The Greenest of Lanterns

Entertainment Weekly published a “First Look” at the new Green Lantern movie this week. Front Page news, no less. More images of the film can be found over at iFanboy.

Now, I’ve never been a huge fan of the character. I like the idea behind him and the Green Lantern Corp however, his history is bogged down in continuity and the amount of different personalities who took over the role are incredibly varied, to the point where fanboys violently hate one or more incarnations. It’s not that I don’t want to like him, it’s that his whole world confuses me.

Enter the Green Lantern movie.

Right off the bat, the costume strike me as odd. As with a lot of comic book movies, designers feel the need to add something extra to the costume design (Bat Nipples anyone?). They forget the simplicity of the original design. In the case with Green Lantern, it’s that strange ribbing on the costume. It almost looks like he’s covered in varicose veins. You’re welcome for that visual, by the way.

That all being said, I am still somewhat optimistic about this movie. Okay, sure, Ryan Reynolds is not great. And the supporting cast is pretty bland, except for Peter Sarsgaard (Just say his name out loud. “Sarsgaard.”). And comic book movies, in general, tend to suck. All that taken into consideration, I’m hoping to be pleasantly surprised, ala Iron Man.  However, I’ll wait until the reviews come out.

<3 – dan

All the mics we wish we owned/used to record.

Have no fear faithful listeners, while we’ve been away for one hot minute we’re cooking up two new episodes that’ll be released shortly.

Obscure will be about our favorite rare movies, video games, and what not that we hope you go out and find and enjoy.

and…

Dungeons and Dragons will be about….well The Geeks playing Dungeons and Dragons with some good buddies of ours while we go over what we love about this role playing game.

Stay tuned!

Here’s a sweet new fan trailer for the original “TRON” that makes it feel more like a modern movie preview. I approve.

YouTube – TRON 1982 Trailer [Thanks, Mark!]

If you’re as geeky as we are, you’re already aware of the new TRON film coming out in December 2010. In this bite-size episode, David and Andrew discuss “Tron Legacy” after getting a sneak preview of the IMAX 3D trailer. END OF LINE.

(Warning: Spoilers)

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Proponents are calling it a Kindle-killer; however, unlike the iPhone, consumer feedback seems to be squarely divided on this shiny new gadget. Best Roof Talk Ever posted this amusing reaction. What do you all think?

Let’s try this again…

This Thursday, we will be recording episode 27 of the New York Geekcast, “Media Overload”.

We’ll be discussing how there’s way too many games, movies, shows, books, and albums that we’re trying to find time to play, watch, watch, read, and listen to. That is, if we can decide which of the dozens of multimedia players out there we want to consume this media on.

If you’ve got questions or other remarks on this episode, either leave us a comment on this post or shoot an e-mail to thegeeks@nygeekcast.com. Or find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks!

Get ready to fight Sheep Man!