Hey folks, Harry here - I was planning on taking a ton of photos today of the GREEN LANTERN loot that I was "chosen" to receive today. You see, Warner Brothers, in a rather cool (cool if you're a recipient, enraging if you're not) bit of promotion.
Now, I'm not entirely sure who all got them, but I know Kevin Smith, Greg & HitFix, Frosty at Collider, Scarlett Johansson, Matt Damon, Kobe Bryant, Chris Pine, Jay-Z, Taylor 'Ab-Lad' Lautner, Taylor Swift and Ryan Reynolds... along with 89 others, including myself & apparently Jaime King - well we were chosen, allegedly by the Green Lantern Corps... which oddly enough I believe to be in close association with Warner Brothers' Marketing Department, to receive a really badass & limited - GREEN LANTERN RING from the movie, in a gorgeous presentation case. I got mine on Tuesday.
I've been wearing it a bit too much. Seriously. I haven't geeked out on a promo item like this Green Lantern ring for a very long time. Brightly lit photos of it just do not do it justice. If you have the lights off, and you're typing on a computer screen... the way the faceted green jeweled top catches the light, arc-ing it through the ring as you type. SO COOL LOOKING. Then there's the center of the ring which seems to be designed to catch and reflect the light through a green stone, surrounded by a tiny golden ring - which I have to say feels incredibly wrong that anything yellow be within the ring... of course, it technically is GOLD, but it does give pause for a GREEN LANTERN geek... but it also aesthetically looks incredibly fetching.
Now - about the photos. I fully intended to come home today from THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST (fucking amazing) - and begin taking a ton of photos before heading off to HARRY POTTER YULE BALL at the Alamo Drafthouse tonight, but I saw Frosty over at COLLIDER - really did a great job documenting visually the ring as well as the amazing FERRIS AIRCRAFT box... specifically - Hal Jordan's Box - which when you open the lid, you hear Ryan saying the Green Lantern Oath. Then in a secret compartment is a Hoodie, a Hat, a T-shirt and a bracelet all branded with the first DC Direct official movie merch... of which there will be tons more produced over the next year.
I have to say, in terms of crazy cool promotions - this one is exceptionally cool. I mean. I have correspondence from the Green Lantern Corps choosing me. GEEK! Seriously cool. This isn't quite as cool as Sean Astin making me an official GOONIE in New Zealand... or the State of Kentucky making me a Colonel. But it is pretty goddamn cool!
