Newtype Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 The Green Hornet is a masked fictional crime fighter. Originally created by Fran Striker for an American old-time radio program in the 1930s, the character has appeared in other media as well, including film serials in the 1940s, a network television program in the 1960s, and multiple comic book series from the 1940s to the 1990s. Though various incarnations sometimes change details, in most incarnations the Green Hornet is Britt (or "Brit") Reid, a newspaper publisher by day who by night goes out in his masked "Green Hornet" identity to fight crime as a vigilante, accompanied by his similarly masked Asian manservant Kato and driving a car, equipped with advanced technology, called "Black Beauty". The Green Hornet is often portrayed as a fair-to-above average hand-to-hand combatant and is often armed with a gun that sprays knock-out gas (an electric stun weapon called the "hornet's sting" was added to his arsenal in the TV series). Originally, the show was to be called The Hornet, but the name was changed to The Green Hornet so that it could be more easily trademarked. The color was chosen because green hornets were reputed to be the angriest. One relatively minor aspect of the character which tends to be given limited exposure in the actual productions is his blood relationship to The Lone Ranger, another character created by Striker. The Lone Ranger's nephew was Dan Reid. In the Green Hornet radio shows, the Hornet's father was likewise named Dan Reid, making the hero the Ranger's grand-nephew. Growing up and watching The Green Hornet made me a major fan of the character. So a few year back I heard that Kevin Smith was writing a script in which I was not happy about at all. I don't hate the guy but he was a poor choice for such a movie. So when his script was turned down it made me happy as hell. However the studios were still looking to do the movie. Enter Seth Rogen of Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared and other movies and show either as a actor or writer. So once again we have somebody who has made me a bit more unhappy about the road this movie was going to take. Quotes like sent a red flag right alway "It's a very intense action movie and the relationship between Green Hornet and Kato, a lot of comedy comes from that. At first actually, we weren't even sure going in we could be more of a Jet Li type guy who maybe isn't the funniest guy in the world, but he's physically very impressive, or whether it would be more of a Stephen Chow type guy who can do martial arts, but clearly has a sense of humor. In the version that we've made it seems like a Stephen Chow type guy would be more suitable for the role. Just when I'm thinking they can't be any more fucking stupid then they are already are we get this fucking shit Seth Rogen is The Green Hornet? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT! THIS BETTER BE A FUCKING JOKE! BAD ENOUGH MILLER IS ALREADY FUCKING UP THE SPRITE BUT NOW THEY WANT TO FUCK UP THIS AS WELL! I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL FOR THIS ONE!!!!!! Now to hear from silent Bob on his take on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Okay now we just need a Dick Tracy remake directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Jake Busey and I think we'll be set for films based on comics involving trench coat wearing detectives that piss people off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan_Snikt!! Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 you're right. what the fuck are they thinking??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I don't agree with Seth Rogen, but I would like to see Stephen Chow play Kato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 ? Who knows, maybe this time the Green hornet is more a "detective" character and Kato is the Asian muscle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Well Stephen Chow is hardly one you'd describe as "muscle" yes he's a martial arts master but he's also a great actor and an amazing writer/director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Fluffakins Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Stephen Chow , is not the proper Kato, Tony Jaa is, how can nobody realize this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Stephen Chow , is not the proper Kato, Tony Jaa is, how can nobody realize this? Begone with your Tony Jaa! I'm looking for creativity and acting prowess, not awesome kung fu to the max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Begone with your Tony Jaa! I'm looking for creativity and acting prowess, not awesome kung fu to the max yeah i agree, look at kill bill, we could've gotten some badass cunt* who could'nt act worth her shit, instead we got a real actress and just made her look badass. this is always the way to go *i've no idea why cunt came out there, maybe it's cos i have'nt slept in 24 hours and i become (more) mysoginistic when i'm tired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Oh Tony Jaa is 15 kinds of kickass, it's just Kato doesn't call for someone who's kickass it would be like making To Kill A Mockingbird and having Dolph Lundgren as Atticus Finch when everyone knows he'd be much more suited to Boo Radley, amirite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Man, all you Fanboy fucks are stupid. Cool movie. Watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I'll undoubtedly like this movie as the only bastardized trench-coat detective comic turned movie I've not liked thus far is Dick Tracy. I love the fuck out of The Shadow and I found The Spirit to be pretty entertaining if forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Just saw this tonight in 3D and really dug it. It's pretty much what the trailer makes it out to be: an action-superhero-comedy. I really liked how they focused on the Hornet/Kato relation ship and the whole sidekick dynamic. Director Michel Gondry added his own little touch to the action scenes to give them a unique spin as well. Although it was odd how they killed an insane amount of people by having shit fall on them. We counted four or five I think. Talka bout running a gag into the ground. Cameron Diaz was also a bit meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I completely forgot about that and didn't notice it enough for it to be a thing, but defo one of the better 3D movies I've seen in a while and all around pretty fun! Disregarding the source material and just watching those actors play great parts was the best part. Seriously, the casting was perfect (for the actors). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Although it was odd how they killed an insane amount of people by having shit fall on them. We counted four or five I think. Talka bout running a gag into the ground. Somebody's never read comic books from the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Haha, I was actually counting groin shots, but thinking back alot of shit was falling on people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I for one liked this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Somebody's never read comic books from the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Man, shit was always falling on villains. It was like the only way anybody ever died, it's like action movies in the 80s where the hero and the villain always end up fighting on a tall building and the villain somehow ends up falling off the edge, and the hero grabs his hand because that's the right thing to do, and he says "GRAB MY HAND! I'll PULL YOU UP!" but he just keeps losing his grip and then at the last minute he loses him. Seriously, how are you not familiar with this genre trope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Never said I wasn't familiar w/ it. Just saying I, like ASC, have never read comics from the 1950s. And besides, what does that have to do w/ the inordinate amount of "crushed" deaths in a single film made in 2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Never said I wasn't familiar w/ it. Just saying I, like ASC, have never read comics from the 1950s. And besides, what does that have to do w/ the inordinate amount of "crushed" deaths in a single film made in 2010? Because the Green Hornet is a Batman-like hero from 1930s and that was the way they kept the hero's barely kept moral code by having all the bad guys that weren't cool enough to make a return appearance, and even some that were, die in horrible ways that were directly caused by the hero but were more indirect than straight up killing them(except Batman, motherfucker straight up left his arch enemy to die in a fire and laughed about it in the first issue) So having stuff fall on people in The Green Hornet is kind of an homage to the storytelling of the 30s, 40s, and 50s because they hadn't yet dreamed up great stories like Arsenal tripping out on heroin and killing a group of street thugs to save a dead cat that he hallucinated as his murdered daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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