# Here's what Ryan Reynolds looks like as the Green Lantern **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874 "2010-07-16T02:57:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/21 "2010-07-16T12:36:44Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > It’s not our fault it sucks. > > For comparison, here’s a piece of fanart of Reynolds in a Green Lantern costume that does not suck: [link](http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/green-lantern-ryan-reynolds-as-hal-jordan-in-costume-fan-photo.jpg). You’re serious? ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/22 "2010-07-16T12:39:21Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I like it. I’d have preferred a mix of green and black, but I like the textured look. Not wild about the mask shape, but the eyes are cool. Although - does his \*hair \*look green to anyone else? I think it looks green from the glow emanating from the ring (and his suit, which is _awesome_, by the way). ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/23 "2010-07-16T13:02:04Z")
I think his hair looks green from the glow of the ring. If you look at the link on that page of the embiggened picture, his hair looks relatively normal on the other side. They are still filming this movie here in New Orleans. We keep getting emails from casting companies looking for extras for these big scenes they are currently filming. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/24 "2010-07-16T13:07:04Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > You’re serious? So I’ve got low standards for the GL costume, sue me. I just don’t like the look of a costume that looks like it’s out of an anatomy book. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/25 "2010-07-16T13:22:58Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > So I’ve got low standards for the GL costume, sue me. I just don’t like the look of a costume that looks like it’s out of an anatomy book. So, I’m guessing that you were similarly turned off by [this](http://bruehoyt.com/superheroes/DC/batman/bruce/batmankeaton3.jpg)? And [this](http://www.kryptonsite.com/flash/comingsoonflash.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/26 "2010-07-16T13:27:56Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Well, comparatively speaking. It at least looks like he’s wearing clothes that wouldn’t get him arrested for indecent exposure. You say that like it’s a bad thing. :o ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/27 "2010-07-16T13:43:00Z")
Hells yeah. I’m definitely onboard with the Ryan Reynolds indecent exposure thing. The more the better. The man’s hotter than liquid sex. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/28 "2010-07-16T13:44:48Z")
The mask is weird - if you look at the high res image, the mask provides shape and depth to the eye sockets, but at the same time looks painted on: you can see his skin pores through the mask (look at his nose and cheeks specifically). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/29 "2010-07-16T13:44:55Z")
Well, this should kill his career. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/30 "2010-07-16T13:47:03Z")
I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/31 "2010-07-16T13:55:24Z")
Was there something wrong with the classic costume? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/32 "2010-07-16T13:59:12Z")
I’m in the minority here in that I don’t hate it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/33 "2010-07-16T14:13:52Z")
Simply awful. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/34 "2010-07-16T14:17:45Z")
I think he looks like a retard. Not a Green Lantern fan, however, so take that with a grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/35 "2010-07-16T14:27:40Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > So, I’m guessing that you were similarly turned off by [this](http://bruehoyt.com/superheroes/DC/batman/bruce/batmankeaton3.jpg)? And [this](http://www.kryptonsite.com/flash/comingsoonflash.jpg)? No. I don’t like those either, but I was complaining about the fact that the costume seems meant to resemble the grain of the muscle. Hence the comment about looking flayed, since that’s not the sort of detail that is normally visible. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/36 "2010-07-16T14:30:20Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I’m in the minority here in that I don’t hate it. You’re in the minority _here_, but most of the posters here are comics/GL fans. They’re not the target audience. They’re the _captive_ audience – that demographic has proven, time and again, that they’ll go see the movie anyway no matter how much they complain about it. The target audience is the “mainstream” audience. They’re the audience for which the costumes of Batman, the X-Men, etc. were changed. Those were the successful comic book movies. Spider-Man was about the only successful movie I can think of that used the comic costume largely unchanged. The movies that were faithful to the comic costumes – Fantastic Four, Daredevil – weren’t very good and looked fairly silly besides. _I’m_ a GL fan, but thank Og they’re going with a costume that is adapted to the medium, rather than sticking with one for a different medium. And, it doesn’t look as horribly plastic as the Thor costume does, so bonus. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/37 "2010-07-16T14:35:38Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > They’re not the target audience. They’re the _captive_ audience – that demographic has proven, time and again, that they’ll go see the movie anyway no matter how much they complain about it. I was just coming here to say the same thing. Excellent point. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/38 "2010-07-16T14:36:24Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Spider-Man was about the only successful movie I can think of that used the comic costume largely unchanged. _Superman_ and _Watchmen_ (for about half the costumes) need to be on that list, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/39 "2010-07-16T14:42:56Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > _Superman_ and _Watchmen_ (for about half the costumes) need to be on that list, too. Yeah, Watchman was good and about half the costumes were faithful _and_ still looked okay – Rorschach, particularly (but then, not much of a “comicy” costume). Nite Owl’s changes looked better, but Silhouette looked ridiculous. Superman… one good movie (II), ridiculous costume. (mind you, I’m not sure what have been an improvement while remaining iconic) Comic superhero costumes are all kinda hit-and-miss, though. Take a look at what poor Wonder Woman is going through now, for example. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874/40 "2010-07-16T14:43:43Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > _Superman_ and _Watchmen_ (for about half the costumes) need to be on that list, too. Speaking of ol’ Supes, I wonder if, back when they changed his costume from [this](http://www.supermanartists.comics.org/superwhoswho/Superman004.jpg) to [this](http://chud.com/articles/content_images/5/superman-standing.gif), there was the same amount of pillow biting that there is nowadays. Probably not, I’d wager. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-ryan-reynolds-looks-like-as-the-green-lantern/546874.md?page=3)