The Run Time Length Thread

[Peter McCabe]

Let's not.

This thread is about the runtime of the film. It's not the place to compare it to Mad Max, so please don't fill up the thread with screencaps.

I was joking.

 

[danoyse]

I was joking.

Good.

 

[chaseter]

PWN3R played with Kinberg or Penn, I forget, on Xbox Live and they lied to him about parts of the movie and the run time

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm convinced now more than ever that McCabe has some stake or involvement in the movie and was like the script doctor on Wolverine.

Also, people that were lied to by Fox shouldn't have been gullible enough to believe the. Its harsh, I know. But when the writing was on the wall people still were in denial.

 

[dark_b]

Well, I see your join date and your posts, and it just seems very fishy to me.

Studios do online and forum smoke screening and plants. The screenwriters of X-men 3 did it personally.

One of the cinematographers on Punisher Warzone educated me on how the God awful lighting in that movie wasn't NEON lighting.

Fox lied to SHH and said X-men 3 was two and a half hours.

So I wouldn't put Fox above any underhanded tactics.

thats interesting.

 

[danoyse]

I'm convinced now more than ever that McCabe has some stake or involvement in the movie and was like the script doctor on Wolverine.

You once accused me of being a Fox plant too.

I think McCabe is just...overly excited.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

You once accused me of being a Fox plant too.

I think McCabe is just...overly excited.

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have connections in the entertainment industry?

Not saying Vile is right or anything, but it wouldn't be the first time a studio places a plant on a message forum to try and quell worries by lying. Heck I remember when some mysterious poster showed a very well written fan-fic of Scott surviving X3. Said poster stated it was from the film and people should look for it as an extra scene.

But in all honesty I can't see Fox sending a plant for Wolverine. Only way I can see them using one is for the run time, I can't see them using it for anything else since everything about the film has been more or less confirmed to be factual.

 

[danoyse]

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have connections in the entertainment industry?

Not saying Vile is right or anything, but it wouldn't be the first time a studio places a plant on a message forum to try and quell worries by lying. Heck I remember when some mysterious poster showed a very well written fan-fic of Scott surviving X3. Said poster stated it was from the film and people should look for it as an extra scene.

But in all honesty I can't see Fox sending a plant for Wolverine. Only way I can see them using one is for the run time, I can't see them using it for anything else since everything about the film has been more or less confirmed to be factual.

That doesn't make me a plant. Plenty of people here have connections to the entertainment industry. That doesn't make them plants.

 

[TheVileOne]

That doesn't mean Peter McCabe isn't a plant .

It was hard not to believe that 3 years ago Danyose. Sorry.

 

[Downhere]

I think McCabe is just...overly excited.

Really? I couldn't tell.

 

[Peter McCabe]

That doesn't mean Peter McCabe isn't a plant .

I'm flattered

*if I was workin for FOX, I would report back to them and say "You guys need to put Storm back in because these people want a 2 hour movie."

 

[danoyse]

That doesn't mean Peter McCabe isn't a plant .

It was hard not to believe that 3 years ago Danyose. Sorry.

How about we stop accusing anyone of being a plant? You were utterly wrong then, and you're wrong now.

 

[EnDz0n3]

I really blame Lauren Shuler-Donner for this whole mess...even if it is true that it's wayyyyyy under 2 hours, what did she expect saying what she said non chalantly. Fox should really get their act together...

 

[icelemt38]

I really blame Lauren Shuler-Donner for this whole mess...even if it is true that it's wayyyyyy under 2 hours, what did she expect saying what she said non chalantly. Fox should really get their act together...

I agree 100%.

 

[topdog1]

But in all honesty I can't see Fox sending a plant for Wolverine.

If any studio sends plants to the Hype then they have too much money to burn. Fact is that they have 99.9% of us in the bag anyway. We're all going to pay to see this movie. If we like it, a lot of us will see it multiple times. Plants here would be a waste.

 

[TheVileOne]

How about we stop accusing anyone of being a plant? You were utterly wrong then, and you're wrong now.

What was I wrong about?

Because I remember being pretty right about everything wrong in X3.

 

[chaseter]

Yeah

 

[Mr Writer1981]

Do we have any actual facts about the runtime other than what Shuler-Donner allegedly said? I know IMDB has the movie down as 120mins. Other then Donner's comments what evidence do we have to suggest it's going to be short?

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Na there is no facts yet.

 

[Neptune]

Do we have any actual facts about the runtime other than what Shuler-Donner allegedly said? I know IMDB has the movie down as 120mins. Other then Donner's comments what evidence do we have to suggest it's going to be short?

120 minutes is the minimum. This movie seems to be packed with lots of characters and backstory. Rushing it in 90 mins means that they haven't learned **** from X-3's runtime. Which may very well be the case.

 

[dark_b]

there are no facts.

but the fact that she said under 2 hours could mean a lot.
a)she doesnt care what fans think.
b)or she is dumb enough to not be aware how much people hated the runtime from x-3.

 

[danoyse]

What was I wrong about?

Because I remember being pretty right about everything wrong in X3.

You are wrong when you are accusing people of being plants. I'm not going to warn you about this again.

 

[Mr Writer1981]

Maybe Shuler-Donner was talking about an earlier cut of the movie or maybe she was misquoted or it was taken out of context? If her comments are the only thing fuelling this fear that the movie is going to be 90 mins then let's just wait and see. Like most people on this site I'd be very disappointed if it was only 90 mins. I'd happily sit through a 3-hour Wolverine epic, but judging from the extremely fast pace of the footage we've seen so far balanced against the epic nature of some of the historical scenes I'd say we're looking at roughly two hours.

I think the flashbacks and war scenes won't actually have much screentime tho, which is a shame, but I think they'll speed through these sections when Logan is dreaming/and undergoing the adamantium bonding process etc.

Anyway, long story short I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 120 mins...

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I'll give you the 150 years prior to Weapon X.

I myself wanted that material to be given ALOT more screentime.

thing is, THIS film, the main body of it, is about Logan's revenge after the procedure.

You really don't see how that can wrap up in 100 minutes?

There's really only ONE plot strand.

There isnt really only one plot strand, because Logan's childhood, his family issues, not to mention the weapon X stuff and Silver Fox all add up to A LOT more than one plot strand. You could make a movie on his childhood alone, so the only way to get that into a 100 min run-time is to cut important scene's out, by doing that, they have already ****ed up the movie and we have another X3 on our hands. IF the movie is 100 mins. After Street Fighter and Dragonball i'm not even expecting that!

 

[Downhere]

Maybe Shuler-Donner was talking about an earlier cut of the movie or maybe she was misquoted or it was taken out of context?

It wasn't taken out of context or misquoted considering there was audio of her saying it.