HBO Max has finally made a casting announcement for the upcoming Green Lantern Corps series. Finn Witrock will be playing Guy Gardner. I am unfamiliar with his work, but I hope he has the swagger to play Guy. I wish he had red hair or at least lighter hair that could be colored red, but I'm not surprised that he doesn't. The de-gingering of the live action DCU has been going on for a while now. We demand representation!
I always liked John Byrne's rendition of Green Lantern, and wish that he had worked on hat property more often. Here's a Byrne Spider-Man: Chapter One page I picked up a while back:
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Think I saw this story in one of the Crisis books. Captured hero made into a power battery. For example, next time, try making his life force the only thing keeping a dying heroine alive.
Ditko would not have felt Byrne'd by John's work.
Could be worse, Ross. They might decide to Afro-Americanize him, a la Jimmy Olsen on SUPERGIRL, and give you a Guy Gardner/John Stewart amalgam!
"Stewart Gardner?!" Yeah, I reluctantly have to agree.
That definitely has a more dignified ring to it. ;-)
Courage, my man. At least you have some sort of representation. Between Marvel and DC, the only honestly autistic character* -- counting supporting cast -- has been Johnny Do, whose title (Psi-Force) was discontinued over two decades ago. Other than him, we have only Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger, in the 2017 Power Rangers film.
*Hint: any mention of a "cure" is not an honest portrayal.
Slightly off-topic: who's the villain on today's cover? That 4-D Man from Thor's "Quest for the Living God-jewel" story arc?
It's Bushmaster.
Have you ever checked out the character Gary from the tragically short lived original live action super hero show Alphas?
@Steve: Totally. Ryan Cartwright was brilliant, taking on not only autism but an American accent. And Gary has my favorite-ever comeback from an autistic character, when a bully called him "retarded": "I'm not retarded; I'm autistic. You're retarded." (Granted, it's not super creative, but it's more than I've ever been able to come up with.) And yeah, he sort of counts as a superhero, albeit a "plainclothes" sort of way (like Steve Austin and the Misfits of Science).
I believe that the "de-gingering" of the live action DC Universe began with the casting of Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang on the TV show Smallville.
Once that proved successful, then the de-gingerfication process was on and no character was safe!
* You are aware James became Ms Jamie Olsen in "B vs S"?
* How much like Riverdale's Archie do you want gingers to be?1
* Is Batwoman still a Super Friend?
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Boycott LADCU! Representation for all hair colors!
Bald Eagle said: Including Colin Mochrie-flesh tones!!
Daviticus has a good point. Plus, the only character to remain red-headed is Mera, who is played by Amber Heard -- and that's just adding injury to insult.
Maybe Ross could help her and Natasha "the Black Widow" Romanoff do something about that. A super-group called "The League of Ambitious Redheads" (or something like that).
I'd prefer "The Young Ginger Snappers."
Ah, ya might want ta call a CODE:RED.
Code:Blue might sue for plagiarism. :-)
"Don't make me angrily litigate. You wouldn't like me when I angrily litigate!"
---Jennifer Walters
Forget Sue. She's not a ginger. Check the labels for the Code:Red!
@Triple H: Ah, yes! Now, I understand the subtle nuances of your earlier missives. Bu, then again; if Ross could depict them fighting among themselves because of the Psycho-Pirate, maybe he could entitle it...
"When Gingers Snap!"
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