Hal Jordan Appreciation

[liwanag]

[Johnny]

The man Hal was based on:

[Frontier]

The man Hal was based on:

Woah, I didn't know Hal was based on a real person but I can definitely see the resemblance .

[Johnny]

Paul Newman was Gil Kane's neighbor and he modeled Hal after him. Newman was also half-Jewish so I'm guessing that aspect translated as well.

[silly]

Paul Newman was Gil Kane's neighbor and he modeled Hal after him. Newman was also half-Jewish so I'm guessing that aspect translated as well.

paul newman was way before my time. i wonder what kind of characters he played.

[The Darknight Detective]

paul newman was way before my time. i wonder what kind of characters he played.

Man, that makes me feel so old (and I was born 40 years after his birth!)

[Johnny]

paul newman was way before my time. i wonder what kind of characters he played.

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "The Hustler" are classics. He was also in "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid", one of his final roles was in "Road to Perdition". Newman was great.

Man, that makes me feel so old (and I was born 40 years after his birth!)

Well I was born 62 years after him and yet I feel old too. lol

[Troian]

That's interesting. i can see it.

[silly]

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "The Hustler" are classics. He was also in "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid", one of his final roles was in "Road to Perdition". Newman was great.



Well I was born 62 years after him and yet I feel old too. lol

wait, wasn't road to perdition a tom hanks movie? i sorta remember thinking it was one of those movies that was based on a dc comic.

[Johnny]

wait, wasn't road to perdition a tom hanks movie? i sorta remember thinking it was one of those movies that was based on a dc comic.

Yeah, Newman plays the villain.

[jbmasta]

wait, wasn't road to perdition a tom hanks movie? i sorta remember thinking it was one of those movies that was based on a dc comic.

It was based on the Cormac McCarthy novel.

[liwanag]

[mrumsey]

The man Hal was based on:

Sinestro was based on David Niven - and the Guardians on Israel's Prime Minister at the time, David Ben-Gurion.

Here's an article I wrote on the Silver Age origins of Green Lantern as part of a multi-part retrospective celebrating GL's 75th anniversary - link.

[Johnny]

Sinestro was based on David Niven - and the Guardians on Israel's Prime Minister at the time, David Ben-Gurion.

Here's an article I wrote on the Silver Age origins of Green Lantern as part of a multi-part retrospective celebrating GL's 75th anniversary - link.

Great article Myron.

[The Darknight Detective]

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "The Hustler" are classics. He was also in "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid", one of his final roles was in "Road to Perdition". Newman was great.

Cool Hand Luke, Hud, Harper, The Towering Inferno, The Long Hot Summer, The Verdict, The Color of Money, Slap Shot, The Sting (the latter was my first Newman film back in '73)... he was a great and very popular actor.

Well I was born 62 years after him and yet I feel old too. lol

He was such an important actor for decades.