Is Elon Musk the Key to a Green Lantern Movie?

I've not made it a secret that I think Hal Jordan's Green Lantern origin is a bit of an anachronism these days.  I wrote a blog entry about in 2021!  I mean the whole test pilot thing is not nearly as big of a deal as it was in the 50s when they first used it.  That was back in those Right Stuff days when they were trying to break the sound barrier and then get a man to space before the Russians. Those days are long over though.

But one day after Cindy commented on my review of Top Gun Maverick, which I facetiously said could have been a Green Lantern origin story, it finally hit me:  traditional airplane test pilots are not a big deal, but you know what is?  Space planes!  You now, like Space X and Virgin Galactic and that Blue thing of Bezos.  And that's how you make the origin less anachronistic.

So you just say Ferris Industries (I mean by now they'd probably be much bigger than just airplanes) is testing a new space plane for tourists and supplies and crap.  Hal is the pilot and there's probably an unfortunate co-pilot.  Hal takes it up and then is about to hit space when something goes wrong and the space plane goes out of control.

It ends up in deep space, where it's soon attacked by some alien bad guys.  Hal does what he can to avoid them but the space plane isn't designed for deep space or fighting.  The ship takes a few hits and the co-pilot guy dies--I said he was unfortunate!  Before the ship can be completely destroyed though, Abin Sur shows up.  In protecting Hal, though, he's mortally wounded and the ring goes to Hal.

Then Sinestro shows up to take care of the bad guys and take Abin Sur to be buried or whatever his species does.  Hal doesn't know what to do and Sinestro tells him to ask the ring.  Hal puts the ring on and it keeps him alive and gives him some basic instructions.

Another Lantern shows up to eventually take him to Oa where he's enlisted in some basic training with a few other new Lanterns.  They're drilled by Kilowog on how to use their rings and all that.  Hal worries about what's going on back on Earth.

Once his basic training is done, Hal gets to ride with Sinestro as he investigates who killed Abin Sur and why.  Sinestro is a real hardass  and he and Hal really don't like each other.  Eventually Hal finds out that Sinestro is the one who sent the aliens to the Solar System to kill Abin Sur.  The aliens used Hal's ship as bait to get to Abin Sur.  Sinestro kills the alien and then Hal has to go on the run in a universe he really doesn't understand with the rest of the Corps hunting him, because who are they going to believe:  a long-time member of good standing like Sinestro or the new guy?

Eventually they end up on Earth with Hal facing down a whole ton of Green Lanterns led by Sinestro.  But Hal's refusal to back down starts to convince the other Lanterns to back off.  Sinestro gets pissed and ultimately starts attacking the other Lanterns, convincing them that Hal is innocent.  Hal beats Sinestro and cements his place as a Lantern.  Sinestro is imprisoned but maybe in a cookie scene someone can help him escape to form his own Corps.

Or whatever.  I think that's a little more workable origin for Hal Jordan.  Thanks Elon!  And Branson.  And Bezos.  All the billionaire jagoffs herding us towards an Expanse-type future.