The Losers Lounge

[KevanG]

Kevin Smith also had Superman fight a polar bear and a giant spider or something like that. It's all pretty vague

Also, Lex having powers ruins his character. It only worked in All-Star Superman because that's an amazing story.

His entire idea is that he's the supposed 'best' of humanity against what amounts to an alien god. He's interesting because his utter lack of powers means he uses his brain and technology to fight Superman/everyone else.

I get the idea of a big fight at the end of the movie but not every movie needs it. Personally, I found Superman Returns boring but I liked Kevin Spacey as Luthor and the guys kicking the **** out of Superman at the end. It was interesting how Luthor didn't need a giant robot or other Kryptonians to fight him. He outsmarted him (despite how much of an idiot Clark was in the first place is debatable) then just stabbed him and left him to drown.

If not for plot reasons, Luthor would have won.

 

[flickchick85]

The Kryptonian Lex angle was from an early draft of the Abrams script and was done away with in a later draft. I actually liked that later draft quite a bit.

 

[Flint Marko]

How often do you guys read scripts of un-produced movies? How long are they, and do you typically read the whole thing?

Personally, I found Superman Returns boring but I liked Kevin Spacey as Luthor and the guys kicking the **** out of Superman at the end. It was interesting how Luthor didn't need a giant robot or other Kryptonians to fight him. He outsmarted him (despite how much of an idiot Clark was in the first place is debatable) then just stabbed him and left him to drown.

If not for plot reasons, Luthor would have won.

Not only is Kevin Spacey the best Lex we've ever gotten by a country mile, I honestly think he was one of the best villains in any superhero movie.

Come at me.

 

[2kt09]

Not only is Kevin Spacey the best Lex we've ever gotten by a country mile, I honestly think he was one of the best villains in any superhero movie.

Come at me.

No.

 

[Roose Bolton]

I read some of Arronofsky's Wolverine script a while back, and that was pretty bent.

 

[squeekness]

I read some of Arronofsky's Wolverine script a while back, and that was pretty bent.

I've seen two of his movies now and they were like bad acid trips.

 

[Roose Bolton]

This proposed film would have been no different.

 

[squeekness]

So glad he bailed.

 

[flickchick85]

How often do you guys read scripts of un-produced movies? How long are they, and do you typically read the whole thing?

I used to read them all the time, but I don't really anymore. Partially because the primary site I got them from went under, and partially because I started getting more into comics. As for how long they are, the general rule is that they average about a page-per-minute of screentime (but remember, this is pre-editing), so most of the ones I've read have ranged from 110-150 pages. And yeah, I typically read the whole thing in one sitting, as it doesn't take any longer than it would to watch a movie.

 

[Marvolo]

I read some of Arronofsky's Wolverine script a while back, and that was pretty bent.

Is there somewhere I can download that script?

 

[KevanG]

I used to read scripts like that. I still remember the scene from an unproduced X-Men movie that used the same scene from DoFP with Cyclops in the bathroom. I think it was used in the first X-Men movie novelization too.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Is there somewhere I can download that script?

Don't know, this is going back 5 years and I only read 3-4 scenes so I'm not sure if it leaked in its entirety. The original Christopher McQuarrie draft is out there though, and frankly it's a lot better.

 

[Reek]

happy friday

love, Reek

 

[Cory]

Shut up, idiot!

 

[Reek]

Ahhh!!

 

[flickchick85]

Oh jeez.

 

[ThatOneWolfDude]

I've read the whole scripts for George Miller's JL and Tristar's unmade Godzilla film that was suppose to be made in 1994 before letting Roland Emmerich came in and ruined everything.

They're both pretty good.

 

[Reek]

Oh jeez.

shut up it worked. people are living again!

 

[Reek]

I've read the whole scripts for George Miller's JL and Tristar's unmade Godzilla film that was suppose to be made in 1994 before letting Roland Emmerich came in and ruined everything.

They're both pretty good.

it's all matthew brodericks fault

and Puff Daddy for that terrible Jimmy Paige song.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

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[MultipleJesuses]

I've read the whole scripts for George Miller's JL and Tristar's unmade Godzilla film that was suppose to be made in 1994 before letting Roland Emmerich came in and ruined everything.

They're both pretty good.

I actually really liked George Miller's UK script but I hated the cast that was attached to it.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I don't know if it's depressing or beautiful to be heading home before sunrise.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Beautiful, old man. It's so quite and you can hear the birds. I used to work all nighters at McDonald's back in the day's and that's how it was for me.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

How often do you guys read scripts of un-produced movies? How long are they, and do you typically read the whole thing?

I don't go for that, after trying to sit through that unused script for Spider-Man 2 I stopped trying to read scripts.

I read some of Arronofsky's Wolverine script a while back, and that was pretty bent.

How off is it?

 

[Roose Bolton]

From memory, it's vaguely set in the 80s or 90s, Logan works as a hitman for the Yakuza, there's no Viper, Silver Samurai is actually a title held by multiple sons of Shingen Yashida, and Logan was the only explicit mutant in the film. Oh, and there's a pretty aggressive lesbian scene between Yukio and some other woman on a train at one point. Yukio herself is also outright villainous and betrays Logan after he has enough of the sex and drugs lifestyle she tries to get him to indulge in.

Whereas the Christopher McQuarrie script was closer to the finished film, but a much better third act. The plot revolved around Yashida from WW2 being the thing that pulls Logan from his hideout in the Canadian mountains like in the film, only there's no twist of him being evil. Yashida dies and the plot is basically Logan caught up in the middle of an inheritance dispute between Shingen, Mariko, Silver Samurai (Harada, Shingen's son) over who will take over the rule of a secret clan of ninja assassins.