So the sequel to Alien vs Predator is coming out at Christmas in what I hope is a film that has more storyline than the previous ‘just get them into a large room so the Aliens and the Predators can thrash it out‘ film. I don’t need much story but I wouldn’t mind at least something. To be fair I haven’t sat through all of AvP so I won’t be that harsh about it maybe there is stunning storyline towards the middle (which I skipped).
One crossover I never really thought about or bothered to imagine is Green Lantern versus Alien. I’ve never been a huge fan of Green Lantern, oh I’m happy enough to read the odd issue here or there but I’ve never been an avid reader of him.
But how can you pass up a dude with a green power ring fighting aliens!?
Well you can’t that’s the whole point.
The story starts off with a pointless cameo of Green Arrow and Black Canary catching some guys robbing a bank wearing alien masks. Green Lantern (it’s just a green fest - where’s Al Gore?) shows up and helps capture the last robber in what is probably a bit of overkill. Then they decide they are going to duck out to the local cafe for milkshakes until one of the guardians (I’m assuming that’s their names) calls Green Lantern out to check out a missing Green Lantern.
So long story short, several Green Lanterns show up on a planet and find a hive of Aliens who have used the lost Green Lantern as a host. One of the larger Green Lanterns named Kilowog makes the brilliant suggestion of wiping them all out (something I imagine Ripley would have appreciated) to which Hal (our Green Lantern for those amongst you who think the word Green has been used too many times today) goes all noble and PETA on them and decides to dump all the aliens on Mogo the Green Lantern that is a planet (!?!?!?! I don’t know…) rather than kill them because they are just doing what they do.
Surprise, surprise in the final panels titled ‘10 years later’ a space ship is crashing onto Mogo (even I feel stupid writing Mogo) - to be continued.
Not exactly a ground breaking comic, entertaining enough but once Green Lantern discovers he can use his ring to shield himself from the Aliens it’s not really a tension filled issue. It does make me wonder how rubbish the Green Lantern that went missing was, did he forget he had a power ring?
Surprised it wasn’t Gnort. (You are a comic geek if you know this reference.)
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17/12/2007 at 11:45 pm Permalink
Is it the plucky palaeontologist or the leather-clad chaos theorist who turns up to sort things out in the sequel?
Oh, no, wrong crossover…
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18/12/2007 at 12:13 am Permalink
Gnort is my favorite Green Lantern, closely followed by Kilowog. Both were handled well by Giffen and DeMattis.
Damn you DC for killing off Blue Beetle (Sorry, I have to do that every time I mention comics. It’s the law)
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18/12/2007 at 12:21 am Permalink
You had me laughing out loud (yes really..in a crowded student computer room) at the PETA remark. But then again, the Green Lantern is right.
These aliens are beyond good or evil, they’re just hungry.
*stole that line which was used by someone to describe the tyranids in warhammer 40k*
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18/12/2007 at 4:03 am Permalink
Do you suppose a green lantern vs. alien movie is in the work?
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18/12/2007 at 8:20 am Permalink
John - ok the fanboy in me just did cartwheels. An Alien spawned from a T-Rex.
Booyah!
18/12/2007 at 8:24 am Permalink
I know you dig Gnort Dan, I was thinking of you as I was reading the comic and realised that they hadn’t invited Gnort along. It may have been before his time. I told you that Blue Beetle is back, not the same but he is back…kinda. Oh never mind, continue to mourn - I think the character is now a teenager and not funny.
18/12/2007 at 8:29 am Permalink
Arjan - yeah I know he was doing the ‘right’ thing but I mean they could’ve examined the creatures a little more before introducing them to a completely foreign ecosystem. The Green Lanterns have the worst environmental policies. Besides which maybe they were indigenous to the planet they took them from and the settlers who were on the other side of the planet were the invaders?
Man, Aquaman would have handled things differently I tell you! Differently… um not better.
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18/12/2007 at 8:33 am Permalink
The new Blue Beetle is (or at least was) being written by Keith Giffen so at least they had some respect for poor Ted Kord.
I don’t read comics much anymore, but i follow what is going on via wikipedia.
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18/12/2007 at 8:42 am Permalink
Well Sir Jorge they made an AvP and now an AvP2 and of course Jason vs Freddy so I don’t see how it would be right not to have a Green Lantern vs Alien movie. It could be done in the same style as An Unfortunate Truth with Al Gore narrating it as Green Lantern struggles inside about whether or not he should kill all the Aliens - in the comic he made the decision far too quickly!!!
Besides with the strike going on right now they could use the comic book as the direct script!
18/12/2007 at 8:57 am Permalink
Dan - yeah LOL I do that a bit too especially with all the zero galactic countdown infinity crisis wars going on!
18/12/2007 at 6:39 pm Permalink
It might have been the ‘right’ thing because they aren’t ‘evil’, but it sure is stupid hehe, you just know they will try to feed as soon as they get the chance.
It’s like the whole Wraith vs Human discussion in Stargate Atlantis. The Wraith are just like humans, but this time the humans are the sheep. Which means…the humans really need to kick the crap out of the wraith, even though the wraith aren’t réally evil, they’re just hungry.
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18/12/2007 at 8:36 pm Permalink
I guess with the Wraith they could possibly find alternatives and they are aware that they are killing. Ah to hell with it, if they are trying to wipe us out then it’s on like Donkey Kong!!!