logic lapses. There are FOUR writers, and it shows. (If I see one more super hero with "Daddy Issues," I am going to scream, and not only do those get wedged into the plot, our intrepid writers add some "Daddy Issues" for one of the baddies, too. Geez Louise.) The resolutions of the challenges posed by the villains seem pretty sudden and perfunctory. I was not too happy with the notion that Hal Jordan does not appear to know how to use the Ring, and his "training" seems to be having other Green Lanterns tell him that he does not know how to use the Ring while beating him up. And as in most super hero movies where the protagonist is not invulnerable, Hal takes enough injury to incapacitate several ordinary humans and yet keeps on functioning, unless we need him helpless for an involuntary mind-meld. In short, there are annoyances of varying degree in the story overall and in divergence with the GL canon that are bothersome. They are ultimately just that, however, annoyances.

Fun and Wow: A Green Lantern can construct literally ANYTHING, and now with CGI, such flights of fancy can finally be depicted onscreen. I for one was hoping to see something "fun" in the constructs. For example, I was REALLY hoping we would see GL do an Ice Slick in green, complete with baddies slipping and falling as they try to escape. I think audiences would have liked that. Alas, there was nothing really as fun as that, nor any construct that was a WOW, either. There are some reasonably good ones, but not any that you will leave the theater wanting to tell your friends about, and that is too bad. It did not have to be that way.

There is also going to be the same frustration with GL as I have with Superman: If they use their powers to full potential, the fight is over in seconds. There is no dramatic tension. (There is a cartoon in which the Joker tells Batman that he can save either Rachael or Harvey Dent, but he cannot possibly get to both of them, and then Superman suddenly appears carrying the both of them. He then tosses the Joker into outer space and asks Batman if he wants to go get a beer. THAT sort of thing.) GL does not show us what he has very much here, and is more "under-powered" than usual.

HOWEVER

I liked it overall and am glad I saw it.

The movie gets a LOT of things right. The Oath is presented in a straightforward manner with no sniggering. Sinestro looks great and is well presented. The notion that the Ring could seek out one who would combat Evil and have no fear is seen as reasonable, and indeed, correct. (Although I would have laughed if after Abin Sur tells the Ring to bring him "someone without fear" if Daredevil had returned in that green bubble. )

The acting is acceptable, not as terrible as the critics would like to let on. Now, there are no compelling performances. But if you switched Ryan Reynolds and Robert Downey Jr. between their films, would Iron Man be as good without the Downey Personna? Would his personna even work as well in "Green Lantern?" Everyone does a reasonably good job, and Ryan Reynolds is fine given what he has to work with.

This is an easy film for critics to turn their noses up at. I think a basically Noble hero will have rough sledding critically unless a lot of things hang together just right.

If you go in not expecting greatness and willing to enjoy the things that are done right, you will have a good time I think. I did.

Steelclaw...

Do you have an ancestor named Sisyphus???

As long as you are enjoying yourself, more power to you, but...

Dang, dude. You keep getting so close...

This makes as much sense as the current rationale about the All-Noticing, All-Knowing, Power-Giving, Meglomaniac, Sentient, Insane Well of Furies and the whole Incarnate system. Now it wants its powers BACK? There's your next end-game raid right there!

You may have missed a Comedy Gold opportunity for the Well to "take over" Captain Judgment as it does with Statesman. On the other hand, maybe it would not have been as funny as it sounds. Dying is easy, Comedy is hard. I have already proven ingame how adept I am at the former.

"Comic Book Continuity" has been an oxymoron for a long, long time.

Reboot. Ugh. Reboot. Meh. Reboot.

It comes as no surprise that the movie gurus are mixing and matching to suit their fancies, as opposed to continuity. That has been going on a long, long time.

DC has been a far bigger offender than Marvel, and it is not like anyone on the creative teams has worried about what I would like anyway.

Anyone seen Superman's trunks anywhere?

(I suppose I should be grateful that they did not decide to reboot him a la Dr. Manhattan.)