With the release of Green Lantern: First Flight on DVD this summer, GL is starring in his first film along with other members of the Green Lantern Corps. While on one level it would seem that the Lanterns are all pretty similar in terms of their abilities, First Flight writer Alan Burnett says the differences come in the ingenuity of each Lantern.
"You're only as good as quickly as you can think," he says. "It's all connected to personality. Hal Jordan being a jet fighter with split second responses, makes him ideal. Hal is a fast responder; he's quick on his ring.
"I really see this film as a science fantasy," Burnett adds. "The thing about Green Lantern is that his powers are almost magical. The original Green Lantern from the '40s even looked like something out of Aladdin's Lamp, but the modern version of Green Lantern has a lot of science fiction going for him. But there's still that quality of mind magic going on that take sit away from being a straight science fiction hero."
Of all the Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan remains the most popular. "I think a lot of people my age grew on Hal and they like going back to the original," he muses. "He's been through a lot of drama in the books, which people have followed. Since he's the original, people just gravitate back to him."
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