The Losers Lounge

[Flint Marko]

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.

Interesting. I've never once considered reading a script but it might be kind of enjoyable to create a whole movie in your head as you read along.

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.

Yikes. I believe said scene has Logan watching the whole time for some reason, correct?

 

[MultipleJesuses]

Does Arronofsky just go 'round threatening to ruin superhero movies?

 

[Iceman]

Krypton did not explode, Superman fights his uncle, and that stuff with Lex Luthor, who is Kryptonian, Superman dies and returns.

Jor-El was imprisoned, kills himself halfway through the film so that Clark can absorb his Ki and transform into a Super Kryptojin.

All sounds potentially interesting, although I don't usually like Lex having powers.

 

[STARMAN]

I've read many unmade Superman scripts over the years. I can see why they went unmade.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

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.

Now I remember reading about some person adamant on defending this because Darren Aronofsky is brilliant art or something like that.

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.

Sounds more appealing to me than the climax we got.

 

[Morg]

Gak! Ok which one of you let all those bots in? Been awhile since I had to mass ban a dozen at the same time

Pesky buggers

 

[Iceman]

Gak! Ok which one of you let all those bots in? Been awhile since I had to mass ban a dozen at the same time

Pesky buggers

The AI don't use contraception around here.

 

[2kt09]

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.

The sex and drugs portion is where I draw the line because Aronofsky directly links it to Yukio rather than contextualizing it as Logan being Logan. The rest is a pretty decent premise.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Yikes. I believe said scene has Logan watching the whole time for some reason, correct?

Yeah, as I recall the sequence has Logan on the train with her, Yukio getting up and walking over to where another woman was sitting and then kind of aggressively making out with and fondling her until she reciprocates, all while keeping eye contact with Logan. It was a weird sequence that almost reads like a sex fantasy, whilst also kind of being vaguely rape-y.

I think Aronofsky's intention was to have it show that Yukio was a toxic influence that was driving Logan down a dark road. But the whole thing felt weirdly handled.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

This expresses what I think of the idea nicely enough.

Spoiler

 

[Reek]

just preordered Battlefront 2 and got my beta code... I will be practicing... I have one mission...

Greens knows who's coming for him. He's always known.

 

[MultipleJesuses]

just preordered Battlefront 2 and got my beta code... I will be practicing... I have one mission...

Greens knows who's coming for him. He's always known.

The left has to love this, right?

 

[Reek]

Don't worry my sweet summer MJ... When it's time... Fear will find you again.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

just preordered Battlefront 2 and got my beta code... I will be practicing... I have one mission...

Greens knows who's coming for him. He's always known.

You didn't need a beta code as of today.

 

[Reek]

Can't say i find that humorous, was only sharing, gamestop said i needed one....... but kudos on being "that DS guy"

 

[C. Lee]

I hate Nazis.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Can't say i find that humorous, was only sharing, gamestop said i needed one....... but kudos on being "that DS guy"

Sorry Reek. I will always be that guy and yes it is a curse.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I hate Nazis.

How sad is it that is a legit question right now? Are you for or against Nazis? ****ing hell.

 

[C. Lee]

How sad is it that is a legit question right now? Are you for or against Nazis? ****ing hell.

Mind boggling isn't it. People are actually arguing that they need to be treated with respect. Let that sink in. The people who say they want two thirds of the world killed should be treated with respect.

 

[Lighthouse]

How sad is it that is a legit question right now? Are you for or against Nazis? ****ing hell.

FilmCritHulk posted this.

EDIT: Dammit, sorry missed the f-bomb.

 

[Reek]

weekend baby

 

[Reek]

what kind of nazis are we talking about? Nazi Nazi's ... soup Nazi's... Grammar Nazi's...

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Mind boggling isn't it. People are actually arguing that they need to be treated with respect. Let that sink in. The people who say they want two thirds of the world killed should be treated with respect.

It is not even like they are trying to hide it. Using the name of mass murderers. The one everyone grew up knowing they were the "bad guys". Maybe the most obvious bad guys of all time. Arguably the most awful group of human beings to ever walk the Earth. But hey, hear them out.

 

[Lighthouse]

what kind of nazis are we talking about? Nazi Nazi's ... soup Nazi's... Grammar Nazi's...

These nazis.

 

[C. Lee]

what kind of nazis are we talking about? Nazi Nazi's ... soup Nazi's... Grammar Nazi's...

Goose stepping, Seig Heiling, gassing people to death Nazis.