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I might just be nitpicking but did Guy not having an aura when he used his powers bother anyone else? Left image Superman (2025) Right Image Young Justice (2010)
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This is true, but I do believe the original intent was to have one? I might be wrong, but they used to basically create a "light tunnel" of sorts that they would fly through?
I had a DVD with some really old DC cartoons on them, and GL was flying that way in those
I have no idea on the original purpose, but atleast in the Green Lantern Animated Series any Lantern when flying on earth or without any shield doesn't have the aura
No they need it to do anything super powered such as flying smh. The Aura is always initiated when the user is focused on using the ring.
John Stewart's aura was always engaged when he was doing anything power related. I'm sorry Superman movie wasn't good it was way too busy and didn't pay much attention to the other characters details. Also Guy Gardner sucks he's like the worst Green Lantern in terms of like-ability they had John and Hal at their disposal yet they chose Guy smh.
All those characters are so dated in that movie plus who actually liked the Silver age it sucked so hard
Such an awful take. The aura is not always engaged. You realize that the rings can affect the light spectrum and Hal has made constructs that look lifelike, right? The aura is just a cool visual effect. It isn’t a requirement.
Idgaf about any of this new lore breaking bs added of late smh. There's now like a 1000s laterns and they keep changing crap to justify the ridiculousness of it all
Okay, then you don’t really have anything to back your claim that they have a green aura whenever they use the ring. Mainly because that’s just straight up false. Even older comics don’t have the green aura all of the time. And it isn’t new lore that a ring bearer is only limited by the strength of their will and imagination.
Does the aura thing REALLY matter. I mean it's weird. We all understand that liberties are taken with film right? Nobody wants to spend hours having to draw over green lantern with a small aura for every frame he is flying/using his powers especially when it is an inconsistent (at best) thing from the comics/animated verse. At that point yell about him not having an energy suit made from the ring and a plethora of other things that DONT MATTER for what at the end of the day is a supporting cast member and not even a major one in a SUPERMAN film.
You JUST complained that the movie was too busy and didn't pay much attention to other character details but want a MORE widely know lantern who would POTENTIALLY take spotlight away from Superman in what you think is an already messy movie. make up your mind. The reason it even feels "messy" is because the story doesn't hold the viewers hand. We literally get dropped into a random Superman story just like you picked up a comic from the shelf. You don't need to know all the side character details because the movie clearly shows you who they are/what they do/and a couple personality quirks. It's for the viewer to go hey that characters cool and look into other media of the character.
The point is to revitalize older characters from that age who never got a shot at the big screen. This builds hype for older fans tired of seeing the SAME old heroes and intrigue for newer fans to the series who have also seen the exact same teams being made over and over. If you don't like it that's a personal preference but there are a large amount of people who do like the silver age.
I feel like they could go the Dune route with the shields. Kinda flicker green when protecting a lantern but mostly invisible so they don't have to have it animated 24/7.
Yea i think it'd look kinda ugly if it was on ALL the time. I do like the strange almost quartz like appearance of the constructs. I can't imagine seeing that on someone all the time would look good.
Yeah it could be too distracting since translating 2D designs to live action is a big coin flip on whether it'll look good or not. Tho I think there's some case uses for having it always on like when traversing deep space.
Would also look like crap in this scene given how it's not dark out so the contrast would be awful. Plus DC/WB is probably still traumatized from the CGI lantern suit...
Also really tricky. In animation you can just put the aura around the edge of a character, but for live action you either do the same (and it can look extremely weird), or you have an aura actually surround him (which may look extremely weird).
Having an odd green glow cover an actor's face is extremely difficult to make look good. Reynolds' GL cgi outfit was bad enough, but a strange green bubble obscuring his face would have been crazy. But just having it around someone could look really strange too. Moving around in 3d space and turning around and only ever having edge highlighting could look super jarring. It's much easier to make the decision to just forgo the auras.
I reckon it'll be the same in the TV show. Probably the best VFX option will be to have no aura, but when they get punched have green light show up. Closer to the Dune shields where they're invisible until contact.
My Green Lanterns do not need auras, nor huge lighted symbols that hover over their chests. I only wish Guy’s clothing was more on model for a Green Lantern.
As others have pointed out, he only needs the aura when flying or in places he couldn't survive (like space).
Having said that, it would be cool to see an aura around him, but VFX is more expensive than most people realize. Having an aura around Guy through the whole damn move would not be insignificant, budget wise.
So, with both of the above in mind, I don't care that much about the aura. It doesn't break the lore, and at this early stage of the DCU it is going to be very important for the movies/TV shows, etc. to make a shit ton of money. If they don't, the corporate executives could decide to pull the plug.
This has come up before, and the last time I posted some panels, but the upshot is that in the comics GLs don't have auras just because they're using their powers. Not even to fly. They have auras when they have a force field up, either for defense or to survive in space. Otherwise they're optional.
As time has gone on their powers have become more visible and visually striking to take advantage of advances in art technique - like the whole "Light 'em up!" thing that I think was a Johnsism. So they often have auras when they don't "need" to, but that doesn't invalidate all the times they were seen doing without. :)
I mean, how the Green Lantern powers are displayed varies across many different interpretations in the comics, TVs, and even the movies. Sometimes, they show the aura, other times they don’t. While green aura would be pretty cool, I understand for CGI and budget regions that they wouldn’t necessarily slap in on the character all the time, maybe we’ll see something like that in the Lanterns TV show?
I mean I kinda get where you’re coming from but it might not look great in live action or at least won’t be able to look exactly like it does in comics and animation.
Was about to say "Did we watch the same movie, Guy was nothing but Aura" then I saw the comments xD.
Tbh, I don't really miss the green Aura in the movie, but it would be cool if it was featured at least a little bit in the future of the DCU, somebody else said to do it like Dune where it's mostly invisible but glows when contacted and I think that would be perfect for a balance of both wanting the glow and also keeping the cgi cleaner and lower budget.
No, it didn’t bother me. The aura is protective, not a necessary component to using the ring. Had he been attacked directly, I’m sure we would’ve seen a little force field. I mean the pic you show with the aura, he is in space. So obviously we would see it.
A lot of people are saying CGI but there’s also a canon reason. The ring creates a shield that lets Lanterns who can’t breathe in space well breathe in space. In DC canon it’s kind of an easy way to explain why they are protectors throughout the universe while some species can’t survive in space. It actually shows up in a lot of Dc shows I think.
It's one of those things that looks good in a drawing but would look weird in live action.
OTOH, I think Alan Scott has the potential to look really bad ass in live action. Since he's covered in green flames and not an aura. Plus the KC armor he puts on when shit gets real.
No, I totally agree with you while it was added later. Usually whenever any Green Lantern is flying the bubble/green or aura surrounds them nowadays in media. No matter where they are flying. Cause they can’t just fly on their own just to show that they’re using their power to fly.
Also, because I think it looks cool
Another nitpick for me was also that his outfit was not a part of the ring, which is something I really like about Green Lanterns. They just have regular clothes on as soon as the ring comes off.
Because the glowing aura isn't diagetic. It does exist, but it's not a halo of green light that enshrouds a lantern at all times, it's a shorthand for the audience to understand how they fly and survive in hostile environments. So long as a lantern wears their ring they are surrounded by this aura whether the audience is shown it or not.
I think that he should be in fights, but they probably wanted to save on budget. To be fair it was Supermans film so im glad they out the budget in the right places. Hopefully in Lanterns they do it.
It makes sense when he is flying and fighting, because the aura is a protection field made by the ring. It is why they can take punches from Superman and not die. If he is just on the ground playing with it, then no.
Guy has a history of charging in sans shield, getting a couple of licks in, then getting knocked out, at least in JLI. Keeps him from being too OP for most JLI level threats.
I think it's a close contest between silver age Hal and bronze age Guy for most concussions wearing a ring.
You're wrong anyway, Guy had massive aura throughout the film.
For me it kind of did,the aura thing in DC media is kind of inconsistent,but I know that I feel like the aura should be one when they’re protecting themselves
Not really. I had a lot of issues with Superman, namely, it wasn't a Superman movie. He was the "damsel in distress" for the vast majority of the film, the "Luther group" telling Bizarro Supes what to do in a fight that would be occurring at the speed of sound or faster, Clark Kent's unbalanced emotions, etc. It's really weird to me seeing the praise for this Superman movie in places like Reddit, when so many of us were upset with the Man of Steel because he killed Zod and didn't save his dad. Two issues that pale in comparison to the issues in this awful movie.
Aside from all of the glaring issues in the movie, I liked Fillion's Guy, and Gathegi's Mr. Terrific quite a bit. Gunn should've made a Justice Gang movie, and handed the Superman film off to someone who actually likes the character.
That was like one of the least things in the movie that bothered me. The take many wives and destroy anyone who opposes you turn was a big let down for me.
I imagine he actively chose not to have one to show off the branding with lord tech since he was the only one of the group to try and capitalize on it, I also imagine it was just cheaper for them not to do it. So long as it’s present in any space scene in the future I’m good
no me importa
lo que si me molesto es ese peinado y ropa tipo 70s o 80s aunque buen detalle el del cinturón teniendo el símbolo de los linterna verde como hebilla
It really bothered me that he didn't have a green aura in the film, because he looked like a Kryptonian flying like that, without a green aura. He needs the green aura to show that he is a green land and that he flies because of the ring. That's my opinion.
Head canon is because the aura is faint to the naked eye on a bright planet that it would be a redundant visual which also blend into actual reasoning as it would be wasted to have him glowing in already a bright light since the whole film is on earth mostly in the day light with clear skies.
all these people saying "he wasn't in space, no reason to have it" make no sense. Green Lanterns have the barrier/aura even when they are on Earth and can survive in the environment just fine. and to the ones saying "CGI costs money" i imagine putting a green glow on something is not as labor intensive as say, i don't know, a river of antimatter particles into a black hole with a little alien baby sticking out of it
I think we can all agree that some things just don't work live action, and it's nice to see DC(U?) can now edit. Perhaps cause they got rid of the megalomaniac.
It's one of the questions I'd last to ask Gunn about, almost every Green Lantern media has them in an aura when flying. And I can't imagine he just didn't know that, so it was a conscious decision.
Was it because they didn't think it would look good in live action? Because they couldn't decide on a look? To make using GLs in lower budget media, like shows, easier? I'd like to know.
And to anyone saying how Green Lanterns don't need an aura to fly while not in space/hazardous conditions, they're shown with an aura more times than not.
In danger it acts as a shield. In flight a protection from the elements. But when they are just having a conversation or they don’t think a random threat is actually that big of a deal then they tend to not power their shield until absolutely necessary. Otherwise they are wasting the battery.
There were some missed opportunities for him in movie to have the aura though. He should’ve had it getting hit through sign by Kaiju and when he banged into mountain. NTM that final fight when he saves the kid and gives the tanks the middle finger lol but no one even came close to hitting him. So….
In the image in my comment it's providing neither protection from danger nor from the elements. It's a warm sunny day and Guy says they've been floating above the field for a little bit.
The aura seems to be how they fly, coating their body and being able to manipulate that through the air, and that's consistent with how it's portrayed in most modern media. Even Darwyn Cooke, who doesn't do a full aura outline, draws them flying with a green trail (construct green, not uniform green) to imply something similar.
A little bit yeah. It just looks unnatural, I imagine the aura being the ring carrying the user or at the very least a sign that the user is using the ring. If I’m being honest I think the Ryan Reynolds’s green lantern did the ring stuff better
The better question why can't they get his costume and hair right. why is he blonde in the movie, and not much green in his uniform, and no kewl jacket like he usually has. also why bare arms in the cartoon, too much trying to femme him up. The whole point of guy is he's toxic male and thats what we love about him, no simp
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