Tag: The Green Lantern


July 24, 2010 | 11:18 p.m.

COMIC-CON 2010: ‘Green Lantern’ Ryan Reynolds flashes his ring, and fans smooch it

  “Green Lantern” star Ryan Reynolds charmed the Hall H crowd on Saturday with plenty of his understated wit, describing a character who can “tell a joke, throw a punch and kiss the girl.” But the tone of the quick-cut footage Warner Bros. showed, and the tenor of many of the questions, carried a more serious superhero quality. Unlike the panel for that other verdant superhero, “The Green Hornet,” this session brought in-depth discussions of mythology likely to be embraced by the hardcore fan; the size of  Dr. Hector Hammond’s head, the evolution of Sinestro and the presence of Parallax in the film (he’s in there) were all parsed with earnest intensity. Moderated by The Times’ Geoff Boucher, the panel featured, among others, director Martin Campbell, DC executive and comics writer Geoff Johns, screenwriter Greg Berlanti and Reynolds, Blake Lively ...
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