In brightest day, in blackest night...

No evil shall escape my sight,
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power... Green Lantern's light!

The trailer doesn't look much, but the individual promo clips on YouTube actually look promising, though CG-heavy.

[Hope it's not because they're minute-long clips :P]

What I know is pretty much what I gleaned from Blackest Night (so glad I finally finished it!), so seeing Oa and Sinestro and Green Lanterns from all walks of life got me a bit fan-girly. Looks like they're expanding on the universe, which should be the way to go if they're really serious about making that Justice League film.

[And if they do make that JL movie, they might just make that BN movie. I'd be the happiest fangirl alive.]

What I'm worried about, though, is the villainS. Yes, plural.

From the casting news early on, Peter Sarsgaard is playing Hector Hammond, whose head eventually swells up to huge proportions to account for the additional brainpower/matter. I'd like to elaborate further, but I can't, because Wikipedia isn't working for me at the moment. But anyway, Hammond probably has the usual telekinesis / psychic abilities / hatred for the hero.

Then we have Parallax, which is revealed in the YT promo clips.

Parallax is the Fear entity, and at one point in GL lore, takes possession of Hal Jordan and proceeds to rampage and murder and destroy everything and everyone (if I'm not mistaken, that storyline was a major part of a universe-wide event). I really don't think they'd risk cramming Parallax into Jordan ('cuz it's really too much to digest in an origin movie), but it's still interesting to see whether Parallax does try to possess Jordan.

Wonder whether Parallax would be written to have a hand in Sinestro's transition to the yellowdark side. It's too much of a coincidence.

Anyway, I'm still pretty psyched about the movie, and I've got my tickets already! Will try to get my review up ASAP once I see it next Saturday.

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Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

KFP 2 is suprisingly awesome.

'Surprising', because it's rare you get a Dreamworks animated flick that actually has substance, seeing that their usual formula is to cram in as many famous people and pop culture references in a one-and-a-half hour film.

Far from my usual reviews, which has a crapload of words in them, this one will be short.

Why? 'Cuz this review has been overdue for two weeks now, and I want to get it out of the way before I start on Green Lantern. 

Anyway, my consensus is, do watch it, if you can. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll go 'awww'; the usual barrage of emotions that comes with watching a Pixar movie. Yes, it is that good.

I leave you with the awesome end credits sequence, where we get to see how Po travels all the way to Mr Ping's noodle shop.

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