DISQUS

Steven · 1 year ago

Not a fan of The Green Hornet, but I am somewhat familiar with the character. This indeed seems like an odd bit of casting, but Seth Rogan has had a string of successful (and good) movies, so I am hopeful they will find a way to make this work.

HornetSting · 1 year ago

There is no way to make this work. Period. If it's done as a serious action flick, even though the mask and hat may hide quite a bit (except the nose, the teeth, the wirey hair, and the underbite) when he is the Hornet, no one will ever buy Rogen as the suave, handsome, and just plain Bond or Stark-esque cool that is Britt Reid. If it's done as a send-up a la Starsky and Hutch, it will utterly destroy a classic piece of the very DNA of the action hero/anti-hero as we know it.

Disregarding (and ultimately alienating) the perceived small audience of older hardcore fans and trying to create a larger, younger new one seems to be the modus operandi. In this case as well as S&H mentioned above, I think Sony is playing with fire. Rogen should take a page from his pal Kevin's journal and bow gracefully out of this project, as his attempt to fearlessly cash in on this classic character may only turn his and Sony's green to red.

Here's a tip though, why not consider the Blue Falcon instead? That's another primary colored character that could surely benefit from Rogen's accomplished comedic background. In fact, I'd promise here and now to see it if he did. I most assuredly won't pay to see him butchering my beloved Green Hornet, grand nephew of my equally long cherished Lone Ranger.