The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Official Alexander Kurtzman & Roberto Orci Thread

[Picard Sisko]

Let's talk about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 screenwriters Alexander Kurtzman & Roberto Orci.

I summed up their writing credits down below:

The Good
1. Star Trek
2. Star Trek Into Darkness
3. Mission: Impossible III

The Bad
1. Cowboys and Aliens
2. The Legend of Zorro
3. People Like Us

The Michael Bay
1. The Island
2. Transformers
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

TV credits:

Fringe, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Alias.

It seems to me that they do well with what they are given. They are still relatively new, so its hard to judge them fairly until they have more films under their belt.

The two Star Trek films directed by JJ Abrams were quite amazing IMO, despite some plot holes. I also really liked Mission: Impossible: III, which was also directed by JJ Abrams.

They wrote a few bad films, such as Cowboys and Aliens, but then again how do you write a really good movie about cowboys and aliens? As I said earlier, they seem to do well with what they are given.

I won't judge them harshly on the Michael Bay directed films. Its Michael Bay. Need I say more? On a side note, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was written during a writers strike, so that movie suffered A LOT.

Now that they are writing Amazing Spider-Man 2, how do people feel about this? Keep in mind, they are technically doing a re-write, or a script polish. The first draft was written by James Vanderbilt, writer of TASM. One thing I can say about them is that most of their films have a good amount of action (Star Trek, M:I:III, Transformers).

 

[amazingly atiba]

hoping the action scenes blow my mind but still keep the connection with peter and gwen from the first film

 

[amazingly atiba]

and what do you mean by polish the script

 

[Picard Sisko]

Well considering the first draft was written by the same writer of the first film, I think we will still get that connection between Peter and Gwen.

 

[Picard Sisko]

and what do you mean by polish the script

Script polish... they cleaned up and fixed the first draft. They rewrote it.

 

[amazingly atiba]

hopefully they made improvements to the action scenes because james has not proved himself with good action scenes action count or action time other than the high schoool fight

 

[Picard Sisko]

Based off of the set photos, we can already say that the action will probably be a huge improvement.

I think I actually liked the fight on Oscorp tower slightly more than the school fight in TASM.

 

[amazingly atiba]

we have only seen set photos of rhinos destruction tho. and hope these fight scenes are longer and more intense with more damage although lizard isnt really a villian that causes collateral

 

[Picard Sisko]

Well look at how long they were filming that chase sequence with Rhino. Seems like its going to be an epic scene if you ask me. And considering we now have two villains, one who is destruction incarnate, and another who is a living electric generator, I can see we have more potential for epic battle scenes. I'm crossing my fingers for a battle in times square.

 

[MrMaooz]

I'm fine with them writing. I also think they have 4 good movies, the 2 Treks, MI3, and the first Transformers.

 

[amazingly atiba]

Well look at how long they were filming that chase sequence with Rhino. Seems like its going to be an epic scene if you ask me. And considering we now have two villains, one who is destruction incarnate, and another who is a living electric generator, I can see we have more potential for epic battle scenes. I'm crossing my fingers for a battle in times square.

yes im cohnfiident in them and yes there will be a fight scene in times square. and i really hope its the opening scene

 

[Mr. Dent]

Well look at how long they were filming that chase sequence with Rhino. Seems like its going to be an epic scene if you ask me. And considering we now have two villains, one who is destruction incarnate, and another who is a living electric generator, I can see we have more potential for epic battle scenes. I'm crossing my fingers for a battle in times square.

Isn't that pretty much confirmed?

yes im cohnfiident in them and yes there will be a fight scene in times square. and i really hope its the opening scene

There's no way it's the opening scene. The car chase is closer to being the "opening scene".

 

[amazingly atiba]

the times square scene? yes it is by marc himself in the ew magazine

 

[Climperoonie]

Don't forget Jeff Pinkner (Head writer of Fringe) is also a screenwriter on this, though to what capacity I'm not sure.

 

[amazingly atiba]

Isn't that pretty much confirmed?


There's no way it's the opening scene. The car chase is closer to being the "opening scene".

yeah thats what i meant sorry. that would be dumb

 

[Still Wynning]

Considering their work on Fringe, I think it's safe to say Spidey is going to do a fair amount of wisecracking in this film. Orci and Kurtzman are great with writing humorous moments and dialogue appropriate to the given situation.

 

[SpideyFan866]

and what do you mean by polish the script

Well considering the first draft was written by the same writer of the first film, I think we will still get that connection between Peter and Gwen.

Pretty much. James Vanderbilt crafted the original.

But knowing Orci and Kurtzman's previous work, it has probably evolved ALOT since that initial draft was written 2 years ago.

 

[AbsractPo3tic]

I might be in the minority here but I don't think people like us or cowboys and aliens are bad. They're not great but I wouldn't say they're bad. I think cowboys and aliens was just flat and people like me was a nice personal drama that I liked when I saw it a couple months ago. I don't watch fringe but I do know they produce a lot of TV and some of it is good at least in my eyes. I think they're good writers and do a good job (or bad job) of tailoring the material to the director they're working with. Like any writer they have highs and lows but I think TV is the best place to see their storytelling

 

[Green Goblin]

They wrote the 2 treks, I'd say they are in good hands...

 

[SpideyFan866]

Well look at how long they were filming that chase sequence with Rhino. Seems like its going to be an epic scene if you ask me. And considering we now have two villains, one who is destruction incarnate, and another who is a living electric generator, I can see we have more potential for epic battle scenes. I'm crossing my fingers for a battle in times square.

Isn't that pretty much confirmed?

We have not one, but two confirmed scenes in Times Square.

The first right after Electro gets his powers. The second being the fight between Electro and Spidey in the third act, near the climax.

Neither is in the opening of the film.

 

[SpideyFan866]

Btw @Picard Sisko, you might wanna know that Jeff Pinkner, who often collaborates with Orci and Kurtzman, aided in the rewrite.

He's best known for being the show runner on Fringe for most of its run.

 

[amazingly atiba]

as far as action scenes go they need to recruit the guys from sm2 i know we are going to get brilliant fight scenes in tasm 2 but bringing in those guys would be great

 

[Spiderdevil]

We have not one, but two confirmed scenes in Times Square.

The first right after Electro gets his powers. The second being the fight between Electro and Spidey in the third act, near the climax.

Are you sure about that?

I thought there that one fight scene only and that occurs when Electro is in that hoodie and trying to get away from people

 

[Repulsor Blast]

Are you sure about that?

I thought there that one fight scene only and that occurs when Electro is in that hoodie and trying to get away from people

this.

we don't know either way. it may be two times square scenes, or just one.

i'm inclined to believe that the scene where electro is in the hoodie and the times square fight are parts of the same scene.

as for the final electro fight; rumour is that it will take place at a power plant of some sort.

 

[SpideyFan866]

Are you sure about that?

I thought there that one fight scene only and that occurs when Electro is in that hoodie and trying to get away from people

Nah. Electro's powers are still new then.

There are 2 scenes. Not one.