WI: A Successful Green Lantern Film in 2011?

This is inspired by the "Batman v Superman is a flop" thread in Non-Political chat. 2011's Green Lantern is one of the few films that angers me because was executed horribly despite a solid concept. It was Warner Bros. and DC's first attempt at a cinematic universe, but aborted in favour of Man of Steel two years later. The premise of this thread is simple: what would it take for Green Lantern to be a cinematic success on par with Iron Mans 1 & 2 and become the cornerstone for the DC Cinematic/Expanded universe?

In my mind, one of the biggest problems the film has is the same OTL BvS has, it tries to do too much in one film. Perhaps downplay Parallax, saving him for a sequel, and make Hector Hammond the main antagonist and develop the implied triangle between Hal/Hector/Carol Ferris a bit more. Hal's training on Oa could remain, but make his final battle with Hector his trial by fire.

What effects would a successful Green Lantern have? Particularly on an ATL Man of Steel, and would we see Justice League go head to head with Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015? :D
 
I think there would be less "grimderp" in following movies in the DCEU...
Though there would still be a more "darker and edgier" tone compared to the MCU as a means of distinguishing...

I would say that the movie's flaws included crappy CGI (I mean, the CGI costume looks awful IMO), and arguably that going with Hal Jordan may have been a turn-off...
To elaborate, I think one of the most high-profile appearances for Green Lantern was in the Justice League cartoon, which had John Stewart as the Green Lantern character rather than Hal, so the causal audience ended up being :confused:

I mean, yes Hal is the main Green Lantern in the comics, but IIRC his return to prominence was fairly recent beforehand...

Now this doesn't apply as much to Barry Allen due to the fact that prior to the current Flash TV show, there was one in the 90s, as well as the fact that the most recent cartoon series had him as the main Flash character (Young Justice, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and some DTV animated movies I think...).
So it wasn't as jarring to audiences...

So that's my 2¢ on this...
 
The original script is well regarded in Hollywood. I dunno if it is that great myself, but it could easily have been turned into something fantastic. That is if the execs who note'd it to death IOTL not been there.

So studio shake-up at WB, circa 2009-10 because ? Who comes in? What's their agenda? WB is fantastic in many ways, you make them a hit and they will back you through thick and thin for the large part. Sometimes though they like to meddle. So you'll be probably be losing a very unique studio, major downside. Longtime WB directors may wind up elsewhere

Marketing fell down too, they have to get shaken up. This will also of course effect the other studios.

So lots of things to consider if you truly want to change Green Lantern in a major way.


The small way to do it is different director salvages the script. Film comes out anywhere from Batman Begins to The Dark Knight numbers (depends on how you want to influence the next wave of projects).
 
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