Well, it heals injuries and cures poison, not death, as far as was ever said in the book.
I'll agree with the time turner, though. You can make up several other magical ways for someone to attend multiple classes at once without time travel.
The only use of time travel I ever *really* liked was Zelazny's temporal fugue in Creatures Of Light And Darkness. Two combatants face off, and begin making tiny hops back in time, building up armies of themselves, setting up attacks and defenses, until they all strike at once in the past. Or future. Or both. It's weird, but completely awesome.:-)
I would have had a much longer and grueling training sequence.
Cut out the romance- I'm not anti-romance, but I get that in every other film. This is superhero fiction. Give me more god-like beings punching one another. It's not like Superman/Lois Lane where it's pretty ingrained into the mythos.
Also cut the whole scientist infected by the yellow goo subplot. That seemed bolted on for no reason at all.
The fallen Guardian as a villain was good idea, but make him less giant monster and more just misguided bastard. Would have been more interesting to have him still be a little old-looking Guardian guy, but able able to drop kick Jordan over a mountain. And give me his motivations. He was destroying worlds... why, exactly? How does being imbued with the primal force of fear make you do that?
There's actually some good, potentially deep ideas at play in the Green Lantern universe. Be nice to see them used. I like the whole spectral approach to the various emotions and facets of sentience. Would red be hate or love? Or both?;-)
I also would have had the other Lanterns show up to help Hal much sooner. The Lantern Corps is supposed to be about unity which implies teamwork. Have Sinestro save Hal's life. That makes it even more tragic when Sinestro turns.
Er... I can't speak for the Potter films, but in the book a number of good guy characters die by the end. I mean, geez, the story starts out with the main character's parents being murdered.
That being said, you are correct in you rassessment of the Green Lantern and Hollywood in general.
That was my thought. I've been wanting to get back into web site design as a hobby now that HTML5 is taking hold, and found that very site as I was looking how to make a site optimized for an iPad or other tablet.
Before Apple released the first tools to create iOS applications, Jobs specifically told developers to make web based applications. This was back with iPhone 1.0. I'm not aware he ever reversed that stance.
I recall a lot of whining on Slashdot.;-) Well, I suppose that's true for any story.:-D
I've seen some people start out with the casual games and get pulled into more complicated stuff. My sister's co-worker, a woman in her late 50s, started with some casual games, and last I saw she was playing Dragon Age II.
My 52 year old sister is a gamer now, and not Farmville stuff. Fallout (3 & NV), Elder Scrolls (3, 4), Assassin's Creed (all), Gears Of War (1, 2), Mass Effect (all), Final Fantasy (7, 8, 9, 10, 10-2, 12, 13), Fable (1, 2, 3) and, well, you get the picture.
Although 7 years older than me, she was my she gaming padiwan for a while. A while back she said to me, "My godly sneak skill should have let me crit frag the raiders in the building, but they went all aggro." I was so proud.:)
Big thing when it comes to gaming design for older generations "BIGGER FONTS" at high resolution settings or at the very least separately adjustable fonts in the graphics options.
My 45 year old eyes went with a better solution: bigger TV.:-)
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Yeah, I know, but, OK, how about have him meet some hot alien babe? ;-)
They did that with the John Stewart GL in the animated series.
Ssssh! I'm planning to read Incorruptible next month. :)
Well, it heals injuries and cures poison, not death, as far as was ever said in the book.
I'll agree with the time turner, though. You can make up several other magical ways for someone to attend multiple classes at once without time travel.
The only use of time travel I ever *really* liked was Zelazny's temporal fugue in Creatures Of Light And Darkness. Two combatants face off, and begin making tiny hops back in time, building up armies of themselves, setting up attacks and defenses, until they all strike at once in the past. Or future. Or both. It's weird, but completely awesome. :-)
I know. Seriously.
Slashdot. Less geek. More shitheads.
(OK, let's see if this gets +5)
Actually, I thought the concise introduction to the Corps at the beginning was pretty well done. Short and sweet and told you what you needed.
I would have had a much longer and grueling training sequence.
Cut out the romance- I'm not anti-romance, but I get that in every other film. This is superhero fiction. Give me more god-like beings punching one another. It's not like Superman/Lois Lane where it's pretty ingrained into the mythos.
Also cut the whole scientist infected by the yellow goo subplot. That seemed bolted on for no reason at all.
The fallen Guardian as a villain was good idea, but make him less giant monster and more just misguided bastard. Would have been more interesting to have him still be a little old-looking Guardian guy, but able able to drop kick Jordan over a mountain. And give me his motivations. He was destroying worlds... why, exactly? How does being imbued with the primal force of fear make you do that?
There's actually some good, potentially deep ideas at play in the Green Lantern universe. Be nice to see them used. I like the whole spectral approach to the various emotions and facets of sentience. Would red be hate or love? Or both? ;-)
I also would have had the other Lanterns show up to help Hal much sooner. The Lantern Corps is supposed to be about unity which implies teamwork. Have Sinestro save Hal's life. That makes it even more tragic when Sinestro turns.
If I had the budget, I'd film Mark Waid's "Irredeemable".
Er... I can't speak for the Potter films, but in the book a number of good guy characters die by the end. I mean, geez, the story starts out with the main character's parents being murdered.
That being said, you are correct in you rassessment of the Green Lantern and Hollywood in general.
Yeah, I think there's like, labor laws or something covering that.
Yeah, have fun in your little echo chamber.
The word "geek" *is* a diss regardless of whether people in this community want to recognize that or not.
Yes.
Sorry, I never bought into the idea of embracing the word geek.
How the hell is this post flamebait? You want flamebait? You mods are complete shitheads. There. Better? Shitheads.
rubbbish?
At least genius is complementary. Some of us still consider geek and nerd to be insulting regardless of the context.
It was ruled false advertising.
Encase the entire nation in a Faraday cage. Think of the jobs it will create!
But anyway, wouldn't an array of smaller, semi-mass produced scopes be better?
That was my thought. I've been wanting to get back into web site design as a hobby now that HTML5 is taking hold, and found that very site as I was looking how to make a site optimized for an iPad or other tablet.
Before Apple released the first tools to create iOS applications, Jobs specifically told developers to make web based applications. This was back with iPhone 1.0. I'm not aware he ever reversed that stance.
I recall a lot of whining on Slashdot. ;-) Well, I suppose that's true for any story. :-D
Seems like worrying that the pit bull coming for your neck has a tick.
Or Robert Jordan years which, in his world, were two dozen novels.
What? Too soon?
I've seen some people start out with the casual games and get pulled into more complicated stuff. My sister's co-worker, a woman in her late 50s, started with some casual games, and last I saw she was playing Dragon Age II.
My 52 year old sister is a gamer now, and not Farmville stuff. Fallout (3 & NV), Elder Scrolls (3, 4), Assassin's Creed (all), Gears Of War (1, 2), Mass Effect (all), Final Fantasy (7, 8, 9, 10, 10-2, 12, 13), Fable (1, 2, 3) and, well, you get the picture.
Although 7 years older than me, she was my she gaming padiwan for a while. A while back she said to me, "My godly sneak skill should have let me crit frag the raiders in the building, but they went all aggro." I was so proud. :)
Big thing when it comes to gaming design for older generations "BIGGER FONTS" at high resolution settings or at the very least separately adjustable fonts in the graphics options.
My 45 year old eyes went with a better solution: bigger TV. :-)
Why would anyone write the books if they didn't receive a benefit? It takes *years*.
Is that human years or Stephen King years?
even if you try your best to follow similar ideological standards
By definition, following an ideological standard is an abdication of free thought and critical thinking.
I just want to read something he says is positive for a change.
Why? He's a fossil, and one that willfully buried himself into his current strata. Ignore him.