Can't see the MTV Green Lantern video all the way over here in Australia... but I did get to watch the ad that came before it. We of the international nerd/geek community sure have it tough sometimes.

Nice. I also like Carol's heels. That was a nice, understated touch.

I thought it was interesting that Abin Sur said, "find HIM," (empahsis mine) implying that he knew who he was looking for before he crashed. I don't know much about the movie, but that would make for an interesting spin on the origin.

Whoah, something must have glitched (even after a refresh) and I spoke to soon. Please disregard me feeling sorry for myself earlier.

The one thing missing from Sailor Oa is the pose after the transformation.

And to stick to the sailor-moonisms, green lantern will have a crush for a misterious dude in black tie, possibly mandrake.

Woop woop! Two of my favorite things: Christopher Meloni and Magical Girls. What are the odds?

Christopher Meloni's pretty cool. I wouldn't have picked him as Green Lantern or a magical girl.

Plus, Hal Jordan is such a bad ass pilot that he can even get a flight simulator airborne. And technically that's even before he was Green Lantern.

Hehehee. I kinda dig it.

Can someone explain to me why Abin Sur, who has a GL ring, is flying a spaceship in the first place? I mean, Hal and every other GL just flies into space using the ring. Did Abin Sur never master that technique?

Ha ha you are right! The transformations are very similar, that is weird.

Luckily Abin Sur got to him before one of the Sailor Stars...else he'd start to be referred to as Helen Jordan.

@ZeroCorpse: In the mid 80's, Alan Moore wrote a GL story called "Tygers" that explained this. Abin Sur used the ring for space flight, until the day he went to Ysmault on a rescue mission. The aliens there foretold of Abin Sur's death due to his ring losing it's charge during an emergency. From then on, he used ships for long distance space flights. The ironic part is that if Abin Sur used his ring to fly to Earth, he would have detected the "yellow radiation" and not crashed!

Christopher Meloni is really good as the Green Lantern, though it kind of gives it a whole "Green Lantern Corp: SVU" feel. I keep waiting for Sinestro to be accused of being a pedophile.

Don't forget Chris Keller from Oz.

Lets hope he doesn't use Lantern Magic Makeup...

She is the one named Sailor Moon...SAILOR MOON!!!

I saw the movie yesterday and when Jordan transformed, I did think of Sailor Moon. The movie is a well done sci-fi adventure. Victor Garber is excellent as Sinestro.

I would put this a notch below Wonder Woman and part of that could be because it's another Hal Jordan origin story (what with New Frontier already being done and a Green Lantern live-action movie).

But, there are some wonderful moments for Hal and some nice twists as well. I would give this a thumbs up.

Oh, and the movie is suprisingly bloody. It isn't a bad thing, but it isn't for children.

What is with that HORRIBLE costume? Gil Kane designed the best and sleekest costume in the biz, only slightly improved later also by Gil. Where are his white gloves? Why does the green of the tunic stop at his stomach? What is with the weird collar?

Why aren't they allowing the mystery of the Guardians to play out over the plot? They're giving away the whole discovery that he isn't just a random hero, but part of an interstellar corps.

And why the gratuitous "what the hell?". I know it's a mild swear, but it adds nothing except the embarassment of a "bad word". Is the script any more intelligent or exciting because he said "what the hell" instead of "what the heck" or "hokey smokes" or "woo doggy" or "wow"?

@Odkin: They adjusted the uniform for the same reasons that Christian Bale and all the other movie Batmen wear padding and armor. Comic book superheroes are supposed to have physiques right up there with Greek gods; finding a "mere mortal" who has such a thing as well as the acting chops to handle the role AND the right overall "look" is almost impossible. (For proof, consider Adam West's turn as Batman, when all he had was the classic Bat-suit with *cough* his own padding.)
Further, the "mystery" of the Guardians is one of the things that sets Green Lantern apart from practically every other major hero in the DCU: it's a JOB. There's only one Batman, there's only one Superman, but (fandom's opinions aside), there are thousands of Green Lanterns throughout the universe. Yeah, it would have been interesting to watch Hal spend a few weeks being a costumed superhero on his own, but the movie can only last for a finite length of time. Something's gotta be cut, and I would rather that they cut out a few comedy scenes of him figuring out his limits.
The "mild swear"... sorry, I'm just gonna have to disagree with you on this one. Hal first appeared in October 1959, during a rather straight-laced and repressed period in American history. He was (and remains) a test pilot, expected to not show fear under any circumstances. Even in those contexts (let alone setting the story in 2009), the line fits perfectly: it's just unusual enough to let us know that Hal has been profoundly shocked, without descending into full-fledged profanity.

The transformation sequence stems from a decade or so of Americans watching such things. The "classic" change is little more than a "poof! You're in uniform!" sort of thing. Let's face it; the "Sailor Moon"-style is at least marginally more interesting from a visual perspective. The only alternative leaping to my mind is a basic "morph" from flight suit to Green Lantern uniform. Yes, it would be less "Sailor Moon", but also less likely to catch and hold viewers' attention.

ahahahhahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa, as a Sailor Moon fan, that cracked me up waaay more than it should have. Thanks for this. The boots are what killed me!

My my, I didn't believe you until I saw it myself...the rabid Sailor Moon fan in me is pleased.
Also, this looks pretty good, can't wait to get it on DVD.

I dig the sailor moon bit, but to be honest, I get more of a Galvatron transformation vibe from the video. After he came out of the ribbon thingie, I half expected him to swear to rip the matrix of leadership right out of Ultra Magnus

Oh. My. God. It's 1997 and I am a nerdy 7th grade Sailor Moon fan. Except it's the Green Lantern and instead of the sexy peace sign pose he screams like he's constipated.

The mere concept of Sailor Oa terrifies me no end. Would that make Pieface a talking cat? Even worse, does this make Carol Ferris Tuxedo Kamen?

thankyou for that trip down memory lane. I used to get up every morning extremely early before work to watch sailor moon on USA and have cereal.

For some reason, I'm picturing Kilowog in a Japanese schoolgirl costume, now.

Why doesn't Abin Sur look like . . . Abin Sur?
And the line I didn't like was the overly casual "Oh-Kay!" when he opens up the test module door. Other than that, I am very hopeful, as GL was always my favorite growing up, on the Superfriends. (Also I like the comics. I'm a dork).
Costume could be better, but I'm cool with it.

As a guy who unabashedly loves Sailor Moon (look the dubbed version was the first anime I ever watched and it was elementary school), I have to say that's really disturbing actually. I just hope that disturbing Japanese porn doesn't come out of this due to the similarities.

I'm gonna hafta second everything Coralskipper said, but add that no, it's not EXACTLY the same as the "Make Up!" transformation of the Sailor scouts...

...For one thing, I did not become even slightly aroused by it... Which is probably all for the greater good...

Give it a week, and google "Lantern rule 34" though...

The reason why Abin Sur uses a space ship is because like some of the older lanterns he prefers to pilot a ship. Even thou he can make a construct of a plain. Like Hal he prefers actually being a pilot. In later comics and recent events
and the discovery of future events that create multiple colored lanterns he accessed ancient prophecy that foretold of a cataclysmic event that would split the green lantern corps hold on the universal power and cause the birth of the Yellow lanterns and many other colored lanterns. The mission he died on was to try and prevent this from happening in the future. He was badly injured and was falling in and out of consciousness and a ship on auto pilot made it possible for him to land (crash) on earth to find his successor. Turns out Hal Jorden was key to the prophecy.
It was not a random event as we al believed for many years.

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