The Fury said:
Special effects are not my concern, it's the heroes and idea's behind them that I think won't work. I mean Flash is more relateable then most but then when you start talking about how he has control of the Speed Force and can move faster then anything, you are going to start confusing people. Hulk, Batman and X-men can be explained easily, scientific accidents turn someone into a monster (no different to Dr Jekyle and Mr Hyde), rich kid makes suit (Batman and Ironman) and X-men is a twist on the evolutionary happening of a mutation and dealt with real world problems of racism. But Green Lantern? Some aliens form a galactic police force giving Hal Jordon power to create hard light energy of trememdous power? |
Why get into all that?
All they need is Green Lantern to crash his plane during Desert Storm, or be writing a comic, or out camping or at a party or something...
cut to a "comet" crashing. GL going to check it out, or a ring coming to him and pulling to it.
Cue alien "Protect earth...."
With a slight explination about how it creates "what he thinks through willpower".
Same with Flash. Who needs the speedforce. Hell the Speedforce wasn't even how the flash got his powers. That was all a giant retcon anyway. All you'd need for a flash movie is a chemicals accident suddenly he's all flash.
Leave the complicated backstories to movie 2. After the crowd is hooked they'll be ready for the backstory.
It's why most stories, comics, tv shows and for that matter games start with a conflict. There's a fight. THEN you learn the backstory.
