The 'Green Lantern' Trailer, Now With 100% More Action

Ever wish you could watch a trailer of an upcoming action flick without all the talking, emotion, comedy and plot points? Just action scenes and nothing else?

Well, you're in luck. An uber Green Lantern fan named arttron on YouTube has done just that. Here is the 'Green Lantern' trailer recut with mostly action scenes, and a slightly different musical score:




I'm all for the fast-paced action clips in this "new" trailer. The music, however, makes me feel like I should be watching this in a gilded Victorian theater. Perhaps Green Lantern goes back in time at some point in the film to visit our severely morally upright ancestors, and this clip is merely hinting at such an adventure. Or maybe it's just the Harry Potter vibe infecting the country. All in all, not a bad recut, but I still like the 'Requiem for a Dream' style music from this fan made trailer.

Green Lantern is the Sexiest Man Alive

NY Daily News reports what most fan girls already knew: Ryan Reynolds, star of the 'Green Lantern,' is the Sexiest Man Alive.

Despite beating out 'Iron Man' Robert Downey, Jr. for the People Magazine prize, Reynolds was modest, joking that his family would make fun of him "for the rest of my life."

This latest award for Reynold's comes just after his wife Scarlett Johansson earned GQ's "Babe of the Year." I'm tempted to add "Luckiest Couple Alive" in there as well. When not collecting awards and starring in million dollar movies, the two also somehow find the time to get busy during filming. And by "get busy," I don't mean playing chess.

I'm almost positive Rod Stewart wrote this song with Ryan Reynold's in mind, even if the future 'Van Wilder' was still in grammar school at the time.

'Green Lantern' and Reynold's chiseled abs hit theaters next June.

The 'Green Lantern' Trailer Debuts

If the teaser trailer whetted your appetite for the emerald warrior, this new trailer for next summer's Green Lantern' should more than satisfy your need for all things green,.

The first theatrical 'Green Lantern' trailer:

Five Cool Things About the 'Green Lantern' Teaser Trailer

ET just released a teaser trailer of the upcoming 'Green Lantern' trailer that's set to debut with 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I' Nov. 19. ET plans to release the full trailer this Tuesday. Here it is in full CGI glory:



Here's five cool things I liked about it:

1.) Looks like director Martin Campbell decided to go with a slightly more humorous take than Nolan did with Batman or Singer did with Superman. We've had our share of brooding superheroes lately with 'TDK' and 'Watchmen,' so this will be a welcome break.

2.) First glimpse of Kilowog! Looks like Hal Jordan's trainer takes up more than his share of screen space.

3.) Ryan Reynolds is shirtless. OK, that's great if you're a girl. But if you're a guy, that means it'll just be easier to get your date to the theater.

4.) GL flies through interstellar space. Looks like the 'Green Lantern' plot rumor I posted earlier may have some truth. If that's the case, then directly after the bar fight--which seems to occur in the teaser with the giant green fist--Jordan gets taken to Oa to learn the proper use of his new found powers.

5.) Oa looks magnificent. It's really brief, but it looks like Oa is the Emerald City from 'Wizard of Oz' on steroids. Guess there's something to mystical places starting with 'O' with only two letters.

Stay tuned for the full trailer coming this Tuesday on ET, or in theaters before 'Harry Potter' next Friday.

20 Alternate Uses of a Green Lantern Power Ring

So, according to the Wiki page on Green Lantern, Hal Jordan has a plethora of powers to choose from with his mystical power ring. With abilities limited only by his imagination, he can teleport, levitate, blast energy fields, fly, and even time travel.

However, Hal is also an ordinary man when he's not dressed in a green leotard and creating emerald force fields around himself and loved ones. What kinds of things would Hal the Ordinary Man vs. the super hero, use a power ring for in everyday situation? Here's what I would use it for mostly:

1.) Opening the door when my arms are full of groceries. Really, this could be a super power in and of itself. No more scrambling for keys and playing the juggling act when I come home to my apartment holding ten packages of discount Top Ramen from Aldi's.

2.) Shape-shifting. For use to escape villainous gods or a crazed nemesis? No. more like changing into someone else when I see my ex-girlfriend crossing the street. Even better, changing into someone like this guy when meeting women for the first time.

3.) Placing users into suspended animation. Would work great not just on intergalactic psychopaths, but also on my boss when he catches me late by the time clock or asks me to stay late. This would also come in handy for playing pranks on your co-workers. Right when your rival is about to begin his Power point presentation you freeze everyone in place, remove his pants, and then release everyone. The only trick will be to keep your laughter to yourself so you aren't found out.

4.) Airport security. The Green Lantern power ring also allows the wearer to phase through solid objects. This would be great for when I fly. So instead of getting hassled by security and having to consent to a strip search in a seedy bathroom, I can just phase my studded belt right through the magnetic waves of the metal detector. Rio, here I come!

5.) Instant healing after performing wicked stunts on my bike. Don't you hate it when you go off a ramp to impress a girl, only to land on your head and bust your femur? With a power ring, I could crash and burn like usual, but instead of a three month stay in the hospital and a $560,000 bill, I'd just heal myself instantly. Then, rinse and repeat. Chicks dig injuries, you know.

6.) Create instant plasma energy dishes. Dirty plates and glasses in the sink? No problem. I'd just think myself a new set of plates, silverware, and glass, and I'd have something to pour my Top Ramen into after a night of heavy drinking.

7.) Instant back scratcher. This one speaks for itself. Plus, it'd be a real savings, too. Some back scratchers sure are expensive.

8.) Earplugs. Don't you hate it when you're getting chewed out by your girlfriend/boss/mom/best friend/cop/lawyer/guy at the bar/kid/grandparent? Worry no more, as a power ring would give you the instant ability to plug your fragile auditory nerves with tender green solid light. Would be awesome at a rock concert for when your favorite band starts playing their crappier songs.

9.) An iPod. Not gonna lie, I would use this one the most. This way people would stop me on the street and ask where I got such a cool iPod, instead of asking me why the hell I am rocking out to 'Barbie Girl'.

10.) A condom. On second thought, I would use this one the most. That is if a power ring could conjure up an actual, live girlfriend, which it can't.

11.) Instant green screen. Bored of hearing your grandma talk about that time in 1938 when she saw an albatross by the sea shore? Green screen a roller coaster track behind her and just watch the minutes fly by like...well, an albatross.

12.) Instant fact finder. Got nothing to say at a party? Or maybe you're one of those shy guys that doesn't like to talk. With a power ring you can add zest to any conversation with fun facts and tid bits through the ring's diagnostic capabilities. You'll be a walking Wikipedia, a veritable oracle of random trivia.

13.) Instant hang-over cure. Sinestro was apparently able to use his ring to reconnect synapses in the brain of a dead criminal in order to extract knowledge. Would the same thing work, only to cure hangovers brought on by cheap whiskey and Colt 45? I can only hope, otherwise it's cranberry juice, Advil, and a quick head dunk in a bucket of ice for me pretty much every morning.

14.) Holographic display. Finally, a way to reenact that scene from Star Wars when Princess Leia begs Obi-Wan for help without having to cart around my big screen TV and DVD player.

15.) Tie Tier. Seriously, does anyone know how to tie a tie? I have an important interview with a potential client in two hours and so far my tie looks like a dead snake draped around my neck. Oh well, Mr. Yaga Moto of the billion dollar Moto Unlimited Japan Corporation probably wasn't worth talking to anyway.

16.) A Kindle. Have you seen how expensive those doo-dads are? I'll be damned I'm going to spend my hard-earned money on what amounts to the iPad's ugly cousin.

17.) Automatic recording device. This way, I can record what I want to eat before the waiter comes to my table and asks me right when I stuff my face with a slice of bread.

18.) Instant Mormon Bubbler. You know, for in case I decide to convert one day.

19.) Laser pointer. This should really go without saying. There are so many times I point to things and my friends have no idea what it is I'm pointing to. Is it the bear charging down the path, the dead hooker we still haven't disposed of yet, the stack of empty beer cans left over from last month's party? A power ring with a built-in laser pointer would be an absolute Godsend.

20.) Money. It's already green, just like the light of the Green Lantern. Of course, it still won't stop me from overspending on my 3 pack-a-day habit, but anything helps at this point.

'Green Lantern' Movie Pics

Fresh in from the hdroom, here's some awesome stills from Green Lantern featuring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, and Tim Robbins. Click for BIGNESS:

"Honey, I'm not just a pilot. I'm a ring-powered super-hero, crime-busting, intergalactic order member. Also, that's a big watch you're wearing."

"No, it's not a glow stick, and yes, this is my girlfriend. Also, could you put extra cheese on our pizza?"

"I found this in a cracker jack box."

This looks like what would happen if you combined a star gate with the large hedron collider.

Dads, this is what happens when you don't play catch with your sons when they're little. They grow up to become midgets with over-sized heads and bad attitudes. Not in every case, of course, but would you risk it?

Set Design Pics of Oa, the Green Lantern Corps Homeworld

Blastr just landed some sweet new set design pics of Oa, the headquarters and home world of the Green Lantern corps.

Oa seems like a cross between Krypton and the Land of Oz--it even seems to boast its won Emerald city. Production designer Grant Major, had this say about his creation:

"Oa, of course, is at the center of the Universe, and is also an extremely old place. It's been around since not too long after the Big Bang, I assume. And with its function as a sort of U.N.-cum-military-compound in the middle of space, you'd imagine that with 3,600 different sectors, it must have a lot of influence on a lot of different cultures and time. So what I've tried to do is to introduce a plethora of different types of architectural styles and a feeling that, over the millennia, that it's just been building on and building on [itself], and there's just this huge history of culture that's been there."