Those poor Warner Bros. With their annual profits courtesy of the Daily Prophet and its scar-faced subscriber about to come to an end, and with the competition suiting up a cavalcade of costumed heroes to near endless critical praise and packed out theatres, the brothers eyes have been turning green. It seemed only logical to option out another comic book character, some flashy guy with cosmic powers and a tacky sovereign on his right hand. Do it right and they’re talking a trilogy, at least. Isn’t he even part of some sort of team, as well? Some sort of unionised superhero book club, or something? That could make money. Just throw lots of money at it, you have to spend it to make it, right? Why not make the whole thing CGI while they’re at it, 3D too, obviously, and throw a handful of plot threads and a host of characters at the screen and just see what sticks, yeah? Green Lantern, that’s his name, right? This could work… this could work… Right? Right?!
No, boys, it didn’t. It really really didn’t.
