Vids...

[fajrdrako]

People sent me two vids this evening. One, from lunacy_gal, is a Road Runner cartoon: Coyote Falls. I'm sure I watched Road Runner sometimes as a kid, but not much, and I was never much of a Looney Tunes fan. Is taht heresy? Anyway, seeing it in this style was kind of fun, in a 'blast from the past' sort of way. I like the use of music and rhythm.

The other thing is a version of the preview of the upcoming Green Lantern move that aired at WonderCon this year. In brightest day, in blackest night.... I found it loaded slowly, but it's worth waiting for.

Now, really, I've never been much of a Green Lantern fan - his stories seem to epitomize the DC style that I don't much care for, which is not to say I haven't enjoyed some of the Green Lantern stories I've read. I'm sort of indifferent to both character and the comic. And yes, I know there have been several Green Lanterns from Earth. I always think of Hal Jordan as being 'my' Green Lantern.

Here we have Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan. I thought he was gorgeous in Wolverine - not so much so in this clip, though I'm not sure why not. A little dorky, not the tough but likable hotshot pilot I always pictured. I don't like the alien space adventure aspect of the Green Lantern Corps - for that sort of thing, give me the Legion of Super-Heroes any time. Now, there's a movie I'd like to see.

Despite my misgivings, this sort of pulled me in, and before I was at the end of the preview I found myself curious, and wanting to see it. Despite the funny-looking aliens and the green-light power-magic that is the hallmark of the comic. Reminds me of the aspects of Superman that I don't much like. Yeah, I know, picky, picky.